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Ctrl+H not working? Let’s figure it out…

TLDR – Keyboard shortcut not working? Check other programs for global shortcuts. 8×8 Virtual Office binds Ctrl+H to hang up, and prevents any other program from using that shortcut.

(My mental process for fixing a minor but crucial shortcut)

Ctrl+H: the keyboard shortcut for Firefox’s History sidebar. Says so in the menu.

So why in the world did my computer stop recognizing this?

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ASP.Net Development Server prompting for password over VPN

So there’s this problem where a WebForms app prompts me for a password when I’m logged in remotely:

This prompt doesn’t appear normally, and it sucks because you can’t Google an answer for this one

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  • asp.net disable password prompt vpn
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You didn’t even know Google had a captcha on their searches, did you? You can trigger one by searching for “asp.net” + anything multiple times.

Google’s no help on this, so let’s post the solution:
Uncheck the “NTLM Authentication” option and the password prompt goes away!

See that NTLM Authentication option? Turn that shit off if you’re working over VPN!