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52 votes
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Can I force full speed to the indexing service of Windows?

45 votes
6 answers
109k views

How does Windows 7 decide which route to take if 2 connections to an internet source exist? (e.g. a Wireless and an Ethernet one to a router)

33 votes
7 answers
138k views

Which drive is \Device\Harddisk1\DR1?

9 votes
10 answers
81k views

Is it safe to operate a laptop without battery?

7 votes
1 answer
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What is the purpose of frequent I/O operations on "/Device/Mup" on windows?

7 votes
1 answer
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How can I make Windows 8 scheduler to run something once when the computer is idle but then wait for at least 12 hours in order to do the same?

6 votes
3 answers
8k views

What is the bigger cylindrical part found at the end of USB cables but also some laptop PSU cables? [duplicate]

4 votes
2 answers
9k views

How can Alt-F4 be disabled in Windows 7?

3 votes
1 answer
3k views

Does anyone understand why the G700 mouse charging cable must not be extended?

3 votes
4 answers
41k views

How can I get the line count of a text file?

3 votes
2 answers
434 views

Why is this simple Excel calculation not netting Zero?

2 votes
3 answers
11k views

How do I remove artifacts from animated gifs based on high quality pngs?

2 votes
3 answers
16k views

Is it possible to make a custom shortcut to "undo" in Word 2013?

2 votes
3 answers
251 views

Does modern software use different CPUs features selectively?

2 votes
2 answers
115 views

What is faster for multimedia performance? Leaving a NIC to do checksums or the CPU?

2 votes
1 answer
418 views

HP suggests for virtualization mode in BIOS to be turned off if it is not needed. Why?

2 votes
3 answers
515 views

Is it possible that solid state drives (or any faster drive) will make common applications faster even if they are cached?

2 votes
1 answer
152 views

Powerful monitoring applications for Windows

2 votes
1 answer
695 views

Can 97 reallocated sectors (stable for months) cause freezes on the system via disk read/write delays?

2 votes
2 answers
4k views

Logitech G500 Right Click needs extra force and makes weird clamping sound

1 vote
0 answers
3k views

Free/Open Source program to share a USB device (e.g. a scanner)

1 vote
2 answers
353 views

Toshiba laptop burned after heavy OpenGL usage. Is there hope?

1 vote
3 answers
3k views

Is it normal for an AC adapter to drop voltage if it's not used by a laptop?

1 vote
3 answers
960 views

If Voltage is Correct, but Current wrong, what's the expected behavior of a laptop receiving its adapter input?

1 vote
2 answers
860 views

Is it possible to sleep a process by force externally?

1 vote
3 answers
4k views

Computer freezes once in a while for a few seconds then goes back to normal while there is disk activity at the time of the freeze. Any idea why?

1 vote
1 answer
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Is a laptop computer going to save its extra cost compared to a desktop computer due to lower electricity consumption, after more than one year? [closed]

1 vote
2 answers
2k views

Find out what standby/sleep mode I'm under when on Windows 7

1 vote
2 answers
6k views

Is it possible to replace the wire of my Logitech G500 mouse?

1 vote
1 answer
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Why are my downloads up to ~1500KByte/sec only, when the ADSL connection locks at 13611Kbit/s?