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How do I determine which graphics card I'm using?
I recently read this answer on Gaming.SE, which made me realize that I actually have no idea how to tell which graphics card I have in my PC. Where can I find this information?
Can I use the "start" command with spaces in the path?
I have a path like this: is mapped to an FTP address. Now when I try to use to open my folder I cannot. Command prompt makes mistake a and goes to folder! I already tried to use instead of a space, but that was also unsuccessful. I am running this using a batch file from an Oracle form.
Shift and Control keys out of sync with normal keys over RDP
I spend quite a lot of time working on various machines via RDP (usually RDPing to one machine and from there RDPing to other computers outside our LAN) and have an issue where the modifier keys (i.e., Ctrl, Alt, Shift, and Win) sometimes don't take effect as quickly as standard keystrokes. For exa…
How can I configure the Windows 7 firewall to prompt me on outbound traffic?
Can I configure the built-in firewall in Windows 7 to ask me if I want to let a program open an outbound connection? I can disable all outgoing traffic and manually create rules for programs, but I can't find a way of letting the firewall prompt me when a program wants to initiate an outgoing conne…
In Mac Chrome, how can I return focus from the address bar to the page?
I can press Cmd-L to get to the address bar, but I can't find a keystroke to bring me back to the page. It sounds like Esc works on Windows, but it doesn't work on the Mac. Is there an equivalent?
How to change iPhone backup location on Windows?
iTunes creates quite a big backup directory on my C: drive whenever I back up my iPhone. Is there a way to tell iTunes to back up the iPhone data to another location?
How to diff large files on Linux
I'm getting a error when trying to diff two 27 GB files that are largely similar on a Linux box with CentOS 5 and 4 GB of RAM. This is a known problem, it seems. I would expect there to be an alternative for such an essential utility, but I can't find one. I imagine the solution would have to use t…
Get a list of open windows in Linux
ps ax shows all the running processes. I want to do something similar, but instead of the names of the actual processes, I want the window names listed instead. What Linux command will do this?
How can I see my mac address on Ubuntu?
How can I see my mac address on Ubuntu?
How to open Mac Keynote presentations on Ubuntu?
How to open Mac Keynote presentations on Ubuntu? Can it be imported to Impress?
how can I check my rsa passphrase?
I think I've forgotten my RSA passphrase again. Is there a way to have my local command line prompt me for it so I can check if I at least what I remember it as is correct, so I don't needlessly change it? Next time I'm writing it on a post-it ;)
How do you partition a USB Thumb / Flash Drive?
Out of the box, Windows will not allow you to partition a USB Thumb / Flash Drive. How can you do this? In case anyone is wondering Why you would do this? It's interesting in the case of a BitLocker ToGo drive where you can take a large thumbdrive (like 4 or 8 GB) and format a small amount of the d…
Joining H264 *without* re-encoding
I have two halves of a single show in two .MP4 files, encoded in H264. I would like to join them without re-encoding. Is this possible? I managed to create a joined video as a Quicktime file (.mov) using Quicktime Pro, but then Quicktime Pro will not convert it back to .MP4 without re-encoding. Thi…
How to split existing buffer vertically in vim?
I have list of buffers in vim. I can split buffer horizontally using :sb[N] where N is the buffer number. How can I split the buffer vertically ?
What does the "execute" permission do?
I am shocked that I still don't understand "Execute" permission in Linux. There are three permission - read, write, and execute. I understand that read and write literally, but what does execute do exactly? Let's say I have with execute permission. What can I do with ?
There's no 'sudo' command in Cygwin
Because there's no sudo command in Cygwin, scripts that I want to run fail with What's the standard way for getting around this? Editing the scripts to remove ? Getting some -like tool for Windows?
Where are Registry Files stored in Windows?
Where is the Registry stored in Windows? I want to find the files shown when running (Windows Registry Editor).
Change Terminal Title in Mac OS X
How can I arbitrarily change the title of a Terminal window in Mac OS X? I have seen this question and this magicwrap thing, but think it's just a simple Mac OS X command.
How to reset shortcuts (.lnk file) in Windows 7?
Somehow I went to open a shortcut and Windows couldn't find the target but instead of pointing the shortcut to the it pointed the file handler to the , so now all my files are trying to be opened by the borderlands game. What's going on? I'm guessing I can do it by resetting the entry in , but I do…
Drag and drop through Remote Desktop Connection
I use remote desktop on a daily basis and I find that I often need to quickly transfer files between my physical PC and the RDP, or even between different multiple remote sessions. I have network sharing enabled and I understand that it's not exactly slow transferring files by that means, but I'm l…