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I'm looking for a way to only "temporarily" install a software on Windows 7 64-bit. The case is that I'm going to need to install a program which I'll really only need to use once, so I'd rather not have it install on my system and then uninstall it, as that will likely change some registry gobbledygook I don't want it to. I'd opt for using a virtual machine like VirtualBox, but all my previous operating system ISOs were on my (currently inaccessible) older computer. Preferably I'd like to install the program inside the virtual machine, let it do what it needs to, and then just delete the virtual hard disk. So, does anyone have an alternative solution to my query? Thank you and cordially, 141.153.215.55 ( talk) 03:33, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Moved from Language Desk by Falconus p t c 03:14, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I use the Perapera-kun add-on for CHN-ENG translation in Firefox. It lets you hover your mouse over hanzi to see the meaning. However, some sites in China don't work with Firefox (for example, certain online banks) and I was wondering if anyone knew of an add-on for IE with similar mouseover translation functionality. I haven't been able to find one... Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Masked Booby ( talk • contribs) 01:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I've got an image with the .jpg file extension on a Linux machine. I thought maybe using ooffice to view it I could do some cropping. Hasn't worked so far. My other option my be finding something on some MS Windows machine in a university library and downloading the thing there. What should I do? Michael Hardy ( talk) 04:31, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Why is it that when I attempt to change Google.ca back to Google.com, it just refuses to go to the US based domain? But when I'm the US, I'm perfectly capable of accessing the Canadian domain without the main one getting in my way? Yet funnily enough, I can access Google.fr, Google.co.uk, Google.de and so on from Canada with no issue, yet it has serious beef with me trying to access Google.com. Even when I sign into my Google account, I don't seem to have much of a say in my preference of which domain I want. Why is that? 70.29.252.46 ( talk) 09:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
This morning, Google started acting weird on my Fedora 12 Linux system using FireFox 3.6. When I make a search that returns multiple pages of results, and browse to some page past the first one and click on a result, then when I click "Back" Google throws me back to the first page. If I click "Back" again then I get to the right page. This seems to happen every time. It does not happen on my work computer, which uses Windows 7 and FireFox 5. What the heck is going on here? JIP | Talk 15:03, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
This stopped when Google thought I had searched too much for one day and asked me to fill a CAPTCHA. Then after I closed the browser window and did another Google search it started again. JIP | Talk 20:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I just bought a new Dell XPS 17 laptop with a 17 inch 900p screen, I have another laptop that is 6 years old and runs 1280 x 800 with a 15 inch screen. Watching the same 720p and 1080p video on both side by side, I think the quality on the old laptop is better, the new one seems a little less sharp and slightly lower quality (the old screen is less reflective). Am I imagining it? Is it the difference in reflectivity? It is that the old screen is smaller? Or is there something I can do to fix this? Thanks for any help:-) 71.195.84.120 ( talk) 17:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Are there any web archives or mirrors (accessible to the public) that have old pictures from flickr? I remember there was this beautiful landscape that a certain user had, CC-BY license, which is just the perfect resolution for my new computer screen, but which the user has taken down (waybackmachine has been rather unhelpful; flickr "doesn't allow frames", whatev that means). I have tried contacting the user, but he has been unresponsive. Thanks. 203.117.33.23 ( talk) 18:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I've got some audio tracks from a PS2 game copied to my hard drive, and I was wondering if there was a program out there that can play these tracks... and if possible convert them to .wav or .mp3
thanks 157.157.39.8 ( talk) 20:11, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm running XP Mode only for a scanner, so while I run Virtual PC I don't run it for more than a few minutes. I use a flash drive to store the resulting images, and "XP" has access to only the virtual HD and physical DVD-ROM drive. I have Firewall up but don't want to patch the "XP". I'm guessing then that any security weakness that would affect me would be in Virtual PC. Is that correct? 66.108.223.179 ( talk) 23:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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I'm looking for a way to only "temporarily" install a software on Windows 7 64-bit. The case is that I'm going to need to install a program which I'll really only need to use once, so I'd rather not have it install on my system and then uninstall it, as that will likely change some registry gobbledygook I don't want it to. I'd opt for using a virtual machine like VirtualBox, but all my previous operating system ISOs were on my (currently inaccessible) older computer. Preferably I'd like to install the program inside the virtual machine, let it do what it needs to, and then just delete the virtual hard disk. So, does anyone have an alternative solution to my query? Thank you and cordially, 141.153.215.55 ( talk) 03:33, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Moved from Language Desk by Falconus p t c 03:14, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I use the Perapera-kun add-on for CHN-ENG translation in Firefox. It lets you hover your mouse over hanzi to see the meaning. However, some sites in China don't work with Firefox (for example, certain online banks) and I was wondering if anyone knew of an add-on for IE with similar mouseover translation functionality. I haven't been able to find one... Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Masked Booby ( talk • contribs) 01:58, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
I've got an image with the .jpg file extension on a Linux machine. I thought maybe using ooffice to view it I could do some cropping. Hasn't worked so far. My other option my be finding something on some MS Windows machine in a university library and downloading the thing there. What should I do? Michael Hardy ( talk) 04:31, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Why is it that when I attempt to change Google.ca back to Google.com, it just refuses to go to the US based domain? But when I'm the US, I'm perfectly capable of accessing the Canadian domain without the main one getting in my way? Yet funnily enough, I can access Google.fr, Google.co.uk, Google.de and so on from Canada with no issue, yet it has serious beef with me trying to access Google.com. Even when I sign into my Google account, I don't seem to have much of a say in my preference of which domain I want. Why is that? 70.29.252.46 ( talk) 09:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
This morning, Google started acting weird on my Fedora 12 Linux system using FireFox 3.6. When I make a search that returns multiple pages of results, and browse to some page past the first one and click on a result, then when I click "Back" Google throws me back to the first page. If I click "Back" again then I get to the right page. This seems to happen every time. It does not happen on my work computer, which uses Windows 7 and FireFox 5. What the heck is going on here? JIP | Talk 15:03, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
This stopped when Google thought I had searched too much for one day and asked me to fill a CAPTCHA. Then after I closed the browser window and did another Google search it started again. JIP | Talk 20:04, 13 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I just bought a new Dell XPS 17 laptop with a 17 inch 900p screen, I have another laptop that is 6 years old and runs 1280 x 800 with a 15 inch screen. Watching the same 720p and 1080p video on both side by side, I think the quality on the old laptop is better, the new one seems a little less sharp and slightly lower quality (the old screen is less reflective). Am I imagining it? Is it the difference in reflectivity? It is that the old screen is smaller? Or is there something I can do to fix this? Thanks for any help:-) 71.195.84.120 ( talk) 17:10, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
Hello. Are there any web archives or mirrors (accessible to the public) that have old pictures from flickr? I remember there was this beautiful landscape that a certain user had, CC-BY license, which is just the perfect resolution for my new computer screen, but which the user has taken down (waybackmachine has been rather unhelpful; flickr "doesn't allow frames", whatev that means). I have tried contacting the user, but he has been unresponsive. Thanks. 203.117.33.23 ( talk) 18:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I've got some audio tracks from a PS2 game copied to my hard drive, and I was wondering if there was a program out there that can play these tracks... and if possible convert them to .wav or .mp3
thanks 157.157.39.8 ( talk) 20:11, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
I'm running XP Mode only for a scanner, so while I run Virtual PC I don't run it for more than a few minutes. I use a flash drive to store the resulting images, and "XP" has access to only the virtual HD and physical DVD-ROM drive. I have Firewall up but don't want to patch the "XP". I'm guessing then that any security weakness that would affect me would be in Virtual PC. Is that correct? 66.108.223.179 ( talk) 23:25, 12 August 2011 (UTC)