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It seems like most of my physics professors use Macs vs Windows based PCs. Any insight into this trend? Why are Macs better for physics, or is that even the case?

I am having some trouble getting all of my libraries included in my g95 call at the command line (using Windows Powershell). The confusion stems from the purpose and use of the "g95_library_path" variable native to the compiler, and how this enters with the "-L/..." option on the command line...

I'm confused on which to choose, I want the best mobile phone experience. Should I buy Windows phone or Android phone?

My windows 8.1 pro is dead now after I installed many updates. I don’t which one is causing the error but now the computer screen keep flickering after I log on and there are no application icons being loaded in the task bar; my mouse keeps “loading”. I have tried to do a system restore on...

Microsoft has just placed an icon on my taskbar inviting me to sign up for my free copy of Windows 10 when it becomes available. Ordinarily I would go for it (upgrades must be better, right?), but given the complaints levelled at Microsoft's last OS I'm not so sure. I currently have Windows 7...

Hi, apologies for the length of this, I'm hoping as a group you knowledgeable established or future Engineers and Physicists can help me out with a problem. I have been having a discussion with a colleague about expansion of a 6m x 7m integrally waterproofed (Kryton KIM) concrete slab roof that...

Is editing Host file in windows 7 is dangerous? i want to edit Host file, so that i can bypass blocked sites. :) but i am fear whether will my pc's OS get damaged or not? :(

Apple finally did it - A Macbook that supports Windowscheers Dave

Does anyone know how to monitor FPU usage under Windows? There are plenty of monitors (even the built one) that will show CPU usage, but I am interested just in FPU and I can't find anything. Does it mean there is no way of checking? Perhaps profilers could help gather some data, but in my...

Just a dumb question: What kind of object is 'My PC' in Windows 8.1 ? when one goes to 'file explorer' , it contains a collection of folders. So I thought it is a directory, but my friend disagrees with me. Who's right?

Hey all, I really love windows 95 and miss it alot. I'm wondering if there's a way to obtain it on an iso or something? Has anyone done this? Any adivce? Any help apreciated.

I want to install Vim Latex on a Windows machine. On looking at the SourceForge site VIM-LaTeX Download I found that the file available for download is a tar file (vim-latex-1.8.23-20141116.812-gitd0f31c9.tar). This appeared like the file for Unix. I am looking for the file for Windows. Can...

Hi All, I am having a problem: no sound coming out of my Windows 8.1 laptop. I updated all the drivers from the audio inputs ; I got the message that the existing drivers were up-to-date, but still no sound coming out and that all sound-related devices are working correctly. Thanks for any advice.

Hi all, AFAIK, Windows 8.1 machines ( I have a laptop) have been designed in part to function as tablets. Specifically, the touch screen and slides of the mouse. Specifically, I have a touchpad for my mouse. Problem I have is that I will inadvertently slide/move the cursor in such a way that...

My sister just came into my room asking for help, when I came to her room she told me that her computer froze and she waited for 20 minutes for it to unstuck but it didn't and she turned it off, when she turned it on her Internet was not working and neither did her Firewall. I tried turning on...

Hey everyone ,earlier this day, when i boot my pc i saw that the clock was losing time...i tried multiply times to fix it but again when i reboot the system the problem was still here. i opened bios and i saw that even there the clock wasn't synced...

As my computer kept urging me to back up my system onto an external hard drive, I decided I would buy one, but first I needed to find out which size to buy; so I backed up the system on the computer itself to find out how much space it takes up. This created two files (one, WindowsImage, and...

So we've all dreamed about wearing some Star Trek headset that allows you to view virtual things in 3D that you can manipulate...cool future tech yeah? Not any more...Microsoft appears to be releasing just that with the new Windows 10! Here is a link to the site...

I am using Windows 8.1. Right-clicking on my drive C, where I install windows, and choosing properties shows me the security tab. I see some groups and users that have privileges to use the drive. What if I delete all of them and add only my own username in there ? For instance, can I still boot...

I have a problem. Whenever I turn on my other computer it says: "A disk error occurred" and I tried to insert a system recovery disk into the computer and I waited for hours but nothing worked. The computer screen is black after I press "ctrl + alt + delete" even though the text suggested that...

A couple of years ago, I met some missionaries and was told that God would get angry if I would decline any of his offerings. So I downloaded an online version of Window 8.1 pro and I was offered a free product key. Later the Windows asked me to install updates, but right after all updates were...

I don't have a Mac and I'm using Windows but how do I learn Objective-C when I'm using Windows? Can I code Objective-C in Notepad++?

Yesterday,my brother locked my admin password by setting a random password unknowingly. Now I can't access that account. Please tell me, is there a way to know the admin password from other account or any other method to access the admin account.

Twice this week now I got phone calls out of the blue telling me that my Windows computer is infected (sending back "suspicious" reports of infection). The callers claims to be from a separate company contracted by Microsoft to handle computer viruses. This isn't the first time receiving such...

I have recently installed ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 7 but I'm having major issues with connecting to wireless networks. The networks are detected and show up in the network manager, but when I connect and insert the correct password (double checked), a window continues to pop up saying that...

I downloaded strawberry pearl and I was looking through the library files, they are in .a files which according to google is a unix archive file type? I have seen them in use in other places as well and I want to learn more about them, but I don't have unix running How can I go about opening...

Hello community, I am doing research on building a computer for my son who is devoted to physics and math and wants to put together a desktop system that will last into grad school. Do we need to make allowances for using more than one operating system to allow for software compatibility...

Hi there A while back I updated Ubuntu to version 14.04. Before this, I could connect to the machine through TightVNC from my Windows 8.1 laptop. However after the upgrade things didn't run smoothly. It is now a known bug that usual VNC software can't connect to Ubuntu 14.04 because it uses...

I bought a Nokia Lumia , i am new windows OS in smart phones ,i used only android before.I am not able to find USB tethering option ,can someone please guide me ?

I am working with Quick Basic, 64 Bit for Windows, which is quite good indeed, but i met again the same usual difficulties to use [do ... loop] for efficient loops. So I decided to better use [goto], as anyone else! But I also found very useful the classical for loop. Here are some useful...

My friend who's job is to work with computers all day told me to delete my registry completely to speed up my computer. Now obviously this raises a couple red flags. Is he right? Is it really ok to completely wipe out the registry on my computer?

Not a homework question exactly, but I've been reading Feynman's QED and there's something I don't understand… When discussing partial reflection by two surfaces, Feyman says that different thicknesses of glass reflect differed % of the incident light, transmitting the rest, and that this %...

Hello all, I am currently looking at laptops to use for school. I will be going to university this fall for general engineering. I may focus on chemical, mechanical, aerospace, or biomedical engineering. I am looking for something light and portable, with long battery life, and sufficient...

I have plenty of experience of other systems, from right back to Calcomp pen plotters and the first graphics terminals up to OpenGL, but I haven't done any graphics programming for a few years and I've never programmed graphics on Windows before. So the question is, what libraries...

Does anyone know of a movie maker program that`s similar to the one on windows XP but that can work for Windows 7 and on a netbook? I tried making movies with the new windows movie maker, but it trims in seconds and it`s to much of a hassle to make more then one using it. I`ve downloaded...

What are they? I never have any user named 'Unknown'. :confused: Virus?

Hi, I tried to save a file in windows 8 but there is problem. Could someone help me?

I am Post Graduate in Physics and working as a researcher in Non Destructive testing. I have heard about multi-scale simulations and its applications to material modelling. Iam intersted in learning mutiscale simulations for materials modelling. can anyone provide me links that would let me...

Is there a way to reinstall win7 without the disk and without losing all of my data? The only back up I have is a bit old and I can't get my external hard drive to connect. I have a rather bad virus and I can't seem to get rid of it, so I am thinking its best just to reinstall windows.

So, I got the most recent "upgrade" in my windows 8, and somehow, yet again, many of my original settings have been changed -- the pleasures of using windows. One of the most recent changes in settings has been that all my text is typed in bold font . I do not even see how to do a(n) ( internal...

My friend just let his computer fall to the ground and something appeared to have happened to the hard drive. While the hard drive it's not making terrible sounds (unlike another one I'm fixing as well because it's owner formidably hit it with his arm while he was alseep... accidentally of...

I wrote this small Excel macro to gather data from vehicles database: Sub ImportCarQueryDB() Call JSON2Excel("2,3,4,8,12,14,20,21,26,27,28,29,31,32,33") ' Specify which fields to extract/import End Sub Sub JSON2Excel(ByVal fields As String) Filename$ = "C:\temp\fiat2.txt"...

C# Windows Form "Game": Movement All I wanted to do was to make a block move right/left across the window. I'm using VS 2010. No compiler errors and when I run it, it doesn't respond to any input. using System; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Game { public partial class Form1...

I need some help with this problem. My housemate, a computer-illiterate lady who uses her daughter's old laptop solely to browse the internet, last evening wanted me to help her figure out how to (illegally) stream the Academy Awards Ceremony. I found a link but it wouldn't play on her Google...

Hi! I would like to compile some *.for files (only standard Fortran77 statements) which only contains some subroutines and functions and link them with a *.res resource file and a *.lib library file (supplied by developers) into a windows executable. Is there any FREE program to achieve...

I bought a new desktop computer without pre installed os. Now I fail to install 1: XP-the Blue death screen after file loading completes 2: Vista-window can't open required file (install.wim) after collecting information is almost done 3: windows 7 - the required CD/DVD device driver is missing...

I've tried downloaded three different compilers for c++ and none of them work, I have visual studio 2010 but c++ won't work on it. If someone could provide a link to a c++ plugin for it I would be soooo grateful. But anything is appreciated as long as it's free.

I have been pretty much interested in Microsoft Windows Workflow lately and trying to figure out how to explain to my 13 year old nephew its concepts and simple applications. I run into this article, informative and quite useful but not really simple at all (maybe because of my bad English)...

I upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro today and reinstalled all of my software. I'm having issues with the new Java JDK (v40). I can't compile anything on the command line. I keep getting the following error message: javac is not recognized as an internal or external command So I went back in...

I'm not sure if this question belongs here, if that is the case I'm sorry. I've been desperately trying to install IRAF on windows. Nothing seems to work. I've considered installing a Linux distro but since I'm using windows 8 that is not an option. So my question is: has anyone been able to...