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Is There A Way To Calculate Data In Task Manager?

Something takes a lot of RAM and i want to know what. I have list of running processes and need to know the sum of all of them because "In Use" does not help me to determine what takes most RAM: I ...
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strange behaviour with last edit (date) on files, after a copy on different place

Time ago I've copied some file from laptop to a micro sd hc (32gb, kingston). Than, later, I copied the same file to external HD, and copied them on my new Desktop PC. Both system have Windows 7 ...
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Monitoring Amazon s3 data transfer [migrated]

I'm hosting a few files on Amazon s3. These are just images for my website. Lately the traffic to my website has been growing. I'd like to monitor my data transfer from s3. How can I do this? I've ...
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How to view a delimiter-separated-value file in Emacs with highlighting helpful for reading?

How to view a delimiter-separated-value file in Emacs with highlighting helpful for reading? Ideally the delimiter character/string should be customizable. If Emacs can't do, any other tool ...
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Data transmission using TCP/IP [closed]

When a file is sent over Internet in the form of packets of data, and when it travels through cable wires, fibre optics, or wireless device, how exactly it is sent in binary form? For example, what ...
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Encrypt a file without common tools [closed]

I am guessing this probably has a really long answer, so feel free to give a little explanation, with a link to a helpful article, tutorial or w.e How can I encrypt a file without using one of those ...
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Is data recovery from an old pre-ATA 5.25" hard disc drive possible? [closed]

I have an really old 5.25 hard drive I pulled from its computer for a backup a long time ago and forgot about it. I've just come across it I would like to retrieve what is on it. The cable connector ...
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What is the best way to set up an impressive front page for a Microsoft Excel Workbook that references specific data within the individual worksheets?

I have created a very quick CMDB (Configuration Management Database) within excel and it has different worksheets that refer to laptops, desktops, printers etc. I want a front sheet that I can brand ...
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Methods to save data when browsing the internet with a desktop-based browser?

I'm sometimes in situations where I have a 200MB data limit on internet usage with my laptop. I was wondering what tips and tricks might exist to use very low data from a desktop browser like Chrome ...
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Excel 2010 Data Input Forms

I am not very familiar with DIF in Excel 2010, I need some assistance. We are trying to create 3 sheets for a game tournament we are running involving only 3 players (it works trust me :)). I would ...
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What happens when a file download is cancelled?

I have often wondered this. If I attempt to download a large file, but get bored half way (let's say 50% downloaded) through and cancel the download, what happens to the 50% of the data that was ...
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How to search for newline or linebreak characters in Excel?

I've imported some data into Excel (from a text file) and it contains some sort of newline characters. It looks like this initially: If I hit F2 (to edit) then Enter (to save changes) on each of the ...
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Use Excel to select the most recent row from a CSV?

I have a CSV that starts with a date/time field and I need to import, and select the most recent row and refer to it in my formulas. I'm experimenting with Pivot Tables, and just now Rank and ...
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What is the best way to manually edit and update data within a large table in MS SQL Server?

I have a table in MS SQL server which currently has around 800 records and 20 columns. I want to manually update and add to the information within this table on a frequent basis. Would exporting the ...
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How do I remove the remnants of data from my C: drive?

I have installed Cygwin software which contains C++ and c compiler, debugger and some more things. Later on I decided to install all what Cygwin contains in itself. But I run out of memory on C: disk. ...
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How do I transfer/download quicken data into checkbookfree?

i am new to android and tablets. I am trying to put my quicken checkbook on my Toshiba tablet. i am trying to use checkbookfree. How can i get my data from the pc to the tablet? I have tried a ...
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Is it possible to store arbitrary data in an image file?

Is it possible to store arbitrary data such as documents or a program in the form of an image file, such as a PNG image? My concern is that someone could encode data for use by malware into an image ...
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Dynamic data validation in Excel

On my first sheet I have all my options: A B ============= yellow DOG Green DOG PINK DOG YELLOW CAT Pink CAT black BIRD RED BIRD On my next sheet I want: Animal ...
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Why is Data Recovery(undeleting files) not used to make disk bigger?

From what I understand even if I delete file, format disk and many times write different files in the same place(there are applications that do that) the file can still be undeleted. If that is true ...
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What's a good disk test that uses random data?

I'm trying to test a linux driver, and I need a test like bonnie or dbench, but I need it to send random data. I'm trying to find corruption bugs, and if every write is all zeros I can't tell when I ...
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Excel scatter graph line only “connects data points with line” even with #N/A in source cells?

Excel scatter graph line only "connects data points with line" even with #N/A in the source cells. I have tried using different scatter graph line types but all interpolate the data over the ranges ...
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Data being stolen from my server from IP address owned by large US corporation. What to do besides blocking them? [closed]

My webserver was hit by 3 different IP addresses all owned by a large US corporation (Large Borg like Software company). While I have controls in place to detect and stop these attempts at data theft ...
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Cannot access files in User Directory of HDD

I have connected a laptop HDD to my desktop via a USB cradle. I can navigate all the directories and read all the files except in the User folder, which is where all the files I need to access are ...
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Which wiki toolkit has the greatest support for data freedom?

Our dev team has poured a lot of knowledge into a Sharepoint wiki. The experience has made me a convert to the core ideas of a wiki - ease of link/page creation, metadata, search tools, versioning, ...
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Graph-like data editor tool?

Is there any unified editor program for creating, mainpulating and visualizing graphs, trees... or maybe any custom structured data. The accent is on editing, not visualization, i.e. not a drawing ...
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Want to use a Linux machine to clean Safeboot encrypted Windows HDs

I work in IT, and we constantly get PCs that are infected with viruses. For our desktop HDs, I simply snap the HDs into a USB dock on my Mac and run various AV against the data - then copy the data ...
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Updated a program and lost the previous settings file .tsi

After installing an update to traktor pro i lost all my settings files, 6 tsi files in total i ran data rescue 3 and had the program learn the tsi format, but it still has not found any of them!! can ...
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What is a good, high quality data rate for mp4? [closed]

I am exporting a 720p at 30 fps video from Final Cut Pro 6 using quicktime conversion. It has a field for data rate with no presets. What is a high mp4 quality data rate (in kbps) that isn't grainy?
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Media Sanitation

What is considered the minimum amount of overwrites to sanitize media? For example; there are 1, 2, 3, 7, and 35 overwrites methods to make data irrecoverable. Using standard recovery methods (such ...
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Chrome crashed without providing “Restore” button

I've been using Chrome, then it crashed. If I restart the computer and reopen Chrome, there will be a Restore button. But what actually happened was that I restarted in Safe mode, and when I reopen ...
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Seagate FreeAgent Portable Drive suddenly doesn't want to open

I have a Seagate FreeAgent Portable Drive. It was fine yesterday night when I was using it but this morning when I plugged it in, my computer didn't autoplay it and when I clicked it on the computer, ...
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Copy data from PC secretly to USB /Portable Hard disk?

Can you name any free ware by using which you can copy specific data automatically when you plug in the USB or Portable Hard Drive secretly without alerting the Anti Virus or Malware ? I know one ...
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Options for high speed data transfer between two computers

What are my options for quickly transferring a large amount of data (videos, pictures, PDFs etc) between two computers? Currently I have to copy from the first computer to an external hard drive, and ...
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Data entry from a scanned hand written form

I have scanned forms which need to be filled out (by hand). This information needs to be manipulated and analysed in excel (or another database). I can organise for the forms to be tick boxes and ...
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using outlook 2010 my contacts are not associated with “address book” when using email

I'm using Outlook 2010 on a new computer and I have successfully migrated "my contacts" data from my old to new compiter but when using "mail" my address book is empty. I.e., when I click on the TO ...
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Where is a Web Query stored in an excel file?

I have a Web Query looking at a site for data, and it gets the table selection wrong. Viewing source of the linked to web page I am able to identify the correct table. In an Excel Web Query you are ...
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What kind of software can be used for SSD Data Recovery?

Can data be recovered from SSD's? Can I use regular data recovery software to do it?
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How can I take advantage of Full Disk Encryption used on SSDs?

Both my OCZ Vertex 2 240GB (with it's SF-1200 series controller) and my Intel SSD 320 support full disk AES encryption. I would like to use BitLocker on this laptop to prevent data theft, but ...
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Web page /method to convert Degrees, Minutes and Seconds to Decimal degrees

I need a web page, software or any other method where I can provide a list (of about 10000) location points in D°M'S" (latitude and longitude) and get the equivalent value in decimal degrees (e.g., ...
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Computer won't boot up: “hal.dll is missing or corrupt”

I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me out. I'm in desperate need to recover my data, and I really do not know where to begin. This is my old PC (HP Pavilion M7480N media center, Windows ...
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Software that organizes media, data, bookmarks which creates a website?

Is there any software that combines all the data, media catalog and organize work with creating a website as a result? A website which allows you to manage your own data, describe or add notes to ...
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Keeping track of all web usage in a program

Is there a program that watches your transmission and reception of data and saves it to a referable file?
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Selecting all data in Excel column regardless of size

I have a repetitive process that I must do in Excel for test data collected. I have to do this process for every data point I collect. I collect over 200 data points each test. My data is auto ...
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Splitting data into multiple series' in Excel Graph

I have data from a csv formatted as such: StartTime EndTime Duration Type --------- ------- -------- ---- 43:04.7 43:06.9 2200 long 43:06.9 43:08.7 1825 middle 43:08.7 ...
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Best and most reliable way to permanently store personal data [closed]

I am trying to find the best and most reliable way to store the ever-growing gigabytes of personal data (pictures, videos, projects, accounts, the list can go on and on!). Over the last few years I ...
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Is there a setting to make Recuva skip a bad sector of a HDD after a certain amount of time?

Is there a setting to make Recuva skip a bad sector of a HDD after a certain amount of time? If not, is there a free data recovery tool that will do that and recover the files as well?
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WD mybook Windows with Mac partition over the top. Is the windows information lost?

This is the worst technological day of my life, First my macbooks harddrive crashes. I try to use my friends Windows formatted hard drive (1.1TB used of 2TB) to make a mac partition to backup an image ...
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What is the difference between a kibibyte, a kilobit, and a kilobyte?

This question got me wondering about the differences between these three ways of measuring size: a kibibyte, a kilobit, and the conventional kilobyte. I understand that these measurements have ...
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Excel: How do I reference an entire row except for a couple of cells?

I want to be able to sum together the values of an entire row except for the first 2 cells. So something like this: =sum(A3:A*infinity*) How do I do this?
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Save Raw Image Data As Image

So, being the curious person that I am, I opened a PNG image in Notepad. I got this: ‰PNG IHDR ‰ sRGB ®Îé gAMA ±üa pHYs à ÃÇo¨d ...

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