Desktop computers tend to come in three main parts: the case that contains the actual computer (motherboard, disk drives and power supply), the screen, and the keyboard and mouse. Not usually portable, the computer will sit on or under the desk with the keyboard and monitor on top. Desktop ...
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Vh screen capture alternative
Please advice some desktop capture programm, that emulate a video device and could be used inside other software, in skype, for example. I need something with good performance.
I've used one chinese ...
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Computer loads BIOS, but won't load OS
I have just purchased a brand new motherboard bundle, installed into the old case with the old PSU and the old HDD. I can get into the BIOS, but whenever I try to boot from the HDD, it just sits with ...
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Is it possible to somehow have a panel on the right-hand side?
I recently discovered the Cinnamon desktop. It is an official Linux Mint desktop environment, but I use it on my fedora-17 Linux box. What I miss, however, is the ability to have another panel on the ...
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VNC Black Screen
Two weeks ago I installed centos,gnome,xserver and vnc on my vps.
At first time I could start gnome with "VNC Viewer" but now whene I want start "VNC Viewer" vnc connect to vps fine but I have black ...
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Which is more cheaper a complete installation of IT infrastructure or use a hosted desktop methodology by nay hosted desktop provider? [closed]
I have no knowledge about the Virtual Desktop technology? But I have heard that that is it cheaper than to deploy whole new IT infrastructure with applications. I just want your valuable feedback on ...
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Constrain whole window within desktop borders in OS X Lion
Is there a way in OS X Lion to constrain my application windows to not pass outside the desktop borders?
I hate it when I drag a window away to take a look of a window that's underneath and when I ...
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Can I use my laptops wireless adapter in a desktop
I bought a new desktop computer and my old one will be used in the living room.
It is not very practical to lay a network cable through the living room to the desktop, so I was starting to think about ...
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Two monitors on windows 7. Show desktop background when lock
When I lock computer first monitor shows sign "Press CTRL + ALR + DELETE to unlock", and second is just black. But I saw in some office that second monitor shows the desktop picture. How can I make ...
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slow windows desktop keyboard shortcuts
I've got a couple of shortcuts on my desktop and on some of them I've configured the "Shortcut key" to a keyboard combination. For example I have a shortcut pointing to d:\documents\todo.txt and I've ...
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Windows - Four-Finger Swipe for Spaces (Deskspaces)
Is there a way to add a shortcut while dragging four fingers on the keyboard?
With Elan Smart Pad, my computer can perform certain tasks by a slip of the fingers on the pad (mac style).
The problem ...
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Desktop Configuration: More than 32GB RAM
For Particle Simulations, I considered upgrading my desktop PC. I would be willing to invest into 64GB of RAM, but as I have checked, all desktop motherboards have maximum memory limits of 32GB.
What ...
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Removing dvd drive and bay covers from a Asus Essentio CM6850
I recently picked up an Asus Essentio CM6850 (click the link to see the case I'll be referencing) from Best Buy and really like it. I recently upgraded to a 650w power supply and a Asus Geforce GT 560 ...
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Windows 7 Remote Desktop Connection without a username/password
Remote desktop without a password
The question and answer given above does not seem to work with the 2 computer set-up that I have.
I have managed to get this to work if I use XP as the console and ...
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Windows 7 desktop icons randomly
After reboots, my Windows 7 desktop icons will randomly change size:
I am referring to the icons with a gray border around them. A search has not yielded me a working resolution. How do I fix this?
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Software to 'stick' graphics onto windows desktop
There are plenty of sticky note software out there to put sticky notes on your desktop. But is there anything out there that allows you to do the same with photos? I don't want to just put an icon of ...
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One computer, two desktops?
Can I make my single computer run multiple desktops at the same time.
I need one desktop that will work in the background until I decide to switch back to it from the other regular everyday desktop.
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What's the proper way to unplug a power cord?
Unsure if I'm stating the question correctly, but I know there are warnings against quickly unplugging projectors suddenly because of the damage it can cause to the projector bulb. Is this applicable ...
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Desktops turned into Laptops and these laptops turn into..!!? [closed]
We had only desktop computers in older days and those fat desktop computers turned into laptops. In this form of computers are more flexible, occupies little area and its very easy to move from one ...
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Execute a program by double-clicking the taskbar and/or the desktop, Windows 7
It would be so useful, and not very difficult, because in fact I have Directory Opus installed (a very powerful windows explorer alternative) and it does exactly that, but only by double-clicking the ...
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Serial redirection for a desktop computer
Lets suppose I have a desktop computer. Is there any way (i.e. a PCI card or some kind of software/hardware) through which I can enable the computer to support serial redirection?
By serial ...
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Optiplex 980 wont wakeup
We have a desktop machine that appears to go into sleep mode (sleep is set to never in power options). The user can remote into the desktop from her laptop successfully. Yet, when we move the mouse ...
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DDR2 woes on HP DC7800
My desktop (HP dc7800) has two 1GB DDR3 modules in it, and slot for 2 more.
I tried to add (working) 2x1GB sticks of DDR2, 667, PC5300U. But got angry beeps and no boot. Any ideas?
Current memory: ...
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Motherboards/components to eliminate USB Bandwidth issue
I'm currently running web streaming from a Dell XPS 15 running Windows 7 with a i5 M480 2.67ghz processor and 6gb of ram.
I connect TWO EasyCap DC60+ devices and a TV Tuner to all three of my ...
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Windows XP - who is connected remotely?
Is there any simple way to check who is currently connected to Windows XP computer using command line? Information what I need is in Windows Task Manager/Users.
I need to know Client Name, not just ...
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Dashboard-like functionality for Windows (specifically, a directory list widget with custom sorting)?
Is there a good dashboard-like app for Windows?
I mean the functionality that exists in for example MacOS or KDE, where you press a button, and a fullscreen window appears, on which you can manually ...
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How to automatically add a shortcut for removable media on Windows desktop, like some Linux distros?
I use sometimes some Linux distros, e.g. Ubuntu, and I like the feature they have to add a desktop shortcut to every removable device that is plugged in on desktop - for example, when a DVD is ...
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“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” after computer is idle
Often when I leave my computer for a while (more than about 3 or 4 minutes, at a guess) the graphics driver will crash when I come back to it. The screen goes black for several seconds then comes back ...
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PC Rebooting Without Cause
For the last 2 years or so, my PC has been rebooting itself intermittently. There is no discernable pattern to the reboots, only that they seem most likely when I'm just about to press the "save" ...
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Looking for a portable desktop to play HD video [closed]
A friend of mine is looking for a cheapish desktop to play two HD videos over VGA simultaneously. What options are available. The only requirement is that it have two video output ports and that the ...
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Missing icons/applications in windows 7
I just started a new session on my windows7 laptop to find everythings missing.
My desktop is "empty" and everything in the windows menu seems to be missing. I can reach the apps (like google chrome ...
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Transporting a desktop computer and LCD monitor
I've got a friend who's relocating to another country for work, and he's asked me to help pack his computers. In addition to a bunch of laptops (and their accessories), he's got a single desktop PC ...
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Is there a way to make a zenity dialog modal?
How can I make them modal? With modal I mean: The dialog should block the desktop so the user has only two options: Either cancel the dialog or enter text into it. (I want this basically because new ...
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Desktop computer for GIS and home networking use specifications [closed]
I'm in the market for a new pc/laptop. Portability is not an issue for me, so I'm leaning more towards a desktop, since it will be easier to upgrade specific components at a later stage. The problem ...
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A way to organize desktop icons?
I have already looked at Fences from another SuperUser post, but it doesn't really fit what I am looking for. I have noticed that some laptops (I am a desktop user) come bundled with little ...
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Use Android phone as wireless adapter for Ubuntu desktop
Is there any way I could use my Android phone (rooted) as a wireless adapter for my Ubuntu desktop? Or share the data connection?
edit: Is there any full free ones?
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A Linux desktop with a multi-monitor setup that respects display bounds
I've had problems using a multi-monitor setup on a native installation of Ubuntu using Gnome, namely – when I set up my laptop to be left of my main 23" monitor, I have them aligned so that the bottom ...
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Dell p4 system not showing any display
My Dell P4 Desktop system is not showing display and it smells like some things is burning. It has some small lights at right side of system that shows 1 2 3 4 and an oval shaped drum icon. They on ...
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How can I switch tasks by keyboard search?
For many years, I've used a series of Alt+Tab commands to get the window that I want.
Now that I've gotten the zen of iswitchb in emacs — telling the name of what I want directly — I'd like to do the ...
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Black GUI with minimal desktop icons appeared after powering on my desktop PC
My computer powered on fine but after POST, a dialog box appeared with a red "X" and it gave some sort of warning. It had a long file name, I cannot recollect the entirety of it but it was something ...
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Pre and post actions upon application launch
Is there any way (software) to automatically assign pre and post actions upon launching an application in linux ?
Exaple scanario: I am launching virtualbox. Before that transparently vboxdrv is ...
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Change location of RSS Dynamic Desktops
I'm currently using CCleaner to take care of my computer, but I also have a dynamic desktop background provided by Bing (I'm running Windows 7 HP) - and unfortunately the two conflict. Whenever I ...
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How do I Log on as Administrator using Remote Desktop?
As title says.. How do I logon as Administrator using remote desktop..
I have a laptop and 3 Dekstop PC's all running windows 7 etc.. I can create accounts on my Desktops and connect to them via ...
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Single device that can work as tablet and as desktop PC
I have a macbook pro and an iPad 2. I tried to use iPad 2 for work when I am out of the office but this is not very comfortable since one has to sync documents, not all Os X Lion apps exist for iPad 2 ...
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Display Full File Name on XP Desktop
In Windows XP, if a file name on the Desktop is greater than eight characters, the name is truncated and an ellipsis ("...") appears. Is there anyway to always display the full file name?
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Benefits of clicking Refresh all the time on the Windows desktop
Some people seem to right-click Desktop -> Refresh all the time. They seem to think that it solves computer problems in general, or that one must do it in order to keep the computer working properly. ...
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Which Multiple Desktop Tool should I use on Windows 7? [closed]
Which Multiple Desktop Tool should I use on Windows 7?
Sysinternals Desktops
mdesktop
Dexpot
Virtual Dimension
VirtuaWin
Finestra
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Run SWF files in kiosk mode with dekstop wallpaper as the backgorund
I have some SWF files which are similar to Desktop Toys. I want to run them in full screen mode without borders (kiosk mode) and I want to use a desktop wallpaper as their backgrounds.
Also, I want ...
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Remote Desktop from UNIX to Windows
You know how you can enable x11 forwarding and through putty when you use a program on the remote UNIX machine, the visuals of it (GUI, etc.) appear on your end?
What I'm trying to do is instead of ...
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Bad Graphics card or New Power supply needed?
I've just bought a Radeon HD6870 but when I install it my machine doesn't even POST. I had to get a PCI-E power connector adaptor (2xHDD sockets to PCI-E 6-pin plug) as my 500W power supply only had ...
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Adding events to Google Calendar from Windows desktop app/Chrome extension
I am looking for a desktop software or Google Chrome extension that would allow me to quickly add events to Google Calendar. A perfect application for me would have the ability to launch a dialog box ...
