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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: lap top cooling pad
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on: August 14, 2010, 11:09:35 AM
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Before investing in a cooling pad you may first want to find the root cause of the overheating, after time dust can build up on the cooling fan and vents raising the system temperature. With most laptops you should be able to use a can of compressed air to blow off most of the dust without opening the laptop. Keeping your work area clean and/or the laptop raised will also lessen the amount of dust that will get sucked into the system over time.
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Other Software / Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Burning Studio 10
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on: May 30, 2010, 11:28:45 PM
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When you hit the unsubscribe link in their email you will be taken to their "Service Letter Management" page where you can make changes to your subscriptions including the frequency of the emails. Tried that. Didn't work. It got to the point I had their "Service Letter Management" page memorized & could probably navigate it blindfolded. The emails just...would...not...stop. EDIT: Oh...looks like I have a "kill on the server" filter in my email program for their stupid newsletters. Maybe they never stopped and they're *still* coming. Whatever...at least I don't have to lay eyes on one ever again. After unsubscribing to all their newsletters a week ago I received an automated confirmation email titled "You canceled the Ashampoo Newsletter" and so far I believe I have not received any more of their emails. I have no idea why this process is not working for some people but I am glad it did for me because it seems like I was getting their emails almost every day...
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Other Software / Found Deals and Discounts / Simidude Network Clipboard for $9.95 on BitsduJour 04/05/2009
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on: April 05, 2009, 11:48:17 AM
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Simidude - Drag and Drop ANYTHING Between Different Computers. Simidude lets you drag and drop files, folders, text, and web addresses between any of your computers, no matter if they’re running Linux, Windows, or MacOS X BitsduJour has Simidude for $9.95 (reg. $35) on April 05, 2009 http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/simidude/I tried the software after seeing it listed on BitsduJour, pretty useful if you have more than one PC at home/work and want to easily share clipboard, URLs, files, etc. I no longer have to use a portable drive between machines or use email to share links or files. It also works with Virtual Machines. A single license covers all machines in a cluster which I think is very generous from the author.  Here is a link to their site: http://www.simidude.com/
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Main Area and Open Discussion / General Software Discussion / Re: Windows "safely remove device" thingie
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on: July 25, 2008, 01:43:04 PM
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I don't know how safe this is but it works for me most of the time: In cases when attempts to safely eject the device does not work, I open Task Manager and terminate explorer.exe. I would then select the Applications tab and click on New Task, type in "explorer" (or explorer.exe) and hit OK. Some people may not be aware that you can eject the device either by right-clicking or left-clicking on the icon, left-clicking being faster. A tool I have not used recently, but which I think would also help is the free utility Unlocker which can be found here: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
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