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Only 2 USB hard drives recognized when 3 connected in Windows 7
I've got 3 hard drives (with power supply, USB 2.0 and 3.0). They are all recognized by Windows7 x64 when they're plugged in individually, or when 2 of them are plugged in at the same time (on any of ...
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MAC address based VLAN: How to get the MAC address of a newly attached device?
I am in a network that determines by the MAC address of attached devices to which VLAN the used switch port has to be set to.
For regular devices that use DHCP the MAC address can be simply ...
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Is my data safe if the BIOS lists my USB hard drive as a CD-ROM drive?
I have a USB flash stick which is determined to be a USB hard drive in the BIOS. I also have a real USB hard drive, which is determined by the same BIOS as a USB CD-ROM drive.
What does this depend ...
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How to tell if a Windows 7 re-install disk (and subsequent installation) is OEM or not?
How do I tell if a Windows 7 re-install disk is OEM (and subsequent installation) or not?
Can I explore the disk to look for a certain file or setting. And once installed can I go into the control ...
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How can I detect the amount of memory slots I have?
I know that there used to be a Corsair memory detection tool, but I can no longer find it. I didn't find anything when searching Google.
I would like to scan my machine to know a few things:
How ...
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Is there a way to get processor details without using information from bios?
With Linux, is there a way to retrieve the processor model without taking information from bios? I don't know which processor is really mounted. I want to set up the right processor timing, but I ...
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2-Bay External HDD Enclosure in JBOD mode fails to detect both drives (Linux & Windows)
I recently purchased a couple of USB 3.0 External HDD Enclosures to use for storage and backup; the idea was to have one act as backup to the other, with 4 x 3TB drives in total. However, the second ...
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Why my Seagate 1 TB 7200.12 desktop HD isn't detected
I purchased a new seagate 1tb barracuda 7200.12 hard drive 1 month ago and i had installed it
successfully , i am using that drive from last 1 month and i had no problems with that.
but yesterday when ...
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Detect URL connection attempt by desktop application
A user is using Autodesk Project Vasari 2, which provides training videos. The videos are blocked by the corporate firewall.
Is there a method I can use to find out what URLs the application is ...
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How to auto detect text file encoding?
There are many plain text files which were encoded in variant charsets.
I want to convert them all to UTF-8, but before running iconv, I need to know its original encoding. Most browsers have an ...
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My USB drive is not working. What options do I have?
I have Windows XP SP2 on an Intel motherboard with a P4 processor. All of its USB ports are malfunctioning. When I connect a speaker, mouse or anything through those USB ports, they are working fine. ...
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Run batch file when USB drive detected
How can I configure my PC to execute a batch file every time any USB drive is inserted? I would like to use regedit, if possible.
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Detect batch output presence
I've got a daily scheduled .bat batch script that runs Fossil, and automatically commits that day's changes to my projects' source tree. Now I've set it to run every day, including the weekends, ...
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Ram detection issues (12gb) on X58 Asus p6t deluxe motherboard (6 x 2gb ddr3 dimms)
I've been using this ASUS p6t deluxe + i7 920 + 3x2gb G Skill DDR3 1333 for more than 2 years without any issue.
A few months ago, I added 3 more dimms, the exact same brand and model, bought from ...
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Perform action when external lcd is attached or removed from Windows 7 laptop
My netbook running Windows 7 Starter seems to know when I attach or remove my external monitor. But I'm wondering if there is some way to attach a script or action when these events are detected by ...
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Extractor Information program by detecting syntactic patterns
I wonder if there is a program that helps you automatically extract information by setting syntactic patterns and save it in a base data.
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Can a program/browser detect the usage of vpn to bypass international restrictions?
Can a program or a browser script detect that I am using a VPN to bypass international restrictions if I use the "create new network VPN" on windows 7?
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Count BW / color pages in PDF
I have a 100 page PDF document that I need to print.
My print shop needs to be told which pages contain color.
I don't want to scan manually.
Is there a program that detects pages with color and can ...
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I need motion detection on a RTSP stream
I have my camera streaming through VLC using a separate (slower) computer because my iMac is too far from the window. I was curious if there was software that could take streaming video and watch it ...
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Bluetooth Mouse not detected after a reboot
When I couple my Bluetooth Mouse, it works fine, even when I put my laptop to sleep and wake it.
When I reboot my laptop, my Bluetooth Mouse is listed in Devices and Printers but does not function.
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Install-free app to get mobo model + Windows version?
I need users to send information about their PC, including hardware (motherboard model) and software (Windows version, including SP + .Net).
Ideally, I'd like to get this information through a web ...
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Smart methods to detect problems with computers
Especially when helping someone remotely it is sometimes difficult to identify any possible problems. I very much liked the idea of repeatedly pressing NumLock to determine if the keyboard is working ...
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How to detect OS of remote server?
I used an online tool, more than one year ago, that let me check which operating system was running a remove server by providing its URL. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of that webpage.
So, ...
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Graphic Card - Due to malfunction, monitor shows grainy lines and dots
How can I check that the graphic card has developed the fault?
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MP3 Album Detection
I see how many applications like MusicMatch, detects (only introducing a music CD) wich albums it is. I think that it uses songs duration... but, anyone knows how it is done for sure??
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Why does Ubuntu 10.04 not see my hard drives?
I am trying to install Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 64bit to a new machine.
mobo = gigabyte x58a-ud3r
cpu = i7 930
ssd = Kingston 64GB V+
hhd = wd 1tb black
When the installation gets to the prepare ...
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iTunes can't see iPhone after reinstalling Leopard
My Mac hard disk died, so I replaced it and installed OS X Leopard 10.5.8. Problem now, iTunes doesn't see my iPhone 3GS at all. iPhoto works just fine, but iTunes is blind. I have too much info on my ...
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Windows 7 does not detect my new hard drive?
I just built a really nice new PC.
Some specs...
Intel i7-930 CPU
ASRock Extreme X58 motherboard with sata 3 and USB 3.0
12gb of G-Skill DDR3 RAM
80gb Intel G2 Solid state drive for Windows 7 and ...
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Windows 7 vs. HP 3050 multifunction, adding scanner device on network IP
Customer has HP 3050 multifunction. PC is running Windows 7 x64, at IP 10.50.4.x and multifunction is at 10.50.3.1.
Went into devices and printers in Windows 7 control panel, and tried to add ...
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SATA controller installed but not working? (No drives show up/Don't see card's BIOS)
I have an old Promise FastTrak S150 TX4 SATA controller card. I put it in an old machine running Windows Server 2003. I booted the machine. The new hardware was detected. I installed the drivers. ...
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How do I do a detect and repair in outlook 2007?
I have been having issues with outlook 2007 sending mails... I want to detect and repair it...
Anyone who have done this....
Have you tried running Detect and Repair in 2007? I haven't been able to ...
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Detect HTML5 usage
Is it possible to check if a website uses HTML5 elements (and which ones)?
For example I know Youtube uses the <video> element, but does it use some other elements as well?
I've tried reading ...
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Mac OS X - detect file system read
I want to know what files a specific application is trying to access on my disk. I know that you can use fs_usage, but this outputs events from all applications. I know that you can target a single ...
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DVD-ROM: Pioneer DVD-115GA not being detected
Specs to put things in context:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.00 GHz / 2 x 512 MB PC-3200 DDR RAM / 160 GB IDE HDD / 128 MB GeForce 6200 AGP / FIC AM37 / Windows XP Pro SP3
So this computer is actually an ...
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How can I make a manual Apache server installation on Ubuntu be detected by other programs?
I just manually installed the Apache HTTPD 2.2.14 server in Ubuntu following these instructions (and using all default options). Since I did the manual installation, once I tried installing passenger ...
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Firefox extension that detects or monitors a page for certain text and then redirects
I'm looking for a Firefox add-on that can detect or monitor a webpage for certain text or words and redirect to another predetermined page if found.
So basically, when someone surfs the web, and they ...
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Any free programs to check OS version, browser and screen resolution
I am looking for a small, preferably free tool which my non-techie customer can download on their machine and when run, it gives them following
OS Name version
Browser name, version
Screen ...
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Detecting man-in-the-middle attacks?
There seem to be many possible ways to create man-in-the-middle attacks on public access points, by stealing the access point's local IP address with ARP spoofing. The possible attacks range from ...
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Force Mac to detect displays?
I have a Mac mini in a somewhat complex home-theatre setup. Often the Mac won't correctly recognize the TV as a display. The TV will just report "No signal". There are two methods to recover from ...
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WiFi Access Identification
Is it possible for anyone to detect your IP address or particular location in a given area when you are accessing the Internet using their WiFi?
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Image Classification - Detecting an image is cartoon-like
I have a large amount of jpeg thumbnail images ranging in size from 120x90 to 320x240 and I would like to classify them as either Real Life-like or Cartoon-like.
Are there any applications that will ...
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Is driver detection software like Driver Detective any good?
One thing I seem to be doing often after reinstalling or updating Windows on a new machine is searching fruitlessly for drivers, especially video and audio drivers. I often have found software like ...
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Tools / Applications to detect altered photos
What are some applications to detect altered / photoshopped images? I'm looking at a used item online and get the feeling the seller touched-up the photos (he's a graphics designer, found out from ...
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Disk boot failures (Vista)
I have been having intermittent boot failures on my 3-year old pc lately. When I power it up, it sometimes can't detect my primary harddisk (SATA, and it is a Maxtor), and I get an error like 'DISK ...
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How do I find the codec for an AVI?
How can I find which codec an AVI file needs? A method that does not require downloading a program would be preferred (such as looking at the file in notepad).
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How do I detect when a user is sitting in the chair in front of a computer?
I am interested in detecting when a user is actually sitting down in a chair in front of a computer. The presence of the user affects many scheduling and user notification decisions that need to be ...
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OS X rootkit/spyware scanners?
For OS X, I have discovered Rootkit Hunter recently and liked the functionality. What other rootkit/spyware scanners for os x have been developed that are available for use?
