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What is more effective for reviving performance - Utilities or reinstalling the OS?
Toshiba Net Book, Windows 7, 1.5 years old and is slowing down.
What is more effective for reviving performance:
"clean-up utilities" or reinstalling Windows?
Is it possible that reinstalling ...
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sharing resources across a small team
I'm looking for a free tool (ideally open source and web based) that allows sharing of resources across a small team (approx. 10 members) across different locations.
I'd like to be able to share ...
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tools for downloading files from websites in linux
How do you download files, such as mp3/pdf/doc, from websites in linux OS, such as Ubuntu?
I know wget is a good tool, anything else?
PS:
Many downloading tools, such as eMule, are better than wget ...
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How to find out which files are stored in a certain section on the disk [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I determine what file occupies a given sector?
My hard drive recently spit out bad sectors. I used ddrescue to clone it onto a another drive. Unfortunately there ...
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which software is better for creating and changing DYNAMIC disks(partitions)?
i have a laptop that it's 1 TeraByte hard disk is dynamic(not basic).
i want to change that hard drive with a third party program for creating new patitions.
so i tried Acronis Disk Director Advanced ...
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Tool for remixing audio channel of a video
I am looking for an online service or freeware tool that can remix the audio channel of my video.
More specifically I am looking for an easy one-time way to add background music to my video - but ...
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How do I test the maximum TCP/IP transfer rates of my computer?
In Delphi, I am writing client software for open source message brokers, and would like the transfer rates with a realistic upper limit of what can be achieved on my local computer, or between my ...
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Managing the Network from a linux machine [migrated]
I am using Linux at my work, and i am kind of a sys admin / IT support, (not exactly my title but i do this kind of things since there is no one else). There are mostly Windows user in my organization ...
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Curious about lsusb output
I ran lsusb on my Linux (Ubuntu) machine and here is my result:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 ...
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Tool for getting a complete directory/file listing with complete, detailed information
Once in a while, I take a complete snapshot of my drives with a command like the following.
> for %i in (%drives_hd%) do @dir %i:\/s/a/o>>File_List.txt
This gives detailed information ...
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Closed software Project Management website for user feedback [closed]
I intent to create a web app that I don't want to make open source, but I would like to use project management tools offered by such services like Github, Google Code and the like. I am mainly ...
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What's the most efficient method that I can 'image' all my programs and bulk install them later?
I currently have a virus that I have not been able to fix. Thus, I am restoring to the factory default of Windows 7. I have had many applications installed on my current OS image, which would be a ...
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is there a tool I can use that will show me the size of directories visually? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows?
I was listening to the StackExchange podcast (either 28 or 29) and Jeff briefly mentioned a tool that you could use ...
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Dell system update utility (drivers, firmware, etc)
I got a new Dell E6420 yesterday and it had this really nice little utility from Dell that automatically updated firmware, bios and drivers. However, the laptop had a 32bit version of Windows 7 so I ...
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Tracking a short
I was looking at a thread posted on earlier Laptop charger dying after plugging in?
talking about a power issue with a laptop or the charger. I have done some testing and concluded that the short is ...
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App to spot a hurdle between a user and an http server
I'd like to know if there is a tool that can be placed on a user's computer and given a url, can diagnose if and where a block is situated in accessing a web page (with a specified port). Sort of a ...
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How to merge Task Warrior database with FTP?
After loosing all my Task Warrior database, I'm trying to configure the synchronization feature of Task Warrior, but I'm running into some issues.
My server is not one of my computer, it's a web ...
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Capture active windows and save with title as filename
I would like to save screenshots of an app, and looking for a tool which automatically saves screenshots.
Picasa 3 saves the screenshots when running, and it gives the filename according to the title ...
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What UnRar utilities are available for Mac OS X?
I have been using UnRarX ( http://www.unrarx.com/ ) and it's free and works well, but often times I will download a rar file in the browser and click on it in the recent downloads lists which will ...
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Anyone knows the name of this software? [closed]
Here's a screenshot of the application, I couldn't post it as an image because of spam prevention:
It's not batteryBar, I'd like to install this one instead of battery bar, can any one tell me the ...
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File Classifier and Viewer
I'm looking for a professional tool that can classify files according to their type - by examine their content (not just according their extension).
I'm also looking for a professional tool (same ...
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gdevilspie doesn't work on my PC
gdevilspie is a tool that allows you to write rules to move windows to any position as you wish when you open them.
I have Ubuntu 11.04 with GNOME 2.32.1 on my PC.
I like the features that ...
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Automatically convert video to text? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Transcript creator OR Speech to text
Are there any tools (preferably free/open source) that will automatically transcribe what's spoken in a video in to text? YouTube ...
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How do I create a hotkey that will copy highlighted text into an editor?
How do I create a shortcut key that will copy highlighted text into a new text editor instance?
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Cannot run a .exe file from a memory disk created by ImDisk [closed]
I installed imdisk, and then used the following command to create the in-memory disk:
imdisk -a -s 1G -m M: -p "/fs:NTFS /V:MemDisk /q /y"
I then copied a whole directory to the M: disk, and then ...
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Which tool can I use for hand-drawn graphics?
I'm finding a tool to draw the 2D graphics. I'm very like the rendering effect of the picture below, which looks like to be drawn manually. Does anybody happen to know which tool can draw such kind of ...
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Software like xclip that comes standard on just about all Linux Distros with X?
I have an application that needs to access the clipboard on *nix OSs but I do not have access to the x event loop because of how it works. Therefore I need to send a command to another application to ...
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Tool to create a patch that modifies/adds files within a directory structure
I have a set of files that need a set of changes applied to them.
In this scenario I have a Java Application Server (distributed via a zip file) that I need to apply a set of known configurations to, ...
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What utility can I use to extract data from a 3rd party app UI controls?
In 2003 I found a little utility which allowed me to select a control (like a listview) on any application, and it would copy it's contents into the clipboard. For example, you could select the list ...
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Converting different file formats to ebook-supported formats
I'm just getting started with my shiny new Kindle. The main purpose I have for it is to be able to conveniently read a lot of fiction freely (and legally) available on the internet.
For this purpose, ...
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Find missing files from multiple backups, regardless the folder location
I have 6 backups of my PC wasting a lot of space, on an external hard disk, because all of them are full backups (not incremental) of my PC, meaning that the majority of the contents are duplicated ...
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Xmonad on windows laptop
I'm a Linux developer in the market for a laptop.
90% of my time is spent in Emacs, the terminal, and Google Chrome, and I want to use them within the excellent Xmonad tiling windows manager.
Given ...
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Is there any GUI tool to configure /etc/fstab?
I have little experiences in configuring the 'fstab'. I'm looking for any GUI tool that helps me with this. If possible based on gtk and should be available in Debian.
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Installing Single EXE Applications
Often times I find a tool or utility on the internet such as SnippetCompiler that is very useful. However, many of these types of tools aren't packaged with an installer. I was wondering if there is ...
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Split wav file by silence gap
I have a bunch human reading simple sentence (hello world) as a wav file,
How can I break the wav file for 2 wav files each contains word (hello and world) by automatically recognizing the gap between ...
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Opensource duplicate finder for directories?
Is there an open source tool that will tell me if two directories have byte-for-byte identical content? I need a tool that confirms if two directories are the same. A listing of files that I need to ...
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What kind of tools exist that can change the IP source address of an IP packet?
I'm looking for a tool for Linux or Windows that modifies an IP header, to be precise the IP source address. I know it's impossible to get the answer to such a packet since you do not own the IP and ...
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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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Looking for network analysis tools
I mostly develop network analysis software, and sometime I need to do some deep protocol analysis which is basically to reverse engineer a network protocols.
Currently, I am working with wireshark + ...
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Utility that can add files to a volumed archive?
Is there a utility/archive format that works on windows, that can add files to an already existing archive that is split into volumes (like file.rar.001, file.rar.002)? And if the size of these new ...
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Utility to filter processes, or to view/kill old processes easily?
I have been looking for a Windows utility like Process Explorer or Process Hacker, but with any or all of these features:
Ability to filter processes shown (exclude OR include, either is fine)
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Screen capture program for Windows to capture scrolling content area of web page + other components of browser window
I am looking for something similiar to Free tool like Snagit which can capture scrolling Window? and Free Windows software for full-screen (including scrolling) screenshots, but also capable of ...
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Restore file dates by contents comparison
I have two folders A and B that contain files and other folders (no links though).
B has a bit more up to date conent (extra files, modified files etc).
However, B has wrong file modification dates ...
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How to remote desktop a computer over internet [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Remote connection to a PC over internet
Free remote desktop app good for working with someone computer illiterate?
My sister is beginning to use computer/windows XP ...
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What is a motherboard nut setter?
I'm building a PC, and with the case I have something called a Nut setter, I only have one of these but I'm not sure what it is used for. Could you explain what I could possibly need this tool for?
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Software, which will make a sound when an application becomes responsive again
I am using several application, which are really slow. They will stay unresponsive for between 1 second and up to five minutes and I do not have any good way of predicting their response times. This ...
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Motorola cable modem regularly drops connection restarts itself
I have a Motorola modem SURFBoard SB4200, along with a wireless Linksys router that connects to that modem. The router works normally but the modem often dies and restarts itself after about 1-2 ...
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Differences in opening .pptx versus .ppt in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
I am trying to open a .pptx file through a URL. When I click on the URL, it asks me to Open or Save; when I click Open, a prompt again appears asking to either Save or Cancel. If I click Save, I am ...
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Best simple text search facility
I have quite a few movie subtitle files, and sometimes I want to locate a word or phrase that I think might be in there somewhere.
I'm using Windows XP. The "file explorer" has a "search" facility ...
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USB HDD Hardware Diagnostic Tools
My wife has a Western Digital My Passport Essentials USB 3.0 HDD (P/N: WDBACY5000ABL - 00) which has started to behave quite flaky lately. Particularly, it's registering as unformatted despite ...
