How is this microsoft website communicating with my operating system to see the status of its troubleshooting program I downloaded?
On this Microsoft website there is a diagnostic tool that I downloaded to fix the windows store. Once I ran the tool the website provided the status of the app. I don't understand how the website is able to break the barrier and communicate with my operating system to get output from this app. Is th...
Is using GPU instead of CPU "even if it is slower" possible?
i understand that the GPU and the CPU are different. but whenever this question is asked the answer is the GPU is "many slower processors" while the CPU "fewer faster processors", does that mean that the GPU is capable of doing the CPUs work but slower?!?! and my second question is would a CPU with ...
Temporary hinge bushing repair
Trying to fix a Lenovo U510. I thought just the bottom case needed replacing, which it did, but when I opened it up I realized the reason the case was breaking was the brass bushings the hinge flange screws into had sheared off the top case. I'd like to get this working for my wife while I wait for ...
Installing Veil Evasion on Ubuntu 16.04
I have been trying to install Veil Evasion on Ubuntu but i get the below error. Any help would be appreciated. als@desktop:~/Veil-Evasion/setup$ sudo bash ./setup.sh -c [I] Ubuntu 16 x86_64 Detected... [*] Initializing Package Installation [] Adding x86 Architecture To x86_64 System for Wine W: The ...
How can I configure Dragon NaturallySpeaking so that it writes text from where the cursor is, not where it used to be when I started dictating?
When using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Microsoft Windows, in some windows Dragon writes the text from where the cursor used to be when I started dictating, instead of writing the text from where the cursor currently is. How can I prevent this behavior? Let's block ads! (Why?)
Phantom Russian keyboard layout is keeping added by itself
I bought Notebook with pre-installed Russian Windows 10 (Lenovo G510). I then downloaded then English language pack and installed it. After that I downloaded Windows 10 Upgrade tool which, I don't know why, downloaded Russian version of Windows 10 so I upgraded to Windows 10. I use Kyrgyz layout and...
Laptop temperatures still too high after cleaning
I have Thinkpad T440p that was getting around 60c on the HDD and 70-80c on CPU/GPU so I decided to take it apart and give it a good cleaning with pressured air in a can and replacing the thermal paste on the heatsinks. There wasn't much After finishing up everything, I booted up the laptop and let i...
How to make Google ignore where I am in the world?
Whenever I travel around the world Google always assumes I want to use the region I am in as the search engine. I just want to always search Google.co.uk wherever I am in the world. I don't want to see foreign results and foreign languages and foreign countries results. How do I default Google and C...
Cannot find the process using most of RAM
I have 8 GB RAM ru ing on Ubuntu. I notice that a lot of memory is used even when I don't run anything programs. I used top command to view the processes sorted by memory they used. It showed that about 5GB was being used while the sum of memory used by processes are about < 20% of 8GB, which is abo...
Skype prevents computer from shutdown
Skype is preventing the computer from shutting down. This error dialog appears on the shutdown screen (the one where you can only take pictures of the screen) and without user interaction, leads back to the desktop showing this: Skype.exe - Application ErrorThe instruction at 0x0000000062B1E31B refe...
Horizontal axis not linear
I have an excel spreadsheet of income and expenditures. The columns are as follows: Date Description Expense Income Ru ing The first two column headers are self-explanatory. The Ru ing column is the ru ing total and is set as: Ru ing[i] = Ru ing[i - 1] + Income[i] - Expense[i] I currently have a cha...
Where did the Markdown Preview button go in VS Code 1.3.0?
In Visual Studio Code 1.2.0, I was loving the Markdown preview button in the top-right co er of each editor view, which allowed me to quickly create a live preview of my Markdown document (by clicking the Split View button and then the Preview button). Screenshot of Preview button, highlighted in re...
What cloud sync services operate like this?
I currently use LiveDrive but I am looking to migrate. This is not a "recommend me" thread because those revolve around pros and cons, which are subject to change and sway to opinion. Instead, I am looking for a specific feature that LiveDrive offer in their Briefcase functionality. LiveDrive Briefc...