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Using udev rules to run a script on USB insertion
I'm trying to set up a script to run every time I plug in a USB device. I created the file /etc/udev/rules.d/90-local.rules and added the following rule: The problem is that when the drive is connected, nothing happens. The script, for debugging purposes, is rigged to send a notification with notif…
How to boot from a USB device using an ISO image
I want to re-install Windows XP on my laptop. I have the ISO image for Windows XP. How can I boot from a USB device using simply my ISO image of Windows XP? My laptop is an IBM T42. If you are running Windows Vista, see the link below (but this doesn't work for Windows XP) Boot and Install Windows …
why is my screen black after rdp connection?
After connecting from my home via remote desktop, both my screens are black when I arrive at work. The only thing I can see is a mouse pointer on one of the screens. I then seem to have only two choices: rebooting or working from a remote desktop connection, which works fine. It did happen every ti…
How big of a risk are popular Chrome extensions?
I'm about to switch to Chromium and I installed a couple of extensions. Each time I installed an extension I was notified of which data the extension has access to, e.g.: I do understand that access to that data is necessary for the extension to work, yet I'm a bit worried that such an extension mi…
Fastest way to reproduce a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)?
As part of a multi-operating system challenge (testing computer integrity), I need to find the fastest way to reproduce a genuine Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on a Windows machine. Any version that is XP or later will work. As Shinrai puts it: So basically you're trying to BSOD a machine as fast as …
Disable creation of .AppleDouble files on Mac OS X
Is there a way to disable the creation of .AppleDouble files in Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) on non-HFS filesystems (such as SMB or NFS network shares etc...) ?
Linux - How to get the reason for wakeup?
Is it possible to get the reason of system wake-up (Wake-on-LAN, Power button, wake from USB) on Linux? I'm using Ubuntu, kernel Linux homeless 2.6.37-12-generic #26~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 5 21:52:06 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
Find name of fonts used within Gimp xcf file
Is there a way to find name of fonts used within Gimp .xcf file?
Are all basic SATA drives equally reliable?
I'm about to purchase a SATA hard drive. I was wondering if, aside from the storage capacity, are there any other factors I should keep in mind? I care above all about reliability. Is a more expensive drive less error-prone than a low-end one?
Using NTFS hard links to combine full/differential backups
Short: Is it possible to (robo)copy a directory tree using hard links instead of physical copy? I want to make a daily backup of my data files, every day in it's own directory. Now most files don't change every day, so my idea to speed up backup and use less disk space was to copy the backup of (da…
What means do I have to catch a Hacker that cracked in one of my computers?
OS: Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (90 Day Trial Version) I put my computer into a DMZ so that I could host a server for a little while. (Port Forwarding was not working in my version of DD-WRT that I had installed on my router.) After a little while someone made a connection to my computer via Remot…
Get bare file names recursively in command prompt
I ran into a little snag trying to get only the filenames (no extensions or file paths) recursively.This worked for me in the root folder: But when i added /s to scan recursively i also got file paths before filenames which i do not want. Is there a way to get bare filenames from all subfolders in …
Where do I set/change my Google Chrome passphrase?
Every time I do a fresh install, Google Chrome asks me for my passphrase. I have searched high and low in Google's help forum and have yet to receive or find any form of response. When I do a fresh install, if I try to enter the passphrase (with all possible passwords I can recall) nothing works an…
Using Ctrl or Alt AND backspace to delete last word in Bash
In Linux I'm used to press Ctrl-Backspace to delete the last word but I don't know how to do it in Bash terminal. In OS X I use Alt-Backspace to do the same thing. Is there any way of making Bash recognize the Ctrl- or Alt-Backspace key combination to delete last word? In Linux I use as terminal em…
How to use headless Skype over DBUS on Debian
I installed Skype on Debian and ran it headless, however, I cannot interact with it over dbus. Some context of what I have so far: Installed Debian 6 on VMware fusion box from netinst CD Skype version is 2.2.0.25 dynamic DBus version is 1.2.24, installed it with Skype seems to be running fine in he…
Where can I find H2 JDBC driver?
http://www.h2database.com/html/download.html I don't see it on this website. Is there anything I missed?
Does changing Windows XP theme to classic enhance performance?
A lot of my colleagues and friends who are still using Windows XP use the Windows Classic theme (i.e. the Win98-like theme, unlike the XP theme). Some of them just like it, but some others say that they do so because it is lighter and it increases performance. Is it true? If yes, what are the perfo…
Permissions 0777 for 'id_key' are too open
I keep an SSH private key file on a separate USB thumb drive (encrypted), but when I try to use it to connect to my remote host I get an error: I've tried changing the permissions on the keyfile (chmod 600 id_rsa), but it still looks to be set to 777 (change not taking effect). This is on Mac OS X.…
How do I decrease the size of the page file?
I just upgraded my laptop RAM to 12GB (W510, 4 DIMM slots), and since I am using a SSD, I find hard drive space to be quite precious. However, since I have more than enough RAM for most stuff, I think I can get by with probably around 4GB of page file. however, on C drive, there is a which I assume…
Can't remove keys from ssh-agent. Even rebooting doesn't help
A short time ago I noticed that there were three keys in my ssh-agent that I could not delete. showed three keys; I ran , and was told "All identities removed."; but then an immediate showed the same three keys. If I log out and then back in, the keys are still there. If I reboot the machine, the k…