Windows Recovery Console - forgot password
I upgraded to Windows XP SP3, which immediately "broke" the laptop - it never booted with SP3 on it. I put in the Windows XP install disk I had originally used to set up the laptop, and it ran for a while, then said there's no hard disk present, so it can't continue. BIOS still sees the hard dis...
reset all apple osx 10.6 fonts
over time I have installed a bunch of fonts that are either not properly licensed or I have not documentented as to where I got them from. Is there a way to reset all of the installed fonts back to the default install and remove all of the fonts I have installed? I have done some research and ha...
What happens when a computer starts?
I'm trying to understand what happens when a computer is turned on. How the computer works on startup, various initializations that take place, etc. For example, is the bootstrap loader the first step? When are device drivers loaded?
Please help me understand.
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Mac OS on a Windows PC
Possible Duplicate:
How to run Mac OS X within Windows Virtual PC?
I've done a little bit of reading on the t...
Few questions on restoring an os from an image
Is it possible to backup and restore more than 1 partition?For example, I have a multi-boot computer. And I want to backup them all(Windows xp, Windows 7, and Ubuntu)
If it is possible, what are the applications that offer this kind of feature?
Please give me a...
Can I run my win7 on another machine with different motherboard?
I want to have my system with me in another city. I know that it strongly depends of my chipset. I have P35 (Gigabyte P35DS3R). Another machine also Intel-based but chipset is G31 (MSI G31TM-P35). Is it possible that my system will start on that machine when I plug in my hdd?
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Available filesystems for Linux that are case-insensitive?
I have a client whose web application was written entirely in a windows environment and served from windows. Unfortunately there's way to many cases of get "file/At/Somelocation.php" where the file is actually something horrible like "File/at/SomeLocation.PHP".
I really don't wa...
Named ports in windows!
I wonder how stuff like this works in windows (xp and other that have telnet):
Start-> Run -> cmd -> telnet <xyz.com> http
Start-> Run -> cmd -> telnet <xyz.com> pop3
Start-> Run -> cmd -> telnet <xyz.com> smtp...
How to kill the process in different group but not one-by-one?
Can we just put all the processes in one group and kill that group?
Is there any other way to do this?
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Where are all the important files and folders in Ubuntu?
I searched on Google but i couldn't find a good page listing all the important system files and folders in Ubuntu. Does anyone know a good source?
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What is a good OS to mess around with Xen Dom0?
Hello, I'd like to experiment some with Xen. My problem is I do not know which OS to try to install it with. I use OpenBSD, but it can not run as Dom0 or DomU at this point.
I use Arch Linux on my website's VPS, so I know it and like it. The support for Xen just doesn't seem to b...
How does operating system software maintains time clocks?
Hi everyone,
This may sound a bit less relevant but I couldn't think of a better place to ask this question.
Now consider this situation, you install an OS on your system, set the timezone and time, do some stuff and turn it off. (Note that there is no power going ...
How to Install Windows XP over windows 7?
I have a dell laptop with a preinstalled windows 7.
When I try to install windows XP on it, windows 7 does not allow me to.
I dont want to keep a dual boot system. I just want windows XP on my system.
Can anyone help me to install Windows XP?&#...
Can I create a new virtual machine and use a snapshot instead of installing it in VirtualBox?
Last time when I created a virtual machine in VirtualBox I took a snapshot after the installation of the operating system had finished. Now I want to create a new virtual machine with the same operating system and configuration. Is there some way I can use the snapshot in this new machine, so I d...
Few questions about backing up the OS
I'm running windows 7 with 2gb memory and 2.50 Ghz dual core cpu. here are my question regarding backing up an entire drive. I plan to use Macrium Reflect because its free. And I can't afford to buy one.
If I backup a hard drive would I only be able to backup the partiti...
How to run multiple operating systems on a single computer?
Possible Duplicates:
Dual Booting Linux and Windows XP
Booting Multiple Op...
Which *NIX based operating system codebase is easiest to learn and modify?
What UNIX-like operation system is most hackable?
By hack I mean I would like to modify the core systems in the operating system including creating new drivers, filesystems, protocols and change existing code.
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Choice of operating systems for a Rackspace cloud installation
I am planning to use Rackspace cloud services to host a java web application and also run apace for wordpress and trac. What would be a stable operating system to host such an application....
How does an OS communicate with other hardware components?
How can a program running on a CPU (mostly OS) access other PC hardware? Such as Graphic card, HDD and so?
From what I read, in DOS, this was done using BIOS calls, specifically the INT instruction. But, the INT instruction should only jump to the certain space in RAM. So how can...
N-bit operating system
What is an N-bit operating system?
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