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Comment by Nasreddine on High CPU usage on Snow Leopard

The process show up only when running Mail.app, as for the console logs it shows only the times I killed it. I have ~4000 mails in Mail.app and I didn't receive them all at once. Tried the reboot and...

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Comment by Nasreddine on Dell laptop keeps detecting a Virtual Generic...

have you tried disabling the second monitor in device manager ?

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Comment by Nasreddine on Number of kernel threads = cores?

The same question has been answered here

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Comment by Nasreddine on Unable to start XAMPP on Windows 7

Maybe there is a program that is already using port 80 (Skype for example) You can use TCPView to look for the that is using it. Port 80 is required to start apache (but you can use another port).

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Comment by Nasreddine on My function key broke – how can I send a key event...

@David many OEMs customize this mobility center with their own stuff (My previous HP laptop had custom features specific to the hardware on that laptop)

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Comment by Nasreddine on I accidentally hit "close other tabs" in Firefox,...

Check your firefox history.

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Comment by Nasreddine on Boot computer without ubuntu external drive

You can fix this by asking on Superuser.com or askubuntu.com

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Comment by Nasreddine on Changing Firefox's memory of page titles

@LordTorgamus I don't remember where I got it (it's from 3+ years ago) I'm not that guy on the dd-wrt forums.

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Comment by Nasreddine on Is there any way to install Internet Explorer 9 on...

IE9 works only on Win 7/Vista SP2/2008 SP2/2008 R2. You'll have to upgrade or use a third party service.

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Comment by Nasreddine on Is there a way to transfer thousand of small files...

The question contains the "windows" tag so your answer doesn't apply.

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Comment by Nasreddine on Define max available RAM size

This doesn't answer the question, it should be posted as a comment at best.

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Answer by Nasreddine for Is it possible to make use of hybrid video in a...

The notebooks that support switching from one graphic card (GPU) to another one usually use Nvidia Optimus technology (I don't know if there a similar technology) which is only available for notebooks...

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Answer by Nasreddine for How to extract SQLite file from Android SD card

The SQLite file you recovered is a database file, you can try opening it with SQLite Database Browser, I can't garantee that you'll find your songs and pictures inside but it's a start. (Or post...

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Answer by Nasreddine for Monitoring programs internet connection

TCPViewYou can use TCPView to view the programs that are connecting to the internet, the protocol, local address and port, remote address and port.Wiresharkif you need something more advanced you can...

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Answer by Nasreddine for Installing Ubuntu and BackTrack in VMWare

In VMWare you create two virtual machines each with it's own Virtual Hard Disk (The virtual hard disks are just files that reside on a partition in the host machine's HD).

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Answer by Nasreddine for Is there a way I can purchase things using my itunes...

You can't purchase things with your iTunes account except on the iTunes Store. Even if you happen to technically do it (Which is highly unlikely), iTunes Terms of service may not allow it.

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Answer by Nasreddine for Process in Windows uses my whole cpu, how to identify

Download Process Explorer (A tool like Task Manager but way more powerful).You can see a list of all the process and their CPU usage, and other useful information (CPU time, CPU history, etc...) for...

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High CPU usage on Snow Leopard

I'm having high CPU usage by a process called "DataDetectorsAgent" Which seems to start randomly even when I close it using Activity monitor. my questions are:What does this process do? how can I...

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Answer by Nasreddine for Scheduled Task for the Print Screen Key

You'll have to use a third party software for this. One program I recommend is SnapShot. You can set the interval, image format, destination (clipboard, printer, file).

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Answer by Nasreddine for Hyper-V for dummies - what is the benefit?

Virtual PC is a type 2 hypervisor, Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor the difference is illustrated here :There are less layers which means better performances. Also, see Rory's answer.P.S: Image was taken...

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Answer by Nasreddine for How do I do a PowerPoint presentation without...

You can : export the presentation from PowerPoint to a self contained presentationuse Google docs use a tool like Prezi ( my recommendation, never looked back to PowerPoint)

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Answer by Nasreddine for How to change file extensions of multiple files in XP?

I don't know if it's possible natively but for my needs, I use a tool called Bulk Rename Utility, I know it seems like an overkill (not to mention the UI) at first but it's worth it :

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Answer by Nasreddine for easy way to automatically retrieve image for desktop...

Yes. you can for example use NASA's image of the day rss feed as a wallpaper (it will download the new image automatically). Just copy/paste this in plain text file with the .theme extension...

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Answer by Nasreddine for How do you disconnect a USB drive when getting a...

You can use Process Explorer to close handles that might be preventing you from ejecting the drive. The easiest way is to search for the assigned letter to your drive then right click and close the...

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Answer by Nasreddine for How to identify a video card without a PC?

Seems to be an HP NVIDIA GTX645 GAZELLE FH2G GDD according to the part number:Source 1Source 2Same looking one for sale on AliExpress

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Answer by Nasreddine for How to install .vsix extention file in Visual Studio...

You can't because there's no Visual Studio on Mac OS. And if you're talking about Visual Studio Code then it's not compatible with the *.VSIX extensions because it's an entirely different product.

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Answer by Nasreddine for Is there any way to force the update of drivers for...

You can try finding updated drivers on LaptopVideo2Go, to find the DEV and SUBSYS go to your Device Manager then :Copy these two values on the site and they may have updated drivers for your laptop.Try...

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