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Locate bookmarks folder after finding bookmarks in Firefox
When I search bookmarks I can't find a way to locate the folder of the result. I have many bookmarks folder and subfolders and most folders and subfolders contain some bookmarks. When I cannot remember or guess the folder where a bookmark resides but I know I have it, I can search for bookmarks and…
Help me find the offending process waking my Windows 7 PC from hibernate every night
Recently my Windows 7 64-bit PC has started waking every night from hibernation around 3:30am. I have done the following to try and figure out what is causing the issue with no luck: Examined the Windows Event logs. Nothing is noted Ran powercfg -lastwake and that reports nothing c:\powercfg -lastw…
SSH: completly disabling password authentication
is there a way to disable password authentication completely? The command line is the following: it STILL asks for a password. Of course I would like to do this without touching the server, if possible.
How do I move Sticky Notes content to another computer
Sticky Notes in Windows 7 - where are the files actually stored, ie, how can I move the content to another computer?
How to pin NetBeans to Windows 7 taskbar?
I've googled around and it seems that I'm not the only one with the problem, however I couldn't find the solution. Maybe someone around here has figured it out. The problem is that netbeans.exe is actually a stub which is calling javaw.exe. When I try to pin the NetBeans process to the taskbar I ac…
What are the hex values of the Google logo colors?
Not sure if this would be the right place to ask, but I would like to know the hex values of the colors used in the Google logo.
What does the "Max Memory Size" on the new Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 CPU's mean?
I just noticed in the specs of the new Intel Core i-series processors that there is a "Max Memory Size" that is usually pretty small -- anywhere from 8GB to 24GB. See here: http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41316 Core 2-based motherboards were just starting to roll out support for 32GB and great…
How long is long for the Unix 'file' command?
When you pass a text file to the Unix command, it might tell you something like: Can somebody tell me the minimum number of characters a line must contain to be considered very long? The man pages don't say anything about this and I don't want to search the source code. If someone can tell me how t…
WinSat command line closes too fast
I'm trying to do some analysis under Windows 7 as to why I can't get a Windows Experience Index (WEI) rating due to disk issues. To this end, I'm trying to run winsat from the command line with :- and but the command window is closing too quickly to be able to read the results. I've tried opening a…
How do you "source" a file in fish?
I'd like to use keychain with the fish shell, but I'm not sure how to get fish to load the ~/.keychain/hostname-fish file to set the appropriate environment variables. In bash, there's the "source" command, but it doesn't exist in fish.
The wireless network appears to have been compromised and will be disabled for about a minute
I just received a message on my Mac OS X system telling me: The wireless network appears to have been compromised and will be disabled for about a minute.† (It's a wireless WPA2-PSK secured network BTW) Sample message: I looked in the logs of my router (a Zyxel P-2602HW-D1A) only to see a few (outb…
How to enable multiple processors on XP SP 3?
I've got a Lenovo n100 laptop that's 3 years old. It dual boots the original Windows XP that came with it and Ubuntu, and I just now noticed that the XP installation, on the Task Manager, only shows 1 CPU. The device manager does show 2 processors (it's a core duo T2300), but it looks like one of t…
Rotate a MP4 file, while preserving codec and quality attributes
I need to rotate a MP4 video by 90 degrees. There is software like Free Video Flip and Rotate available that does this but produces an AVI file. Do you have any suggestions for a software to produce a MP4 that is in the same quality (and file size) as the original, just 90 degrees rotated? Does not…
What to do with old laptop screens?
This question is inspired by another SU question I came across earlier today: What to do with old hard drives? It made me think about two long-dead laptops I have with perfectly good screens still inside. One is a Dell Inspiron 5100 and the other is an Averatec E1200, but responses need not be gear…
Mouse wheel scrolling in less and vim using urxvt
I have started working with rxvt-unicode (aka ) but found an issue with mouse-wheel scrolling, as compared to and . The mouse wheel works fine for going through the scrollback buffer, but it doesn't work for automatic scrolling in / or (though in vim, setting makes it work, but in a very different …
IrfanView Linux alternative?
I'm looking for some Linux alternative to IrfanView (image viewer). At best, it should have all its features, the same controls (both mouse and kbd) or fully adjustable, and be as quick. In particular (this list covers 95 % of my use cases): Support for many formats, for both input and output Autom…
Archive a restore point permanently?
Since Windows updates typically create restore points, which delete older versions. If you have explicitly created a known GOOD restore point, is there a way to save it somewhere? The problem happens when opening system restore only to discover 32 Windows updates deleted what you need. Can a system…
Viewing CHM Files Across The Network in Windows 7
When I try to open .chm help from a network shared drive I receive the following error: Navigation to the webpage was canceled. I know about the .reg solution described on KB896054 but it does not work in Windows 7. Any ideas how to make .chm help available from the network drives? Edit: I have the…
How do I prevent a "No supported authentication methods available" error when using TortoiseHg?
I'm trying out Mercurial for the first time but am having problems doing a push/pull/clone with a remote server (in this case it's codebasehq.com) when using TortoiseHg. Here are some steps to reproduce: Download and install TortoiseHg Go to directory where I want my repository Right click -> Torto…
Select each nth row in Excel
I have an Excel spreadsheet with thousands of rows. I want to select every 7th row from that spreadsheet. (By "select," I mean delete all of the other rows, or copy the selected rows into a new worksheet.) What's the easiest way to do that in Excel 2003? See also: Select each nth row in Numbers