It annoys me having used Unix in college and now working on the Windows side. What’s the history behind this decision? Anyone know why it worked out this way? Solution: Unix introduced … Why does Windows use backslashes for paths and Unix forward slashes?Read more
Samsung BF41-00302A PCB FAQs and Solutions
We first look at the following two pictures. Picture 1 is the “BIOS CHIP” of the circuit board. When we replace the PCB, we need to swap the “BIOS CHIP” with your … Samsung BF41-00302A PCB FAQs and SolutionsRead more
Why doesn’t Hibernate work any more (Windows 7)?
I am having a problem with Hibernating my Windows 7 PC. When ever I try to hibernate, the screen goes blank for a while, there’s disk activity and then I am presented … Why doesn’t Hibernate work any more (Windows 7)?Read more
Samsung BF41-00284A PCB FAQs and Solutions
We first look at the following two pictures. Picture 1 is the “BIOS CHIP” of the circuit board. When we replace the PCB, we need to swap the “BIOS CHIP” with your … Samsung BF41-00284A PCB FAQs and SolutionsRead more
Why is my Microsoft Word window always on top of other windows?
For one reason or another, my Word suddenly decided to stay always on top of all other windows. This is terribly annoying. The odd thing is: of three documents I have open, … Why is my Microsoft Word window always on top of other windows?Read more
Why is there a percent sign ‘%’ in the ipv6 address?
I am using the .NET Framework classes to get the IP addresses for my machine. Dns.GetHostAddresses(Dns.GetHostName()) I have a VirtualBox adapter which has both an IPv4 and IPv6 address. Using the .NET … Why is there a percent sign ‘%’ in the ipv6 address?Read more
Samsung BF41-00282A PCB FAQs and Solutions
We first look at the following two pictures. Picture 1 is the “BIOS CHIP” of the circuit board. When we replace the PCB, we need to swap the “BIOS CHIP” with your … Samsung BF41-00282A PCB FAQs and SolutionsRead more
Why isn’t Telnet enabled by default in Windows 7?
When I pinged my mailserver from the command prompt using: telnet mail.mydomain.com 25 I got the error Telnet is not a recognized command. I looked for a workaround and then found that … Why isn’t Telnet enabled by default in Windows 7?Read more
Why run a Linux shell command with ‘&’?
I am using Red Hat Linux Enterprise version 5. I’ve noticed people sometimes running commands with a couple of & options. For example, in the below command, there are two & signs. … Why run a Linux shell command with ‘&’?Read more
Why won’t Windows EXE files work on Linux?
What is different about the way Windows runs an executable and Linux runs an executable? Why did they have to be different? Besides, why don’t Linux executables have a file extension? I’m … Why won’t Windows EXE files work on Linux?Read more