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New User so don't blame me for my totally un-technical terms! At the moment using Windows 2000 instead of 98 My toshiba 1620 has got a ghost or something. My Accupoint mouse in the middle of the keyboard has taken to moving randomly up and down the screen and then …

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My ps's motherboard is burned and i was just trying to see where or how i would get a motherboard for my TEK 6633 all in one pc. I am from Namibia and noone here is unable to help me.

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Hello. I am a newcomer to Daniweb and need some advice. I've been using Ubuntu regularily on several PCs and note books installing without problems until now. I have just purchased an Acer Aspire ES 11 (ES1-132-CONU) that is using an Intel Celeron Quad Core 3450 processor launced Q3'16 possibly …

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Hi. I wasn't sure which topic this falls under as it sort of concerns both OS and this is, I'm sure, a **really noob** (I want to start learning linux) question but can i use one pen drive between the 2 different OS's? Earlier I was using my pen drive …

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Hi folks. I use Win 7 on my desktop. I have a 1TB HDD that I partitioned so I could boot from C: drive and then store data on the larger "partition" D: drive, a common practice. Well I bought a SSD to install as a boot drive and loaded …

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My microphone is vislible and shown as default in sound settings but the windows sound recorder does not work "An audio recording device was not found" and Skype echo voice test does not work.

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Hi there, I’m doing some research around cybersecurity — specifically access management. Does anyone have a moment to answer the below please? 1. Since Windows Active Directory is nearly ubiquitous in enterprises, what are IT professionals doing to secure access? What are the biggest challenges to securing user access using …

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I was write code for excel vba xml database values write into text file. when i using without any special characters xml values parsed into their text file without any issues but when i using special characters xml cannot parse special characters (&,- etc) error getting on my macro page. …

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Hi ! I feel a little dumb, as I am trying to understand something which seems evident to everyone, and so that I cannot find a clear answer. I hope you guys could enlight my questions: I am trying to figure out how can a server handle multiple entrant connections. …

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I just signed up for Comcast for an apartment I'm renting in California. (Yes, I'm bicoastal now ... I own my place in NYC and I rent here in downtown Palo Alto.) Either way, I went to the Comcast store and got a little self-install kit that comes complete with …

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Hello, I have a small form factor gaming PC with the following hardware. MSI X170I Gaming Pro AC mini iTX MB Intel i7 6700K CPU 32GBs GSkil DDR4 ram Nvidia GeForce 1080 Founders edition GPU OS Windows 10 Pro I subscribe to Frontier FIOS (formaly was Verizon) for my hi …

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I've been asked many times how to play Video DVD and Blu-Ray (BR) on Windows for years. Until now I've always lamented the lack of free BR player software. But last week the CNET Cheapskate published a freebie player. I'll try it in a few days. Link -> https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-watch-dvds-for-free-in-windows-10/ Most …

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Hi all, I have a huge problem with my Deep Freeze. I dont know how it happened, but a few days ago I wanted to update my video card driver, so I pressed the shortcut buttons for DF... nothing... I have Deep Freeze Standard v7.20.020.3398. I tried to manually run …

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Ok folks, I rarely log in to ask questions so forgive me if I'm in the wrong category. Ok, the pc is a laptop (HP Elitebook 8460p, i5-2520m CPU 2.50GHz, 4GB RAM, Crucial 240GB SSD) running Win 7 Pro 64. Now I've scoured the net and can't find a single …

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When I opened my powerpoint 2007 document I got: The Presentation ****.pptx is incomplete. I need to repair pptx document by any manual or other methods.

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hi guys, I accidentally formatted my usb flash memory and lost all the files i kept in it. i have tried some data recovery software but am not getting my files back. how can i go about it to recover my files?

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Machine runs Microsoft Windows 10 (Home) and Microsoft Word 2016 (Home and Student). Recently it began turning on Tracking on new documents. I go in and disable it, it stays off for a day, then comes back on. Since I don't want to use that, it can be annoying. All …

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I am having some problems with my nokia X2DS Regards 3G connectivity

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I have all of my components for a new build but before I start I have been thinking about maybe getting an SSD to use as my boot drive. I have a very large collection of music, 200 plus Gb worth. I keep it in " My Music " on …

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When I quit for the day on my PC I always used "sleep" instead of shutdown. The monitor would go black and after a few seconds the power would shut down. That was normal. Now when I tell it to sleep the monitor goes black, the PC never powers down …

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I recently built a crypto currency miner and I'm using Linux Mint as my OS for the miner. I manually turn on the miner by navigating to ~/Desktop/claymore and running ./start_only_eth.bash and my miner starts mining. So i palced this line `./home/ethereum/Desktop/claymore/start_only_eth.bash` in the /etc/init.d/rc.local file but I don't think …

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Hello Members, I had used the Ghost cd to clone my Windows XP and Restore it in another PC. I never need to install any thing in computer but just insert the cd and for bacuking up/ restore.. That is Norton Ghost 11 version i reckon. it never supports Windows …

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hello when i ping Facebook.com it shows this below.. Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\OVN>ping facebook.com Pinging facebook.com [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply …

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Has anyone used the Stylish extension for FireFox ? I can't get a style to effect an absolute URL and any and all pages within a absolute URL ?

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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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