Windows.old folder after only windows update, not install
Can this folder also be created just from a windows update too? Yes, it does in case of major updates. Major updates in Windows 10 such as the November update or the coming Aniversity update change the OS version and not just the build. You can see them in the Settings->System->About. When these upd...
A minimalistic but powerful single board computer
I'm looking for a minimalistic but powerful single board computer to build a server cluster for a highly specialized search task. I just need a CPU, RAM and an ethe et port on the board. Furthermore it should be a fanless, low power solution. What I've found so far is the Odroid-C2 board from hardke...
Can I use DDR3L SODIMM instead of DDR3 SODIMM
I have a Asus laptop x552vl-sx031d and I have pushed it up to 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB). Since I'm a software developer I really need more than that. So I wanted to buy 8GB DDR3L modules to replace my DDR3 modules, but I have two questions about that before I do. 1) Will it even work I know that DDR3L should...
My Mac Pro body is to mcuh hot
I have a Mac Pro (Not Macbook Pro). It was working so good but recently when I touch its body it is to much hot. I checked the RAM, CPU and memory usage. all of them are below 70% so I can not find the root cause of the hitting. Does some one know how can I find its root cause? Let's block ads! (Why...
Getting listing of files in split-volume 7zip archive
I'm using the following command to create a multi-part (each 1G) 7zip archive under Windows 10 (basically a full backup of my documents area): 7z a -r -v1g -bb -y pathtozipsxyzzy.7z . This successfully creates about 38 1G files for me. However, I wanted to get a listing of all files in the archive a...
Count while variable is not changing, vba
In my vba code I have a table that consists of hundreds of lines. ie: TRE12_DO TRE12_DO TRE12_DO TRI12_DO TRI12_DO GRO12_DO GRO12_DO GRO12_DO The first five chars will be different, but always contatain five letter. Those that are a like will appear after each other in the table. Like above I want t...
error checking date/time sync with ntpq
When I check the sync status using the following command I get a "Co ection refused" error root@darkstar:~# ntpq -p ntpq: read: Co ection refused root@darkstar:~# What is the cause of this and how do I fix it
How to modify embedded Linux firmware?
I'm sure there's a simple answer to this, however I don't usually do THIS type of programming. I purchased a device (https://amzn.com/B00INMB23Q) to copy SD cards over to a USB storage device. It currently will only transfer files once initiated by a wirelessly co ected command (via web or mobile ap...
Get files off of VMware Virtual Machine
I have a VMware virtual machine that has a .vmdk file that for some reason it "can't find". There are some important files on it that I need to get off, but the machine will not boot. I have tried all the recommendations that I could find on recreating the vmdk file or trying to fix it, but none of ...
Can't visit some websites via socket proxy, by BitVise
I have a machine A, which can't visit YouTube. Another machine B is an Azure virtual machine, which can of course visit YouTube. I set up BitVise in machine B and SSH to B from A with allowing port forwarding -D 8888. Currently I still could not visit YouTube in A. BitVise reports the error below: <...