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Switch monitors from the command line
Since I found a different method to achieve my goal, and since no answer was posted to my previous question, I've changed the question to match the answer I found. Is there a way to turn off my laptop's monitor and turn on the external monitor(and vice-versa) entirely from the command line?
Windows 7: hard link, symbolic link and junction
Possible Duplicate: What is the difference between NTFS hard links and directory junctions? What's the difference between them? in examples..
What is the downside to Windows XP style DPI scaling in Windows 7
I recently just moved to Windows 7 and I noticed that many of my older third-party apps didn't look so good at the high DPI I had set (150dpi versus the typical 96dpi). After searching the web for ways to get my apps to look good again, I stumbled upon the "Windows XP style DPI scaling" option. I e…
How to check the partition alignment on an SSD drive?
As I understand it, for SSD it's important to have partitions starting at the proper offset (i.e. correctly aligned). How can I check this offset under Windows Vista?
Windows 7 finding location of installed program
Usually on Windows XP, if I wanted to know the location of an installed program, I would just click 'Properties' and it would show where the executable is located. On Windows 7, I do the same thing and I get this: How can I find out where programs are located based on the shortcut? I did however no…
How to crop permanently in Acrobat?
After cropping anything by using the crop tool in Adobe Acrobat, how do I ensure that the cropped area is fixed and can't be seen even when I increase the crop margin? For example: how would I crop the following example (image and text) to ensure the image and the part "I don't want to include this…
What is the difference between bash and sh?
I see two types of code being used: and: I searched for this online and opinions vary a lot. The explanations I saw on most websites say that is older than , and that there is no real difference. Does someone know the difference between these? Can you give me a practical example when to use one ove…
linux/shell: change a file's modify timestamp relatively?
My camera produces files like and with timestamps on those files. Unfortunately the time wasn't set properly and timestamps are off. I would like to set the file's timestamp on disk. (not the EXIF data). Proposed algorithm: Is there an easy way to do this? maybe one could simplify the calculation u…
Automatically generate thumbnails for all subfolders of a directory in Windows 7?
Is there some way to get explorer to generate thumbnails without actually having to navigate and scroll through every folder? All I could get was a command prompt script that would load an explorer window for all subfolders, however only images that were visible would have thumbnails created.
Bash Man Page: kill <pid> vs kill -9 <pid>
My man page does not document the difference between and Since these do different things why is the -9 not documented in the manpage? I thought maybe it was a shell specific things so I looked in the bash man page too but no luck. Bonus question: what does the -9 do?
How to mount an encrypted ext3 filesystem under OS X?
I know how to mount an ext3 filesystem in OS X with MacFUSE and fuse-ext2. But how can I mount an encrypted ext3 volume? I have Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" running.
How can a paragraph be reformatted in Notepad++?
How can I reformat a paragraph in Notepad++? In UltraEdit I can select one or more long lines and reformat the paragraph to the set right margin (e.g. 60 or 80) by menu command Format/Reformat Paragraph, keyboard shortcut Ctrl + T. Note that it is hard formatting (inserting line ends), not how the …
Export an Excel spreadsheet to fixed-width text file?
Excel has the functionality to import fixed-width text files where it presents a dialog that lets you choose where the begins and ends of fields are which it puts into columns. Does it also have functionality where, given an existing spreadsheet, you can export to a fixed-width text file? If so, ho…
Will cold weather break my laptop?
Situation: It's -5 °C outside and I'm bringing my laptop to school in my bag. I spend a lot of time walking outside in the cold. Then I go into the school where it's 25 °C and fire up the laptop immediately. Note, I'm not using the laptop while outside, it's on "sleep", so the "operating temperatur…
How to monitor bandwidth use of each device on wifi network
I have in my home a standard Comcast cable internet connection. I have it going from the wall to a cable modem, and from the modem to a late-series Linksys router, which provides wired and wireless networking. The vast majority of the users are wireless connections. For day-to-day tasks, this conne…
Sync Two MySQL Databases
What is a good way to sync two MySQL databases? I would like to sync the data in my production website's database to my local development database. Right now, I am just using the PHPMyAdmin interface to export it from one, and then I import it into the other. These would be user-initiated sync's, n…
Automatically Disable Windows 7 From Indexing .svn metadata
There is a known issue with SVN repositories and the windows indexing service fighting over .svn metadata files. Here for more details. How can we set it up so there are automatically no problems having subversion repositories indexed by windows (Vista/Win7). (We don't want to have to manually do s…
Exit batch file from subroutine
How can I exit a batch file from inside a subroutine? If I use the EXIT command, I simply return to the line where I called the subroutine, and execution continues. Here's an example: Output: Update: This isn't a proper answer, but I ended up doing something along the lines of: The double-pipe stat…
How do I export the Browsing History in Firefox?
I lost a load of open tabs in Firefox that I want to recover. The details are in the browsing history but it is not the most friendly area of Firefox to wade through. The Export option there actually exports bookmarks. I want to export my browsing history as a text file so I can search, dedup, etc …
How do I test the microphone in Windows 7?
I attached a microphone to my computer, and it was detected. It's all setup, now I want to test that it's actually working, and that it's working well. I tried sound recorder, but it didn't record any sound. I still think it's working though. What other ways can I test the microphone?