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    Why all the iTunes hate?

    One of the things that I find annoying about iTunes is the custom interface. Apple has been slow to update it so on Windows Vista the support for Aero Snap, for instance, is inconsistent. There are many times when I have a maximized window and am not able to unmaximize it simply be dragging it...
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    How does charging for bandwidth on the internet work?

    A related question that I have: Is bandwidth charged based on volume, irrespective of destination? I live in Nunavut, in Canada's arctic. Transmitting data to and from my home surely costs more than it does to transmit data to and from someone living in San Francisco (if only because of...
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    How does charging for bandwidth on the internet work?

    As I think about "net neutrality", it seems that a lot of the debate comes down to how we price bandwidth. But I want to make sure that I understand how bandwidth is currently priced so that I understand the costs involved. My understanding: On the internet, one pays bandwidth costs in order...
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    Difficulty copying files from memory card: crashes in Windows, Command Line

    It is an SDHC card, but my laptop (an HP Pavilion tx 2000) is supposed to be able to read 4GB type 2 SDHC cards. I also experience the same behaviour regardless of whether I directly insert the card into my laptop's SD card slot or whether I have the card in the camera that I used to take...
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    Difficulty copying files from memory card: crashes in Windows, Command Line

    I have a 4GB SD Card with photos and videos from my Christmas vacation. I want to copy the files to my computer. The problem that I am experiencing is that the copy is failing on certain files and this causes Windows explorer to crash and/or the command line (when using xcopy) to stop...
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    Does one need a dedicated router to share internet or can it be done in software between two computers?

    Thanks for the replies. It's good to know that it's possible to do this in software. Next time I face this situation and don't have a router I'll try out the software approach myself to see how it works. I had previously tried out what you suggested in software on the Mac and it didn't work...
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    Does one need a dedicated router to share internet or can it be done in software between two computers?

    I am using a laptop. My roommates have an iMac (that they bought last year). Today I bought a wireless router in order to get wireless internet on my laptop. But it occurred to me - I'm sitting on the couch next to their iMac - isn't there a way to share internet access without a separate...
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    Wanted: program to silently take and save a picture from a webcam on a daily basis

    In Canada that would arguably be a criminal offense in addition to having tort liability attach to it. Alas, the experiment failed as the program just isn't taking the pictures and when I press the button to manually take a shot more often than not Dorgem hangs.
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    Wanted: program to silently take and save a picture from a webcam on a daily basis

    Thank you very much, Gooberlx2. I've installed Dorgem as per the instructions on that page. Configured it the way I want so that it'll take a picture once a day when there's motion at the computer and so that the program will start and run in the background when I start my computer. Now I'll...
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    Wanted: program to silently take and save a picture from a webcam on a daily basis

    I had an idea that I would like the webcam on my laptop to take a picture of me each day. I would want the picture to be taken automatically and silently saved to a folder on the computer. I would want the picture to be taken while I am actively using the laptop. It would be sufficient to...
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    Want to extract audio from Quicktime MOV files, received audio in AIFF or MP3 format

    Thank you for the suggestion of using Quicktime to save.
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    Want to extract audio from Quicktime MOV files, received audio in AIFF or MP3 format

    I have a couple dozen Quicktime MOV files. I want to extract the audio from the files to generate audio files (in a small format like MP3, though AIFF would do). I tried opening them in Final Cut Pro and exporting the audio to Quicktime, but this took a really, really long time (exporting audio...
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    Copying files off CD causes Windows Vista to crash; how to copy from a CD with some errors on it?

    I have a cd that I burned some of my files onto as a backup five years ago. I want to copy all of the files off of it onto my hard drive. The problem is that when I select all of the files and folders in Windows Vista and drag them to a folder on my hard drive the file copying dialogue box...
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    Error message every time I start Windows

    Whenever I start Windows I receive the following error message as a popup: http://clip2net.com/clip/m6907/1221703438-clip-15kb.jpg I click 'OK' and my computer appears to work properly. How do I get rid of the message when I start mycomputer? I tried searching google for 'tuvUKExy.dll' and...
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    Easy way to check if my network card does support promiscuous mode?

    Thanks for the details - that must be the problem that I'm having. I guess I'd need to buy more hardware to make this work. I'll hold off on doing anything for now.
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    Easy way to check if my network card does support promiscuous mode?

    I want to monitor the network traffic on my network. I thought that I would use this tool: Network Probe 2.6 at http://objectplanet.com/probe/deployment.html In order to use it, it says that I need a network card which supports 'promiscuous mode': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promiscuous_mode...
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    Should I Be Concerned about Security: Sending Personal Information over Email

    Thanks - I just looked into it and now I realize that zip files can be encrypted. I didn't know that before (I had thought that the password was just a software-based impediment to accessing the file, not a key that decrypts it). Problem solved. :)
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    Should I Be Concerned about Security: Sending Personal Information over Email

    Thanks for the replies, everyone. A password-protected zip file is a good idea. I can then just telephone over the password and I think it would be reasonably more secure. I'd be satisfied with this form of security through obscurity - and at the very least, it'd be due diligence. I...
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    Should I Be Concerned about Security: Sending Personal Information over Email

    I work at a church. Today, a volunteer who sends out birthday cards to the kids who are members of the church asked for a list of upcoming birthdays, with the kids' names, addresses, phone numbers and some other information. I will go into our membership database, output this information as an...
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    Wanted: Way to increase Windows desktop size beyond size that normally accords to monitor's resolution

    That's the sort of behaviour that I want, but I'd like to do it in software because I'm looking for a 'virtual desktop size' of something like 5000 pixels - more than I see listed in the output options from my videocard.
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    Wanted: Way to increase Windows desktop size beyond size that normally accords to monitor's resolution

    I am looking for a software utility that would increase the size of my Windows desktop beyond the dimensions of my screen. I've seen this by default with Linux installs that I've used before (via KDE, Gnome). I want the "virtual size" of my desktop to be something like 3000 pixels across and a...
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    What are the adverse effects (if any) of using a larger SD Card than my camera supports?

    I just bought a cheap digital camera: a Digitrex DSC-3500Z. The camera's box says that it supports SD Cards up to 256MB in size. I have a 1GB SD card. I have inserted this 1GB memory card into the camera and saved some pictures to the camera, apparently without problem. What are the...
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    Windows XP Search does not find text in files: Why?

    I found this utility and it has solved my problem http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_filefilter.htm The default search feature in Windows XP is an abomination! I'm glad that there is a simple way around it.
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    Windows XP Search does not find text in files: Why?

    I've narrowed down the specific problem that I've been having: when I produce a document on my Palm Pilot using "WordSmith", it is saved to my computer with a .doc extension, but in RTF format. These are the documents that are not searchable. Steps to replicate the problem: 1. Create a file...
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    Windows XP Search does not find text in files: Why?

    I'll turn it on and see if it works. I thought that it just increased the speed with which I could do full-text searches, and didn't know that it was a prerequisite for doing them.
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    Windows XP Search does not find text in files: Why?

    I am doing a search using the Windows XP search feature. I am searching in a directory, searching for a "word or phrase in the file". This directory contains Microsoft Word files. I use Word 2003. I know that the word I am searching for is in several of the files in the directory. When I do...
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    WindowsXP cannot read CDs from CD Drive (does not detect CD in drive)

    I couldn't figure it out, so I've just bought a new CD Drive. Problem solved. :)
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    WindowsXP cannot read CDs from CD Drive (does not detect CD in drive)

    My decade-old brand-name Toshiba 4x CDROM drive is able to read both data and audio CDs. My newer no-name 36x CDROM drive is able to read audio CDs, but not data CDs. My newest Samsung 48x CDROM drive is able to read audio CDs, but not data CDs. Suggestions on how to get the newer drives...
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    MS Excel: Modify files that open on program start

    Thank you very much! That was a great instruction. The problem is now solved.
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    MS Excel: Modify files that open on program start

    Just to be clear: When I start MS Excel, a series of documents automatically open. I want to prevent those documents from automatically opening on start. How?
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    MS Excel: Modify files that open on program start

    I am using a computer in an office that was used by someone before me. Whenever I start the program "Microsoft Excel" (97) a series of documents open. Where in the program can I modify what documents open when I start the application? The current system is most annoying because, for every...
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    Prevent chkdsk from appearing on boot under XP with FAT32

    I am using FAT32 with WinXP Pro. Every time I boot my computer, chkdsk appears to scan the hard drive. I would like to prevent it from ever appearing at startup. Where is the setting?
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    Why do Address Books suck? (aka synchronization issues with PDA/PC/Web and across programs on a Windows PC)

    I have five different digital Address Books: I keep contact's names and numbers on my Palm Pilot (and corresponding Palm Desktop app) Microsoft Windows XP address book (used by Outlook Express) Microsoft Outlook XP address book (Why isn't this the same thing as the Windows Address Book? What's...
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    How often do you receive viruses? Poll inside.

    I got a couple in the eight years that I've been using computers. They were so rare that I never even bothered to install anti-virus software. Then in September I moved into residence in University. Now they're a weekly occurance.
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    Why does Windows use Virtual Memory when I have free RAM?

    Thanks for the rundown. I understand how it works now and why the numbers don't appear to add up at first glance. This is what I come to anandtech for - experienced and unbiased help. :D
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    Why does Windows use Virtual Memory when I have free RAM?

    I understand that in that screenshot, the total amount of memory allocated (virtual and physical) is 185MB. What I don't understand is why the "PF Usage" bar graph reads "181 MB" as for "The amount of paging file being used by the system." (the definition of what the PF Usage dialog indicates...
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    Why does Windows use Virtual Memory when I have free RAM?

    http://prowsej.no-ip.com/pics/1GBvirtual.PNG In the picture: I have 228012K of RAM unused. I have 185808K of virtual memory (on my hard disk) being used. This happens almost all of the time: I have lots of unused RAM and Windows is extensively using Virtual Memory. Wouldn't it be faster...
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    Did you notice a difference in color brightness and warmth when switching to winXP??

    It's the same. But, none-the-less, I up the brightness manually under XP because the maximum that my monitor provides isn't good enough.
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    How does Windows Networking work?

    I've looked at the Samba site and read a good article than answered the questions that I wanted to know (ironically, it was published in Linux Magazine - great soruce for Windows users). Is there anything that I can do to minimize the appearance of this error message...
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    How does Windows Networking work?

    Thanks for the response. This is the sort of answer I was looking for. I'll look up the Samba site.