Probably just a bad CD. Do you have trouble with any other CDs? Very rarely you can get around bad disks by copying the entire contents to your hard drive and running the setup from there. But it's worth a shot. If that doesn't work, just call the product manufacturer and ask for a new disk, or return it for another one.
Yeah, that brought be back to the same problem. It seems to all go back to that data2.cab file on the disk. I'll see if I can get a new one. On a completely separate topic, I want to learn all there is to know about 3D programming/modeling/coding (whatever the proper term is), and other related topics. In recent months, I've bounced around the idea of getting into video game design, with the intent of possibly creating my own game(s) and maybe even starting my own company one day. As much as I love playing and discussing games, I may as well learn what makes them tick, rather than sitting around saying, "Well this is what I would do if I made the game." It's put up or shut up, as they say... That being said, where do I start? I know fuck-all about programming, in any form. Never took a C++ class, never opened a book on Java, and I can barely operate MS-DOS. The extent of my knowledge is a VB book I checked out at my local library in 9th grade for shits and giggles. I'm about as ignorant as it gets when it comes to this stuff. My friend who's heavy into gaming and knows a lot about programming himself (FWIW, he's been offered a job starting at $60k right out of college in his field) told me that Unity is a good program to start with, though he didn't elaborate on what kind of technical knowledge I should acquire beforehand. Does anyone know anything about this program, and is it something I can use right off the bat or, at the very least, be able to teach myself?
Some of the other people here can give better recommendations as to what languages to start learning, but if you're interested definitely get involved with some mod projects. They're very good for showing companies what you can do without having to go through making an entire game from scratch. A lot of the Valve games (and I'm sure other companies as well) do a shit ton for people who develop good things for their games, a ton of maps have been put into CS and TF2 and the like that were developed by players, and being able to say "I designed de_dust" is a pretty big leg up on everyone you're competing with.
Go learn C++, and pay special attention to memory management. I know nothing about the specifics of that type of programming, but I do know that from what I've seen it's ALL done in C++ and memory allocation/deallocation is all they seem to talk about. malloc say what? You've got a ton to figure out if you've never done any programming before, so go pick up a simple C++ beginner book, and a few video game programming books. Scan through them, start working on shit in them. Get involved in some way on an open source app that does something like this in C++. Take a class in it. That's about all I got.
Ok, I'd been using practice exams to help study for my MS cert exam and whenever I get a question wrong I make a point to look up to see why I got the wrong answer. However this particular question I just don't understand: The questions is saying that I have new computer I'm putting the network that needs to have its network settings configured and asks me what IP address I should assign to it. The router has an internal IP address of 192.168.2.62/27. No other network information is given. My address choices are as follows: a) 192.168.2.30 b) 192.168.2.40 c) 192.168.2.63 d) 192.168.2.65 Ok, I've studied subnetting (which I still can't entirely wrap my brain around) and from what I've been able to figure out the /27 means I only have the last 5 bits available for addresses, meaning my available address range is 0-31. So I thought the first answer is correct. However according to the exam the correct answer is b), which confuses me. If 192.168.2.40 is a valid address then why isn't 192.168.2.30 valid as well? (Edit: I finally passed the exam on Tuesday, but this question is going to drive me nuts until I know what the answer is what it is.)
I may be drunk, but I think you'll find you have .33 - .62 available for hosts. The subnet ID is .32, and broadcast is .63 B does seem to be correct to me.
A wildcard mask of 31 addresses per /27 mask in that range means you've got IP address ranges (actual subnets) of 192.168.2.0-192.168.2.31, 192.168.2.32-192.168.2.63, 192.168.2.64-192.168.2.95, etc. Consequently, the IP address .30 is out of the range of the address .62 and won't be able to talk to it. B is correct. Remember, two devices have to be in the same subnet in order to talk to each other without something routing between the subnets. It's no different from wondering with a 192.168.2.62 device can't talk to a 192.5.65.2 address - the size of the subnet doesn't matter, the devices just have to be in the same one. edited out my lesson in subnetting for brevity since I didn't read close enough to notice you know how to perform the actual subnetting.
Ok, I think I get it now. According to the chart on wikipedia the subnet mask for this scheme is 255.255.255.224. So then if I read the math correctly the final octet determines how many address are available for each subnet, in this case 256-224=32, hence the /27 correct? Extrapolating from that, if I wanted to have a device with 192.168.2.30 - which I originally thought was the right answer - talk to the router at .62 I'd have to change the mask to 255.255.255.192, .128, or .0, correct? I've read the <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetting" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetting</a> page and there's still a lot of stuff I don't understand, although I think in my mind I'm associating some concepts of NATing with subnetting which is contributing to my confusion.
Yes, a 192.168.2.0/26 network/subnet gives you 192.168.2.1 - 192.168.2.62 as usable host addresses, so /26 or larger subnets will all allow the two devices to talk.
One of my kids installed one of those fake antivirus proggies on one of our computers. Usually I can get rid of them with no hassles, but this one appears resilient. I have cleaned all the files, reg entries, whatever, but it keeps showing up as an active AV client. I don't know where it could possibly be. It's called Smart Internet Protection 2011. Things I have done: ComboFix Malwarebytes Anti-Malware rkill HijackThis (Have done these in both normal and safe mode) I even installed ProcessExplorer but I can't see anything running that shouldn't be. Here's a DDS log. If you look at the first few lines, it's picking up both McAfee and Smart Internet Protection 2011. I've tried looking in the registry but there's nothing in the usual locations (like HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run or the like). I tried searching the reg for "Smart Internet Protection" or D1F8D682-8021-4756-8474-9F6E454EB095 (as shown in the log) but I can't find anything. It honestly looks clean, but it's bugging me that Windows is still seeing it. Log below (spoilered). Any help is appreciated. Spoiler DS (Ver_10-12-12.02) - NTFSx86 Run by XXXXX at 19:23:55.50 on Sun 02/13/2011 Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.13 AV: McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware *Enabled/Updated* {84B5EE75-6421-4CDE-A33A-DD43BA9FAD83} AV: Smart Internet Protection 2011 *Enabled/Updated* {D1F8D682-8021-4756-8474-9F6E454EB095} FW: Smart Internet Protection 2011 *Enabled* FW: McAfee Firewall *Enabled* ============== Running Processes =============== ============== Pseudo HJT Report =============== uSearchMigratedDefaultURL = <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://www.google.com/search?q=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://www.google.com/search?q=</a>{searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8 uInternet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://www.google.com/ig/dell?hl=en&client=dell-usuk&channel=us&ibd=2080516" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://www.google.com/ig/dell?hl=en&cli ... bd=2080516</a> BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper: {06849e9f-c8d7-4d59-b87d-784b7d6be0b3} - c:\program files\common files\adobe\acrobat\activex\AcroIEHelper.dll BHO: McAfee Phishing Filter: {27b4851a-3207-45a2-b947-be8afe6163ab} - c:\progra~1\mcafee\msk\mskapbho.dll BHO: SSVHelper Class: {761497bb-d6f0-462c-b6eb-d4daf1d92d43} - c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll BHO: scriptproxy: {7db2d5a0-7241-4e79-b68d-6309f01c5231} - c:\program files\common files\mcafee\systemcore\ScriptSn.20101105085646.dll BHO: Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper: {9030d464-4c02-4abf-8ecc-5164760863c6} - c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll BHO: CBrowserHelperObject Object: {ca6319c0-31b7-401e-a518-a07c3db8f777} - c:\program files\dell\bae\BAE.dll uRun: [NVIDIA nTune] c:\program files\nvidia corporation\ntune\nTuneCmd.exe resetprofile uRun: [MsnMsgr] "c:\program files\windows live\messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background uRun: [DAEMON Tools Lite] "c:\program files\daemon tools lite\daemon.exe" -autorun uRun: [RGSC] c:\program files\rockstar games\rockstar games social club\RGSCLauncher.exe /silent uRun: [AnyDVD] c:\program files\slysoft\anydvd\AnyDVDtray.exe uRun: [OpenDNS Updater] "c:\program files\opendns updater\OpenDNSUpdater.exe" /autostart uRun: [ctfmon.exe] c:\windows\system32\ctfmon.exe mRun: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE c:\windows\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup mRun: [NVRaidService] c:\windows\system32\nvraidservice.exe mRun: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE mRun: [PDVDDXSrv] "c:\program files\cyberlink\powerdvd dx\PDVDDXSrv.exe" mRun: [WinampAgent] "c:\program files\winamp\winampa.exe" mRun: [Nikon Transfer Monitor] c:\program files\common files\nikon\monitor\NkMonitor.exe mRun: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install mRun: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE c:\windows\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit mRun: [Zune Launcher] "c:\program files\zune\ZuneLauncher.exe" mRun: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "c:\program files\adobe\reader 8.0\reader\Reader_sl.exe" mRun: [Adobe ARM] "c:\program files\common files\adobe\arm\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" mRun: [mcui_exe] "c:\program files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe" /runkey mRun: [QuickTime Task] "c:\program files\quicktime\qttask.exe" -atboottime mRun: [iTunesHelper] "c:\program files\itunes\iTunesHelper.exe" StartupFolder: c:\docume~1\alluse~1\startm~1\programs\startup\vpncli~1.lnk - c:\windows\installer\{14fcfe7c-ab86-428a-9d2e-bfb6f5a7aa6e}\Icon3E5562ED7.ico IE: {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - c:\program files\messenger\msmsgs.exe IE: {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - {CAFEEFAC-0015-0000-0006-ABCDEFFEDCBC} - c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll DPF: {01012101-5E80-11D8-9E86-0007E96C65AE} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://www.comcastsupport.com/sdccommon/download/tgctlsr.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://www.comcastsupport.com/sdccommon ... gctlsr.cab</a> DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://download.macromedia.com/pub/shoc ... tor/sw.cab</a> DPF: {233C1507-6A77-46A4-9443-F871F945D258} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://download.macromedia.com/pub/shoc ... tor/sw.cab</a> DPF: {5B727CF6-427F-4F23-8CC1-A8A4E80D97D1} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://radpacs/hrs/download/Setup.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://radpacs/hrs/download/Setup.cab</a> DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1261360113282" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://update.microsoft.com/microsoftup ... 1360113282</a> DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1261360105454" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://update.microsoft.com/microsoftup ... 1360105454</a> DPF: {77E32299-629F-43C6-AB77-6A1E6D7663F6} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://www.nick.com/common/groove/gx/GrooveAX27.cab</a> DPF: {8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinstall-1_5_0_06-windows-i586.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinsta ... s-i586.cab</a> DPF: {BEA7310D-06C4-4339-A784-DC3804819809} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://www.cvsphoto.com/upload/activex/v3_0_0_7/PhotoCenter_ActiveX_Control.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://www.cvsphoto.com/upload/activex/ ... ontrol.cab</a> DPF: {CAFEEFAC-0015-0000-0006-ABCDEFFEDCBA} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinstall-1_5_0_06-windows-i586.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinsta ... s-i586.cab</a> DPF: {CAFEEFAC-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinstall-1_5_0_06-windows-i586.cab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://java.sun.com/update/1.5.0/jinsta ... s-i586.cab</a> DPF: {D4323BF2-006A-4440-A2F5-27E3E7AB25F8} - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://3dlifeplayer.dl.3dvia.com/player/install/3DVIA_player_installer.exe" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://3dlifeplayer.dl.3dvia.com/player ... taller.exe</a> TCP: {E53076D7-41C1-4B16-AD41-457156BB2DB3} = 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220 SSODL: WPDShServiceObj - {AAA288BA-9A4C-45B0-95D7-94D524869DB5} - c:\windows\system32\WPDShServiceObj.dll ================= FIREFOX =================== FF - ProfilePath - c:\docume~1\default\applic~1\mozilla\firefox\profiles\9ta8v2ri.default\ FF - prefs.js: browser.search.selectedEngine - Google FF - prefs.js: browser.startup.homepage - <a class="postlink" href="hxxp://www.google.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">hxxp://www.google.com/</a> FF - prefs.js: network.proxy.type - 0 FF - component: c:\documents and settings\default\application data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\9ta8v2ri.default\extensions\{463f6ca5-ee3c-4be1-b7e6-7fee11953374}\platform\winnt\components\FoxyTunes.dll FF - plugin: c:\program files\java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\NPJPI150_06.dll FF - plugin: c:\program files\unity\webplayer\loader\npUnity3D32.dll FF - plugin: c:\program files\veetle\player\npvlc.dll FF - plugin: c:\program files\veetle\plugins\npVeetle.dll FF - plugin: c:\program files\virtools\3d life player\npvirtools.dll FF - Ext: Default: {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} - 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I had to run wbemtest and go delete them from root\securitycenter.
I'm expecting that the answer here is no... but anyone have any experience with Adobe Reader and their use of Product codes for point releases?
I have a PC that I can't get to boot from the optical drive. Seems no matter how many times I try it just goes right into startup, even after specifically telling it to boot from the optical. BIOS is also configured to boot from the optical drive before the hard drive, so I don't know what else to do. The PC is among a group that came from a business we just acquired, and the previous business had these PCs locked down pretty good, so unfortunately I can't actually get into the PC either. Absolutely zero of the data existing on the PC is of any need to me; in fact what I'm trying to do is reformat and start from scratch. But I can't do that unless I can boot from the DVD.
- Check the disk, make sure it'll boot on another computer - Make sure the light on the drive flickers at some point during startup to make sure it's actually getting power and being recognized - I know it's dumb, but all recent operating systems (Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008) come on DVDs and a lot of older machines, especially business machines, only came with CD drives. The CD drive won't read a DVD. Make sure you're using compatible media/drive.
While it may be configured to boot prior to the drive within the BIOS, verify that the IDE (if it's old) or SATA (if it's new) port that the drive is connected to is enabled within the BIOS. If you said they're locked down pretty tight, it's possible that they disabled the actual port that the media drive is connected to.
Ok I solved the problem I was having (I reset the BIOS to its default settings) but now I'm running into a new problem. The OS media I'm trying to install is Windows XP Pro. The system will boot from the media and start unpacking files but then gives me the BSOD. I thought maybe the media might be damanged but I've tried booting from it on another PC and it seems to work fine. The computer I'm trying to rebuild will boot up fine on its own, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the hard drive. The power of Google informed me that a solution to this problem is to change SATA emulation in BIOS from AHCI to IDE, which seems to have fixed the problem. However when I changed the setting in BIOS it gave me a warning that I might fuck up my hard drive by making this change. Are there consequences to making this change of which I am unaware?
I would try to reflash the hard drive firmware. You can also install a linux os on the drive after a wipe. Just to see if its a drive issue or windows compatibility issue.
I'm working on building a site with Joomla 1.5 and am having problems uploading/installing plugins (specifically trying to install Kunena). I'm trying to use the Install From Directory option, since the other two options always come back with max execution time errors. I unzipped the plugin file locally, used FTP to upload the files to a folder, found the Path to Temp-folder under Global Configuration, but still can't get it to work. I either get a blank screen (with that obnoxious "Done" sitting in the bottom left corner of Firefox), or a "Please enter a package directory" error.
If it's on a Linux system, most problems like this tend to be file ownership or permission related. When you upload the files, be sure that the permissions are set wide open and/or the ownership of those files is set to the user that your web server runs as.