How can I temporarily disable dashboard

While trying to install new version of Adobe Flash the installation process gets halted and displays "Disable Dashboard" to continue.
How do I accomplish that?

Use Terminal to disable the Dashboard. Go to Applications>Utilities>Terminal
Once you have the window open in Terminal copy & paste this command to disable it:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
Then, restart the Dock using the following command:
killall Dock
If you want to enable your Dashboard again simply replaceYES with NO in the top command and repeat the process.

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How can I temporarily disable dashboard client

I want to install an updated version of Adobe Flash. i am being instructed to close Safari (no problem) and Dashboard Client. How can I temporarily disable Dashboard Client so that I can install the update? I am currently using MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8.2.

Use Terminal to disable the Dashboard. Go to Applications>Utilities>Terminal
Once you have the window open in Terminal copy & paste this command to disable it:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
Then, restart the Dock using the following command:
killall Dock
If you want to enable your Dashboard again simply replaceYES with NO in the top command and repeat the process.

How can I TEMPORARILY disable built-in microphone?

I like to record music from the web on my Touchsmart 310-1145UK (BTW this is 3 months old but HP don't recognise this model number so I can't contact customer support on-line!!! It is a 20 inch screen all-in-one PC).
I use Audacity to record, this worked fine EXCEPT that it also recorded all the noise that the built-in microphone picked up.
I found a way of disabling it, but this turned out to be permanent and there was no way of getting it back apart from a system restore.
How can I stop the micrphone, or turn it down so it doesn't work, and then easily turn it back on again?

stratobuddy wrote:
I like to record music from the web on my Touchsmart 310-1145UK (BTW this is 3 months old but HP don't recognise this model number so I can't contact customer support on-line!!! It is a 20 inch screen all-in-one PC).
I use Audacity to record, this worked fine EXCEPT that it also recorded all the noise that the built-in microphone picked up.
I found a way of disabling it, but this turned out to be permanent and there was no way of getting it back apart from a system restore.
How can I stop the micrphone, or turn it down so it doesn't work, and then easily turn it back on again?
Here is a link to your notebook's support portal. That is indeed a recognized HP product name. I searched the HP server for the link.
In the systray, right-click on the volume icon. Select Recording devices. Right-click on the microphone icone and select Disable and select OK To enable the microphone, just go back into the very same Windows that you disabled it in.
You can also access the sound Window by typing sound in the start search box. Select sound and then select the Recording tab.
Best regards,
erico
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How can I temporarily disable web filtering software, firewalls,popupblockers,etc.so I can pay my verizonwireless bill online?

The problems you are experiencing are most likely the result of Web filtering software, firewalls, popup blockers or ad blocking software.
You may resolve this issue by visiting your browser's website and searching for instructions on temporarily disabling Web filtering software, firewalls, popup blockers, and/or ad blocking software. You may also use another computer.
For Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com
For Firefox http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/
For Safari http://www.apple.com/support/
Important
These actions may increase your security risk. Your computer or your network may be more vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We recommend that you address any concerns with your browser's support team.

The problems you are experiencing are most likely the result of Web filtering software, firewalls, popup blockers or ad blocking software.
You may resolve this issue by visiting your browser's website and searching for instructions on temporarily disabling Web filtering software, firewalls, popup blockers, and/or ad blocking software. You may also use another computer.
For Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com
For Firefox http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/
For Safari http://www.apple.com/support/
Important
These actions may increase your security risk. Your computer or your network may be more vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as viruses. We recommend that you address any concerns with your browser's support team.

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Hi. My subject says it all. How can I permanently disable the "fn" key?
At first I thought I had a virus or something because when I typed only weird symbols came out. Then I reset the computer. Then I couldn't even log in. I tried Time Machine etc.
Then I realized that the "fn" key wasn't working right. It seems to be working backwards. It acts like it's being pushed when it's not, and when I do push it it acts like it's not being used.
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Thanks. I hope someone knows.

That's the best answer. Yeah usually if you press "fn" or "option" you can get it to work for awhile.
Yeah I have considered some kind of external keyboard also. It will make a laptop less laptopish. But it could do the job for awhile.
It's sad because I don't even care about the "fn" or "option" keys.
But anyway it's not catastrophic at least.
And yeah maybe we can get a new computer later or something. I like mine though. It's customized and is how I like it right now.
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How can I Hide/ Disable the Question mark and Exit button in the Top right corner of Link Bar of Excel Documents in SharePoint 2013?

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Hi to everybody,
I want to know that how can we make a filed DISABLE at runtime <whenever we run a FORM>.
I know about SET-ITEM-INSTANCE-PROPERTY but don't know how to use it,
please make it clear.
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There's no property values for enabled or disabled in SET_ITEM_INSTANCE_PROPERTY.
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I recently had to restore my Netgear ReadyNAS to factory settings, which meant that I needed to make a backup of its data and restore it afterwards. The only possible way to back up the 8.5Tb of data was to get 9Tb of WD Red disks and somehow use them - so my immediate thought was that the Mac Pro would be a good idea. I t had four drives in it, but three of them were not being used by the OS so they could be temporarily removed.
So I replaced three of my four Mac Pro drives with new 3Tb drives and used Disk Utility to set them up as a JBOD. I then used this JBOD drive to back up the NAS and restore it again after I had re-installed its O/S (the whole thing took two weeks!!!).
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Going to ask the mods to move this to MacPro, Hatter can answer your question, but I'm pretty sure if you power down and remove the RAID drives, you can put them in back again and boot up and the RAID will still be recognized as the info is stored on the drives themselves in the GUID/MBR of each drive in the set.
Also you should know, there is a new MacPro coming and it doesn't accept internal drives, only external.
So you should prepare and have some sort of external hardware redundancy for your data that isn't dependent on the Mac HFS+ formatting as Windows doesn't read that.
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