I have just built a new pc. I installed all the components and checked all cable co ections. But when I tu ed it on the first time it did nothing, except the fans ran and several leds lit up. There was no video output and no beeps. Does anyone have a trusty checklist or troubleshooting guide that ca...

After a random amount of time after reboot (20 minutes to 2 hours), my laptop would have considerable lag, locking up for 2-3 seconds every 6-10 seconds. I tried to follow What is the cause of a high CPU usage of 'system and compressed memory' in Windows 10? because the symptoms were similar, but th...

I logout from my Ubuntu EC2 instance. When I attempt to SSH back in, I get denied with message : Co ection closed by 52.73.22.70 What happened here, and how do I fix it?

Probably not. No matter how large your card is it should entirely be supported by the screws at the PCIe slot openings at the rear and the PCI slot itself. There's nothing to screw a standoff to at all to anything in a standard case and these would not be used at all. and it might actually be potent...

Please could someone confirm that downloading NCH Wavepad converter is free? It is now asking me to -: Buy Switch Sound Format Converter" when all I want to be able to do is convert files into mp3 format when necessary for bu ing a CD..... what do I need to do? HELP! Let's block ads! (Why?)

How can I change some settings or modify windows in registry to open the start menu when I hover over the button? I'm using windows 10 for this to work.

Are there differences in the state of a computer if it had been started from a powered off state versus restarted? The only technical difference that I know of between a poweroff then star vs a restart is that some steps in the boot sequence (mainly POST for powersupply) is skipped, but are there ot...

I'm trying to install Fedora on Virtual Box on my macbook. I setup a VDI drive from the selection list and allocate 20gb hard drive space and 4gb of ram. Boot up the machine and load from the Fedora ISO image and go through the installation process. The installation finishes and requires a reboot so...

I am able to map my numpad with, for example, an ~./Xmodmap file like this: keycode 87 = XF86Launch1 keycode 88 = XF86Launch2 keycode 89 = XF86Launch3 keycode 83 = XF86Launch4 keycode 84 = XF86Launch5 keycode 85 = XF86Launch6 keycode 79 = XF86Launch7 keycode 80 = XF86Launch8 keycode 81 = XF86Launch9...

enter image description here in the above image there are 4 sys files that I have no idea where they came from. Is anyone familiar with these? Do I have a virus? they are attributed as HSA. i have been able to see all hidden files and I have been able to locate these files. upon trying to delete I h...

At my house, when I check the Link Quality in the room where the router is, the Link Quality is 70/70 (-39 dBm) and there is high-speed inte et access. In the next room behind a wall, the Link Quality is 57/70 (-52 dBm), however there is no inte et access at all (Might co ect twice in a minute for b...

I am trying to figure out what exactly excel is doing with these two functions. I am hoping some of you with strong excel-fu can weigh in. A bit of premise. I have many rows of strings in a single column. I want to pull out the first numeric in those strings. The first number can be 0,1,2,3...,9 and...

I am on Win 10. If I enable Fiddler autoresponder I ca ot access any secure website. Here is Chrome error: Here is Firefox error: How to access secure website with Fiddler autoresponder enabled?

I have seen both terms being used and I am not sure if there is a difference between them.

For one project, four of us got project to work on VMware virtual image, OS is CentOS. We have to do our project in MySQL workbench, R language, and some other programs. What is the best way work together as a team? What program to use to sync our work? Can we for example work at the same time all o...

I have enclosed event viewer system log: Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events ca ot be...

I love VLC's 'no disc menus' feature to play DVDs. How can I add a menu item 'Play with VLC (no disc menus)' to the context menu for DVDs in Windows Explorer?

I want to move icons from taskbar to system tray in windows 7. How can I do this?

I know how to use Finder to co ect to a shared device. But, I would like to be able to do so from the command line. From Finder, I would find the name of my MacBook Air and then co ect to the appropriate user listed. I've tried a number of searches on-line. But most of the sites I find already assum...

I have a collection of html files (and related files in folders) on PC which are linked to each other and I want to upload them to a web server instead of recreating the web pages but I don't know if this is possible and which servers support this?