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Why does terminal say: "You have mail"?
Any idea why my Mac terminal says: You have mail in /var/mail/lofye How can I make it stop saying that every time I open terminal?
Change environment variables as standard user
When clicking on "Advanced system settings", I need to login as the administrator and hence only edit the administrators environment variables (in addition to the machine wide ones). How do I edit the environment variables of a standard user? Details With the migration to Windows 7, I decided to work as a standard user instead of an unprivileged administrator. Works well so far but I encountered a tiny problem: When I try to change per user environment variables via the control panel I have to login as an administrator. But since I run that part of the control panel as the administrator I can only edit the administrators variables. How am I supposed to edit my own environment variables? Without resorting to extreme measures, such as editing the registry (as suggested in "Is there any command line tool that can be used to edit environment variables in Windows?" )
Is there an "about:config" (Firefox) In Google's Chrome?
Anything similar to " (Firefox) In Google's Chrome ?
How can I monitor the CPU temperature under linux?
How do I monitor and display the CPU temperature using Linux?
What should I do about com.apple.quarantine?
I've downloaded some files from the internet and want to use them under Mac OS X. But the OS seems to have tagged them with the extended attribute com.apple.quarantine (no indication of this until I noticed the " " in the and figured out how to use ) -- apparently because they have been downloaded from the internet. What's the right way to deal with this?
How do I find the encoding of the current buffer in vim?
Say I am editing some file with vim (or gvim). I have no idea about the file's encoding and I want to know whether it is in UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1 or whatever? Can I somehow tell vim to show me what encoding is used?
Is there any way to hide taskbar labels and not combine taskbar buttons?
There are three options for customizing taskbar buttons in Windows 7: Always combine, hide labels Combine when taskbar is full Never combine Is there any way to hide labels and not combine taskbar buttons? Or even better, to exclude only certain applications from combining? My main problem is that I switch a lot between two instances of a single application, and having to hover over combined icon and then choosing the correct one. Alt-Tabbing is not a good alternative when I'm switching between more than three applications; clicking on taskbar only once is what I'm looking for.
Multi-tab command prompt in Windows?
What are the best (i.e. bug free) Multi-tab command prompts in Windows? They have them for Linux but Windows never seems to come out with one.
looping through `ls` results in bash shell script
Does any one have a template shell script for doing something with for a list of directory names and looping through each one and doing something? I'm planning to do to get the list of directory names.
What do green folders mean in Windows 7 Explorer?
I downloaded a ZIP file and dragged the files out of the ZIP into a directory. The subdirectories I copied displayed in Windows Explorer in green instead of the default black. What does the green folder text mean? (In case you're wondering, the download was from Baseline CSS)
How to make SUBST mapping persistent across reboots?
Does Windows (XP or later) have a built-in way to create persitent drive mappings, like the ones SUBST creates? I found a 3rd party tool psubst. Is there a way to do it without 3rd party tools?
How to synchronize the home folder between multiple computers?
I have three computers at home, and would like to have the folder tree synchronized between the three. Any files/folders (except those hidden) that are modified/added/removed in one of the three computers is updated in the other two. Is enough to do this? and how?
How do I get different background images on my dual monitors?
Is there a way to set two different background pictures for my two monitors in Windows 7? By default the same background picture is used for both displays. I am looking for a solution without installing extra software.
How can I read my hard drive’s SMART status in Windows 7?
How can I read the S.M.A.R.T. state of my HDDs while using Windows 7, either automatically or manually?
Dual monitors on Windows - How do I set a different DPI or text size on each monitor?
My laptop is a 15" wide screen running at 1600x1050, and in addition to that I connect an external 19" LCD which runs at 1280x1024. The problem with this setup is that if I increase the text size to make the laptop screen readable, the text on the external LCD is huge. Normal text on the LCD results in tiny text on the laptop. What options do I have to get around this?
Using Windows 7, how can you use multiple mice (to get multiple cursors)?
Is it somehow possible to use two mice in Windows 7? I think this could be useful; like using two fingers on a multi touch display...
How to add command line options to shortcut?
How can I add command line options to an executable in a shortcut in Windows XP? For example in the shortcut properties in target I have: I want to add some options: However when I do this I get an error saying that the name specified in the target box is not valid.
Remove key from known_hosts
I built several virtual machines during the last few weeks. The problem is, the gives me the Man in the middle warning. This happens because another fingerprint is associated with the virtual machine IP. In the file, however, I don't find the record related to the IP, only two bizarre, key-like strings and "ssh-rsa". Does anyone have any ideas about how to remove the old key from ?
How to wipe free disk space in Linux?
When a file is deleted, its contents may still be left in the filesystem, unless explicitly overwritten with something else. The command can securely erase files, but does not seem to allow erasing free disk space not used by any files. What should I use to achieve this?
How can the font size be changed in Notepad++?
How can the font size be changed in Notepad++? I just downloaded and installed Notepad++ v5.4.5 (I have been using UltraEdit for the last 11.5 years) and can not find a menu command for changing the screen font. I want to change it to Lucida Console 18pt. Other notes: to download Notepad++ go directly to the SourceForce download page for Notepad++. (Note: Another question, How do I change Notepad++'s console font?, deals with changing the font (not the font size). For instance, answers to that question that only talks about font size are being downvoted.)