Are computer mice good only for a given number of clicks? I have bought several times a computer mouse and noticed that for a certain period of time they no longer become operational  and that happened even without signs of any damage. One time I was told that computer...

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I have a problem with Ubuntu 9.04, sometimes the whole system freezes and does not respond to any keyboard or mouse input. Is there any keyboard shortcut to reset the system to avoid forcing the computer to restart manually? I would appreciate your help. Thanks

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I am trying to replace the power supply on my brother's computer. he is a toddler/kid and the computer is nothing fancy, its actually my wife's old Compaq pre-built.

Anyways, the power supply is shot and I was going to replace it but didn't want to spend more than $50...

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Why am I losing connection with my WiFi? We have a WiFi installed in our house. After some configuration work my laptop was connected to it wirelessly and would automatically detect it every time I open my laptop. One day, after some months, I suddenly lost connection with my...

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How can I find hidden folders after reformatting my PC? I have installed a program that has the ability to hide folders. I used it to hide about five folders. Unfortunately my desktop crashed and I have it reformatted but kept the Drive D where all my files and those...

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Amazon Simple Notification Service Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a one type of web service to send or receive notification instantly from the cloud. Using SNS you can create topic, subscribe topic, and send topic to end user application using a Protocol like https, http, and email....

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I recently formatted my PC from Windows XP SP1 and installed my new Windows XP SP3 I got from my fathers' office, as they were upgrading to Windows 7 now.

I then noticed missing applications like Windows Movie maker, Windows sound recorder, Paintbrush, etc.

Which I often use.

Why is this so?

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What causes the Laptop’s LCD to solidify?

My friend who was working abroad sent me a box containing his laptop which he is going to get from me once he has gotten home. After five months he was back home and came to me to get the laptop which was...

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What is an Event viewer and how to create a custom view? Events are the occurrence of anything within an operating system. Logs are used to save, create or update events. Event logs are files which records the user’s event while working with windows operating system. Such as log...

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Here's the thing:

Why is it that running a Crystal Report in my VB.NET application always takes so much time?

It hangs for about 5-10 seconds before  the result is displayed.

I'm just wondering if there is something that I can do to speed this process.

Thank you very much.

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