Security issues with iPhone installing drivers on Windows 10
When iPhone is plugged in computer ru ing 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 exec...
Will leaving my computer in the car ruin it?
I will go in vacation in a couple of days to the beach. I plan to leave my computer (a mid 2012 Mac) in the car, which will possibly be exposed to the sun. It will be exposed between 14:00 and 20:00 and during this time temperatures can get as high as 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit). Will this b...
Prevent Excel from converting times into floats
I have imported tabulated data from a website using Excel's "Data > From Web". The problem is, that a time, e.g. 47:38:00, is automatically translated. If I click on it, 01/01/1900 23:38:00 is shown in the formula textbox, and converting the data to text or general converts it to a float, 1.98472222...
Chrome Popups Not Appearing
I just clean installed Windows 10, and ever since, none of my inte al Chrome popup windows appear. This means clicking on an extension toolbar button or the bookmarks star will do nothing but make the button appear pressed (see screenshot). I've tried disabling GPU-related settings in chrome://flags...
Wrong encoding in Windows Registry editor
In the Windows registry editor, I noticed something strange. The path for the Inkscape executable is written in Japanese as you can see on this screenshot: But this is not the case for Google Chrome or Filezilla for which the data is shown normally: When I right click on one of the values for Inksca...
Nvidia GTX 960 In Proliant DL320 G6. Will it work?
I am considering buying a Nvidia GTX 960 to put in a Proliant DL320 G6. The Proliant has: Dual Redundant 400W power supplies 2x Full sized PCIe 2.0 x16 slots From What I have read Nivida says 120W Graphics Card Power 400W Recommended System Power With current Hardware ILO shows I don't go over 200W....
How to block an ip address without DNS resolution in iptables
My server is under attacked by exim brute force with a fake ip: 2014-05-31 16:05:09 login authenticator failed for ([my_public_ip]) [178.41.179.50]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=grey) I have some rules to block the origin 178.41.179.50 ip but no success. I try to block the incoming traf...
Associate SH scripts to Windows bash
How can I associate all .sh files to new BASH included in Windows 10 A iversary update? I have tried associating .sh file using default system prompt to C:WindowsSystem32bash.exe but it just flashes console window with no result.
Zsh is completely frozen
~1 year ago, I switched to zsh with oh-my-zsh. Yesterday, it was humming along and working just fine. I've made absolutely no config changes since then. Today, opening iTerm and it's completely frozen. I don't mean slow startup time, I mean just completely frozen. I've been waiting for about an hour...
Google Cloud - Filezilla FTP to compute engine running Plesk
With my current set up I have a Google Cloud compute engine machine ru ing Debian and Plesk 12.5. The hosting, web space (https) etc... all work. However, I am having some issues trying to use FTP. Using plain text FTP my co ection keeps hanging on the "Retrieving directory listing..." Status: Resol...
How to enable VT-x in HP550 laptop?
I am using HP550 Notebook PC, I can't find option to enable VT-x in my laptop. In my BIOS settings, I don't have options related Virtualization Technology, my BIOS version is F0.0. I also tried to update my BIOS with version F1.0, but it results in 'unhandled exception' while installing. I don't kno...