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Robotics : state of the art technologies and hobby

In today's MSN: Unitree Robotics - $16K Personal Robot/Avatar
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- Post #67
- Wednesday at 11:27 AM
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Question Office 2024: 32 bits or 64 bits?

If you dont need backward compatibilty (eg, with some older addins or supporting apps), then definitely use 64bit MS Office given a 64bit compatible machine. The narrative is that 64bit programs, in generlal, will exhibit better performance & memory uses, particulary when involving large data...
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- Post #2
- Mar 24, 2025
- Forum: Windows
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10 Retro OSes to Try

In today's news: 10 Retro Operating Systems to Try PS: Here's an interesting article providing detailed information (including download) on the "ReactOS". ReactOS - the Open-Source Windows
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- Mar 23, 2025
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Swapping drive content

You can shrink the Windows 7 partition using the built-in Disk Manager. AI Overview Learn more Yes, Windows 7 Disk Management allows you to shrink a partition; you can right-click on the partition you want to shrink within Disk Management and select "Shrink Volume" to reduce its size. Key...
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- Post #6
- Mar 11, 2025
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Swapping drive content

TI will do it (ie, create images), which I know work. A possibility might be to create an image to a USB stick, but I never tried that, but Google AI said that should work. AI Overview Learn more Yes, Acronis True Image can be used to copy a system image or data to a USB stick, allowing you...
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- Post #2
- Mar 10, 2025
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Question 100 GHz light-powered chip

In today's news: China’s 100 GHz light-powered chip ditches electricity, shatters speed record in computing
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- Thread
- Mar 7, 2025
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Question Computer Runs Using Human Brain Cells

In today's news: First computer running on living human brain cells shown to the world PS: To think, at some point soon AT will need brain/neuro surgeon expertise to help with building and diagnosing PC systems (eg, why is my system so slow? Because it's suffering from mental depression - ha.)
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- Thread
- Mar 6, 2025
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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AI coding assistance discussion

In today's news (and hopefully not old news): Google launches a free AI coding assistant – What to know
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- Post #28
- Mar 3, 2025
- Forum: Programming
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Question Moving My HDD Into A New Computer And I Want To Keep Everything Intact With Windows 10: Should I Run Sysprep Or Not?

Regarding diagnosing the slow boot, implement a "selective startup'" This will help identify during boot what the system is hanging up on. Selective Startup mode in Windows 10 allows users to choose which components load during startup. This can help identify software or drivers that are...
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- Post #5
- Feb 24, 2025
- Forum: Windows
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Question Old HDD Into New Computer, But It Still Takes Several Minutes to Boot Into Windows: Will Cloning To An SSD Help?

If you transferred your HDD into a new system (with different MB) and the system is now behaving slow, there is a good chance there is a drive issue (eg, conflict such as system having to search for correct/alternate driver to install). What is the boot time if you boot up in safe mode (as this...
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- Post #4
- Feb 23, 2025
- Forum: Windows
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Question Bios Locked IDE Drive.

There was a program among the Norton utilities suite - was on a floppy - that was able to look at, change/write to and copy the raw data on an HDD. It had various format options for viewing the HDD info. Dont know what the particular utility was called, but there should be something around...
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- Post #4
- Feb 21, 2025
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Bios Locked IDE Drive.

There's this that says it cant be done: https://superuser.com/questions/1755804/how-to-unlock-erase-bios-password-locked-hard-disks-without-the-original-compute But, then there's this that says it can be done : How to wipe a hard drive that is password protected? The steps and options are...
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- Post #2
- Feb 21, 2025
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Laptop powers on but no display

The graphics for that model is supported in-processor (ie, by the CPU) and shows as either Intel HD 4400 or 5500, Try a hard reset. 2. Hard Reset: -Power Down: Turn off the laptop completely, unplug the AC adapter, and remove the battery. -Hold Power Button: Press and hold the power...
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- Post #4
- Feb 18, 2025
- Forum: Displays
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Question Win11: The .exe file in the "Programs (X86)" won't work but one in the Windows folder does?

From my experience, what you are seeing is quite common for an installed program, particularly a scanner type program (ie, twain driver). Mainly, the installed program adds the needed mandatory ancillary suopport programs/utilities along with establishing the path for such programs/utilities...
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- Post #2
- Feb 6, 2025
- Forum: Windows
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Question Windows 10 Pro stopped updating

Run WINDOWS Trouble Shooter to identify the specific issue. (Often times for me it turns out to not have the required "netframe" installed and I have to do that manually.) And no, Windows "Health Check" is not the same as Windows "Trouble Shooter." AI Overview Learn more No, a Windows...
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- Post #2
- Jan 30, 2025
- Forum: Windows

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