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Hello - I'm new to Linux forums, and as per the introduction, I am visiting here to see what's going on. I'm new with Linux (Linux Mint 16 Petra), but I'm learning via trial and error. I'll check in once in a while, because I'm sure I'll have questions. User 141772 (you can call me "Bob") Continue reading...

I have posted to this site recently for problems I was having with my Canon printer, and then my mouse (All three of them!) first, the Canon printer; I beat myself for about a month trying to solve the printer problem (it wouldn't print) My brother put out a feeler on his tractor forum to see if there were any Linux users there that could help. One poster pointed out that Canon and Linux do not have a working relationship. Then he pointed out three printers that work well with Linux, one being HP. I found an HP printer at a garage sale, hooked it up, and lo and behold, no more printer problem. Then, however, the mouses decided to quit. More research and no solutions, …

ok.. i need your help. it seems like it is a banal problem, but i am busting my head all day.. and it just wont work. anyway.. i have like this little function in the entire script. and what it does is just has one while loop which needs to be ended at keypress.. it's a small piece of code.. but there is one problem. the loop won't end if i press space. Bash is just non responsive to space.. and unfortunaetly they are insisting that it works. Has anybody encontured problem of this sort.. pleeaassseeee :D Continue reading...

I got physical dedicated server from one reputable server provider. And using their OS image install system i applied debian 6.x 64. Server has 2 SSD and one SATA. I setup software raid 1 during installation on SSDs but i dont see anything that looks like my HDD setup.. I mean server should contain: Quote: #Onboard: Corsair CSSD-F120GB2 DRIVE1 /dev/sda #Onboard: Corsair CSSD-F120GB2 DRIVE2 /dev/sdb #Onboard: SAMSUNG HD753LJ (700gb+) ###DRIVE3 /dev/sdc But this is df -h: Quote: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md2 98G 696M 93G 1% / tmpfs 12G 0 12G 0% /lib/init/rwudev 12G 192K 12G 1% /dev tmpfs 12G 0 12G 0% /dev/shm /dev/md1 496M 31M 440M 7% /b…

Someone was trying out pmwScribe for me and got this icon on every one of the buttons instead of what should have been there. That suggests to me that it must be some kind of "broken image" symbol. But it isn't anything like the one that gtk gives me when it can't load an icon. broken.jpg. Has anyone seen it before? Attached Images broken.jpg (1.0 KB) Continue reading...

After a long dry spell, T-Mobile USA is once again providing signal boosters to customers who meet criteria for the devices. A signal booster can amplify a weak cell signal to make it easier to use your cell phone in your home. What's more, the signal booster is offered to qualifying customers for free. T-Mobile's made great strides over the past year to build out their wireless network. There are still some weak spots, however. Until T-Mobile gets its towers operating at 700 MHz (expected later this year) — and until customers upgrade to phones that support LTE Band 12 — building penetration is going to be limited, as well. So if phone service is weak in your house,…

Microsoft has provided a look behind the scenes on how they developed Office for iPad and highlighted an impressive 27 million download milestone. They made plenty of smart moves, such as designing for the iPad, rather than simply porting a desktop version to a tablet. The devs considered core usage scenarios, like making last-minute changes on a presentation, or powering through a draft to meet a deadline. Subtle touches like a lightweight but customizable menu ribbon, and tweaking the standard iOS 7 design principles with their own spin helped make Office the app it is. We're fans of Office on iPad, even with the subscription cost. There are plenty of productivity …

Need more than the built-in camera on your iPhone? Try these great App Store alternatives! Looking for the best iPhone apps for taking photos on your iPhone? While some people appreciate that the iPhone's Camera, others want as many manual, fine-grained controls as possible. Whether you want to adjust your white balance and shutter speed all on your own, or you just want an all-in-one camera and photo editing app, you've come to the right place. There are lots of camera replacement apps available in the App Store, but which ones are the absolute best? VSCO Cam VSCO Cam can let you snap, edit, and share your photos all in one place. You can even import your …

While Peter's away we've gotten Jim Dalrymple, Editor-in-Chief of The Loop to come play (likely a guitar!). We'll be discussing WWDC 2014, iMessage, App Store, the Mac, and all the week's news! Join us! Want to be part of the show? Join us live right here at 1pm PT, 4pm ET, 9pm GMT Email us at podcast@imore.com Tweet us @imore with hashtag #askimore Continue reading...

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I can not find drivers for Dynex DX-CRDRD. The cd enclosed with card reader will not install the drivers Continue reading...

When I go to u-tube the ads work just fine, but when I go to music video's it does not work. Continue reading...

I maintain point of sale systems for a local restaurant chain. They run various versions of Windows and we are gradually updating any running XP to 7 but it's a time consuming process and we are trying to do them in a sensible order. The systems we considered last on the list run a live menu. All they do is display web content from a server on the same LAN with a proprietary browser that is supposed to stay on top of any other windows or dialogs. They have no direct user interaction whatsoever nor do they connect directly to the internet. But lately, and by lately I mean since the XP EOL, the taskbar has been popping up above the bottom edge of the menu. It creates …

I am being offered JV16 Powertools at a 70% savings. Should I buy it? It's $8.95. Continue reading...

I have an old hard drive with a C & D partition. The PC it belonged to no longer works (bad motherboard). I hooked it up to my current PC via USB. However it only sees the 'C' drive as an E drive (current D is a cd-rom) and I cannot find the old 'D' drive which should come up as F drive. How can I access the F drive so that I can retrieve the data on it? Continue reading...

Original Title : Please Help I have a 1TB WD hard disk which I made a recovery drive but then I didn't need it but it reformatted it so it was 32GB so I was wondering how do I reset it (I have been to the WD website but found nothing that could help me). Continue reading...

I have a hard disk (WD my passport hard disk and I have try to reset it) which is 1 TB big which I made a recovery drive with it and now it is 32 GB big so how do I make it normal again. Continue reading...

Hello, I am having the same issue as I saw many people have: I am getting error 0x800F0922 when trying to install .Net Framework 3.8 I read a lot about this issue on-line, and tried most of the methods described: install it again when prompted by Windows, tried through Turn Windows features on or off, typed the DISM command with Admin Access and still doesn't work. I would really appreciate your help, please. I am running Windows 8 Pro and I need a program for my business which won't work without the .Net Framework 3.8 If anyone can help, I would greatly, greatly appreciate this. Thank you! Continue reading...

hello i bought a new toshiba laptop and for a week or so the laptop it was fine but when this windows update came up i selected to do it. so after doing so it restarted and came up with the exact same message but this time it would not finish, stating that failure to configure and not completing even if left over night to do so and i turned it off after getting frustrated and it stays there and does not finish. after trying to go into the bios several times it wont go it goes straight to the update and automatically fails i have lots of experience with desktop computers and have my a+ for that but laptops and windows 8 both are throwing me off so any help would be greatly…

Original Title: Microsoft LifeCam Studio focal length and sensor size? I need to find out the focal length of my LifeCam Studio webcam and also something called "horizontal sensor size". I have searched a lot for this information but I can't find it. Is there any way to determine this information? I've gone trough the technical documentation but I can't find the required information Continue reading...

Total novice here. I crushed the hard drive on my Gateway laptop. I bought and replaced the hard drive. 1) To install an operating system can I utilize my product key for the previous Windows 7 (Never made recovery discs) or do I have to purchase another whole set of disks and license? 2) If i can use the product key to gain access to the operating system, how do I do it and install? 3) if not, do I purchase a 32 or 64 bit system for this machine. Thanks for your help. Gateway model number NEW95 Continue reading...

I'm suddenly having issues with videos playing too fast. I have done all my recent updates, checked for viruses, checked for new drivers, etc. In both IE 11 and Firefox 29 the videos over the Internet are playing too fast--rapid speed. A DVD also will not play correctly. I've done a complete uninstall of Flash and clean reinstall, without fixing the problems. Also, before this problem began, I have lost the ability to double click with my mouse. I've checked the mouse on other computers and on other usb ports on my computer, but it still does not work. I'm a bit stumped after trying several fixes, troubleshooting procedures, etc. A few other folks have posted a…

My iPhone 5 (iOS 7.1.1) won't connect to my laptop, but it has no problem what-so-ever connecting to any other pc or mac. My laptop(HP notebook) makes that little "hey a usb-thing"-sound, but it doesn't do any of the other things it's supposed to do and my phone doesn't charge. It's NOT the cable, I know that for sure since it charges perfectly in other laptops/pcs/macs + wall. I have tried several usb-ports. I thought it was my iTunes so i uninstalled all apple-programs on my computer and reinstalled, but nothing changed. IT HAS OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY WORKED. I have also restarted my computer a couple of times but it still doesn't work. What do I do? Continue rea…

Isn't an icon suppose to activate when you press it on your desktop? Continue reading...

I upgraded to Windows 7 and am having trouble with a program crashing but it does not show me the error and I can't view any details; it just says it's looking for a solution and never shows an error. In XP it at least showed an error with a button to view details. Right now I don't even know where to start looking for a solution. Is there some way to show these errors with extra info? I don't understand why this was removed from Windows 7. Continue reading...