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    BCC32 -z option

    Hello, I have to support legacy code and to use the bcc32 compiler. This compiler has a -z command line option but I don't know what this option does. Would you please tell me? Thanks
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    FreeBSD for everyday use.

    Hello, I've been using Linux for a while and I can see that I can do all my everyday jobs with ease. Taking my e-mail, surfing the web, using openoffice.org to write documents, doing my master thesis. Now I would like to try FreeBSD but as far as I know it is more network-oriented and is...
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    Sony AppMon Utility

    Hi, I have a SONY VAIO laptop. What is the AppMon Utility that comes pre-installed? Thanks
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    OPENRISC 1000 Project

    Hi to everyone, Does anyone knows how to configure the or1ksim to run programs that was compiled using the gnu toolchain for OPENRISC? And also how to use the gnu toolchain to produce the right code for the simulator to be executed? Thank you
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    toshiba p100

    Hi, What are the differences between TOSHIBA SATELLITE P100-P10 and TOSHIBA SATELLITE P100-437
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    My computer delays to switch on.

    My computer consists of: PSU: Antec 380W Truepower Case: Antec CPU: AMD 3000+ Winchester RAM: 2x512 DDR 400 Kingston Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9 GPU: RADEON X800XL Sapphire UPS: POWERWARE 1000KVA The following problem has arisen after some months of use: When I give power by...
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    Speaker selection

    I want to buy new speakers that will support 3D sound. I would like to know if EAX can produce 3D sound with two speakers.
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    What AP means next to a US city name?

    Hello, I am not American and I am creating a database with Cities from all over world for a project. Inside the data that gave to me there are US Cities that have the AP abbreviation and others that not. For example I have Allentown AP and Allentown without AP. Is this the same city? What...
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    Computer delays to switch on

    When I press the button to switch on my computer the computer doesn't switch on immediately but after some time. This is something that it happens for about a month. PSU and CASE are from Antec CPU is ATHLON 64 3000+ Motherboard from Gigabyte If you need more detailed information about...
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    My computer delays to switch on

    Hi, When I press the button to switch on the computer it doesn't operate immediately as it did but delays for some seconds and then operates. MAINBOARD:GIGABYTE GA-K8NF-9 PSU: ANTEC 380 QUIET GPU:RADEON X800XL 256DDR3(SAPPHIRE) CPU:ATHLON 64 3000+ (WINCHESTER) MEMORY:2x512 KINGSTON...
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    To upgrade or not to upgrade?

    I have a PC with 1GB RAM, AMD64 3000+, X800XL. I use it mainly to play games. But new games like Company of Heroes, Gothic 3 , etc make my PC to use medium or low settings to play without lagging. I design to increase the memory from 1 to 4GB and to buy a new graphics card like X1600 or 7600. Am...
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    To upgrade or not to upgrade?

    I have a PC with 1GB RAM, AMD64 3000+, X800XL. I use it mainly to play games. But new games like Company of Heroes, Gothic 3 , etc make my PC to use medium or low settings to play without lagging. I design to increase the memory from 1 to 4GB and to buy a new graphics card like X1600 or 7600. Am...
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    DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

    HI, I'VE BUYIED A takeMS USB STICK WITH 512MB. WHEN I TRY TO USE "CARRY IT EASY v2.1.1.2" which was included in the stick I take a BSOD: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP: 0x0000001 (0x0000004,0x0000003,0x0000000,0xF72BD8B2) it also says that has a problem with nvatabus.sys my...
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    LED's blinking without reason in ZyXEL 660H

    I've a ZyXEL 660H. Everything works fine but sometimes,like now, the LED's that have to do with the LAN connection and DSL connection blinking without reason. I mean I don't download anything but they are blinking. Is there any explanation? thank you.
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    zero display service error

    Hi, I've had installed on my pc .net 2 and .net 1.1 also ATI CATALYST 6.4. I've tried to install ATI CATALYST 6.9 but a message "zero display service error" appeared. The installation continued and finish with no problem. The computer restarted. My bro played Company of Heroes after hours...
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    The future of Haskell and in general the future of declarative languages

    In today's world the most common programming languages are imperative (maybe object-oriented but imperative). Haskell and many other languages like it offers to programmer the ability to manipulate complex systems with ease. But has the disadvantage that some perfomance is lost. The history...
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    How to create my own user group in Windows XP Pro?

    I've Windows XP Pro SP2 and I want to create a new user group in which I will assign the privileges the users of this group will have. How can I do this?
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    Can operate my modem/router/switch 24 hours a day?

    Hello, I've bought a ZyXEL Prestige 660H. Everything works fine but I want to make a question. Because my ISP has some technical difficulties if I disconnect from the Internet it's difficult to log in again, I decided to leave my Prestige to operate 24 hours a day. Is this going to damage my...
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    JRE hangs

    I have a Athlon CPU with 256 MB RAM. I've installed SuSE Linux 10.0. For some days java played(version 1.4.2) but one day every Java based application and even the command java -version hanged the whole system. I could'nt do kill or restart so I switch the computer on off. I then tried SuSE...
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    chkdsk /f SESSION5_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

    I've a computer with Windows XP service Pack2. When I try to make chkdsk /f, after the checking is finished and the computer is restarted I receive the following message: "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer...
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    After chkdsk /f system cannot restart

    I have Windows XP Service Pack 2. I have two accounts one with Admin privileges and one with limited privileges. I did the following: 1)As admin I wrote in the Command Line: chkdsk /f 2)In the message that says to schedule a check I answered "yes" 3)I restarted the system. 4)The check...
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    Is it worth to change to Visual Studio 2005?

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    Waitforsingleobject

    #include "stdafx.h" int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { // TODO: Place code here. STARTUPINFO siStartupInfo; PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcessInfo; memset(&siStartupInfo, 0, sizeof(siStartupInfo)); memset(&piProcessInfo...
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    Windows Vista and Graphics Cards

    I have a X800XL and I was wondering if will continue to play when the Windows Vista arrives. I mean that with the new DirectX10 and the new driver model our DirectX 9 cards will not play any longer? Is that true?
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    Operator << is ambiguous

    The following code plays well in Visual Studio 2003 but not in Visual Studio 6. Can you tell me why? Is a bug of the compiler? #include <iostream> using namespace std; class hello { friend ostream& operator << (ostream& s, hello& h); }; ostream& operator <<(ostream& s, hello& h) {...
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    ADSL modem/router

    Hello, I have two computers with ethernet cards and one ADSL Connection. I want to buy an ADSL modem/router in order to share the connection and connect the computers. I want the modem/router to be supported by Linux. Any suggestion of what brand to buy? Thank you:)
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    Source code GIF and/or PNG

    Hello, Do you know where can I find source code to create my own encoder/decoder? I need to read from a known uncompressed file e.g BMP or PGM or PPM etc and to compress to GIF and/or PNG. I 've heard that the patent of LZW has expired and maybe there is code out there to make compressed GIF...
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    Is Java real cross-platform?

    I would like to know if Java is real cross platform? If I write a program on Linux using Java, is sure that the program will have the same behavior in Windows?(GUI,databases,etc) :)
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    SUDDEN DISCONNECTION IN ADSL

    I use a ADSL USB modem to connect to the Internet over PSTN. Frequently the modem disconnects from the network without reason. Do you have an explanation or solution? Is the problem in the modem or in the ADSL Line. Or in the ISP. If I buy an ethernet modem my problem will stop? thank you:)
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    Recursive C Macros

    Can C support recursive macros? I tried to make factorial with macros not with functions and I did not do it. Any ideas?:) Thank you in advance
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    ATI RADEON X800XL AND SUPPORT OF OPENGL 1.3

    DOES ATI RADEON X800XL SUPPORTS OPENGL 1.3? THANK YOU:)
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    Upgrade my old CPU

    I have a QDI KINETIZ 7B motherboard with an Athlon Thunderbird (900Mhz) on it. I would like to change my processor without change my mobo. I know that some Sempron can go on Socket A. Can these Sempron go on my motherboard? Thank you in advance:)
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    Create my own games

    I have some experience in programming C/C++. But now I want to make my own games just for hobby. I want to start with 2D games for Windows. Here in my country it is too difficult to find books that are related with game development. So I try to find some websites that will give me ALL the...
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    Memory upgrade

    My computer's main memory consists of 2 modules of DDR 400 (Kingston). I have two slots free and I want to put more memory. I remembered from the SIMM epoch that if you wanted to upgrade your memory you should buy memory with the same response time. Did this or others limitations exist in order...
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    Delete printer port

    Because I wanted to convert doc to pdf. I downloaded a silly program named Go2PDF which put in my printer ports a port with name virprnt and also has duplicated the other ports. So I have two LPT1 ports two FILE ports etc. I want to delete these ports. I have Windows XP Pro SP2. I went to...
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    Overclocking X800XL

    I have a SAPPHIRE X800XL 256MB graphics card and I would like to know how much can I overclock my card without need to change heatsink. What about the supply of power? Did will change a lot with overclocking? Thanks:)
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    How much overclocking?

    I have an Athlon 64 3000+ (Processor In a Box), with kernel Winchester. I would like to know how much can I push it without need to change heatsink? Thanks:)
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    NV FIREWALL

    I have a nForce4-4X motherboard and I want to know if this type of motherboard has hardware firewall? What is the NV Firewall that's included? Is this better than Zone Alarm?
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    Configure Zone Alarm Free Edition for LAN

    I have made a little LAN (two computers that are connected directly via UTP cable). I use ICS which helps me share my inject printer,my dial-up connection and my files. The ICS Wizard has made all the configuration for me (has also configured the Windows Firewall). But when I tried to use the...
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    Which switch and network card to buy?

    I want to connect my new computer which has built-in network support, with my ADSL modem/router and my old computer which doesn't have network card. I am thinking to buy a switch/hub and a network card but I don't want to spend a fortune. Any suggestions? Thank you:)