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Task manager menu, titlebar and tabs have disappeared
I was reading a question tonight about our dear friend, the Windows Task Manager and remembered, just then, one particular area of confuzzlement about it that it took me a long time to clear up the first time and it was only by dumb luck I found the solution. Have you ever discovered your Task Mana…
Prevent installation of IE toolbars?
If there is one thing I would like to see become a standard feature in Internet Explorer it would be the ability to prevent installation of damn toolbars and for those preventative measures to be enforced by default. It would then be an option (a hard-to-find one, preferably) to enable installation…
Spotlight doesn't solve math operations any more
It used to be that Spotlight would figure out math operations for me (for example, if I typed , the first Spotlight result, before any located files or other search results, would be the answer). For the last few weeks, it hasn't anymore - if I type a math operation, it just finds a bunch of docume…
Monitor utilities
I'm a big fan of good monitor usage, but only currently use a few utilities to help me attain display nirvana across several systems and monitors. Part of this is due to not knowing what's available. Please list one monitor utility that you use and what it does for you per answer, and avoid duplica…
How to turn off all the beep sounds?
I have set the Windows sound scheme to No Sounds and I still hear some beeps on certain actions. Is there a way to turn off these beeps too?
grep all .java files in a directory for a particular string
How would I search all .java files for a simple string (not a regex) in the current directory and all sub-directories on Mac OS X? I just want to print a list of file and directory names that match.
What good is the Scroll Lock key?
I haven't seen any use for it lately? Anyone have any examples?
Linux file system
What are the conventions for file locations in Linux? So far I've managed to deduce: /proc (references to running processes) /dev (references to all hardware) /etc (configuration files) /home (home) /mnt (mounted devices) /media (removable devices like CDs, USB disks) ...but other parts are still u…
Why does Mac OS X sometimes complain that a copy failed because a file is in use?
Recently I've been copying files from DVDs to network storage on my Mac running Leopard 10.5.7. I'm just dragging and dropping in Finder to perform the copy. Occasionally the copy will fail with a dialog complaining that a file is in use. If I repeat the copy generally it completes successfully. I …
Why haven't file managers improved as much as browsers?
Is it because webbrosers bring money while file managers don't? Is it because current file managers are just great and do the work? Why practically none of the alternate file managers for various platforms haven't become mainstream. Think about IE4 and WindowsExplore back in '95, they were practica…
What Vim features do you use?
I spend almost all day programming in Vim and I am sure that a lot of you do too. What features do you use that make your day to day coding that much better? One that I use is gv, which will let you reselect the previously selected text. It is great for reindenting!
How to set all text in all slides to the same font?
I'm making a presentation that's looking a lot like the Frankenstein monster right now. There are 4 different fonts being used throughout all the slides, and I'd like to normalize this. I want to set all the text to the same font. How can I do that? I tried simply selecting all slides, but then you…
How can zsh be configured to autocomplete directory name with camelcase matching?
Eclipse and Resharper have a nice way of navigating files. If I have the following folders (or files) in my current directory In eclipse I can navigate to them by using only the capitalized letters. Correspondingly in zsh I want to be able to type: cd MRLAFN(Tab)(Enter) To get into in one step If I…
Screen is black at login screen if display driver is enabled
I have a Lenovo x200 and recently its screen didn't work, so I took it to a repair lab. The guy told me they replaced the screen inverter. I powered up the laptop and the ThinkPad logo was shown, so I was happy. When I got home the computer would boot up, then instead of the logon screen, I got a b…
How to pair Logitech Unifying devices to more than one transceiver
The Logitech unifying transceiver is great and I can connect multiple unifying devices to the same transceiver on my PC. I recently discovered that the Unifying transceiver works with my ACER android tablet and gives me the ability to connect a REAL keyboard AND and REAL mouse to it. This gives me …
Vim configuration slow in Terminal & iTerm2 but not in MacVim
Ideally, I want to use Vim from Terminal or iTerm2. However, it becomes unbearably slow so I had to resort to using MacVim. There is nothing wrong with MacVim, however my workflow would be much smoother if I used only Terminal/iTerm2. When its slow Loading files, in particular Rails files takes abo…
Encrypting to standard output with gnupg
I'm trying to encrypt something with and return the result to standard out rather than a file. According to the manual, it should be sufficient to omit an flag, but that doesn't seem to be the case. When I don't specify an output file, gnupg assumes I'm outputting to rather than stdout. Is there a …
Brightness settings gone, how do I bring it back?
I have a VAIO CW laptop with Windows 7 x64, and after installing new NVIDIA drivers, my screen brightness controls are no longer available. (Not in the control center, not in the power options, buttons don't work even though VAIO's brightness adjust window pops up, etc.). My display doesn't dim eit…
Windows Firewall: Block everything except one app on port 80
I'd like to block all outgoing port 80 activity except for one particular application. Why? I want to test a piece of software to see if it will fall back to a proxy if a direct connection to the web is not available. I need to allow my proxy to connect, but nothing else. I would have thought this …
Can a PC be set up not to shut down when unplugged?
I have a laptop now, and I love that when the power goes out accidentally (blackout from a storm, accidentally gets unplugged...), the laptop does not shutdown on me, it just switches to battery supply. I don't lose any unsaved work, don't have to start up again... I am about to buy a new computer …