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CPU overheating after cleaning it
I wanted to clean my computer CPU heatsink and fan itself, because the temperature is not what I wanted. About (50C ~ 70C). I have Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @1.8 GHz (LGA775).
The heatsink wasn't so ...
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Can the bitterant in most canned air cause harm to my computer?
I need to clean the dust out of my computer. Previously, I have used canned air, but it seems now I cannot find any without a bitterant to prevent inhalant abuse. I just bought a can that says it is ...
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If I use Ccleaner regularly, will it damage or reduce the life time of hard disk?
I found Ccleaner is very useful to clean all unnecessary data on hard drive and wipe out free space, But what makes it different from normal delete to secure delete? And I wounder what it will do on ...
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I washed my USB drive. Any long-term risks?
I accidentally left a USB flash drive in my clothes, which was then washed with my laundry. This was a colored load, hot water.
The drive survived just fine and was very clean. All data was still ...
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Cleaning flat screens (laptop, TV, etc, NOT touchscreens) [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to clean a laptop screen?
That's not a technical question, but a practical one : How do you clean your monitor, or modern flat screens in general (laptop, tv, etc.) ...
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Cleaning the sticky keys of a touchpad on a laptop [closed]
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Unpacking a laptop touchpad to clean it
How do I access and clean the area around my laptop's touchpad?
I accidentally got some apple juice under my laptop keys. It was ...
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How to “clean” a PSD file before publishing?
I want to upload .psd (Photoshop CS5) files to a subversion repository, and since the format seems so... comprehensive (or maybe just bloated and convoluted), I'd like to just publish the core of the ...
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Friend wants to return an iMac with Lion in it. How does he remove his personal info / do clean install?
I have a Mac, but not Lion, and it seems like a lot has changed with Lion.
He wants to return the computer. I told him doing a clean install will make it like new, but he says you can't download a ...
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Is there such a concept as “dead thumbnails” in Windows?
I realised that in disk cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) there is an item "Thumbnails":
Windows keeps a copy of all of your picture, video, and document thumbnails so they can be displayed quickly when ...
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Dusting Laptop keyboard
Is there a way to temporarily disable a laptop's keyboard in order to clean/dust it off, other than having to turn off the computer?
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Why My Hi-Tech Chemical Compound Lost Its Full Effectiveness? [closed]
I have bought this thing a month ago:
It is so far best dust cleaner that i have ever used and all was well until i left it out of its package for half day. Then it became sturdy and could be ...
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Touchpad on MacBook is shiny?
I noticed that the touchpad was getting a little shiny on the middle-most part. I just want to know if there's a way to clean this and restore the laptop to its previous texture? If there's no way to ...
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Do different disks have different system restore points?
I was wondering if I install programs in both C:\ drive and D:\ drive, are there separate system restore points for each disk?
For example if I run cleanmgr.exe I can select either C:\ or D:\ drive:
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Windows 7 strange large files and missing capacity
i need your help.
In
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\System32
i found this
file __rar_01.006
and it's size is 1,7GB!!! can i delete it?
and more:
if i trying ...
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Cleaned computer and hard disk doesn't spin up anymore
I took my dad's computer apart and cleaned out all the dust today and now the hard disk doesn't spin up anymore. It's an IDE hard disk and it was working fine before. When I boot up, the BIOS says: No ...
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Is it okay to vacuum a laptop keyboard?
Is it okay to vacuum a laptop keyboard? Would it cause any damage?
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How to find and remove “spicy” media files from my PC
I have an embarrassing problem: during my younger and wilder days, I used to download a certain type of movie clips and pictures. The combination of youthful foolishness and a couple of beers ...
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Method/product for cleaning cigarette smoke off of LCDs?
OK, I admit I am a smoker. Im trying to quit, its hard though...
So I have several LCD monitors that have accumulated grime from cigarette smoke over the years. Every so often I take a soft cloth ...
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Is there any methods of “unyellowing” old beige PC parts?
I have some (really) old PC parts that I would like to repurpose for fun. However the beige plastic on some of them has yellowed due to heat or sun exposure. Is there any way to restore them back to ...
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Windows 7 and large Installer Folder [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Windows 7: Can files located in C:\Windows\Installer be deleted?
Is it safe to delete from C:\Windows\Installer?
This is on Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
My ...
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Can I wash an old cherry keyboard in a dishwasher? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I put keyboards in the dishwasher?
I found a mechanical cherry keyboard (That looks A LOT like the IBM Model M but isn't) but it is disgustingly filthy, all keys and ...
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Tips for cleaning touch screen
Is cleaning a touch screen LCD any different to cleaning normal LCD?
Should one avoid using window cleaner solutions as well?
Is distilled water and microfiber the only recommended method?
Touch ...
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Windows Installer Cleanup Utility retired, alternative?
So the Windows\installer folder (and the WinSxS folder, but that's another story) is eating up quite a LOT of space on my hdd. Windows Installer Cleanup utility was the tool of the trade before, but ...
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Is it safe to delete the Windows logs folder?
Is it safe to delete the contents of the following Windows logs folder: C:\Windows\Logs (OS: Windows Vista)
Directory of c:\Windows\Logs
10-02-2009 21:23 <DIR> .
10-02-2009 ...
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Cleaning a keyboard of oil?
How does one remove oil, lubricant, or the liquid from a snow globe from the plastic sheets (with conductive traces) of a keyboard?
Originally, I didn't think that the liquid was conductive, or not ...
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Linux HPLIP mess after installation of the drivers
I have purchased HP OfficeJet 4500 Wireless. In order to install it, i followed the instructions for installing HPLIP here: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html
Everything ...
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How to get pasta sauce out of your keyboard [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to clean a keyboard
Possible Duplicate:
How can laptop keyboard keys be removed and replaced?
I was eating lasagna and it spilled all over the keyboard. ...
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Das Keyboard: M key stopped working properly
I have a das keyboard where the M key doesn't respond very well anymore, it is a bit random really..
Any ideas on how to clean the contact of the key so it should become more responsive again?
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How many cans of compressed air does it take to clean a computer? [closed]
Does it take more than 1 can of compressed air to clean out a desktop PC? I know it will "probably depend on the level of dust", etc, but how many do you use, on average? Or will one can do more than ...
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Suck or blow? What's better for dust?
The guy at the local PC hardware store told me it's better to use a small hand-held leaf blower to blow dust out of your PC case than a hand-held vacuum cleaner. Why is this? I understand that fans ...
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Clean my Windows 7 of software remains
does anybody know a tool which cleans windows 7 out of old folders which remained in C:\ after uninstalling a software.
For example I removed VS 2005 years ago and still have some folders under ...
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what is a good utility to “clean” up my Mac? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Cleaning Up Mac OS X
I recently read about MacKeeper, a utility to optimize, clean up, secure, etc..., your Mac. I think this is a cool idea but I don't want to pay for ...
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What's the best way to get ants out of laptop keyboards?
What's the best way to gets ants out of a laptop?
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How to effectively clean a keyboard [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to clean a keyboard
My keyboard used to look so clean and shiny (when I bought it). Now it looks dull, old, dusty.
How do I clean between the buttons and is there a ...
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Cleaning inside of computers (hardware)? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I clean dust from a computer?
I don't have any of the air pressure bottles so lacking that I looked around. I have one of those silk (or something) cloths that ...
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Windows Application Sandboxing or Virtualization
For a new development task, I will have to use Microsoft Windows (I haven't used Windows for several years). Normally, I run different applications in several virtual machines. With Windows this ...
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How do I safely remove keys from a keyboard?
I have a custom key I want to use on my new Deck keyboard, but I'm unclear how to safely remove existing keys from the keyboard without damaging them in the process.
Should I use a special tool? A ...
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Do I risk destroying the fan if I use a vacuum cleaner on my laptop?
To get rid of dust that had gathered near the fan, I put a vacuum cleaner to the air intake (with the computer turned off).
This removed the dust.
It also caused the fan to rotate at a fairly high ...
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What files and/or directories can be removed from a Windows XP install without breaking anything?
This is after installation (I haven't got the option of nLite or similar tools to slim the install disc).
I'll be taking a hard disk image (using Norton Ghost running off a BartPE CD). To be exact, ...
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Is it safe to delete the Isolated Storage folders?
I've found a lot of files in this folder:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\assembly
These files seem to be used for Isolated Storage. Are they safe to delete?
If so, how do I delete them? I do ...
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cleaning an inspiron 500 m [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you clean your laptop?
I have been running my inspiron 500 m in a very dusty (plaster dust) environment. I would like to remove the bottom cover and clean the ...
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Cleaning Up Mac OS X
Besides doing a fresh install, does anyone have any tips for uncluttering Mac OS X? I install and uninstall a fair few apps and find that after a while things start to chug. I was hoping there might ...
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Useful Computer cleaning tools (Software) [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Good software for cleaning the computer?
At my work we have a lot of old computers. To clean them I usually use CCleaner and a regular defrag. But is this enough?
What ...
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How do I clean my ThinkPad's keyboard and palm rest?
I have a Lenovo W500 and the keyboard and palm rest are getting dirty and shiny. Pedantic as I am, I'd like to clean it. I read that disassembling and removing those parts is easy. I couldn't find how ...
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Isopropyl okay to use on MacBook screen?
I've always used a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and distilled water to clean my computer screens (50% water and 50% * 70% isopropyl). From what I understand, these are exactly the same ingredients ...
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Clean up installation after incomplete / interrupted setup
The setup of an arbitrary application was interrupted, and the name of it does not appear in the "Add or Remove Program" list. I've tried to use the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility from Microsoft ...
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How to delete old songs in iTunes that are not linked to actual file on my disk?
Some sub-folders from my iTunes music folder have been deleted from my hard drive, but are still present into my iTunes library (with a "!" sign next to it, showing me that there is a problem with ...
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When is it safe to let Revo Uninstaller cleanup leftovers?
I have been a user of Revo Uninstaller (free) for sometime and find it does a very good cleanup job with typical applications. Today I wanted to clean up my machine a bit more so I proceeded to remove ...
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Reimage PC: Myth or Fact to speeding up a slow PC?
I have a 4-5 year old PC running Windows XP for software development at work. It struggles to run all development tools I need at the same time. Management feels I need to reimage my computer to ...
