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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…
Default File Explorer Size and Position
I'm running Vista Home Premium 32-Bit with a screen resolution of . How do you set the default windows size/positions? Is there a registry tweak for this? Going to does not apply the current folder size to all folders. So, whenever I open a new window to a random new folder I haven't opened before,…
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,…
How to separate voice and background music from a video file
Is it possible to separate voice and background music from a video file? I only need the background music. Type of video: MP4 Working on Windows XP 32 bit SP3
Can IP v4 and IP v6 share a single physical Ethernet?
I keep reading about the transition from IP v4 to IP v6, and the possible advantages and problems. One thing that keeps popping up is "dual-stack" networking, meaning (I believe) a host can speak both IPv4 and IPv6. I don't quite understand how this works, however. Can a host actually transmit usin…
why does Windows 7 x64 Explorer.exe suddenly gobble up all available RAM and slow my system to a crawl?
UPDATE: RESOLVED - see my answer below Frequently, while I'm navigating through folders in a Windows Explorer window (Explorer.exe, not to be confused with Internet Explorer), suddenly I'll hear my hard disk start to thrash and my system becomes unresponsive. When I manage to get Task Manager open …
How does Google Chrome installer work?
I have been wondering - how does Google Chrome install in a single click? http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?hl=en&brand=CHMB&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-sk&utm_medium=ha&installdataindex=homepagepromo Its not ClickOnce (that behaves differently) and this works cross browser. Any ide…
How to logon to a non-domain computer from one in a domain
I've met a rather annoying problem that should be very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. I have a work laptop that is part of a domain, so my username is . I also have my home computer with no domain, just the username . I'm trying to connect to a share on my home computer from my work com…
How to disable Google Chrome from sending data to safebrowsing-cache.google.com and safebrowsing.clients.google.com?
Unchecking Enable phishing and malware protection in Chrome's browser settings page does not prevent Chrome from communicating with safebrowsing.clients.google.com and safebrowsing-cache.google.com (according to packets captured using Wireshark). How can I disable this feature?
How can I find out my WiFi adapter's MAC address on Ubuntu Linux?
What command can I enter in a terminal to find out the MAC address of my WiFi adapter?
Delay Windows programs launching at boot?
On Windows XP I use 18 programs. In startup it makes 2-3 minutes to load all of them. Anti virus, translator, unlocker, file indexer, download manager, instant messenger etc.. I need all of them and they are on Windows system tray waiting for me to use. So I can't remove one of them, because I use …
How to make Windows 7 remember credentials for a Samba network drive?
I have a Samba share on my Ubuntu server which I map as a network drive on my Windows 7 Professional computer. After every reboot it shows the drive as disconnected and to access it I have to renter my password even though every time I enter the password I check the 'Remember my credentials' box. I…
Is it possible to save every webpage you visit?
Is it possible to save everypage you visit in a browser automatically? I do now want to rely on Cache as a huge cache will slow down the browser. A third party software or an add-on will be helpful. I use Chrome browser, but any other browser which can help me in my requirement is okay.
Unix: Slash after directory names or not
What is the difference between the following commands? Or is there no difference? Or does it depend on the command being used? Think for example I read that the rsync behavior changes a bit depending on which version you use. Does anyone have a good explanation so I don't have to guess anymore and …
Why do I have to have administrator permissions to remove a desktop shortcut in windows 7?
How can I allow a non-admin user to customize their desktop?
Share a Wifi connection through wifi on Mac OS X
I have a WiFi connection and I would like to share it through my WiFi card to computers. For some security reason, it seems that only one device can access the WiFi connection directly. This is why I want to use the first mac computer as server. Unfortunately, I don't have any Airport Express.
How to delete file with this name on linux: -]???????q
Somehow a file named got created on my terminal. I tried rm -f "-]???????q" (in double quotes), but it did not get deleted. (Error:: ). How do I delete it?
How to avoid tilde ~ in Bash prompt?
I would like to remove the tilde from displaying within the PS1 variable. My current PS1 string: And the prompt looks like this: I don't like that the $HOME directory is displayed as tilde. Can this be avoided? It causes problems, example: Documentation says: Is there any possibility to avoid $HOME…
netcat as a multithread server
I use netcat to run a simple server like this: This way, anyone is able to connect to my host on port 2468 and talk with "my_exe". Unfortunately, if someone else wants to connect during an open session, it would get a "Connection refused" error, because netcat is no longer in listening until the ne…
Can you remove a file from Mercurial without removing it from the filesystem like Git?
I've got some files in a repo that I don't want tracked, is it possible to remove them without removing the actual files from the filesystem? This would be equivalent to git's .