/sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(software)
privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/
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Do they still have that thing for Ubuntu where you can install it from within windows but also boot to it? Like it appears as one of your installed windows programs and there's a file on your system that acts kind of like a VHD?

Is there an easy way to have only one application connect through OpenVPN?

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Kevin Smith is a disaster

snoochie boochies!

I accidentally killed my new mobo when I was installing it and my new processor like 1 month ago so it wouldn't beep or do anything when turned on, then I got them to fix it on the warranty. Now the same thing happened after i got it back and used it for a week. I did a sysprep before it all began so I wouldn't have to install windows again, and I delayed installing certain new drivers when it seemed like everything was working fine. Could this have caused it? There were no temp problems.

Unless you're installing your mobo while wearing faux fur and snuggling up to your shag carpet, I really doubt you just killed 2 mobos in a row. Maybe they didn't fix the thing properly if it's the same one, but your drivers shouldn't have shit to do with it. Try this:

tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

How do I get normal alt-tab in xmonad? I mean, a shortcut to switch to the last-focused window, especially in fullscreen mode. I love xmonad but this is driving me crazy, I need it. I tried cycleRecentWindows but it doesn't work.

I didnt kill 2 mobos, they installed the second one for me, which I never touched. I turned it in to the shop again without an assload of experimentation because I was going away, but its good to hear that it couldn't be my fault. Maybe my psu is getting old and damaging my components?

When will computer monitors have contrast ratios of 20,000:1 and above?

Where can I get a cheap/generic hard drive tray?
I have the corsair carbide 400R and I lost the 4-5 extra hard drive trays that come with the case, but on the website a single replacement tray is 10 quid which is fucking outrageous.
I can't seem to find a simple plastic mount for a hard drive and even if I do I don't know if it'll fit.

When you buy yourself a lovely CRT

Afaik even the best CRTs top out at around 10,000:1

>windows user
>installed ubuntu yesterday
>looking for a lightweight IDE

any suggestions?

KDevelop

what are my options for fixes if i am experiencing keyboard lag every few minutes where i can type something into a window and then watch as each letter goes in one by one up to 20 seconds later

1. If I have a television which supports 24p judder-free playback (Vizio D60-D3 in this case) and I play movies on it via a laptop connected with HDMI, will I get the benefit of that feature?

2. The aforementioned television seems to have a poor quality upscaler - will this even matter if I'm upscaling sub-1080p content on the laptop itself with mpv's own upscaling algorithms?

3. What's a good cheap stereo receiver to power a pair of Micca MB42X?

Dell makes a 4K OLED monitor, yours for just $4999.

I'm having a weird problem; built a new rig that's using both integrated graphics (Intel 530) and a 1070

3 monitors, 1 hooked into the 1070 and the other 2 side monitors plugged into the integrated one

(Can't switch them around either, due to how they're connected; only so many of each port)

Almost everything works, but for some reason my left (VGA-only) monitor won't let me set the right resolution without giving an 'input out of range' error.

- I can set the right resolution if I do it through Intel's graphics dashboard thing (since it also lets me pick the scaling type), but that screws up where the monitors are positioned for Windows since it doesn't see the middle one on the 1070

- Setting the resolution through Window's Screen Resolution thing won't let me put it above 1024x768 without giving the 'input not supported' message

Any tips? Either to get Screen Resolution to actually let me set the right res, or to get intel's graphics thing to not screw up the monitor placement?

Thanks!

> inb4 no tech support allowed

How does one get doxxed and how do you go about preventing it?

That's quite a solution you've got there. You won't be getting full performance until you're running all your monitors directly from the 1070. Get whatever adapters you need to do that.

Reposting from the other thread:

I'm trying to set up Audit Policies on my domain controller (Windows Server 2012 R2) for File Access Audits.

So far I've been using the Default Domain Policy which is already in place and working and just activated Audit File Access on it (success and failure for debugging purposes).
I created a simple .txt file (superSecretStuff.txt) and enabled EVERY Audit option on it. The file is located on a network share which the Domain Controller hosts.

My problem is that I NEVER get any File Access Events (Event ID 4663).
What did I do wrong? Every guide I see on the internet does it almost exactly like I did.

Why does mpd+ncmpcpp only show 15 out of my 70 artists in browse mode?

Where can I learn perfect and on the best way perl programming language? Any simple but good lessons projects? Links protips?

The iGPU is good enough for what I use the side monitors for, and I plan on getting a DisplayPort->DVI adapter if I can't get this to work, but I'd rather just find a way to fix the problem since it's definitely a software issue

No software-side ideas, though?

What you're doing isn't meant to be done. I'd say what you're encountering is more of a hardware limitation, that might be possible to overcome if the manufacturers were really intent on coding their way around it, but they're not. I doubt you're gonna get anywhere with this

How can i make a .bat get it's current directory that's in, without typing it like cd c:/inventory

%cd% will give you the current working directory (variable)

%~dp0 will give you the full path to the batch file's directory (fixed)

Really? I can get almost everything working easily, the issue is having to choose between the correct res and correct multi-monitor position, so it seems like it should be possible; even if I just have to manually type in the monitor coordinates to wherever they are in the registry or wherever they're stored.

Oh well, thanks for letting me know!

Yeah I was googling this, and it made me confuse as fuck.

However it seems that %CD% is the one I want.

No one with some windows server knowledge?
serverfault won't help either.

Should I be learning Python 2 or Python 3?

What program should i use to make websites? years ago i used dreamweaver, but i've seen it bashed here on Sup Forums.

a quick google gave me more options than just DW, and plenty of wire-frame programs which are new to me.

what are the industry accepted programs for web designers and web developers?

Python3
Or just learn something that you can actually use for something

>Windows only requires password the first time after boot

I forgot how I did it but I had it like that, WIN7

learn html, css and js and write your own homepage, without any WP or Joomla fuck cancer content. It's safer and better and not as that difficult you think to learn it. Trust, I did the same.

Notepad++ and Photoshop

I do scientific programming. It's R, Perl, or Python in my field.

I know the former two but the third seems much better just from dabbling a bit.

one of the tardes comments here ITT

If I plug something into one of the USB ports my computer crashes
the others are okay
why would this happen

So I setup a dual boot on my laptop with Windows 10 and Ubuntu.

Every time I boot up Windows 10 and then shutdown it sets the first boot order to "Windows Loader" instead of the SSD with Ubuntu. Is there a way to prevent it from changing the boot order?

What phone should I get? I have 3 options only:

HTC M8
Huawei GR5
Samsung J5

Xperia

This is a stupid questions thread, not a stupid answers one, but I'm surprised you didn't say Sup Forums's memephone
I fucked it up. It's Samsung J7

If you don't want a good phone then just get the samshit one.

iPhone 7 Plus

I just bought a new laptop and need to get rid of all this fucking bullshit bloat/malware.

Anyone has a website or some links where I can check out what to optimize my 'privacy' on windows 10 and what to get rid off

I have openSUSE on my computer and it runs pretty quietly. I installed a Desktop Environmentless version of Debian and it runs so loud. Shouldn't it be less resource intensive? It's only text on a screen no windows or anything. It is very loud I can hear the fan from two rooms away.
Thanks.

I know they're crap, but it's what the phone company offers me and I'm too much poorfag to save and buy it on my own

Huawei GR5 > HTC M8 >>>>>> Samsung J5

Is there any point learning Swing over JavaFX anymore?

I've read a lot of forum posts about it, but they came across as fairly antiquated.

Can someone help me with this one?
I've tried 'Error checking' on the said drive and it found a lot of errors but now I'm stuck with 300gb of inaccessible space.

You didnt make that a different partition or something, did you?

Nope I didn't

where can i find easy programs to make that are not calculators?

How do I get Debian to boot EFI?

I have followed all the steps and read everything I can find, but it just takes me to GRUB2 command line.

When I put Windows and Ubuntu in they just worked,after I fixed some settings. But I don't think it is a simple secure boot issue as it does let me get to Debain's GRUB2 terminal.

Not how it works. Get a hold of Corsair though, maybe they'll help you out.

I'm trying to install eclipse neon on my Debian box and it's being pretty fucky. I installed jdk and jre 1.8 and put them in /usr/lib/jre. There are 1.7 open jdk installations there as well.

The eclipse installer is unable to find the 1.8 jvm but can find the 1.7 stuff.

The only thing Google has done is yield one forum result that basically says "I patched this in update x.x" and I'm running an installer that's newer version than that.

Any idea as to why this would happen?

What do you mean exactly?
You cannot boot Debian on an EFI-based system?

mediafire.com/?ny749p46a9w5uku

Help a complete retard get this under 4MB. I've been trying forever in ffmpeg and I can't get it to work without the video and audio being out of sync. It'd be nice if you post the ffmpeg command you use as well.

Question: Is there a tangible risk of damaging the other components of a PC if the CPU is bad/abused?

Context: I'm working on a semi retro PC build, and the motherboard I'm using is LGA775. Since there are no new LGA775 CPUs left, I will need to buy used/referb. I'm concern that if the CPU has been abused (e.g., botched OC, overvolted, etc.) that it could damage my motherboard/GPU/other stuff. If my fear is unfounded, I'll just buy a referb Core 2 Duo for

ASROCK AM1B-ITX / AM1 1

AMD ATHLON X4 5150 /AM1/BOX 1

CORSAIR 1x4GB VALUE SELECT DDR3 1600Mhz 1.5V 1

Toshiba 3.5 2TB SATA6Gb 7200rpm 64MB 2

DeepCool PSU 380W DE380 1


Is this ok for a NAS?

About to upgrade to this from a msi radeon hd 7730, how would I go about installing it? I hear there's issues with drivers and such. Saw something about having to delete drivers. What do I do exactly?

Forgot pic

Put in install disk (netinstall amd64, as that is the most robust one and should work with my i5 Dell), wait a few minutes then GURB2 command line is displayed.
So I try selecting it from Dell boot, it shows dvd under efi options, but then hangs a second or two before taking me to GURB2 command line.

On linux: use a second routing table

How can I stream certain content to a few bros securely without getting btfo by copyrights holders?

Buy or build a NAS and set up your own file server, then you can stream videos from it to anywhere and not have to deal with anyone's shit.

Why don't we have hard drives faster than 7200 RPM? Limitations, SSDs taking over, etc?

I'm stupid by the way

What makes different RAM types on the same motherboard incompatible?

There used to be motherboards out there that had separate slots for both DDR2 and DDR3 RAM (I guess during the transition), but you could only use one type at a time. Why is that the case?

Reliability, and yes we do.
WD Velociraptors being an example.

CPU memory controllers.

How can i check the SHA-1 of a file?

I used to use 7-ZIP on another PC but i cant apparently on this one.

You take out the old GPU, put in the new one, connect the video adapter, power on your computer, uninstall the msi radeon hd 7730 driver by either going into the GPU software and tell it to uninstall, or simply go into your hardware / device manager, look for graphics card, extend that category, look for your graphics card, right click -> uninstall.

After that you simply download the latest driver for your new graphics card.

How long will lga 1151 be current?

Will I notice any loss of picture quality if I use an adapter to connect my VGA CRT to a DVI or HDMI equipped GPU? Most modern GPUs dont come with VGA inputs anymore ;_;

tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2176989/loss-quality-hdmi-vga-converter.html

Short answer: Yes, but you probably won't notice.

It will likely drop the graphic to the limit of the display,

IF it works at all given this likely involves an digital/analog conversion somewhere which not all hardware supports.

May a person has been deeply disappointed by not appreciating the importance of digital/analog, so do your homework.

Wallpaper slideshow stops working after few hours on both Win 8.1 and Win 10, any ideas how to fix this?

VGA has been legacy for a long time.
Modern GPUs come with shitty RAMDACs and VGA quality is poor compared to older GPUs.
My CRT is sharp as fuck connected to a VooDoo 3 3000 and blurry connected to any modern GPU.

I did that command. It dosent do anything, it just copies the html file over again under the given name

Is it possible to change the folder icon but keep the preview of its contents?

Windows 7

www . udemy . com/c-intermediate- programming-applications- driven- approach/ i want to get is for free, yet, I cant find any torrent to it, and google didnt help me

How hassle free and sensible is it to install Windows (8.2 or 10) on a Macbook air? Is it even possible? Is the hardware just like a normal laptop running windows? Thanks.

cute lobber

That depends, if you're using Boot Camp it's pretty easy, if you want to get rid of the mac OS entirely then you'll encounter a LOT of problems.

Most of the drivers will not work, you may be able to find some working drivers but I highly doubt it.

A long time, 1150 divided in 1151 and 2011v3.
Doubt they will divide or change it again being so new so who knows.

Should i start downloading huge library of movies and series before you cant anymore since pirates are in decline?

Any way to get back the old design of the autocomplete suggestion field under the adress bar in firefox 48.0? Just updated after it told me to and this shit is ugly as hell with the now-oversized font in there and it stretching all over the entire screen

Should I stick with Windows 8.1 for a new computer or go back to 7

Im on Android 4.2.2 i think and when i go to settings>update it tells me that there are no available updates for me at this time..
What gives?

Do i have to update it manually or what?

>pirates are in decline
Not sure what you mean by that

Can only talk for germany but here it makes no sense to pirate something except if you absolutely NEED HD quality.

Watching a movie/series getting streamed isn't illegal. Downloading / uploading is.

I'm cutting a hole and installing a fan where the blue square is, i am going to remove the fan at the front as it has very restricted airflow.

I am also then going to seal up all the gaps on the panels, front of the case and rear of the case other than the vent next to the cpu. What sort of fan should I use to achieve the best cooling? Static pressure since it may face a little resistance or just go for standard airflow case fans?


Yeah its ugly as fuck and dirty and full of spaghetti, when the fan hole is getting cut everything is getting cleaned and the interior of the chassis painted black, along with a new modular sfx psu so i can hide that completely. So disregard its visual state atm, currently it is a very, very huge pain to disassemble with that large psu there.

The last stable release was 4 years ago, so not really

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(software)

Dont, just buy a pair of noctua fans and stop leaving your PC over a carpet.

probably uninstall the cancer

if you insist on keeping that trash on your machine, and it's on a different drive like it sounds in your post, you can probably get into the bios and just change your boot priority

you can't: privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/

but there are some settings that you can change to mitigate how much they actually collect that might help. maybe.

There is no where on this case to mount 120mm fans, thats why I need to cut a hole in the bottom, its going to sit on a desk but im still going to rise it about 1cm