DavidPostill

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Windows Starter Edition, Home and Home Premium do not include gpedit, how do I install it?

windows-7 windows windows-8 windows-8.1 windows-10 asked Dec 26, 2015 at 11:11

superuser.com

34 votes

Informing new users that targeted voting is not allowed

feature-request status-completed voting help-center serial-voting asked Feb 19, 2022 at 13:24

meta.stackexchange.com

24 votes

Why does cooking fewer eggs require more water/steam?

eggs steaming asked Jun 13, 2021 at 11:43

cooking.stackexchange.com

21 votes

New help pages needed for the latest feature additions/changes (follow, bookmarks, thanks)

feature-request comments help-center asked Jun 27, 2020 at 18:37

meta.stackexchange.com

20 votes

Clicking on an admin link for a site where I'm not a mod displays the mod agreement page instead of a 404

bug status-norepro moderator-tools moderators asked Apr 17, 2020 at 23:26

meta.stackexchange.com

18 votes

Where has my flag gone? I want to handle it

bug flags moderator-tools asked May 5, 2021 at 7:34

meta.stackexchange.com

17 votes

No comment posted when question is closed as off-topic because ... > other

bug status-norepro closed-questions automatic-comments asked Mar 11, 2020 at 7:56

meta.stackexchange.com

16 votes

Unsolicited email from a startups user (my email is not public)

discussion support bug spam email asked Feb 14, 2017 at 16:51

meta.stackexchange.com

15 votes

Why is https://meta.dev.superuser.com indexed by Google?

discussion status-completed google development asked Apr 29, 2017 at 16:11

meta.stackexchange.com

13 votes

My hat is not showing on the chat room list of occupants

bug status-bydesign chat winterbash asked Dec 14, 2015 at 0:41

meta.stackexchange.com

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Pseudo English looking characters used in Windows 10 Insider Preview

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179

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170

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169

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168

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134

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Creative Commons Licensing UI and Data Updates

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For fiction purposes, are there any reserved or non-existent top-level-domains writers can use in stories?

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Meaning of Intel processor suffixes

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Where did the term "superuser" originate?

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