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VMware Error: Processor Does Not Support XSAVE on 32-bit System
I've recently met this error "the processor does not support xsave. this virtual machine cannot be powered" on VMWare while trying to run my Ubuntu on my 32bit PC
I have tried First to ...
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File dialog not opening in Excel and Word [closed]
I don't know why if I'm trying to select a file or even try to save as then file dialog starts loading for a long time and I guess Word get crashed, due to this I'm not able to do my work.
Let me know ...
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Why do Hotmail/Outlook accounts work in Thunderbird on some PC's and not others?
Lately, I've found Thunderbird can log into a Hotmail or Outlook account on one PC, but using identical credentials and OAuth2 settings, it does not work on another PC.
In some cases, an account could ...
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How does Windows construct and create the initial name of the PC?
When you setup your PC for the very first time, Windows have automatically created a name for the PC. Most people don't care and don't bother to change it. However, it would be interesting to know how ...
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How to pre-load my applications (with GUI) in Windows OS, before user authenticates?
I am having certain in-house applications that we require to launch and keep ready in the PC before the user's logon, so that when the user enters the Windows login password, these applications will ...
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Processes Getting Killed During Deep Learning Training (maybe due to High CPU Usage by 'netools'?)
My environment
OS : Ubuntu 20.04
core : 6
Hi,
I'm facing an issue where processes keep getting killed while running deep learning training in a Linux environment, as shown below.
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In what ways, if any, does the separation between SSDs affect a DAW? [closed]
This question brings out multiple opinions on the importance of having separate SSDs for a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and the operating system it runs on or the swap file. It is a very old ...
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I mistakenly erased Macintosh HD and am now stuck at macOS Utilities screen. How to fix?
I mistakenly erased Macintosh HD and now both the Recovery disk and Macintosh HD are combined.
Unable to reinstall the macOS as it doesn’t find any core volume:
Can you help me with the commands to ...
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Winload.exe booting process
Wikipedia article about Windows Boot Manager states that it somehow transfers control to winload.exe which in turn loads all the other essential components of Windows.
But how is it able to execute ...
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Boot Kernel From UEFI Application
Not sure if this question is should go here or in stack overflow, but I'm writing a UEFI application to boot a custom kernel. I can test the UEFI application in QEMU and use GDB to debug and examine ...
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How to programmatically reboot Windows 11 without installing updates?
As the undermentioned demonstrates:
The Start Menu (Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy) is able to invoke a reboot without updating the OS. However, file:///%SYSTEMROOT%/system32/...
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Boot Custom Kernel with UEFI in QEMU
I'm trying to boot a custom kernel on QEMU using UEFI. This is for an OS that I'm writing. When I run this command, I'm brought into the UEFI shell. I may be wrong, but I think that if everything is ...
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After changing the VBE configuration in the SeaBIOS from using I/O ports to using MMIO, Windows cannot boot
QEMU's std VGA, when using the PCI interface, provides both I/O ports and MMIO to configure VBE. SeaBIOS uses I/O ports by default to configure VBE. I tried modifying the VGA BIOS code in SeaBIOS to ...
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My python application doesn't want to cross-compile using Yocto
I'm currently trying to set up a Linux OS for one of our embedded projects, I've successfully cross-compiled many packages from pypi using the PiP2Bitbake package but when I tried to do it with a ...
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Does accesing a file "random" and updating just a part of a file really updates record randomly on hard drive?
I use Visual Basic 6.0. It is possible "Processing Files with Older File I/O" as it is said using VB6. Files can be reached as "random" using this I/O. It gives opportunity to read ...
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Does Windows 10's portability limit OS features?
From what I can see Windows 10 can support 2015 CPUs, and I'm aware that all x86 architecture uses similar intruction sets, but surely there's features that are missing if it supports that many older ...
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How to fix error: "FAIL: Unable to load driver '\efi\rufus\exfat_x64.efi': [26] Security Violation"
I'm trying to reinstall Windows 10 but the short DST test fails and also it states Unable to load driver '\efi\rufus\exfat_x64.efi': [26] Security Violation.
My laptop is a HP EliteBook 840 G3 1TB ...
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Missing partition on disk utility for Mac. How to find it and revert it back to Mac?
A while back, I partitioned my Mac SSD, but never got around to installing an OS. Now when I go to disk utility, I cannot find the partition. Has anyone faced this before and what can I do?
There is ...
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Can I restore a Windows 95 MBR using a Windows XP installation disk?
If I have Windows 95 installed on a temporary, secondary, FAT32 drive (which needs to go back into its original machine), can I repair its MBR using a Windows XP installation CD ROM?
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Predict a disk's near failure or burnout [closed]
I have a project to submit on computer resource's monitoring, and for that I wish to create a CLI program -for Linux and Windows- that analyses the data provided by SMART each time the computer ...
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Can I use a bootable drive partition to install OS on another partition on the same SSD?
I realize this is a little out of the box question so I wanted to reach out to the experts on the matter.
I have a 256GB SSD. I have 2 partitions on it. Partition 1 is 20GB, another one is the rest of ...
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How to achieve SD card's life service to 10 years or more? [closed]
I have read from this link https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/faq/#servicelife about SD card's service life that with normal usage it can reached to 10 years or more? Wow, this is truly amazing! I know ...
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Is it possible to swap a hard drive from an HP TPN 119 laptop to a HP Stream laptop? [closed]
I have an HP Stream laptop with no operating system on it. I tried to download a Windows operating system onto it from a USB flash drive. But it would not take it for some reason.
Someone told me that ...
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How do application programs tell the operating system whether to use GPU or CPU to generate graphics?
We already have this question:
How does a computer decide whether to use integrated or dedicated graphics?
And the answer is, the application programs decide.
The computer doesn't decide. Apps ...
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Python APP OS error: failure reading sector 0x10e6c8 from hd0
This is a Verifone Ruby2 POS. I have an Ubuntu boot flashdrive and another Ruby2 (main register).
My question is can I repair/recover the hd0 (which is 2GB solid-state SATA Flash)?
Or, copy Python App ...
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Is there any difference between Taskmgr.exe and LaunchTM.exe?
Is there any difference between Taskmgr.exe and LaunchTM.exe in Windows?
Both of these System32 executables seem to just open the Task Manager.
If there is no difference then why have two different ...
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Filesystem to use on SSD for cross platform Linux Windows software development [duplicate]
I know the question "which cross os filesystem" has been asked again and again with ntfs being the go to, but I would like to determine which would be best for a specific use case.
I'm a ...
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Is switching between installed Linux and Windows or any other OS combination without rebooting possible?
There is a hibernation feature for computers. My understanding is that it saves the system state to disk and then restores it.
Why there is no similar feature to switch between operating systems by ...
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Understanding how ports work and how are they different from processes?
I've been a part of a network operations team for quite some time now and was extracting a certificate using this command:
openssl s_client -connect <IP>:<PORT> </dev/null | sed -n -e '/...
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Converting OS opcodes
I cannot boot Windows 3.1 (by the way, I don't actually mean to boot Windows 3.1, it is just as an example, so don't tailor your response for specifically how to boot windows 3.1) directly on my ...
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Wipe Enterprise enrollment off an Acer Chromebook 14? [duplicate]
Recently picked up an Acer Chromebook 14. Have tried to unsuccessfully wipe it using the Esc+Arrow power trick, but it always instantly re-enrolls me into enterprise enrollment. Dev mode is blocked by ...
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write() syscall on LUKS partitions
To my understanding, when the write() syscall is called, it writes the data to the OS buffer then returns. My question, in LUKS partition context, are:
Does write() encrypt data then write to OS ...
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Why do most Linux distros rely on `sudo` instead of using capabilties?
Sorry if this isn't the right QA forum. I couldn't think of where else to post this question.
The Linux kernel has supported capability-based security for quite some time but I don't see many ...
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Is it possible to use a cloned operating system through an external disk connected by USB?
I'm trying to clone a laptop's disk using an external hard drive in order to then use it on a different computer. The problem is that while the external HDD has enough space (1TB), the other computer ...
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If I, using a win10 ISO file, reset my OS. Would it delete my files?
My dad's pc is acting slow, it's a windows 10. If I reset it's OS with an windows 10 ISO file, would it also reset it's apps and files and stuff on it's computer, or would it only reset the OS. And ...
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Virtual Box and ExpressVPN
I have been trying to solve this issue for 3 weeks now, is there a way I can use ExpressVPN network only to access a Virtual Machine?
And if that connection failed for some reason it will not switch ...
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unable to install tree with brew in macBook bro M2
I am trying to install tree command on my MacBook pro M2 machine but seems like brew is not working
brew install tree
Error: Cannot install in Homebrew on ARM processor in Intel default prefix (/usr/...
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Hide Notification badge counter
Windows 11 Taskbar:
I want hide 0 badge on taskbar. My Windows 11 version: 22H2 22621.2134
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Emulating an Operating System inside web browser
Is it possible to natively emulate an x64 operating system inside a web browser?
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Cannot reboot after failing to install kubuntu
I was trying to install Kubuntu on my laptop (I am using Acer laptop). After booting to the USB contains the setup of Kubuntu, I decided to try Ubuntu first. When finished trying, I pressed restart in ...
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No operating system found specifically on reboot
I've got a HP EliteBook 8460p running Linux, and when I reboot the system, during boot it throws error No OS found; however, if I shut it down, then start it manually by button, everything works as it ...
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Why are some DLL not present in KnownDLLs not loaded from current application directory
From what I know, DLL are loaded in this order (simplified) :
Is present in memory ?
KnownDLLs
Curent Application Dir
System32 directory
Etc (not in the question scope)
Step to reproduce the ...
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How much types of User account in Kali Linux? [closed]
types of Users in Kali Linux and their function. How to login with kali Linux os system. tell me its command lines.
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Could I format my C: Drive by mistake?
Could you accidentally reformat a C: drive using file explorer? Would it be remotely possible?
I'm just wondering if this can happen - is it possible to accidentally click the format button on "...
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why most applications are precompiled?
It confused me since I began to build a PC. Games and applications are given as binary executable files, but how can I fully utilize my CPU's advanced instruction sets. There must be difference ...
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Prevent disk read/write access between 2 operating systems
I would like to isolate disks between 2 operating systems. I hope im posting on the correct stackexchange :)
Setup:
1x 2.5 SATA drive with work OS - im not in control of the settings in
this OS
1x 2....
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The install of Temp\utt6E80.tmp failed. (Signer certificate mismatch)?
I get the same pop-up message. A random dialogue box opens without trying to open a program.
Error message:
The install of Temp\utt6E80.tmp failed. (Signer certificate mismatch)
Windows ...
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How can I make an UEFI USB tools stick?
In the past I had an BIOS (MBR) USB tool stick with a few ISO tools on it, which could be used as an emergency tool stick.
But how can I make such a USB stick with more ISOs on it for UEFI (GPT)? I do ...
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SSD transfer to another computer
I have an SSD disk that includes Windows 10 OS, installed programs and personal files which seems to work fine that I wish to transfer to another physical machine.
Note that I could easily physically ...
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Windows on a SSD recognized on one computer but not on another
A friend of mine asked me to install Windows on his new SSD. I use a dual boot system, with Ubuntu and Windows 10. I made a bootable flash USB of W10 so I could install it on his SSD, connected to my ...
