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How can I make my computer play dead?
Possible Duplicate: Disable power LED blinks during Vista hybrid sleep? I have a laptop that when sleeping is perfectly quiet, which is great. What isn't so great is trying to sleep with led lights that get brighter and brighter, then dim, then get brighter... all to let me know the computer is sle…
Any point in installing both 32 and 64 bit versions of Photoshop?
The Adobe CS5.5 Master Collection contains both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Adobe Photoshop. Is there any reason why I might want to install both of them, or should I just install the 64-bit version? This is on a variety of machines running Windows 7 SP1 x64. Some machines only have 2GB RAM, some…
Can I tell PuTTY to connect to one SSH server, then automatically to another?
At work we have several servers, but only one is SSH accessible outside of our local network. If I am working from home, I use PuTTY to connect to the one that is accessible, then SSH in to whatever server I want to work on. Is there a way to automate this process? I see there are options for 'tunn…
How to block annoying facebook and other social network widgets
We have facebook buttons, twitter buttons, linkedin buttons, google+ buttons, stumbleupon buttons, younameit buttons. These social network buttons and widgets are creeping up the internets like the plague. Sometimes even with cool javascript popups which obscure content if moused over. How can I ge…
Is it possible to connect to OpenVPN on Windows, without a 3rd-party client?
The title says it all. Is it possible to connect to OpenVPN from Windows 7, without using a 3rd party VPN client? Can I use the native Windows VPN functionality alone?
What is Intel Active Management Technology Profile Synchronization
I am using Lenovo ThinkPad X201 with Windows 7. Whenever I connect to a wireless network, it pops up "intel active management technology profile synchronization" for Yes/No. What is intel active management technology profile synchronization, and what's the impact of clicking Yes? ADDED The below is…
What does `tar -C` mean?
In the section "Installing Portage", the Gentoo installation docs say: What does this command do?
`cd` doesn't change directory in Windows 7
Possible Duplicate: Using cd Command in Windows Command Line, Can’t Navigate to D:\ CMD cd to other drives except C:\ not working I am working with on Windows 7 (as opposed to Powershell). I have 2 partitions on my drive, C contains the OS and installed programs, and D contains my data. I was tryin…
What does the & mean when used in the end of a bash script?
I use a bash script for launching and add a to the end, like this: What does the symbol in the end mean? Thanks.
How to disable search in the Google Chrome address bar?
Possible Duplicate: Force Chrome to open URLs as URLs, instead of searching I'm surprised that I haven't found this question on superuser. Forgive me if it's a duplicate, but how do you disable the search functionality in Google Chrome's address bar? I want it to be just a straight up address bar. …
Emacs - kill buffer without prompt
I'm wondering how it can be done, so Emacs doesn't pop the prompt asking me whether I really want to kill current buffer with C-x k shortcut. Interesting thing is that same action done via toolbar kills buffer instantly without prompting the user. Any solution? Thank you.
What do the "ALL"s in the line " %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL " in Ubuntu's /etc/sudoers file stand for?
What does each ALL mean? I understand that the whole line indicates that the admin group members get admininstartive privileges, but would like to know more info about the position of the ALLS and if they each refer to a different set of permissions or something like that? If it matters: OS: Ubuntu…
Making Mac media keys open app other than iTunes
On a Mac, when one presses the Press/Play media key (F8), and no application intercepts that key, it opens iTunes and starts playing. Is there any way to get it to open another app? In my case, I want it to open Spotify. Bonus if it's possible to get it to start playing on launch (Maybe AppleScript…
How to create an empty floppy image with VirtualBox Windows guest?
Is there a way to create empty floppy disk images, which I can use with VirtualBox? The client is Windows XP.
Command prompt in Windows and Linux -- What is their language called?
When the command prompt is being used to do networking, searching, setting parameters in the localhost, etc, what is the language used to enter in the command prompt in Windows? How about in Linux? Is there a name for it? It is it DOS or unix? Or is it just a bunch of commands utilized within the O…
How Can I Hide All Toolbars When Firefox is in Fullscreen?
I want to use firefox as a front-end for users to see only one website. I found how to start firefox in fullscreen, toolbars are hiding by default, but I cannot make the toolbars (address bar, tabbars etc) not showing up when the user hovers on the top of the screen. Is there a way to do this?
How to prevent long file name error copying from an external drive?
I have an external hard drive with many files (800 GB). I want to copy the entire contents of the external hard drive to my local drive. get many errors about long file name or long file path. Renaming is also not possible because of number of errors. What can I do about this issue?
How to close all file handles under a given folder programatically?
I was wondering if there is a command-line tool that allows me to close all file handles that are open under a specific folder. I have tried ProcessExplorer, Unlocker and similar tools, but they offer a GUI interface, and are not useful in a programming environment A solution on Python, cmd or Powe…
Make GNU screen survive reboot
I am using GNU screen a lot. I find it very annoying that everytime the server has to be rebooted I lose all my sessions (even if I know in advance, I need to set-up everything again). I've searched the web for possibilities how to make screen survive a reboot, but found nothing that works for me. …
Automatically close NERDtree when opening file
I have installed NERDtree 4.1.0. I have mapped to . I would like to use this in a way where I can press , then locate the deisred file in the explorer, press enter and have the NERDtree explorer disappear again, automatically. Can someone help me with this?