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Swapped hard drive into new laptop - how do I remove old system files?

I got a new laptop today and rather than reinstall Windows, I just took the hard drive out of my old laptop and put it in the new one. I was able to download all the necessary drivers for the new ...
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Why does computer cannot become fast again after some massive applications were closed?

My computer only have 1gb ram. It is a windows xp. As I launched some massive application such as Eclipse and Sql Developer, the computer slow down. The obvious symtom is the mouse pointer's movement ...
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Meaning of a compute node

I often here the word "node" being used in the context of parallel programming. For example from the following web-page I have the line All the compute nodes on all the the clusters at the CUNY ...
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Convergence notary server error

Trying to run a convergence notary to learn some stuff and I get an error when starting the service. I am running Ubuntu server 11.04 fully updated. I followed the directions that are here. When I ...
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How do I tell Google Chrome to read a different hosts file?

At work in my university, the computers in the office all use Windows XP, latest service pack. They've given each one of us a regular account, with no way of installing programs or making ...
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Is RADIUS more secure than PSK?

I'm wondering what the relative security of RADIUS is compared to using a PSK. I know that when using Radius a unique session key is established, whereas with a PSK the same session key is used for ...
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Show USB speed for all devices in Windows 7

I am using Windows 7 and would like to see which USB versions each attached USB device is using (1.1 or 2). How can I do this?
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Port forwarding on D-link DIR-615 router

I'm attempting to configure my router to forward a port to my Linux machine. The Linux computer has a static IP (192.168.0.185) Right now I'm just experimenting to make sure I can forward a port, so ...
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What do all of Internet Explorer's search settings mean?

System information logging tools, such as Hijack This, enumerate several parts of Internet Explorer's settings, including settings which control the way it searches. Research has led me here, giving ...
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Keyboard - Repeat Rate/Repeat Delay values in Win7

What are the all possible values of Repeat Rate / Repeat Delay offered by Win 7 concerning Keyboard settings.
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How to I change the path when I log in as a new user in ubuntu?

I am running ubuntu on a flash drive. The default log in is "ubuntu". I installed Postgresql and created a new user called "postgres". However, when I switch to postgres with "su postgres", the ...
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Creating a symbolic link to a folder with ln command

I'm setting up the document root of my web server to point to a folder elsewhere on the disk. Should I be using a hard link, or a soft link, with the ln command? Also, I'm having trouble getting the ...
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how do I make the following plot?

How do I make the following plot in R? I have a file of the format: 0 2 5 911.2 0 4 10 842.59 1 6 15 813.23 1 8 20 823.23 1 2 15 813.31 0 4 5 844.59 0 6 25 854.54 The first column can be 0 or 1 ...
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How to turn off ad hoc network in OS X

So I create an ad hoc network every now and then on my mac for various reasons, and I have found lately that when i click on the wifi icon in the mac bar, even when the network is not on, it still ...
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IE9 plug-in to quickly update bookmarks

I have bookmarks that refer to what page I'm up to on a web site, rather than the web site itself, such as blogs that have five years worth of pages I want to catch up on. When I finish reading, I ...
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How to get rid of a blank icon in the control panel list

OS: Windows 7 x64 Fingerprint reader: Validity VFS300 Fingerprint software: DigitalPersonaFingerprintReader 5.20.230 Here's an image of the icon that I wish to remove: Note that this icon only ...
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Where do I set AddType video/mp4 .mp4 on an Apache server running Django through WSGI?

I'm currently serving mp4 video files from my Django site so that they can be played through html5 in the browser. The video doesn't work in Win 7, IE9. I have read around and people suggested I ...
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Easy linux installs on window machines

I installed WUBI on my windows laptop. This is a simple installation of ubuntu that means I can easily boot up in Ubuntu without having to worry about partitioning drives. Is their an equivalent of ...
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External Drive Having Issues… Best Diagnostic Hard Drive Checking Tool for OS X Lion?

I have a WD Elements drive that I use for Time Machine backups, I used Disk Utility to verify the disk, it found errors and I tried repairing it, which failed, so I reformatted the drive and it ...
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External hard drive only visible in System Profiler, doesn't mount, not visible in Disk Utility (Mac)

I have an external hard drive that does not mount to my Mac laptop, nor is it visible in Disk Utility. It is, however, visible in the System Profiler under the USB section. Any suggestions as to how I ...
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Outlook 2010 signature doesn't change

I have an end user who has multiple email accounts under Outlook 2010, each account with a relevant signature. When he replies to an email from one of his 'non-default' accounts the appropriate ...
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Enlarge page with Adobe Acrobat?

I have a scanned document where a couple pages were generated with the wrong DPI setting and as a result they're too small. I'd like to scale up the pages. I notice that I can scale individual images, ...
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What is the difference between Re-installing Microsoft Office on the same computer again vs. another PC?

Reinstalling my OS. Will I have any trouble reinstalling Office 2010 with the same key on the same PC? Is there a difference between installing it on a second PC vs. what I am doing? (does ...
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Will Ivy Bridge CPU's use LGA 1155 Socket? [closed]

I'm looking for info on the socket that the upcoming Intel Ivy Bridge CPU's will use. I found some saying that it will be LGA 1155 but the most recent article I found is at least 4 months old. Does ...
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Are there any programs like Deskpins for Windows 7?

I'm looking for a program that lets me keep a specific window of top of all other windows. I use to use this when I had XP: http://download.cnet.com/DeskPins/3000-2072_4-52361.html but it doesn't work ...
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Sorting files based on a timestamp within the file

I have a bunch of files which contain an ascii header with a time stamp WITHIN the file, followed by a large chunck of binary data. I would like to list the files sorted by this time stamp, at the ...
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Desktop keyboard behaves as on a Notebook

On a Desktop PC running Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit), I have recently installed a Microsoft CIR receiver (designed for WinXP MCE). Whilst the receiver works as expected with both WMC remote and ...
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Getting information about motherboard on GNU/Linux

If am using a Linux operating system, how do I find THe number of IOH chips in the system The number of CPU's connected to each IOH chip Whether the CPU's each have their own RAM or whether they ...
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Can append only NTFS files become corrupted if power goes out?

NTFS journals metadata so the file system itself doesn't corrupt if the machine goes down. I read this is not the case for file data itself. But what if the data is only appended at the end of the ...
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Interpreting output of cat/proc/cpuinfo

How does one interpret the information printed out by the following command in Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo On my laptop, I get the following output: [gaurish108:~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo ...
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Local area network connection is not visible

I have a Lenovo t42 with with Windows XP SP3. The "Local area network connection" is not visible in Network Connections. The Ethernet controller and adapter driver is properly install (no yellow ...
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How do I leave a WiFi network on OS X without turning Airport off?

I am unable to find info on how to use 'networksetup' or some other tool on OSX that will allow me to disassociate/leave a WiFi network without turning off Airport or removing the preferred networks ...
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Interpreting output of cat/proc/cpuinfo

How does one interpret the information printed out by the following command in Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo On my laptop, I get the following output. Now it says that there are 4 processors on the ...
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Hard drive spins down after installing/updating .NET Framework

This happens on a Windows XP Pro SP3 on a Seagate Barracuda SATA HDD. Intel ICH9R AHCI driver is installed via the F6 method. Sometimes after I install .NET Framework 3.5 (or a .NET Framework update, ...
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Duplicating Linux-like user account permissions in Windows 7

I'd like to know what are the best practices for creating a limited user account in a Windows 7 system, much like the user environment in Linux, where you have the superuser and the other normal ...
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When I try to install OS X Lion from USB on a HDD whose previous Snow Leopard installation became corrupted

Basically here is what happens when I try to install Lion from USB on a HDD with a corrupted Snow Leopard installation: Press power button on Mac Hold option Select EFI Boot (USB drive direct from ...
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How to deal with LDAP attribute values having $ in them

Just beginning with LDAP and have imported outlook records into a directory. that look like this: Have also edited individual addresses in in the Apache Directory Studio any number of ways to show ...
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Quick search directly without AltGr in Total Commander

Total Commander requires pressing AltGr with some letter to enter quick search mode. This is a bit difficult. Is it possible if by pressing any letter to make Total Commander enter into quick search ...
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cannot format bad hard disk

I think I have a problem with my hard drive. I tried to boot the system, and it was taking a long time. After a while it said that the drive was not bootable. I tried running check disk, but it was ...
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A spike in CPU utilization when opening a path which has numerous large files whilst running AVAST antivirus

I have AVAST installed on Windows 7 and whenever I open a path e.g. D:{Directory}* which has substantial large files i.e. in excess of 200GB, CPU utilization jumps to 100% and it appears as though as ...
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Unable to Retrieve Supply Levels in Print Queue

Retrieving the supply levels of my printer in the print queue application used to work fine but now I get an Information Not Available error. In the error logfile it says Unable to query ink levels. ...
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Lowest Latency Sound Card

I'm using a sound card for reading analogue signals and for the ADC component. I need extremely low latency (<1ms). Is the sound card the right way to go or can you get better results with a custom ...
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How to make a DVD with Ubuntu, K3B, and an mpeg2 file

I legally downloaded a video from the internet. I converted it from an mpeg-4 to an mpeg-2. I want to burn it to a DVD that will play in a Sony DVP-S560D. I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 and use K3B to do ...
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can't sign in yahoo messenger?

I'm using the latest version of Yahoo msgr but it won't let me sign in and says "possible problem with secure HTTP connection". BTW my internet connection is fine. I used a vpn before but not now. ...
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How to force stop a service in Windows 7?

I'm trying to disable the beep service on my Windows 7 laptop. I've tried to use "net stop beep", but that just results in "Service could not be stopped". I've also tried stopping the service via ...
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NAT for Sprint Nexus S “Portable Wi-Fi hotspot”

I am on a 2010 Macbook Air connected to the web over wifi tethering on my Sprint Nexus S. I want to be able to host a few files using MAMP, but it seems that Sprint is running a NAT. When I query ...
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How can I put the Windows XP firewall into an “allow all” port configuration and only block certain ports?

Without going into too much detail on why I need to do this, I'm trying to put the Windows XP Firewall into an allow all ports configuration, and only deny certain ports I have in a list. I've ...
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pinging wireless clients is gambling

For browsing the internet on all computers in my house, I've setted up a small home network some months ago. Internet works perfectly everywhere, but I have some odd problems with communication ...
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Close SSH connection

I'm using Mac's Terminal App and I know how to connect to an external server via ssh (ssh -l username domain.com). But how do I close the connection once I'm done? Thanks.
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Any software for having a Stereo Mix option in Windows 7 besides VAC?

Virtual Audio Cable is proprietary (no I don't want to be Stallmann), and shareware. I don't mind paying for a good software, but it gives BSOD to a lot of people. Hence it is some kind of 50/50. It ...

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