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Can the MAC address(es) of a Windows XP machine be found in a backup of C:\Documents and Settings\

I recently had a Windows XP laptop stolen I do not know its MAC addresses (wired or wireless) I have managed to retrieve its wireless MAC from the WiFi router it was attached to, but I have no ...
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How to connect a website has only IPv6 address without domain name?

If a server has only IPv6 address without domain name, how can I connect to server from my web-browser?
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Any way to stop Firefox from auto-hiding the address bar?

Sure, having a little extra screen estate is nice, but I use the bar often, and the constant disappearing and reappearing gets on my nerves. Looked through about:config for any options that looked ...
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Which MacOSX e-mail client allows me to set a custom From address?

I use a catch-all domain for my email so that mail to e.g. [insert-whatever]@mydomain.example.com goes to me. So, when I register at some cool site I register as somecoolsite@mydomain.example.com. ...
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What does “ :: ” mean in my connections ? (“TCP local address :: port 49157”)

It says: TCP local address :: port 49157 remote port N/A etc. status listen There are several connections listed under svchost.exe, services.exe, Issas.exe, wininit.exe, system. I have no ...
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Thunderbird - Automatically add all encountered email adresses to address book

When I am sending an email i want thunderbird to use any means necessary to try to autocomplete the email of the recepient... or at least to look into the senders' emails in my inbox... Is that ...
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How to copy addresses from mail message to new message in Thunderbird

Thunderbird 3 on Windows Vista. I sent out an email to a group of persons, all in bcc lines. Now I want to send an email to the same group. How do I copy all addresses from the old message to the ...
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New IP adress with TSOCKS

Ok, so I am using tsocks on my ubuntu machine, i have it all set up so that if i run wget -q -O - checkip.dyndns.org|sed -e 's/.*Current IP Address: //' -e 's/<.*$//' in my normal shell i get my ...
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Do x86 applications use 64 bits addresses in x64 operative systems?

I was wondering... 64bits OSs can run 32bits applications right? Windows use WoW64 to achieve this right? My question is, when these applications are run, does they use 64bits or 32bits addresses? I ...
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What is address aliasing? [closed]

What is address aliasing? How do you do it (general steps)? What are its benefits/disadvantages? Context: Given that we have a bunch of address lines and an address decoder inside of a computer... ...
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what differences and relations are between logical and virtual memory?

I was wondering what differences and relations are between logical and virtual memory? How do their purposes differ? Are the relations and differences the same for logical and virtual addresses?
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understanding Flat memory model and Segmented memory model

I am trying to understand Flat memory model and Segmented memory model. Are Flat memory model and Segmented memory model determined by CPU architecture or OS or both? Or are they not determined by ...
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Is the size of a memory address and size of the address bus related?

My questions are about the relation between the size of an actual/physical address and the size of the address bus. If I understand correctly, the actual/physical address size is determined during ...
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How quickly to find the first IP available in a LAN

Suppose that I am in a LAN with the following parameters: IP: 172.16.20.X NETMASK: 255.255.252.0 GATEWAY: 172.16.20.1 DNS: 172.16.20.1 In order to connect to my LAN, I have to find, ...
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wireless connection switches off--IP address

I have a Lenovo laptop with windows XP and a wireless connection at home. The wireless connection works when initially I switch on the computer. but if I leave it for even 5 minutes, the wireless is ...
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How to fit 3x Radeon 6990s on Mobo

I'm suddenly interested in having 3x Radeon 6990's on one motherboard. This is 6 GPUs total. I am aware that crossfire will only be able to address one of the cards, but I will not be using them for ...
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Multiple VirtualBox guests - ssh into them

I have a Ubuntu VirtualBox host and two Ubuntu guests. I need to be able to ssh into both guests and be able to ssh to/from guest1 and guest2. I'm really stuck. I've tried NAT settings, bridged ...
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Why does my DSL modem list more than one physical address?

OS : Windows XP 32 Modem: Huawei MT882 What little I know, physical address is typically unique for a given network adapter. Why then does ipconfig /all give me more than one physical address listed? ...
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Unable to access contacts in Outlook address book

I just upgraded to Windows 7 and Office 2007 (from 2003). Now, my contacts do not appear as an Outlook address book. The "Show this folder as an email address book" selection in Contacts/Properties is ...
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Windows 7: Address textbox in Windows Explorer

Is it possible to get the address bar in the Explorer windows (such as File->Open dialogue boxes) in MS-Windows 7? I hate having to browse like "Desktop -> Computer -> H: -> . . . . ."
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Change Safari behaviour of Alt + Enter keystroke in address or search bar

How do I change Apple Safari's behaviour of Alt + Enter keystroke in address or search bar? I'm really having problems breaking my habit of using Firefox's Alt+Enter keyboard command in the address ...
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Homework with allocate subnet IP address

I'm having difficulty solving a subnet allocation homework problem. Assume that a university has an address block 128.205.224.0/19. It has to allocate addresses for 2 departments' networks, each of ...
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MAC Address help

Okay, so I have officially tried every solution to an issue I can think of. I have even tried 3 distributions of LINUX, with still the same issue. [even bought Windows 7]. I have been trying to ...
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Dynamic to static internal IP address (Snow Leopard server)

I purchased a new Mac mini server, since my old iMac, which was a server pretty much died. My problem is this. How do I change my internal IP address for my mac mini server to a static address, like ...
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Dynamic IP address issue

My internet provider provide me with dynamic IP address, also often I use GPRS/3G internet access that also set up me dynamic IP address. Administration part of the site I need access always checks ...
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How information is stored?

In the old times 8 bit information and 8 bit computers got along well There was an ASCII of 8 bits so a single byte is a single char and a single and whole position in memory/disk then came 16 bit, ...
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How to access a site you host from within your own network?

I have web site being hosted on my computer, so that mysite.com is served from one of my machines. However, even though everyone else can access this site normally, if I type its name (or, indeed, any ...
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Hard Disk Fragment Labels?

how are the blocks of information on a hard drives labeled? do they follow a specific numbered scheme for each block? if a hard drive is fragmented, what are the labels or addresses of the parts ...
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Memory addresses on disk

If i had 160 GB of hard drive on a 32 bit OS what is the largest possible memory address? and if a 32 bit pointer can map upto 4 GB of memory how is it possible to map an address above 4 GB?
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PC Safari Dropdown Site List

please excuse me if this is too easy and i just havent looked in the right places. the issue is this: when i use safari, i havent found a drop down list like you have on IE addresbar. in IE you can ...
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Adding addresses to ActiveDirectory with Thunderbird

We use a Windows 2003 server and XP stations. The server's LDAP is working ok, as I am able to retrieve the addresses it contains with Thunderbird. I'd like to be able to ADD an address to the ...
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Chrome Equivalent of %s address bar trick in Firefox

I was curious if there was an equivalent technique in Chrome to do address bar param string replacement like you can do in Firefox. If you create a bookmark and put a %s in the bookmark URL/address ...
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http in web browser address bar

If we type a domain name in web browser address bar, How it will be add default ? Ex. If i type linkedin.com in web browser address bar, How it will be add www and http:// ----- ex : ...
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Can you convert an address to a zip code in a spreadsheet?

Given a column of street addresses with city and state but no zip in a spreadsheet, I'd like to put a formula in a second column that yields the ZIP code. Do you know a way to do this? I'm dealing ...
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Address bar changes in mozilla and Internet exlorer when press Ctrl+Enter

Hai Guys, My address bar changes when i give google and press Ctrl+Enter , it changes to something like ...
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What do these remote addresses, local addresses, and states in TCPview mean?

I have been using TCPview lately to see what connections are made by different processes on my PC. Would somebody please explain what the following situations mean? Thanks. TCP Local Address: ...
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Website URL hiding/hiding file

Some websites, no matter what page you're on, always just show their domain name in the address bar and nothing else. And many show the folders, e.g. http://superuser.com/questions/ask, but don't show ...
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Zenbe.com free mail service still remaining free? [closed]

I made my email which I today use as my main email address when Zenbe.com was back then in beta state. Now out of curiosity I went to their page and to my shock they offer the email service as paid ...
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How can I make Outlook 2007 be quicker when figuring out email addresses?

Normally when I'm sending an email I type in the first part of the recipient's address or their name in the to: line and move on to the subject/email. Back in the ol' 2003 days Outlook would ...