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How can I emulate a 'fake' printer (driver) in Windows?
For testing, my application needs to send a document to the printer. I don't really want to print this out, so I am looking for a 'fake' printer driver which could essentially print to nothing. I know that nul exists, but I also need the fake printer to support pausing. Any idea if the nul port can…
Use Ctrl+Backspace to delete word in Windows command line?
How could I erase the whole word with using Ctrl-Backspace in Windows XP command line? Is it possible at all?
Does Chrome's Download Manager resume downloads if the connection is lost or closed?
Does Chrome's Download Manager resume downloads if the connection is lost or closed?
How do I keep images zoomed at the same level when viewing multiple images in one session?
I have a lot of images of the same size (2272x1920), each depicting a layer in a model. The interesting part of the images is a rectangular area that is of the same size and at the same position in all of the images, so I zoom in on the interesting part. However when I go to the next image the imag…
Recycle bin on substed drives
I've created a substed drive on Windows 7. When I delete a file, it doesn't go to the recycle bin, instead it is deleted permanently. Recycle bin properties do not show this drive at all. Any hack to send the files from substed drives to the recycle bin?
What is 'IMAP+'?
In a new version of Evolution there is an option for an 'IMAP+' server type. What is IMAP+?
Is it possible to run games over remote desktop?
I'm not expecting to run hardcore games, but maybe simpler games where low frame is OK. I have a 1gbit network between my computers. How can I set up my computers so I can remotely play games?
Why is Ctrl-Arrow not working in bash on OS X?
I use Ctrl-← and Ctrl-→ on every Linux system I work on, but these key combinations don't work in bash on my Macbook Pro. It is running Snow Leopard, and I'm using the built in Terminal application. The key combinations don't seem to be captured by anything before or by Terminal, because if I ssh t…
ZIP file decompression inflating vs extracting
I used the cPanel control panel to extract image archive. While decompressing it displayed a list of all files with information like inflating filename... or extracting filename... I noticed that for JPEG files it shows as inflating and for GIF files it showed as extracting. What is the difference …
how to include screen's session name in hardstatus?
I use different screen sessions for different projects. Starting screen like . Now, I'd like to mention 'project1' in hardstatus line. Session name can be obtained from environment variable STY: . But how to get this into screen? I've tried backtick command and %` in hardstatus, but I can't seem to…
Extract first page from multiple PDFs
I’ve got about 500 PDFs to go through and extract the first page of. They then need to go through some time consuming conversion process so was hoping to try and save some time by have a batch process to extract just the first page from the 500 PDFs and place it in a new PDF. Have had a poke around…
Is it possible to know if a domain is using Google Apps for email?
I'm exchanging emails with a number of different users - is it possible to look at the mail headers and figure out if those users are using Google Apps as the mail server?
Why does Windows 7 have a seven in its name?
Windows 7 reports its version as: And by my reckoning it was preceded by: Windows 1.0 Windows 2.0 Windows 3.0 & 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Millenium (the Windows that never was) Windows NT 1 Windows NT 2 Windows NT 3 Windows NT 4 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista (how appropriate) Window…
How do I get a similar awesome bar (from Firefox) in Chrome?
Before switching to Chrome, I always used Firefox, and I always really liked how you could type into the address bar and it would search (a fuzzy search!) for pages that were in the history that matched. In Chrome, the "results" are just a bunch of search suggestions from Google that I really don't…
How can I list all updates installed on Mac OS X?
How can I list all updates installed on Mac OS X?
Is https traffic over an unencrypted wireless network secure?
This is something I've wondered for a long time. If I am, say, using Gmail over https, can someone read my IM conversations and emails if I use an unsecured wireless network? I assume that the data would be secure, since it is using an encrypted connection. Is there anything else to consider?
How to disable or change the Windows+S hotkey in OneNote
I've been using some software for a while that uses Win+S and I've gotten used to it. I've just recently started using OneNote 2010 and I find that it's hijacked the Win+S hotkey for doing screen clippings. Cool feature, but I'd rather reprogram OneNote to use a different letter. Otherwise I have t…
Producing a specific ASCII character in Ubuntu
I'm used to holding the left Alt and entering the ASCII character whenever I'm using an unknown keyboard configuration and want to type a special character. For example, Alt + 0 + 9 + 2 makes a backslash (\). That's on Windows. Is there a way to do this in Ubuntu? Note: I also want to be able to us…
Save Ping Output in a text file
I often have to ping servers for connectivity status. Is there a way to save the ping results (output) in a text file so that I can save entire day's ping results in a text file. I am using Windows XP SP3. Ping example: or
How do I manually mount a linux file system read/write as a normal user?
This may seem like a stupid question, but with most Linux stuff, it seems to me that a lot of trivial things are not documented. Anyway, I want to simply mount an ext4 file-system onto a normal mount point in Ubuntu (/media/whereever), as read-writable for the current logged-in user, i.e. me. I don…