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How to disable click on touch pad?
I have a laptop with a touch pad running Windows 7 for HP EliteBook 8730w. I find it really annoying that it takes clicks from the touch pad surface. How can I disable clicks originating from the touch pad surface? I only want the surface to control mouse position and to use the explicit buttons fo…
How can I tell if my IP is static or assigned by DHCP on Windows 7?
I don't know if my IP is static or assigned by DHCP. How can I find out which it is? I'm running Windows 7.
Shrink a .sparseimage
I have a that occupies 90GB of space on my hard drive despite only having 30GB of files in it. How can I reclaim the empty space used by the and compact the file?
Definition lists in Microsoft Word 2007
How can I create definition lists in Microsoft Word 2007? Something like the following: Term A A definition goes here Term B A definition goes here
How to find and replace in regedit?
I use win_xp_sp3 inside my virtualbox i was mapped all the xp folder destination into my host machine in regedit. and now i need to change the my username and i don't remember all files i changed. is there any possibility on regedit find and replace?
Saying 'yes to all' using rm -i
Say I wanted to make sure I'm removing the right files first, so I did something like: just to make sure that I'm okay with the files that I am removing. So this will ask me for each file. After a few files, suppose I realize it's exactly what I wanted to remove. Instead of ing and just doing , is …
How much power do video cards use after Windows turns your display off?
Modern video cards seem to use 150-200 Watts at idle. Does this mean that this is the minimum power the video card will ever draw while your computer is on? It's clear that if you are sitting at the Windows desktop and not doing much, this is the power you'll be drawing. If you're playing a game, y…
Change tabsize in git-gui
I was wondering if it's possible to change the tabsize in git-gui from 8 characters to 4. The only thing I found was but that only affects diff. The reason why I'm asking is because I'm slowly phasing out the usage of tabs and instead use 4-space indentation. This however can give confusing results…
How can I set status messages in IRC?
How can I set status messages in IRC? A simple guide for learning IRC would also be helpful.
How crazy is "sudo qemu -hda /dev/sda"(mounting host's sda as client's hda)?
I was playing with qemu on Linux when I discovered that I could just run And it would boot up my system again! I closed qemu immediately after Grub was loaded successfully though, because the command is run using and I was afraid it would damage my . Could anyone explain how dangerous this could be?
Bash completion makes bash start slowly
Starting a bash on my ubuntu system takes about 2 seconds. If I remove loading /etc/bash_completition in .bashrc it starts without delay. Of course I don't want to give up completition and I don't think loading that file is legit reason for a 2 seconds delay. Any ideas how i can find out what the p…
how long to zero a drive with dd?
How long will it take to zero fill 1TB (using dd dev/zero)? I'm actually doing two 500G drive simultaneously if it matters.
Why is an Ext4 disk check so much faster than NTFS?
I had a situation today where I restarted my computer and it said I needed to check the disk for consistancy. About 10 minutes later (at "1%" complete), I gave up and decided to let it run when I go home. For comparison, my home computer uses Ext4 for all of the partitions, and the disk checks (whi…
Why the multiple reboots installing Windows 7?
I just installed Windows 7 on my non-PC and was struck by how many times the Windows installer reboots during installation. It even tells you on the screen during installation that the computer will reboot multiple times. I know Microsoft must have a good reason for this, but I'm completely baffled…
Is there a way to mount a file.tar.bz2 without extracting it onto the filesystem?
Is there a way to mount a without extracting it onto the filesystem? I don't care if the mount is read only. Hopefully your answer will also apply to . "mount" in this context is meant to be akin to mounting an ISO file.
Is it possible to embed or link one inkscape SVG document inside another one?
I'd like to take one small SVG file (created with Inkscape), and embed or link it into another (bigger) one. When displayed by a browser I hope to see the smaller one show up inside some placeholder of the bigger one. Is it possible?
How can I install a Windows 7 into BootCamp via USB
I have a MacBook and I'd like to install Windows 7 via USB. I've created the partition using Boot Camp and I've got an .ISO of my Windows 7 install disk. Is it possible to install this via USB, instead of burning a DVD?
What are possible security issues with an SSH daemon?
I'd like to be able to SSH to my Ubuntu 10.04 office PC from the outside. I am thus thinking to start up an SSH daemon on the PC. What are the security issues, possible glitches, specific configuration settings, etc. I should be aware of? In case it matters: this is essentially for my own use only,…
Is there a software that can index the contents of the registry for quick lookups?
Searching in the Windows registry can be ve------ry------ lo----ng. Is there some tool available that can index the contents of the whole registry, or contents of a single hive, such that fast lookups are available? (for example generating some SQLite database with FTS3 or FTS4 enabled for full tex…
Why uTorrent doesn't respect upload limit?
I have set an upload limit of 30kB/s, but sometimes it is uploading 100kB/s. I have tested uTorrent and BitTorrent and they have the same problem. I disabled the setting "use more upload slot if upload < 90%". I have set 30kB/s limit both in the current torrent preferences and in the general prefer…