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How do I enable reboot in Windows 7 for Remote Desktop sessions?
I see that I lack the choice to reboot/shut down via the start menu when logged into Windows 7 via Remote Desktop, whereas it is present in Windows Server 2008 R2. Is there some setting in Windows 7 to enable reboot/shutdown? EDIT: The question is specifically about whether it is possible to enable the standard reboot/shutdown controls in the start menu, and if so, how.
How to find out which USB port is USB 3.0?
In my laptop (a Lenovo y470 ) there are three USB ports. One of those is USB 3.0 others are USB 2.0 . I do not know which one is what. When I copy data from my External HDD it transfers at 38MB/s from all of the USB ports. (Which is a good speed for USB 2 transfers, but to low for USB 3). I used the device manager to confirm that I have one USB 3.0 port. Is there a way a can figure out which port is 3.0 ?
How to store and preserve lots of data?
I have many DVDs with movies and games, they are getting old and dusty, some of them are damaged. And I have more than 300 GB of general files in my PC. I want to store and preserve all of my data and keep them for a long long time. I want to know what is the best and more reliable storage media that I should use and... I can buy. I will copy all of my DVDs to a new media and throw all of my DVDs away. It will take a very smaller physical space. I think that everything that I need to store is currently 800 GB. I do not like optical discs, because they are fragile and I have lost many CDs and DVDs. Hard drives would be good, but they can suddenly stop working, and it is very expensive to recover data from a broken hard drive. Other questions: How often will I have to copy the files to a new storage media? Is it good idea to have another copy of each file stored in another storage media? Edit: If I put all of the movies and games in a HDD, if the HDD stops working, I will lose everythin…
"watch" the output of a command until a particular string is observed and then exit
I'm looking for a way to programmatically watch the output of a command until a particular string is observed and then exit. This is very similar to this question, but instead of tailing a file, I want to 'tail' a command. Something like: (But this doesn't work for me.) UPDATE: I need to clarify that does not continuously output text but needs to be repeatedly called until the string is found (which is why I thought of the command). In this respect, is like many other Unix commands such as: , , , , etc.
Hiding files/folders which begin with a full stop (period)
Windows does not use the dot-file convention for hidden files. However, many Windows applications (mostly opensource/cross-platform) use files and folders with this convention. How can I make Windows Explorer automatically hide these dot-files?
How can I get the length of a video file from the console?
Suppose we have a video file some_video. How can I get its length from a shell script (with mplayer/transcode/gstreamer/vlc/ffmpeg/whatever)?
Create a pie chart from distinct values in one column by grouping data in Excel
I have an Excel document containing information from a survey. I want to create a pie chart over location (countries). How can I make Excel group all the distinct values together and then display them relative to each other? Say that there are 100 rows, with five different countries: America, United Kingdom, France, China and Germany. For example, say America has 30 rows, the UK has 20, France has ten, China has 30 and Germany has ten. I'd want the pie chart to display and represent those values in relation to each other. I've tried to only select the location column, but it does not display anything — not anything like the thing I want, anyways. I know I can count all the distinct values, but I would like to get Excel to do it automatically because I'm going to create other pie charts from similar data.
Find all files that are NOT of a specific type/extension in folder?
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit: I'm looking for a way to find all the files in a directory that are NOT of a specific file type or extension. Example: I'd like to find every file that isn't an .mp3 in my music folder (and all sub folders).
How to view command history of another user in Linux?
How can I view the command history of another user? I am an admin on my machine. I can see normal history by viewing but I can't see commands of that when they were doing . Is there a way to view all command executed by one user?
How can I make mdadm auto-assemble RAID after each boot?
I successfully created a RAID (mirroring) by utilizing . However, I must run the following commands after each boot: What am I doing wrong/why do I need to run these commands at boot? What is the right way to auto-start RAID with each (re)boot?
How can I change the default encoding type Thunderbird uses when composing a new email?
Whenever I compose a new email message in Thunderbird, it defaults to the Western (ISO-8859-1) encoding, and I have to manually change it to UTF-8 every time. How do I change the default?
http proxy over ssh, not socks
The question is simple, but the answer is not : or or I need a kind of proxy that i can use with http_proxy variable, in an embedded device that doesn't support SOCKS. What should i do?
Difference between ia64 and x64
What is the difference between ia64 and x64?
Terminal emulator with split panes for Windows 7 (64 bit)
I'm looking for a terminal emulator on Windows 7 (64 bit) with a specific feature: to be able to split the command prompt window into multiple panes. It's a great feature of Terminator for gnome, I think this image describes it best: Notice that every pane is a different shell with different applications NOTE: this question is similar to another one I asked: Terminal emulator with split panes for Mac OSX, but this time I'm asking for a solution in a Windows environment EDIT: for reference, here's more about Terminator: http://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html
Where's .bashrc for root?
I know it's not best practice, but on my dev system I login as root. What's the equivalent of the .bashrc file so I can alias some functions? I've found the & but I'm not sure where to plop my commands. Running x86_64 SUSE. thanks, mjb.
How can I recursively change the owner of a directory to the user nobody in linux
I would like to change the owner of a directory and all files and directories below it to the user . I have a with owner . I want to change the owner to nobody (system user) recursively.
add password to existing zip file with 7zip
Is it possible to add a password to an existing zipfile with 7zip without going to all the trouble of unpacking it and re-packing it again?
Creating a symbolic link to mapped network drive in Windows
I am having an issue creating a symbolic link on Windows 7 Ultimate. I want to map a folder from a mapped network drive into My Documents. returns . is set to be available offline, but I am online when I am trying this. This is what I've tried (as suggested here): Using Local Security Policy to add my user to Local Polices\User Rights Assignments\Create symbolic links, and rebooting. No luck. Running cmd.exe as an Administrator, but then I cannot see the mapped network drive at all. I can however create symbolic links on the drive. Using to change , to set (even though it seem to me I want , which is already enabled). Using full UNC path of the shared folder does not work either ( when run as an administrator, when run as a normal user). Output of : Any ideas?
How to mount a multi-partition disk image in Linux?
I downloaded an raw SD card image that has two partitions. It caused some file system errors when I tried to dd it directly into an SD card. I am not sure if the card is defective or the image. Is there a way to examine this image without writing it to a physical card? Like trying to mount the partitions separately or checking the tables?
What does the ~ mean in a file path?
What does the mean in an absolute file path? I see this in the output of things like build scripts but the path does not exist.