Why are laptop hard disk drives so slow?
I have a 2.5 inch 1TB 7200rpm hard drive in my laptop, I thought this would give a significant speed boost over the 5400rpm drive in my previous laptop. And I have heard that desktop HDDs are faster than their 2.5 inch equivalents, what is the reason behind this? Let's block ads! (Why?)
Hosts that host pictures for posts
Sometimes I need to host pictures for posts i different systems. This is good when environment provides hosting feature like superuser.com provides some magic server http://i.stack.imgur.com/ that allows to upload picture. But where I can upload pictures when posting system not provides picture host...
ipad blocks internet access for all other devices
I have a TP-Link WR841N router. This seems to work fine except that when a specific ipad is co ected to the wireless, it can access the inte et ok but no other devices can. There is no problem when iphones or other computers are co ected. All devices can always still co ect to the router. The actual...
Excel Reporting Funtions
Bare with me as this question has a couple of elements to it... I have a training matrix with Company Organisational Chart in first few columns e.g. Unit Departments and Position Titles in first two columns on left of worksheet(approx 1100 positions in Company), and along Row 2 at top of worksheet, ...
How do I remove all field codes from a Word document
Field codes often find its way into Word documents (e.g. graph references, citations etc.). When we want to submit the completed document to someone else, often it would be necessary to remove field codes to prevent them from showing up as errors on a PC with a different set-up as yours. How do I re...
Windows Update Isn't Working and C++ 2015 Is Hanging
I did a fresh Windows 7 install and I installed XAMPP. After that, I realized I needed to install C++ 2015. But I couldn't install until I installed SP1. After I installed SP1, I've had some issues. When I go to search for more updates, it keeps searching for updates for hours. And when I go to inst...
Any URI protocol to URL providers? [on hold]
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason: "This question is not about computer hardware or software, within the scope defined in the help center." – Michael Frank, DavidPostill, fixer1234, Deltik If this question can be reworded to fit the rules i...
How can I make Notepad++ actually start maximized?
When I start a new instance of Notepad++, its window is always slightly larger than the screen, not actually maximized. That really bothers me because I have two monitors, and the extra size spills over onto the second, an effect which looks really strange. I looked through the settings dialogs and ...
Spoof GPU in Windows 10 Virtual Machine
The problem with "spoofing" a powerful GPU is that Windows and applications may try to use the powerful features which, because said features don't actually exist, will cause the whole experiment to fail spectacularly. Having said that, certain hypervisors (for example VirtualBox) support 3D acceler...
Can't connect to a Samba share using Kerberos
I have a Samba server (which is the domain controller), and a Ubuntu 14.04 Client with a logged user who is authenticated by Kerberos (the client joined to domain with Likewise). The user want to access a network share with this command: smbclient //OPEN/test -U administrator -W OPEN.LOCAL -R host -...
MSI LaunchCondition fails for .Net Framework 4.5.1
Currently I have the problem, that ru ing a setup fails at executing / proofing the LaunchCondition for .Net Framework 4.5.1. But the .net framework is installed correctly and other applications are ru ing correctly too. The problems is occuring on a Windows Server 2012 R2. I've already tried the .n...