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Boot from flash drive then start VirtualBox
I want to put a very small OS on a flash drive with minimum necessary requirements for running VirtualBox 64 bit machines. Can I make it with Tiny Linux or something similar?
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A portable utility to access SMBus data?
Is there a free utility that could display System Management Bus data (such as cpu temperature) and does not require install?
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Portable file association for USB sticks?
I have a usb stick with PortableApps that I carry around between different places.
But one thing that annoys me, is when I open a file (such as *.flv or *.html), either Windows says it is unsupported ...
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Corrupted hard drive. Want to format it, but want to copy a image (of the corrupted) as a backup
My hard drive just corrupted again (think it because i didn't eject via Windows because it wouldn't let me, no programs was using files on the drive either).
I've recovered some files but got a lot ...
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Portable HDD keeps corrupting? popup “format this drive to use it etc”
I've got a ADATA Superior SH93 (500GB) for a while now. Formatted as NTFS. And within the first week two times the drive got corrupted (asks me to format it to be able to use it, although it was ...
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Fresh windows 7 install FROM a USB portable HD / Passport HD [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Windows 7 from a USB Hard Drive
I have a portable HD and i want to install windows 7 from it as i have no USB or cd to work with. Is this do-able?
I have so ...
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Fresh windows 7 install FROM a portable HD / Passport HD [closed]
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Install Windows 7 through USB Drive?
I have a portable HD and i want to install windows 7 from it as i have no USB or cd to work with. Is this do-able?
I have so far ...
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What is the name for portable computers with screen sizes below 10.1 inches? [closed]
I am looking for a portable computer with a screen size less than 10.1 inches but have difficulty searching for it. I believe that it is due to the fact that I do not know the correct name of the ...
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Is it possible to extract contents of a ThinApp container?
Is there possible to extract such packages made by somebody else.
Ok, so if there is no general way of extracting such archives, which can be a huge exe file or tiny exe starter with huge packed ...
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Windows media encoder - or equivalent - portable
For recording the screen actions and voice I used Windows Media Encoder which did a great job. Now I intent to do the same recording in an environment where I do not have administrative rights, and ...
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How can I prevent a portable Chromium from saving settings to the hard disk?
I have a USB flash drive with a nightly version of Chromium on it. It's meant to run on somebody's computer without the need of installing Chromium on it.
The problem is that it's still saving the ...
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Maintaining “Portability” Between Linux and Windows 7
I am using the following ways in my office's Windows 7 machine to maintain my "portabilibity" when disaster strikes and I need to switch computer while I have no luxury of time for reinstalling all my ...
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Autostart on USB-Stick connect - Kubuntu
I am currently using a portable version of Keepass on my USB Stick. Now I am searching for a way to automatically start that when I connect my USB Stick to my machine.
The Stick already gets ...
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Is there a portable (non-su) file sync application for linux?
On my own machine, I use unison, but I need a different solution for my machine @work.
I have no superuser permissions and dropbox et al. are blacklisted.
The only thing I can use is a USB stick. ...
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Portable C compiler for Windows on USB stick
I am looking for a portable C compiler to run from an USB stick on Windows (XP or higher).
If it's a GCC portable version, that's a plus. If it's also (optionally) a C++ compiler, that's a plus too.
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Which is the best portable printer? [closed]
I need a printer which is lightweight, portable, has wireless printing and is fast.
I had 0 success finding one so far.
Cheers
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How to disable Firefox Portable from automatically loading plugins
Firefox Portable automatically loads plugins that exist on the host system. It probably doesn't make much of a difference, but I would like to only load plugins that I have added to my ...
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Firefox portable deactivates several addons when using USB-Stick on another PC
My USB stick with Firefox portable works fine on my laptop, but if I use it in any desktop PC, Firefox addons manager deactivates several (not all, but always the same) addons, so I have to update all ...
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Chromium ignores user data relocation command line switch?
I'm trying to make Chromium portable, and according to this page I have to add --user-data-dir=<dir> as a command line-switch to chromium in order to use a custom directory to save personal ...
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Thunderbird portable Searches multiple mail boxes
I have a portable installation of Thunderbird 3 (WinXP) with my old archive with four local mail boxes. I would like to search in all mail boxes at same time, but I can't do it. I havealready enabled ...
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Which executables I can delete in the “bin” directory of MySQL for a lightweight distribution
I need to create a very lightweight distribution of MySQL for Windows.
I've already downloaded a portable (no install) version, I removed some non vital directories (like mysql-test and similar), and ...
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Portable webserver with support for SSI
Is there any small servers (portable is what I specifically need) that are available with support for SSI (server side includes)? I need to be able to test my includes before I upload them online.
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Ruggedized Desktop Case [closed]
I want to pack my desktop with me on trips. What are some solutions for ruggedizing my case/computer so it lasts the trip?
Are their some cases built for ruggedness? Should I take my current case and ...
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Portable Wiki which stores .txt or HTML files
I know there are TiddlyWiki but I need one which stores HTML or even .txt files.
I want to use this Wiki like a personal blog, i want to log my life (probably cringy to you) and things I've done, ...
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Is there a wiki server that works from pendrive?
I want to do a wiki for documentation of my project, but I develop it in some different places, so I want to have all the information of the wiki on my pendrive.
There is some way to do all the ...
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Is installing applications on a network drive going to make them slow?
I have installed a few portable apps onto my network drive at work. Are they going to run noticeably slower than if I store them locally?
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Installing NetBeans IDE + GlassFish in Dropbox
I want to have my development environment synchronized, so I installed NetBeans 7.0, GlassFish 3.1 and JDK 6u25 in a Dropbox folder.
The IDE works fine after setting up /etc/netbeans.conf:
# ${HOME} ...
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firefox portable: doesnt open links from other applications
I'm having a very annoying problem: I'm using Firefox 4 Portable on my office PC, everything is ok except when clicking links from my email programm or messenger. Firefox (already running) won't open ...
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What program can be used to package software into one executable?
I need to package an application into a single executable file (so that I don't have to install it, so that it will be portable). Does anybody know what I can use to make a program portable?
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Switching between a desktop and a laptop
Is there a set up that could be used so that user could move seamlessly between a laptop and a desktop machine.
By move in this context I mean do all their daily work on the desktop machine, but when ...
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Portable software for encode+burn .avi to dvd
I'm searching for a portable software that could handle the following
accept .avi as input file
encode it to .vob (Is that the right target format? these video_TS and audio_TS folders, you know)
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How to transfer saved passwords between two different Firefox installation?
I am currently using a portable installation of Firefox 3.6.13, set to save passwords for some sites, using the Master Password feature.
Now, I would like to move all my saved passwords to another ...
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Recommendations for portable download manager?
I need a portable download manager which can run of Windows 7 / Windows 2008 Server with ability to run on 32/64 bit.
Any suggestions ?
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Portable Screen Capture App [closed]
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Can anyone recommend a simple screenshot tool that can be installed as a portable app?
... that quickly facilitates the de-focusing of inverted selections (I.e., Capture ...
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sniffer like wireshark or wpepro with no wcap/admin rights but portable [closed]
is there a tool like this ?
sniffer like wireshark or wpepro with no wcap/admin rights but portable
for example the snifer only has to take the packets that i get in iexplorer
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Is there a way to build my own “Portable” Windows AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) Stack?
I know there are things like XAMPP thats portable, but it does not use latest version of the software, can I build my own?
I prefer portable stuff as they don't require installs, won't be affected ...
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Freeware OCR software for Windows OS? [closed]
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Free OCR software
Good free OCR with GUI for correcting mistakes? (for Windows)
Some time instead PSD files I get .jpg files from client , where text is not editable. ...
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What is a portable app to enable flash drive search?
I want a windows vista compatible portable application that provides fast search on my flash drive for those occasions when I work on another machine. Something like google desktop for a flash drive. ...
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Is there a free portable version of F-Prot Antivirus available?
I'm looking for a portable AV for my USB-Stick (currently using ClamWinAV), and heard that F-Prot is good. Do they offer a free (earlier) version with up-to-date virus definitions, if so where can I ...
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Portable Application (Software) for reading Epub in Windows XP
I need a program that can display EPUB documents and which does NOT need to be instaleld (i.e., portable application) for Windows XP.
I've seen other similar threads: ePub reader for Windows but the ...
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Very small computer for note-taking, with full-size keyboard
I am looking for a very small, lightweight computer with a full-size keyboard for taking text notes. Ideally it would be 500g or less including batteries for 16 hours of use. And writing text is the ...
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Browser with its own hosts file?
I have a number of staging and test servers that I need to constantly modify my hosts file to access (they depend on the domain name, so i have to change the hosts file to get them to work).
I find ...
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Portability with Windows 7?
I wanted to know is it possible that I can always keep my Windows 7 copy on my backup harddisk too. So while on the go I can just connect my harddisk and use all the programs on some other machine ...
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Monitor and Keyboard in Laptop format
I am looking for a device that is in a laptop format, but does not have any CPU, HDD, or motherboard. I was hoping for a laptop-esque device to control a headless server with usb and vga/dvi ...
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Portable charging device
I have several devices that charge by USB, that I'd like to keep charged at all times.
I've used my laptop in the past, put it in the lowest possible power setting, but it still gets hot, and is ...
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What's the best way to organize my USB stick for PenDriveLinux and regular data?
I want to install Ubuntu on my new 32 Gb USB Stick, but I also want to keep a fair amount of space available for Portable Apps or general data transmissions.
When I tried to install Ubuntu using ...
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bzr portable runtime
I am looking for a portable (as in no-install needed, can-run-from pendrive) installation for Bzr with a graphical UI, a decentralized version control system.
I would like to recommend it to my ...
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Out of sync divx movie when playing on car player
What causes out-of sync when playing DivX movies on portable / car player ?
I think it has something to do with how the movies are encoded, so here's the MediaInfo comparison of both movie file.
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Port my current Google Chrome setup from old machine to new one
I have personalized my Google Chrome with a lot of extensions and customized settings here and there.
I extensively use the Session Manager extension that allows me to save the current session with a ...
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Virtualized network for a portable application?
I'd like to make a certain application portable.
The normal version acesses a server.
The "portable" (virtualized) version is meant to work with the server unreachable.
It should contain a copy ...
