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Where can I download "bootrec.exe"?
I have my Windows 7 x64 ISO on my pendrive, but WinToFlash app forgot to install the MBR (again). The only PC I have, uses x86 Win7 , so it won't install the bootrec.exe, since that is a 64bit binary. I need the /boot/ folder from the Win7 ISO/disc. (32-bit) Where can I download only that? Can anyo…
How to simulate slow internet connection
I currently deploy with GAE (google app engine) and I try to implement some AJAX validation. So I got a couple text-fields and "spinners" (ajax loaders) which should be displayed when an AJAX request is sent. But I deploy on my local computer (localhost), so the GAE SDK reacts very fast on any requ…
Does it matter what UDP port a WOL signal is sent to?
i have seen many WOL instances use port 7 and many use port 9, does it matter? Isn't it just looking for a WOL packet at layer 2 or ethernet?
Is there a way to search the text of my browsing history in Firefox?
I often find myself in the situation where I know I saw something in a web page recently, but don't remember where. I would therefore like to be able to do a full-text search of the contents of my web history in Firefox. Is there an extension that will do this? I am aware of this question. However,…
How to specify shell for vim?
Can I specify my shell for vim? I'm running OS X and have zsh installed via Homebrew and am using MacVim. When I type in MacVim, the shell opens up as . How can I have it open as ?
How to install PHP, Pear, PECL, and APC with Homebrew on Mac OS X?
I'm trying to install APC for PHP 5.3 in the easiest way possible. I love Homebrew so I started down that route. I was able to install PHP 5.3.6 with this command: I think this is supposed to install PHP, Pear, and PECL. It seems to install these just fine. Now when I try to install APC: How can I …
Can Bitlocker be used in a dual boot system with Windows on one drive, Linux on another?
My workplace allows for remote logins to the company network, with certain prerequisites for securing a computer before making the connection, one of which is that Windows must be used to make the connection, and that Bitlocker must be used to secure the physical hard drive on which Windows is inst…
How to remove rules from a style in OpenOffice/LibreOffice?
When creating a style in LibreOffice, you can "link" them to other rules so that they inherit the other rules styles and only modify specific properties. For example if the default style defines a font and My Style only adds an rule for italics, then changing the font of default will also change ev…
What features should I look for in a laptop for virtualization-heavy workloads?
I do most of my development in VMware Workstation (version 7 at the moment). Unfortunately, on my laptop with 4 GB of RAM, an OCZ Vertex 2 240 GB, and a Core 2 Duo T9550 (2.66 GHz) does things criminally slowly when there's more than one VM running at a time (which given that I've been doing multi-…
Cross platform Hard Disk encryption?
I would like to encrypt my hard drive so that it requires a password to access it. However features like BitLocker in Windows will only work under Windows, and cannot be accessed from another OS such as Ubuntu or Mac OS X. How can I create a cross-platform encrypted file system?
Where I can I legally download Windows 7 installation .ISO files?
Possible Duplicate: Where do I download Windows 7 (legally from Microsoft)? Disclaimer: I'm primarily a Linux/Unix person, so all this Windows licensing stuff is new to me. Where I can I legally download Windows 7 installation .ISO files? (And will it work with my OEM manufacturer provided license?…
What software was used to create the diagrams in the Git Community Book?
The diagrams in the Git Community Book are excellent and I'd like to know what software was used to create them. I emailed the author, but he didn't respond, so does anyone else know? (This question was raised by request within this stackoverflow answer).
Is there a way to partition USB flash drives, so that both/all partitions appear in Windows?
In Windows, 'removable' drives cannot be partitioned, without the partitions not appearing and receiving drive letters, apart from the first partition. Partitioned flash drives work fine in Linux. What I want to do is partition a 8GB flash drive into two, with the first partition containing various…
Is there a way I can password protect a dropbox directory on my work pc?
I use dropbox a lot, and I'd like to start using my Dropbox account on my work PC, however I want to prevent anyone else from being able to access the files in my dropbox folder other than me on my work PC. E.g. double clicking my dropbox asks for a password or something on my work PC. Is this poss…
Installing legal older versions of Windows XP
For testing purposes, I need to install a Windows XP Home environment in a virtual machine. The thing here is I don't have a license and Microsoft won't sell it anymore. What can I do about it?
Quick way to find a specific email in Thunderbird inbox?
My todo-list includes answering some emails. I want to include a reference to the email that allows me to quickly find the email to answer in my Thunderbird inbox. The name of the sender or the subject of the email is a solution when these are unique: I include the subject in the todo-list and when…
Multiple Monitors with one DisplayPort
I've read that DisplayPort supports multiple monitors. My question is how can I connect 3 monitors with one display port, is there such a splitter? I have 2 DVI monitors and one VGA (which I could use DVI to VGA convereter) If I could do it, will I be limitted by the GPU? Is it possible that my GPU…
How to calculate the final RAID size of a RAID 5 array?
What is the formula for working out the final RAID size of a RAID 5 array knowing the number of disk and the size of each disk?
Shortcut to accept suggested formula in Excel
I'm working with a lot of formulas in Excel 2007 and I would like to know what shortcut key you need to press to accept the suggested formula. When I type in the first suggested formula is which is the one that I want. If I press Enter, Excel moves me to the next cell in the collumn instead of acce…
Can I "hibernate" a program?
Yes, I know that hibernate usually applies to a computer. (Hibernate her meaning saving program memory in disk and being able to restore it in a consistent manner.) However, hibernating a program can be very useful. Suppose I want to play a game, but a few programs like firefox, acrobat take up 500…