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By Circaflex · Posted
At some point, hardware becomes obsolete and we cant blame vendors for dropping support. Much of the models dropped, run Intel hardware which means they can install something else on the device if they truly want to keep using it. -
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Well, that was fun: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Install-Script -Name Set-InetpubFolderAcl WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlin...627338&clcid=0x409' to ''. WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection. PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7468 char:21 + ... $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7474 char:21 + ... $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlin...627338&clcid=0x409' to ''. WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection. PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable'. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7478 char:30 + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider], Exceptio n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider Install-Script : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer version of NuGet provider is installed. At line:1 char:1 + Install-Script -Name Set-InetpubFolderAcl + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: ( [Install-Script], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Script -
By Skyfrog · Posted
Because Apple has never discontinued Mac models before now? -
By Skyfrog · Posted
I recall reading that they intend to synchronize the version numbers between iOS, tvOS and macOS, so we will also be getting macOS 26 up next. -
By neufuse · Posted
every time.... why can't I install windows 11 on my 8088?
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I've been searching the internet for a while trying to find out how this is possible. My friend was programming in C++ and somehow messed with pointers or something like that.
Some of the stuff that happened after she ran her program (it was a programming project)
All her keys were randomized, some spouted the ABCs, some spouted out the less often used characters
Her computer immediately started overheating. Her computer literally started smoking within 5 minutes i believe.
My question is, how is it possible for a program to physically destroy a computer. Aren't the controls for the cooling fan, etc. protected or just plain simply built right into the motherboard or BIOS?
Thanks
P.S. I never managed to get a copy of the program from my friend seeing as how they're computer got destroyed.
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