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Disable taskbar tooltips in windows 7
I find they frequently get stuck open if you have a near-full-screen application open. Is it possible to disable them?
Why is Hardware Assisted Virtualization disabled by default?
Why would vendors by default set hardware assisted virtualization off? I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X201 (64bit) but it seems this is the case with other vendors too. I want to run some virtual machines so I'm enabling it but I'm wondering if there are negative repercussions to this that I need to watc…
How to show specific hidden file in file browser dialog - Mac OS X
I need to use Automator to backup some of config files in my Mac. But I don't know how to get a hidden file in the file browser dialog. I chose "Get Specified Finder Items" task then click Add, but the file browser didn't show the hidden files I want to select. How can I get the hidden files I need?
Any way to set a default view in Word 2007 or 2010 and keep among restarts?
Every time I open a document in Word 2007 or Word 2010 on a wide-screen display I get the two-page view (which is actually very annoying for me). I would like to make Word display the one-page view, preferably with a specific zoom factor, by default and hence never display the two-page view. Is the…
Why is my laptop favoring the wireless connection over my LAN connection?
When my laptop comes out of sleep, I have to typically wait about 90-120 seconds before my network (wireless or NIC card) 'wakes up'. During that time, I see my wireless connection with 'limited access' which means no access. Eventually the wireless wakes up and connects, even if I have an ethernet…
How do I concatenate strings in a bash script?
How can I concatenate strings and variables in a shell script? stringOne = "foo" stringTwo = "anythingButBar" stringThree = "? and ?" I want to output "foo and anythingButBar"
How do you duplicate current open Finder view?
I often have a window where i want to drag and drop to a parent folder, and i need another finder window, so i open a new one and need to browse back to where the other window is ...
Vim copy-paste across terminals
The usual vim and works only in the same window (but does work across files and close/save commands). Is it possible to make it work across terminals (yank from window in one terminal and paste in another) and if so, how?
How can I modify button behavior for PC-only mice on Mac that don't emit USB-standard key events?
I have a Logitech M510 wireless mouse and am on a Mac. Right now I can assign different actions to the 2 thumb buttons through the Logitech control panel. What I want to do is have mouse button combos to perform actions. So if I am holding thumb button 1 and click the left button, a tab will close …
Does Notepad++ have an "unclose" command?
For example, I often hit ctrl+w along with ctrl+s when I'm saving documents, causing them to save and then close. I can reopen them if I use the recent files list, but I am wondering if Notepad++ has an "open last closed document" shortcut, like ctrl+shift+t in firefox. I was unable to find anythin…
Encrypt an existing partition in Linux while preserving its data
If I have a partition like /dev/hd1 that is unencrypted and want it to be encrypted, but want to keep everything currently in that partition, how can I do that?
Why is there usually a folder called 1033 in Microsoft Folders
I found that most of the software by Microsoft contains a 1033 folder. Is there any relation of the folder with Microsoft? Does it contain a special type of data?
Loop pictures from a folder and display fullscreen slideshow
Need a Linux solution for looped slideshow from pictures in some folder. Pictures may be deleted and added, so it's a bonus if it doesn't stop/crash if currently shown picture is deleted.
Tool which finds which process is causing the heavy hard drive activity?
Sometimes my Windows 7 system is accessing the hard drive heavily for several minutes and it slows down the machine considerably. Is there a tool which tells me which process is causing it? That includes if Windows is accessing the virtual memory? I tried SysInternals' DiskMon but it doesn't show u…
How do you disable mouse scroll wheel acceleration in Mac OS?
Under Windows and Linux, the mouse scroll wheel seems to be linear. Under Mac OS the scroll wheel some sort of acceleration which means it either goes too slow or too fast.
Resume transfer of a single file by rsync
In Ubuntu, I want to copy a big file from my harddrive to a removable drive by rsync. For some reason or other, the operation cannot complete in a single run. So I am trying to figure out how to use rsync to resume file copying from where it was left last time. I have tried to use the option --part…
How can I send gpg encrypted mail automatically from the linux command line?
How can I send gpg encrypted mail automatically from the linux command line? I'm a little stumped on this one, I've tried using mutt but it doesn't encrypt mail unless it's used interactively. Does anyone know if you can use the build in mail command to do this some how?
How to remove the Outlook 2010 icon from tray?
How do I remove the Outlook 2010 icon from my Windows 7 system tray / notification area? Just for clarification: i really mean 'remove' and not 'hide'. I have the icon in the taskbar and I don't need to see a second redundant Outlook icon in my tray.
How can I highlight XML on the command line?
How can I highlight XML from stdin (e.g. piped from ) to stdout? I know how to get highlighting working in and , but is there something that just outputs to stdout and exits? What I'd link to do is just type something like or maybe, for big files and get pretty output.
How can I type tilde (~) in the Ubuntu terminal with a Norwegian keyboard?
I am using Ubuntu terminal and want to type this: However I am not able to find tilde (~) on my Norwegian keyboard. Can anyone tell me how to type it?