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July 19

USB gadgets

Is such usb gadgets available in market?

1)USB moniter

2)USB Sound Card

3)USB hard disk with 2 TB capacity that do not require external power supply

Xentram (talk) 01:25, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

- Cucumber Mike (talk) 07:16, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would be skeptical of a USB monitor, though. USB does not support anywhere near the bandwidth required by an ordinary video signal, so the data needs to be compressed for transmission to the monitor, which introduces all kinds of potential problems. Looie496 (talk) 17:10, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

USB monitors do exist. They've generally got small resolutions and integrated graphics cards to minimize the amount of data transmitted. --Carnildo (talk) 02:18, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And most importantly, they have a very low refresh rate and image quality, compared to VGA/HDMI etc. 109.67.203.144 (talk) 09:12, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How do I make a global keyboard shortcut to paste the current date yyyy-mm-dd under Windows7 Ultimate?

Resolved

I often, in many different places, need to type in the current date in the format: yyyy-mm-dd
and sometimes in the format: yyyy-mm-dd hh_mm
I'm using various applications under Windows7 Ultimate.
How do I make global keyboard shortcuts that will paste these dates anywhere? --89.9.211.221 (talk) 16:32, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Download and install AutoHotkey.
Right-click an empty spot on your desktop or in a folder of your choice.
In the menu that appears, select New -> AutoHotkey Script. (Alternatively, select New -> Text Document.)
Type a name for the file, ensuring that it ends in .ahk. For example: Test.ahk
Right-click the file and choose Edit Script.
On a new blank line, type the following: #T::Send %A_YYYY%-%A_MM%-%A_DD%
Save and close the file.
Double-click the file to launch it. A new icon appears in the taskbar notification area.
Hold down the Windows key and press the spacebar. A web page opens in the default browser.
To exit or edit the script, right-click the green "H" icon in the taskbar notification area.

I've set the shortcut as 'Windows-T' (i.e. hold down the Windows key and press T). That is the '#T' part of the code above. You can change this to anything you like. # stands for the Windows key. You can see other codes for different keys here.

AutoHotKeys is a fairly powerful program. The full documentation is available here.

Finally, I should say that I haven't tested the script. You should always be careful when running stuff on your computer because some guy on the internet told you to - please be doubly so in this case. - Cucumber Mike (talk) 18:53, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Great! As of 2012-07-21 :-) :-) it works perfectly! Thank you!
-- (OP) 89.9.198.9 (talk) 16:40, 21 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]