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How to force a full page refresh (not from cache) in Firefox 4.0?

How do you force reload (not from cache) in Firefox 4.0? I have seen a lot of supposed theories on the internet, including: Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + Shift + R But, in reality, these do not actually work. So how do you really do it? The only way I seem to be…
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Refresh without jumping to previous scroll/window location in Google Chrome

I'm trying to figure out how I can refresh a page without jumping to the previous scroll location in Google Chrome. When using Firefox this can be done by pressing Ctrl + F5 to refresh the page, cache and forget the scroll location. With Chrome I…
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Display corruption when switching virtual terminals in Linux

I run Fedora (currently version 16, but this problem has been around a while) and occasionally when I switch virtual terminals (VTs) the new VT shows a corrupted version of some data that was previously displayed on the old VT. For example, if I was…
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Force Firefox and Chrome to reload page including all graphics, even favicon

Using the latest Firefox and Chrome on macOS. I can refresh a page using ⌘+R. This doesn't reload any images if the browser thinks its cached version is still OK (even if it isn't). I can also use Shift+⌘+R to force a refresh, this discards any…
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Stop Firefox from asking users if they want to "Refresh" their profile

Firefox occasionally suggests that a "Refresh" might improve performance. We had a naive user press that button and wipe out a significant amount of customisation. Part of what resulted is that the master password option was turned on by the…
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What is the point of right-click > Refresh on Windows desktop?

I have always wondered why you can do right-click > Refresh. It never seems to do anything. For a millisecond the icons disappear on the desktop and everything else does nothing. Why does windows have this option? Right-click > Refresh on Desktop:…
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Do monitors not atomically/instantaneously refresh their pixels?

I'm trying to understand what causes screen tearing. Suppose that a monitor could update every single one of its pixels instantaneously. Then I imagine refreshes would work like this: A monitor decides its going to start a refresh It looks at…
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How to refresh Chrome remotely?

I have Chrome running in kiosk mode (it displays my HTML/CSS/JS application - so I have control over the whole stack). From time to time, I need to refresh its static content, that is reload the HTML, JS and CSS files. This is equivalent to pressing…
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Windows firewall rules keep reverting after refresh

When i create a new firewall role (inbound or outbound) in the Windows Firewall and Advanced Security after refresh, it disappears! I have this problem recently and i don't know why? (I searched and there is no specific local group policy that may…
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How can I change the update speed of the resource monitor?

In Windows 7, the resource monitor updates about once a second, but I find this too slow. In Task Manager you can make it update about twice a second, or tens of times if you manually refresh it. F5 doesn't work in the resource monitor for me. Is…
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Refresh windows 8 drive is locked

I gave up when trying to restore my windows 8.1 pro. I used recover -> refresh feature in windows 8.1 FYI, my laptop use OEM license, but unfortunately, my OEM partition's gone. But I've created my custom image using recimg -CreateImg. Here's my…
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Why do we refresh computer

Why do we refresh computer?What does 60Hz refresh mean?Why do only computers provide an option to refresh and not mobiles or other devices.Please explain it to me.
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Windows 10 refreshes continuously

I have an HP Envy dv7 laptop and I updated my windows from 8.1 to 10. The problem is that desktop icons are refreshing every second and I don't why. I searched for a solution but nothing was related to windows 10 specifically so I tried what is…
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Is it possible to make the F5 key always preform a hard refresh in browsers?

Are there browser configuration settings or other ways to make a single press of the F5 key preform a hard refresh of the currently loaded page? Ordinarily hard refresh is achieved via pressing Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl-Shift-R but I would like to remove the…
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Why refreshing a webpage lands me on the same area?

When I read an online page (for example: https://www.example.com/page.html) and I scroll down until, let us say, the X paragraph on the bottom of the page. How come when I refresh the page, I find myself landed on the same X paragraph? I mean why…
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