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Losing your social security card might not seem like a big deal right now, but it becomes a pain if you need to apply for benefits. It’s always best to report the missing card as soon as possible and ...

I have a machine that has been damaged by some careless couriers, and want to replace the damage parts efficiently. I have limited opportunities to test components in other computers, so I'm trying to find out what is broken in other ways. I have two main issues: Graphical artifacts. These take the form of small grid-aligned squares which usually appear and then flicker form position to position. If the display driver doesn't crash, they often settle down to a final position, and sometimes the ...

I have Fedora 24 installed using Hyper-V on top of Windows 10 (anniversary update) Trying to get the Hyper-V vGPU working, but Fedora does not recognizing it, and it doesn't even recognizing the video device if i don't have the vGPU enabled. Anyway to get some video acceleration or even just fullscreen working on this setup or should i look at different Hyper-visors? Side Question: Would i be better off testing this with Server 2016 - Which has pass through? I started this expedition after i not...

What hardware input device can you use to accept EMV chip card data and delivery the data to a Windows 10 C# program ? ...

I have been trying to install the Nvidia drivers on the latest version of Debian, but all I have been getting is a black screen. When I hit ctrl alt f2, I can get to a terminal, but I am not sure where to go from here. When I try to reinstall the drivers, the terminal basically says that these 3 packages encountered errors while processing: libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 Nvidia-driver Xserver-xorg-vidia-nvidia So clearly this is my issue, I just do not know how to fix it. My graphics card is a gtx 970 ...

I find it very tedious to scroll to the page I am currently reading whenever I open a PDF document. Is there a way for example to dogear page 20 and have the document open at that very page the next time? ...

today i tried to install openSUSE Leap 42.1 on a SD-card. I used a USB stick as installation medium. So far everything has gone well. The installation finished without any problems. Then I went to the Bios to select the SD-card as Boot Option #1. But I couldn't find the SD-card there! What do I have to change in order to make the SD-card appear in the BIOS? Thanks for your help! Let's block ads! بخوانید...

I have a Transcend USB 3.0 SD and MicroSD card reader. When I plug it in, it won't show up in the windows 7 file explorer, but it shows up properly in DiskPart and device manager in windows 7 which says it is operating properly. I Cannot access any files on any SD card placed in the adapter. I have another old SD adapter that works fine, but I want to replace it with the non-functioning adapter. It used to work fine when i first got it, So the problem is most likely Windows file explorer. Let's ...

windows 10 x64 pro, Asus z170p, BIOS version old. AMD graphics card. As you all are facing, I am facing the beta graphics driver-secure boot problem after windows 10 anniversary update, seems like microsoft hates non-WHQL drivers and I can't properly install beta drivers in windows 10 anymore. So I need to disable secure boot. But I can not disable secure boot from BIOS, the option is grayed out in BIOS. I even tried Windows->Settings Menu-> Update->Advance Startup->Troubleshoot->...

I cloned my existing 500 GB HDD to a new SanDisk 1 TB SSD (via CloneZilla). Now, I'm having trouble to get Windows booting again: SSD itself works fine, I can access it via Ubuntu (booted from USB) the SSD is NOT recognized by the BIOS if I go into the BIOS setup menu I then added a new partition to install Ubuntu as second OS on the disk, this works fine The Ubunto Bot Loader (Grub) shows Windows 7 as an Option When I Select this option, a flashing _ shows, similar to what is described in Windo...

I am using Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500 GB. Instead of installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 on it, an old image of the OS created from an old HHD was used I am worried this may affect the performance/age of the SSD. Which I understood is made to run on 4k bytes per sector. screenshots are on my laptop now after the migration to the ssd. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

I have a Samsung 850 Pro SSD that I used at my previous job. I would like to reuse this SSD and clone the HDD on my current work laptop. I dont need any of the old files on the SSD. Can I just format the whole drive and then clone to it? I recall reading in the past that formatting an SSD is bad for the drive. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

I have the SanDisk Ultra Extreme Micro SD 64GB SDHC/SDXC Card CLASS 10 UHS-I (Not anymore at sandisk card section) and i use it in my Galaxy S4 i9500 phone to save pictures on it. I have windows 8.1 x64. Now, i insert the micro sd into Sandisk ImageMate All-in-one and connect it to my computer. I start transfering files from it and suddenly the device disconnected! Even when i try to just see the properties it gets disconnected. I must say it was allways working for me without any problems. Can ...

I have a Dell Latitude E6540, Windows 7 Pro SP1; installed programs list includes "Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software for Bluetooth(R) Technology". If I right-click on that in Control Panel / Programs and Features, I get options for "Change" and "Repair". If I choose "Repair", it operates for a couple of minutes, then tells me that "Bluetooth Device Monitor failed to start"; it suggests I ensure that I have sufficient privilege to start system services (which I do; I run out of an admin account a...

Version 11.0.11 of Adobe Reader gives me the following error message when I try to Save or Save As : Except I have plenty of room in my temp folder and on the disk in question. I am able to save on a network drive with 0 issues, but that is a workaround not a solution. How do I resolve this so I can save files on my harddrive without issue? Let's block ads! بخوانید...

kinda unexperienced i was trying to setup the nvidia drivers according to a guide. http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2015/fedora-nvidia-guide/ after the reboot the machine crashed gdm. I have been googling my problems for four hours and at this point i only get a black screen after grub. that happend after i tried reverting to nouveau just to get the machine into a working state. I can SSH into the machine and it works there. But the screen is totally black, but does not go into sleep so may...

Currently my colleque is deploying some updates and Installations on 120 machines with PDQ Deploy. So far, everything works fine with silent install. However, one comes with some driver which requires confirmation from Windows Security. I tried to bypass this by disabling UAC, but still, this click is required. Does anybody have an idea by chance how to deal with this, since he doesn't want to remotely access all 120 machines and klick "Install"? Let's block ads! بخوانید...

When iPhone is plugged in computer running Windows 10 it starts installing drivers. Windows doesn't show UAC screen, or user permission to install drivers. Sure, it is convenient, but what is the security model here? Does it mean that any usb stick can silently gain permission for arbitrary code execution? Or this usb stick would needs a signed certificate to do so? Let's block ads! بخوانید...

I have a Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 with 2 Sapphire Tri-X R9 390 cards and an MSI R9 390X. The MSI and one Sapphire are plugged into PCIEx1-PCIEx16 risers because I'm using them for mining ethereum. On the Device Manager and when I run wmic path win32_VideoController get name windows only shows two R9 390s and the built in Intel HD 4600 graphics. Yet when I run the claymore mining program, I start mining on the 390 and the 390x but not the second 390! (as verified by both the logs which recognize the ...

I've recently purchased a new tower, and I've started setting it up today. I installed Windows 7 and booted it up, but I can't download/update drivers automatically because I don't have inteet and I don't have inteet because I can't get the drivers... Specs are AMD APU A4 Dual core 7300, 8gb ddr3 ram, All-in-one A88X Chipset FM2+ motherboard, and a 300Mbps USB WiFi adapter dongle. I'm also wired to my router. What should I manually download, or can I get them automatically somehow? Let's block a...