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How to enable find-as-you-type behavior?
Ok, I just need Total Commander 'quick search' feature to be enabled. How can I do it?
Tab character width in Terminal
Default tab width for Mac OS X Terminal.app is 8. I want to change it to 2. How can I do it? I've found tabs command, but I can't figure out how to use it.
How do you add a visual effect to a mouse click from within windows?
I just want a little utility that monitors mouse clicks so that when one occurs a visual bubble effect (or something similar) occurs, similar to something you might see in a screencast.
MS-DOS command to delete all files except one
Is there an MS-DOS command that allows me to delete all files except one? Consider as an example the following files: Is there a command to delete all files except ?
Mac Wireshark alternatives
Do you know any good alternatives for wireshark (network analyzer) running on a Mac OS X 10.5+? Wireshark is not that handy like on an Windows OS (user interface with X11, ...). Any kind of help is appreciated.
Windows 7: The ARP entry addition failed: Access is denied
I'm on Windows 7 and am trying to assign a static arp entry for my default gateway using the command: But I get the following error: When I don't mention my ip-address at the end, the static ip gets assigned for the virtual interface created automatically for virtualbox. I'm using an elevated promp…
How to keep all of the output of a program on the Windows command line?
Say you have a program that gives a lot of output. It seems that Command Prompt unfortunately doesn't keep all of it (there's only so far you can scroll up). Is there a way to keep all of it?
Tool to copy files of HDD with bad sectors
I have an external hard drive that is starting to fail; it has some bad sectors. It's a 1 TB Fujitsu Siemens case with a Western Digital hard drive inside. Eventually I will backup the whole drive with some backup/imaging software, but I don't have the free space to do that. At the moment I want to…
How can I tell which network interface my computer is using?
On a MBP (OS X 10.6.2) I've got the wired ethernet and wireless airport configurations set up to use the same static IP to my router (e.g. as described at http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-708685.html). I've also got the Service Order set up so that the wired connection is above Airpo…
In Chrome, is there a way to search only within my bookmarked sites?
I'm not trying to search for a bookmark - I'm trying to search for a term that may appear on one of my bookmarked sites. For instance, if I wanted to search on the term "Obama" and restrict my query to the New York Times web site, I know I could type this into the main URL/Search bar in Chrome: oba…
In Windows 7, Is there a way to snap a window to a quarter of the screen instead of half?
When I move a windows by the title bar to the left or side of the screen the windows "snaps" to the side and resizes itself to half the screen size. Is there a way to snap the windows to a quarter of the screen size?
How to disable thunderbird notification
I run Ubuntu Hardy and Thunderbird version 2.0.0.23 (not tagging for linux/ubuntu since I think is a Thunderbird thing, but you can re-tag if appropriate). I am really tired of the email notifications, which appear in the right bottom corner of the desktop, often (but not always) covering the deskt…
Assigning programs to specific audio outputs in Windows 7
In Windows XP I could, for instance, play music on my speakers then have a game play on my headset via this clunky method: Set default sound output to speakers Run music player Set default sound output to headset Run game A 'feature' of XP's audio workings was that once a program launched and grabb…
How do I export the history of Skype?
Is it possible to export Skype v4 chat history into some readable plain-text format? ( ) Alternatively, is it possible to backup/restore skype chat history? (I wouldn't mind backup to Gmail, or to readable plain-text format). I have found numerous tools on the internet and even tried some of them, …
Is there a way to make bash more TAB friendly?
I use bash on both my Mac and as my cygwin shell. Overall, I'm quite pleased with it. My one complaint however is that its TAB completion isn't as good as Windows Command Line TAB completion. For example, if there are two files with the same prefix, then bash just beeps at me when I try to TAB comp…
How can I rename files and folders in Windows that are in use?
On Windows 7 Ultimate when I try to rename a new folder that is created (by copying usually), I usually get a "Folder is in use" error. I would have to wait a while before I would be able to modify the folder name. Files behave the same way too. I am thinking that this is because I am sharing the f…
Kill a process with a specific "Command Line" from command line
Is there a command line utility that kills all processes with a specific command line? E.g. kill all processes named "java.exe" with a command line that contains "-jar selenium-server.jar". This is possible through process explorer.
What happened to the B: drive in Windows and why does the hard drive default to C?
Why is it that I see an drive and a drive but not a drive? Is there a reason why the disk partitions start at C? And is it possible to change that letter designation?
How do I synchronize Thunderbird tags with Gmail labels?
I have Thunderbird connecting to a Gmail account via IMAP, so Gmail labels show up as folders in Thunderbird. Moving items to folders in Thunderbird causes labels to be applied in Gmail. However, Thunderbird also has its own tagging mechanism where you can apply a color code and tag by pressing key…
How do I recover a closed Sticky Note in Windows?
By accident, I closed my sticky notes in Windows. Is there any way to recover them?