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What is directory "//"?
On various linux machines you can and The shell will say the current directory is '/' or '//' after using the corresponding command. So the question is: What is the difference between '/' and '//', and if the answer is 'no difference' then why is '//' shown differently than '/' BTW All result in th…
How do I catalog files on several external hard drives that I want to store off-line?
I have quite a few external hard drives that I want to store off-line, and possibly off-site. The contents is not saved in a structured manner, however; basically there's lots of project data for lots of projects. Is there any software for Windows XP that will catalog all the hard drives, so I can …
Bash on Snow Leopard doesn't obey terminal colours
With the new version of Snow Leopard, OS X upgraded the bash version to . Now, my sets the following settings: The colours are used later on for output. This used to work in previous version of OSX but now my output not cooperating. Some ideas that have not worked. Switching Terminal.app from 64-bi…
How I delete massive amounts of email from Outlook
Our production servers went into a spam-frenzy yesterday and I now have literally hundreds of thousands of emails strewn throughout my Outlook folders. I gave up even displaying one of the folders after three hours of 100% CPU. Is there a simple way to delete boatloads of emails without spending da…
Remove password from an Excel Document
I'm providing internal support and one of our users has managed to put a password on an excel file by accident, I've done the proper checks to make sure that the user should have access to the document and now want to know what the recommendation for removing a password from an Excel document. For …
find: -exec vs xargs (aka Why does "find | xargs basename" break?)
I was trying to find all files of a certain type spread out in subdirectories, and for my purposes I only needed the filename. I tried stripping out the path component via , but it did't work with : I get the same thing (exactly the same error) with either of these variations: This, on the other ha…
Windows 7 Firewall services consuming all CPU
I have Windows 7, 64-bit, installed on two computers: my Dell Dimension 5150, and my Dell Latitude D830. Today's gripe is this: Sometimes I look at my CPU usage thingie and I see something like this: On my Dimension 5150, this state can go on, uninterrupted, for hours. After a certain amount of tim…
Delete Windows file association using .reg file
Question: Using a .reg file, how do I completely remove a file type association? I tried e.g. deleting but that's apparently not enough. Background: On Windows Vista, I have a .reg file which successfully associates a file type with another application that always needs some parameters passed (whic…
Search for email containg attachment of specific file type
I'd like to search for an email that contains an excel attachment. I'm using outlook. I know I can do hasattachment:true but this matches any attachment type I've also tried, attachment:*.xlsx but this doesn't work
How to change the name of a reviewer in Word?
How can I change the name that is displayed in the track changes baloons and comments of another person (not myself)?
Break open an EXE file?
I have a sony Vaio and I have downloaded the sound driver for it. The driver claims it is being installed on a computer its not compatible with, and crashes. I know that it is wrong. I assume the driver files live inside the EXE, so I could just install them manually through the device manager if I…
How can I show hidden files/folders in Finder
How can I see the hidden files in Finder? For instance, if I have a file named: is is not listed. Right now I have to open the terminal and type .
How can I diagnose a faulty power supply?
I've got an older PC that freezes/blue-screens at non-reproducible times. I suspect that it's caused by a faulty power supply, mainly because I don't have any other idea. How can I diagnose this properly as the cause for my troubles?
Create a Google Doc in landscape mode
How do I create a Google Doc in landscape mode?
Blocking only Flash and animated GIF images
What options are there for blocking Flash and animated GIF ads while keeping static image and text-only ads? I'm interested in solutions for Firefox on Windows/Linux and Safari on OS X.
Vim Ignores Aliases
If I map a command in vim using something like Vim will ignore my alias for pdflatex (something like alias pdflatex='pdflatex --temp-dir=something'). Is it possible to make vim not ignore it?
Is there an app for the Mac that shows you which apps are using the network?
Possible Duplicate: Application for monitoring all applications that are using the internet in Mac OS X I use Menu Meters to show me how much data is being sent and received by my Mac as a whole. But (as far as I can tell), it doesn’t break it down by application. If there’s a lot of data being sen…
European alternatives to Dropbox?
Dropbox is positively brilliant, but the data center is probably in the US somewhere. Since I'm in Europe, there's plenty of lag and a poor upload rate. Are there any similar services using data centers in Europe? I'm looking for a free plan (cirka 2GB), so sites like Amazon S3 aren't good answers.
where does 'pkg-config' takes its information from?
where does 'pkg-config' takes its information from? What files do I need when building a .deb package ?
How to find virtual memory size and cache size of a linux system?
Is there any command to get virtual memory size, cache size and front side bus speed of a linux system? Is swap in linux same as virtual memory?