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How to change PC clock speed for individual programs?
We have some older programs (no source code anymore) that run too fast on CPUs with faster clock speeds. I'm guessing that they were written using software delays ('X' number of CPU instructions per ...
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How can I measure the amount of time a process is opened?
I would like to keep track of the amount of time a process is opened on Windows 7. Is there an utility that does this?
The process will be the process of a game or of an IM program. I want to program ...
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Auto-terminate a Windows application after a given amount of time
I'm looking for a way for a user to launch a Windows application that will only run for a given amount of time, say an hour. After the hour is up, an alert window will pop up, saying "Program will be ...
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When exactly does a Windows program pause running?
I have an app that needs to run for long period unattended on Windows XP and 7. I have it running on a remote machine that has LogMeIn installed so I can look at it from afar. The program has regular ...
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Shutdown Timer with Password Protection
I need an shutdown timer application that can run on Windows XP. I would like for it to require a password to cancel the timer.
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Is there a Thunderbird add-on that prevents too much email checking?
I have been looking for a timer, a bit similar to Leechblock for Firefox; I could set it to, say, 30min, meaning that Thunderbird can only be on for 30min a day. The clock would reset everyday.
I had ...
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Pomodoro timer for linux that I can install without admin rights
What I need is a pomodoro timer (www.pomodorotechnique.com/) that I can use on a gnome linux (openSUSE) workstation that I use at work. It has to be able to show a popup notification so that I don't ...
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What can i use for a Mac to limit each computer session to 15 minutes?
I had a software for my PC that was a parental control program, with the ability to set a limit on how long each user was on at a sitting, and I limited myself to 15 minutes at a time, with a 15 ...
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how to time a process in bash? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Measure script execution time
How would I time how long it takes for my script foo.sh to run?
I'm looking for something akin to tic and toc in MATLAB.
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Windows 7: shut down PC after specified amount of time?
How would you go about turning you computer after a specified amount of time?
I listen music before I go to sleep and would like to be able to shutdown my computer after a specified amount of time. ...
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Can I wake up a MacBook using a timer?
I would like to learn if it is possible to wake up a MacBook (running Mac OS X 10.6) from sleep using a timer? Is there such a application for Mac OS X? I would like to wake up a computer and turn on ...
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Utility to take daily screenshots of a webpage
I would like to have a visual history of my Tomato bandwidth graphs, so that I can roughly/manually correlate them with some other factors. Tomato can squirrel away the actual data points, but I'd ...
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What program could I use on debian to countdown the time?
I'm trying out the http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ technique and I'm looking for a GUI clock applet to keep track of the time.
I've tried timer-applet found by apt-cache search gnome timer but I'm ...
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What tool can give me a hourly reminder?
I'm looking for a tool, that can alert me every hour with a popup and a message (like "take your medicine..") I'm running Windows XP.
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Booting laptop automatically
How can I have a laptop with Phoenix BIOS and an Intel 2010 processor automatically boot at a given time?
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Stopwatch that can be syncronized across a network of computers?
Does anyone know of a program, utility, web-app etc, that can be used as a stopwatch to track/display the amount of time that has passed since the user clicked the start button?
The utility must ...
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Can Windows 7, Vista, or XP notify me after 30 minutes, or at 2:30pm?
Come to think about it, since Windows 3.0, Windows 95, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, and Windows 7, does any Windows have a capability of giving a "beep beep" notification to me, let's say I need to go meet ...
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run script on first boot, and on shutdown
We are using a web based punch in/punch out clock at work, and I only need to double click two nice icons to send the proper commands to the server when I get to work in the morning, and finish work ...
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Shutdown timer that turns off computer when playback ends
I wanted to know if there is a shutdown timer that will actually turn off your computer when it detects no more audio signals. Or if itunes/winamp reaches the end of the playlist. The timer must have ...
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Measuring talk time
Situation: a financial advisor starts talking to a customer after starting a timer. When the conversation ends, he stops the timer and the amount of time is added to a log file with information about ...
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How can I automatically take a screenshot of a website at a specified time?
I need to take a screenshot of a website automatically at a time specified by me. Ideally it would not be using my computer since it's not guaranteed to be on at the specified time.
Is there some ...
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Timer application for Windows?
Can you suggest a good timer application for Windows?
It is surprising how useful a timer is for cooking, meditation, and for even giving oneself a timeout while working. I am not interested in any ...
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Windows 7 is shutting down unexpectedly, according to the logs
Here's a message from my eventvwr EventLog (Windows Logs > System):
The previous system shutdown at 11:51:15 AM on 7/29/2009 was unexpected.
This is funny because I was wondering why the system ...
