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I’m running on Windows 7 and using Sun’s VirtualBox, and I already shared my folders in the settings of my VirtualBox installation. The problem is I can’t figure-out how I can access it. I also tried googling it, but I think I’m not doing it right. Solution: Install the Guest Additions and setup a shared […]

On my computers (running windows 7 and vista and using SD cards and flash drives) ReadyBoost rebuilds cache after every reboot. Because of this and 5400RPM HDD, it takes several minutes for computer to start working normally. I gave up on using ReadyBoost because of that. Today I read in comments on this answer that

I’m using Kubuntu at work for quite a while now and been using multiple keyboard layouts , German, English, Romanian. When I switch the layout on Kubuntu it changes globaly. Is there an option for that on Windows 7 ?currently the layout changes in a per-application way, which might be considered a feature, but I

I’ve been using Firefox’s built-in CLI to take screenshots of webpages, so that I don’t have to use any third party tool.It is really simple to do,   Hit Shift + F2 Type screenshot filename.png , then Enter.   To take the screenshot of the whole page (including those parts that are not visible), you

I have a hard drive which I need to recover specific files from but all the folders in the K: drive are denying me access even though I took owner ship of the full drive I.E   C:WindowsSystem32>takeown /F K:  This granted me access to the drive and see the folders but I can not

I’m on a Thinkpad T510 and I accidentally plugged my Razor USB mouse into the eSata port not realizing my error because it has been working fine this whole time. Does this seem a little odd? Solution: It sounds like you have a USB/eSATA combo port AKA eSATAp.  Which enables you to use either the

Here are a few questions, I wish you could enlighten me. Is it possible to combine processing power of 2 computers? How do I do it? Solution: Not transparently where a running program can somehow use the second machine to execute code, since they are logically separate with no way for the cpu to communicate

Is it possible to dual boot two OS’s at the same time? For example: I’m currently dual booting Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7. Ubuntu is running on a single 500gb HDD, Windows 7 is running on 1TB RAID 1 mirror. To switch between the two OS’s, a reboot is required. Is it possible to switch

Background Info I recently completed a new ‘Home Theater’ setup in our new house.  In the living room I have a TV and sound bar, and in my office on the other side of the wall I have my PC (running Plex), PS3, Xbox 360, and the router.  I installed some new faceplates and ran

I always used to wake up to my favorite radio station on my alarm clock. However, I have moved and can no longer get that radio station over the air. To solve this problem, I would like to stream the station on my laptop, but have it muted overnight, then set it to unmute at