I am new to networking, I found out that I can use traceroute to see the routers that my packets travel through in order to get to their final destination. For example: In order to get to Google.com, a packet needs to travel only through 15 routers. The first router is my home router of course. But ...

I've got a standard normal-sized ATX case (don't know its name or specifications, because I got it from a friend) and a standard motherboard (MSI B150 PC-Mate) inside. Since it doesn't come with a WLAN card, which I need, I was pla ing on using it with a PCIe WLAN adapter, which has a low profile br...

I want to get rid of the red marked spacing in the following demonstration: Word is placing a small amount of spacing before a tab I place at the start of a line. While this may not be very noticeable on large paper sizes (e.g. A4), it is definitely noticeable on small ones like A6 as demonstrated b...

I tried to setup my dual monitor setup on debian stable, this works but most steam games get sent to my secondary screen instead of the primary. I did try to fix this, through the nvidia-settings application(ran as root so it could save the settings), but now everything gets rendered on my secondary...

Just power cycle the computer. Windows should reinstall the drivers automatically. If your power button is set to tu of the computer, you should be good to go - unless you have unsaved documents, then it will wait for a response you cant give. However, tu ing your computer off by holding the power b...

I have a computer hooked up to the TV, with a wireless keyboard. The same computer has a regular monitor with a regular keyboard. Now the wireless keyboard is one of these compact ones without a dedicated num block. Starting up, the num key is on, which means pressing the J, K, L key enters 1, 2, 3 ...

Some users are bypassing bans by changing IP address and user ID within the program. Is there a way to block VPN/proxy IPs? All of them is pretty much impossible, but most of them is enough. I know for sure other websites have done this very well. For example hackforums have managed to block almost ...

I have OpenVPN and Web server hosted on the same server. I know that I can access the server by using the tu el's IP but i want to be able to access the web server (with virtual host enabled) by using Domain name, linked to the same server. I am ru ing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and openvpn easy rsa Let's blo...

I have 2 PCs. One is a desktop with Windows 7, the other is a laptop with Windows 10. The windows 10 laptops co ects fine. The windows 7 desktop says that the co ection is limited. It is co ected to the router with an Ethe et cable. I have tried ru ing the Windows Network Troubleshooter, which says ...

Gi guys.I want a pc that has to be powerful in all things:gaming,editing,developing,multimedia...I have 1000 euros of disponibility.I have thought to a z170 configuration for his chipset's faster bus than x99 and because a new and faster technology than x99.To the other side there are a lot of pci e...

It seems that there is an issue with the graphics of my laptop - sometimes it won't boot, when it does there are artifacts on the screen that make it impossible to use. I've piled up quite a number of symptoms over time. I wonder whether there is a way for me to avoid buying a new laptop. I'd even a...

In a Google Spreadsheet, I have a column of task IDs, with values like T1, T2, T13 (i.e. all values starting with the same text). I would like to use a formula on the values of these cells (for conditional formatting). Can I somehow apply it only to the numeric part of the value, i.e. 1, 2, 13? Some...

I want to download or make an exact offline copy of certain Coursera courses, because they are pla ing to remove the ones on their old platform after 30th June. Any OS is fine. I tried using HTTrack, but it didn't work. Do I need to change some settings? Let's block ads! (Why?)

Better luck on this forum perhaps... You can read about my situation here. Bottom line is I set a password on my ssd in order to proceed to a secure erase, but now I only get Input/Output Error, whether I try to erase or unlock...

So I know about linux virtual consoles, about how you can access them with ctrl+alt+f#, and I know that consoles 1-6 run getty and console 7 typically runs an X server, but that got me thinking about what else can run on a virtual console? Is there a way to create software that would run on a virtua...

I am ru ing Windows 7 x64 and have two drives, C and D respectively. D is within a RAID array ru ing under Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST). The exte al HDD in question is a CN Memory Spaceloop 2TB 3.5'' USB 3.0, and was newly bought. The problem: I start copying files from D to this HDD as to ...

I'm trying to use Openbox with an autostart script as well as a separate copy of "rc.xml" (this is to be able to have multiple configurations on the same computer, but that's not relevant). Let's say this file is called "custom-rc.xml". How do I make Openbox use that one instead of "rc.xml"? By doin...

Decided to upgrade my spare lappy to W10 before the deadline so reinstalled W7 from the recovery partition, installed mandatory updates and headed to the W10 update page. Apparently the lappy passed the compatibility test so several hours later W10 was installed. Problem is every time I try to type ...

I have a python script which exposes a RESTful service (using flask framework). What I would like to do with this service is that it clones the newest version of the python script, and then it starts main.py. It is clear to me that it might be started at init level 3, how ever I am not sure how exac...

My laptop has ran into a problem and not booting up, showing the unknown error. It had Windows 10 professional installed. Now i am thinking about booting via USB and do a fresh install. The only conce is what will happen to the activation key. I didn't save it earlier. Will the Windows 10 install au...