What prevents a CD-R from being rewritten?
I know it's kind of a dead / dying technology, but I was wondering what stops a CD-R from being rewritten like a CD-RW. Is it some sort of firmware o...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
What does it mean when a portscan shows a port as "tcpwrapped"?
Interesting ports on 192.168.1.76: Not shown: 998 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION 22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 5.2 (protocol 2.0) 62078/tcp open tcpwra...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
Documentation about user32.dll and advapi.dll
I try to decompile an executable which is something like key-logger, and it references these 2 dlls in which I cannot drill down: Any idea/help please of ...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
PC turns on but no display or boot
Background: For starters, my PC is 6 years old and has been working fine with no major hardware problems for that time. It does not undergo any physical s...
Published: Jul 27, 2026
"The boot loader did not load an operating system" for windows 10 hyper-v VM
I created a vhdx file from the c: drive from a lenovo P1G3 a while back and thought I had a working VM from it, but apparently not. Now when I try to boot...
Published: Jul 26, 2026
Convert user from mstsc /admin to just mstsc for RDP
I have a user accessing a server and they have to RDP using mstsc /admin. How do I remove /admin from my user, and just use the RDP with mstsc, but not ms...
Published: Jul 26, 2026
How can I add FLAC files to my iTunes library on Windows?
I want to add FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files on my iTunes Library. I googled on how to do so, and found Fluke for Mac, which looks great, except t...
Published: Jul 26, 2026
Can I remove the SSD cache from a laptop and sill have a functioning machine?
I have an old Asus laptop which came with a 500 GB HDD and a 24 GB SSD cache. These two parts got damaged and need to be replaced. However I was wondering...
Published: Jul 26, 2026
How do I resolve the (ModuleNotFoundError: No module name '_tkinter') for WINDOWS 10, Python 3.7
Windows 10 Python 3.7.4 OSGeo4W Shell C:\ActiveTcl\bin is in the PATH tkinter folder is located in C:/OSGeo4W64/apps/Python37/lib/tkinter python test_data...
Published: Jul 26, 2026
Microsoft Excel - Is there a way to insert the $ to a bunch of cells at once? (i.e. A4 to $A$4)
Is there a way to insert the "$" to make a bunch of cells go from i.e. A4 to $A$4? There must be an easier way than to keep typing out the $'s!! Thanks.
Published: Jul 26, 2026
