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How do I stop Outlook from asking me to choose a profile?
Microsoft Outlook 2003: I used to have two profiles with my Outlook, but I deleted it and now only have one. It is still asking me for what profile to choose. I have tried selecting the option to set it as my default multiple times, yet it still asks me. How can I stop it from asking me?
Windows 7 Windows Explorer jumpy tree view
Is there any way to get Windows Explorer tree view in Windows 7 to stop jumping? I think they really messed up this design. Click a node to expand a deeper level and it instantly scrolls the tree vertically to a new location. This is not a good feature since my eye completely loses the node it was …
When steam is downloading it uses all my cpu
My friends say it's just me, but whenever Steam updates or downloads - which can take hours - it uses 99% of the CPU, makes everything else slow, and is itself glacial to respond at all. Does anyone else get this and have you ameliorated it somehow? Even after the update and despite the download fi…
Is there a Windows 7 keyboard shortcut to change the desktop background?
With all of the new keyboard shortcuts added to Windows 7, I was wondering if a shortcut had been added to change the Desktop Background when the theme was setup to work as a slide show. I want to execute the command which a user is prompted for when right clicking a desktop that has been setup for…
How can I force certain applications to use specific network connections?
Let's say I have two active network connections that let me out to the internet. I want certain applications to only use Network Connection 1, while some others should use Network Connection 2. Is this possible in Windows XP? If so, how can it be done?
How do I add/remove an entry in the Indicator Applet in Gnome?
I can't seem to find a guide or reference on how to configure the 'indicator-applet' (aka MessagingMenu) that came about in the 9.04 release of Ubuntu. It's that little mail icon that lists messaging apps. I can find docs about what it should do, people complaining about how it works, references th…
Tool to determine filesystem on removable media
I have a CompactFlash card that is used in a custom piece of hardware. WAV files are written to it. Windows doesn't recognize the media and wants to format it, which rules out FAT 16/32, NTFS, UDF, etc. Is there a Windows tool that can determine what filesystem the media is using and possible read …
"Panic Password" on Linux
I run Linux on my netbook with an encrypted home directory (decrypted when I log in). One idea I had (partly from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother) was to have a password that I could enter which would login to a fake user account while performing a command (e.g trashing the contents of the disk driv…
Personal Document Management
How do you store, maintain, search and index documents, manuals and personal notes? I, as a programmer regular collect api documentation, manuals, articles, code snippets and programming related documents (pdf, doc, ....). How to other programmers handle this situation? I would like to setup a pers…
What's the difference between "default gateway" and "preferred DNS server"?
TCP/IP Properties of a network connection in Windows Server 2003 has two different options, "Default gateway" and "Preferred DNS server".
why does chvt work fine as a regular user on a virtual terminal, but not under X?
When I'm logged in as user "paul" on a virtual terminal (/dev/tty2 for example) and I type in "chvt 4" I get switched over to the virtual terminal for /dev/tty4 just fine. When, as user "paul" I type "chvt 7" I get switched over to the X window system. Just fine. HOWEVER... Within an xterm, if as u…
How do I share a single iTunes library amongst multiple Windows accounts on the same PC?
I use different user accounts on my laptop to segregate out my work, so I can keep personal use separate from work and hobby stuff. I have a single iTunes account and three Windows user accounts, and I'd like to be able to simply open iTunes when logged into any of my three Windows user profiles an…
Mount Mac disk image (and sparse bundle) on Windows or Linux
Is it possible to mount the various disk image formats that Mac OS uses on other platforms? I suppose one problem would be that the file system in that image is usually HFS+. I am specifically interested in creating (AES) encrypted sparse bundles, so that I can securely store them for backup purpos…
Where can I download virtual machines for VirtualBox?
What are the alternatives to VMWare's Virtual Applicance Marketplace?
How to delete some of the form data in Firefox
I want to delete some form data in Firefox. At there is option to delete all form data, but I do not want to do that. I expected that highlighting the entry I want deleted and pressing delete button would delete the it, but that does not work.
xmodmap: unable to open display ''
I have the following line in my .bashrc when I SSH to that machine, I get and needless to say, I want it out of there. Can anyone let me know how to clean this error? OpenSSH_4.7p1 Debian-8ubuntu1.2, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 Thank you for your help.
How to detect similar videos
I have a directory full of media. I would like to search similar videos and hand-remove certain copies (those that are too short, too long, have watermarks, don't have watermarks, &c.). How can I find videos that are somewhat similar to each other?
Is there a shortcut to invert colors using the magnifier in Windows 7?
I prefer to read documents with color inversion (my eyes don't like white backgrounds). But I found it annoying to click the magnifier and check/uncheck the option. Can I do this with a shortcut?
How do I solve an unidentified network issue? It can't connect to the Internet
I basically have a problem with Windows 7 connecting to my home network. It keeps identifying my home network as unidentified, and it continually does "identifying" until it simply say cannot connect to the Internet. I don't know how this problem occurred. It simply happened one morning. I am runni…
How can I clear the scrollback buffer in konsole from bash?
I'm a heavy bash user and konsole is my preferred environment. I know I can use the keyboard command ctrl+shift+x to clear the scrollback buffer, but there's certain points in my scripts where I would like that to occur. How can I clear konsole's scrollback buffer using the command line, bash, or a…