Are mounting screws standard with M.2 SSDs?
I'm looking at buying a 512gb, Samsung PM951 SSD from Newegg and trying to figure out if I need to buy a mounting screw separately or if it comes included - Newegg doesn't seem to provide any details on what's included in the package, and there doesn't seem to be much information on whether or not i...
Crossfire issues: not using both cards in some programs/games
I am ru ing two HD 7970s in crossfire on my windows 10 rig. Through afterbu er I can see that both cards are working in tandem when bench marking and in most games. However, I have noticed in a few games, Skyrim mainly, that only the master is utilized when playing. The slave card usage does jump up...
google registry entries of software never installed
I have google, google chrome, chromium, google earth and google picassa entries in registry. I have never installed any of these. I tried deleting them but the "TrustedInstaller" wouldn't let me. I need permission from it to delete the registry entries. How do I do that? Please refrain from giving m...
Excel VBA does not save file even when prompt says it will
I have an Excel file that generates reports using VBA. A portion of that process copies data from 1 file to append into another then saves the destination file. The process works on many machines with varying combinations of Windows and Excel. It has now decided to stop working for 2 of my users. Th...
Motherboard no boot or any fans turning on
Good day everyone! Yesterday, I brought home my motherboard(biostar H81MG) together with the cpu(i5-4440) from my office and tried to make it my gaming mobo and processor. It's like a year old and still working but when I brought it home and tested it using my PSU(I tried a seasonic 500W and evga 50...
Linux malloc segmentation fault missing
The included program should produce a segmentation fault in Linux, but it doesn't. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> /* This program should produce a segmentation error */ /* but it doesn't */ /* Therefore memory bounds are not being checked by the ke el */ typedef struct { ...
I want to setup my Google Apps to take iCloud emails
I have a Google Apps email account with personal domain, and I have an iCloud account. I want to be able to setup the DKIM/SPF or CName on my Google Apps (or domain manager) so that if i send an email via iCloud using my Google outbox SMTP, it will show up on the recipient as from name@personaldomai...
Android phone images are not the correct resolution
My android phone has an 8 megapixel camera meaning the resolution of the images should be 3,264 x 2,448. However when i plug my phone into my computer and view the details of the pictures, some are 1920 x 1080 but most of them are 1280 x 720. If someone could explain why this is happening that would...
Using Arduino GPS to set system location
I have found a number of people asking here how to set the system's defult location lat and long values manually and the answer is always that it can't be done. But obviously it can be sence if i go out and buy a usb GPS module it will use it. do i just need to send a spacifically formated string th...
kerio vpn service strange internet use
I use kerio vpn service to bypass gove mental restrictions on the net. Recently I noticed an unusual inte et usage, which is, given the high price of d/u traffic in our country, a real trouble. I carried out serveral download tests with and without vpn co ection and the result is that the data trans...
Permission Issue: .txt file needs open in notepad ++
I have a .txt file that i moved from an old laptop to my new computer. I can open the .txt in notepad but i need to be able to open it in Notepad ++. When I try to open in Notepad ++ I get the following error message. "You do not have permission to open this file. Please contact your administrator t...
Windows 10 showing error on installation
I was going to install Windows 10 version 1511 using the iso which i downloaded directly from the windows's website. But after the windows installer completed copying files and started the install it suddenly showed an error saying: Windows ca ot install required files. The file may be corrupt or mi...
sftp onto mac local machine from remote server
Posted this on SO but that was deemed off topic so re-posting it here. I am trying to download a dataset from a private remote server through sftp onto my local macbook pro machine. I was informed by the sys admin of the remote server to provide the following IP address login name machine name (I th...
SONY KDL-55W808C doesn't recognize SAMBA shares
I was wondering if anyone in the Superuser community was able to get SONY's KDL-55W808C Android 5.x TV to recognize and co ect to SAMBA shares using stock apps, like e.g. Video. In my setup SAMBA is ru ing on Arch Linux and is working well with other apps on the same TV, e.g. ESFileExplorer, ARCHOS ...