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Trigger Warning: Old specs are old. This has been a persisent problem for more than a year. Bold items are original parts when issue first noticed. Unbold have been added afterward with no change. CPU: **AMD FX-6300 Six-Core AM3+** FAN: After-market MB: **MSI 970A-G46** RAM: **2x Samsung PC3-8500F**, 2x Hyundai …

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A while back I built a computer with an Asus motherboard, a SSD, and two milk creates for a cheap case, and I had Xubuntu installed on it. I have tried to install Xubuntu on it again several times today but it always fails to create the partitions. I keep …

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Have an online app "keepCalling.com" that allows one to make calls to land lines over the internet. Has worked for years but now I find that new devices after java installation are not recognized by the online app. Looking for a way to generate reports for what might have failed. …

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Hello what is the good soft/programm - paid program for effective search in computer under windows 10 / it s own serch Explorer is very very bad/ and DocFetcher don t know to search folders

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Use the On-Screen Keyboard[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]An on-screen keyboard is built into Windows XP. It can be useful if you have mobility impairments, if you are using a tablet PC, or if your keyboard breaks down unexpectedly. …

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Most of us know how Symbolic links work, they point to another file or folder on the system. Symbolic links don't work with network folders. You can create a symbolic link on a networked folder to point to a local drive. The result is you point the local folder to …

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I have an HP Spectra x360, which I've been very happy with, however, lately it Chrome gets to a point where it causing high CPU utilization and freezes the computer. I didn't install any new extensions, software or hardware. Any suggestions?

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Hi Friends, Trying to download music tracks from Amazon to I-Tunes; have bought tracks and installed their download icon but when I try to open it I get the message "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information see event …

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help, my gateway NE511will not turn back on after I tried to replace wireless card. fan turns on for 2-3 seconds and stops. once in a while the blue light comes on. it has an internal battery and I tried the reset to no avail. cannot find any parts online …

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Hi I know this may have been posted on here before, and if it has I am sorry! Anyway, have discovered this evening that my laptop has started suddenly shutting down. The first time it happened I was browsing the web and it had been on for 40-45 mins when …

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[SIZE=2][COLOR=Indigo][FONT=Georgia]Can anyone tell me if there is a free download for any programs like Spybot or Spy Blaster, that will check for nasty spyware on my G3, I'm running Jaguar. I've looked & can't find anything, it all seems to be for Windows. There must be something out there somewhere, …

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How important do you think it is for a laptop to have a dedicated video card?

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I've been in Palo Alto, CA for a long time now. Since October. When I left, I had Time Warner Cable at my apartment in NYC. Looks like I'll be going back to Spectrum with a whole new service line-up. What can I look forward to? Anyone use them?

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About two months ago, the icon for one of my external USB hard drives (that I have been using for over a year) turned from the drive icon to a document icon. I can access the drive and it behaves like a hard drive in all situations. My hard disk …

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Here's a handy tip I haven't seen documented anywhere. If you have an Explorer window open, do the following 1. Click in the address bar to the right of the address so that the entire address is highlighted/selected 1. Type `cmd` in the address bar so that it replaces the …

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So, my twin boys start college (sixth form) this year and as their birthday is coming up I thought I'd kill two birds and buy them the laptop they need. I'm used to speccing out my own laptops for the office here, but when it is my money rather than …

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My son is looking to buy a new gaming system. For reasons I have detailed elsewhere on Daniweb, there is no way in hell we will consider a Dell system. They were great once. They aren't anymore. And their service sucks big time. We would prefer a prebuilt system because …

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I want to create a symbolic link betwee a folder on a network and a folder on the local drive using the following command; > mklink /d "\\<networkName>\<folderA>\<folderB>" "C:\<folderA>\<folderB>\<folderC>" I get the error; The file or directory is not a reparse point. I did some searching online and didn't find …

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[color=black][size=3]I tried to get the nic on my motherboard to work and got a message that the hardware did not have a Microsoft digital signature, but I continued anyway. Ever since this attempt, I have been getting the following errors in the event viewer and my ip address is not …

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I get an error with nero 7 for DVD-R type DVD: illegal disk, but for other DVD types DVD+r,Double layer,+RW is no problem. Here is the log of nero: Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: - NT-SPTI used Nero Version: 7.10.1.0 Internal Version: 7, 10, 1, 0 Recorder: <SONY DVD RW …

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I don't know what else to do, I've tried everything I've seen on the Internet, so I need some help. Also, I'm not good with computer lingo, so try to dumb it down for me, okay? Lol

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i want to know that after switching off my static ip option in phone ,, why my wifi is not accessing ?

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In an office environment, how would one make certain apps or sites faster than others? Let's say make google faster than youtube or facebook, for everyone in that office. Please let me know if this is in the wrong section or if I am not clear enough. Thank you in …

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Hi All My internet browsers (Chrome, Mozilla, IE) started approximately 2 weeks ago to become 'unresponsive' from time to time. This has become very frequent now and I only get access to the browser for approximately 1 minute before it becomes unresponsive again. Restarting the Laptop allows me to re-access …

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I recently bought a new Dell XPS 8900 with a 1TB drive and only 8GB of RAM. It was loaded with Windows 7 but came witha Windows 10 disk and license. My intention was to put in an SSD to install Windows 7 then upgrade the original HDD to Windows …

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Hello Daniweb Community, Lately we have been experiencing slow internet, now the thing is. In the house we have **12 devices** connected, then from the router it goes out to the bungalow which has around **5-7 devices**. The router we have in the house is a TP-Link Archer D50 and …

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Hello DaniWeb Community, I've recently switched to a cable internet service and with the modem/router [our provider](https://www.iinet.net.au/) sent us which is a modem/router and the parental controls on it are crap so I've had to hook up our old router for the kids (dedicated for them). So what I'm wanting …

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hi guys I need help with our homework. How do I put password in packet tracer? and also what is a AMY and AU router?? Here is the complete instructions our prof gave us when he left for a meeting. Also how do you make it max of 2 users …

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I got a new laptop and I didn't have enough money to buy Microsoft Office so I got Kingsoft Office instead. I'm trying to copy and paste a questionnaire that I completed online for a quiz for class. The questionnaire has the question and a box where you select true …

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Hello, I have a problem with getting ip camera pictures in a browser from internet. IP camera is on address 192.168.4.44, port 5566 My computer is on 192.168.4.10. My router is on 192.168.4.1 and is registered on no-ip service. Also, I have port forwarded 5566 in my router. Xampp is …

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PLEASE HELP ME!!! I was trying to lock a folder with the cacls command, but accidentally typed this: cacls "C:" /e /p everyone:n but when I type this : cacls "C:" /e /p everyone:f It gives me access denied!!! How can I fix this????

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my phone isnt receiving a code to verify my microsoft account,how can i solve this?

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I want to use my Linux Mint 18 (kernel version 4.4.0-62) computer to record music/recordings from (old) cassette tapes to disk using Audacity version 2.1.2. I'm using a cable between the headphone output of the cassette recorder to the input line of my computer, and I want to be able …

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I got a call from recently from someone claiming to be a Dell tech rep. He said my laptop was reporting multiple errors. Realizing immediately that this was a scam I let him continue while I started a Windows 7 Virtual Machine session. Because I had some free time I …

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Laptop Details: Asus Windows 8.1 64-bit Hi. Im having issues with my laptop lately, I kept getting BSOD with error PNP_DETECTED_FATAL_ERROR. I tried uninstalling softwares which I had previously installed but I still kept getting it so i did a reinstall of windows instead and now im having driver issues(with …

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Hello Daniweb, As my title, I have a problem in my gnuplot. I can set the minimum range based on my file.. but doing the maximum range it give a wrong output for min and max yrange. I been searching for net and tried there solutions but it won't work …

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Hi all, I have a dual-boot laptop with Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 8 32 bit. I think i don't need that windows 8 any more. I want to delete it from laptop and add that empty hard drive space to the drive where windows10 located. How can i …

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What is WIFI channel in router device? May i know the function of WIFI channel in router device?

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`<hat type="tin-foil" mode="on">` What does Google have from serving us with Google Fonts? Typical Google could start sending up custom JavaScript from JavaScript repository. But what about fonts? What does Google get from it? You can't tell me they just have well-doing spree and are sharing to help. Corporations are …

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I created my virtual disk and all that good stuff. I inserted the CD and VMware detected it. I went through some installation questions like optimizing the disk ect. Then it told me to insert the boot disk into drive A:. I Inserted the boot disk and restarted VMware, and …

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I have checked everywhere in Daniweb to see if this has been asked before but could not find the question. Forgive me if this is too simple an issue and it is my hope that my question is clear. I have an excel worksheet (see attached) with 4 columns. Column …

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I recently purchased a new Vizio 55" LED 1080p tv but I'm having trouble connection my Nintendo 64 to it. The red & white audio cable are working fine and I'm getting all of the audio but there is not yellow port on my new tv for the N64's yellow …

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Hello everyone i heard about this new but not new technology, which pays you to rent your free HDD space for cloud purposes. I like to ask is there anyone which can give me some more info about this? Am planing to invest about $150 - $200 for Raspberry Pi …

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I have been downloading old kid's readio stories and trying to burn them onto mp3 CDs for my daughter. The problem is that when she plays the CDs on the mp3 CD player in her room the tracks are not in order. I have edited the meta-data and labeld every …

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