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Cannot end Windows 7 process, even tried pskill
I am having a problem where processes are hanging and absolutely refuse to die. I have tried using the task manager and from the console (with admin rights) and while the program will state that it has killed the process it still remains and I cannot open a second process. This has happened with Op…
Make Thumbnail from video
How can I make a simple capture from a video. Preferably from the command line? Idea: take 9 snapshots for 9 even placed (on the timeline) times, and save them as JPGs Example: What's the best program to do this? Are there any opensource programs?
Can Outlook Search use Regular Expressions (or wild cards)?
I'd like to search my Outlook email with regular expressions. Is this possible? If not, is there any sort of non-regex wildcard functionality? Without any sort of plug-in is preferable, but if not, that's an acceptable option. However, i'd very much like to avoid Google Desktop. I'm using Outlook 2…
How to get the key name to be coded for keymap in vimrc?
In Emacs, I can press Ctrl-h, k, to describe a key. I can get the key name even it's undefined, e.g., Thus, I got to know the key name is . But how can you get the key name for Vim? I want to setup a keymap for Ctrl-Shift-V and Shift-Insert, but what the code shall I have to use? Is it possible to …
How to find the IP address of an access point that I'm connected to?
I'm connected to an open network, I can see the BSSID and the SSID but I don't think DHCP is enabled because I don't get any IP. so is there a way to find out what is it's IP remotely ? and thanks
How can one create a bootable Linux USB key that works on Mac (Intel 64 bit CPU) hardware?
I'm trying to create a bootable USB key with Linux (debian) and that can be booted on Macintel hardware. I have read that MAC's EFI can only boot GPT GUID formatted disks. I'm desperately trying to find a good tutorial which explains how to create such a key. Here what I have done so far: create a …
How do I get User Friendly Names in Remote Desktop?
Is there a way to get 'user friendly' names to show in remote desktop connection tool?
Standard SD card and Micro SD card with adapter; same speed?
I'm going to buy a new SD card to be used in my car's audio player. What I would like to know is, if I buy a micro SD card with adapter, will it provide the same read/write speed as a standard SD card of the same model? Does using adapter affect speed?
File copying utility like rsync with error handling like ddrescue, for data recovery from a hard drive with bad sectors or hardware failure
I have a hard drive with either bad blocks or sectors that are failing to read due to potential mechanical issues, such as a bad disk head, bad motor, or some other issue that is causing the hard drive to read data excruciatingly slowly and with lots of read errors. I'm seeing an average of 50 KB/s…
limits.conf to set memory limits
I would like to limit any process from using more than 500 MB of RAM. AFAIK this is done using RSS in /etc/security/limits.conf but the process called gnome-panel apparently is using 618436 kB of VmRSS. How can this be ?
Why does Office for Mac prompt me to close Google Chrome? Is that suspicious?
Office for Mac 2008 just asked me whether I wanted to update. However, on continuing with the update, a Window popped up saying that I needed to close Chrome before the update could continue. I find this rather suspicious, since Office should not need to go anywhere near Chrome. Any idea why there …
How do I find out what was accessed on my computer while it was confiscated?
How do I know what they found or viewed?
How do I edit Network Locations in Windows 7?
Is there any way to edit Network Locations in Windows 7? I'd like to rename some, purge the unneeded ones.. The only place where I found the list is when you manage default printers - but you cannot change anything in this list there.
Run parts of .bashrc asynchronously
I have some exports and other things that require another program to run (to get paths or whatever) and they take a non-trivial amount of time to run, meaning my bash startup time is on the order of 5 seconds. Before I go off and add some basic caching in my , is there a way I can run something asy…
Simple Linux tool for timing an http request in milliseconds
I'm looking for a simple tool or built-in command that will allow me to measure with millisecond accuracy the time it takes to fetch a remote web page from a given URL.
How would I replace default Windows Explorer with an alternative one, say Q-Dir?
I would like to re-map existing shortcuts, right-clicks, etc so Q-Dir is opened instead of default Windows Explorer. short of renaming ``explorer.exe in Windows folder - are there any settings I need to look at? maybe in Registry somewhere?
How to install gvim on Ubuntu 10.10?
I checked under Software Center, but I could not find it. How can I install gvim?
Shortcut for "Network and Sharing Center"
Is there a control panel link to open the Network and Sharing Center in Windows 7 ?. Edit: I am aware that the command: does what I want, but I was hopeing for something like (used for opening Add/Remove Programs) as these are easier to remember and works everywhere.
How to convert from day of year and year to a date YYYYMMDD?
I'm looking to go from day of year (1-366) and year (e.g. 2011) to a date in the format YYYYMMDD?
Generate or update a PDF to include an encrypted, hidden watermark?
Background Using LaTeX to write a book. When a user purchases the book, the PDF will be generated automatically. Problem The PDF should have a watermark that includes the person's name and contact information. Question What software meets the following criteria: Applies encrypted, invisible waterma…