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Windows Explorer Hangs on Right-Click
I am not sure if this is the right site to post this one as I typically post coding questions on stackoverflow. But I'll ask anyways and hopefully someone can move it if it's incorrect. Currently I have a customer built PC, utilizing an Intel i7 chip, 1300WATT PSU, 8Gigs of RAM, and two video cards…
How can I include vim settings in source code so that the file is displayed the same way?
I vaguely remember that there is a way to store instructions for vim in my file (like tabstop width etc). I'm not speaking of settings in vimrc but of storing those settings with in the file to be edited. That way the tabstop has always the right width even if I transfer this file to another comput…
IPv6 for home users
What is the best way to use IPv6 if you are a home user. I have a number of vista/ws2k8/w7 machines at home, but they are behind a NAT firewall which is not IPv6 compliant! How can they be attached to a public IPv6 network? For example, I want to be able to see the dancing kame (http://www.kame.net…
How does a hard drive retain information after being formatted?
Companies try to zero-fill their hard drives several times when they decommission them, why? Surely one pass of zero-fill would do the job exactly as they need. I understand the reasoning for the companies to do it but the need to run it several times. Could someone explain the process to help me w…
How to find exe listening on port?
I try with netstat -ab -p tcp -n and among the results get: I am running as administrator and get that message. I also downloaded a utility to show network activity for exe's but nothing open is listening on port 47001 according to the utility. How can I find out what is listening?
How much thermal paste should apply to the CPU?
There a million different pages around the Internet with conflicting information on how much thermal paste to apply and how to spread it. Some say a half-bean-sized drop in the middle, others say a circle or rectangle on the CPU. Some tell you to let the heatsink's base spread it, while others say …
How to play a video with a different audio track?
I want to connect the output of my laptop to a projector and beam a movie on the wall. The movie has video and audio, but I would like to be able to play different audio tracks while the video is playing. Is this possible?
Can you toggle function keys on / off with a keyboard shortcut on OSX?
I know you can toggle this option on and off in the System Preferences screen for 'keyboard' but I'd like to know if I can do it via a shortcut as I do it all the time.
Can I install Windows on a diskless system with iSCSI?
I'm reorganizing my home network, which now includes a NAS box, that, among other things, allows me to export partitions via iSCSI. Now I'd like to get rid of the harddisk in my Windows machine, as it makes quite an amount of noise and provides no redundancy, so I'd like to boot from the network an…
is it possible to estimate the death time of a hdd?
is it possible to test a hard disk and predict when it will die on you (roughly)?
Rtf to txt on Unix
Can anyone recommend software (preferably freeware) for batch converting rtf files to txt files on Unix?
Windows 7: Close on middle-click of taskbar icon?
I'm used to middle-clicking tabs in Firefox, and finding myself instinctively middle-clicking taskbar icons, expecting it to close them, and annoyed when it opens a new instance instead. Is there something that can make this happen?
Does Win7 support scheduling system image backups?
Is there a way to schedule/automate system image backups in Windows 7 Pro? Or do I have to do it manually every time?
What's the minimum size of a TCP packet
A post here: http://blogs.adobe.com/dreamweaver/2011/02/optimal-css-tiled-background-image-size.html staes that "The smallest download that browsers can do is 1K bytes." Is this due to minimum size of a packet across the network? If not, what is the reason for this (if it is indeed true)?
Why does Windows 7 x64 work faster than an x86 edition on my PC?
Why does Windows 7 x64 work faster than an x86 edition on my PC even though I mostly use x86 things in it? What's wrong with me, and what am I missing? Majority of the things I use is x86 (e.g. DAWs, games, media players). A considerable amount of them, however, are x64 (although their x86 counterp…
What features does enabling ACPI 2.0 support in BIOS enable?
So I was booting up my box and for some odd reason my BIOS had lost settings (again), thus resetting everything to defaults. I was digging around making sure things were configured to my liking and noticed the option to enable ACPI 2.0 support. It was disabled by default but I was wondering: Do I n…
Is there any way to swap the fn (function) and control keys in linux on a macbook pro?
I don't care if this is done in the bios or a kernel module or software. Is there any way at all to do make the 'fn' key act as 'control' and the 'control' key act as 'fn' in linux running on a macbook pro? PS. You can do this with software in OSX with the application KeyRemap4MacBook.
Configuring Eclipse to compile Haskell with EclipseFP Plugin
I just installed the EclipseFP plugin into my Eclipse setup (on Windows 7 32bit, if that matters), following the instructions. Then I followed the directions in the Eclipse help docs to create a project successfully. However, I'm fairly certain something is wrong, though I cannot figure out what. F…
Numbering equations based on chapter numbers in MS-Word
I am seeking for a way to number each equation based on the chapter numbers. The number should be placed at the right side of the equation and the equation should be center-aligned. Something like this: (The bounding box around is not necessary). I found this article that do this in a tricky way. S…
Can Debian identify rarely used packages?
I'd like to find a tool that could tell me which Debian packages on my system have been rarely or never used, perhaps by looking at file lists and access times. This is to find candidates for deletion from my nearly full hard drive. I'm not very well informed about the rich ecosystem of desktop GUI…