Computer Science

Single and/or Multiple Search Engines? What are they?

Hi, Which files are useless and can be deleted from the HARD DISK, so that one could have more space.

just because norton has the largest market share doesnt mean its the best. there are free Av as good or better and with faster scanning times than norton. they even has free updates!! AVG is what most pple use: its quite good. i havent tried it properly. but its not a memory hog like norton http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php Avast antivirus is what i am using now. u can get the home edition for free or download the pro edition which acts like a 60 day trial. you can find the keygens all over the net. http://www.avast.com/i_kat_67.html there are also BitDefender, Panda , and AvtiVir. i havent tried them. For firewalls I used to use norton personall…

I need to install linux on my home pc. I have with me installation discs for Mandrake 10.0 and Fidora Core 2 I am throughly confused as to which one I should install, any suggestions ?

For a long time, I had NO malware, but now I am getting flogged with a crapload of malware. I get more almost as soon as I delete it. I tried updating Ad-Aware, but it said there were no updates available. What is going on?

Now that I'm using one Mozilla product (Firefox) I'd like to hear what's so good about Thunderbird, their e-mail client. Pros and cons, please. Outlook currently is not working anyways...

I have a Hitachi dv p315 dvd player. I am looking for a patched (hacked) firmware that would make it region free. I have tried looking up on the net, but cant seem to find any. Or is there a general tool that can patch any dvd player..... help

class Chair { static boolean gcrun = false; static boolean f = false; static int created = 0; static int finalized = 0; int i; Chair() { i = ++created; if(created == 500) System.out.println("Created 500"); } public void finalize() { if(!gcrun) { // The first time finalize() is called: gcrun = true; System.out.println( "Beginning to finalize after " + created + " Chairs have been created"); } if(i == 47) { System.out.println( "Finalizing Chair #47, " + "Setting flag to stop Chair creation"); f = true; } finalized++; if(finalized >= created) System.out.println( "All " + finalized + " finalized"); } } public class Garbage { public static…

Hello, I got a game called Allegiance, but i can't connect to the servers because it does not have full access for ports 2300-2400 on UDP and TCP. See this link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q240429 How do i open up these ports(I have a router). Obduro, 5614, and all others that are willing. Help me. Encrypted

attached is an image of a part of my router configuration page. i want to forward some ports. filling in the form [shown below] ID = 1 [default, just a way of labelling it] Public Port - Start/End: the ports im going to open Private port: what is this? what do i need to put in? Port type: i know that [varies depending on what you're opening for] Host IP address: what do i wanna put here? the router? my computer?

About fsum v2.51 (checksum) problems Problems about a multi-checksum program called fsum v2.51 (http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum) I'm using Win XP. I wish to compare files in: - (Files in sending comp) G:\Backup\File - (Files in receiving comp) C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop\File by using the checksum file How to do? I couldn't make it. The problem is as follows: First I made a checksum file in the receiving comp. I relocated the files in another place, eg C:\aaa\File. Then I typed the following in "cmd" in the receiving computer: fsum -crc32 -r -dC:\aaa\File *.* >C:\sum.txt So a checksum was processed and saved in C:\sum.txt Then I transferr…

i have dual monitors working with seperate graphics cards (not a splitter or anything). i am using Ultramon so i can set up things like different screensavers and desktops. but i want to be able to watch a movie on one screen and play a game on the other. i start the movie, but then when i go to play my game it says something about direct draw resources and closes the movie. is there anyway i can make this work?

Are there any software which can help me access some past exam paper web sites? I want to download some past paper.

I have played around in Visual Basic and can't find a way to open a given Text file and display in the program. How would I go about doing this?? :confused:

Just curious if anyone else here has ever caught a virus or spyware on their computer using Mozilla or Firefox. I use Mozilla as often as I can, but sometimes I have to hit a site using IE because of formatting problems in Mozilla. But so far I don't think I've ever caught spyware on my system using Mozilla, and it's been ages since I've had anything at all. Meanwhile everyone I know who's using IE is getting hit left and right, unless they're using anti-spyware, ad blockers, MyIE2, etc.

Hi ya. I have a toshiba sd-r6112 dvd - r/rw. I wonder if anyone could recommend me any reliable dvd - rw..

1) In the second attempt towards Dekker's algorithm, is starvation possible? If there are two processes and one processor and both processes want to enter the critical section, show how one of the processes could continually enter the critical section while the other is kept out. 2) In Peterson's Algorithm, if both processes want to enter the critical section, what keeps starvation from occuring?

My computer keeps downloading porn by itself. I have caught it a few times. When I try to close the popup that downloads it, and it acts like it isn't responding. It then closes after it is done downloading it. What is going on?

Great article this month in Scientific American on electronic voting systems. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00018DD5-73E7-1151-B57F83414B7F0000 Let me know if it requires registration and I'll just post some excerpts, but I'd rather not because it has interesting illustrations. One of the more interesting examples they talk about is a system that actually does a printed receipt that's encased behind a transparent panel. The voter looks at the paper to make sure it's correct and then touches a button to confirm, and then gets a receipt. That way a paper trail exists, in case of electronic screw-up, but the official …

Recently, I downloaded a pdf file from a web site related some maths. However, the written area of each page of that note is very few. I'd print it out but is there any method to combine two pages or even three or four pages to be printed out together?

what is the most pointless computer software every made just curious / and the most advanced software if known

Hi All, I want to retrive the date data in the 1/1/1 format is that possible. I am talking about Microsoft SQL

I have learned 3D studio max at school, but I can't find a Mac version of 3D studio max.... Any one knows where to obtain a mac version? or if not possible, any equivalent mac software to 3D studio max? thx for furthur responds Albert

Hello, I would like to learn different things about computers and stuff...could you mention some good books, sites, etc. for me to learn from? I can use a computer to do my daily work etc. etc. etc.....but I would also like to learn other things. Many of you must have seen some of the threads i have put on about my computer's security, and i must confess.....i didn't understand quite a lot of what you guys were talking about.For exapmle: /whois, /dns, IRC, plugins, BIOS, the list goes on and on and on and on. I would really, really like to learn. Please help! Encrypted

on windows XP if you go the run command and type 'netstat' a box comes up with some net stats in , however it disappears immediately after i load it, why is this, can i disable it from auto-disappearing