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What is the Office Source Engine and what does it do?
What is the purpose of the Office Source Engine service that Microsoft installs for newer versions of the Office suite?
Is there an opposite of :g in vim?
I know how to do something to every line that matches a pattern, using . Is there a way to do something to every line that does not match the pattern? For example, suppose I want to delete every line that does not match /foo/. I might do something like: ( is not the opposite of , but that is what I…
What are the advantages of symlinks over hard links and viceversa?
I understand the differences between symbolic and hard links, but I've never understood why choose one or the other.
Where's my Open-With gVim context menu option in Windows 7?
I have gVim installed. Under Vista and XP, this offered me an addition to either the object context menu of "Edit with gVim", or an addtion to the "Open With" context menu of "gVim". This would let me send arbitrary files to gVim for editing. Under Windows 7 64-bit, I have installed gVim -- twice, …
Prevent iTunes from starting when iPhone is plugged in on Mac
Is there any way to prevent iTunes from starting on a Mac under OS X Leopard when an iPhone is plugged in?
Bare-minimum hard drive space to install Windows XP SP3 Professional?
Just enough for my drivers and my windows XP setup will be more than enough ... I will work from another partition and the system partition will be frozen ... 2Gb seem right but was using 5-10 Gb before, how much do I really need? I'm now checking with VirtualBox If it's enough, I have access legal…
How to disable Spotlight in Snow Leopard?
It seems previous Spotlight disabling method that worked in Leopard, no longer works in Snow Leopard. How can I disable Spotlight in Snow Leopard?
Laptop battery: is voltage really important to respect?
I got an Acer Aspire 5100 and I just bought a new battery (after the stock battery just died yesterday). But I saw something after buying and I'm wondering whether it's really important or not. My stock battery was a 6-cell 4000mah 11.1v and the new battery is an 8-cell 4800mah 14.8v . I know that …
serve "normal" HTML pages from a Sharepoint server
I have a document authored in HTML with a TOC index page linking to numerous other pages, some having imgs etc. In other words, standard web content. My work location uses Sharepoint exclusively for document exchange. Is there a way to upload/import my HTML document into Sharepoint? It seems to onl…
Automatically mute speakers when headphones are unplugged
I was wondering if there is a "software" solution to automatically mute the laptop speakers when the headphones are "unplugged"? OS : Windows XP SP3 Laptop : Dell Vostro 1510 Audio Drivers : RealTek Please provide software solutions only. I don't want to buy any additional hardware to achieve this.
How do I change the Alt + Tab task switcher window to show more applications?
I run many apps concurrently and use Alt + Tab constantly. In fact, I prefer Alt + Tab to having multiple monitors. I mean, come on, you can only look at one thing at a time and this way I don't have to turn my head :-) I recently installed Windows 7 and on my previous machine I had modified the Ta…
Safari is unable to reach localhost (127.0.0.1)
I've encountered a really strange Mac problem: Safari is unable to connect to localhost whereas all other applications can connect as normal (Firefox, Chrome, ping, etc.). My /etc/hosts is the standard setup: Question: Have anyone else encountered this? What could be the problem? Update #1: I have …
Can I rebind Screen's escape combination to something else?
I'm so used to using C-a for the home key (based on my being an emacs nerd) that it bothers me that this is the combination that screen uses to start commands. Can I bind something else to it?
Where is the OS X Remote Desktop Client
An update to the remote desktop client was recently applied to my MacBook via the software updater. I can't find this application anywhere. What is this application called and where is it located?
Get the current UNC path from a local path in powershell
Assuming I have a mapped drive to and in powershell I'm in the folder how do I convert that to a UNC path, i.e. .
How do I make OS X set the terminal title back to the original title when coming back from ssh?
Starting on OS X, I ssh into foo (a Linux box). My terminal title changes to foo. I then ssh into bar (another Linux box). My terminal title changes to bar. I log out of bar. My terminal title changes to foo. I log out of foo. My terminal title stays foo (rather than changing back to the original t…
How to change Windows 7 date format?
Is it possible to configure Windows 7 to use YYYY-MM-DD instead of DD/MM/YYYY as the date format? How? Where?
Robocopy permission denied
Robocopy is preinstalled with Windows 7. I've used it many times in the past. I tried to copy a folder to a remote share with As a result I get permission denied. Using explorer I can copy files to this share. I've opened a command prompt with administrator permissions with the same result. The sha…
How to Check RAM Size without Looking at Motherboard
As far as I am aware, one can view the RAM Size in : From the above screenshot it seems that My RAM is 3.5 GB, but as far as I can tell I actually inserted 2 two GB RAM into my motherboard. Is it that my memory is faulty, or that the information displayed in is faulty?
How do you determine what a 'good' monitor is?
I'm shopping for some good LCD monitors and considering something in the >= 25" range. What are some things that I should look for when comparing brands/models? The specs given by the different monitor companies is confusing at best. How do you compare one to another, what specs are important, and …