What is the best way to record audio from multiple inputs from a radio tuner card on a Windows machine?
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posted by thebenman
on Jan 15, 2011 -
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Is there any software that will take the input of a USB webcam, and (at a given signal like a mouse-click) save the
previous 30 seconds/45 seconds/one minutes/two minutes of video/audio to the hard drive? Windows is required, F/OSS is preferred.
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posted by Doofus Magoo
on Jan 15, 2011 -
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For my mother: a totally unexciting Windows tech question! Mysterious error code, and PC won't boot fully after updating antivirus software.
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posted by jon1270
on Jan 13, 2011 -
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Files from a previous install of Windows 7 seem to be between worlds - they are taking up space on my hard disk, but I can't see them in the file explorer? How can I get them to show up?
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posted by pilibeen
on Jan 9, 2011 -
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I have, to aid in not permitting myself to stay up too late, set Windows 7's Task Scheduler to automatically hibernate at a certain time in the evening that varies according to weekday. However, if I manually hibernate the system beforehand (
i.e., go to sleep earlier than the deadline), when I wake it the next morning, it hibernates shortly thereafter. However, importantly, I do
not have the "Run task as soon as a scheduled start is missed" checkbox turned on. I've seen
this, but Richard's suggestion of only letting the task run after a certain idle period – I don't think it'd be suitable as I don't want activity (either mine or the computer's) to be able to push things past the deadline. Any ideas as to what I can do?
posted by WCityMike
on Jan 5, 2011 -
10 answers
Need to connect a Windows 7 PC to a Mac. Am stuck at certain point, where there is probably a simple answer. Help me through the embarrassment before I toss both in the trash and become a hermit.
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posted by Brandon Blatcher
on Jan 4, 2011 -
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I have remote staff in a dozen different countries, and many of them have installed pirated copies of Windows 7 on organizational laptops. We're trying to make sure all organizational computers are using legal licenses. What's the best way to do this?
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posted by drycleanonly
on Jan 4, 2011 -
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I'm trying to start an internet cafe-type business and I'm having real trouble understanding how to properly license copies of Microsoft Office, as well as Adobe software (e.g. Photoshop). There's a further caveat, which is that customers will use thin clients to access virtualized PCs on a central server.
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posted by thumpasor
on Jan 3, 2011 -
9 answers
How can I replace the hard drive on my laptop and then get the operating system which I legally have installed right now back onto it?
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posted by brenton
on Jan 2, 2011 -
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Looking for a 14" or 15" Windows 7 laptop. Should I wait until Sandy Bridge makes its way out into the market or should I buy one now? Also, which should I buy? Details inside.
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posted by decrescendo
on Dec 29, 2010 -
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What's a good, relatively easy-to-setup and problem-free wireless router I can get for my PC-using parents? I'm their Mac user son.
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posted by DakotaPaul
on Dec 27, 2010 -
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How to recover files after I have formatted my computer c: drive?
I have windows ultimate 64 bit.
Thanks
posted by omaralarifi
on Dec 26, 2010 -
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Windows Live OneCare Help! - I have a windows onecare back up on an external hard drive from 2009, my windows live onecare subscription has expired. I have windows XP service pack 3 running on my laptop. Now, the restore tool won't allow me to open the backup or restore it. Is there any way around this? I really really need to get access to some old photos that are on this back up. I tried google but everything leads me to the backup restore utility. Hope me Please!!
posted by VickyR
on Dec 24, 2010 -
3 answers
What is a good bare-bones hosting for ASP.NET / IIS 7 / SQL Server? This is for someone who's just messing around.
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posted by xiaolongbao
on Dec 23, 2010 -
4 answers
On the Mac, I love the application
Paparazzi for taking full-page screenshots. For a project at work, I'm looking for a similar tool for Windows, or possibly a web service. Ideally, I would like something that has the ability to accept a text file of URLs (as Paparazzi does.) Does such a thing exist for Windows / on the web somewhere?
posted by emelenjr
on Dec 16, 2010 -
2 answers
Command-line calculator: I used to have a calculator program I put in c:\windows\system that took arguments, so I could type "c 5+2" into the start menu on W7 and a popup with the answer (7) would appear. Anyone know the name? Not quite a command-line calculator, since I want to pass in arguments and get a returned single value via popup.
posted by lrodman
on Dec 13, 2010 -
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My netbook refuses to start in Windows 7, though it will boot into Ubuntu from a USB thumb drive. How can I repair Windows' startup from outside of Windows and/or booting from a thumb drive?
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posted by nicebookrack
on Dec 13, 2010 -
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Does anyone know of a somewhat minimalist Windows program (or perhaps even a website) that would let me merely type a Facebook status update with little distraction on the screen aside from a countdown of characters left -- a sort of WriteRoom or Q10 for updates, although it doesn't necessarily need to hide menu bars and taskbars and so on? Ideally an application I could bring up by clicking on a system tray update. I'm uninterested in Facebook notifications. Basically, I'm just looking for something that would let me quickly update my status with little visual distraction and then move on to whatever else I was doing at the time.
posted by WCityMike
on Dec 11, 2010 -
20 answers
Anyone know what this "HiddenForm" program might be from the icon?
Image link here. It displays a small featureless window if you switch to it. Thanks.
posted by krisjohn
on Dec 9, 2010 -
3 answers
My wife just purchased a Macbook after using a Dell Mini 9 for several years. All of our music is on a WinXP server and shared out over the network. We want to keep it all on the server if possible. Importing the music into iTunes (over wifi) is slower and more painful than it is on the Windows machines, which I'm surprised about.
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posted by reddot
on Dec 7, 2010 -
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I have a problem with Windows 7 startup after I made some hardware changes. The computer won't boot automatically and I'm hoping for some suggestions.
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posted by Mokusatsu
on Dec 5, 2010 -
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The fake plastic double glazing we put over our kitchen door worked great for one day but then started to fall off. How can we do better when we replace it?
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posted by daisyk
on Dec 5, 2010 -
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I need advice on fixing condensation on aluminum window frames. My house has a ton of aluminum window frames. Now that the weather has turned cold water is condensing on them, puddling at the bottom of the frames, and causing problems. How can I fix this?
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posted by bq
on Nov 30, 2010 -
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My sister needs to make YouTube videos for her business. The camera outputs MP4 files. Needs the ability to edit and add beginning and ending slides. Output should be uploadable to YouTube. Currently using VideoPad (on Vista) which keeps outputting video with out-of-sync audio. Suggested software should work on Vista or Windows 7. Any ideas? (besides Movie Maker)
posted by ao4047
on Nov 29, 2010 -
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Picasa does everything thing I want in a light photo editor (cropping, highlight and shadow correction, roation (90 degree and free)) and browser
except it does not support
multiple computers using the same meta data. My fricken database has been corrupted again (apparently it doesn't handle 200K+ photos very well either) so I'm looking for an alternative that does support syncing between multiple computers and network storage.
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posted by Mitheral
on Nov 28, 2010 -
10 answers
I want to use iPhoto and some of the other iLife software, but I don't want to buy a Mac. Can I run this software effectively using software such as VMWare on my Windows 7 PC?
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posted by lemur
on Nov 25, 2010 -
13 answers
My house has lead paint. Today most of the windows were replaced, and the people who installed them were supposed to vacuum up the lead paint chips. I don't think they did. What should I do?
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posted by Chicken Boolean
on Nov 23, 2010 -
18 answers
Why do my screens attached to my DELL laptop running Windows 7 turn a slightly orange hue every day at 4:45pm until I shut down and restart?
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posted by metajc
on Nov 22, 2010 -
2 answers
Help me process my files ... automatically! I need a Windows application which will sit in the system tray, and watch for files being dropped in a folder, and do something to them when they're done being written to. (Modification time over an hour ago or something similar.) Difficulty: Need to be able to run arbitrary commands, not just move or copy them to another folder.
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posted by jferg
on Nov 19, 2010 -
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Massive unintended file deletion? I had almost my whole CD & LP collection digitized on a Maxtor OneTouch 750Gb drive. Last week, I installed Zune software on my Windows 7 PC, and all of a sudden, those files are gone, daddy, gone from the drive. Hope me recover my files!
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posted by beelzbubba
on Oct 29, 2010 -
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Is there any problem with using VMware to run a 2nd copy of windows home server on a WHS with 2 separate licenses for 20 users?
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posted by cheesyburgercheese
on Oct 27, 2010 -
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Leaving Friday for a monthlong stint out of town; how to maintain access to essential software on a different computer running a different OS?
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posted by alexandermatheson
on Oct 26, 2010 -
7 answers
iTunes 10.0.1 and Windows Vista. Help me kill the album art, kill it dead, for good. Permanently. For, like, EVER.
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posted by chez shoes
on Oct 22, 2010 -
12 answers
