I tried setting up a dual boot on my HP Omnibook X (Core Ultra 5). While shrinking my C: drive using a third-party partitioning tool to make space, it rebooted to finish the partition. When it tried to restart it wouldn’t boot into Windows, I just went ahead and installed […]
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I bought this configuration, but I couldn’t install any OS. Help me with that Motherboard: Asus Prime B760M-A CSM Non-Wi-Fi RAM: Crucial 16GB CT16G56C46U5 GPU: RTX 3050 6GB OC Dual CPU: INTEL i5 14400F Hard disk: NVMe M. 2 M450 1TB MSI PS: GT-AV600 The issue is that it stops […]
Long article captures come out as PNG from Chrome DevTools and as JPEG from Edge Web Capture. The usual advice is to convert to JPEG when the file is too big to share. On text-heavy pages the saving is almost nothing, and the text gets visibly soft. What I tried: […]
We are currently using Adobe Commerce (Magento) 2.4.7-p9. However, the latest security patch does not officially support the p9 version. Can we apply the patch intended for 2.4.7-p10 to our current p9 installation? If this is not recommended, what would be the safest alternative? We are planning to upgrade Adobe […]
With CRMs like WordPress, Joomla etc. that use routing, is it possible to apply Require ip or Require not ip rules to arbitrary routes? For example, I want to close the admin pages to the Internet users and restrict them to the authorized admin users on the LAN. If they […]
I have a perfectly functional printer at a static IP address, 192.168.1.44, on wired Ethernet. My Ubuntu computer prints to this printer just fine using IPP. My Windows 11 PC has the correct printer model, IP address, and protocol. It sees the printer on the network (e.g. I can manage […]
I need extra storage for backups and archival, and I’m deciding between two approaches: Buy a bare internal 3.5″ HDD and a USB SATA docking station. Buy a pre-built external HDD (i.e., drive already in an enclosure). They look functionally similar: both end up as a USB drive on my […]
The Surface Pro 7 Windows 11 Pro was functioning normally on battery and was in daily use on battery Yesterday, it shut down as battery went to 0%. Unit was connected to AC Adapter as usual and following a 2 hour charge, failed to start. Connected to another known good […]
After a failed attempt to install KDE Neon on an old laptop (interrupted install by unintentional power down), I find that the laptop will no longer boot. Prior to the attempted install KDE Neon was already present, but I wanted to reinstall because of a problematic automatic update. I formatted […]