Anything about personal computers.
PC is an abbreviation for personal computers. Use the PC tag for any support needed for any computer.
Questions tagged [pc]
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How is BIOS ROM accessible at 0xFFFFFFF0 if A20 line is disabled by default?
I was reading about A20 line http://wiki.osdev.org/A20_Line, which seems to indicate that A20 line is disabled by default. On Pentium, if 0xFFFFFFF0 is the address put out immediately after hard reset, does it mean that A20 line is enabled by…
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Is it possible to send/receive voice from PC to Android device over Bluetooth
I have a PC (where java program is running), Bluetooth dongle (which supports A2DP) and Android device (2.3.6, which also supports A2DP).
I want to:
Send real time voice data from PC's microphone to android device via bluetooth
Send real time…
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How to access a webservice running on a Win7 PC from an unrooted Android device via USB?
I have a use case where my app running on an Android device needs to communicate with a web service running on a Win7 PC. This was achieved using Wi-Fi succesfully. But now I need to achieve this using a USB connection as we may not have Wi-Fi…
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whats the use of "org xxxx" in assembly
Recently im learning how to write a boot sector, here is the complete code that i am learning:
org 07c00h
mov ax, cs
mov ds, ax
mov es, ax
call DispStr
jmp $
DispStr:
mov ax, BootMessage
mov bp, ax
mov cx, 16
mov…
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What causes the slow down in crawling from a laptop program?
I have a project that I have managed to save from a server that was outsourced and managed to get most of it working on one of the laptops I have at home. It has OS Win 8.1r, VS 2017, SQL Server Express 2017, and I wrote the DLL I use in my app in…
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Manually driving the PC internal speaker
Is there any way, in any language (C preferred) to interface the PC internal speaker directly under Windows/Linux? (no DOS) I don't want to drive it at a specficic frequency for a given duration (no beep(frq, msecs)), but I'd rather send signals…
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Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator is not letting me create my DLL file or setup package
I am using the decade-old Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 to create a custom keyboard. I have validated my keyboard within the software and no problems arose. I have also tested my keyboard (multiple times within the software) to make sure the…
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How to take a picture in a browser and upload it with http protocol?
I want to capture a photo from the camera and upload it to the server. My target environments are EDGE browser for Hololens and PC browsers (At least latest versions of Chrome or Firefox).
I have tried using HTML5
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How to set the point of view in pcshow Matlab?
I was wondering if there is any way to set the point of view when visualizing point cloud in Matlab.
To show a point cloud I know you can do and use the mouse to move the 3D object:
pc = pointCloud(rand(100,3,'single'));
pcshow(pc);
But how do you…
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How to connect Python program(on PC) to an Android App(on Mobile Phone)?
I have created a python program which can detect the number of cars in a parking area(small scale MVP model)from a camera feed.I now need to create an Android application that shows the 'count' of the cars.The App continuously refresh by itself…
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Unity camera starting position
Hello so I created a camera for a RTS game I'm making but on start the camera is on the minHight position and I cant figure out how to change it hope someone helps the code is a bit of a mess its just for a test here is the code I want it to start…
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How to write a Java program to send signal from a PC to a TV via coaxial cable?
I have a PC with a TV card, it connects to an antenna via a coaxial cable, so at the back of PC there is a coaxial cable connector, the PC is in the basement. 60 feet apart in the living room above there is a big screen TV, the only way I can think…
Frank
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WebRTC Check if camera and microphone are in use on Chrome
Is it possible to check if camera and microphone are in use by another PC application (like Skype)?
The problem is, I'm able to get the stream object and initiate the connection between two computers, but there's no video nor sound, because the…
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static initialization of user defined type in C++ (Win64/PC)
I use VS2012 Win64/PC
I know there is a lot about what is a static variable and about the initialization order, this goes a bit further.
Imagine in 1 CPP, the following lines:
struct A
{
void* a;
size_t b;
};
static bool bMyBoolean =…
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Easiest way to communicate between an Android device and a computer?
I'm developing an Android application that needs to communicate with a PC in the easiest possible way. preferably using USB, headphones jack or Bluetooth, this should be a two way connection.
I assumed USB would be the simplest, but got quite lost…
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