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I run El Capitan but had the same problem with prior operating systems. I can't use the single quote key to type a straight quote mark in the apps that I want, in particular an abc notation app called EasyABC. Having just stated that I notice the word can't does …

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Hi all. I've had a good look around for info, and come up short. Does anyone know of a way to get the thread id under which a service is running, from either safehandle or unsafe handle properties of the object? wmi with Win32_Service does not appear to provide it, …

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I HOPE THIS IS WHERE IT CAN BE SEEN: I got 4 systems on a small office network; 2 with Windows 7 and the newest one on Windows 10. The other is in the process of being upgraded to 7 so I can upgrade to Windows 10. When I hooked …

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I have Kali live with persistence and quite a few hours worth of tweaks in a bulky 15Gb USB although I'm using less than 5Gb overall. I just got a tiny, 8Gb USB memory, is there a way to migrate it all to the 8Gb one? By that I mean …

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After running Windows XP for far too many years, I decided to upgrade to Windows 7. I built my PC around 5 years ago: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 667MHz RAM Western Digital Caviar 320GB HD OC GameXStream 600W Power Supply DFI Infinity 975X …

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Hmm... I've made it my top priority to get a Master's and Ph.D in Computer Science and Software Systems... however I'd like to know what a suitable Master's Thesis would be? I'm thinking about making a book, maybe 6000 pages long, pertaining to nothing but Software ideals and technology. This …

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**Synopsis:** * NEW computer build with good hardware * While playing audio speakers pop, crackle and audio lags randomly and intermittently. **Troubleshooting steps taken so far:** * Uninstall all audio drivers, let Windows install default audio drivers * Install the latest Realtek High Definition Audio drivers (12/8/2015) * Go into …

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Hello! How would you make an Operating System with COSMOS? Heres what I want: * A boot screen, showing a progress bar with the current OS loading status * A desktop with customizable wallpaper * Mouse * A taskbar that shows open programs, a start menu, the time, the sound …

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Hello guys, I am Toni Hacker, i browsed through this forum and I saw you guys really talk more about programming. i wanna make an operating system but i need a team. please its gonna be an open project. I need your advice and help. anybody care to help

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I was wondering how for example drop box or a NAS is coping with the different file systems on different operating systems when sharing a folder? I was reading more about the different file systems and noticed that they ol have their size limits or they all safe their files …

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Heya all, First of all, sorry if this is the wrong part of the forum to post on, i was doubting between the networking and OS forums. Currently, i have a freecom [silverstore-2-NAS](http://www.freecom.com/Products/External-Hard-Drives/Network-Hard-Drives/SilverStore2) but i feel the software is rather restrictive to me. So what i'd like to do is …

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guys please tell me with your expertise that which operating system(windows or ubuntu) gives a better interface for creating and executing child programs..#

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As I sit here on my Windows 7 pc. Doing research and playing a few games of chess and poker. I wonder why do I have to load all this clutter in order to execute a few commands? So I guess the six million dollar question is. Is there an …

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Daniweb helped me straighten out my last computer with Malware bytes and Spyware when I was I was having trouble. When that computers had a problem with all its all its usb I had to switch computers quickly. Bought a secondToshiba since my wife liked them. This one had Windows …

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Hi guys, Vin here. I just like to ask if it is possible to dual boot two different operating system with different architecture(64 bit/32 bit)? My current os is windows 7 hp 64bit and I would like to dual boot it with windows xp 32 bit.... Here's my computer specs: …

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Hello All, I am interested in gaining more hands on experience when it comes to network infrastructure. I am limited as of right now with physical devices and in the meantime would like to know what would be a great software program for either Windows 7 or Linux to utilize …

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Is there a way to catch a "program.exe stopped working" Windows error? I am not sure what to look for, or even where to look, in my code. I have the code repeat a rather complicated algorithm using different data several times. It runs fine for 27 iterations and then …

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For those interested in operating system development, this snippet tests status of A20. It is the line that allows memory beyond 1 meg to be addressed, otherwise it will just wrap around which some applications and versions of DOS depend on. My bootloader **MBR1_44** has switched system to protected (*32 …

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Hello There, Can I someone explain this problem. I dont understand what mean. I have read over and over i still dont get it. Assume you need an application that operates on two kinds of data types D1 and D2. Both D1 and D2 need to be defined with typedef. …

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Can you use any compiler, assembler, etc to output code directly for the processor and not for an executable file specific to an OS? How do you determine if you are outputting for an executable for an OS or directly for a processor? Are the instructions/code part in an exe …

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Im trying to create something like a simple OS. but Im trying to make the drag and drop system, I dont know even how to start with this, any help?

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Hello, programming is one of my interests. Having an OS is one of my dreams.

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Hi all What do you guys think of Google Apps? If I'm asked, good stuff, but they restricted direct access to cloud disk store and they charge databases per record. A major drawback. So there is an opening place for an alternative. I was thinking of php+javascript framework that could …

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I'm stuck on one of brokenthorn's tutorial on bootloaders. My question is why reference byte 26? > Bytes 26-27 : First Cluster http://www.brokenthorn.com/Resources/OSDev6.html

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This might sound crazy or something, but i've always wanted to build an Operating System like Windows where people can do everyday things I know some people do not like the new Operating System and that the new screens look atrocious. Also I need a group at least five or …

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[URL="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/poll/index.cfm?action=showresults&pid=3228421"]A new poll into Operating System popularity by a British computer magazine[/URL] has revealed that an incredible 37 percent of respondents are still using Windows XP. That's more than Windows 7 which managed to woo 30 percent of the folk taking part, and Vista could only garner a pretty poor …

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Hello Friends, Please tell me, Which Operating System Is Better..? Android Or Windows Or Symbian...?

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[Linux](http://www.educba.com/course/online-unix-linux-operating-system-fundamentals-training/) is in the simplest terms it is an Operating System. It is the software on a computer that ready the application and the computer-operator to access the devices on the computer to perform the desired functions. The OS(Operating System) relays instructions from an a application to and for instance …

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When you need to create a login page using PHP and MySQL, the safety of this login page relies on - Your PHP scripting abilities - How well and securely has PHP been programmed in C++. - How well C++ compiler of interpreter of PHP has been programmed. - How …

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When posting any request for help with an assembly language problem, we ask that you provide some crucial information: * The operating system (Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc.) the program will be running under, including the version, * The assembler you are using, including the version, * the bit width being …

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I tried to build really basic associative array but it turned out I don't have enough knowledge, so I tried something less, and less, and less, because I kept failing at it. Finally I just tried to set variables and print them in the command-line. But I can't even do …

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Hi Daniweb, I'm making a shell-ish console for my Operating Systems class. Trying to get the shell to Terminate a process given a process name. Ever since I made the following addition to my code, this error is coming: `Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.In __gnu_cxx::__exchange_and_add(int volatile*, int) () ()` …

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I did my disk partition in windows7 to increase storage volume of C: drive , using "easeUS disk partition". after the partition was shown successful, my computer restarted but it went to rescue mode. i tried to slove the problem but i can only boot linux OS. when i try …

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Hi. With `$u_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];` i can get the users information but i just want to echo the OS that users use, something like: Linux,Ubuntu How can i get this out from the $u_agent variable?

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According to a [SecureList posting](https://securelist.com/blog/69462/darwin-nuke/) dated April 10th, researchers Anton Ivanov, Andrey Khudyakov, Maxim Zhuravlev and Andrey Rubin discovered a vulnerability in the Darwin kernel back in December 2014. Why is this of interest? Well, the Darwin kernel is an open source part of both the Apple operating systems. The …

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So about two weeks ago a message was sent to my laptop from Windows informing me that they will no longer will be supporting Window Xp, the OS I use for my laptop. They have been supporting Xp for twelve yrs which I know in OS yrs is forever. My …

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Iam using windows 8.1 and want to install mac os on my system. please help me a lot. i m new to os .

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In what has quite possibly been one of the longest periods between security problems being revealed and action being taken, the Virginia Board of Elections voted on Tuesday to remove the certification of more than 300 AVS WINVote touchscreen voting machines. The Virginia Information Technology Agency, and consultancy Pro V&V, …

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Eh... I lost recently laptop to Windows, Microsoft made me cost about 700$, and that all in just 2 weeks. And even though I start hating it, I cannot deny the fact that many applications and certain games I rely on are runable only on Windows. Graphics card aren't really …

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Hi..... this is pradeep I'm intrested to create a better operating system than "Wintel"im also learnt the C,C++ languages.is there any possible to create operating system...........?

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It's that time of year again, and the latest [Secunia Vulnerability Review](http://secunia.com/vr2015/) has been published. This analysed anonymous data gathered from scans right across 2014 of millions of computers which have Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) installed and revealed some interesting statistics. On average, the computers used by the people …

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hi guys i've written an bare OS and now im trying to go a little furthur and create a very simple GUI for it . but i have no idea how to create such a thing . my os is running in text_mode though i can change to some other …

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Would you ever use a non unix like operating system ever again by your free will. (Working environments don't count) And why aren't all operating systems posix based? <-Serious question? It just seems so painfully obvious to me this is how all operating systems should be. Thoughts?

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I had 2 Linux's on my laptop. But I really needed to start something that required DirectX in it, also, it had to be on Windows. I tried to use VMware and VirtualBox but to no avail, so it had to be real machine, not virtual one. I installed Windows …

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If you are well known of this that Windows is now facing another Build 10022 of Windows 10 and that Windows 7 still has a market share of %55 while Windows XP is still dropping. I think XP is still a great Operating System compared to the others and I …

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I have to write program in c linux for operating systems class - communicator using fifo which has to work like that: ./Speak create name (to create user) ./Speak send from to (to send msg from user to user) ./Speak history name (to read all msgs sent to user Every …

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In light of the regular if slow traffic in certain specialized questions - especially regarding operating systems development and compiler development - I would like to suggest that a sticky be added to the Software Development forum giving links to specialized sites such as OSDev.org, where those sorts of questions …

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**I want to make some Operating systems like dos in C# but how?** I have Cosmos, but i dont know how to use it. i make some program with C# (I'm already pro) , But with COSMOS i dont know how to do. ( sorry if my english bad :) …

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Hi Guys, So this thread is going to be a tutorial on cross platform GUI programming the easy way. In this tutorial I'll be exploring all Operating systems, mainly, windows 7, mac os x and the most popular linux distro at the moment (Ubuntu). However, I won't be using the …

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