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Are you sure? I thought that a mini PCIe slot still had the notch between the two segments of the contact and was smaller than that. I think markkuk was right in calling it the older mini pci port.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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You are correct, since you can see inside the slot you can tell which is which.
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I have a netbook that has no Optical Drive.
I have a CD that I wish to put onto the netbook. (it is a game that will require access to the cd)
Is it possible to copy the disk to a memory stick and then run it as a psuedo optical drive?
I suspect the drive ID will have to be reassigned, but I cannot for the life of me remember how to do this, and is it even possible for me to make this work?
I may seem a little dim on this but any help would be appreciated.
(I am going on holiday shortly and would like a couple of games that I normally play on my main computer to be on my little 'un)
Cheers
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce
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Two discrete option and one hand waving suggestion.
0) Copy the CD to a usb stick/network share/etc as a bunch of files and then run the setup program. This should work unless there's CD check DRM or a crappy installer involved.
1) If 0) fails, rip the CD to an ISO; then use daemon tools. This should handle any bot the most noxious DRM/copy protection schemes.
2) If 1) fails, start looking for how the warez types are installing this one.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Look for VirtualCD or some other CD emulator; create the virtual disk(s) on a system that has a physical CD drive, then move it to your netbook (i.e. install VirtualCD on both). I have used VirtualCD on a system with CD drive to avoid having to insert the CD each time to get some games started.
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Hi all,
I need to somehow transfer an image from a digital camera to a PC. Without using a memory card etc. i.e. live feed. (Very high res pictures)
- I could use a webcam but the quality is not very good.
- I was thinking about using a HD video camera and sending the streaming video to the video input (on the graphics card). The problem is quality (I need atlest +-8 megapixel image) and costs.
Can modern Digital SLR cameras do what I am asking. Send pictures taken, directly to PC. If so what is this feature called?
Thanks
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There are cameras with WiFi.
Wout Louwers
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hi how ARe You..??
Well YOu can send
[url=http://www.greenzeal.co.uk/Store/ration_packs]ration pack[/url]
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Digital video is usually transferred direct by FireWire connection, and some digital still camers have direct USB connections. I would suggest researching digital camera websites, as they are likely to be trialling the latest options.
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I found something called "tethered shooting" which seems like it does what I need. Thanks.
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Hi,
There seems to be efforts around standardizing BioMetric integrations, does anyone here have some first hand experience in this?
We are looking at using fingerprint scanners, would hate to have to code by manufacturer / vendor...
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Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave
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Hi,
What exactly do you want to do with the fingerprint readers?
Most manufacturers / vendors have their own ways for doing things, but so far I haven't come across two or more manufacturers / vendors using the same standard for their API.
It would be nice though...
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I have "accidentally" uninstalled COM ports in Win2000 Device Manager ( please don't make jokes about me still using 2000). Next thing I see - windows found the "new" hardware and promtly activated it.
However, instead of having ports 1 2 3 I now have ports 4 5 6.
No big deal , but how do I get the numbers back to 1 2 3?
Thanks for reading.
Vaclav
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I'm not sure about Win2k, but in XP you right click on the port in device manager and select "Properties". In the "Properties" form select the "Port Settings" tab. Click the "Advanced" button and the next window that appears should have a combo box with port name choices.
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The numbering is controled by a value in the registry, I cant recall where it is, but if you reset this then do an uninstall of all your existing com ports you will get backl to where you were.
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Is there any Programming Language or Programming Plataform for E-Book Readers?
Thank you for the attention!
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There's no standard if that what you're referring to. You'll have to check with the manufcaturer of the reader to see what it supports and if there is any SDK that you need.
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The following is a snippet from an exe that is communicating with my driver.
I am trying to pass a buffer to my driver by using DeviceIoControl. The problem is I've never done this before, so I don't even know if I am on the right track. I guess I just need the starting address of my input struct.
(struct input {int a;int b;int c;}; )
The problem seems to be that I cannot put the address of my bInput into a DWORD. Am I going about this right?
When I check out the contents of pInput, it seems to b a DWORD with the actual struct attached after... Im just confused
unsigned long Returned,*pReturned = &Returned;
input bInput;
bInput.a = 1;
bInput.b = 2;
bInput.c = 3;
int test = sizeof(bInput);
input *pInput = &bInput;
DeviceIoControl(
hFile,
IOCTL_MZ_READMEMORY,
NULL,
0,
NULL,
0,
pReturned,
(LPOVERLAPPED) NULL);
note: right now my DeviceIoControl call is not using any buffer. I plan on passing the starting address of bInput and the size of bInput.
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The input and output buffers are defined here[^] as being LPVOID , which effectively means a pointer to something; what it really contains is between you and the driver. So to call this function passing your buffer address (suitably cast) all you need to code is something like:
DeviceIoControl(
hFile,
IOCTL_MZ_READMEMORY,
(LPVOID)&bInput,
sizeof bInput,
(LPVOID)&bOutput,
sizeof bOutput,
pReturned,
(LPOVERLAPPED) NULL);
And don't forget to check the return status.
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Mattzimmerer wrote: my driver
You wrote a driver and you cant get devioctl to work!
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Thanks sir, your tons of help. No it works now... maybe you should try helpful comments instead of (in my perception) being boastful. Surely you have asked for help to understand certain things... Obviously in not doing this professionally, its a side project in developing a game hacking tool!
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I saw though that someone else had solved your problem and felt like having a bit of a dig!
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Yea, lol this stuff is pretty out there if you have only been exposed to userspace programming. Now onto assembly language!
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