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Does Windows7 support symbolic links (folder 'shortcuts')?
I see W7 seems to have more support for virtual folders, that don't correspond to actual directories on the disk. Does it also support proper symbolic links so I can e.g create a symbolic link c:\temp\external which maps to d:\xyz\, so that c:\temp\external\file.txt is d:\xyz\file.text? If so how d…
I want to virtualize my workstation (Tier 1), Looking for Bare Metal Hypervisor for consumer grade components
I find myself in this similar bind at least once a year. The bind whereby I'm either upgrading a motherboard, or an OS hard drive. It drives me crazy to have to reinstall Windows, Visual Studio, all my addins, reconfigure my settings etc... every single time. I have a layout and I like and I want t…
How to play 24 fps video smoothly on a 60Hz display?
I use mpc-hc to play videos on Win7 x64. With the default settings (#1), video playback is great most of the time. But for panning shots, playback is not smooth. I stepped through the video frame by frame and found that the panning movement is smooth (e.g. each frame shifts horizontally by 10 pixel…
http get from the shell in Mac OS X
I'd like to download a link like: http://example.org/file.mp3 Now, I'm enough of a shell junkie to know what SCP does, but that's about where my geek-dom ends. So is there a shell program that lets me basically do an http get and pipe it through to a file?
Is it a good idea to put "screen -r" in my .bashrc?
I'd like to use screen to keep ssh sessions alive on my server. It would be nice if I could automatically resume any running session for my user when I log in. The straightforward way to do this would be adding "screen -r" to my .bashrc, and this seems to work fine. I'm just wondering if this will …
Open terminal on start in a specific place and size
I want that each time I login to my account (Ubuntu-desktop) a Terminal will open in a specific location and in a specific size. In which file do I put the command, and what is the command?
Looking for a real DisplayPort hub/splitter
In my search for a new display, I came across the Dell Multi-Monitor Hub MMH11, which seemed to be an alternative to my search for daisy-chainable DisplayPort displays. However, before I cave and spend $179 on this device, I am wondering if this will be similar to other splitting devices where it a…
Set password for root on virtualbox ubuntu
I loaded ubuntu into virtualbox. It all works well but it occurred to me that I was not asked (or did not setup) a root password. I want to use root on occasion, but I cannot seem to find out how to do this. I've tried to access the sudoers file as well as run visudo but have no authority without r…
Where is the serial number of the DVD/CD writer stored on the CD?
I was reading the Wikileaks FAQ (archived here), it says: Many CD and DVD writers will include the serial number of the DVD or CD writer onto the CD/DVDs they write. If the post is intercepted this information can in theory be used to track down the manufacturer and with their co-operation, the dis…
Can I search and replace in a Notepad++ macro?
I'm trying to create a macro in Notepad++ that allows me to do a few standard Search & Replaces. I can get the macro to do everything (add lines, add characters) except search and replace. I can't find the files to edit the macro manually. Has anyone ever succeeded creating a Macro in Notepad++ tha…
Mac OS X Activity Monitor - what does "CPU Time" tell me?
What does "CPU Time" tell me about the process? Is it the accumulated time the process has run? It sometimes jumps a few seconds and often nothing happens.
How to validate a DVD against an ISO
I have an ISO file and a DVD burned from that ISO file. Is there a way I can validate that the DVD contains the same as the ISO file and that nothing is wrong with the DVD? I have the tools available on the System Rescue CD.
How do I setup Thunderbird to not store email data locally?
I'd like to use Thunderbird as strictly a frontend interface for Gmail. I don't want any offline availability or anything like that. Is there a way to setup Thunderbird to not store any of the email data locally?
Allow my computer (ubuntu) to accept SSH connections
I want to be able to connect from my laptop to my desktop via SSH so I can work from the couch when I'm feeling lazy. Currently, when I try, I get a message saying "connection refused" There are really two parts to this question: 1) How do I turn on this feature? 2) How do I make sure that it can o…
Find out what program runs in the java.exe process
I have a problem: always when my computer starts, there is a process listening in the port 7676. I want to find out what it is to be able to delete it. Is there any way that I can find that out? I have seen another question here which lead me to download the Sysinternal's Process Explorer, but it d…
Cursor not changing on mouseover in OSX
Randomly starting this morning, my mouse cursor has stopped working properly. It seems to be that whenever I switch to a new window, the mouse cursor changes to what it is supposed to be at that instant, but then it doesn't change to anything else. For example, I'm running Chrome at the moment. If …
Stop taskeng.exe window from popping up
I have several processes scheduled in my Windows 7 environment, mainly for backups, that are supposed to run in the background. However instead of just doing it's work quietly in the background, the task scheduler pops up a black (console like) "taskeng.exe" window. The window goes in front of all …
How do I re-open a file in emacs?
In older emacs versions I used to type: And it would re-open the file currently visited in the buffer. Now (emacs 23.1.1) it opens Dired of the directory.
Run an ls without getting the full path
I want a simple list of files in a directory that is not my current directory. I run and get: I want: How can I get the second list?
How might one create custom "Smart Folders" in Outlook 2011 Mac?
As soon as was possible, I left Entourage in favor of Outlook 2011 Mac. I'm using Exchange 2010. I seem to recall being able to create custom "Smart Folders" when I used Outlook on Windows, but can't seem to find a way to do it in Outlook 2011 on Mac. The closest I've seen was to use Filters on a f…