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I have an SSD that can be configured to report its physical sector size to an OS in two different ways: Option 1: Logical = 512 Bytes, Physical = 512 Bytes Option 2: Logical = 512 Bytes, Physical = 4096 Bytes (4K) What benefit does an OS gain by being aware of the 4K physical…
I have a program that opens with a specific shortcut, but the shortcut seems to send parameters to the application. If I go directly to the target directory and double-click, it does not work. However, if I use the command line and pass in a certain argument, the application opens correctly. I want to open…
I have tried typing the following: control userpasswords2 however it only brings up the control panel. Solution: How To Automatically Log On To a User Account in Windows 7 Click on Start and then enter the following command in the search box: netplwiz Press the ENTER key. This command will load the Advanced User…
If I buy a PCI-E v2.0 graphics card (Nvidia Geforce GTX 275) will it work correctly and to the full potential with my PCI-E v1.0 motherboard (Asus P5B-Deluxe) ? Solution: Yes. PCIe is backwards-compatible, so you can use 1.0 cards in 2.0 motherboards and 2.0 cards in 1.0 motherboards. As to reaching the full potential…
I have always heard that it’s a bad idea to install lots of software on a Windows machine, and new software should always be tested in a virtual machine so as to not permanently affect the operating system. But does the actual act of installing a piece of software really slow down the Windows OS?…
For some reason Google Chrome is slow when I’m working against localhost. I had the same problem in Firefox 3.5 but I changed some IPv6 setting in about:config which fixed the issue. I think the same problem occurs in Google Chrome, but I can’t find out how to fix it. Any ideas? Solution: Just an…
A machine is described as being “really slow” or “freezing”. How can I troubleshoot/resolve this issue? What should be the first steps to take? Solution: Assuming you are using a Windows OS… Things to check: PC has 10% at least of free disk space PC has at least 1 GB of RAM for Windows XP and 2 GB…
I have vdi with quite a number of snapshots taken from it – say, 50 or 70 snapshots.I want to have one plain vdi with a current state. These snapshots take way too much disk space and are not needed as snapshots. I know that if I call VBoxManage clonehd thedisk.vdi thedisk-full.vdi(50-70 times) VBoxManage clonehd…
I’m looking at some new laptops, and I’m seeing the AMD Neo CPUs at 1.5GHz, and some of the new Intels at 1.3-1.8GHz. The laptops they are on come well supplied in terms of RAM (up to 8GB) and Video Cards (ATI’s with 2GB shared memory). My question is, how do these laptops perform running…
I’ve had a few computers of my own break after a few years of use, and I’ve seen computers owned by friends and family do the same thing. They either slow down (even running the original software they shipped with) or crash more often (kernel panic/BSOD, freezing, etc). All computers eventually fail, and not always…
