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USB stick appearing as hard disk drive, not removable storage device
I just plugged in a very simple 1GB USB stick from the office in hopes of making it a Fedora Live USB stick. For that to work, I need a removable storage device, or else it won't appear in LiveUSB Creator's list. Explorer lists my USB stick as a hard disk: LiveUSB Creator indeed doesn't show it in …
Prevent Thunderbird from trying to display large plain text attachments
I have a coworker who loves sending large plain-text tab-delimited data files by e-mail instead of our network share. The problem is that Thunderbird hangs while it renders all of that text into the message view window, making my inbox unhappy for minutes at a time. Ideally, I'd like to disable vie…
How do boot sectors and multiple drives works?
I don't fully understand the concept of a boot sector, I was hoping someone could clear this up for me. If you have two hard drives, with an OS installed on each, does each drive have its own boot sector? Does each drive need an MBR partition? I've got Linux and Windows on two separate drives. I've…
Copying large number of files from one directory to another in Linux
I have a directory containing around 280,000 files. I want to move them to another directory. If I use or then I get an error 'argument list too long'. If I write a script like then, because of the command, its performance degrades. How can I do this?
How can I use Autohotkey to focus on an existing Google Chrome tab, not a "container" window?
How can I use Autohotkey to focus on an existing Google Chrome tab, not a "container" window? Details Google Chrome seems to represent each window with a container window handle, which contains one or more tabs. The tabs (at least the current one), has its own window handle. The tab window handles …
The Outlook data file can't be accessed, how do I repair it?
I am using the beta 2010 Office Outlook. When I try receive or send, I get the following error. Outlook data file cannot be accessed. Repairing and reinstalling Office and trying to use any different Outlook data files are not taking any effect.
Difference between XeTeX and LuaTeX
I have a hard time contrasting XeTeX and LuaTeX. At the moment, I am using XeTeX almost exclusively, mainly because it uses UTF-8 as the native input encoding and because it supports TTF and OTF fonts. However, the lack of support for pdftex’ microtyping is mildly annoying. LuaTeX, on the other han…
Making a mouse scroll work in non-active windows?
One awesome feature I like about Ubuntu is the ability to roll your mouse and move up/down the page in a window that is not active. For instance, if I have two monitors and on one I'm reading a document and the other I'm taking down notes, I can scroll through the document without having to click o…
Vim highlighting for specific file types (where to put syntax files, vim events, line to put into vimrc)
I have defined a file time to offer custom highlighting when I take notes, however it is being applied to some files that do not have the extension. Specifically a file named . Just to test if the problem was specific to that extension I renamed to (no extension) but experienced the same problem. W…
How do I repair a corrupted Firefox places.sqlite database?
I had some problems with my RAM (bluescreen several times, Windows XP) and now are my Firefox databases damaged. Firefox is working, but my history is gone and it's reporting several inconsistencies and errors when executing on : database disk image is malformed Now the question, how do I repair SQ…
Why install for "just me" as opposed to "everybody"?
I'm using windows installer for a client's app, and they are complaining that sometimes multiple instances of an app appear on the computers they are using for testing. This problem has gone away since I hid the option install for "just me" and "everybody", and just set it to install for everybody.…
Restoring Windows XP PATH variable
I installed an application that screwed my PATH variable. Now I cannot run anything from the command prompt. Is there any way I can restore PATH variable?
Is there a limit to the number of files I can place in a given folder?
How many files can a folder contain? I have 30k folders inside 1 folder. Each of the folders has 1 image file. Is there a limit on the number of files a folder can store? I am using Windows Server 2003, IIS6.
How can I securely format a solid-state drive?
When selling / throwing away / giving away HDDs I always use DBAN to do a DoD wipe first. Is this still a valid thing to do on an SSD? Will it have an adverse effect on the SSD's lifespan?
How do I make an external hard drive keep the same drive letter permanently?
I have a desktop PC (2002 vintage) running Windows XP that I turn on about two or three times per week. I have a mains powered 250 GB Western Digital hard disk connected to it via USB. I always turn the hard disk on before the PC, so it's up and running as the PC boots. When I first connected the e…
Highlighting text in the default Windows CHM viewer
How do I set up the default CHM reader in Windows to highlight text? Is this even possible? When I read ebooks I need to highlight some of the text and it's just not there in the default CHM program. Or would I be better off looking for another CHM viewer? If that's the case I'm best up for somethi…
How to type Ctrl-^?
I'm a bit embarrassed of asking this, but how to make the (I can't see it in my keyboard). I want to do this: CTRL-^
C-x C-c not working in Emacs 23.1
I am using Emacs 23.1 with Cygwin but when I try to exit by pressing C-x C-c it says C-x C-g is undefined and I am not able to exit.
Good program to visualize file system usage on Mac?
Based on this question, I would like to know if there are any good programs to visualize file system usage on OS X? I used to have SpaceMonger when I was using a PC and would love to find some alternatives for my Mac.
How to "restart/repair" an USB port?
My laptop has two USB ports, but one is broken, so I use a USB hub in the other good USB port. In that USB hub, I use a mouse and keyboard. Suddenly, that USB port doesn't detect the mouse and the keyboard (even with the light of the hub is on), and the only solution that I found is restarting the …