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Virtualization – Possible to dual boot *and* virtualize same physical drive containing Windows 10?

I use Linux as my daily driver, and have just installed Windows 10 to a new physical disk in my PC for dual booting. For a while, I’ve used Windows 7 through a VirtualBox image I have mounted over iSCSI1. Now I have two different Windows environments and that’s very frustrating. I would love to […]

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Vlc media player – Extracting “one of every 10 frames” in a video using VLC or ffmpeg

I am trying to extract “exactly 1 frame of every 10” frames of a video (i.e. extract 1 , leave 9 then repeat) for scientific purposes. The video is 105 frames, 3.5 seconds, 29.97fps (h.264, .mov, produced by Nikon D3100). I have uploaded it here. VLC Below command should produce 10 frames, but it only

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Voltage – Can computer power supplies use North American 240V (hot-hot-ground)?

Simple question: Most computer power supplies are auto-sensing between 110V/120V and 220V/240V. This begs the question, can they use 240V in North America i.e. connected to both hots (red and black)? Solution: Nearly all computer power supply units (PSUs) are switched mode power supplies (SMPS). The mode of operation is: Rectify the mains voltage. Charge

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VT-x not available in Windows 10 Pro even though i5-6400 CPU supports VT-X

I have an Intel Core i5-6400 CPU installed on a ASUS Z-170A mainboard. According to the documentation of my CPU, this CPU supports Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-X) and it is listed as compatible with HAXM for Android.  I have Windows 10 Pro (64-bit build 1803) and VT-x is enabled in BIOS settings, and Memory Integrity

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Web – Is it possible to download using the Windows command line?

Without using any non-standard (Windows included) utilities, is it possible to download using the Windows command line? The preferred version is Windows XP, but it’s also interesting to know for newer versions. To further clarify my question: It has to be using HTTP The file needs to be saved Standard clean Windows install, no extra

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