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How to replace vim screen buffer with previous bash activity after quitting?
I'm trying to find out what a bash (or vim) feature is. Here's the scenario. I'm in a bash terminal, then edit something with vim, then exit back to bash. In some terminals, the vim session screen disappears to show the previous bash shell activity ( this is what I want? ). In others, the vim sessi…
Network Service Account password
In order to debug a SQL Server 2008 stored procedure, I would like to change the account that the SQL Server (MSSQLSrver) service is running under, namely, changing the account from "Network Service" to my current user account. However, if something goes wrong, I would like to be able to change it …
Laptop Battery Technology
My laptop battery has finally taken the plunge and I'm looking online for a new one. However I'm getting lost in all of the specs of the batteries that are out there. I'm looking to gain a better understanding of what effect each spec has on the overall life of the battery (meaning length of hours …
Is NTFS fail-safe in case of a power outage?
In case of a power outage, can the NTFS filesystem be harmed? E.g be broken or cause file corruption? And is the NTFS built-in mirroring on dynamic disks guaranteed to keep the files in a consistent state in case of a power outage? My point of view of this is that journaling file systems is specifi…
Why does my computer power off suddenly and without warning?
My computer is about 7 years old. Its has an Asus A7N266-VM motherboard and an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ CPU. My problem is that my computer suddenly and randomly switches off on its own. There is no blue screen, no error messages, the pc just goes off as though somebody pulled the plug. The motherboard …
Json viewer for mac
Does anyone know a good free Json viewer for mac? I just want to be able to see the data organised a bit better then one long piece of text
When would one prefer a Junction Point (Directory Hard Link) over a symbolic link?
Technically, I get the difference between the two; this is just a usage question. In particular, I want to move some folders off of a smaller hard drive and onto a larger one, but I need to use some sort of link to do it--the application that uses these files only expects them to be where they curr…
Double root folder vs single root folder
On my Linux box, in bash, I have access to a "double root" folder denoted by two forward slashes: The content of the folder and its subfolder is identical to the "normal" single slash root. The double slash does not go away when I access its subfolders. The annomaly does not repeat itself with thre…
Is there a way to use Regular Expressions in Outlook rules?
Our mail server manages to filter a lot of spam, but the spammers seem to be finding ways to get around it. I am finding that much the current crop of stuff that gets through could be filtered on my end if only I could make a rule that could clue in on stuff that a regular expression could ferret o…
How to easily remove hyperlinks from multiple cells?
I have data exported from a tool as XLS. In this, one of the column has text which is a hyperlink to information in the tool. I can remove the hyperlink for each cell. But I want to remove the hyperlink for all the cells in the column in a easier way. Is there an option in Excel itself?
How OS detects memory access violations
How does an operating system (preferably Linux) know that you've accessed a memory location that you're not allowed to? This question was inspired by those damn pointers! The way I see it is: everything in computers is about a compromise between speed, security, integrity, and such things. I'm well…
How would I go about creating a filename with invalid characters such as :?> ?
I need to do create a file with a filename such as , is this possible somehow? Windows stops it.
How to install GCC on Windows 7
I've downloaded GCC 4.5.1 and do not know what to do next. I've found instructions inside the Install directory for how to configure, build and install, but I still cannot do much with this. What are step-by-step instructions to go through this process? For example, they say something like this: An…
What is a MAC address, and what does it reveal about me?
Does my MAC address list my name, ect? How do I find out exactly what the MAC address tells me? I know it's the "physical address" of my laptop, but what exactly does that mean? This is what my MAC address says: I'm clueless and concerned about this for tracking purposes.
When running `rm -rf`, is it possible to exclude certain subdirectories?
I routinely use bind mounts to aid in making space available in multiple locations without having to have multiple logical volumes / physical partitions / LUNs, etc. For example, I may have a 200G LV mounted at . From there, I will make subdirectories like and which I can then bind mount to and , r…
200MB .mzz files in .NET 4.0 directory, what are they?
I am trying to make some space on a small C: drive and a search for large files has turned up two that I do not understand and cannot find a good description. Does anyone know what these files are? There are over 200 MB in size for both of them. I would love to be able to recover that space, but I …
Command Backtick isn't working to cycle through windows in some apps (including Safari)
For some reason I can't use (Apple Meta Key / Apple Key) and Backtick aka ` to cycle through Windows anymore... Trouble is I'm not sure when it quit working so I'm not sure if I created a conflict, but I've tried deleting prefs and searched around and can't seem to find anything on how to fix it. I…
Make a USB drive read only
I have a 1.5TB USB drive with many important files that I want to give to a friend (they have Windows7) for reading only purposes. thumbscrew appears to flip a registry switch but it seems to be on the local pc only. UPDATE: Are you aware of any USB drives that have such functionality built into th…
groupadd: command not found
Cannot create a group in RHEL5. I get error .
How to stop ReadyBoost from rebuilding cache after every restart on SD cards and flash drives?
On my computers (running windows 7 and vista and using SD cards and flash drives) ReadyBoost rebuilds cache after every reboot. Because of this and 5400RPM HDD, it takes several minutes for computer to start working normally. I gave up on using ReadyBoost because of that. Today I read in comments o…