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I have been searching around and comparing specifications to build a budget gaming PC. On the Intel site, i have been comparing CPUs and I noticed that the I3 CPUs, while only having 2 physical cores as usual, have 4 threads, meaning that they are hyper threaded. But with the I5 CPUs on the other hand, they have 4 physical cores and 4 threads, meaning that they are not hyper threaded, which is kinda weird for intel to hyper thread the I3s and I7s but not the I5s. As common knowledge, virtual cor...

I've used both plugins (independently of each other) off and on the last year or so and I'm trying to understand the differences between them; specifically how "scopes" work. In Policeman, there are a number of sites under Origin. I have the impression that if site A loads site Y, site B loads site Y, and site Y loads site Z, if I configure rules for site Y about site Z they apply when sites A and B load site Y. In uMatrix the blue box specifies scope, which appears to be global, site.com, speci...

I have piriform speccy and cpu-z and they both show i have 800 mhz ram but win task manager shows 1600 mhz speed...you might think it is supported speed but nop, its just speed.why is that? ...

It depends. It completely depends on what you're programming. If you are programming apps or need to use programming tools that require higher resource usage then I'd go with #1 and even go up to 16 GB ram. BUT, in general, both are perfectly fine. You can even get a laptop with lower spec and it should be fine. Again, it depends. Oh, and GPU only matter if you are programming graphics related software. I mean, do you need good graphics card to develop a servlet? No. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Just noticed something as I was playing around with the Startup folder of the Default user in both Windows 8.1 and Windows 10: For some reason, on all of my installs of Windows 10, the Default user's startup folder does not exist where it should be, C:UsersDefaultAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup, whereas in Windows 8.1 it exists. I've seen on the web that it apparently was replaced with C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartUp starting in Win7, but I have thi...

I'm having a weird problem, I've tried 3 different versions of VS Code 1.2, 1.3 1.4 and all are experiencing the same problem. One of the VSCode background processes hogs the CPU making the IDE very slow. I have not loaded any project, just starting VSCode causes the problem: Task Manager Screen shot Let's block ads! بخوانید...

My CPU has 18 cores, and, due to hyperthreading, 36 logical processors. However, VMware player's highest option in settings is a 16 processor virtual machine. Is there a reason for this? I have tried Googling, but have been able to find no answer. This is frustrating, as I would like to bring all my computational resources to bear. I am on a Windows 10 host, using VMware Workstation 12 player to virtualize Ubuntu 16.04, and I have a Xeon E5-2697 v4. Let's block ads! (Why?)...

I am very new to this world. I have an ARM SoC and would like to choose a startup environment. What are things to consider? The two choices provided by the vendor are u-boot and UEFI. Is one easier to modify than the other? ...

When i launch a console via VSphere client i cannot see the entire display. enter image description here How do i resolve? its like you can only see 2/3 of the screen as the rest is blanked out. Please can you advise? ...

I am running windows 10. I need to stream audio from a microphone and eventually video from a webcam one other computer. This computer also needs to run powerpoint so I need a relatively low overhead solution. Is one of these programs better for this job, or is their a third, better solution."? Let's block ads! بخوانید...

I'm having a strange problem with Windows 10 and remote access through a VPN (NeoRouter). I am accessing a Win10 PC remotely. If I "restart" the PC then the PC shows up in the NeoRouter VPN as being on-line and active in the VPN but I cannot ping the VPN address (10.0.0.xx) and cannot connect remotely. If I have someone on-site shutdown the PC normally from within Win10 and then tu on the PC 5 seconds later the PC shows up in the VPN and I can ping it and access it directly. As part of the troub...

I´ve purchased a new monitor with 144Hz refresh rate. My old monitor support 60Hz. It got me thinking: How does vsync for a window work when it cover both screens? Do developers (like myself) have to make any special considerations for this to avoid performance drops or tearing? This question makes the assumption that vsync sync towards the slower monitor. This is at best plausible when the refresh rates has a decent common divider, such as 60Hz for a 60Hz and 120Hz screen. However if I set my s...

Is there a setting to have my Windows 10 laptop automatically remember my volume settings when I plug in or unplug a device (speakers or headphones) into the 1/8" audio jack? For instance, if I plug in my headphones I would like it to revert the volume to whatever it was last time the headphones (or anything else) were plugged in; and when I unplug them I want it to switch to whatever it was before I plugged them in. I have a Surface 3 which does exactly what I want, but my new Lenovo laptop doe...

I installed CentOS 7 on a virtualbox machine.When I set the network to NAT, ping gets packets back, wget gets pages and yum also works.However, if I shutdown the machine and set the network to Bridge, ping gets packets back but wget and yum hang. I have the below set up in /etc/sysconfig/nework-scripts/ifcfg-enp03 (but this file is not changed at all. Only the virtualbox setting for network is changed) TYPE=Etheet BOOTPROTO=dhcp NM_CONTROLLED=yes ONBOOT=yes NAME=enp0s3 DEVICE=enp0s3 ... Let's ...

I saw this video on Youtube showing how windows users can get access to all the CPU standby cores. Can linux users do the same? If so, how? ...

Cloning will be much. much faster. I cant say how much, as it will depend on the speed of your setup. However, it shouldnt take more than a few hours. Copying has to open a file, read it, write it, and then close it. Virus scanners will look at every file you open, as well. Other file system based hooks could slow it down, like indexing. Cloning simply reads and writes bits. Nothing will slow it down other than disk usage. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

In Visual Studio Code 1.2.0, I was loving the Markdown preview button in the top-right coer of each editor view, which allowed me to quickly create a live preview of my Markdown document (by clicking the Split View button and then the Preview button). Screenshot of Preview button, highlighted in red: img source Now in 1.3.0, the preview button is no longer there, and the release notes make no mention of its removal. The notes do mention a new Open Preview context menu (listed as a workaround be...

This is for a small network at home, but I was wondering (talking from a wireless perspective only) what's the difference of creating two wireless VLANs vs enabling Wireless Isolation within SSID? (the goal is to isolate users in the network; they should not see each other, nor share any files, or access any configuration sites on the router). There's no cable connected to the router, so, all ports have been marked as Excluded in the VLAN configuration (I'm only looking to configure WIFI access ...

I have downloaded Cygwin on my Windows machine and ssh into an Unix-based machine. What is the difference between Xlaunch, Startx, Startxwin, Xterm, and X Display Environment Packages (GNOME Flashback Desktop Environment, KDE Plasma Desktop Environment, LXDE Desktop Environment, MATE Desktop Environment, Xfce Desktop Environment)? I tried reading through http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/cygwin-x-ug.pdf, but it is extremely confusing for a person with somewhat knowledge of computers and a desire to le...

I would like to know what are the differences between Acronis Media Builder and Acronis Universal Restore, and why are both available. ...