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video card to support one large display with 4 rotated monitors

I have four 2560 x 1600 monitors. My goal is to have one huge display that windows thinks is just one monitor, at a resolution of 6400 x 2560. I've found video cards that support rotating the ...
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Dell Studio 15 battery performance?

How many hours of usage can I expect from the 6 and 9 cell batteries Dell offers with the Studio 15 (for general usage, like wifi browsing and some applications like word)? Also, if you own a ...
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Extract bibliographic references from pdf files to a bib file

Is there a software which can parse pdfs and extract bibliographic references? ACM DL is a web service which can give that info like here: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=296806.296823&coll=...
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Drag and Drop not working after Windows Update

Since last Week i can no longer drag and drop anything on my Windows XP system, not even desktop symbols or tabs in firefox. It can be related to a windows update as i made one shortly before the ...
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Using an AHK script to extend to my second monitor

When using a dual monitor setup every time I want to connect or disconnect the monitor I have to go into the display settings; is there a way that this can be bypassed with a AHK script? All the ...
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Using irssi, is there a way to copy URLs so I can open them in elinks?

I know there is another question about this (hopefully the one I saw is the only one) but mine is a little different. Using irssi from the command line (without X), is there a way to copy and paste ...
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Ubuntu 10 on Virtual box as server for a windows 7 host

There are some questions regarding this here already but people just dont tell how - like this one Setting up virtual PC (virtual box) as a web server. I am trying the same approach. Cant get it ...
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Driver for ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY

I'm looking for a driver for and old laptop running Windows 7 (32-bit). It is a Compaq Evo N600c, which I believe has an ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY video card in it.
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How to prevent GRUB from beeping?

Right now I use GRUB version which comes with Ubuntu 10.04 (but I think it used to happen on older versions too). I have a list of options to select. If computer registers more key presses than there ...
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application that can customize windows 7 boot screen

how do customize windows 7 boot screen. Found this one: How do I change the Windows 7 boot animation? But what I want to find out if there is an application that can do this. Except for TU 2010. A ...
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Cannot access any remote resource after connecting to Cisco VPN on Vista

I have installed Cisco vpn client version 5.0.07.0290 on Vista Business SP2. I am able to successfully connnect to the vpn. But after connecting I am not able to access any resource in the vpn (like ...
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Merge and lowercase Directories and FIles

I have a directory like this root/A/b/SomeFile.jpg root/A/B/OtherFIle.jpg root/a/D/yet_again.jpg And I would like this root/a/b/somefile.jpg root/a/b/otherfile.jpg root/a/d/yet_again.jpg OR ...
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An idea how to install KB2160329?

I'm fighting with the KB2160329 update. Windows 7 x64, installed and unable to start up the system.... There is a trick to revert it, but how to go about installing it. Seems that there is some issue ...
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Real time Export of excel 2003 fields to MS word 2003 fields

I am a practicing radiologist. We enter patient information such as Name, date of birth, number (patient ID), referring physician's name, and date of the study at the front desk in MS Excel 2003. Is ...
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Firefox: combine bookmarks toolbar and tabbar

I am looking for a way to 'minify' the Firefox UI by combining the bookmarks toolbar with the tabbar. The easiest way I could see this done, is by simply moving the Bookmarks left of the tabs on the ...
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Intermittent Wireless After Uninstalling Google Chrome

My dad uninstalled Google Chrome from his laptop and went back to IE. Now he only gets intermittent wireless anywhere he goes. What could be causing this? Could uninstalling Chrome have anything to do ...
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Install IE8 Add-on in Windows 7 from .cab file

I have an Internet Explorer add-on that is a .cab file which contains a .dll and a .inf. Does anyone know how I can install this as an IE add-on? I've tried the most obvious: drag-and-drop, extracting ...
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How should I generally manage my computer? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Looking for a tool to manage all maintenance work on my PC So I guess these questions are a little basic for this form, so sorry to come across as a fool! I've been using mac'...
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How to fix a broken login in ubuntu 10.04?

I stumbled on a login problem that I'm assuming must be consequence of something getting broken on my ubuntu install. I simply can't get my login password recognized anywhere (and I haven't forgotten ...
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windows printing document size

I print same document to same printer using different machines both running same version of Windows (with same service pack). Hardware is different - one is Dell another is HP The file size shown in ...
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Remotely access log files with WMI

What kind of logs can I access with WMI? Is it just event logs or can I for instance somehow fetch my FTP server logs, Exchange Logs, IIS logs etc.
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Windows 7 refuses to enter sleep after bios reset and OS install

Now, my Windows 7 system will only turn the screen black and then is immediately woken up after I hit the sleep button, through either start menu or the keyboard, and the same issue exists with ...
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How to change the mouse cursor position within a brush in Paint Shop Pro 9?

Normally the cursor position in Paint Shop Pro 9 is in the very centre of a brush. Is it possible to move the cursor position to one side of the brush, or even to an arbitrary position outside the ...
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Connecting localhost from within virtual WindowsXP (hosted on Ubuntu 10.04)

My host machine is on Ubuntu 10.04. I installed WindowsXP on VirtualBox. In Ubuntu I'm running a server on 0.0.0.0:3000, and I would like to access it from within WindowsXP. Already tried to set VM ...
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referencing cells in other columns

Lets say I am in column 6, row 10. Column 4 data is one letter per cell, something like this: a,b,a,c,d,e,b,c,f,d I want a formula that looks up the value of Column 4, row 10 ... gets d. Then ...
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how to tell digsby to open email on browser rather then on outlook?

when click on open email from digsby it opens my outlook, but I've not configured that account on outlook, I want it should open up my gmail account on browser not on outlook :)
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Malwarebytes for Linux

I am looking for something for linux/gnome along the lines of Malwarebytes' ip blocker. Basically use a blacklist and block http requests if one of those ips/domains are called. I know Firefox ...
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Why is the process table limited to 64k processes?

Why haven't modern unixes expanded the table? 64k seems small to me.
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Change Putty Home drive

I login to SCO Unix server using Putty 0.60 working on puppy linux. What i need to do is set the Home directory for the user. I mean, I want the users to be able to save their data on the local ...
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How can I monitor an IMAP transaction between Mail.app and GMail's IMAP server?

I've got a client who has experienced this intermittent symptom, and I'm looking for the cause: Using Mail.app with GMail (enterprise edition), he presents Mail.app to me when it has an indeterminate ...
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Workstation Bluescreen issues

I attempted to log into my workstation this morning only to discover, when the monitors woke up, that I had bluescreened. My Workstation is Windows 7 x64. The error message was: ...
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Convert video files for Maemo (Nokia N900) using ffmpeg/mencoder

I'm a newbie in video encoding so I'm looking for some expert advice. I'm looking to transcode media files with ffmpeg or mencoder (or something other) on Ubuntu for my Nokia N900 running Maemo. I'd ...
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locking down skype

I am interested in using Skype for IM,voice,etc in our offices but this adds some insecurity. How can i block one user from adding more contacts than those alowed, this way he coudn't send files or ...
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How do I install a program on a computer configured with Windows Steady State?

How do I install a program on a computer configured with Windows Steady State such that the protected user can run it?
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Where can I hide my SSID and password protect it in AirPort Express?

For school I have to configure my airport express to their requirements, I know how to disable DHCP on my mac, but from there how do I hide my SSID and password protect it?
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Cannot access logs during SSH session due to permissions

I'm using SSH to connect to my VPS server and I'd like to check my mail logs. I'm very new to Unix, but trying to nano the files gives me a permissions error. I don't want to log in as root, and my ...
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How to enable desktop effects in Ubuntu 10.4 using Parallels 5 as host

I tried several ways but none of them seem to work. How can I enable guest Ubuntu 10.4 OS to enable visual effects in OSX host running parallels 5?
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my VOIP app is not compatible with O.S. Windows 7

I have a Toshiba VOIP app that we use for work. Unfortunately it is not compatible with Windows 7 and the VOIP tech support confirms this. Is there a way for me to run the app in compatibilty mode? ...
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Generate a PGP key with DSA key size of 1024 bits and El Gamal key size of 2048 bits using Mac GPG 2.0

Can somebody please tell me how to generate a PGP key with Mac GPG 2.0 that uses a DSA key for signing with a length of 1024 bits, and an El Gamal key for encryption with a length of 2048 bits ? I've ...
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Can't run .jar file on my symbian cell phone [closed]

I try to install .jar files on my Nokia X6 but I just doesn't do anything. I looked for a solution on many sites, but the only solution I found was running a jarfix.exe which obviously can be executed ...
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Recovering a broken laptop hard drive

So I bought a new hard drive for my laptop and at least I can boot up now. But since that works, I'm wondering how far gone my old drive is. I have data on it I need to recover (I know it should have ...
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PowerPoint embedded video does not play visibly. Sometimes audio can be heard

On a company-issued PC (Dell Latitude D630 running Windows XP SP3), using PowerPoint 2003 (11.8324.8324) SP3. If I embed a video of any supported type (WMV, AVI, MPEG) using a Media Player OLE object,...
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ubuntu update packages

I have Ubuntu Lucid installed, need to update packages, when I ran sudo apt-get update I can see list of packages need to be updated, when I ran ' sudo apt-get upgrade or sudo apt-get dist-...
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/etc/bashrc Permission denied

It's that simple: root@server [/etc]# touch /etc/bashrc touch: cannot touch '/etc/bashrc': Permission denied OS: Linux Distro: CentOS Release: 5.3 Extras: cPanel installed Any ideas?
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How can I customize the design of an XP or Windows 7 Explorer window?

I'm trying to recreate what lots of Mac apps have in their installer dmgs - a custom designed finder window that you see when you open the image. Does anyone know how this is done, and whether or not ...
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WIndows XP: is it possible to schedule tasks just before shutdown

I need to do series of tasks like take backups just before my PC shutsdown. I am not permitted to use any downloaded tool for doing this. So my idea is to use batch files to do these repeat tasks. My ...
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Questions on Windows performance against Linux [closed]

Many people claim that Linux (e.g. Ubuntu) has a lower memory footprint than Windows. Is this really true? E.g. between Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Furthermore, why does Windows take considerably longer to ...
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Computer specs good enough to run 1080p movies?

Im trying to run 1080p movies on my computer and watch em over my new full hdtv, tho, my i already tried once, my computer (using vlc) makes the software crash, here's my specs: Windows Vista ...
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checking which window is active in a Linux script

In a Linux bash script I can do several things with windows using wmctrl but I'm trying to figure out how to determine what the currently active window is.
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Is there a guide to setting up Mozilla Thunderbird to use my GPG keys to sign and/or encrypt email messages on Windows?

I see instructions on websites and questions here about using GPG keys with Thunderbird in Linux, but nothing on Windows. I have GPG, Kleopatra, and Thunderbird 3 installed on Windows, I made my GPG ...
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