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Hi I have a question? If you dump the RAM "internal memory" with dd to an image file, you get everything in memory or Will something be missing?

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I have Lenovo Ideapad 320 i7 8550u 8th Gen laptop it has below display adapotrs AMD readon TM 530 Intel(R) UHD graphics 620 I want to add two or three external monitors but it has only one HDMI port, Two USB 3.00 and one Type-C 3.1 port how can i …

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An SSL certificates are used to make your personal information protected, particularly when it comes to online transactions. It’s a mechanism that works between a user’s browser and the website the user is connecting to. In its software, the website has an SSL certificate issued by a trustworthy authority. Web …

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Here at the cottage I have a 3 gig/month cap. If I go over I pay extra. That gives me about 100 meg a day to play with. In preparation for the summer I have to spend some time 1. setting my wifi connection to metered (to block updates) 1. …

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i am trying to add two external monitors to extend screen on my toshiba laptop through vga and hdmi port . But only one is working. i cannot detect second monitor. if i plugout one other is working then. how to add two monitors? display card is :intel(r) hd graphics …

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Hello All, I have an issue with Windows 7: sometime the copy paste doesn't work and when this issue appear => the only way to remove it is by rebooting my pc. The copy paste doesn't work (wether using using [Ctrl]+[C], [Ctrl]+[V] or by context menu (right-click menu)) for all …

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I've just bought a stand/sit desk 70cm x 120cm which because of lack of space has to fit almost up against a wall. I need to buy a monitor arm for my 17" monitor and there's room enough for any clamp but not for overhanging arms. So I will need …

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It blocks every attempt to modify any file anywhere. I give Steam and all its subsidiary .exes permission and then it says that there is no permission to modify 'Documents'. I just bought the darned machine to game with and it is freaking driving me nuts. Any suggestions on where …

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Here's the full notice -> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/fbi-tells-router-users-to-reboot-now-to-kill-malware-infecting-500k-devices/ You can read what happened if you wish but just a r̴e̴b̴o̴o̴t̴ ̴a̴n̴d̴ ̴i̴t̴'̴s̴ ̴g̴a̴m̴e̴ ̴o̴v̴e̴r̴ ̴f̴o̴r̴ ̴t̴h̴i̴s̴ ̴m̴a̴l̴w̴a̴r̴e̴.̴ **Update in new reply.**

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Hi all , I need some help with my laptop in booting. Someone told me that choosing the No gui boot option makes the computer boot faster? However there are also many other options like, boot log, safe video, safe boot (with minimal, alternate shell etc.. options) vista. What do …

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The computer new setup win7 ultimate 64 bit and add a network drive and create a shortcut for the desktop (create shortcut), each time you run the application right click on the shortcut and select Run as administrator new application run if double click directly If the shortcut of the …

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I do not post here to send here. When using a shared network drive, win7 does not remember any other computer passwords and when running applications with SQL Server connections win7 does not remember SQL Server's user / pass, SQL Server connection type is ODBC, you know how to fix …

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this has been bothering me forever, whenever i open a game, ex: madden 07, age of empires, cs:source...etc my mouse flickers/blinks when i move it. when i dont move my cursor, i cant see anything but when i do move my mouse, the cursor on the screen flickers and it …

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So I turn on the PC it all lights up fans are going pumps are going keyboard and mouse have power but the lights on the keyboard arnt working have tested the leads unplug it and left it for a while reseated the ram unplugged all the stuff plugged into …

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Today I tried to install the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update. It failed with the message ![2017-10-18_161217.png](/attachments/large/3/837de23baab769b190bf69bbceed71ee.png "align-center") I found this peculiar because I don't have that application installed. I **do** have Macrium Reflect (Free) version 6 but certainly not Drive Image 7 (Powerquest). As usual, clicking the Support link …

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I recently replaced the motherboard, wifi card, and switch on my Dell XPS12. Now when powered up, it will shut down on its own within a few minutes. What to check / replace next?

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Linux Mint So I'm trying to learn French but I'm running into some complications when it comes to finding a good keyboard layout. Here are the layouts that I've tried so far: English (US) English (international Alt Gr dead keys) English (UK, international with dead keys) English (UK, extended WinKeys) …

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When I retired in 2008 after carrying a cell phone for years on standby for our control centre I swore I would never get another cell phone. I was wrong. It took ten years but I finally broke down and got a SpeakOut pay-as-you-go FiGO Ultra. It's got everything I …

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I'm wanting to build a new computer but I'm having trouble, it's been a long time since I've built one and my head is starting to spin just looking at the options for motherboards. So you know what I'm working with this is my empty tower -> NZXT Source 210 …

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My laptop shows cpu usage 100 percent and all programs stop responding i am feed up of it

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My brother has a Windows 10 laptop. I use Linux so I'm a little out of the loop when it comes to Windows. He's having problems and wants me to wipe it out and re-install it. Will I need to load the OS onto a USB drive first? If so …

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From Stardock's newsletter I read "Handles are killing your PC" and checked in on the apps and handles to discover the stock Killer Network app was way out there at over 906,000 (906 THOUSAND) handles. This was a pretty interesting find and had me off to the maker for latest …

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I'm looking for software that will allow someone at one end to talk into a camera and stream to a Raspberry Pi on the other end. It's going to be a prop for a live action role play game I'm running for later in the year and I'd like to …

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Hello, I am in the middle of learning about IT Security. I wonder why sometimes people uses ASCII value for SQL injection attack? Do you know the reason why? Why not using normal ' mark.

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I have an adroid phone, it's a descent phone and it's not that old yet several times here lately I have ran into problems installing or updatinga a few apps because my version of android is not supported. I think I need to upgrade but I've never done this before. …

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I love to play games and till now I have found out only windows based games and gaming platforms (for PC) there are no or very little games, and very little is thought about game development with linux OS's why so?? Why do people like to develop games for windows …

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It has long since been argued that continued exposure to something over a length of time will reduce the shock value of whatever it happens to be, from violence in movies to swearing in public. Now according to a [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-12-12-porn-study_N.htm"]report[/URL] researchers at the Brigham Young University have suggested that the …

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A while ago I had a file on my windows desktop with a lot of my email accounts that I use for very specific purposes like online forums or shopping, and each one's password. I don't know what on earth has happened but I can't find that file anywhere. I …

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Hi, Please excuse my knowledge as I am new to most of this. I have a small office and mostly we work in the office, but due to health problem, one of the staff now need to work from home, I have heard of Remote Desktop and Terminal Servers but …

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My dorm wifi is very bad, and it runs over a network that is supplies online through my Campus net where you put your MAC Addresses of your devices in order to connect, could I connect a MAC address of a WiFI router in order to establish a connection for …

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Can somebody give me an advice of resolution.I have 1GBPS Bandwidth speed for my Internet Cafe. I have 31 Desktop PCs I have a managed network Switch that my 30 computers are connected on the Switch plus 1 Network Video Recorder for my CCTVs My router has 2 LAN cables …

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Inbetween contracts over the last year or so I have been beavering away building a CMS with a difference. https://www.graphia.co.uk/ It's aimed at companies that have huge libraries of documents that every employee needs (operating procedures, handbooks, guides, etc) locked away in inflexible propriatory formats (aka Sharepoint/Confluence). * documents are …

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I think the community in general will benefit from this discussion. I have an IT horror story I would like to tell everybody about. Additionally I have discovered some solutions to some IT problems, which may have been faced by others in the community. A few years ago I started …

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As PCs age you enounter "The Dead PC" from time to time. Long ago I even owned a PC repair shop and learned a lot from the experience. But fast forward to today. While I know a bit about PC design something of a mystery to me is why folk …

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I often use the Parallel port (D-Sub DB-25 female) of PC to communicate with MCU or a processor card with my unique and self developed software and interface circuit . Now it looks like I've found a functional bug in the USI hardware of AVR ATtiny45/85 MCU. I wanted to …

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I have been trying to install IBM bluemix CLI and getting this error message while trying to push my php file to the server: C:\xampp\htdocs\bluemix>bluemix app push index Invoking 'cf push index'... FAILED fork/exec C:\Program Files\IBM\Bluemix\bin\cfcli\cf.exe: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. C:\xampp\htdocs\bluemix> I cannot understand understand. I am …

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So I basically tried to make a gaming pc, first one. And I encountered a big problem. I thought I had everything set up and connected (with the disappointment that my Gigabyte Z370 Ultra Gaming didn’t support RGB) but when I went to turn it on for a final test, …

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I'm trying to just do something fun for the kids in my class. I want to give the top students a USB Drive as a prize that has a link to a whole bunch of fun learning tools. To make that special, I want to be sure the website can't …

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In case you missed it Google has a serious problem with Symantec SSL certificates and is removing their Greenbar status in Chrome as well as rolling out "not trusted" notices for sites using mis-issued certs by Symantec. https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/27/google-is-fighting-with-symantec-over-encrypting-the-internet/ In response to the problems Namecheap is offering free replacement of the …

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Recently the LCD screen on my Gateway Solo 5150 Laptop went black. I took it to a repair shop where they replaced the inverter board that supplies power to the LCD lamp. The unit worked very well for a couple of days and the problem re-appeared. I took it back …

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I have a client who can not download her attachments throught the windows mail app. Their mail server is gmail and they do not have a windows account. If they go into the desktop and go to their gmail they can download the attachments with no problem. Is the issue …

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Hi i have a problem with the print screen button. When i press that button my whole system is freezing. The only thing i can do is restart pc by hand. Since two weeks i have a new key bord it´s the Logitech K800 with setpoint installed. some info from …

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I recently came back from a Europe trip for five months, and when I arrived home I took my computer system from out of the garage from which it was stored and tried booting it back up. For some reason my hard drive died. It wasnt detecting it on my …

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Does anyone know how to stop this process? It sits in Windows8_OS/Windows/System32/SleepStudy and builds multiple .ETL files in a ScreenOn sub folder The files can be deleted but the folders cannot.

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i am not able to reboot our notebook because when press F10 administration password comes setup is locked please solve

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My modem dropped inside water for over 2hours and it stopped working wat can I do

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I have a USB token that uses UDF 2.0 format, I want to format FAT32 or NTFS in win7. How do I format the USB formatted FAT32 ?

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Why Everytime After Few Days Google Hindi Input Setup Currupt Or Not Work In Hindi Fonts. I Facing This Issue Again & Again Same Day. Please Any Idea For Reinstall Google Input because I M Install again not install successfully. generate errors already installed.

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Hi, I have a 3 year old toshiba satellite pro and recently I've noticed that whenever the laptop is plugged in to the AC ( ie when I want to charge it while the laptop is on) it shuts down after about one second. Therefore the only way I can …

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