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Hey everyone i as a student of Computer Science need ideas for project in Operating System course......It is restricted to be on Linux and can be coded on only C/ C++......Please any ideas are welcome and reference material as well Thanks!

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downloaded and attempted to launch VPC. One virtual machinine created but when launched it stayed on DHCP for a long time then generated the message: Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device. I know that one must point to an operating system and …

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Hi, I am trying to recover corrupt word document. I have tried several word recovery tools but failed to recover this document. Reason for Corruption: Reinstallation for Operating System The corrupt word document was acquired with Get Data Back Software. ([url]http://www.runtime.org[/url]) I would appreciate any help in this matter. I …

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Hello, I just upgraded my laptop to windows 7, my computer stats are as follows: [CODE]Toshiba Satellite P205 Laptop, Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, Intel Core 2 Duo x2, 32 Bit Operating System 3.00 GB RAM, 200 GB Hard Drive[/CODE] I have been a long time user of …

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i m doing a project in operating system lab. i hav chose atm machine stimulation. i have a coding to access floppy as atm card but i find difficult to access it. so thought to access using cd .[B] is ter any possibility to access cd using c program??? [/B][U]pls …

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Hi This is the summary (by Everest Home Edition) of my desktop Compaq Presario SR 1720IL [QUOTE]Field Value Computer Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack Service Pack 3 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name User Name Motherboard CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 516, 2933 MHz (22 x …

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* Partition Wizard is a Windows based server partition manager software. Our server partition software supports both MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) format running on 32/64 bits Operating System including Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, and Windows 7. And our magic partition software supports all hard disks recognized …

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when i tried to install isaserver 2006.it says isaserver 2006.Installation Wizard Cannot be launched because the operating System requirements running on this computer does not support the installation .For details about operation system requirements see the installation Guide on the Product CD.Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be …

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Hi I'm using [B]NetBeans + GCC[/B] in Linux and also [B]NetBeans + MinGW[/B] in Windows. I need to run an OS Command e.g.: [ICODE]java -jar myjar.jar[/ICODE] I prefer [B]not[/B] to have the terminal/cmd window. It works fine in Linux, but in windows, it ends up in opening a [B]cmd[/B] window …

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Someone please, what is the role of the Acive X control on a computer? Is it recommended to have it enabled if you don't have a genuine Operating System?

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1. Manipulate dynamic pointers and arrays of pointers 2. Use sorts, strings, searches and string functions. Procedure: 1. Your new software engineering group is hired for its first paying project to develop a console application to demonstrate a possible user interface for a next generation MP3 player. 2. Your C++ …

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Mark Shuttleworth, founder and financial backer of [URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]Ubuntu[/URL], urges the Linux Community to "build a better desktop than Apple." Shuttleworth made this statement this week at OSCON (O'Reilly's Open Source Convention). He added that interoperability with Windows is of very high importance. Sounds easy enough. Let me get right on …

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To start off with this is a homework assignment for my Operating Systems course and I am stumped. The prof wants us to read in a source code file and take out all the comment lines and then output the file back into a new source code file. We can …

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i have a number of issues with my operating system at the moment; browser windows opening by themselves, slow operation, programs not opening and inability to delete/open some files. I have tried a malware scanner and have used CCleaner but nothing has helped. I downloaded and installed HiJack This but …

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I have installed the latest Ubuntu for notebook on my Acer Aspire 4715Z Pentium Dual-Core for last several months- working very smoothly & enjoying the "new world." I thought I never need to go back to Windows(rarely) - but yesterday as I updated the Update Manager and restarted it as …

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I got 2 machines both has the same operating system (Linux based), lets name these machines as PC 1 and PC 2. PC 1 has a hello world program that displays in a GUI, when we pass the command " java helloWorld smith " (smith is the parameter), and we …

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I bought a MacBook a while ago and with it came an OS 9 cd, and having lost the cd for the main computer (a G4 tower) i threw the cd into the drive... i couldn't open the OS 9 install program because it required me to open the classic …

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I am fairly new to Dreamweaver, and I am having a problem with unwanted white space on three of the pages on a website that I designed. The rest of the pages are fine, but I can't figure out what the difference is. Can anyone help? I need to fix …

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Write Your First Application On Win32 ===================================== What is Win32 :-) win32 is an plactform that like J2ME and J2SE means that it have it's memory model and have a architure and have those Applications programming interfaces to call to the operating system . Like the APIS in the java …

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[I]<<thread split>>[/I] [CODE]#include <stdio.h> struct a { char aa; char ab; char ac; }; struct b { char b_a; char b_b; char b_c; char b_d; char b_e; char b_data[1]; }; int main() { struct b data_s; struct a *req; req =(struct a* )data_s.b_data; req->aa=3; req->ab=3; req->ac=25; printf("%x\n",data_s.b_data[0]); printf("%x\n",data_s.b_data[1]); printf("0x%x\n",data_s.b_data[2]); return …

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Windows XP freezes at the welcome screen. I have tried safe mode, but it freezes there also. Here is what started it. dummy me downloaded a file and checked it for virus. I ran the exe and started getting virus messages. I think what happened is the program was infecting …

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I've reinstalled operating system for Linux suse 9 with no problems. Now, after formatting, I find it quite impossible. I choose Autoinstallcd instead of Hddboot, because the last doesn't work. The installation stops after a few minutes and when I press F2 (it's the only option I have), it shows …

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Hello. I have a dell latitude D531 series Laptop and it will not boot up at all. There is a blue screen of death with the message of 'unmountable boot volume'. When I boot into windows repair mode, the operating system is not shown. I cannot boot into safe mode. …

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Beware the Ides of March. I just received the news that one of my most favorite services is shutting down due to the cost of providing the free service. That's right, the public [URL="http://g.ho.st"]g.ho.st[/URL] cloud desktop service closes on March 15, 2010. I loved the Global Hosted Operating System and …

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Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Windows—including Vista—has been posted on a Russian hacker forum, forcing Microsoft to activate its emergency response process. Mike Reavey, operations manager of the Microsoft Security Response Center, confirmed that the company is “closely monitoring” the public posting, which …

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Guys i need help with this icmp echo packet log. I need to identify the operating systems used in the originating system based on the information from the following captured data: [URL="http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/Lukassi/icmp.jpg"]http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p191/Lukassi/icmp.jpg[/URL] Thanks.

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Somehow this paladin software, which i did not download, got a hold of my operating system. It uses windows to make it look offical and like i have a lot of viruses and downloaded porn on my desktop( have not verified but i have icons) and suggest that i run …

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Yesterday was Microsoft's big day. Windows 7 was released. Did you go buy your copy already? Are you waiting? Whether you have or haven't doesn't really matter but I'm going to give you my five reasons why you [B]should[/B] switch to Windows 7 and five more why you [B]shouldn't[/B]. Both …

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It's my pleasure to bring you the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, Craig Barth, in this exclusive interview, his first, after the much publicized outting of [URL="http://www.infoworld.com"]InfoWorld[/URL]'s Randall Kennedy. Barth, perhaps best known for his Windows performance expertise, is also a huge Linux fan. Here now, is my interview with …

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I purchased a series of classes which are in the form of downloads. Typical size 350MB - Videos. Actually I did this for more than one session of classes. The first set of classes downloaded fine. Took 3+ hours each, but they opened appropriately in Quickbooks and/or iTunes. The second …

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Imagine a computer repair shop with about 20 computers that need repair. Most of the computers need the operating system installed to fix the problem. These computers all have Product Key stickers attached to the housing. Some are XP Home, XP Pro, Vista Home Vista Ultimate, Window 7 Home and …

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hi, I am developing web application. In this case, I wish to find the client side operating system using java(without javascript) . How to find. Please tell me... Thanks.

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Hi, I tried everything to fix this but this message still shows if I try to check for errors on my drive C: using PowerQuest Partition Magic 8.0.I thought running microsoft chkdsk can solve this problem but not workable. What can I do? Is it possible that this is a …

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OK. I have tried EVERYTHING I can think of. I have had my Gateway desktop for 5 years. I have never had any issues until I had to replace my graphics card. Now it won't power up. The fans run, there is a little orange light, and the disk driver …

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hi i have some kind of virus on my compter trying to get me to buy paladin antivirus or something and also plays audio clips random and installs porn on my pc. i have tryed CC cleaner and avg anti virus any help would be greatly appriacated. heres my hijack …

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Hello, i am just starting with Java and one of the programs is, to make a long story short, evaluate a computers power (pretend). you put in how many applications you want to run, what operating system and what power your computer is and it tells you whether you can …

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Hi friends, I have installed ubuntu 9.04 in that i have install DRBL package installtion is done correctly but when i run LANG=C sudo /opt/drbl/sbin/drblsrv -i it gives *****************************************************. Hint! When a "yes or no" option is available, the default value is uppercase. E.g. (y/N) the default is "N", so …

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I own and operate two sites for fun. If possible I may be able to get a business' to place ad's on my site. Like I said these sites are for fun not profit. I want to get more members though. How do I get my sites to pull in …

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Bjorn Olstad, a Microsoft Distinguished Engineer and the CTO of FAST, has revealed that beyond 2010 there will be no more Microsoft FAST enterprise search products which support Linux and UNIX search cores. In an official Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog posting, [URL="http://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearch/archive/2010/02/04/innovation-on-linux-and-unix.aspx"]Olstad states[/URL] that although when Microsoft acquired FAST two …

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I am 12, mad about computers and skateboarding, im an emo, i know it doesnt sound right that i like programming. anyway, i have started learning c++, only just! I would like to know first of all if it is possible that you can build your own operating system with …

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My Amilo has the same problem but it has it whenever I try to install any kind of operating system, I need any suggestions that might help! I have noticed however that the laptop gets quite hot and fairly fast during installation. But when the laptop has a operating system …

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Hello, today I got a new issue on the program im developing so.. the issue is that I want to change a file in this path [B]C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\[PROGRAM NAME].[/B] But the thing is when a user's computer has a different language then english this path changes to something like this [B]C:\[Users …

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I'm infected with rootkit.gen (specifically: swerftx.sys, unique code IQ1LCWD7) at LBA sector 0 of my MBR. It's a "highly severe" Trojan which can enable a remote computer to take over my computer, among other things. Webroot Security Essentials (incorporating Spy Sweeper) is unable to remove this Trojan, so I assume …

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I purchased a Stereo-Link 1200 USB DAC (Digital-to-analog converter) to improve my digital music from my computer a couple of years ago, and using Windows XP Home Premium, I never had a problem with this operating system recognizing the USB DAC unit as my default audio source whenever I turned …

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In my Operating System lectures, we were taught various scheduling algorithms like FCFS, Shortest Job first, etc. In Shortest Job First, the scheduler is supposed to execute the processes with the least amount of burst time first. My question is: How does the scheduler calculate/estimate the burst time/execution time of …

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Hello, My operating system is Windows XP on a Gateway PC. I starting recieving pop ups on top of pop ups saying that I was infected with viruses and all these other security issues. I ran Malware Bytes and was told I was infected with wormwin32.Netsky, and rouge Internet Security …

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Hi all... Im having some trouble inserting values to my mySQL database. I have the following installed on my local system. [B]MySQL[/B] Server: localhost via TCP/IP Server version: 5.1.43-community Protocol version: 10 User: root@localhost MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8) [B]Web server[/B] Apache/2.2.14 (Win32) PHP/5.2.12 MySQL client version: 5.0.51a PHP extension: …

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I am unable to load the windows 7 pro operating system on my computer after enabling the raid 5 w parity I want to run??? 4 WD 750gb sata hdd intel dg45id mother board intel q9400 8 gig ram ????????

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Many thanks to those who lend a hand with this problem. Specifically, my computer has both XP home and professional loaded on it (A friend of mine loaded both in case something went wrong with my computer so he could still access files and fix whatever went wrong) and while …

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Ok, so we all know that I've been giving [URL="http://www.fedoraproject.org"]Fedora[/URL] a bit of a black eye lately with my [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4448.html"]BaitNSwitch[/URL] and [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4459.html"]Is Fedora Still Relevant[/URL] posts so I've decided to give them some positive press and enter their [I][URL="http://spins.fedoraproject.org"]Spins[/URL][/I] Zone. Spins are live Fedora CD images designed with a specific …

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