How to fix Dell Latitude pre-boot authentication problem (Password / biometric) - Pre-boot authentication password generator / reset

You are frustrated; you turn the computer on and it gives you an error asking you to login using biometrics or to use a password, you get this error:

"This computer system,,#XXXXXXX-YYYY, is protected by a password authentication system. You Cannot Access the data on this computer without the correct password."

Then it either says: "Please type in the primary or administrator password and press Enter"
or it tells you to login / authenticate using biometric / fingerprint scanner (If it asks you to authenticate using biometric, just swipe your finger numerous times until it asks you to press enter and enter a password, then follow the steps below)

Well fear not! There are many services out there that can help you resolve this issue (Some asks you to pay money, Dell asks you to give the original owner info etc.) but the next one I'll give you is free, in case your service tag is in the compatible list.

If your service tag ends with: 595B, 2A7B, D35B, A95B, then you still have hope; follow this link: http://biospassword.eu/free/ and click on "Dell Bios/HDD" tab if it isn't already the current tab you are in, then enter your service tag in the field as asked (XXXXXXX-YYYY) where "XXXXXXX" is the number you enter as shown in the faulty computer. Click on calculate and it should give you a password down below, type that password (Case sensitive, follow the uppercase and lowercase carefully when you type) and press enter (you won't see the password being typed, just type it when it asks for you to type it or after you press enter), you should then be prompted with a menu that asks you to either press F1 or F2, press F2 and go in the BIOS settings and go to security > Password and retype the password in there but don't add a password anymore but click apply, this should remove the password and you should be able to boot the computer just fine.

These additional links might help you change your service tag if it does not belong to the list above:
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/1532-how-to-change-dell-service-tag-on-latitude-and-inspirion-laptop
http://www.anchor.com.au/blog/2013/06/how-hard-is-it-to-set-the-service-tag-on-a-dell-motherboard/

I hope this resolved your issue, let me now if you have any other tips or if this worked for you!

How to fix JAVA garbled/broken text rendering on buttons in swing (eclipse, netbeans)

 

As you start exploring the world of Swing, JFrames, JButtons etc, it's probable that you ran into a problem where the text on your buttons and frame are all garbled up, broken, ripped, whatever else you call it.

This happens when there's a conflict between swing's rendering and your graphics card, but fear not, below are a list of fixes and you may chose what works best for you!

Fix 1 - Use a dedicated GPU with java (Semi recommended)

Open up your dedicated graphics card's control panel (in my case, NVidia), then select or add a new program, browse the following folder : "C:\Program files\java\jre1.8.0_20\bin\javaw.exe" (jre1.8.0.20 is your java version, so it depends.) then select "dedicated gpu" as preferred graphics processor.

This will solve the problem in eclipse, but sometimes not in Netbeans, so let's move on to the next solution.

Fix 2 - Disable cleartype (Not recommended)

Another temporary fix to this problem is to disable cleartype, a visual text amelioration in Windows machines, you can find this by going to your start menu and typing "Cleartype", from there, you can edit or temporarily check/uncheck the "enable cleartype" option. This will fix your problem, but then you will be left with ugly font rendering while browsing the internet and using your computer.

Fix 3 - Update your graphics card driver (Best fix)

This method is the simplest but also what I consider the "norm" fix for this problem, as it solved mine without having to always use my dedicated graphics card or disable cleartype.

You just lookup your Graphics card model, go to google and search for drivers for that one card, remember to get your drivers from official websites if possible in my case "intel HD 4000 driver", after installation, you will need to reboot your computer and then you're good to go! no more ugly text rendering.

Let me know if this hasn't fixed the problem but I hope it worked for you too.

Fixing Kali linux errors. (startx not found, "oh no! something has gone wrong" etc)

After your fresh install of kali, you might run into some problems.
One of them consists of the login screen missing and returning:

"Oh no! Something has gone wrong.
A problem has occured and the system can't recover. Please contact a system administrator"

To fix this issue (a temporary fix), press CTRL+ALT+F1, it will take you to the terminal. From there, check if you can use the command "startx"

If you get the following error:

root@kali:~#startx

-bash: startx: command not found

The problem would be that you don't have the x window system functioning yet, install it by using the command:

  apt-get install x-window-system

Let it install and from there, you should be able to access your graphical user interface using "startx"

Don't forget to make sure that all your packages are up to date.
Please leave a link if you copy this tutorial.

Apres une installation de kali linux, vous avez peut etre rencontrée la probleme suivante:

"Oh Mince, quelque chose s'est mal passé
Oh mince! Quelque chose s'est mal passé. Un problème est survenu et le système ne peut pas se récupérer. Déconnectez-vous et essayez à nouveau.
"

Pour resoudre cette probleme (resolution temporaire), appuiyez sur CTRL+ALT+F1, pour ouvrir le  terminal.Dans le terminal, voyez si vous pouvez executer la commande "startx"

Si il retourne l'erreur suivante:

root@kali:~#startx

-bash: startx: command not found

Il est possible que vous n'avez pas encore la systeme de fenetre X (x window system) installée, ulilisez cette commande pout l'installer:

  apt-get install x-window-system

Laisse installer, Apres installation, vous pouvez maintenant acceder a l'interface graphique avec la commande "startx"

Verifiez que tous vos paquets sont mis a jour.
Veuillez laisser un indice si vous copiez ce guide.

Arch linux in virtualbox, with virtualbox guest additions.

Just done fresh installing Arch linux with XFCE on my i7, still haven't installed graphic drivers for my NVIDIA card, everything seems to work fine so far,this looks promising so far :)

Teste de Arch linux avec xfce4, l'installation s'est terminé avec success et tout marche bien jusqu'ici.
C'est promettant :).

XFCEたLinuxのインストールが行われますVirtualBoxのguestadditions.isoため、https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBoxを訪問

Here goes a screenshot

Custom Call of duty 4 menu screen & textures mod.

Hello there all, It's been some while again since my last blog post. Been busy with things as usual.

I've been working on a small Call of duty 4 splash screen and menu modification.

This one mod is still work in progress so it's not yet officially "selectible" but more of a bunch of files to copy and replace. Featuring:

-Custom splash screen
-Custom menu,background, moving and overlay objects.
-Custom model textures and environement (same map, different graffiti on walls etc etc)
-Black ops multiplayer voices, textured ported to COD4

Here goes some screenshots (more to come)

:)

Salut à tous, Cela fait quelque temps encore depuis ma dernière article.
J'etait très occupé avec mes examens universitaires et tout, le mois dernier, mais au moins je suis finalement libre.J'avais rien de special a faire alors je decida de bosser sur un petit modification de call of duty 4, et modification des menus. Cette-mod est encore en development et n'est pas encore officiellement "lancée" un tas de fichiers à copier et remplacer.

Dans cette mod:
-écran de démarrage Menu personnalisé, fond, le déplacement et objets de superposition
-textures personalisé du modèle et environement (même carte, graffiti différent sur ​​les murs, etc etc)
-Voix off de Black ops sur COD4 Voilà quelques screensots (plus à venir)

こんにちは。 これはCOD4のパーソナライズメニューです ここでいくつかの写真があります

Indie game design and development guide /tutorial

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