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I've noticed that many sites that offer backup services (like dropbox) don't really do backup in the old fashioned sense. They do file synchronization. I decided that while I like this concept, synchronizing 100s of gigabytes takes a long time over the internet (I tried one of those internet...

I have an HP Envy I bought a couple of years ago and it is running great (so far!). However, I got scared when my friend's fujitsu windows 7 notebook would not boot. I'm doing a partial cross post with Link because I'm interested in getting a vendor independent perspectives. (1) What the heck...

I have constant trouble with XCOPY/s for multi-gigabyte transfers. The first trick was to turn off the sleep feature. I need a utility like XCOPY/S that remembers where it left off if I reboot. Is there such a utility? How about a free utility (free as in free beer)? How about an md5sum sanity...

I just re-installed Windows 7 (64 bit) and I noticed (immediately after logging in) that c:\windows\Explorer.exe is consuming 40%-80% of my CPU. This does not look right! I have 3GB RAM on a 3.2 GHz single core processor I bought in 2005. This is prior to me starting windows explorer. Is this...

I had a virus change the hidden bit on many of my files. I'd like to restore the display on my start menu including: (1) Control panel and specifically the Add/Remove Programs (2) Faxes and Printers I found some of the files in c:\windows\system32\*.msc and I have removed the hidden attribute...

I was using synchback and I wanted to experiment with some other free (as in free beer) backup programs because apparently the free version of sync back does not do incremental backups very well. Can you recommend a backup program where I can do daily incrementals and weekly full backups to my...

I've seen a device that looks like an ordinary 110VAC powerstrip except that it has a USB cable or network cable. You can plug in lamps and external USB drives into this power strip and the USB into your PC and you can turn the lamps and USB drives on and off from your PC via a web site. I...

I've been futzing with the open source 'unison' program that synchronizes your local directory with the directory on a jump drive. I cannot figure out how to make it call WinMerge when both the local copy and the jump drive copy have been edited. So I tried Syncback thinking surely this would...

I'm a programmer and I have 25GB of personal files (many of which are source code text files). I like to keep my notebook computer synchronized with my desktop with all these files. I decided I don't like backup because then I have to decide between incremental and full. Full takes too much...

I used to use outlook express to read the news groups and post questions. I cannot find outlook express on Microsoft Office 2010. I did some google searching and found http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/newsgroups-and-starting-the-newsgroup-reader-HA010216686.aspx I'm trying to...

I like to keep current copies of my important files/directories backed up on my memory sticks. I've been using unison because I get my choice between a GUI and a command line and I like supporting open software. Unfortunately, it does not deal well with long or weird file names and it does not...

I'm trying to use MagicDisc to mount my freebsd ISO file and it keeps hanging. I never even get an initial window. I think I'll uninstall it. What is your favorite software for mounting an ISO file so you can install linux as a guest OS via VirtualBox? Thanks, Siegfried

My tax accountant is having trouble with my scanned documents and would prefer I scan my documents and then convert them to PDF or XPS before I email them. I have the latest Microsoft Office. Can someone recommend an approach to accommodating various resolutions of various printers that my...

I did a quick google search and found quite a few disk wipe programs for deleted files. http://www.google.com/search?q=wipe+deleted+files&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1 Can someone recommend one? I don't want to download any malware, viruses etc... Are free...

I have the symptoms described at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819783 I have followed the instructions. I already had service pack 2 installed. I did a search and I believe sp2 is the latest for Windows XP 2003 server. So I applied it again and rebooted. I still don't have a language bar...

I have some bash things I need to translate into either powershell or cmd.exe. Can you tell me how to translate (1) myProgramThatReadsFromStdIn <<EOF data read by program last line of data read by by program from standard input EOF anotherCommand.exe (2) myProgram >"myProgram_`date`.log"...

I'm getting delivery status notifications coming back to me in my email indicating that delivery to certain recipients I have never heard of have failed. It only seems to happen when I leave my machine on over night. How can I confirm/disconfirm this suspicion? What should I do? Thanks, Siegfrie

I'm going nuts (again!). I had a logitec web cam working that had a nice built-in microphone. It was perched on top of my monitor when I accidentally yanked the USB cord and it fell to the desk. When I placed it back in its perch, the video worked but the audio did not (still does not). My...

I just bought an expensive GUI program to fetch data from a $30/month data feed. With a lot of mouse clicks I can search via an zip code and manually save the details each entry to my choice of XLS or PDF files. The entries are formated in a paginated table, approximately 10 entries per page...

At a previous gig, I used some nice software to create a copy of my disk every night. It was a freebie teaser version of a backup product. Every night, it would only copy the files that had changed the previous day. It was free software. I cannot remember the name of it. Can someone suggest...