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I would like to know whether the DB-25 port is a serial or parallel port. These ports are otherwise known as printer ports, aka LPT port. I’m very confused about this since, according to Wikipedia, this port is considered part of the D-Subminiature connectors, which are mostly used for RS-232 serial communication. On the other…
My account in Windows 7 is an administrator account. When I open the Run box (WinKey + R), I am warned, “This task will be created with administrative privileges.” Is there any way to run programs as myself, but without administrative privileges when logged in as an administrator? Solution: While one could argue you’re doing…
I have a query in an Excel table. I followed this to do it. But how can I add a parameter from a cell into my query? I am looking for a way to do this: select *from dbo.Customerswhere CustomerID = Cell.A2 The Cell.A2 does not work. But how can I add in something like…
I am trying to run Notepad as admin so I can edit my hosts file from the command line. I have tried runas /user:(myusername)administrator “notepad c:windowssystem32driversetchosts” I then input my password and I get RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run – notepad c:windowssystem32driversetchosts 1327: Account restrictions are preventing this user from signing in. For example:…
Firefox can run in different profiles, that can be setup using different plugins, for different purposes such as basic web browsing, web development, trading on ebay etc… Is it possible to run more than one of these at a time, or does Firefox always run as a singleton? Solution: You can start multiple instances of…
My motherboard has SATAI and I was wondering if I could buy SATAII hard drives and use it with it. I expect SATA I transfer speeds, but I wanted to make sure to see if that is okay to buy a new hard drive. Solution: Yes. SATA II interfaces are backwards compatible with SATA I…
I just built a PC for the first time. My Gigabyte motherboard notifies me after the POST that I have SATA drives operating in “IDE MODE”. It asks me if I want to switch to AHCI mode to allow hot swapping. What’s the difference? Solution: AHCI, or Advanced Host Controller Interface, is a more featured…
Is there a way to save all open tabs into a temporary (or non temporary) bookmark folder? Sometimes I have a bunch of tabs open on one topic in one windows and the same in another windows. I’d like to quickly save all open tabs in different bookmark directories so I can shutdown the computer,…
I need to send some emails at a specific time of the day and need to do it every day. How can I do it with Outlook? Delay delivery helps to send mail at a specific of time; but how to create new mail to be sent for tomorrow? Solution: OK, here is a quick…
What’s the Windows equivalent to cron, or for those of you unfamiliar with Unix, how does one schedule a program to run at regular intervals? Solution: Scheduled Tasks: With Scheduled Tasks, you can schedule any script, program, or document to run at a time that is most convenient for you. Scheduled Tasks starts every…
