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Difference between port types
What is the difference between the three port types; Well-known, Registered and Dynamic? Namely, the difference in usage and port numbers associated with each category.
Currently I understand the ...
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Fujitsu Lifebook A531
I bought my Fujitsu laptop in Sweden can I use the charger it came with with an adaptor in USA. It seems like my battery is not staying charged as long after using in in USA for about 1 month. ...
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What's the name of that law that has to do with computer usage and the reoccurance of numbers in the file sizes?
I forget exactly how it goes, but it's some sort of correlation that noted that examining the file size of a variety of folders and files results in like 1 always being the most prominent number, ...
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track disk usage over time in linux
I know I can use df to get a summary of disk usage right now.
I can use du to break down into the detail of how the disk is being used.
The problem is I can only see this information for today.
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system process using constantly 20% cpu - win7 pro 64
In my win7 professional 64bit I see the system process using 20% of cpu constantly. This also tends to rise the cpu temperature, causing the fan to start, and in general slowing down the entire ...
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Ocropus 0.44 Usage
I believe I have installed OCRopus successfully, strangely I can't find any usage instructions anywhere, been looking for about an hour, perhaps I'm crazy...
How do I use OCRopus?
I want it to OCR a ...
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Showing memory usage bar under drive icon LEFT in Explorer
So it is one nice utility I had in my WinXP that shows memory usage bar under the drive icon LEFT in Explorer:
Vista drive icon shows it like this:
It calls Vista Drive Icon. This also shows "!" ...
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How to monitor single process CPU usage under AIX?
I need to analyze the CPU usage of a single process under AIX. Currently, I'm using nmon but it gets the overall CPU and IO usage. Also, I know about topas, but it will get the overall usage of the ...
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Windows XP CPU usage at 100% with all processes showing zero
I use Windows XP regularly. My Task Manager shows 100% USAGE, however, all processes are at zero. Task Manager shows zero and, system idle is at zero.
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Again = CPU usage jumps to 100% -> WHEN <- machine is idle (not the idle process)
I posted this question a while back here and received several suggestions on how to proceed, but now I'm stuck again.
CPU usage jumps to 100% -> WHEN <- machine is idle (not the idle process)
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CPU usage jumps to 100% -> WHEN <- machine is idle (not the idle process) [closed]
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Task Manager shows 100% CPU utilization, but nothing in process list does.
My friend has a machine in his teashop that I am attempting to troubleshoot, so far with ...
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Strange behavior in `git log`
The date range specified by --since and --until seems not work,
$ git log --format="%cd %h" --since="2009-11-20 10:25:59" --until="2009-12-25 00:00:00" --date=iso .
2009-12-23 00:07:24 +0000 fa2261b
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How to limit CPU usage of a process?
I am using an old laptop and doing heavy processing that needs high cpu usage for a long time (~30mins - 2hours). When the process puts heavy load on CPU for a long time, CPU overheats and computer ...
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Using External HDD just like a normal Internal one
is okay if I'll use an external HDD like a normal Internal HDD, for example powered-on and connected most of time I'm using my computer?
I'm currently working on a small game, and Im constantly ...
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breadth-first option in the Linux `find' utility?
Is there any breadth-first/depth-first option in the Linux `find' utility?
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How do I make Windows 7 less aggressive in caching memory?
I've noted recently that Windows 7 on my machine has been complaining about running out of memory and that I should close some programs. It would then usually point out a program I have running that ...
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Finding out number of bytes read/written in Windows for the day?
Is there a way to determine how many bytes were read or written in Windows (by all programs, including Windows itself) in, say an hour or 24 hours? For example, I need to know the bytes written ...
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Web browser memory usage
How come web browsers are so heavy in memory? I have Firefox opened with two tabs, and it takes over 800 MB of RAM, Chrome with four tabs takes over 1.2 GB! I mean, what's up with consuming ...
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Monitor individual process' network usage in Mac OS X
Is there a tool to monitor the network usage of individual processes for Mac OS X?
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What browser or any tool can reduce flash CPU usage?
OS: windows XP SP3
While listening to Pandora in Chrome, the CPU usage is almost to 100% for a single core in CPU. Is there any way to reduce CPU usage? Either by using another browser, any plugins ...
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App or apps like NetLimiter Monitor for Linux
I find NetLimiter Monitor quite handy on Windows both for the realtime per-process bandwidth monitoring and the recorded data usage.
What tools can I use to replicate this functionality in Linux?
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Do third party cookies have common uses other than advertising?
If I disable third-party cookies in my web browser is this likely to cause me many issues when browsing the web? In particular, do they have common uses other than advertising?
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CPU load, USB connection vs. NIC
In general, and understanding the answer may vary by manufacturer and model (and driver, and...), in consumer-grade workstations with integrated NICs, does the NIC rely on the CPU for a lot of help ...
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gvfsd takes up too much memory
On my Ubuntu 8.10, gvfsd takes up 128.6MB memory. What is the process doing actually? Can I reduce the memory it takes?
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Does Firefox still have memory leaks? [closed]
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Is there a way to reduce the memory usage of Firefox?
I've had my Firefox 3.6.3 browser consume up to 1.5GB of RAM after a few days of usage without closing it. This is ...
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Windows 7 see memory consumed by process
is there any command/tool on windows 7 to see the memory consumed by a process in bytes, just like tasklist/taskmanager, but in bytes?
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Linux 'top' utility widly inaccurate (more so for multi-CPU/core hardware)?
After using 'top' for long time, albeit basically, I have grown to distrust it's '% CPU' column reports. I have a 8-core (quad core Intel i7 920 with hyperthreading) hardware, and see some wild ...
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What does CPU Time consist of?
What does CPU time exactly consist of?
For instance, is the time taken to access a page from the RAM (at which point, the CPU is most likely idling) part of the CPU time? I'm not talking about ...
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Free tool for monitoring Broadband usage on Windows 7 [closed]
Possible Duplicates:
Software to report internet traffic for home user
Desktop Internet traffic measurement software
I need a free tool ( non browser ) to monitor my broadband usage on ...
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How to read Unix usage
I did some searching, but I cannot find documentation on how Unix usage works. I know something (mostly through trial and error) but, for example, how do I know that
/usr/bin/ls ...
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Linux /proc/pid/status on Windows?
I use /proc/pid/status on Linux to find out the memory usage and process status.
Is it possible to do the same thing on Windows?
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Windows 7 x64: 3900mb of 4gb RAM usage, even when (almost) nothing running
As the title suggests, I am having a problem with memory usage.
I have had my computer (Vaio AW11Z/B laptop) for over a year now, and it was running perfectly until I guess a day or two ago. Now ...
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ffmpeg encoding on QuadCore
I am trying to push my server's CPU cores to the max, but no success.
Encoding 2-pass style, set my "-threads" to 128 . When running 2nd pass , the CPU seems to be at 98% usage, but first pass run ...
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How to calculate power/energy taken by computer and screen [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I calculate power consumption of my PC in Watt?
I need to investigate how much power my linux machine uses per week. I can take a look at the PSU but I would ...
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Will An External Audio Interface Reduce CPU Load?
I am considering buying a very-low-latency audio interface like this one. One question is if it will reduce CPU load (I'm at about 60%+ and my Macbook has 2.4ghz and 4gigs ram) during intensive audio ...
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Ubuntu: Memory Leak
I'm having trouble finding from where this memory leak is occurring. I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on a Dell XPS M1530. I have 3GB of ram and I'm finding after about an hour or so of use top shows me ...
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High RAM usage, not seen in task manager
I am using Windows 7 64-bit 7600, with 4Gb of RAM.
I have a serious problem, since something uses a lot of RAM(3.94Gb) and I see "stairs" in taskmanager, it rises to +3Gb RAM and it drops to about 2Gb ...
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Is the Gill Sans font free to use?
Does it require licensing fees? Or can I freely add it to an application?
How about its variants?
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Low CPU usage but High fan speed [closed]
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CPU Fan is Loud, but the Temperature is OK (I Think)
The problem I am facing is the CPU fan rotates with high speed even though the CPU usage is very low, less than 10%.
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Windows 7 Reading Proper Disk Usage Statistics on Mounted Volumes
I'm running Windows 7 with 2 x 1.5 TBYTE Drives. The second internal drive is setup as a mounted volume as C:\Archives
Clicking computer icon in Windows Explorer, it only shows capacity stats for C: ...
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How do I free virtual memory in Ubuntu?
Current statistics affirm that:
100Mb of RAM are used out of 312Mb and 31Mb of Virtual Mem are used too.
Anyway I can stop the OS from using virtual memory instead of RAM? I know that this ...
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Reduce disk space used by Windows 7?
Does anyone have any tips on reducing the space used by Windows 7? So far I've got:
Emtpy Recycle Bin
Run Disk Cleanup Wizard
Use 'Programs & Features' control panel to uninstall unneeded ...
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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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How does a company proxy server act in reporting internet usage of employees?
Our company recently set up a proxy server. As far as I understand, they want to apply some access policies to undesired sites, and log/audit the usage of the internet and generate employee internet ...
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Why is my Asus P5PL2-E using 640MB of RAM (out of 4GB)? [closed]
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Windows XP and RAM 3.5GB+
I've recently installed 4GB of RAM on my server, which is running Windows XP SP2 32-bit and My Computer showed that only 3.37GB were installed. ...
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video card performance monitoring?
Is there a 'top' like command for monitoring the GPU and memory usage of a video card? I am most interested in Linux commands, but and OS would be interesting.
I strongly suspect that for a group of ...
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Offline tracking software similar to Wakoopa?
Does anyone know of similar tracking software to Wakoopa? I would like to have an offline version of this great software. Any suggestions?
P.S. - Reason why I want offline version, because I don't ...
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Is there a tree size like utility for ftp sites?
Is there a utility that can walk the directory structure of a remote ftp site and display size information. Ideally something like windirstat, but for ftp sites rather than local disks
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How can I get more info on high-CPU rundll32.exe process?
I recently clean-installed Win7 on my HP8530. Everything works well most of the time, but for the last few days, every morning after my computer has been idle overnight, I find that rundll32.exe is ...
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Windows 7 Via Hyperion 4-1 drivers
I have a clean install of Win 7 on some relatively old hardware. Everything works pretty well however my cpu is pegged at 100% most of the time. Task Manager shows srvchost as being a main culprit ...
