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Since I could not find a free viewer for .pub files, I downloaded an image program, hoping it would work but didn't. Unintentionally I also downloaded Optimizer Pro v.2.2. Is this safe to use? It appears to be from MS; is it? I checked MS Safety Scanner and it didn't show any problems. Thanks. Continue reading...

So my somewhat heavy handed house mate has a macbook pro, after a heavy handed reaction the machine has restarted, failing to boot OSX Mavericks. After many failed attempts he has resided to acceptance of the hard drive failing and has since bought another which has windows installed on it. This also will not boot (my mac knowledge is limited, but isn't this to be expected?). I am a PC user operating with windows 7. Is there any way I can create some sort of bootable media for the macbook from my laptop? OS not important however he is interested in running Ubuntu. Continue reading...

I am installing Manjaro to my hard drive from a DVD. It is stuck at 22 % for over 10 minutes. Can I exit without corrupting my other partitions ? Thanks Continue reading...

The CentOS is quite old, and I keep reading that newer OSes have changed a lot of things, such as firewall configging, etc etc. (what exactly IS systemd)? So - for Feodra 20, can I use the same yum commands as always to install Apache, PHP etc. from the DVD? Thanks. Continue reading...

hi im trying to delete a string in a file plus the 2 lines following that string. For example 12312341234 asdasd werwer yui NA irtuyt i want to delete werwer plus yui and NA Suggestions please. Continue reading...

hello dear linux-experts running opensuse 13.1 - there i have installed and apache - it is running but unfortunatley i cannot see the phpmyadmin.. i cannot see http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/ Code: martin@linux-70ce:~> systemctl status mysql.service mysql.service - LSB: Start the MySQL database server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mysql) Active: active (running) since So 2014-05-11 14:55:48 CEST; 1 day 5h ago Process: 682 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mysql start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service ├─ 927 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --mysqld=mysqld --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysql/mysqld.pid --socket=/v…

I'm having problem in installing debian wheezy 7.5.0 on Supermicro server running on raid 1 whereby the hard drive is not detected. This server is running 2x 600GB hdd and i'm using DVD images of debian-7.5.0-amd64 and set boot into the thumbdrive due to the server does not have any cd drives. The installation went ok until i reached into partition section whereby the drives is not there to be selected I've tried to use debian-7.5.0-amd64-netinst but still the same thing happened Can i know what should i do? please help me :( thx My server details: Supermicro SC813MTQ-R400CB 8GB Ram 2x 600GB HDD Continue reading...

Google Play Music has been available for iPhone since late 2013, but so far users of Google's streaming music app have been without an official iPad app. Today, however, we're getting our first look at what Google Play Music for iPad might actually look like, as 9to5Mac has published images of the app's tablet UI. What's more, it seems the iPad version is actually buried in the current iPhone app. As you might expect, the layout looks like a cross between the current iPhone app and Android tablet layout for Google Play Music, with albums and playlists arranged as "cards," and a slide-out navigation bar for moving between the main parts of the app. A have als…

Should web browsers stop showing URLs? A recent Canary build of Google Chrome replaced the uniform resource locator (URL) of websites with the domain name of the website. So, for example, instead of www.imore.com/should-modern-web-browsers-show-url-or-just-site-name it would only give you imore.com. This has sparked an interesting debate about the nature of the web, technology, and usability. URLs are inhuman but they're also a foundational part of the web. So, should they be hidden away to make a simpler, cleaner web, or do they need to be preserved because they functionally matter? Allen Pike sums up where we are today: More recently, browsers started hiding th…

We've built up a terrific set of podcasts here at Mobile Nations and iMore. Not only do we have our original, site-specific shows like the Android Central podcast and the iMore show, but we've got Debug for developers, Iterate for designers, Review for TV and movies, Vector for analysis, and ZEN and TECH for better dealing with our connected lives. They, all of them, have made it to the iTunes top ten lists, been blessed with incredible guests, and — thanks to you! — found amazing audiences. Now we're ready to take them to the next level. Here's the deal... If you're a listener or viewer, nothing will change. You'll be getting all the same great content you always ha…

The funding campaign for Impervious is in the home stretch of offering affordable, easy-to-apply waterproofing and scratch protection for your iPhone. Users simply spray on and let dry. Apparently there's no residue left behind at all, assuming you follow the instructions. Each treatment is good for three years, though it uses up the whole $30 bottle. Your iPhone's camera and speaker system are unaffected by the treatment as well. Though a complete internal and external application should provide submersion protection, the developers aren't suggesting it. In any case, an external application will protect against spills of all kinds. The only viable consumer-grad…

By default your iPhone uses two quick vibration pulses for a text message and a continuous steady pulse vibration for incoming calls. All other Notification Center alerts receive a single vibration. But what if you want something different so you can easily tell what kind of notification you're receiving without even looking at your iPhone? As it happens, you can do just that by creating and assigning your own vibration patterns. Here's how: How to create your custom vibration patterns on the iPhone How to disable vibration alerts on a per-app basis How to delete custom vibrations on iPhone How to create and assign custom vibration patterns on the iPhone Laun…

I'm trying to install Russian Win XP Pro to my virtual machine, and the product key that I have is in English alphabets. However, when the installation process started, it converted the English keyboard to Russian keyboard. Thus, I couldn't input the product key as it kept prompting invalid key. I'm wondering if anyone is familiar with this problem? whether if I have the right key or is there any tip that I can get the Russian Win XP installed with English product key? Thank you. Continue reading...

It is time to dispose of my old computer. I have put all of my files that I want on a flash drive. What is the best way to remove all of my personal files and information? Thank you, Cat Continue reading...

Hi all, When I switch on my PC, it start-up to a point where I get a "blank white" screen, (just before the Windows start-up screen appear). I must switch off the machine and switch it back on again, it starts up and a screen appear: Safe Mode; Command Prompt etc. with white letters. "Start Windows Normally" is highlighted, then I must wait for 30 sec, then Windows start up. During the countdown of the 30 sec, I must not press "Enter", then the whole procedure repeat itself, I must wait until the 30 sec are done, then Windows start-up normally. Even when I had to "restart" the PC during the Windows session the same problem came up. Once Windows is started up, I can c…

Hi, I have a PC that cannot upgrade to Windows 7 and must stay on XP. However since XP is out-of-support I don't want it to make other PCs on the domain network vulnerable. How do I drop the PC from the domain network? Is there a way to do this to help ensure it's not rejoined to the domain network? Thank you! Continue reading...

I haven't downloaded any software recently or upgraded anything as far as I can remember but a very important folder of e-mails has disappeared. I've just changed my password but the folder hasn't reappeared. If I search for a particular e-mail that would automatically be diverted to that folder it comes up in search results but I can't view the whole folder. I notice several people mention a manage folders option but I can't find the sun on the right side of the folders list - only on the right side of the screen but that doesn't give me the option to manage folders. Any help would be much appreciated as all my work e-mails were in there - help! Continue reading…

Today, we released eight security bulletins – two rated Critical and six rated Important – to address 13 Common Vulnerability & Exposures (CVEs) in .NET Framework, Office, SharePoint, Internet Explorer, and Windows. We encourage you to apply all of these updates, but for those who need to prioritize their deployment planning, we recommend focusing on MS14-024, MS14-025 and MS14-029.

Today, we released an update to address a vulnerability in Group Policy Preferences (MS14-025). Group Policy Preferences was an addition made to Group Policy to extend its capabilities. Among other things, Group Policy Preferences allows an administrator to configure: Local administrator accounts (name of the account, account password, etc) Configure a service or scheduled task (allowed to specify alternate credentials to run as) Mount network drives when a user logs in (allowed to specify alternate credentials to connect with) Group Policy Preferences are distributed just like normal group policy: An XML file containing the settings is written to the SYSVOL share of the …

Dynamically loading libraries in an application can lead to vulnerabilities if not secured properly. In this blog post we talk about loading a library using LoadLibraryEx() API and make use of options to make it safe. Know the defaults: The library file name passed to LoadLibrary() / LoadLibraryEx() call need not contain an extension.

Today we released eight security bulletins addressing 13 unique CVE’s. Two bulletins have a maximum severity rating of Critical while the other six have a maximum severity rating of Important. The table is designed to help you prioritize the deployment of updates appropriately for your environment. Bulletin Most likely attack vector Max Bulletin Severity Max exploit-ability Likely first 30 days impact Platform mitigations and key notes MS14-029(Internet Explorer) Victim browses to a malicious webpage.

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Hi All, I recently bought an Acer P3 tablet pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 8 Single Language. Since I need to use some of the feature only available with Pro version, I bought myself a Windows 8 Pro OEM license. Since there's no way to reinstall Windows 8 from start, I use the "Add New Features" to upgrade. Apparently the license doesn't work since it's a full 8 Pro license and the features requires the Windows 8 Pro Pack license instead. So, i make a call to Microsoft Tech Line, and hopeful that they can change the license to Pro Pack license. After 2 hours of inquiring and to final point, pleading for a change (it's not possible to exchange or refund from the…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBWbcaHKCIM (Video of Screen Blips) I have an ASUS S400C 64-bit laptop computer with an Intel Core i3 CPU and 12 GM of RAM running Windows 8. Last month, the cursor controlled by a wireless mouse and keyboard I have used for roughly 2 years began moving on its own--erratically and unpredictably jumping to the lower left hand corner of the screen initially where random blips,dashes and spheres appear on the screen. It has taken me a month to capture the screen because every time i press record the blips stop. Today though I was an organiser on a webinar (which was completely distroyed by the random mouse clicks and blips) but for some rea…

* Original Title: Windows 8.1 wont start Hi When my laptop boots up it goes to a blue screen that says "your PC ran in to a problem and needs to restart" it restarts and goes in to a "preparing auto repair" then "diagnosing your repair" New blue screen headed Diagnosing your PC then Blue screen headed Auto Repair "your PC did not start properly" with the option of RESTART or ADVANCED OPTIONS I have tried all of the advanced options and none work even restore points have disappeared. If I go in to START UP REPAIR it just comes back with "could not repair your PC" I have even tried using the Windows 8 disc but it goes to a point where it says "start in windows" which …