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What do you type to manually start the service sshd?
Typically, you use the "service" command, such as:
service sshd start
What does the dot in a URL mean?
The dot separates the sites topic from its address e.g. www.wikianswers.com
Can someone trade a rare penguin to this post?
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It is not practical to attempt a full tutorial here on Windows Console commands (formerly known as MSDOS). This page summarises the essential commands and techniques, to enable you to get started with SNDAN and, maybe, develop a taste for what can be a very fast way of working. It is intended primarily for those who haev notused a Console window before. Terminology. There is a number of equivalently meaning terms used to refer to a Console window. It may be a 'DOS session' or a 'DOS window' (where DOS may also be 'MSDOS'), a 'terminal window,' the term most used in Unix systems such as Linux, a 'command-line window', or a 'command shell' (from the notion that it acts as a safe and convenient 'shell' around the Operating System's main commands). All these terms mean essentially the same thing, which is called here a "Console window". There is one linguistic difference. Windows Explorer (and Windows documentation generally) refers to files and 'Folders'. The latter is supposed to be a 'friendly' word. In a Console session, however, the older term 'directory' is still more widely used, and is the basis of many of the command names.
In IP address 115.69.210.28..5843 what is stand for 5843?
The format is usual 115.69.210.28:5843 and the number after the colon is the port number.
Portnumbers are like gates or doors into your computer. They range from 0 to 65535. A firewall can block or open ports on your computer. For instance, web browsers use port 80.
Is graphics technology similar to information technology?
Graphics Technology, or what is also known as Visualization Technology or Business Intelligence Technology, is a type of Information Technology. There are multiple types of Information Technologies. Some examples include...
- There are technologies that help you receive and transmit data and information.
- There are technologies that help you manipulate, transform, and perform calculations with and on data and information.
- There are technologies that help you create different visualizations (simple, moderate, or otherwise) from data and information.
Graphics Technology (a.k.a. Visualization Technology) falls under the third example.
Examples of Graphics or Visualization Technologiesinclude software libraries that help you build visualizations, such as:
- The JIT for Javascript (see related link for reference)
- Prefuse for Java (see related link for reference)
Examples of Visualizations that can be created with such technologies can be found at "Visual Complexity," which is an online catalog of hundreds of complex data and information visualizations. (Refer to attached link for reference.)
"Visualization Management" is one of the many IT Disciplines that an experienced IT professional must worry about.
What is an input device on which you key in or type data?
The device used to key in data or communicate with the computer is called a keyboard. The keyboard can either be wireless or wired to your computer.
It is possible that your hard drive has crashed
When the phrase 'insatiable appetite' is used to refer to any activity, and we are reasonable confident that it is relevant and applicable to that activity, then we could begin a critical investigation of whether the law applies to it or not. One activity that immediately comes to mind is the longer term quest that scientists, academics, researchers or simply, nerds demonstrate consistently is an 'Insatiable Appetite' for knowledge or information, over a long term. There cannot be any diminishing utility for such persons to the pursuit of knowledge. Pursuit of Knowledge, as an activity therefore presents a situation for some of us, where diminishing marginal utility may not apply. Sabdezar Ilahi
Updated: 05-28-09
AnswerThis question and related questions are fairly generic. The solution is the same for most brands of computers and video cards such as pci, pci-e 8x,16x (pci express), pci-x (and older and obselete standard).Solution steps:0. Make sure you have the latest version of the video driver from the vendor that made the card. Often the CD that shipped with it is a year out of date or more. If it came out before xp sp3 or vista sp1 the drive many not work right. So download the latest.
1. Turn on PC and enter the BIOS / CMOS by tapping the del key or delete key or F2 (Intel) or F10 (HP Compaq) F12 (Dell?).
2a. On most systems you do not need to disable the onboard video card. Open your PC, add your new video card and move the monitor plug from the onboard video port to the video card you just installed. On boot the computer will sense that there is no monitor connected to the onboard video port and will disable it or at least will redirect the screen output to the newly installed video card. However, once windows has been installed with the onboard video card it may be marked as the "default" video device and limit the ability of games to perform properly. Games also may detect the onboard video card and quit because the onboard card is not fast enough. If you are still having problems perform step 2b.
2b. Turn off the computer, move the monitor plug from the onboard video port to the video card you just added. Repeat step1 then navigate to "onboard devices", for Dell this will probably be labeled Video or Display Settings. Disable onboard video. Now save the setting you just made in the bios by pressing F10 or choosing the save from the menu, you may have to press ESC key to get to main menu. Now boot windows and install the drivers for your video card.
3. in extreme cases after following step 2b if you many have to reinstall windows with the onboard video card disabled so no drivers are ever installed. This is a "best practice" for serious gamers and results in the cleanest install. This way the onboard video card is never seen by windows and no drivers are present. Remember, driver files are usually left behind and are not removed by the uninstall. If you arn't ready to wipe off your system you could unplug your hard drive and plug in a test hard drive and perform a clean install windows (don't use the recovery disk) and test out if this yields better results).
Last resort: If you are still having problems with the uninstall, go into the device manager in windows and double click on the Intel video (or onboard video card), at the bottom of the page that comes up is "USE THIS DEVICE" choose instead to not use this device. Restart windows and see if this helps. Also make sure you have the most up to date drivers for the video card you are using and if so, right click on your desktop and choose properties and make sure the resolution and color depth are set to the correct settings, like 1024x768 32bit
Optional Reading:an example of an unusual and complex onboard video graphics driver situation:
Updated: 10-03-08 This system described in the next paragraphs is a "bare bones system" for oem's resellers / value added resellers. The bios is limited and does not have the ability to disable the onboard video card. Disable device is not an option, unfortunately, in windows 2000 sp4.
I am tasked with a project at work with an old samba PC (not to be confused with Linux) It's actually an FIC (first international computer) branded motherboard model VC37 revision IEM42 0601 with integrated Intel 845 graphics and the uninstaller fails to uninstall the driver both from the control panel and the actual driver in device manager. I added an old pci video card but the dispay is all wacky. In the bios turbo mode is disabled but there is no option to disable the onboaard video. Although the system correctly uses the addin video card the picture is a mess. Reloading the OS is not an option.
The uninstall for the Intel drivers fails to actually uninstall the drivers. I performed a manual "uninstall" by removing the entries in the registry and deleting the files used by the video card in c:\winnt\system32 and \winnt\...\drivers but that didn't help either.
A co-worker discovered that the newer asus 945G computer that we are trying to port the image to is setup for ACPI and while the older samba 845 is not, it is set to "standard PC". We now believe this difference is the core of our problem.
If you use all the GB will the computer still function?
Depends on what kind of GBs!
If you use all of your system's RAM, it will begin using free space on the hard drive. The computer will continue to operate, but may become extremely slow, unresponsive, and may also become unreliable.
If you use all of your harddrive space, you will likely begin to experience massive slowdowns, errors, bluescreens or kernal panics, and eventual system failure.
It is generally a good idea to keep at least 4 GB of space free on your hard drive, or 10% of your driver; whichever is larger.
On Windows based computers, performance begins to degrade noticeably when 1/4 or more of the hard drive is used (NTFS). It becomes severe at 3/4 or more.
On Macintosh based computers, performance begins to degrade noticeably when more than 80% of the drive is used. After 90% or less than 4GB occurs, the system may begin malfunctioning, and will warn you of such.
Usually it's when you plant a chip under the skin of a dog, cat, or any other domestic animal, containing your address and contact information. Just in case the animal ever got lost (:
What key could you use to quickly access the Help feature?
Different programs have different hot keys for accessing functions. A common Help key is the F1 key.
Can I buy used computers from Hewit Packard online?
Hewlett Packard sells new and refurbished computers. Refurbished computers are ones that have been returned by customers. These machines may have had something wrong or were simply not wanted after all. In any situation, the computer is refurbished to new condition, but cannot legally be sold as "new."
Who Can Give me a Helpful Methods to Get Rid of Search.searchinsocial.com?
Search.searchinsocial.com is taken for a potentially unwanted program, also known as browser hijacker. Commonly, you cannot fell its existence until your browser setting and homepage, and default search engine are tampered with it.
If you want to remove it, you can install a reliable anti-virus program, for example, SpyHumter, to help you, as well as protect your PC in your daily life and work. Certainly, you also can remove it manually from Registry, browser, and Task Manager, and so on.
Its manual and automatic removal guides can be discussed in the post "Get Rid of Search.searchinsocial.com with Easy and Helpful Removal Guides" in pc-superman.com.
system 32?
What is the acronym for water the computer puts or puts out?
Can you reword your question please?
Acronym for water - H2O
Computer puts or puts out - do not know what you mean.
I/O is the acronym for Input / Output.
What types of services does hp direct offer?
"Hp direct is a service provided for a mac or pc user that needs to purchase certain equipments. Hp direct offers so many services some of these services include: How to buy the correct type of equipment for your specific, laptop, desktop, scanners. which consists of inks, toners, scanner parts, printer instruction for installation. They also privide a service in which connects directly to your registered device to monitor it's levels and how it the service is working."
What measurement of a computer's microprocessor tells you it may be faster than another machine?
Usually we use GigaHertz, although cache size, architecture, and microcode can make a difference as well.
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What two locations are commonly used in Windows for temporary files?
The following answer is true for the following versions of Windows * Windows 3.11 * Windows 95 * Windows XP * Windows 2000 * Windows ME * Windows Vista * Windows 7 The location of the temporary files folder is (assuming that you're using a standard setup) C:\Windows\Temp\ If your concern is cleaning out temporary files, the internet standard for lightweight, low resource file system maintenance is CCleaner. Please see Related Link.
