While several people already have Windows 10 installed, my computer didn’t offer me that possibility yet. Searching on the Internet, I found several sites explaining how to force Windows update to dow…
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When you want to compile your source code – Java in this case – on multiple machines, you might get into troubles when special characters are coming in. I mean, when you just type plain English, nothi…
I had a hard time getting the Intel Wifi 5100 AGN, which is displayed using lspci as “Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection“. A lot of people are complaining about it. It…
Sometimes I take some serious risks. Like, suddenly, I get the urge to install Ubuntu on my office’s laptop. A Dell Latitude E6500. But, there’s a Windows 7 installed, consuming the entire disk. So, w…
Given this situation: You have a GPS device that is connected to your computer (not handheld) via physical COM1. Now you want to use this data in two different applications, say: a Route Navigator and…
At the office, a lot of people are using MS Excel. And they’re using the ability to fetch external data into Excel. This external data is read from an Oracle 10g database. Now, given the fact that we…
Just for my own reference. java.lang.ClassNotFoundException is a build error, saying that you’re using a class that doesn’t exist, so the build fails.
As I told in the last few lines of my previous post, I had some issues installing the Oracle 10g client on my Windows 7 installation. After installing the 10g client, I immediately noticed it wouldn’t…
I just finished a two hour telephone call with Microsoft support. I just wanted to quickly install Windows 7 on my computer.