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Can I monitor who is using my Mac OS X Internet Sharing?
I'm running Snow Leopard and I'm sharing my Verizon connection via my Mac's built-in AirPort. Is there any way for me to identify who/what is using my shared connection? System Preferences » Sharing » Internet Sharing: sharing my Internet access from my Verizon USB Modem (aka Pantech USB Modem) to …
Major practical differences between ext3 and ext4 - if any?
Assuming there's no need to worry about compatibility with older systems, I expect it's always better to use the latest stabile linux file system, which currently seems to be . However it seems isn't much of a change. Wikipedia article does list 11 main features for , but as far as I understand mos…
How can I have multiple active Windows sessions simultaneously?
When I log on to my computer remotely with Remote Desktop the local user is locked out. When the local user logs in my Remote Desktop session is interrupted. I want to get rid of this limitation. How?
When concurrently connected to wired and wireless ensure Windows 7 uses wired connection
When I am at my desk and my laptop is in its docking station I want to ensure that it uses its wired connection and not my wireless network. I am hoping/guessing that the preference in connection is based on the order of the listed connections in the Network and Sharing Center. I could just switch …
Windows 7 x64 Pro not indexing PDF content?
In an attemp to get rid of all the paper clutter that I receive each day, I started scanning and ORCing all my important documents last year. I was using Windows Desktop Search on Vista to index my "Administrative" folder in which I keep all these scanned documents, to be able to quickly retreive t…
Dynamic vs Basic Disk - Hard Drives
I have bought a removable hard drive enclosure and a 1TB hard drive to fit in it. Its pretty cool; it has a little handle at the front of the caddy that allows you to take out the hard drive and stick into another caddy - or swap it for another hard drive, whatever you choose. The manual talks abou…
What's better a better VM app: VMWare, Parallels or Virtual PC
From a Windows developer's perspective, which VM application is the best? Why?
How do I get the "net send" messenger service working on Windows 7?
When trying to use the method below to send message in Windows 7 nothing happens. net send It seems the Messenger Service is not working. Any suggestions as to why?
How do I get permissions to save in a folder that Windows 7 denies me from?
I'm getting this message - - even though I am the only user on this machine, and administrator. How can I set permissions for myself to do everything, everywhere (including saving deleting etc)? Edit: Sorry, forgot to say which folder it was. It is a folder in Program Files, where I save my PHP fil…
OS X per windows language
Windows (and Linux) users are used to the fact that after switching the typing language, the change affects only the active window. This way, one can type in English in the browser window, and Spanish in the IM window, without having to switch language after each Alt-Tab. Is there a similar setting…
How to open a local file in Google Chrome
In Google Chrome's minimalist brilliance, they seem to have forgotten a menu item to launch a dialog box to open a local file. How to get around this? I don't want to drag local files onto the Chrome window (which works) or type file:// in the address bar (also works). I want my dialog box
Hiding the Taskbar Label Only for Specific Applications
I run my taskbar buttons with the setting Combine when taskbar is full. Q: Is there any way to force some of your pinned taskbar applications to only use the "icon" rather than the icon + label? I am aware of the trick to force the size of the taskbar icons for all applications (detailed here and h…
Increasing font size on Windows help file (CHM)
Is there a way to increase the font size on a Windows Help file (CHM file) with recent versions of Internet Explorer? You used to be able to, but I think after IE7 the option was removed from the UI.
Excel: How to convert "string" to a "number"?
I have a user with a query from an SQL Database that returns a series of string in this form: These are really numbers, however they cannot be summed. The correct way to fix this might be to cast the data in the SQL query, but then the Excel query viewer can't display it. As a workaround I do Is th…
What Linux distribution has the most up-to-date packages?
Ubuntu's release schedule is just too slow. I want the absolute latest version of everything. Even if it's slightly unstable. Which distribution will give me this without having to manually install everything from source?
AutoHotKey equivalent on Mac
I am looking for a Mac application similar to AutoHotkey. What are the best Mac applications in this category?
How to arrange Application Windows on Mac OS X
With Windows there is is an option from the taskbar to tile windows horizontally or vertically. Is there someway to replicate this feature in Mac OS X?
How can I Map a Network Drive with Password so it stays mapped after a reboot?
I mapped a network drive to a location that needs a password. Now whenever my computer starts up, it tells me that it could not connect to that network drive because a password is needed. How do I make set my computer to remember the password for that mapped network drive? My PC is running Windows …
How to show the current Vi mode when using Vi keybindings in the shell?
I use the vi keybindings in my tcsh shell. Now, I don't know which vi mode I'm in ( mode or mode), which leads to a lot of frustration. Does anyone know of a way to show the current vi mode in the shell? (by including in the prompt or something)
Why does my remote process still run after killing an ssh session?
I'm tailing a remote logfile by running this command in a local shell: When I ctrl-c out of this command, it seems that the ctrl-c kills the local ssh process and leaves my tail running on the remote machine. I was under the impression that breaking the connection would send a hangup signal (since …