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How to get headphones and speakers working at the same time?
I have a Gigabyte P55-UD3 motherboard which comes with a Realtek sound card and audio header for the front panel. My headset is permanently connected to the front panel (mic in, headphones in) and I also have speakers connected at the rear of the computer. What I want to achieve is that both the he…
How to go back or forward a word in bash environment?
Possible Duplicate: How can I move around the bash commandline efficiently? In the Windows prompt, one can go back or forward one word by pressing and . What's the equivalent in a bash environment?
Find recently added files with git
I want to get a list of the most recently added files using git. Is there any sane way to do this?
How could I safely fix my walking "dead pixel" bug?
I need suggestions. I've got a live little bug inside my macbook pro screen for 2 days now. I've tried to film it using my iPhone, but it ain't that good. :( Should I try to open it? o_O C'mon, looking for ideas here! :) edit: Here's an alike video. It's not moving anymore for now... I hope it isn'…
How to shutdown a computer instantly (1 to 5 secs) without using a physical switch/socket?
Is there any command / program via which I may shutdown my system instantly (1 to 5 secs)? Update (2015): Thank you to those who have suggested to turn off using the power socket. :D Update (2016): @technophile suggested that I should add some information to the question describing nature of the pr…
How to do DNS through a proxy in Firefox?
I am using Firefox 3.5.7 with FoxyProxy. I have an ssh tunnel forwarding 8080 through to an HTTP proxy server on the other end. With FoxyProxy, I send work traffic direct but everything else goes through the proxy server. DNS lookups, though, still go to work's DNS servers for resolution. Is there …
Remove embedded subtitles from an .mkv file?
Is there a way I can remove subtitle data from an .mkv?
Mapping Super+hjkl to arrow keys under X
I'm trying to map: globally under X. The idea is I don't want to leave my home row that often to use the arrow keys, so I'll use the Super modifier + hjkl to emulate the arrow keys under X. Is there any way to do this? One thing I've tried is xbindkeys + xte using this configuration: but there seem…
What makes LastPass so secure?
I can't simply understand how using LastPass is secure. All an attacker need to do is to compromise the single LastPass account and then he has also compromised all other websites. What's so good about that compared to the traditional approach to have separate accounts per site? Is it really better…
How to execute shell script via crontab?
I have a script that looks like: My crontab notification for 2 PM: However, this doesn't work. What is the problem?
How do I set the Putty Window size to open bigger than the default?
I use Putty a lot and it always opens in quite a small window. I wondered if there were any parameters or settings I could change that could make it open in a window of different size by default.
Syntax highlighting in Microsoft Office Word
Possible Duplicate: How do I easily highlight the syntax of PHP code in Word? I need to paste some code (ANSI C) in Microsoft Office Word, and I need some form of syntax highlighting (instead of simply changing the font to ) Is there some sort of addon maybe that will let me highlight code syntax i…
Recursive chmod: rw for files, rwx for directories
I want to a lot of files and directories. As indicates list for directories and execute for regular files I'd like to apply for files and for directories. Is it possible using only the command? If it isn't, what is the most convenient way? Doing a isn't a possibility as I don't want the regular fil…
Which files are opened by a specific application?
Is there a way to list all files that are currently opened by a specific process in Windows? I mean files that got have an , but never got an by a specific process. I tried to use Sysinternals Process Monitor, but I couldn't figure out how to list the current opened files – but only when the openin…
How do I remove an EFI System partition from a drive in Windows 7?
I have an external HD which used to be my TimeMachine drive. I got a different drive for that, so I want the original drive back as an external on my Windows box, but it has this random 200 MB partition labeled as EFI System Partition. How do I get rid of this?
Find duplicate files on Mac OS X
Is there an application that would search duplicate files in my Mac with an easy way to delete the duplicates?
How do I tell Windows 7 to trust a particular network location?
How do I tell Windows 7 to trust a particular network location? I'm not sure how to elaborate from the title of the question! I keep getting popups aka "this location is not trusted". I've mapped a network location to a drive and I want to trust it 100%, how do I do that?
undo Linux's rm?
Possible Duplicate: UNDO LINUX Trash Command Hi, Is there any simple way to undo an command? The question is purely theoretical; I have NEVER deleted the log of a benchmark queue who took a whole lunchtime to run.
How can I add a regular user to the sudoers file?
How can I add more users to the "sudoers" file?
How do I run a launchd command as root
I have the following launchctl command as a .plist file. It's loaded and set to run once a day but, it needs to run as root and I'm not sure how to verify this. Also, this cron job basically CDs into a directory and runs a command. I'm sure launchd has a better way of specifying the directory where…