I am using Seagate USB3 disk 8TB, but not sure if the buffer is enabled, please advise how ?

When transferring large volume of data, sometime I notice that my USB 3 port seems to go into USB2 mode, and not performing? Restarting the PC fixes it.

I have USB 3 disk and cable connected to...

Are there faster apps that can efficiently utilise the USB bandwidth available other than Explorer.

I found the speed is nowhere near optimum when there are plenty of small files, say a couple of...

Is there a task scheduler available with a UI, grahical or otherwise to schedule apps to do specific tasks at certain time?

Or even to waking the pc from sleeping mode to launch the tasks, e.g. in...

Thanks, Try3.

By sync, I really mean the same as downloading the mails. However, I am not sure if Outlook keeps a copy online, or every mail just simply be moved to the pc.

Instead of...

I would like to run a pop mail client on my pc, such as Outlook or Thunderbird, which is then linked to my outook.com web mail, and keep them in sync.

Is that possible?

Also if setup, is it...

Thanks.

The checklist is a very long one, but they do look very familiar. I must have them correctly done all this time, as it has been working all these time, sometimes better then other. Some...

My two desktops on the same LAN, connected to the same router, suddenly stopped being able to share files. It was working just a few days ago. Let's day, the desktops are "A" and "B", and the router...

I just installed an OFFLINE extension in Chrome, since it is an OFFLINE extension ( app ), one would expect to launch it whilst offline, but how ?

At the moment, all Chrome Extensions requires...

Try 3:

I did the following, both showing the are from the same location

1) send the shortcut of each to desktop, and examine their properties. Funny thing is, Desktop actually accepts both...

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Hi All,

Could someone please help me to understand if there is any problems with this.

By accident, I just discovered one of my folders has two subfolders which are of exactly the same name,...

At present I am connected to ADSL using a Modem+router in one box, I can access the box's configuration using 192.168.x.y address. This box has 4 LAN ports for me fan out to my devices. There are no...

I am thinking of converting to NBN service in Australia. However, my setup at the moment is single box ADSL modem with a switching router, which I connect my equipment to its LAN ports.

With the...

Thanks. I do have Seatool, but somehow, it does not find the Hitachi drives, whilst working with WD, but Hitachi?

Any ideas?

Also thanks for the link to the various drive test software...

I would like to download a comprehensive testing software for the health of my disk drives, main concern at the moment is my Hitachi drives ( 2TB each ) which one at least has shown bad reads.

I...

noop, not working.

Noop

Is it possible for you to detail the steps.

1) How to fix the ip address for the computer
2) how to setup the dns or data file that you mentioned.

A big thanks in anticipation.

Thanks to you inputs. Then it seems file sharing is really unreliable and requires the computers to be up all the time. It doesn't make a lot of practical sense.

Is there is way to better manage...

I have an unusual situation as I only have mobile hotspot at the moment, I have 2 PCs which are on a network router, but only one has a wifi dongle to connect to the mobile hotspot.

Is that anyway...

I have two PCs on a router at home. They the only thing connected to the router.

I try to share files between the two. Let's call them A and B. Both have been updated to the latest Win Pro 10.
...

Thanks, I'll look into that. Looks like it actually duplicate the file rather than "copying it" loosely....will look deeper.

cheers

Thanks, I looked at that, it seems not all mp4 files has that data. It is all very confusing with all these different media and formats. Then the Explorer copying unreliability does not help at all.

It seems that copying some video files ( at least mp4 ), the "Date Created" property is not reliably preserved, especially to and from USB drives. About 10% of them would have the copy time time...

I have two screens, one LCD and one HDMI TV screen. They are setup to as an extended large screen, so I can move my video player from one to the other by the mouse.

I would like to set up, so...