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Viewing the full Skype chat history
I have Skype 2.8 on Mac OS X 10.5.8. Under the the chat menu is an option called "Recent Chats". This allows me to see logs of recent chats, but not of older ones. I know the older ones are stored because they are in . This file when put in a text editor has text chat information from all my previo…
Windows 7 - display date using small icons
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and need the date displayed with the time. This works, but only if I use large icons in the taskbar settings which is quite ugly. How do I display the time and date when only using small taskbar icons?
Why ls and du show different size?
I am downloading a file with rtorrent, When I check the folder that the file is located on, the filesize with command is 4.4GB but when I check the disk with command it shows me 219MB, also the same problem with command that seems just calculate the 219MB one. Here is the my console result
Apple / Mac OS X - Is there a Package Manager like Linux
I am a Linux/UNIX user and love the package management that comes with it. For the most part, I like Ubuntu, but just like anything else, it is the minor things that you live with daily that would be nice if they just worked. My main issue is my wacom tablet while it works, every time there is an O…
interactive/visual merge tool for console?
I'm a big fan of - a visual diff and merge tool for Gnome. It shows two files (or directories) side-by-side and with their differences highlighted, and I can easily select which parts I want to move from one file to the other. I'm looking for a similar tool, but it should work on the (Linux) consol…
Check if a process is running in 64 or 32-bit mode?
I'd like to check if a process is running in 64-bit or 32-bit mode. How can I do this? Process Explorer will tell me if the Image is 32-bit or 64-bit, is this what I should be looking at?
Removing the password from a PDF file
I have a couple of ebooks as PDFs with passwords, however my ebook reader (sony prs600) doesn't seem to support PDFs with passwords. What is the easiest of removing the password from a PDF (I know the password, which presumably helps a lot). It's a bit annoying buying a book and then only being abl…
Tracking disk I/O by application in Windows?
Is there a utility for Windows that operates similarly to iotop for Linux? I'm looking for simple tool that can tell me what applications are writing to disk and how much they're actually writing.
Zypper: How do I display all packages from a certain repository?
Please tell me, how to let zypper display all installed packages of a certain repository.
Free Mac OS X application for downloading an entire website
Is there any free application for downloading an entire site installable on Mac OS X 10.6?
How do I run the Windows 7 Explorer shell with Administrator Privileges by default?
The Windows 7 shell (Explorer) can be made to run with Administrator privileges by this manual process: Kill Explorer shell by holding down Shift+Ctrl, right-clicking the Shut down button in the Start Menu, and selecting Exit Explorer Start Task Manager with Ctrl+Shift+Esc Elevate Task Manager priv…
How do I enable snap-to-grid by default on Mac OS X?
I'm setting up a new Mac, and when I drag icons on my desktop (or in Windows, if I switch them to icon view), the icons don't snap into place unless I hold the command key down. I can't recall how to make that "snap-to-grid" the default. And I can't find it in the Finder's View Options or Preferenc…
How can I monitor internet usage in my network?
I need to know which computer is consuming my bandwidth. Is there a tool to do this?
How to disable the middle button scrolling in Chrome
When I press middle mouse button, it opens: It is so difficult to control the scrolling. Is there any way to disable this?
how to format the path in a zsh prompt?
I would love to have a readable colored path. For example, instead of simply using %~ to return I would like to format it to to highlight the path separators. Can I define the content of PROMPT so that the path expression gets re-evaluated on each display? Something like obviously does not work. Or…
Why do Windows Installers (.msi files) take so much longer to uninstall than other installers?
Since the Windows XP days, Windows Installers (.msi files), including InstallShield installers (which is just a bootstrap for MSI) has taken around five times longer to uninstall an application than other installers. The same is also usually true about installing. Why do they still take this long, …
Change Windows sound volume via the command line
Is it possible to change the volume in Windows XP via the command line?
Remotely make the computer beep on built-in speaker
How can I remotely (SSH) make my Linux Computer Beep (built-in speaker, as there are no external ones)? I have ubuntu 9.04 and can install extra packages if need be. This would be good for finding a certain box if you have more than one standing around and forgot which IP is which box.
Windows 7 Alt+Tab transparent windows effect delay
In windows 7 when browsing through the alt+tab thumbnails, lingering on one thumbnail for a second will engage the Aero-Peek effect causing every window to be transparent except for the chosen window. This effect is slightly delayed before starting for the first time of each alt+tab “session”, and …
What is the lifespan of an SSD drive?
Are SSDs comparable to HDDs for reliability and is there published research on this? Also are all SSD manufacturers at a similar 'reliability level'?