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How do you set a custom security level in Windows 8 to view Latex.

Is anybody interested in having a software for converting command line applications to graphical/windows versions? For example you have old program which can be launch only from command line. After converting it, you will get window with parameters to fill in, files to choose and buttons to run...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2420963,00.asp For all of my complaints about Microsoft I used to think they were pretty smart. But I see that in the past six or seven years they've just been stupid. I thought they understood that backwards compatibility was a big part of the reason...

Hello, In linux Konsol is very prevalent and its books are ubiquitous. Given that windows is the more popular of the two and being relatively easier a lot of us don't find much use let alone learn how to use windows console commands. I am looking for a website or a book which covers extensively...

Hello, i'm an astrophysics student, and i need to create a CMB map using Planck data. I have to use Healpix on IDL. I'm new in IDL, but I'm learning the basics, and i haven't particular problems. My problem is with Healpix: i can't understand what is the right procedure of installation (on...

I have problem installing Java, it gave me: Installer: Wrapper.CreateFile failed with error 5:Access is denied. I went online and find this instruction: 1. uninstaller the java 2. enable the hided folder. 3. please find this folder and delete...

Does anyone know what this is, I found it one day(today) on my computer and I am not sure what it is or what to do with it, I ran it it and... it is still running, does anyone know if this is real software or some fake software.

That is what I need, Help! I have been working on a project and I can't seem to include the Form app into the Console app and vice versa. Does anyone know how one may do this?

I have a question I have been going through my registry and I found a few strange looking files and I am not exactly sure what I should do with them so please help D:

This is part of Microsoft's generally charming ways; I like it when I'm unable to turn my computer off because there's a Windows update that must be installed _right there and then_ . It's charming,specially when you're in a hurry ,need to stop your computer work and go somewhere else, or if...

Homework Statement Why are the windows on a commercial jet so small? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I said because the smaller the window the less force that will be applied on it due to pressure differences. But since F=AP and the pressure stays the same the...

I have had a brain injury - resultant included a very/real bad memory. So can anyone advise me how I might be able to get a free (am an invalid and NOT allowed to work), download of a way to compile & run programs in the Fortran 90 language on a Windows 7 platform. THANKS

So I just grabbed myself a 50g, after taking to the pressure of using TI-84s for years here in the US. Loving the feature set and RPN mode, but I can't figure out how to connect this to my laptop running Win 8. Conn4x doesn't seem to see it, and Windows tells me that it can find a USB driver...

hello everyone.so what happened was i reinstalled windows on my old home pc and iam not able to open the encrypted files in the same pc.It says 'access denied' though iam the admin.Is there any way i could open my files.?

"windows was unable to complete the format" Like myself, my PC is getting old! I have just noticed that it is not able to format any CD's and most DVD's. It certainly can not format any disk which has been erased. After 20 minutes of trying, it displays the message "windows was unable to...

I was recently bought a dell 15R inspiron laptop for Christmas, which came pre-loaded with windows 8. I CAN NOT use this operating system (I wrote a list of reasons why, but my post got lost - just please accept I don't want this). My previous laptop broke. I can't afford a new one, nor can I...

Hi, I've been using gfortran on windows through the command line to compile .f95 files using the command gfortran file.f95 to get an a.exe file which I can then run. However, I'm currently writing some Fortran code which needs some of the subroutines of the LAPACK package. I've been...

I have / had windows live search as my default search provider for internet explorer (live serach was auto-selected when I installed the OS onto this computer). It seems that live search is no longer working and ends up going to my ISP provider search as error recovery. I did a web search for...

I downloaded a free version of the first carmageddon game and apparently it is only compatible with Windows XP service pack 2. I am running windows 7 64-bit. I've read that there is a trick to getting it to work. Could anyone help me out?

Perhaps someone may be able to suggest (Windows) software that I could use that allows me to draw experimental set-up schemes on my computer (i.e. include images such as beam splitters, wave plates, PBS’s) without much hassle? Anything that is open-source, perhaps? And easy to use? Otherwise...

Hi guys, I REALLY need help on this. I need to find out what languages Windows 7 is programmed in, I know it's a combination of C, C++, C#, Fortan and Assembly. I can't seem to find this info on a "reputable site". I need to reference this, and I can't use wikipedia, Yahoo Answers etc...

Greetings, I currently have a laptop with Windows Home 7 32 bit. I would like to move to 64 bit so I can upgrade the RAM but I would rather not start from scratch. is there a way to load the 64 bit version onto my laptop without wiping out my current programs and settings? any info you...

I'm having a weird problem with my computer. I used to be able to leave my computer on for extended periods of time, and it would run fine. Now, I find that if my computer is on for too long, my svchost.exe processes get incredibly bloated and end up using 70% of my physical memory even when no...

Hey gang, I'm trying to get started with OpenMPI on my windows machine (crazy/stupid I know, one day I will man up and dual boot linux) but I'm running into a few problems. I can get mpiexec to work fine to run jobs, i.e. examples that come with various installs, but mpicc doesn't seem to...

How can I make a box around text in Java which will appear in Windows cmd.exe? Only using System.out.print("X"); and System.out.println("X"); . It MUST be a solid box and not use symbols like - or _ . It can also use int X , double X, char X, String X, and boolean X. Please explain...

I am in the beginning phases of purchasing a new computer. I have used a Windows PC most of my life, but I am interested in potentially transitioning to a Mac, however, I would like to hear everyones opinion before shopping around. Cheers,

MS is rolling out Windows 8, three years after lauching Win7, and also IE10. Microsoft previews Windows 8 operating system http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18288710 "Consumers can now download the release preview of Windows 8, a system which Microsoft says is its most tested operating...

Is there a way to bring up all of the notebook you're currently working with in Mathematica? Sometimes, a notebook I'm using disappears and I can't call it back up.

I tried to install windows service pack 2 on my computer. When everything was downloaded and then it restarted my computer. when the computer was restarting windows it froze up and would not continue to the desk top. I turned the computer off and started it back up again and it did the same...

Trying to "read in" a gp file into GP, which I've just installed on my Windows 7 machine. I keep getting that there's an error opening it, although I believe I have put it into the proper directory. Does anyone have experience with this? One thing that might help is if I knew how to change...

I have an account on a Unix cluster where I log in through an SSH client (I'm using SecureCRT). I need to be able to transfer files from my windows to PC to my unix acount and vice versa, does anyone know how to go about doing that? There is a "Transfer" menu in the SecureCRT window but it...

Hi there. I'm looking for a good text editor, that also is a good math notation editor. I currently use openoffice as text editor, and I have openoffice.Math but couldn't integrate it with the Writer. Is there a better alternative, remembering I need text and math editor together? Thanks

I am trying to plot the flux from an Astrophysical source as a function of time. Due to the nature of the source, I am only receiving a handful of photons in each time bin. So imagine I had 10 observing periods of 10 days each, in which my telescope received the following number of photons...

It looks like dead loop when it is running on linux system. It works perfectly in windows. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <math.h> #define NF 10 //total number of data. /* function prototypes */ double gaussian( void ); int main() { int i; double...

Hi, I live in 6th floor of an apartment. To prevent birds from pooping beside my window, I hang some unlabeled CDs along a string outside the window. The window is facing east, and people start complaining about it, that it might cause fire. I wonder if that is even possible? I personally do...

I downloaded largestcomponent.m today and it runs fine on my PC (Win 7 Enterprise SP 1) but when I try it on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS) I get this message: ? Undefined function or method 'largestcomponent' for input arguments of type 'double'. Even if I put the function file in...

I'm wanting to start learning C and I'm trying to find a good compiler. So far I've found a lot of C++ compilers and I'm not sure if it would let me write code in just C. I've downladed Visual C++ 2010 express, but the interface is kind of confusing me. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good...

Hi, I installed Ubuntu 11.10 as a partition on the same HD as my Windows 7; after rebooting the HD would not boot into either OS. I've tried to set partition flags to 'boot' but it does nothing. Should there be some files I need in /boot ? I'm able to mount and access the files on either...

Hello everyone, Can anyone suggest me a suitable GUI programming language for windows (like Microsoft VB or anything else). The software should be free of cost. It also should not restrict me to publish my product as freeware/open source. (Additionally the software should be able to handle...

Hi , I want to install windows 8 Developer preview on my computer but I'm not sure if I can uninstall it and restore my previous version of windows without trouble .What do you think? Is it safe?

My name is maksim and this is the first time i am posting question in forums. I am using windows 7 computer which has 250 gb hard drive in it. hard drive has 4 partitions C, D, E and F. Partition C has operating system installed in it which i don't use as told by my friend. The remaining dives...

I'm sure a lot of people want this disabled - when someone sends an image link, a window appears to the right of the message window with the image. Can this be disabled, and how does one do that? Quite frankly I'm sick of it (its really annoying, too) and have no idea why Microsoft included it...

What material is suitable in windows for hard X-rays? What material would you choose as reflective coating of X-rays mirrors for radiation at 200 eV? Why?

What are some of the windows or materials that are used to only absorb the infrared spectrum of light passing through the material?

Hi. Which language is used in creating windows OS and it's application?

Homework Statement when i stand in front of a tinted window, i can't see the people behind it but i know that they can see me through the window.why is this so? The Attempt at a Solution tinted window is a kind of one way mirror?

Lately, I've had roughly a dozen scvhost.exe's running at the same time on my computer. That seems quite high, even after reading up on what scvhost does. Is this normal, or could it be problematic (or a symptom of a problem)? Another issue is that one of the scvhosts usually has much more...

This might be a silly question. I installed Ipython on my Python 2.7.2 but I can't seem to find the Ipython Shell. I tried typing "Ipython" in the command prompt but it wouldn't work. Thanks!

Hi I want to start learning Python and am a little nervous about installing it (from www.python.org) and running it on my main Windows Vista PC. I have scary memories from previous programming experience over 20 years ago of it being possible to corrupt important files or bits of memory by...

Hi, Everyone: I hope this is not off-topic; I apologize otherwise. Just went through hurricane Irene; luckily nothing major happened. Just curious, tho, about the issue of windows, and how to prevent them from breaking; I guess this has to see with the pressure difference...