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Excel: Edit the XML inside an XLSX file
An Excel XLSX file is a zip archive containing several XML files. I tried to extract all the XML files, and edit using an XML editor. That's because I have to change 20+ connections to point to a different server. When I open the edited archive in Excel, it refuses the changes and repairs the file.…
Take a screenshot of an entire webpage in Opera
Is there some tool within Opera, or possibly an add-on, which will let me take a screenshot of an entire web page? I usually use Screengrab to do this with Firefox, but in this situation I want a screenshot of the page as Opera renders it (because I want to show the page as rendered with HTML5 form…
Making F1-F12 keys the default on Dell Inspiron 1545
I've been given a laptop at work, a Dell Inspiron 1545, which I find pretty good, except for the keys. Being a programmer and a poweruser of several programs, I need to use them a lot, and here they are inverted, you need to press the key to get access to them, and you get the volume up/down, brigh…
How to ignore spelling and grammar for certain text styles in Word 2007
Is there a way to ignore spelling and grammar for certain text styles in Word 2007? Some of the stuff I'm writing is pre-formatted text and usually has stuff like which will give me the squiggly lines on misspelled words like the in there.
Sound volume increase beyond 100% whenever possible on Linux
Some audio output from files or streams is too low. It is obvious that hardware is able to play the same sounds but louder but because of the data it just plays it at some low level even at 100% volume. Vlc can generally increase the volume of a file up to 200%. Is there a way to do the same thing …
How do I turn off the annoying clicking sound when browsing web pages in Internet Explorer?
When I browse web pages in Internet Explorer, especially AJAX heavy sites, IE constantly clicks at me. How do I stop the madness?
Automatically run an application as another user
How can you run an application as another user in Windows 7? The only catch is that I don't want to have to hold down the shift key, right click on the application and choose Run as different user. I need it to automatically login using the login credentials I specify.
Getting Emacs to use pdflatex
How can I configure Emacs to run pdflatex rather than latex on a LaTeX file when I type C-c C-f (tex-file)?
Which are the most important directories to backup on a Linux server?
I'm running an Ubuntu 9.10 Linux server. I'm trying to find a way to backup the machine while it is running and from what I see, this eliminates the disk clone utilities. All of the disk clone stuff I have seen for Linux requires that you reboot into a special live CD. So my question is this, what …
How to get file extension in MS Excel?
I have a column containing file paths. I want to make another column which contain the extensions of the paths only. How can I do this in Microsoft Excel?
How to skip words in OS X terminal?
Let's say I wrote a long command in the Mac OSX terminal, i.e and now I want to change the word to . To do that, right now I have to keep pressing (or hold down) the left keyboard key until the "cursor" gets to the end of the word , and then delete it. The usual 'holding down option' technique does…
Table Formatting in Excel 2007: How do I remove it?
I've used the new Table Formatting option in Excel 2007. Now I can't remove it. I've dragged the little blue square up to the last cell on the top left, but it just won't go any further. In fact it just won't go at all. Clear all doesn't remove it. What does? I want my table back! I'm not a beginne…
How do I know my laptop is 64-bit compatible?
I recently plan to buy a new laptop to run a 64-bit OS, but a friend told me that my current laptop is already 64-bit. How can I verify if my laptop is ready to load a 64-bit OS or not? Here is the result from CPU-Z:
Recover accidentally closed Opera window and its tabs after restarting
I accidentally closed an instance of Opera with multiple tabs. There was another window with a couple of tabs running. I have closed and restarted Opera in the hope it will retrieve the windows at startup (it usually asks if I want to continue from last time). Is there a way I can retrieve my close…
A rapid way to type funny characters from Scalaz?
Is there any easy and fast way to type the funny characters (like ⊛, ≟, ∘, ∨ etc) from Scalaz? (I am using Ubuntu 9.04)
Mapping a Piped Shell Command in Vim
In a previous question I asked about outputting evaluated code to a new window in MacVim. I got a great solution, but it presented another question: How can I map a key command in my that involves piping output in the shell? As a simple example, let's say I wanted to pipe the results of to a new Ma…
KeePass justification
I personally have about 20 accounts (my personal user id on lots of machines). For shared "system" accounts, there are about 45 per environment; development, test, and production. I have access to 2 of those, so my personal total is somewhere around 115 accounts. Passwords have to be at least 15 ch…
Is TRIM supported on RAID 0 configurations for SSD drives in Windows 7?
I know this question has probably been asked at some point in the past, but I am trying to figure out if Windows 7 supports passing TRIM commands through RAID controllers yet. I am trying to decide between buying a single SSD drive and utilizing TRIM or Buying two SSD drives and putting them in RAI…
What's the best way to spray paint the inside of my case?
I was just wanting to spray my case black and someone told me that if the inside is not "grounded" something could quite possibly short out and/or fry. Just wondering if this is true and what type of spray paint I should use etc. My system is an Intel Core 2 Duo, ASUS P5KPL-CM mobo, Gigabyte 720W P…
Cannot get Windows snipping tool to auto run with AutoHotKey
I am trying to get Windows 7 sniping tool to run when I hit my PRINTSCREEN keyboard button with AUTOHOTKEY. I have been unsuccessful so far though. Here is what I have for the AutoHotKey script. I have tried this and this and this And all those give me an error that basically says it cannot find th…