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Add icon tray on Windows using native Golang API

I'm developing a daemon with no UI apart from a simple icon in the Windows systray. I would like to have no dependencies on any other package(s), so I'm trying to use the syscall package and implement the necessary call(s) by myself. DOCUMENTATION * After some research, I think that [...] read more

Check if a field has been set in protocol buffer 3

I am migrating a java application from protocol buffers 2 to protocol buffer 3. In proto 2 to check if a field is set you have hasfield() method for which an example Java code generated is: public boolean hasText() { return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000004) == 0x00000004); } However in proto [...] read more

Map network drive programmatically in C# on Windows 10

I followed the approache to map a network drive programmatically in the following link:Mapping Network Drive using C# The drive seems to be connected correctly because I can query directories and files within C#. BUT I do not see the drive on my computer. My target is to map certain [...] read more

Ubuntu load average spikes but CPUs are idle

We have a server on a cloud network, provided by a third party. We are running Ubuntu 10.04 Server Edition. The problem happens at seemingly random times, around one to three times a day. The load average in top usually sits around 2 and the server runs peachy, but at [...] read more

core file memory analysis verification

An application is generating a core file. Here is the core info. The error stack was obtained and the objective is to check the data content within the myStruct variable as this is what gets passed into myFunction when the core occurs. (gdb) where #0 0x000000000041bba1 in myFunction (myStruct=0x7ffff9dd0c20) at [...] read more

Windows metro apps not working after renaming default user account

I just renamed my main user (belongs to administrators), and now many metro apps including the Store-App won't open. The outer border appears but then they crash and disappear. A second user that I created afterwards doesn't have this problem. So something is broken in my main user account. Those [...] read more

Detect if external process' window is flashing/blinking

How can I detect when a process that I'm not controlling is flashing due to some notification in it. I've seen only solutions that focus on an application that you have control over. In my case, there might be multiple instances of said process active at once and just one [...] read more

From Raku/Perl6, how to read this registry key?

Windows With Raku/Perl6, how do I use NativeCall to read the value of [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ "EnableLUA"] with RegQueryValueExW? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winreg/nf-winreg-regqueryvalueexw Many thanks, -T edit 12-27-2019 #1: removing bad code and inserting new code This is how far I have gotten. Test run string: K:\Windows\NtUtil>perl6 -I. -e "use WinMount :GetLUA; say GetLUA();" RegOpenKeyExW [...] read more

Getting key names for keyboard codes in Swift

I know others have asked similar questions, but I haven’t seen a definitive answer, and I’m still stuck. I’m trying to write a Swift function that takes a hardware-generated keyboard scan code, such as from an NSEvent, and returns the alpha-caps-locked name of the key, for the particular key arrangement [...] read more

Waste in memory allocation for local variables

This my program: void test_function(int a, int b, int c, int d){ int flag; char buffer[10]; flag = 31337; buffer[0] = 'A'; } int main() { test_function(1, 2, 3, 4); } I compile this program with the debug option: gcc -g my_program.c I use gdb and I disassemble the test_function [...] read more

"Anomaly" in signed integer in C

I'm currently writing a lecture on ARM optimization, specifically on vector machines such as NEON as the final target. And since vector machines don't fare well with if-else slaloms, I'm trying to demonstrate how to get rid of them by bit-hacking. I picked the "saturating absolute" function as an example [...] read more

How to send an SMS from Debian command line?

I have a 4G wwan modem (Fibocom L850GL) with a valid SIM card on a Debian PC. I have modem-manager-gui and I can send SMS with it. modem manager gui help send SMS from linux with a GUI [https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rgfy6.png] How can I do the same from the command line? I [...] read more

Visual Studio debugger doesn't display std::string properly in debug

Me and my team are having an issue with Visual Studio displaying gibberish instead of proper string contents when I pause my program. The string inside has correct data, it's just that the debugger of VS gets lost somehow. I marked the correct contents in green, incorrect in red. std::string [...] read more

How to fwrite and fread endianness independant integers, such that I can fwrite and fread on many machines and always have the same result

fwrite an integer depends on endianness, but is there a way to write an integer 0x00000004 to a file such that it can be fread always as 0x00000004 regardless of machine it's run on. * One thought is to write the first bit, then second, then third always in a [...] read more

Why is there a memory space between my function local variables in the stack?

I have a C program compiled with gcc on Ubuntu x86. This is a function I am calling from main void addme() { long a = 5; char c = '3'; long array[3]; array[0] = 2; array[1] = 4; array[2] = 8; } If I break at last line, and [...] read more

Windows 10 - Remote access failed error. Start Menu, Action Center, Cortana, cannot be opened

After receiving some updates from windows, right when i'm clicking one of the Start Menu, Action Center, Volume , Battery, LAN Button in the taskbar here is the log that i receive from event viewer. Event Viewer > Windows Log > Application Event ID 1000 (Application Error) > Faulting application [...] read more

Upgrade from Windows 7 Enterprise to Windows 8 Enterprise

I tried to upgrade a Windows 7 Enterprise to Windows 8 Enterprise, however it fails a quarter of the way through the initialization process. Could this have something to do with the Assembly cache? This is the error: Error MigGather caught exception: Win32Exception: Falscher Parameter. [0x80070057] void __cdecl Mig::CGACRootEnum::Reset(void) Error [...] read more

Mac Os 10.13 logs me out randomly | Help reading logs

Apparently out of the blue, I have started to experience random crashes on my Mac Pro 4.1, flashed to 5.1. It's running High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G9016), with 48Gb of Ram and two cards (one GT120 and a flashed MacVidCard Titan X Pascal). It is a soft crash in the sense [...] read more

How can I diagnose and resolve a crash on WCSession sendMessage(_:replyHandler:errorHandler:)?

I'm building a watchOS app that needs to periodically request information from a companion iPhone app to refresh a complication. To achieve this, I have a WKApplicationRefreshBackgroundTask that runs periodically. It uses sendMessage(_:replyHandler:errorHandler:) from WatchConnectivity to request the information from the iPhone app, process the reply, and update the complication. [...] read more

First-chance exception at ...: Access violation reading location ... when debugging using Visual Studio 2010

I try so hard to catch from legacy code access violation keep getting : First-chance exception at 0x57e77e1c in YouTubeLocal.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x0000000c. My stack looks like this: Qt5Guid.dll!57e77e1c() [Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for Qt5Guid.dll] Qt5Guid.dll!57e75604() Qt5Guid.dll!57ed520b() Qt5Guid.dll!57dcf18b() > msvcr100d.dll!_unlock(int locknum=0x00000004) [...] read more

byte[] to 0x hex string with fnv1a32

I am trying to port the following python code to c# import os import sys import ctypes FNV32_PRIME = 0xB3CB2E29 FNV32_BASIS = 0x319712C3 def uint32(v): return ctypes.c_uint32(v).value def fnv1a_hash(data): hval = FNV32_BASIS for i in range(0, len(data)): hval = uint32(hval ^ data[i]) hval = uint32(hval * FNV32_PRIME) return hval print("starting") [...] read more

Android application died when using OpenCV

I'm using OpenCV for my application (third tutorial - camera control - from OpenCV samples). private int frameRate = 0; public Mat onCameraFrame(CvCameraViewFrame inputFrame) { mGray = inputFrame.gray(); if (frameRate == 20){ String rec = NativeLib.recognize(0,mGray.getNativeObjAddr(),mNetworkPath); //Core.putText(mGray, rec, new Point(50,50), Core.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1.0, sc,2); frameRate = 0; } ++frameRate; return mGray; [...] read more

Using grub in floppy image file to start your own kernel inside bochs

Basically I've followed the instructions here http://sig9.com/bochs-grub to create a bare image file which does nothing but lets the BIOS start GRUB. The problems are: * The kernel I am writing will be 32-bit, using http://www.jamesmolloy.co.uk/tutorial_html/index.html for a start, but my host (physical) machine is x86_64 with bochs configured like [...] read more

How to specify to createfilew function get uncached result?

I need to check whether a file (on a remote server via UNC path) exists or not (permission is not a problem here; I make a required impersonation etc.). I use CreateFileW function for creating file handle. I've also tried GetFileAttributesEx but the behavior is the same. HANDLE CreateFileW( LPCWSTR [...] read more

My program is crashing at 0x16 even with my ROP chain

So I recently started working on my binary which is vulnerable to Use-After-Free. I found it too easy to just jump to secret(). So I added a variable to the _DATA section and set its value to 0. and then I added a hard coded check in secret: if(check == [...] read more

"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message

One of my server (Ubuntu 12.04, 16CPU, 32GB RAM) runs the app section of my website (Nginx 1.1.19, PHP5-FPM, Php 5.3.10, Symfony2 Web Framework) Suddenly, users started getting HTTP 5** Errors. When I went on the server, there was huge disk IO and the culprit was [flush]. When I went [...] read more

Large write with dd fail on RAID-5

I have a server with a RAID controller which connects to a JBOD over SAS. JBOD is populated with 16 SAS-HDDs of 3TB (8 of one make and 8 of other, same rpm). I have configured 3 logical drives with RAID-5, each having 5 physical HDDs (+1 as hot-spare). Now [...] read more

Bing Food & Drink app always crashes

My Food & Drink app that came pre-installed on my Windows 8.1 PC keeps crashing to the start screen immediately after opening. Other Bing-based apps work fine. I've taken several steps to try to fix this, but to no avail. I know there're about three duplicates of this, but none [...] read more

Safari dosen't open anymore "reopen"

I cant open Safari anymore! :( Every time I try it opens a window with this message instead: Process: Safari [336] Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari Identifier: com.apple.Safari Version: 8.0.2 (10600.2.5) Build Info: WebBrowser-7600002005000000~1 Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: ??? [1] Responsible: Safari [336] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2014-12-22 22:12:30.768 +0200 OS [...] read more

Windows 8.1 apps Calculator, Alarms, Weather (just a few) crash immediately when opened

When I open some apps from the Start Screen in Windows 8.1, it just closes right away and brings me back to Start. It won't show me why it closed at all, but I looked in Event Viewer and it says in the description of the event: Activation of app [...] read more

CubeMX-generated USB HID device sends wrong data when both endpoint and PMA address are changed

I'm debugging a problem with a composite device that I'm creating, and have recreated the issue in freshly-CubeMX-generated HID-only code, to make it easier to resolve. I've added small amount of code to main() to let me send USB HID mouse-clicks, and flash an LED, when the blue-button is pressed. [...] read more

Running an external python controller from console

While trying to figure out how to integrate the gym interface, I'm trying to get an extern robot python controller running from console. I have follwed the offical guide and my (macOS) env vars set accordingly. When I try to run the controller by typing: python (path to controller.py) I [...] read more

struct inode_operations permission function arguments

I'm trying to implement permission management for my device driver and found the following official Kernel documentation related to struct inode_operations: struct inode_operations { //... int (*permission) (struct inode *, int); //... }; The documentation for the permission function: > called by the VFS to check for access rights on [...] read more

Normalizing a two complement number

I am working on some Tensilica processor and I don't understand the normalization process. NSA - Normalized Shift Amount Usage: NSA at, as NSA calculates the left shift amount that will normalize the twos complement contents of address register as and writes this amount (in the range 0 to 31) [...] read more

How to get hardware ID when enumerating with Windows Media Foundation

I am using MFEnumDeviceSources() to enumerate attached devices and I am looking for a specific web camera of which I have two connected. The enumeration works fine and I can print the Friendly Name which is FLIR Video for both my cameras. I am struggling to figure out how to [...] read more

WM_TOUCH event not received anymore after screen disconnection

I have a C# application handling touch by hooking to the Windows API message loop and listening to WM_TOUCH event. It work perfectly except when the screen is disconnected or switch off. Windows OS still has touch but the application don't receive touch event anymore. Here the code used. On [...] read more

Cancel curl_easy_perform while it is trying to connect

Is there a way that I can cancel a curl_easy_perform in C++?? I have a scenario where I am trying to connect to network resource that is offline and the curl_easy_perform take a certain amount of time before it returns CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT. But in the meantime the user has closed the [...] read more

Why do I get the Debug exception reason: Stack canary watchpoint triggered (main)?

I'm writing a program for esp32-wroom-32 using esp-idf-v3.0. I'm trying to add logs, which will be saved in fatfs. After some logs I get: 21:54:21.306 -> Debug exception reason: Stack canary watchpoint triggered (main) 21:54:21.306 -> Register dump: 21:54:21.306 -> PC : 0x40089827 PS : 0x00060b36 A0 : 0x40082179 A1 [...] read more

Monotouch sqlite crash when inserting a lot of rows

I've an app built with xamarin iOS. The database is sqlite. Both in simulator and device, after the app starts to work on data, it gives me a SIGSEGV error. Stacktrace: at (wrapper managed-to-native) Mono.Data.Sqlite.UnsafeNativeMethods.sqlite3_prepare (intptr,intptr,int,intptr&,intptr&) at Mono.Data.Sqlite.SQLite3.Prepare (Mono.Data.Sqlite.SqliteConnection,string,Mono.Data.Sqlite.SqliteStatement,uint,string&) [0x00044] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/mono/mcs/class/Mono.Data.Sqlite/Mono.Data.Sqlite_2.0/SQLite3.cs:268 at Mono.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.BuildNextCommand () [0x00019] in /Developer/MonoTouch/Source/mono/mcs/class/Mono.Data.Sqlite/Mono.Data.Sqlite_2.0/SQLiteCommand.cs:230 at Mono.Data.Sqlite.SqliteCommand.GetStatement [...] read more

Why static final int is used in android standard classes avoiding enum?

In standart android classes static final int vars is used to represent different flags. For example, View visability flags: /** @hide */ @IntDef({VISIBLE, INVISIBLE, GONE}) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE) public @interface Visibility {} /** * This view is visible. * Use with {@link #setVisibility} and <a href="#attr_android:visibility">{@code * android:visibility}. */ public static final [...] read more

stm32l476 ADC not ready

I am trying to bring up one of the ADC's on the STM32L476 Nucleo board. I think i have things configured ok, but i must be missing a step. I know this can be done use the HAL API and CubeMX, but i prefer register level access when bringing up [...] read more

VXFS (veritas) File system filling up - except it's not

I have a Solaris 10 server which is reporting that a file system is filling up: # df -h /opt/CSCObac/var Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/vx/dsk/RDU-VAR-DG/RDU-VAR-VOL # df -F vxfs /opt/CSCObac/var/ /opt/CSCObac/var (/dev/vx/dsk/RDU-VAR-DG/RDU-VAR-VOL): 4469796 blocks 558723 files # df -h | fgrep '/opt/' /dev/vx/dsk/RDU-APP-DG/RDU-APP-VOL 68G 547M 63G 1% [...] read more

Apps crashing with EXC_BAD_ACCESS when changing to a custom keyboard layout

I have a custom layout installed (svdvorak_mac6.keylayout). After a reboot another keyboard layout was selected, so I selected my usual one instead. This lead to a lot of apps suddenly starting to crash (Chrome, Skype, Adium etc). I can change to any other built in layout for OS X, but [...] read more

Force NetworkManager to restart and reload network drivers without a reboot

I have a recurring issues with NetworkManager and its dependent components that always fail when I don't have time to debug or fix the issue. I'm trying to figure-out how I can aggressively restart and unload / load both the kernel modules to restart NetworkManager. Think of it as soft [...] read more

How can I remove LibUSB on Windows 7?

I've installed LibUSB, a software that modifies your USB driver so that programs can access it easily. I didn't know that in Windows 7 you have to run it in compatibility mode for Windows XP, so now my Windows 7 can't access any USB port (including keyboard and mouse). Now [...] read more

Domino 10 Java XPage crashing the server after some time with PANIC: semaphore invalid or not allocated

I have a java XPages domino application that's running on my server and serves as an API for handling the Rooms & Resoruces database remotely (the main role is obtaining reservations for a set of rooms and updating it periodically). Everything was fine when testing, but once I put the [...] read more

Gstreamer pipeline signal for rtspclientsink

I've been using gstreamer for a while - I am impressed how well it works. But recently a requirement has surfaced to examine a content of RTSP requests and responses. I was thinking that I could use handle-request callback feature of rtspclientsink - correct me if I am wrong. But [...] read more

Convert column values to float using a conversion function

Given the following CSV +-------------------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+ | Timestamp | DoublePoint | HexPoint | BooleanPoint | +-------------------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+ | 07/23/2019 16:53:12.523-07:00 | 0.0 | 0x0000000000000001 | True | | 07/23/2019 16:53:14.519-07:00 | 0.0 | 0x0000000000000002 | False | | 07/23/2019 16:53:16.516-07:00 | 0.25 | 0x0000000000000003 | true | | 07/23/2019 16:53:18.513-07:00 | 0.25 [...] read more

I'm afraid I've installed a scam npm package: how to analyse a Wasm?

I've installed and executed (with nodejs) a package from npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openssl.js Somehow I didn't realize that it hasn't a good reputation (almost no activity/stars on twitter, github). Now I'm afraid that it is a scam. The worst case would be that is stealing/encrypting my data or something like that. I've [...] read more

EnumProcessModules returns 0 with error 299

I'm currently trying to enumerate all the modules of a supsended 32-bits process I've previously created from my 32-bits program, my Windows is 64-bits. (I've already read all the other topics on that problem). Here is the code: let a = CreateProcessA( "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\GlassWire\\GlassWire.exe\0".as_ptr(), null_mut(), null_mut(), null_mut(), false, 0x00000004, [...] read more

Nativescript - iOS build fails with error code 2

I have been trying to build the iOS version using Nativescript sidekick for two days now without luck. It used to build just fine in the past. Environment information 1. Sidekick Version: 1.19.2-v.2019.11.18.2 (latest) 2. NativeScript CLI version: 6.2.2 3. CLI extension nativescript-cloud version: 1.19.3 4. CLI extension nativescript-starter-kits version: [...] read more

FDT (Flattened Device-Tree): Property name (strings): Comma terminated string instead of NUL character

I have started to write a library for reading FDT (DTB) format files, but run into a problem with a test DTB file. The DTB file is form a board (Digilent ZYBO-Z7) which I own. I compiled the source device-trees from the actual Linux Kernel. There are two property names [...] read more

Explanation of st_flags bits

I'm writing a python script to delete files on MacOS, and I run into SIP protected files. I know the presence of st_flags more than likely mean I can't delete the file. Like here: >>> os.stat(f).st_flags 524288 But I'm curious to know what that actually means. I looked in stat.h [...] read more

Find the cause of 'SEGV on unknown address', cause by READ access

I'm writing a Splay Tree implementation. Code compiles just fine in VS, but the testing system fails with DEADLYSIGNAL. The specific input for testing is: search 66 min max set 1 20 print Here is the full code: #include <iostream> #include <sstream> #include <stack> #include <queue> #include <cmath> struct Node [...] read more

Unity Android crash after loading splash image

Model : JP5 MINI CPU : 2x ARM Cortex-A9 912Mhz GPU : Mali-400 MP2* Screen : 480x272 RAM : 1024MB OS: Android 4.2 Ratio : 16:9 PPI : 128.3PPI DISPLAY SIZE : 3.74" x 2.12" = 7.93in² ( 9.5cm x 5.38cm = 51.17cm² ) at 128.3 PPI, 0.198mm dot pitch, [...] read more

Unity android app crash on launch, need guide on the crash log

I would like to start my app without any problem. Currently, when I press on my app, it instantly popout 'Unfortunately, MyGame has stopped' without even going into the app. PS: I'm using Android Studio Virtual Machine with Android 4.2 armeabi-v7a. These are the crash log. > 02-11 11:38:56.709: D/AudioHardware(92): [...] read more

Linking error while cross compiling Qt5 for Beaglebone

Dear stackoverflow community. I'm cross-compiling Qt 5.12 for my Beaglebone Black with EGL support. The host OS is Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (x64) running in a VM. I have installed any possible dependcies (I could find in different posts) on the target (and some on the host as well) and copied [...] read more

how to authenticate to proxy with wininet.dll?

I have this code for connect a process to proxy, but it returns false: The code works if I do not enter username and password in SetConnectionProxy() and send only the two options PROXY flags and PROXY name. When I add the INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION set username and set password, it returns [...] read more

ReadConsoleInputA throws an Access Violation

I am trying to learn how to use the windows api (instead of just using C calls, irvine32 or masm32) And are running into issues with ReadConsoleInputA (WriteConsoleA works fine). Also, I don't get why in the PROC prototype for the function, most examples append either an A or a [...] read more

How to enable UART Interrupt in imx6q?

I am using I.MX6Q Sabre SD board. I am trying to build custom image with my own start script and ld script. The image is to be loaded with u-boot. I am trying to enable the UART receive interrupt for UART1. But it does not enter the Interrupt service routine. [...] read more

Cannot write to serial

I am using the ESP32 DevKitC-v1 (clone) with FreeRTOS and attempting to write bytes to the serial port. My code (below) causes the following exception: Guru Meditation Error: Core 0 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled. Core 0 register dump: PC : 0x400ea8fe PS : 0x00060730 A0 : 0x800eb825 A1 : [...] read more

Python 3 - comparing enums against hex value

as newbie to python and hex based enums, I'm trying to wrap my head around something. My scenario is that I have a device that is sending me flags and I'm trying to determine which flags are set. I'm using python 3.7. I've play around with the Python enum(Flag) class [...] read more

Firebase C++ admob crash for android release build in cocos2dx 3.17

I have configured Firebase Admob in cocos2dx 3.17 version. I will be able to see test ads when debug build. I have set the following dependancies. implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:17.2.0' implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:12.0.1' implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.1.0' I have created an Android release build using android studio. When I launch a release build on the [...] read more

Trouble Converting Smart Card Program to UWP

I'm working on converting what was originally a web forms .NET application to UWP. The application is for using company-issued badges to record meeting attendance instead of our current paper sign in sheets. The original program uses an Omnikey 5427 CK in keyboard wedge mode and has no problems. For [...] read more

Problem compiling IDL created with OleView

To correct a problem with the name of the value for the enum, after searching, that I need to modify the TLB file of my DLL. The first step that I need to do is to create the IDL file. So I use Oleview to create the file. Before doing [...] read more

FreeIPA Unable to establish trust with Active Directory

I am trying to establish a trust between FreeIPA and Active Directory. Details on the infrastructure: * 3 x IPA Servers all with replication between eachother (CentOS 7) * 3 x Domain Controllers for AD (Windows Server 2016) When attempting to run the following command: ipa trust-add --type=ad ad.example.net --admin [...] read more

Unable to configure/start mssql-server

I get an error after following this guide: https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-ms-sql-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/ and running the configuration command. I've searched for a couple hours trying to find the specific issue I have but I can't seem to find anything. I believe it's something to do with me running Ubuntu 18.10 because installing mssql inside [...] read more

Chrooted from LiveCD: Bad IO performace

my Ubuntu Server installation is broken, so I grabbed a Ubuntu Desktop CD, mounted my Ubuntu installtion on my hard disk and chrooted into it. But now my IO performance is really bad: # time dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/foo count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes (512 B) copied, [...] read more

App "Hay Day" doesn't start in Genymotion

I'm trying to run the app "Hay day" in Genymotion. I used this guide to install the play store. Then, I installed hay day from the play store. I did not make any other changes to the virtual system. When I tap/click the hay day icon, the screen orientation changes [...] read more

Task transmission-da blocked for more than 120 seconds

I've a home NAS based on OpenMediaVault 4. The problem is I'm constantly getting service hangs (transmission). This usually happens when the new torrent is added and starting to download. Then it is impossible to restart transmission-daemon or even kill transmission. The only way to get it working again is [...] read more

Some Microsoft apps cannot be upgraded, uninstalled or launched

Windows 10 Desktop 10586.420, please watch my screen record https://youtu.be/tZrGTll9muY These 7 Microsoft apps are stuck in my store update list for ever, all of them had exact the same error code in the end 0x80073CF6. The rest of apps have no problem at all. What is even worse is [...] read more

Please explain what the Error with OS X 10.10.2 and MacWinDjVu (does not open any more) is and how to solve it

Please explain what the Error with OS X 10.10.2 and MacWinDjVu (does not open any more) is and how to solve it. I use DjVu regularly, and until today I did not have any problem. I just turned on my MacBook Pro, tried to open a .djvu file and this [...] read more

What is this WWAHost.exe[...] Error? An unhandled exception occurred in WWAHost.exe

It's now 4days, I keep getting this Error from Start up. Am using windows8.1, since about a year now, first time I get any Error. I can't tell what really caused it, I am a Web/Desktop programmer and for the past 1 month, I haven't done any Desktop programming or [...] read more

Linux RAID Re-Shape Stopped, unmountable

I added another drive to my RAID 5 and migrated it to a RAID 6. Everything went fine, but now the process seems to be stuck at 63.2% and md2_raid6 takes 99.9 of the CPU. RAID Details: > /dev/md/2: Version : 1.2 Creation Time : Thu Jan 16 21:17:54 2014 [...] read more

IIS crashes at startup - inetinfo.exe - memory could not be read

Running * Windows XP SP3 * IIS 5.1 I get this error when I boot my PC. Application popup: inetinfo.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x5aa3b134" referenced memory at "0x00000004". The memory could not be "read". when I try to navigate to a http://localhost/ I get this error [...] read more

Customizing Fantacy Remote .INI file

I am using Fantacy Remote to remote view other machines. I have attached the default .INI file that Fantacy Remote uses. When i connect to a machine, the client user should not have mouse and keyboard access of the Remote machine. It should be a View only remote connection. And [...] read more

Using BitSet properly to replace int based flag. Is it possible?

I am getting an int from a data source that serves as a flag. Example: private static final int EMPLOYEE = 0x00000001; private static final int IT = 0x00000002; private static final int MARKETING = 0x00000004; private static final int DATA = 0x00000008; private static final int DBAs = IT [...] read more

Cocos2dx Collision : onContactBegin fired but collision check condition fail always

I have 3 Objects in game. Falling Ball, Upward moving Steps, Coins Now no problem with game play, I need steps and ball collision place to add sound effects.now onContactBegin fired twice for ball and steps collision. Once contact begin onContactBegin fired, also once it loose contact then onContactBegin fired [...] read more

C++ constructor gets xtree error

I'm trying to construct one of my classes but i'm getting a xtree violation error. Here is how I am constructing my classes Game.h #pragma once #include "ImageService.h" class Game { private: IntroState introState; public: ImageService imageService; Game(); ~Game(); }; game.cpp Game::Game() : introState(imageService) { } This then goes to [...] read more

esp32 using WiFiClientSecure and AWS api gateway client certificate, fail to connect to server

i am using an esp32 with the WiFiClientSecure library to make a GET request to my AWS api gateway url ( https://x.......g.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/v1/esp32). i am using an api gateway issued client certificate containing PEM-encoded public key. it fails connecting to server when using the settings (though it appears that the certificate [...] read more

Powershell using windows API to drag drop mouse

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