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What's the maximum typical speed possible with a USB2.0 drive?
I'm getting only 30MB/sec between my computer and a USB drive, despite the fact that USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/sec (or 60MB/sec) transfers. (Therefore, I'm only getting half the rated speed) Is there something present in the USB standard which should…
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Why does chown report "Operation not permitted" on OS X?
I am trying to do the following on my Mac (10.6.7):
sudo chown myusername:wheel ./entries
but Unix/Mac is returning "Operation not permitted". When I ls -lash the culprit file, it looks as follows:
8 -rwxrwxrwx 1 myusername staff 394B Apr 26…
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Why does WMI Provider Host (WmiPrvSE.exe) keep spiking my CPU?
I generally keep my laptop on 24x7, and at the end of the day it's really annoying to have my thighs burnt because over overheating.
The overheating seems to be a result of WMI Provider Host (WmiPrvSE.exe) spiking the CPU utilization to 25% every…
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How to have full directory path always shown in mac terminal (like linux terminal)
In my ubuntu terminal I have always current directory shown completely. Just like this:
blabla@blublu:~/music/my_album/classical/beethoven$
But in my Mac (Mac OS X 10.6.5) terminal does not show the full path and it is like…
Pouya
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How can I take a screenshot that includes the mouse cursor?
When taking screen shots for use in tutorials, it would be really helpful to include the mouse cursor in the picture, but I've found that most screenshot tools (including those that ship with Windows) hide the cursor from the screenshot.
How can I…
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Does Windows 7 support UTC as BIOS time?
Since I live in Germany, my timezone is GMT+1 (or GMT+2 in the summertime period).
Previous Windows versions were not able to have the hardware clock set to UTC, and the Windows time to the local time.
That was / is a big mess, since almoust every…
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Run cURL commands from Windows console
Is there a way to install cURL in windows in order to run cURL commands from the command prompt?
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Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?
Is is possible to convert a .vdi file into a .iso that can be burned to a cd or dvd and make it like an installer. Or Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?
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Disable PowerShell beep on backspace
This feature seems to have been added in PowerShell version 5.1, as I don't find it on my laptop still running 5.0.
When pressing Backspace in PowerShell, it will emit a 'beep' sound if there is no (more) text to delete. This is quite annoying if…
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How does Router know where to forward packet
If several computers with local addresses (192.168.0.#) are connected to a router and each computer opens a web browser and requests a page over HTTP, when these TCP:80 packets are sent out, the router switches the local address with the static IP…
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In ffmpeg, how to delay only the audio of a .mp4 video without converting the audio?
In my .mp4 file the audio delay is -3840 ms. I synced it in KMplayer, and I don't want to use MKVGUI to make a .mkv file. I just need to delay the audio by 3840 ms, everything else should be left intact.
What would be the right command to accomplish…
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How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10?
In Windows 10, when opening images, it gives me the option to open in the Photos metro app, Paint, or GIMP.
I'd like it to open in Photo Viewer, but when I directed "Open with" to PhotoViewer.dll in "C:/Program Files/Windows Photo Viewer", or…
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Keyboard Shortcut to Right Click in Mac OS X
Is there a keyboard shortcut for right clicking in Mac OS X?
If not, when using the built in spell check, is there a way to drive spelling correction via the keyboard?
Also if not, is there a third party application that can give you a keyboard…
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Regularly getting ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED errors in Chrome
I'm regularly getting ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED errors in Chrome. It's usually when using Google, or other Google products (YouTube, Drive, etc.), but has also happen on other various sites, but less often than it appears to happen with Google's sites.…
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How do I get my menu bar back in Sublime Text 3 Linux?
The newest version of ST3 allows linux users to remove their menu bar, but I fail to see how to bring it back. In Windows, pressing Alt shows the menu, but not so in Linux. How can I get it back? Is there a shortcut I can set, or make it so that Alt…
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