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Why are my Windows 7 System Alerts not coming to the front?

Ever since I installed Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 on my Dell XPS M1730, system alerts (for example, the alert you get when installing software that wants to make modifications to your computer) will flash ...
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Chrome Extensions or Windows 7 alerts?

I'm wondering if there are any free Google Chrome extensions or software compatible with Windows 7 that allows the user to schedule time-based alerts with an added note? For example, I'd be able to ...
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Open case detection aka intrusion alarm

I am monitoring ACPI and other sensors on my mainboard with lm_sensors. there are two entries: intrusion0: ALARM intrusion1: ALARM From what I know these are sensors to detect an open case, but ...
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Wacom Bamboo: Remove keydown alert boxes

I've been trying to google this for hours, and have gone through the settings at least three times. After searching Superuser a few times as well, I still cannot find an answer. This is driving me ...
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modal dialog popup alarm

In Linux, specifically Ubuntu, is there a way to set a simple command to alert me at a specific time? preferably w/ a pop-up so I won't miss it. Perhaps pair some command w/ "at" ?
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Why does Microsoft Security Centre show Virus Protection Disabled? Is it Important?

Microsoft security Essentials says my realtime virus protection is working, but the Microsoft security alerts says my virus protection is off. Which is correct and why do they contradict each other? ...
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SP Alert email cuts off Excel table in Office 2010 but not Office 2003

I have an alert set up for a discussion board. We have been using Office 03 just fine, email comes in, the body is shown fully, everything is great. However, when we use Office 2010, not sure if its ...
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Play system sounds from one computer through another computer's speakers?

I have a two Windows PCs at work (one personal and one the companies), one has Outlook on it, and the other one does not. I use both PCs at the same time with Synergy and SynergyKM. I'd like to be ...
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How to make Terminal bounce its application Dock icon in OS X

In OS X, when a program wants attention, its Dock icon at the bottom will bounce up and down. In Terminal, sometimes I will run a long series of commands, like this: a && b && c I ...
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Is there a way to turn off all pop-up alerts in Windows XP?

Is there a config option to turn off those little yellow balloons that pop up in the lower right corner of the screen? Also the found new hardware dialog that shows up regardless of whether the ...
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Windows (XP+) Tool for letting others know what is happeing in the office (but not email, more like IM)

I'm looking at how to notify others in a kind of twitter way, but a bit more obtrusive, to alert them to something that is about to happen, or did happen or even is happening. e.g QA Website ...
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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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Is there a way to disable "low disk space" alert in Windows 7?

For quite some time my hard disk is almost used up and the low disk space alert keeps on popping up which is really annoying. Is there a way to disable this alert?
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What process is making that sound?

My Windows 7 system makes an intermittent ding sound (like a single chime, or bell). I don't know which process does it. So, my question is: Is there software/method out there that can tell me which ...
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How to Create a Mockup Windows XP Alert Box?

We need to create a mockup Windows XP alert box for our client. What would be the easiest way to do this? Our designer tried to create it through Photoshop but couldn't get the fonts to look ...
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How to set alert when cpu usage reaches 100% Windows XP [closed]

Is there a way to set an alert, email or sms, when a certain windows xp machine's cpu reaches 100%?
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