https://sprint.shakir.blogDaily celebrity news in a social format.en-usSat, 25 Jul 2026 08:02:46 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/windows-7-dns-not-working-nslookup-is-working-ping-4-name-com-not-work.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/windows-7-dns-not-working-nslookup-is-working-ping-4-name-com-not-work.htmlnslookup IS working; ping -4 name.com NOT working The most obvious symptom of this problem is that nslookup IS working, while ping -4 name.com is NOT working. That's because nslookup contains its......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:49:52 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/does-firefox-ignore-the-hosts-file-how-to-make-firefox-honor-the-hosts.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/does-firefox-ignore-the-hosts-file-how-to-make-firefox-honor-the-hosts.htmlI'm using Firefox browser in Ubuntu 18.04. I made an experiment where I want some domain names to be resolved to another IP address than their actual one. Firefox seems to ignore the IP in the host......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:45:34 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/is-it-okay-if-i-leave-my-pc-on-for-a-week-closed.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/is-it-okay-if-i-leave-my-pc-on-for-a-week-closed.htmlSo, I need to move from my PC to other works once in a while, so I can't turn it turn it on and off every 30 minutes or so. Also, I need it to do some tasks at night, so I just leave it on. It's b......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:28:17 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/scp-hanging-when-uploading-large-amount-of-files.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/scp-hanging-when-uploading-large-amount-of-files.htmlI am transferring a large amount of files, about 17,000, from my computer to an EC2 instance with an S3 bucket mounted to it. For some reason, I only ever get somewhere between 200 to 400 files upl......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:25:46 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/unable-to-delete-printer-status-stays-on-039-deleting-offline-039.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/unable-to-delete-printer-status-stays-on-039-deleting-offline-039.htmlOn Windows Vista, after right-clicking on a printer and choosing to delete it, the printer stays on 'Deleting - Offline'. Even after several restarts, the printer remains there. Is there a way to ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:23:52 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/adobe-acrobat-pro-9-0-on-windows-7-print-to-network-share-gives-error.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/adobe-acrobat-pro-9-0-on-windows-7-print-to-network-share-gives-error.htmlI've recently upgraded a client's workstations to brand new computers, with Windows 7 Professional. The server is still Windows Server 2003. The server has 2-3 file shares that get mapped to users' ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:22:54 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/excel-chart-how-to-reverse-the-x-axis-of-time-series-data.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/excel-chart-how-to-reverse-the-x-axis-of-time-series-data.htmlIn Excel 2003, I have a time series from a financial report that goes something like this: 2007 2006 2005 Amount 300 200 100 I want to create a graph of the time series that looks ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:22:27 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/vmware-workstation-how-to-reduce-vmdk-maximum-size.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/vmware-workstation-how-to-reduce-vmdk-maximum-size.htmlI have a 150 GB disk file (.vmdk, non pre-allocated) where my virtual machine is stored. The file is currently 20 GB, but it is growing everyday, even though I'm not storing anything new in the gu......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:55:19 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/is-it-safe-to-buy-2-times-2x8gb-ram-instead-of-4x8gb-ram-kit.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/is-it-safe-to-buy-2-times-2x8gb-ram-instead-of-4x8gb-ram-kit.htmlIt seems to be a stupid question, but on many many website I see that the price for the 4x8GB RAM is higher than buying two times the 2x8GB, which is supposed to be equivalent. Of course, the RAM ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:50:32 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/windows-terminal-has-no-title-bar-and-doesn-039-t-show-tabs.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/windows-terminal-has-no-title-bar-and-doesn-039-t-show-tabs.htmlOS: Windows 11 Build: 21H2 22000.258 Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor 4.00 GHz RAM: 64.0 GB (63.9 GB usable) It's a pretty fresh install of Windows too, because I did a fresh install ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:43:53 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/the-proxy-requires-username-password-issue-in-google-chrome.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/the-proxy-requires-username-password-issue-in-google-chrome.htmlFrom the past day, I'm getting this new error asking to enter some username and password for the proxy when I'm trying to use a VPN extension inside chrome (Zenmate VPN, SetupVPN) and even do a small ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:43:40 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-kind-of-information-can-my-university-gather-regarding-my-interne.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-kind-of-information-can-my-university-gather-regarding-my-interne.htmlI attend a large University and use their network for just about everything. Although I realize security measures probably differ from campus to campus, on a typical University-wide network, how se......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:41:16 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/website-is-down-for-me-not-for-others-outside-my-network.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/website-is-down-for-me-not-for-others-outside-my-network.htmlI'm facing a weird problem with some websites. In my network nobody is able to access a particular website, whereas that website is up when I checked it at http://www.isup.me/. This happens quite ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:40:13 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/awk-to-print-columns-based-on-the-columns-summation.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/awk-to-print-columns-based-on-the-columns-summation.htmlI have a file that has numeric values in the form of a matrix. I have written an awk script that prints the header, then adds 1 to the columns 'sum' if the values in the columns are less than 5 and ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:26:15 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-group-by-and-sum-a-column-in-excel.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-group-by-and-sum-a-column-in-excel.htmlI'm trying to figure out how to "group by" values in an Excel spreadsheet. Given the following example (this is an inventory sheet I use at my restaurant:) At the far right of the spreadsheet the......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:24:23 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-does-icacls-c-windows-winsxs-do.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-does-icacls-c-windows-winsxs-do.htmlOriginally posted by me on Stack Overflow, reposted here because this seems like a more relevant site for this question. Some wording has been slightly edited and more information has been added. W......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:50:52 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-change-toolbar-skin-in-media-player-classic-home-cinema.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-change-toolbar-skin-in-media-player-classic-home-cinema.htmlI am following this link to change toolbar skin of Media Player Classic - Home Cinema but it is not using the new skin. I'm using Windows 8 Pro N and Media Feature Pack is installed. More Informat......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:17:24 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/internet-noticeably-slower-on-one-computer-while-faster-on-another-con.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/internet-noticeably-slower-on-one-computer-while-faster-on-another-con.htmlI have a 120Mb/s Internet connection and it works well on my laptop with 1Gb/s network card and Windows 7. But it works too slow on another computer which is older and which have 100Mb/s network ca......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:04:57 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/install-mysql-server-5-7-instead-of-mysql-server-8-0-on-an-ubuntu-19-1.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/install-mysql-server-5-7-instead-of-mysql-server-8-0-on-an-ubuntu-19-1.htmlI have some trouble installing mysql-server 5.7 on ubuntu 19.10 (eoan) machine. Unfortunately I'm bound to mysql-server version 5.6/5.7 so just installing mysql-server 8.0 is no option. According to ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:55 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/outlook-new-mail-notification-icon-hides.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/outlook-new-mail-notification-icon-hides.htmlI have Outlook minimize to tray. I set the "Microsoft Outlook" icon to "Show icon and notification" in the Notification Area Icons settings (this is the main Outlook "O" icon). That one works fine.......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:58:06 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-tell-what-command-were-executed-by-cmd-exe-pop-up.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-tell-what-command-were-executed-by-cmd-exe-pop-up.htmlI noticed that sometimes after Windows 10 boots up, there is a black box cmd.exe pops up and closes quickly. I want to know what was running. Besides looking in autoruns, are there tools or registry ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:52:04 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/can-access-internet-but-cannot-ping-default-gateway.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/can-access-internet-but-cannot-ping-default-gateway.htmlI recently changed my router to another model (ZTE H168N). I got my wired internet connection working, and the results given by ipconfig seemed to be fine. I checked my default gateway and it w......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:24:47 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/windows-10-64bit-office-2016-64bit-registry-key.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/windows-10-64bit-office-2016-64bit-registry-key.htmlI am using OCS Inventory and there is a plugin to retrieve office cd-key and other informations. It works well with office 2007/10/13 and also 16 but pro version. But the main question: (Office ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:24:10 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-format-a-microsoft-excel-2007-cell-in-hexadecimal.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-format-a-microsoft-excel-2007-cell-in-hexadecimal.htmlI would like a format a cell in Microsoft Excel 2007 in hexadecimal but am not finding how to do this. Is there a built-in way to change the base from 10 to 16 for a cell?...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:19:46 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/no-bluetooth-option-anywhere-in-windows.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/no-bluetooth-option-anywhere-in-windows.htmlI am using Windows 8.1 Pro and trying to enable bluetooth but I don't see any option to enable it. I visited: System Tray Change PC settings Control Panel services.msc Non of these helped. I reme......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:41:12 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/convert-xml-to-csv-automatically-in-powershell.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/convert-xml-to-csv-automatically-in-powershell.htmlI've got a few thousand xml files with different formats I'm trying to convert to CSV. I've noticed that in Excel you can open an XML file 'as an XML table', and it will create a schema based on th......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:39:44 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-advantage-does-a-2400x600-dpi-printer-have-over-a-1200x1200-dpi-p.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-advantage-does-a-2400x600-dpi-printer-have-over-a-1200x1200-dpi-p.htmlI've seen laser printers with a resolutions of 1200x1200 dpi and, strangely, 2400x600 dpi. As the measure is dots per inch, not Kdots on a page or something (where a higher vertical resolution might ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:26:14 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/ways-for-reinstall-lubuntu-20-keeping-files-and-soft.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/ways-for-reinstall-lubuntu-20-keeping-files-and-soft.htmlI have installed Lubuntu 20.04 dual boot with Win10, i have a issue wich is that when i back from Suspend the system, the screen does not show nothing, only it is black so i must power off/on to ca......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:18:29 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-backup-to-use-for-home-server.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-backup-to-use-for-home-server.htmlI am using windows home server and was wondering is there any good way to backup your data? I was thinking of clashplan (hdd clone) but not sure if its the best way. any advise for these? I do not ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:15:47 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/iso-vs-virtual-disk-qcow2-vhd-etc.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/iso-vs-virtual-disk-qcow2-vhd-etc.htmlWhat are the actual technical differences apart from ISO being read only and their purposes? Can I convert an ISO image to a virtual disk (Ex: qcow2) without changing its content? If that is possib......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:04:42 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-does-the-term-039-block-039-mean.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-does-the-term-039-block-039-mean.htmlWhat does the term block mean wrt computer science? I have seen it being used in multiple occassions but never understood what it means. Like blocking I/O? Googling doesn't seem to help me much....Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:48:16 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-download-files-from-command-line-in-windows-like-wget-or-curl.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-download-files-from-command-line-in-windows-like-wget-or-curl.htmlHow can I download something from the web directly without Internet Explorer or Firefox opening Acrobat Reader/Quicktime/MS Word/whatever? I'm using Windows, so a Windows version of Wget wou......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:37:19 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/title-bar-icons-missing-in-adobe-illustrator-cc-2017.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/title-bar-icons-missing-in-adobe-illustrator-cc-2017.htmlI recently opened up Adobe Illustrator CC 2017 on my Mac to find that my whole topbar is missing. On a Mac, there's a little bar of icons on every application, here's what it should look like: The ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:03:16 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/vs-code-drag-tab-to-new-window.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/vs-code-drag-tab-to-new-window.htmlInstead of splitting windows, is it possible to drag the tabs to a new window in Visual Studio Code like Sublime, PHPstorm or Chrome? When I drag a tab onto the desktop, it will copy the file....Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:57:50 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/restore-found-000-files-to-their-original-location-in-windows-10.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/restore-found-000-files-to-their-original-location-in-windows-10.htmlI have an external disk which has received some power cuts due to power failures in the office and not having power backup. The disk for now works correctly but I have noticed that there are some f......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:50:26 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-concatenate-multiple-if-statement-results.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-concatenate-multiple-if-statement-results.htmlI am working on a simple system that will produce the name of a task that is coming up within five days of TODAY()'s date. I was successful in getting one single case to populate. However, let's say ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:49:55 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-search-within-the-output-buffer-of-a-tmux-shell.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-search-within-the-output-buffer-of-a-tmux-shell.htmlI can't get this to work. How can I search the buffer of a tmux shell?...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:46:18 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-a-good-way-to-batch-re-encode-mp3-files-from-a-higher-bitrate-.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-a-good-way-to-batch-re-encode-mp3-files-from-a-higher-bitrate-.htmlI have a few thousand MP3 files and they are all of mixed bitrate. I would like to run a program that can batch encode them all to 128 kbps. Are there any decent and free solutions for this for W......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:33:22 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/can-outlook-send-multiple-simultaneous-emails-to-different-people-with.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/can-outlook-send-multiple-simultaneous-emails-to-different-people-with.htmlI'm looking to simultaneously send the same email to multiple recipients. Let's say I want to email John and Bill the same email, I want them to be in the "To:" field, but I don't want them to see......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:30:52 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/is-after-dark-compatible-for-windows-10.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/is-after-dark-compatible-for-windows-10.htmlI have been looking all over to figure out whether or not After Dark is compatible for Windows 10, but I can't find any information. If possible, I would like it to have all the modules like they w......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:30:39 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/ssh-username-host-how-do-i-find-the-user-name-and-host-name-of-my-loca.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/ssh-username-host-how-do-i-find-the-user-name-and-host-name-of-my-loca.htmlI just installed openssh on my Xubuntu machine using this guide. It's installed successfully which I checked by doing ssh -v localhost. Now I want to ssh into this machine from my mac. I have my r......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:29:53 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/creating-a-mklink-to-a-folder-on-windows-10.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/creating-a-mklink-to-a-folder-on-windows-10.htmlI have an application that writes files, let's say, on folder C:\Users\AppData\FOLDER I want to create a link so the files end up on D:\FOLDER. Do I use soft sym link or junction Why do I have the......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:28:22 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/msfeedssync-exe-what-does-it-do.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/msfeedssync-exe-what-does-it-do.htmlI had a program msfeedssync.exe as a scheduled task on my machine. Wondering what is this for and how did it get scheduled on my Windows 7 machine?...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:21:48 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/understanding-10gbe-data-transfer.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/understanding-10gbe-data-transfer.htmlI want to understand about fiber 10g switches data transfer. Before asking my question i want to explain you guys about my office. I have one server and 25 computers. This office is now working on ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:16:16 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/router-address-and-ip-keep-changing.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/router-address-and-ip-keep-changing.htmlmy router was originally 192.168.1.1, but recently the DHCP is assigning it to 24.230.166.1. When I enter in a manual IP and router number, I can type in 192.168.1.1 into safari and access my router ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:08:17 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-039-align-right-039-the-results-of-excel-039-s-text-to-colum.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-039-align-right-039-the-results-of-excel-039-s-text-to-colum.htmlIf I am using the Text to Columns feature on the following data, using ";" as a delimiter: foo;bar;qux;baz;toast; quux;jam;beans; I'll end up with the results "left aligned" in the resulting ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:55:45 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-open-appdata-microsoft-sticky-notes-stickynotes-snt-on-my-win-7.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-open-appdata-microsoft-sticky-notes-stickynotes-snt-on-my-win-7.htmlI want to open this file on my Windows 7 pro but the computer says it can't open it! Why? I'm looking for my Sticky Notes cause I need to find some lost sticky info....Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:52:48 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-increase-terminal-font-size-on-osx.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-increase-terminal-font-size-on-osx.htmlI thought that doing this would be extremely easy. I have done so many searches in Google to find out how to do this, but nothing ever comes up. I searched "increase terminal size osx" but none of ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:51:25 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-disable-alt-esc-shortcut-on-windows-8.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-disable-alt-esc-shortcut-on-windows-8.htmlI'm trying for a week to disable the Alt+Esc shortcut in Windows 8, but I can't use any running tool like AutoHotKey. Already searched in Regedit, Gpedit, Control Panel, and a lot of googling. How......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:35:06 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-find-the-index-of-a-word-in-a-string-in-bash.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-find-the-index-of-a-word-in-a-string-in-bash.htmlIn bash script, I have a string which contains several words separated by one or more than one spaces. ie: Name Age Sex ID Address If I want to find any of the word, for instance I wa......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:26:19 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/debian-11-boot-freeze-failed-to-start-xrdp-daemon-hostname-service-use.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/debian-11-boot-freeze-failed-to-start-xrdp-daemon-hostname-service-use.htmlGRUB option: Debian GNU/Linux After restarting Debian, I got these error messages at the boot: Failed to start Bluetooth service Failed to start Modem Manager Failed to start xrdp daemon Failed to......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:20:20 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/can-039-t-get-full-60hz-at-native-3840x2160-resolution.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/can-039-t-get-full-60hz-at-native-3840x2160-resolution.htmlI just built a new workstation, equipped with an EVGA GTX 1080 and an ASUS PA328Q monitor with Windows 10 OS. I've installed the most recent drivers for both, however in the display adapter propert......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:08:33 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/bluetooth-device-phone-listed-twice-with-different-icons-in-windows-10.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/bluetooth-device-phone-listed-twice-with-different-icons-in-windows-10.htmlWhen I pair an Android phone to my PC, the phone is showing twice in Windows' "Bluetooth & other devices" settings screen: I'm not sure why this happens, or what does the second icon (with two ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:01:05 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-batch-change-file-creation-date-to-file-modified-date-on-window.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-batch-change-file-creation-date-to-file-modified-date-on-window.htmlI have a lot of files which have their timestamps messed up. Particularly, file modified timestamp reflects the date the files were actually created, but the file creation timestamp reflects some l......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:59:46 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/intermittent-blank-emails-in-outlook.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/intermittent-blank-emails-in-outlook.htmlMy company is starting to get plagued with random intermittent blank emails in Outlook. This is suspiciously similar to the global incident from 4 months ago but NOT that. The standard setup everyone ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:47:30 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-get-rid-of-dos-attack-rst-scan.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-get-rid-of-dos-attack-rst-scan.htmlI have a Netgear Wnr1000v2 router. I have set my NAT to secure mode ( I don't know if that helps). Many times when I see my router's log I see lots of DoS attack: RST Scan. I think that these only ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:37:28 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/shortcut-shift-f2-for-ms-access-doesn-039-t-work.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/shortcut-shift-f2-for-ms-access-doesn-039-t-work.htmlI started to learn MS Access. On a Youtube video they said that when you use the shortcut Shift + F2 you get a zoom window which is interesting when you want to type a long text. When I try this sh......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:31:42 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-control-android-phone-from-mac.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-control-android-phone-from-mac.htmlI own an old android phone with broken touch screen. Is there any way to control it from my Mac? (by controlling I mean 'touching screen', pressing back and home buttons) (haven't found bluetooth ......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:31:33 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/toshiba-a10-tablet-freezes-at-startup-animation.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/toshiba-a10-tablet-freezes-at-startup-animation.htmlMy sister have a toshiba tablet, it is freezes at the startup animation. I try to hard reset, but the problem is the same. Probably an android upgrade can help, but I don't do this before. Where ca......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:26:32 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-039-s-the-difference-between-sigkill-and-sigstop.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-039-s-the-difference-between-sigkill-and-sigstop.htmlThe manual describes SIGKILL and SIGSTOP like this: SIGKILL 9 Term Kill signal SIGTERM 15 Term Termination signal SIGSTOP 17,19,23 Term Stop the proce......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:20:01 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/apc-es-350-continuous-alarm.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/apc-es-350-continuous-alarm.htmlContinuous alarm on ES-350, power light (green) blinking. There are no other audio/visual indicators. Circuit breaker button is popped out, won't reset, attached devices have power. Power cycle and......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:16:27 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/remote-desktop-connection-manager-delete-profile.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/remote-desktop-connection-manager-delete-profile.htmlI'm using Windows Remote Desktop Manager 2.7. I have some profile saved as 'Global' profiles. Somehow, today, I have managed to save a 'File' profile, which does not appear in the 'Profile Managmen......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:10:12 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-the-windows-hotkey-to-minimise-a-single-currently-active-windo.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-the-windows-hotkey-to-minimise-a-single-currently-active-windo.htmlOn Windows Vista, I'm familiar with Win + D to show the desktop but sometimes I just want to minimise two or three windows as they become active and not the whole lot. What hotkey can I use to mi......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:03:24 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-use-more-gpu-memory.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-use-more-gpu-memory.htmlI am working on an art project using Unity 2018.2 which will be run on a special setup of M6000 NVidia Quadro cards, each having 12GB of VRAM. My test computer has 2x NVidia 1070 Ti cards each with......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:02:39 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-change-text-direction-to-45-degrees-in-word-2010.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-change-text-direction-to-45-degrees-in-word-2010.htmlI want to add a table with the long description header but I can't find how to change text direct other than 90 degrees (Vertical or Horizontal). Is it possible?...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:01:36 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/user-pervy-sage-super-user.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/user-pervy-sage-super-user.htmlQ&A for computer enthusiasts and power users...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:59:54 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/cannot-install-msmq-on-azure-based-windows-server-2019-machine.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/cannot-install-msmq-on-azure-based-windows-server-2019-machine.htmlFairly new VM I've only added IIS to it and pushed some web app source code. Then I run the powershell command ... Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName MSMQ-Server -All to support some ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:44:47 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/plug-in-a-ddr2-800mhz-to-a-slot-that-can-handle-up-to-667mhz-only.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/plug-in-a-ddr2-800mhz-to-a-slot-that-can-handle-up-to-667mhz-only.htmlI have an old computer that has an ASUS P5S-MX SE motherboard, and only have a 1GB RAM. So I planned to upgrade the RAM and buy a 2GB RAM. Only DDR2 can be installed in the motherboard. So I looked......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:08:54 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/software-updater-vs-apt-get-update.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/software-updater-vs-apt-get-update.htmlI had always assumed that running apt-get update followed by apt-get upgrade was just the command line version of running the software-updater; however, running the software updater results in the ...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:45:20 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-do-i-completely-remove-oracle-11g.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-do-i-completely-remove-oracle-11g.htmlHow do I completely remove the Oracle 11g client from my computer? I am running Windows 7, 64-bit. I have tried running deinstall.bat, but this doesn't work....Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:43:20 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-enable-the-super-charger-feature-of-msi-z77-motherboard.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-enable-the-super-charger-feature-of-msi-z77-motherboard.htmlI bought a MSI Z77 motherboard. They claim it has a "super charger" feature which allows you to charge your iPad via the USB. How do you enable this feature?...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:30:37 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-do-i-correctly-configure-tftp-server-tftpd64.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-do-i-correctly-configure-tftp-server-tftpd64.htmlI have followed these instructions for installing tftpd64 on my 64 bit Windows 10 OS: http://www.tricksguide.com/how-to-setup-a-tftp-server-tftpd32-windows.html#comment-84949 When I do this I ge......Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:26:04 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/pulseaudio-daemon-startup-failed.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/pulseaudio-daemon-startup-failed.htmlWhen running startx on Arch Linux, the error: E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed. is returned. Is there any way to fix this error?...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:24:00 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-install-telnet-from-a-powershell-core-prompt.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-install-telnet-from-a-powershell-core-prompt.htmlTo install Telnet in PowerShell you can run: Install-WindowsFeature -name Telnet-Client This unfortunately does not seem to work in PowerShell Core where it produces the following error: Install-...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:13:56 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/sum-of-previous-year-power-bi.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/sum-of-previous-year-power-bi.htmlI'm working in Power BI with data in the following format: Year Number Week Number Sales Value 1 1 20 1 1 15 2 5 32 ...ect ...ect ...ect I'm currently using the measure Total Sales = SUM(Table[...Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:44 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-do-i-make-rm-not-give-an-error-if-a-file-doesn-039-t-exist.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-do-i-make-rm-not-give-an-error-if-a-file-doesn-039-t-exist.htmlI'm writing a makefile that will clean up some useless files at the end of the compilation. If a target has already been made, it will of course skip that target and the useless file may not be th......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:44:27 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/difference-between-u-boot-and-uefi-firmware.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/difference-between-u-boot-and-uefi-firmware.htmlI'm reading a book (Mastering Embedded Linux Programming, 2nd ed). In the chapter on bootloaders it explains the booting process with U-Boot and with UEFI firmware. It looks like the booting steps......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:43:30 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/outlook-popup-about-ssl-gstatic-com-freezing-outlook.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/outlook-popup-about-ssl-gstatic-com-freezing-outlook.htmlSo, yesterday my son (a Scout) tried to submit his Eagle Scout application to his Scoutmaster for review, using email. Today I got an email from his Scoutmaster, saying the following: Thursday ...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:25:25 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-setup-calendar-permissions-for-group-to-group.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-setup-calendar-permissions-for-group-to-group.htmlI've been scouring the internet and so far have only been able to find examples of how to grant calendar permissions from one user to another using the Add-MailboxFolderPermission command. This is ......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:15:45 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/unpack-winrar-in-background.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/unpack-winrar-in-background.htmlI want to call WinRAR from the context menu, and select "unpack to folder", and have WinRAR run in minimized state. It this possible without manually pressing the "Background" button on the Winrar ......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:09:32 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/apache-and-different-document-roots-based-on-url.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/apache-and-different-document-roots-based-on-url.htmlIs it possible to have multiple document roots for the same domain name but with a different language flag? Example: www.example.com/en and e.g. www.example.com/en/about-us, etc. goes to /www/sit......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 23:07:15 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/communicating-with-devices-on-a-different-subnet.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/communicating-with-devices-on-a-different-subnet.htmlLet me start this off by saying that I am very new to how IP Address / Subnet Addresses work, and networking in general. This stuff is generally mystifying, and I've had a hard time understanding ......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:58:18 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/command-works-locally-but-returns-event-not-found-when-invoked-with-ss.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/command-works-locally-but-returns-event-not-found-when-invoked-with-ss.htmlI want to check for read only file systems. I wrote this awk command and it works fine: awk '{ if ( $4 ~ /ro,/ && $2 !~ /sys/ ) {print $2} }' /proc/mounts I want to use this command with ......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:57:50 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/your-pc-device-needs-to-be-repaired-with-error-code-0xc0000605.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/your-pc-device-needs-to-be-repaired-with-error-code-0xc0000605.htmlToday I had an error code 0xc0000605 at startup. I cannot boot into my computer. It says: Recovery Your PC/Device needs to be repaired. A component of your operating system has expired. File: \...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:29:32 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-have-multiple-servers-on-one-ip-address.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-have-multiple-servers-on-one-ip-address.htmlI am having trouble figuring out how to have multiple servers (that do different things) on one IP address. I would like the subdomains to point to different applications. Let me give an example of......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:04:16 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/setting-and-getting-windows-environment-variables-from-the-command-pro.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/setting-and-getting-windows-environment-variables-from-the-command-pro.htmlI want to set an environment variable from the command prompt and then be able to access it globally (for instance, I should see it by going to System -> Environment Variables). When I use the set ...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:03:26 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/where-to-download-missing-libc-so-6.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/where-to-download-missing-libc-so-6.htmlI recently accidentally deleted the file /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6. This file is needed by most programs, so my computer is basically broken and I can only access the hard drive through a liv......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:35:55 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-does-uploading-a-file-actually-work.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-does-uploading-a-file-actually-work.htmlUploading is described as transferring a file(s) like photo, audio file etc. to a server on the web. I wonder a couple of things how uploading occurs as network/communication means. For example, wh......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:59:03 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/the-requested-security-information-is-either-unavailable-or-cannot-be-.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/the-requested-security-information-is-either-unavailable-or-cannot-be-.htmlSomething or someone had recently deleted 90% of the files on the network. The recovery was done by copying backup files from a Linux based NAS (Baffalo Terastation Pro) back into the win2k8 server......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:35:11 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/control-mouse-with-keyboard-in-ubuntu.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/control-mouse-with-keyboard-in-ubuntu.htmlI'm looking for a program that I can use to control the mouse from the keyboard. I think a video can explain it much better than I could, so please check out Mouser from lifehacker.com: http://...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:26:10 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-fix-the-terminal-and-linux-files-for-error-20-on-a-chromebook.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-to-fix-the-terminal-and-linux-files-for-error-20-on-a-chromebook.htmlToday, I was trying to access the terminal and Linux files for Linux, but it suddenly all crashed! I got crosh (press ctrl-alt-t on chrome to get there) to act as my terminal with the code "vsh ...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:25:52 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/force-notepad-to-uppercase-non-selected-text.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/force-notepad-to-uppercase-non-selected-text.htmlIn Notepad++, I have the UPPERCASE shortcut mapped to Ctrl+U in the shortcut mapper. However, this shortcut only works if text is selected. For example, let's say I have the text "dog" and I place my ...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:21:41 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-awk-039-print-2-039-doing-exactly.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-awk-039-print-2-039-doing-exactly.htmlI would like to know what is this statement doing exactly, especially the awk part. ps aux | grep 'sidekiq 5' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2; }' | xargs kill -${2:-'TERM'} I know the entire pipe......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:16:53 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/ticking-noise-in-psu-even-when-its-turned-off.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/ticking-noise-in-psu-even-when-its-turned-off.htmlI need some suggestions regarding an issue in case if someone has faced the same. I have Cooler Master V850 PSU in my system. Recently It started making this very low volume ticking noise. Its not ...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:36:33 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/pivot-table-average-summary-returns-error.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/pivot-table-average-summary-returns-error.htmlI'm creating a very simple analysis of attendance at my membership organisation meetings. We have a meeting register in excel with 3 columns: MeetingDate Person Category (member or visitor) So I ......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:33:30 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/x-plot-vs-y-plot-in-excel-where-x-is-not-time.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/x-plot-vs-y-plot-in-excel-where-x-is-not-time.htmlIn school (and on a blog called Indexed) I once this sweet graph where two different criteria make up the X and Y graph on a plot. Assuming both criteria are good the "no brainer" / "low hanging f......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:25:33 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-modify-data-stored-by-chrome-extensions.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/how-can-i-modify-data-stored-by-chrome-extensions.htmlVarious chrome extensions store data about their settings and other persistent information (whitelists for adblock and ghostery, scripts for tampermonkey, styles for stylish, etc). Where do they st......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:07:39 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/laptop-keeps-spamming-s-key-randomly.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/laptop-keeps-spamming-s-key-randomly.html5 days ago, all of sudden my laptop kept spamming s randomly eventhough I havent pressed it. It stopped yesterday and would only last until i unplugged my keyboard. So, today I got a new one and my ...Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:04:51 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/access-synology-nas-from-outside-ports-forwarded-just-don-039-t-know-h.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/access-synology-nas-from-outside-ports-forwarded-just-don-039-t-know-h.htmlBeing behind several routers, I needed to rely only on Quickconnect from Synology. Now I've managed to get ports forwarded to me from ISP, so I've got 21, 80, 5000, 5001 ports opened. They also gav......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:53:16 -0400https://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-the-difference-between-manual-and-disabled-service-in-windows.htmlhttps://sprint.shakir.blog/what-is-the-difference-between-manual-and-disabled-service-in-windows.htmlWindows services seem to come in three start-up types: Automatic: seems to mean that it is started at bootup Manual: seems to mean that it is not started at bootup Disabled: also seems to mean tha......Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:50:23 -0400