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Hey, I would like to customize Linux in VMware. Fully for myself. Can I later set it on real computer? If yes, how? If not, dammit!

Is swap space in Linux, something like reserved RAM? Which avoids to display spikes and calculation lag? Offcourse I know, I can't use 2GB RAM program, on 1.5GB RAM computer with 2GB swap. But, if I use 2GB program and go for one calculation that uses in fact 2.5 RAM. …

I've been having a problem for (I'm guessing) a few months that I finally resolved and I'm posting it here as a warning. The problem occurs in Outlook 2003 but may also occur in later versions. **Symptoms** I'd start composing an email in Outlook 2003 and save it to the …

Few days ago I was scanning a memory card with Avast and PC got shut down. Now there is file of 4GB in C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast and I need permission from SYSTEM to delete it. I tried to take permission from administrator account but didnt work. What should I do to …

By examining the first, third and last (seventh) fields of the /etc/passwd file, determine the userid and login shell for your username, the user root, and the user nobody (yes, there is a system user with the username "nobody"). Create simple files in your home directory, called my.uid, my.shell, root.uid, …

Alright, so basically I have my Steelseries Siberia plugged into my ASUS G55. It works completely fine and all, except for one thing. Whenever it hasn't played a sound in a while, and I play a sound, it doubles the sound; Sound both coming out from the headset, and the …

So I just got a new laptop, it was originally running 64bit windows 8 so i had to get rid of it. Daft question, but I put a 32bit linux os (Elementary OS) on my system and it is running hideously slow. I'm hoping it is just that I've put …

when i want to reinstall windows to my computer it doesnt happen and it says dat "a problem has occured while reseting ur pc and when i wanted to install microsoft office 2013 on my pc it says dat "deas not enough space in da hard drive"

**Hi, How would I write a Windows Command to delete all folders recurvsively with a specific wildcard name ({*}) under a specific path that is older than 10 days? I would like to run this on the command prompt and I also want to run it as a batch file. …

Hi, I am new to the forum. I am working with a small investment company that happens to be situated have sensitive data on their computers. It is a subsidiary company that has very sensitive data such as government contracts, contracts involving large amounts. The problem we are having is …

I'm currently having an assignment that wants me to copy a select amount of files. More specifically files that are even using the cp command. The assignment is to copy files that start with cp and are even. This was my command at first `cp[24680]*` but it returned all files …

I am using windows XP SP2 home edition and I can't add another user account...I can but it won't load. At present I have 2 user profiles running (both administrators) with the guest account turned off. I have visitors and for privacy reasons I want them to have their own …

Is there any way to transfer files via Wifi ..... from one computer to other computer...

Hi all, While I'm not super knowledgable I have been building my own for years with no issues, so here goes: PC was running (It is almost never shut off) I noticed a wierd, intermittent buzzing noise that I managed to trace to the PC. All the fans were running …

Hi all, its been a while since i have been on DW. I have started tasking MDT deployment. The issue i have is i need to capture a user input, for example a custom serial number. This will then be passed into the registry hive for OEM'ing. I have a …

latest combination(combo) devices of computer.tell me those devices which works more than one??

I have a mid-size Windows network (40 PCs, 3 AD servers) and everything was working fine until some months ago. suddenly, I started to see in some PCs and servers the weird "Generic host process" error. It even reappears a couple of days after the PC is reinstalled. All the …

Can anyone answer this question: Suppose that node A is directly connected to node B by a link having bandwidth 10 Mbps. Suppose also that the link is 1km., the propogation delay is 2 x 10^8 meters/sec, and that each transmitted packet has 1000 bytes. Assume no queuing delay. What …

I have a PC with 2 drives. A SSD which has my OS installed and a traditional HDD which has all my files and most of my programs on it. My question is do I have to install my new anti-virus on the OS drive or can if funciton properly …

i'm having a problem when i try to telnet my netgear router (JWNR2000v2) i could ping it but when i try to telnet it using puTTy, it says that the connection is closed by the remote host. i tried using telnetEnable.exe but i don't know if its working or not. …

I recently re-installed windows 7 onto my pc and was redownloading and installing all my old programs when I noticed I wasnt getting any sound from my headphones. I've looked at other forums and posts and tried them but no success. I was able to get sound to play though. …

hey guys really need some help here...have a HP Compaq Presario v3000 Win/XP Home...problem with the dvdrom..doesnt show up on "my computer"...insert a disk and it sounds ready spining,liights and all...but then ....nothing....please help....Thanks in advance.....

Yesterday I started experiencing a very irritating problem on my Windows 7 Enterprise x64 machine. Somehow, and I don't know how, I've lost permission to download .exe files to my Desktop (if I create a new folder on the Desktop I can successfully download into that). I've tried using both …

It's not often I start a new thread, but I've hit a bit of an unusual problem...Admittedly one of my own making... I have a laptop with a completely dead HD, which I've been using for a while with Ubuntu 9.10 installed on a bootable 8Gb USB stick with approx …

Hi all, I'm going nuts with my laptop. I installed gparted, backed up my fil, and then let gparted do its thing. I then went to reinstall Ubuntu with a disc but I keep getting the following messages: "xhecking media [fail]. No boot device found. Press any key to continue". …

Hey guys, ran into a problem my troubleshooting hasn't figured out yet. Recently I've had to frankenstein a new rig (all hardware is compatible as far as I know) because my last one had motherboard voltage spikes. Now when I try to open my development software (aptana studio) it will …

Hello, I have one "**tar.Z**" file. Objective is to unzip it by shell script and check the date. * archive: filename_20140103_1540.tar.Z #!/bin/bash cd $REP_DATAS/path u=$(date +%u) if [ ${u} -eq 1 ] ; then dateQ=`date --date='-3 day' +'%Y%m%d_%H%m'` else dateQ=`date --date='-1 day' +'%Y%m%d_%H%m'` fi tar xvf filename_"dateQ".tar.Z > error: > …

hello I was wondering if I could be helped. My moms computer has caught the sasser virus isass.exe an invalid parameter was passed by a function or something along those lines at start up of her computer she runs windows xp profesional. I tried booting it into safemode and i …

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Hi i am new here. REcently i began to download a few software from the internet and must of them are in zIp files. When i try to open them, textedit open instead and it says this program cannot be run in DOS mode. I do not know how to …

Folder name such as da12e5154f6b530007fd9e got automtically created in my system... Can anyone please tell me why such folders get created and how can I delete it...

Hello Community, I was just wondering what this url is "https://fbcdn-photos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/hellocdn.html?v=1" for some reason on start-up my computer will open this url not all the time but occasionally. It doesn't do anything it just gives my a blank page, the HTTPS certificate is in affect so I don't thing it's …

I got a virus that turned off Microsoft Essentials and prevented me from starting it. I tried getting other programs to remove it but i believe that the virus also disabled Microsoft installer. My skype wont start properly along with other programs i use daily taking an extremely long time …

Hi. I'm still a newbie on apache/linux, so I'm hoping that my problem is relatively easy for more experienced people to solve. I have 4 folders, each containing an .htaccess file to restrict access to the PDF files they contain. My problem is that whenever I edit the content of …

I am a final year student and I need some project topics and also materials to use for them,preferably on networking.

I bought an OCZ Vector SSD about 6-8 months ago for a new build and currently have Win 7 installed on it. I haven't had any problems yet (touch wood) and it still runs lovely and quick. I installed and ran Astra32 today and it reports my SSD drive health …

I keep trying to convert the web.config file from my old server to the new one, which is using Ubuntu server, but I can't get the things done right. Can you guys help me to convert the code bellow to .htaccess? <rewrite> <rules> <rule name="Rule IIS7"> <match url="^([a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+)(___)([0-9]+)(.*?)$" ignoreCase="false" /> …

I updated my windows 8 to 8.1 and for some odd reason some of the items that i see on the screen look fuzzy and some things do not. How do i fix the screen resolution problem that only affects half of the content i see on the screen?

I am trying to delete xampp from my computer and reinstall it but the problem is that it keeps saying that the folder for xampp is open somewhere else? How do i delete it properly?

Hi folks, My onboard VGA display port is not working. When I start machine display toggles 'ON'/'OFF' in series and after 10 seconds monitor goes blank. My doubt is that the VGA port has some issues. I've checked monitor by connecting it to laptop. Its working fine. So my question …

Hello all, can someone please help me, a year and a couple hundred Euro later still have my problem. Internet explorer keeps opening by itself - up to a hundred pages, all to the home page. I have had people look at re-formatted the harddrive several times and nothing. Have …

hello friend.... i got problem here, im trying to reformat my hp 4-1035TU ultrabook, but it didnt show any partition for my computer and its ask for driver. someone know how to solve this issue??

Hello Community, I was wanting to make a controller to work with my program (which is coded in VB.NET) and I want to know how this would be done. Example if I press a button on the controller it will press a button on the program, however I would also …

Hi, I have tried reinstalling gnome-session after removing it now my desktop wont start. Even if I try startx still I can't get my gnome desktop to start. Pease help. Thank you

I got my iPod Shuffle a couple of days ago. It's 2 gigs. I look at all the youtube videos about how to sync music to my iPod and none of them work. I am using the current version (11.1.3) of itunes. I don't know what is going on! Please …

I am confused about Android user rights. A lot of times you have to root your phone to get access to do things, but some programs run on a non-rooted phone in a way that would seem they have root access. Examples would be AppLockers, Antivirus programs, and Safe Browsing …

Hi my name is Amber and I am new to this site....I have a major question, my boyfriend and I have had alot of past trouble with PORN :twisted: And I dont know what to do, i dont want to take away his internet entirely so we agreed on a …

i cannot install microsoft .net framework on my laptop. please help :) this is on the log file: OS Version = 6.1.7600, Platform 2 OS Description = Windows 7 - x86 CommandLine = C:\cd9eff67eee9832dce41e970dae2\\Setup.exe /x86 /x64 TimeZone = Pacific Standard Time Initial LCID = 1033 Using Simultaneous Download and Install …

Hi i have a 512MB Memory Ram DDR2 (i know it's too low) i put it on a desktop computer and when i check it only have 256MB Ram is that possible? i mean decreasing 512MB and make it 256MB Only?

Hi - Some time ago I upgraded the old box (Alzheimers in the hardware) and jumped to W7HPx64. The new box has an i5-2400 CPU, FWIW. My problem is that it came with VisualC++ 2005 and 2008, but nothing later. VC++ 2008 has two x64 files and one x86 file. …