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Olympus E-M5 vs. Panasonic GX1

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Here is an initial comparison table between the GX1 and EM5 mirrorless cameras: Brand Panasonic Olympus Model Lumix DMC GX1 E-M5 Resolution 16.60 Mpixel 16.10 Mpixel Maximum_resolution 4592×3448 4608×3456 Minimum_resolution 1712×1712 512×348 Sensor_size 17.3×13.0mm 17.3×13.0mm Sensor_type Live MOS CMOS Focal_length_multiplier 2 2 ZoomWide Digital_zoom Yes Yes Auto_focus Yes Yes Manual_focus Yes Yes Focus_range_cm Flash_modes anti red-eye, auto, fill in, off, slow flash anti red-eye, auto, fill in, off, slow flash Storage_types SDHC, SDXC, Secure Digital SDHC, SDXC, Secure Digital Iso_ratings auto, 160

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How to power on a server via IMPI

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The following instructions are for a Supermicro mini-itx dual core Atom based machine with IPMI built in 🙂 Load the administrative interface by specifying the IPMI interface’s IP address and entering it in  your web browser Example: http://192.168.1.9/ Default login: User: ADMIN Password: ADMIN (both are in all caps) Go to Remote Control -> Power Control menu option Select Power On Server Click the Perform Action button The computer will then power on. 🙂

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How to recover missing SABnzbd queue

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Occasionally SABnzbd may totally lose it queued downloads, if that happens you will likely seem something like this in the error logs: When Type Warning 2012-06-18 08:30:54,999 ERROR: Loading C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\admin\queue9.sab failed 2012-06-18 08:30:54,999 ERROR: Loading C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\admin\postproc1.sab failed 2012-06-18 08:30:54,874 ERROR: Loading C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\sabnzbd\admin\totals9.sab failed Thankfully, here is a simple solution that will normally recover your queue! Load the SABnzbd web interface Click the ‘Status‘ link near the top left of the screen Choose the ‘Queue repair’ tab Press the ‘Repair‘ button

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Annoying AVG Free disk space requirement

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Tonight I was installing AVG Free on a virtual machine running XP that was setup to only have 10GB of hard drive space. With all the various updates and programs installed there was only about 800MB free space left. Annoyingly AVG Free would not allow an install until 1GB of space was free. 🙁 If AVG actually needed a gigabyte of space that would be one thing. But guess how much space it actually uses? About 100MB. Yes, they are

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Grey screen with login, incorrect voucher, start.exe [antivirus info]

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UPDATE 2012.09.20 commenter Lauralea suggested the following simpler procedure: Reboot Windows (you can power off your machine if necessary) When your computer restarts, enter safe mode by pressing F8 before Windows can load Run malwarebytes (alternate link) to remove the infection Reboot and you should be good to go!* *NOTE: I would recommend performing an additional virus scan after you reboot, just to make sure there aren’t any other viruses/trojans. -JD Original instructions: If you get a grey box like this, then you have a virus infection or

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Disable Java Auto Updater on Windows 7 stop pop-up [SOLVED]

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Question from FrankT:  I have a nice Windows 7 computer that runs great EXCEPT it has a super annoying “Java Auto Updater” popup that occurs every day! I go into the Java Control Panel and uncheck the auto updates box but it always ends up being checked again next time I check 🙁 I am wondering if I have some sort of java auto updater virus??? I am about to go crazy with this, so if I don’t have a

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