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Having trouble dual booting Windows and BSD? I was! I highly recommend using EasyBCD to add in an entry to the windows boot loader. I couldn't get the Windows bootloader to recognize bsd, but using this I could! I am not affiliated with the company, but it has done me …

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Hello, I recently activated the hibernate option on my computer, but found out that the Hiberfil.sys file takes around 2-3GB of space on the hard-disk. Why is that so?

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How dows a CPU know what to run at startup? Like running the boot in the first sector? It must be programmed but in what language and where are the programs data held then?

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I've lost my Windows7 Administrator Password, causing me to be unable to install programs or do other system tasks. I've search this forum and found some answers, but none seem to work. I'd like to be able to change the password without doing anything extreme to Windows.

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hello i am having problems installing my zte broadband in ubuntu 12.04 or even fedora 17. can anybody help out.

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This seems to have started about a month ago. **My Environment:** WinXP SP3 (fully updated) IE 8 (fully updated) Processor: 1.73 GHz on a Dell Laptop Memory: 1.25 GB I am using Windows Task Manager's Performance tab to monitor CPU Usage History. For some reason certain websites peg the graph …

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Hello everyone ! My problem is that the onboard LAN (marvel jukon) stopped working suddenly when I turned on the PC. The LAN has only an orange led on, and the green led is off... the cable is ok. I open the case and looked inside but everything is okey... …

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Please i want to know if in a dual-boot system, having installed grub and MBR on different partitions,I would have the chance to select which bootloader should be the default at any point in time. In other words,can i set grub to have a higher priority than MBR in such …

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hi sys_ads, if you deploy office 2010 using GPO at Startup, does the users requires an Admin privileges for the setup to work? thanks for any input :)

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Hello! My issue is that I have to disc readers. One DVD RW and the other a CD RW. I have to slots for them, I plugged them both in, power cables and connector cables. Howeverm the computer only reads that there is a CD RW drive in it. I …

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How does one change the user account permissions in Windows Server Enterprise 2008? Basically, I want full admin rights.

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Hi, I have just bought a sandisk memory stick - 16gb - and I noticed that there is sth installed on it, clucbsandisk or something like that. I wonder, what is it, do I have to keep it, can I get rid of it without compromising my memory stick? thanks

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I recently compressed a whole username(I think the file was DeveloperBackup and I think the extention was .gz but I'M not certain) in ubuntu and I had one copy of the file on my ubuntu laptop and one on my external HD. I know this sounds really stupid of me …

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im not sure if this is the right place to ask but since i dont know any person who is expert on computers personally, i went here. My mom bought me an ideapad LENOVO laptop with Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU m 370 @4.20GHz and ram= 2.00GB i didnt ask for …

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Hey, I'm just wondering as to what everyones avg battery life is for their notebooks, and what their specs are. Personally, my battery life sucks...I unplug it and walk upstairs, and its down about 3-4%...its almost pointless as a notebook...so is there any way to improve battery life? Any tips/suggestions …

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I am trying to configure UFW (uncomplicated firewall) so that is will deny all ports exept port 443 and 4444. How do i do this?

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I have read(in an unsolved thread) that IE9 does not support framesets. i still use ie8 and it works just fine for me, but when i upgrade, ie9 acts like its infected and hangs i tried reinstalling with security essentials disabled, but no luck, could windows defender be interfering? i …

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Hi Friends, My i-pod shows 7888 tracks on it, my i-tunes shows 8112. Where are the missing 224??! Have connected i-pod and downloaded tracks several times and everything seeems okay but there is always a differing amount. Have tried quick look around PC for any music in other folders. An …

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She remote sessions as server and then after a couple of seconds gets booted out, with this error found in the computer log: 'The Remote Desktop license server cannot update the license attributes for user "danielle.eglin" in the Active Directory Domain "adsnet.pri". Ensure that the computer account for the license …

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Hi , I want to buy a server to create a web hosting site so people can create sites on my site. So which server would I need to buy. And I am thinking of getting cPanel is it good. So can it control my server and will it be …

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When taking the LPI exam do you have to take both the LX0-101 and 102 exams at the same sitting or can you take the two on two different dates? Thanks. Even if I had a job as a Linux admin I would find it almost impossible to do that …

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My sister has a strange issue with her Vista laptop. 2 days ago her firefox froze up and then the whole laptop shut down, but everything was fine since. Today, it happened again, then when she booted it up it started up and then shut down. She tried again and …

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I have been everywhere; Steam and Activision forums. I cant find the thing that fix my problem, Here is my problem. I have also contacted steam directly. Problem: ======= ================= System specifications: ================= Operating System: windows 7 home premium 64 bit CPU: Intel Core i7 @ 1.73 GHz RAM: 4GB …

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I created an ms access database and a form to enter data to it. I want to launch that form without opening access. How can I do that? Thankx in advance.

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Hey, Im a little new to apache and have just installed it on my ubuntu remix netbook, ive got it working fine but for some reason its not doing anything in the .htaccess files, ive created some random directorys inside /var/www/... and put a .htaccess which only has "deny from …

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I've been using iTunes for a while now but I'M really sick of their prodected file crap, having t authorize and de-authorize different computers all the time. What I'M looking for is a program with extensions/add-ons for different online music stores. Maybe one for amazon's music store where you would …

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Guys Good Day. I am trying to figure out how to reformat our computer using windows 7 but it seems that i did not succeed on my first attempt. My classmate gave me a dvd, installer and i did the things that the tutorial told me to do but then …

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![photo1](/attachments/small/0/photo1.JPG "align-left") Essentially, a power cut happened to the building, and then a flashing amber light showed up on the back of the server's psu supplies, along with a constant beeping sound. All can be seen from the Picture attached-bearing in mind i logged on to the server and all …

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It appears to be happening to a few of our users, whereby they are connecting via terminal services to a server and none of their printers pass over. I have tried the same solutions that i will list now on all users that have this problem: Ensured the RDP icon …

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67MA-D2H. Processor: intel Core i5 2.8GHz Power supply: Maximum 400Watt. no external graphics card. my pc hangs after 10-15 mins after boot up. after i cut down power i touched the north bridge and it's too hot. i have no experience with hardware, so i dont know what …

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Hi there, sometime ago I enquired about hdmi cable, but never got around buying it. The moment has come now, but I have realized that the HDMI port on my laptop and on the TV are the same, in that it looks like I need a hdmi cable with 2 …

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Platform: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Standard) for both host and VHD. Use: Remote access for application. RDS uses both host and VHD to give separation for security in SMB environment. Problem: DNS configuration was a nightmare here, and some issues may be part of that. The challenge, though, is …

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i really don't know what caused the problem. My browser cant anymore play sounds/music, like in youtube. i can see it playing. but there's no sound. During the my windows startup, there's nto starup sound anymore. I tried using other browser like firefox, no effect. i've downloaded the shockwave player …

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Hi there, I was wondering if you can give me an advice at all. I need to get a HDMI cable to connect my laptop to my LED tv, mainly to watch movies. Now, I don't know much about hdmi cables so I wonder if there is anything you can …

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Hey everyone, been over four years since I posted anything on here but I have a new issue that I need help with, this time for my father (on father's day of all days, ha!) The main point of the problem is that he cannot access his hotmail inbox on …

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I've got a linux ubuntu media server running in my house but I've got two small problems with it. How can I set it with a perminate IP so I will not have to physically go to the box each time I turn it on to check the IP? Also, …

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Hello Everyone- My question is about my laptop that I use with a wireless router. The laptop has Vista 32 and service pack 1--I am currently still trying to get service pack 2 to download but that is a work in progress. The problem is any music that i download, …

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Hi there, I was wondering if compressing a file and work with it while it is still compressed is possible/will be possible in the future? Say you have a huge file, I am talking about terabytes of files, obviously just in theory, would it be possilble to work with it …

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Does anyone know a way to make my msconfig setting stay. When I restart my computer all that crap come right back. Windows has no respect for user preferences. I know you can set it to start up in bare minimum but I'M afraid that would me a little to …

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Hello I have a computer running Windows XP SP3. I cannot run the IPCONFIG command on it. when i enter the command and hit the enter key, it tells me command is invalid. Can anyone help please.

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I am running exchange 2007. I have created a redirect in IIS 7 to go from https://mail.mydomain.com/owa to https://mail.mydomain.com. When I go to https://mail.mydomain.com I get the following error in my browser 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.# Please can some help me. Thanks Jonathan

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I'M reading "Linux + Guide to Linux Certification" and I've come to samba and I'M having trouble understanding a few things. The book says I need to add a username and password on the Linux system that corresponds to the username and password on the Windows clients? And then another …

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OK, so I've got a Gateway FX P-7805u laptop with power up issues. Here's the whole story: One day, even though the laptop itself was plugged into the wall, when I hovered on the battery indicator, the windows 7 notification said "plugged in, not charging" and the battery was stuck …

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I have recently installed Microsoft SBS 2008 and configured Exchange Server 2007. I can send and receive emails fine. When I goto www.mxtoolbox.com and test my smtp I get the following results "Warning - Does not support TLS". I would appreciate it if anyone could raise some light on this. …

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My problem is simple but I can't find a solution, I have 4 folders that i want to organize in the format of mm-dd-yyyy for example the folders are 02-26-2007 01-01-2008 01-07-2008 02-27-2008 when I try to sort the folders by any combination it keeps going to the following order …

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I am attempting to host multiple sites on a single server by using virtual hosts however I am having a bit of an issue. A bit of info before I begin, -I am using Ubuntu Server 12.04 -I am using Apache2 -I have two domains and two sites, stored in …

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I just installed Ubuntu Server but I'M not getting any network activity, let alone an internet connection. When I type ifconfig I only get the local ip address of 127.0.0.1. I have connect the eth0 port to one of the open ports on my wireless router and I'M still getting …

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I am attempting to setup virtual hosts so that I can host multiple sites on Apache2. I have currently got two files in my /etc/apache2/sites-available folder, each containing the following: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.domain.com ServerAlias domain.com DirectoryIndex index.php DocmentRoot /var/www/domain </VirtualHost> Obviously the 'domain' changes to the domain for the …

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