Questions tagged [installation]
The process of installing software, hardware, or peripherals on a personal computer.
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Does an Extended Validation (EV) Code Signing Certificate protect the downloader if the installer is compromised
A friend of mine has some software available on his website and the installer for it has been infected with some malware. The infection happened on the hosted server without my friend knowing. ...
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How to automatically install removed network printers?
By default Windows installs network printers automatically with an IPP or another type of basic print driver.
I discovered that when you delete such an automatically installed printer it won't be ...
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"Hard disk not found" after attempted install Ubuntu 23.10
I had a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04. I wanted to install Ubuntu 23.10 instead of 22.04.
Info:
Secure boot: off
SATA mode: AHCI
Boot mode: UEFI
Windows and Linux are both ...
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Laptop keyboard not working when trying to install various flavours of Ubuntu from live USB
Today I have acquired a new laptop, Maibenben X565, with pre-installed Kubuntu 22.10. Kubuntu 22.10 is no longer supported, so I wasn't able to update and install packages I need, and was forced to ...
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Update "replaced" Omnifocus in Applications
I had Omnifocus 3 and I installed Omnifocus 4. When it had me drag the app into Applications, it asked me if I wanted to keep one or both the old or new apps. I chose to "replace" the old ...
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"Fatal library error, lookup self" with pacstrap during Arch linux install
I'm following the Arch Linux install guide. When I run pacstrap -K /mnt base linux linux-firmware, everything goes smoothly until the following error message occurs:
(4/5) Check if user should be ...
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Error when trying to install extensions via VScode on my Chromebook: “ Error scanning user extensions: Unexpected token '#', "#!/bin/bas"... ”
When I am trying to install extensions within VScode on my Chromebook. It shows me an error message"please check for the log details.
When I clicked on the log, the message was:
2024-03-02 15:03:...
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How to confirm that the licensing for a fresh install of Windows 10 is active and valid?
A trusted local computer shop provided a magical thumb drive, and after installing Windows I get:
PS C:\Users\saund>
PS C:\Users\saund>
PS C:\Users\saund> [System.Environment]::OSVersion....
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How do I install glusterfs-server using rpm on Oracle Linux 9?
I have to install glusterfs-server using rpm on oracle linux 9.
I just found how to install glusterfs-server on other linux distributions.
But, I can not found any solution for oracle linux 9.
Oracle ...
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How to pick Office 2016 license in Click-To-Run installer?
The context: I have two active licenses purchased in my MS account, Office365 subscription and Office Home and Student 2016.
Both allow installation and when I press the install button they start ...
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Move From Legacy to UEFI
I recently installed Fedora 39 on my system, but I only later realized that I did so in Legacy BIOS mode. Now, I'd like to switch to UEFI boot mode without having to reinstall the entire system. Is ...
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How to list pacman and AUR installed packages, of an Arch Linux installation on mounted drive?
My computer "died".
I got a new one and want to migrate my Arch install to my new machine. Moved from Intel to AMD, new motherboard, etc.. I thought the better approach would be to do a ...
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MSI with Windows 11 installed unable to log in error 0xd000a002
I'm having a problem with my MSI Summit E13FlipEvo A12MT-019IT laptop with Windows 11 installed. For a few days I haven't been able to log in by entering my pin and password even though I know that ...
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Why is the UEFI admin password is asking this password at each reboot?
I am currently setting a new home server; a Qotom Mini PC. It is equipped with an AMI BIOS/UEFI v2.19 UEFI 2.6.
I've set a BIOS/UEFI password "administrator" only (no "user" ...
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When distributing a Linux application, can you include dynamic libraries alongside your binary?
dumb question about distributing a Linux application. I know we have Flatpak for this but I am curious.
Say you're creating a GUI application that depends on some dynamic dependencies. As I understand ...
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