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Windows 7 Backup - Does the "system image" include all the files on my drive?
I have a new Dell Laptop that I have setup the way I like it. I want to use Windows 7 to do a backup and then restore that backup on a different hard drive (solid state). When I setup the backup info (manually) for Windows 7 Backup there is a little checkbox at the the bottom that says: Include a s…
In linux, why are folders for configuration files always named *.d
In linux, why are folders for configuration files always named ? Say
Does or will exFAT support symlinks?
I've just acquired a brand new laptop. Did split my ssd in 3 partitions, one for , one for and one shared partition. I chose for this partition, but i did not find how to create symlinks on it. With win7 won't work. Any suggestions/ideas? Should i have picked NFTS for this shared partition ?
Force PowerPoint to paste in place like every other graphics editor in the world?
Is there a way to force Power Point to paste copied objects exactly on top of the original object? The auto-displacement a little down and to the right is very frustrating.
How do I email everyone in a meeting invitation in Outlook?
When I'm in a meeting, I often want to email something to everyone on the call. Through Outlook, if I open up the meeting in my calendar and select File -> New -> Mail Message it opens up an untitled mail message and the To... and Subject: fields are blank. Is there an easy way to open up a new mes…
Is there a simple way to move/copy a logical volume from one volume group to another? (LVM2)
I'm rearranging a bunch of disks on my server at home and I find myself in the position of wanting to move a bunch of LVM logical volumes to another volume group. Is there a simple way to do this? I saw mention of a command but this seems to be either old or not something that was ever available fo…
Make NAS appear as a USB drive
My TV can record to USB-storage, which is quite common. What I would like was to record to my NAS instead, where there's plenty of room and recordings can be shared and managed better. So I'm looking for an adapter-thingy (hw/sw) that will make my NAS appear to the TV as a USB block storage device.…
when running screen on OSX, command+r messes up arrow keys in vim across all screens
How do you unwind this? because you wind up pressing command r all the time to reload your browser, and often you're in the terminal. Since I haven't figured out how to re-enable the arrow keys, I currently kill all my screens and restart screen, which is a pain.
Using Ctrl-Tab to switch between tabs in gnome-terminal
is there any way to switch between tabs using Ctrl-Tab shortcut?
Setting up Dual Heads on CentOS 5
I asked a question on Stack Overflow a while ago about learning to use Linux, and since then I've installed CentOS 5 on a local machine to match my host. Installation was fine, and I'm up and running, but I can't setup it up to use 2 monitors (Dual Heads) and I just can't cope without 2 monitors. S…
Is there a way to launch ScreenSharing from the Terminal?
How can I launch OS X's ScreenSharing from the command line and have it connect to a specified system?
Make Google Chrome's address bar prefer page titles to domain names when offering completions?
I've recently switched from Firefox to Chrome, and the thing I miss most from Firefox is the "Awesome Bar" that suggests completions for what I type primarily based on page titles, and then secondarily based on domain names. Chrome offers both matching URLs and titles, just like like Firefox, but C…
Bypass a licence agreement when mounting a DMG on the command line
I'm automating my Mac installation using puppet. As a part of it I need to install several programs that come in a .dmg format. I use the following to mount them: The problem is that some .dmg files come with a license attached, and so script is stuck accepting the license. (There is no stdin/out w…
Setting up multiple highlight rules in vim
I am trying to set up rules to highlight both trailing whitespace and lines which are over a certain length by adding this to my .vimrc: However, it only seems to pick up whichever is last. I can't find a way to get them to both work simultaneously.
How can I add a favicon to a bookmarklet in Google Chrome?
I'm on OS X and I want my bookmarklets to have favicons. I already found two articles but they didn't help much: http://www.tapper-ware.net/blog/?p=97#comment-2076 It's a great article but as I understand it this doesn't seem to work for Chrome :( http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3032/google_chrome_h…
Turn off monitor (energy saving) while in text console mode (in Linux)
How to configure Linux text console to automatically turn of the monitor after some time? And by "text console" I mean that thing that you get on ctrl+alt+F[1-6], which is what you get whenever X11 is not running. And, no, I'm not using any framebuffer console (it's a plain, good and old 80x25 text…
Stop UAC/Secure Desktop from dimming the screen
I like the concepts of UAC and the "Secure Desktop" in Windows 7, but I don't like the dimming of the Secure Desktop to prompt for Admin credentials (or OK button to get clicked). However, dimming goes so far that my monitor regularly goes into PowerSaver mode, which is annoying (as it takes anothe…
How to reboot after power failure for Mac mini running Ubuntu?
I have Ubuntu 10.04.1 (Lucid) running on a 2010 Mac Mini (4,1). It's a server, so I want it to be able to restart after a power failure ("server mode"). In Mac OS X, you can check "Start up automatically after a power failure" in the "Energy Saver" System Preferences. However, having this value che…
What must be changed for cloned Linux systems?
When cloning Windows systems, it's fairly well-known that one should run sysprep before creating an image. This way, when the machine starts up, it will reconfigure itself for its new environment: re-generate machine SIDs, install appropriate drivers, create initial user accounts, etc. I have less …
Merging two cells in multiple rows
I have an excel spreadsheet with two cells in each row that I'd like to merge. Highlighting all the cells of interest and just merging from the cell formatter seems to just merge all the cells together, when instead I just want one merged cell per row. Any ideas how to do this? I should note that o…