3,464 Topics

Member Avatar for
Member Avatar for khess

OK, you two, stop fighting. These little spats of yours are getting old. A [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100602/tc_nf/73685"]rumor[/URL], heard yesterday, that [URL="http://www.google.com"]Google[/URL] is not going to use [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Windows[/URL] internally in their company might be just that: rumor. And, a bad one at that. It's interesting to note that, while such a rumor stirs …

Member Avatar for kashcool5
0
243
Member Avatar for r3drock3t88

Hello all, I am not sure if this is the right place to post, but I hope someone can help me out. I am very into computers and love messing around with them, and have been learning about them for years. However, I have never actually made a device or …

Member Avatar for toddermohan
0
178
Member Avatar for Marauder

Hey guys, me has a little problem with this wonderful new operating system..It basically randomely freezes every few minutes for 30seconds or so. Doesn't matter if i'm browsing net, playing a game or whatever. At first I thought it was the mouse but I think it's explorer freezing. I can't …

Member Avatar for kerbey35
0
1K
Member Avatar for khess

I recently upgraded a friend of mine to [URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]Ubuntu[/URL] 9.04 Desktop for his five-year-old [URL="http://www.acer.com"]Acer[/URL] laptop with 512 MB of RAM. I removed Windows 2000 after backing up his precious documents, pictures and browser favorites. I installed the latest stable version of Ubuntu, restored all of his settings, Internet connection …

Member Avatar for private_nubi
0
642
Member Avatar for MrBlack

Google have just announced that laptops shipped with Chrome OS will be released in “Late Fall”. Google’s aim is to challenge Microsoft and Apple on the desktop, by releasing an operating system with the same ideals as the Chrome web browser. With the Chrome browser, Google set out to release …

Member Avatar for MrBlack
0
119
Member Avatar for Rajnesh

Can someone demostrate with a tutorial thru which the Operating System could be developed in C#, i have no idea in System programming in C#. Also tell if the same could be done in other langauges such as Java or J#...If someone already have a coded tutorial for OS in …

Member Avatar for kvprajapati
0
929
Member Avatar for vegaseat

Just spent about an hour removing [B]Antispyware Soft[/B], a small miserable program that comes in on e-mail or certain church sponsored web sites. It deposits a random named executable in your Windows OS (XP through Windows7) and then takes over the registry to a point where you can not run …

0
93
Member Avatar for complete

What is the name of the Windows System Menu button? I am talling about the round glass-orb looking object (on a Windows 7 operating system) that appears in the lower left of the screen -- usually -- that you can click on to see the menu selection of programs on …

Member Avatar for Aia
0
144
Member Avatar for Galaxian63

Last year I swapped my motherboard and processor and all has been ok until today when I connected my Samsung Dv camera (model VP-D371W) up to the firewire port and it says it can't recognise it. I have been on the microsoft windows update site and downloaded any updates available …

Member Avatar for thewebhostingdi
0
133
Member Avatar for djnzak

Hi, I have a hp pavilion dv9823cl ... recently the laptop suddenly showed me the error message Operating System not found.. And i noticed in the bios that the harddrive wasnt detected either. I changed the harddrive from the primary slot to the secondary one the laptop had ... and …

Member Avatar for techsheaven
0
195
Member Avatar for Rebel@m6.net

Imagine having a filing system that could withstand a nuclear war. Hmm, I wouldn’t like to prove it, but in theory that is what the Internet could resist with its virtual existence. If you transfer files of information around the Internet, operating in virtual space, it would be difficult to …

Member Avatar for raicol
0
211
Member Avatar for lakmalnj

Hi, I've experiencing some issues when boot my PC and shutting it down.Please see below issues I've seen. - When i press shutdown button or select start - > shutdown the machine is get hanged on "Windows is shutting down" screen. The problem is happens each and every time i'm …

Member Avatar for thewebhostingdi
0
188
Member Avatar for maf5693

I am building a new OS as a learning experience, and after trudging through intel architecture manuals and osdever tutorials I still have no idea how to write a keyboard device driver- using BIOS calls and interrupts is outdated and I have no idea how to directly interface the keyboard …

Member Avatar for maf5693
0
194
Member Avatar for ntlgnce

Hello I have a windows XP media center 2005 Pc Its been a while since I used it. But heres whats going on with this. The computer boots normally, When I get to the desktop, I cant copy and paste, or click and drag, anything on the computer. The network …

Member Avatar for gerbil
0
424
Member Avatar for Osas106

Good day my every one outthere, first let me start by saying that i am a complete novice to c++ programming. i got myself into some trouble while debugging a win32 program in 2008 V.studio. i did post this thread some 24 hours ago but no good result so far. …

Member Avatar for Ketsuekiame
0
130
Member Avatar for sksingh73

i want to make a single program for operating both server & client. i want my program to run in such a way that when program is launched, server should start listening for requests from other machines. but when i want to send data to other machines, my server should …

Member Avatar for Agni
0
72
Member Avatar for Osas106

Good day my masters first let me start by saying that i am a complete novice to c++ programming. i got myself into some trouble while debugging a win32 program in 2008 V.studio. with this code line(with similar lines anyway): ::MessageBox (wndhnd, "Error!", "Exception Occured", MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_OK); Here's the …

Member Avatar for griswolf
0
111
Member Avatar for arty.net

OS : Ubuntu 9.04 Python : 2.6.2 I want to print a "while" loop into a secondary wx.Frame named "Results" here's the code : [CODE] #!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf8 -*- import random import wx import os # Operating System dependent call import sys import cPickle as p import …

Member Avatar for arty.net
0
1K
Member Avatar for bobbyraw

i need some help with this one see spec below the pc starts up fine but within a few minutes it shuts down (power down) this happens even in safe mode. i ahve tested each memory block individually and they all work but the machine still shut down. when booting …

Member Avatar for finito
0
221
Member Avatar for mattk

My screen has suddenly started to flicker badly on my new Acer laptop (Vista operating system) its like the horziontal hold has gone on an old TV. Anyone with any idea, comments much appreciated. Thanks Matt

Member Avatar for tony p
0
147
Member Avatar for al.khal4

Could any one help me? :sad: I am a beginner in Visual basic. I recenly was testing one of the applications I developed and have a problem to run it. The application basicly is a database that I can add/remove/update...etc records and it uses a microsoft access database to connect …

Member Avatar for peter_budo
0
1K
Member Avatar for sleign

I got a call recently from a friend on the other side of the country. His friend runs a computer shop in a rural area. He has been dealing with this malicious code for at least 2 weeks and at one point it shut down his entire network, except his …

Member Avatar for jholland1964
0
141
Member Avatar for mobay

First of all, I sincerely hope I have posted this in the appropriate forum. I did read the rules and am doing my best to follow them. I found this website years back when my browser was being redirected to go.google.com and here I found help in removing "unwanted" files, …

Member Avatar for bibiki
0
183
Member Avatar for JBYRD64

I just got a Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB 2.0 external hard drive. It is pre-formatted to to FAT32, yet I keep reading that is should be reformatted to NTFS for Windows XP. As of now I'm still using my 10yr old IMB desktop with Windows XP It …

Member Avatar for JBYRD64
0
143
Member Avatar for CobRalf

Hello everybody! a few days ago, i read this post in the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread257510.html"]Advanced and Intermediate Projects[/URL]-Thread: [QUOTE]Create an operating system prototype/emulator in Python. You might research into various operating systems to get an idea for what to implement. Things you can implement: A login. A shell system. A explorer system …

Member Avatar for CobRalf
0
769
Member Avatar for Bashir ahmad

Dear sir i use the code [CODE]Printer.print "Bashir ahmad" printer.endDoc[/CODE]on the click event of a command Button. If the printer is turned on, printing starts, but if the printer is turned off, is there a method of informing the user to turn on the printer before printing. In programs like …

Member Avatar for vb5prgrmr
0
69
Member Avatar for ultimatebuster

I recently got infected by a virus, somehow. I have determined all the files associated to this virus that launches multiple background iexplore instances, and deleted all of them However, the key dll file that's powering the virus is very resiliant. It made itself the MSAFD Tcpip [RAW/IP], MSAFD Tcpip …

Member Avatar for ultimatebuster
0
178
Member Avatar for kevintse

Hi, everyone. I am stuck when trying to solve such a problem, I need your help. We have a website for online e-book reading that holds around 60,000 books and currently has 5 million registered users, we are using MySQL for storage of all the data. Now there's requirement from …

Member Avatar for jwenting
0
216
Member Avatar for ugogo

Hi I came across your website today and was excited to see how much people help each other here. I would really appreciate some help. I don't know html that well so use a combination of editors and online sites to try figure it out. I have made an online …

Member Avatar for ugogo
0
149
Member Avatar for SortOfaTechnie

Hi Guys, I have a DELL OPTIPLEX 745 and I accidentally pulled out my Graphics card while my computer was on and it crashed. It wouldn't switch on, the HDD was just making a slight noise and then it stops. Eventually it was switching on but was giving an error …

Member Avatar for sandyvong
0
697
Member Avatar for Planek

Ok i think this is really bad. I just got out this computer its got 80gb HD and a P3 800mhz. Unfountuatly theres still a PW on the op system (win 2000) Only the administrator account is active. I an unable to reload the operating system because the setup at …

Member Avatar for cocol
0
173
Member Avatar for KirkPatrick

I have a Tcp Client (in Java) and a Tcp Server (in Groovy) and I am having problems getting the Client to communicate properly. I believe the issues involve my client not being able to send information to the server. (My assumption is the problem is somewhere near [I]line 32[/I] …

0
68
Member Avatar for Silvershaft

Hey all! I got a little problem, well actually not so little when I try to go play something the graphic card crashes I get a notice on bottom right that it crashed and restored and sometimes I might get a bsod. It has worked well before, but it suddenly …

Member Avatar for caperjack
0
341
Member Avatar for Evil_genius82

Hi Everyone, I have a problem regarding dual booting. Here's my situation... On one harddrive i have windows xp installed. (Installed First) I recently installed windows 7 on another harddrive (Installed After). Im finally happy with Windows 7 and would like to remove windows xp and use that HDD for …

Member Avatar for Evil_genius82
0
312
Member Avatar for ShuiYinDeng

Sever.java file [CODE]import java.net.*; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; /** * Simple server use to teach University of * Northumbria's Operating Systems and Networks modules. * To be used with compatible simple client. * <PRE> * Protocol: * client <---message--- server * message = <message body> CRLF * </PRE> * * …

Member Avatar for moutanna
0
133
Member Avatar for GuyClapperton

Sometimes you see something and you really, really hope it's a hoax. Take this story on Slashdot, which confirms if true that [URL="http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/10/23/1456221/Apple-Seeks-Patent-On-Operating-System-Advertising?from=rss"]Apple has applied for a patent to put advertising into its operating systems[/URL]. I really, really don't want adverts when I switch my computer on. Actually that's not …

Member Avatar for coullone
0
230
Member Avatar for Dewey1040

I have an assignment where I'm supposed to "implement a class, Point that represents a point in a three-dimensional space." and im supposed to "carefully design the interface for this class and include functions that appear to be useful for operating on points." I'm not fully sure what this is …

Member Avatar for mrnutty
0
164
Member Avatar for justaguy101

Hi guys! I have a problem calling the numpy.random.hypergeometric function with certain values. It seems like if the values hit in some certain range the program stalls and never finishes. I get no errors or anything and also a wxpython GUI that i have calling this function crashes with no …

Member Avatar for justaguy101
0
555
Member Avatar for maf5693

alright I am trying to develop an operating system with assembly. I have written the boot loader and the beginnings of a kernel-however I am having a problem printing characters to the screen. Here is my bootloader [CODE] use16 ; We need 16-bit intructions for Real mode ORG 0x7C00 ; …

Member Avatar for maf5693
0
327
Member Avatar for hermann87

Hi, I've been studying Operating Systems the past few days and have a question regarding File Allocation Table. From my understanding, each cluster in a HDD has its own entry in File Allocation Table. Here's an exercise from my book : [B]Suppose that a computer with an HDD formatted in …

Member Avatar for Ancient Dragon
0
61
Member Avatar for slipdisc

I recently built a new system. Using a asus M4M78 Pro mobo. I installed everything fine, using a W/D 1TB sata HD with my operating system Vista 64bit. Thing is I had a second IDE HD with backed up software which I wished to use. I connected Via IDE cable …

Member Avatar for cguan_77
0
93
Member Avatar for chunalt787

I didn't know where to put this but this seemed to be the best place. I took an internship this summer and found out that I will be doing embedded development in C/C++ and Linux for phones(land line voip stuff). This is bad for me since I have always been …

Member Avatar for chunalt787
0
132
Member Avatar for spudly1987

to whom ever can help me and point me in the right direction, i have downloaded both firefox, and google chrome to my computer, i have windows xp operating system. and for awhile now for both browser i will get either server time out, or page is unavailable i have …

0
50
Member Avatar for GuyClapperton

[URL="http://www.nokia.com"]Nokia[/URL]'s decision to back the [URL="http://www.symbian.org"]Symbian[/URL] operating system with its new [URL="http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n8"]N8[/URL] smartphone, which we can expect to see in Q3, could prove more important that you'd have thought initially. There are a number of reasons for this. First, it's the first phone based on the system since the code …

0
169
Member Avatar for khess

Canonical's Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition features the ideal deployment platform for Linux server workloads and cloud computing Long-term support (LTS) version of popular server operating system generally available on 29 April. [B]LONDON, April 27, 2010:[/B] Canonical today announced the upcoming release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition which includes …

0
176
Member Avatar for danielwtn

I recently purchased a Sony 4 GB micro vault flash drive(model #: USM-4GL) and quickly discovered that it would not connect to my computer. When I plug it in, my computers beeps like it would normally but I cannot find my drive in My Computer. I have managed to open …

0
149
Member Avatar for Hoban

I need to graph a simply 2-D graph. I am having a problem getting matplotlib to work. I am using python 2.6 on a Windows 64-Bit operating system (Windows 7). I have downloaded matplotlib v0.99 for windows 64 bit. When I go to import pylab there is no error message …

0
28
Member Avatar for renemain

My Dell Dimensions 8100 main hard drive is dieing. I have a second hard drive installed already recognized and with plenty of gigs(60 or 80). The problem is I've never had a computer that started with a different OS. Do I install Windows Me First and then Windows XP?? or …

Member Avatar for gerbil
0
923
Member Avatar for Kevin_160

Hi Everybody, I have succeeded in parsing the values I needed from a text file and storing them in an array. The script I've posted works as a function, but now I tried to put it in a class and I can't figure out how to define the constructor. The …

Member Avatar for mrnutty
0
2K
Member Avatar for arvin2006

hello there everyone!! is there anyone who can help me to start creating an operating system. i don't have any idea on to start. i understand c language, but i dont have enough knowledge for such process. all i need is the simple concept or the simple/basic code for creating …

Member Avatar for maddy10988
1
256

The End.