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Change the default search engine for Firefox's address bar
I love the ability to just type something into Firefox's address bar and do a Google search. But I was wondering if there was some way to customize what search engine Firefox used?
How is time measured in computer systems?
Something I have been puzzled about is this: how exactly does a computer regulate and tell time? For example: if I were to write a program that did this: Do 2+2 then wait 5 seconds How does the processor know what "5 seconds" is? How is time measured in computer systems? Is there a specific chip fo…
How to count total number of lines of found files?
I'm running a to find some files, and I'd like to elegantly get the total number of lines in these files. How can I achieve that?
How to configure QoS for CrashPlan, which connects on HTTPS port, without affecting all other HTTPS traffic?
CrashPlan appears to upload stuff on the standard HTTPS port 443. Is there any way to allocate it bulk QoS priority separately from all other HTTPS traffic, or am I completely stuffed? I'm using DD-WRT.
What are the small details Windows and Linux users will trip on when using OSX for the first time?
Like any other Apple product, OS X prides itself on the little details. When, earlier last week, I used my professor's Mac briefly to give a quick project presentation (mine decided to do a chkdsk at the wrong time, heh), I got the distinct feeling some were put intentionally to make the uninitiate…
Excel - pivot values in one cell (as comma-separated value)
Excel - pivot values in one cell (as comma-separated value) I have two columns of data: I want to 'pivot' around Supplier, and give the list of products in one single cell, comma-separated e.g. There's about 1000 suppliers, and 0 < products <= 10. My current workaround involves using pivot tables, …
Windows7 hardlink over two different drives
I am trying to create a hardlink on my C drive that points to a file on my D drive. I open up a terminal with Administrator privileges and try the following: The error that I get is: The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive. When I try a softlink I get the issue that for some reaso…
Different PATH environment variable for 32bit and 64bit Windows - is it possible?
Is it possible to have whole or part of environment variable specific to the type of running process's image (32bit/64bit)? When I run some app from within 64bit cmd.exe I would like to have it pick the 64bit version of OpenSSL library whereas when I run some app from within 32bit cmd.exe I would l…
Clone bootable USB drives
I want to clone bootable USB drives (Windows 7 installation with image file). What's the fastest and easiest way to do this?
SSH key associated with root directory
In OSX (Linux), how do I get to the SSH keys with my root directory?
Vim */dyn support
What does mean the plus sign before in the command's output, e.g.: I didn't find any useful documentation on it. When I run Vim returns 0. When I run it says meaning I should install python (as I understand). So I just can't see the difference between and . What does plus sign give to us? Also what…
how to ssh to the remote path?
I have a folder in ~/apps/ and another one in the root /apps/ I want to ssh to them and I got the following error: Could not resolve hostname What did I do wrong?
Window key+arrows hotkeys not working
I recently got a new laptop running windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. for a while I had no problems, but suddenly, and seemingly without warning, the window key+arrows shortcuts for maximizing and moving windows has stopped working. all other shortcuts I use often seem to work fine, its just those ones. t…
What does "/factory,{CLSID 75*4b} -embedding" do?
Can someone explain me the following explorer CLI :
Extension for Chrome that redirects you to an existing tab if you try and open the same url
I guess I'm looking for a "unique tab" extension that would behave as follows: I open a new tab and type in "mail.google.com" It looks for an already open tab with that url If found, it takes me to that tab and closes the current one. It should also work the same if I follow a link, like to google …
How to configure Total Commander to show files with their extensions?
Please advise how to configure Total Commander that way to not show file names and their extensions in separate column but in the same one?
How to move selection in Excel?
I know how to create or extend selections, i.e., via F8 or Shift F8. When I have created the desired selection, I would like to move that particular selection a few cells to the right and/or down. I now need to select the similar form selection on another place in the worksheet. Does anyone know ho…
How do you make changes to a Word template?
So, I have a Microsoft Word template (.dotx file). I want to make some changes to it, so new documents based on it will look different. I open the template, make my changes, and hit save. Then Word prompts me for a location, because it thinks that I want to create a new Word document based on this …
WIndows 7 cannot boot - bootrec reports FS not found or corrupt
For 3 days now I've been unable to boot into my Windows 7 partition, and all my research has been to no avail. I'm hoping someone here has more ideas on how to fix this. When I boot up now, I get the black screen with BCD error that says theres no valid file system or it may be corrupt (pardon my l…
What command-line options are available in Adobe Acrobat (not Reader) for modifying documents (Convert, Merge, etc.)?
See title. I'd like to convert a bunch of XML files to PDF using Adobe Acrobat (9.0). Currently, I'm opening each of these files with IE and then convert them manually using the Acrobat Plugin. I'm curious if this can be achieved without loading each of the files by hand since the generation of the…