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Can I charge a computer through its USB port?
Can I charge computers by inducing 5-volt into their USB connectors? Is this possible? I noticed that when my EeePC 900 is off but plugged in charger, there is power coming out of the USB port. Can this be a sustainable way of charging a PC, or a flaw in design?
How to install Dropbox in Windows 7 for all user accounts?
That's it. When installing Dropbox on my laptop it's only installed for my current user account, the other users can't see the shortcuts or use them (since logged in as another user the shortcuts always point to the dropbox of the user that installed it). How do you install it so all other accounts…
Why did Microsoft Word switch to French spell check on me?
I was editing a document in Office Word 2007 on Windows XP and suddenly all sorts of words are underlined as misspelled. I go into Word options and it talks about French dictionary! In the preferences, my primary language is set to and that is only language set. What is going on??? How can I get ba…
Does Windows XP support the SSD trim command?
I am thinking about purchasing an SSD to speed up my Windows XP system. I heard that the TRIM command is important to maintaining the SSD performance over the long run. So is getting an SSD for Windows XP a good idea?
Go frame-by-frame through a movie with a precise timer
I have a video I made for physics class, which I intend to use to measure just how long an event took to take place. I can find the start frame and end frame easily using VLC's frame-by-frame feature. However, VLC's timer seems only to be precise to a single second, giving me no more precise an ans…
Display messd up with weird characters in Gentoo after `cat` a binary file
I ran to see the contents of - however it's a binary file, so my console became like this: You may notice the red text in screenshot is "LiveCD"; commands can be executed correctly, but they display in a weird way. I'm in the middle of an installation process, so I'd prefer to avoid rebooting. How …
if we do not use any wallpaper on desktop will it increase performance of windows?
if we do not use any wallpaper on desktop will it increase performance of windows?
Can I charge USB devices from a powered hub that isn't connected to a PC?
This will probably sound familiar to most of you... In my home, we have a whole bunch of devices that can be charged via USB (two iPhones, a BlackBerry, an iPod Touch, etc ad nauseam). We also have a bunch of USB chargers, each of which has a single USB port on it. I'd like to have something perman…
Steganography software
Do you know some good (better if FOSS and cross-platform) steganography software that runs on GNU/Linux? The features I'm searching are: steganography software (better if FOSS and cross-platform) it must run on GNU/Linux must hide data inside audio/video/image files support of additional cryptograp…
How can I find the IP address of my client bridge router?
I have a client bridge (LinkSys WRT54GL router with DD-WRT firmware). I specified an IP address of 192.168.1.2 for the device, however, when I run ipconfig, the default gateway is now 192.168.0.1. Similarly, when I try to connect to http://192.168.1.2, I can't access the administrative page for the…
ATI Eyefinity under linux
I know that the new 5xxx series cards from ATI are capable of powering up to 6 monitors, but I was curious if anyone had any such luck setting this up under linux. I actually only have three monitors that I am interested in using, but three is the point where the previous generation video cards sta…
How to remove IIS 7 on Windows 7
How can I remove IIS 7 from my Windows 7 installation?
Is there a Internet PC Parts database? Like IMDB except it's about PC parts: motherboards, CPUs, Power supplies etc etc
I would love to have a central place where information about all PC parts are kept. Even better if the whole database can be downloaded as CSV and analysed using R or SAS.
How to organize music?
You might also have the problem that the music on your computer is a mess. Programs like WMP or iTunes are not capable to identify the music and sort it into categories. Is there a solution (a program, a mod or a add-on) which scans my computer for music, erases duplicates, adjusts volume, categori…
How should my computing tendencies change after installing a SSD?
I am about to install an Intel X25-M SSD in my MacBook. What should I know beforehand? I understand that you do not need to defrag the drive as it does not increase performance and decreases drive life. Is it correct that Mac OS X does not support TRIM? Does this mean I will need to reformat the dr…
How can I share a laptop's Wi-Fi connection through its Ethernet port?
I have two laptops, one with a working Wi-Fi connection (Laptop 1) and one without (Laptop 2). As I have no Ethernet plugs nearby I want to connect Laptop 2 to Laptop 1 via an Ethernet cable so that they can both use Laptop 1's Wi-Fi connection. Both laptops are running Windows 7. Is this possible,…
Use Google Goggles From Desktop
I don't have a phone that can upload a picture to Google Goggles... is there a way I can use this image search engine from something that isn't a phone, like my laptop? Some sort of extension accessing the Google Goggles API would make the most sense to me.
Keyboard shortcut to switch between sheets in Excel
Does Excel 2007 have a keyboard shortcut that switchs between worksheets?
Is it possible to uninstall or disable iTunes in OS X?
iTunes is always popping up on my HTPC Mac Mini and I don't use it. It is running Snow Leopard if that makes any difference to the solution
netbeans - how to view file full path in window title (or somewhere else)?
I've just switched from eclipse, and what bothers me, is that when I have lots of files open, I don't see which one is from which module (f.ex. 5 different urls.py files). Is there an option to show the full path somewhere? netbeans 6.7.1 @ ubuntu 9.10 //edit: if not displaying the filename, maybe …