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With cybersecurity a ballooning top concern for ed tech leaders, the severity and scope of K-12 cyberattacks is also growing. Districts are also sorting through a time when school officials remain on .. Read More
With little progress on gun control measures in Congress, some envision next-generation weapons detection technologies as a potential deterrent to mass shootings. Why it matters: In theory, if au.. Read More
A new threat report from data security firm CrowdStrike found that criminals engaging in intrusion into information systems are getting much more efficient at what they do. It also found that intrusio.. Read More
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How to replace your HP Pavilion dv5000 motherboard
This is a video illustrating how to replace your DV5000 motherboard. ..
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  Knowing how much memory is in your PC is one thing, but knowing whether that amount is enough is entirely different! The amount of memory your PC needs depends largely on the memory requirement of your software. Here’s how to test your PC’s memory:  Enlarge 1 Load and run several programs simultaneously. You need to make the computer very busy. These need to be big programs, such as Photoshop, Word, and Excel.    Enlarge 2 Switch between the programs while they’re all running. Press th..
APPLE RELEASES OS X 10.10.2 WITH A PILE OF SECURITY, PRIVACY, AND WI-FI FIXES
New update patches a number of widely reported issues. by Andrew Cunningham - Jan 27 2015, 10:11am PST Share Tweet  65     For the first time in forever, the Mac could be noticed by someone. Apple has just released the final build of OS X 10.10.2, the second major update for OS X Yosemite since its release. Version 10.10.1, published just a month after Yosemite's release, focused mostly on quick fixes for the new OS' most noticeable problems. Apple has been issuing betas for 10.10.2 since November, th..
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Converting Basic Disk To Dynamic Without Losing Data
The issues of concern  is whether the conversion will keep all of my info including the recovery partition (or equivalent volume on the dynamic disk), OS and still be bootable as mentioned below My laptop has Intel RAID capability built into the chipset. There is a software RAID built into Windows 8.1, or at least driver mirroring which is what I want. It is also my understanding that you have to have the drive as a dynamic drive and mine is currently basic, so need to know; 1. Does the drive have to be changed to dynamic in order to use mirroring? 2.Is it possible to convert ..
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Error 0x80070652 when installing Windows Update
Jialiang Ge [MSFT]  23 Oct 2014 12:38 AM  3 0x80070652 - ERROR_INSTALL_ALREADY_RUNNING Error 80070652 means that a previous installation has not been completed successfully. Restarting computer generally fixes this issue. If this doesn’t take you anywhere you may proceed with these Windows update troubleshooting steps.   Method 1: Check for the updates that have failed to install. While using Windows Update to install this update, get the exact error message by following this step: I. Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button. In the s..
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The Fix That Finally Solved my Problem...
"Failure configuring Windows updates. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer" error when you try to install Windows updates   If you have had trouble updating your system with required updates that are supplied from Microsoft, I am here to help get you to a quick and somewhat labor intensive solution. As a side note, I had several folks tell me to just stay at Windows 7 until Windows 10 or something even better comes out. Good advice be damned, I updated anyway only to realize what I updated to was Windows 8 not the "new and improved" Windows 8.1 . My mistake, Windows 8 br..
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Google Apps users will need an admin to enable the feature before it can be used on a Chromebook. by Jason Cipriani     @MrCippy February 2, 2015 1:43 PM PST comments 0  facebook 0  twitter 69  linkedin 6  googleplus more more +   Smart Lock setup on a Chromebook.Jason Cipriani/CNET Google recently launched its Smart Lock feature on Chromebooks, where a user can unlock his or her laptop simply by having an An..
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