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I have an external HDD which I would like to “safely remove”. Unfortunately, my system (Windows 7 x64) complains that “the device is currently in use”. Using Process Explorer I discovered which … Windows 7 – How to safely remove a device blocked by the System process with a handle on $Extend$rmmetadata$TxfRead more

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 … Windows 7 – How to share files/folders in Sun virtualbox?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – How to stop readyboost from rebuilding cache after every restart on SD cards and flash drives?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – How to switch the keyboardlayout for all Application at onceRead more

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 … Windows 7 – How to take a high quality screenshot of the whole page in Firefox using GCLI?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – How would I use Takeown to take ownership of all folders on one drive?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – I accidentally plugged my USB mouse into my esata port… It works?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – Is it possible to combine processing power of 2 computers?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – Is it possible to dual boot two OS’s at the same time?Read more

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 … Windows 7 – Is it possible to retain multi monitor settings when one monitor is “unplugged”?Read more