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Is there an alternative to 'chkdsk'?
On windows we have that runs during startup. Also there is one more way to check disk that is by using disk defragmenters analyze feature. But these are some of the windows official ways to check disk for errors. Is there any 3rd party alternative for ?
Editing contact in GMail overwrites iPhone contact photo with a poor quality picture
I spend a decent amount of time setting the photos for all the contacts on my iPhone so that the photo will come up full-screen when talking to them on the phone. I use ActiveSync to sync my iPhone with Google Contacts and Calendar, and that is all working fine, and the photos appear correctly in G…
How to enable Windows Update over the internet for domain computers? (Code: 8024402C)
Currently on a computer running Windows 7 on a domain the Windows Update does not run by itself because "You receive updates: Managed by your system administrator". The error code is 8024402C Detail: Open Windows Update, there you see a red message "Windows could not search for new updates", Code 8…
What could I do with a spare computer?
My friend gave me his spare computer and has been collecting dust in my room ever since. Though it's not better than the computer I am currently using, it is a decent computer as it is Pentium 4 computer. I want to tinker and/or see what I can do with this computer before I give it away for recycli…
How to reduce disk thrashing (paging)?
I have 4 GB of RAM, but Windows still thrashes disk sometimes (especially often when an application is minimized for some time and then I activate it again). Completely stupid, because Task Manager shows 2 GB of RAM are free. Is there any way to prevent Windows swapping out program memory? I tried …
Syncronizing files over FTP
I need to syncronize files in my computer with server to which I have only FTP access. So I can't use rsync (that would need at least SFTP, but the only channel available for me is plain vanilla FTP). I only need one-way syncronization: from my machine to server. I have heard of a program called un…
Stopping command prompt from showing current directory in windows XP?
How do I stop the command prompt from showing c:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir4 It gets really annoying when I'm 5 or 6 directories deep.
Middle-click on Lenovo laptop
I just got myself a new Lenovo T400 laptop and I'm quite enjoying it. However, I'm kind of a middle click junky, it gets used on my desktop probably more than Right-click. Anyway, on other laptops I have been able to use Right Click + Left Click to emulate a middle click. Is there anyway to do this?
How much disk space should I devote to my Linux / partition?
I'm redoing my Linux systems at home, and am wondering about partition sizes. In the past, I've always installed Linux on a single partition; I'd like to setup the system as follows: / /boot swap /home I'm not 100% certain how much space should be devoted to the '/' partition. Swap will be 2x RAM; …
How to disable sound in certain applications?
I hate it when games sometimes play music while being installed. Is there an easy way to ban selected applications from outputting sound on Windows 7?
Program to Queue Files for Copy/Move/Delete in linux?
I've search the net for Linux's answer to something like Teracopy (Windows)... but could not find anything suitable. The closest things i got are: Krusader. Mentioned in their features but indicated as 'not implemented yet'. MiniCopier. A java based app http://a.courreges.free.fr/projets/minicopier…
Any reason not to disable Windows kernel paging?
So I'm planning on eventually going to 2 GB (mobo max) RAM from 1 GB, and I want to disable kernel paging once I do, because I've heard it can give a performance boost (and that I believe). Any reason not to do it or any general thoughts about it? Edit: for clarification, this is not disabling gene…
How to set a Linux Ditribution to self-destruct (to wipe everything from the system partition) via a script
I shall be helping to facilitate a course that uses licensed software. The software is somewhat expensive and allows only a limited number of concurrent installations, so what I'll do is to install one instance on an encrypted Virtual Disk with Ubuntu (or some other flavor of linux) installed. Just…
How can I use the Chinese IME with a Dvorak layout?
I use a Dvorak keyboard layout, controlled through the language bar "United States-Dvorak". I'm trying to use the Chinese IME (Simplified, Pinyin), but whenever I switch to that mode, the keys go back to QWERTY, so I can't type... Note: The OS is Windows 7, which has the new Pinyin IME. Edit: I wis…
How does hibernation work?
I'm wondering how hibernation works. Obviously it writes the contents of RAM to disk, but is there anything else? does it save/restore CPU state? cache state? anything else?
Calling a script with ./bla.sh vs. . bla.sh
Can anybody explain to me what the shell does in the two examples A) and B) below? It obviously behaves differently, but I can't find out why the output is different. Example: Let's have a script in our current directory named with only one command: A) Started as: gives: B) Started as: gives: Since…
Is there a free tool which will let me type onto PDFs and then save, or at least print, them?
I have a large number of paper forms which I need to complete. I'd like to scan them in, then type the answers onto them in the relevant spaces and print them out, rather than writing on them with a pen (my handwriting is terrible). I can scan and generate PDFs without a problem, but I'm looking fo…
How does the CPU write infomation to ram?
My question is, how does the CPU write data to ram? From what I understand, modern CPU's use different levels of cache to speed up ram access. The RAM gets a command for information and then sends a burst of data to the CPU which stores the required data (and a bunch of extra data that was close to…
How can I transfer music from my iPhone to my computer?
I'd like to transfer the (non-DRM) music I have on my iPhone to my computer. Which application can I use to do that? I found several shareware applications but they didn't really work.
How do I know if my linux kernel is running in 32bit or 64bit?
When I do a cat in /proc/cpuinfo it shows a line with clflushsize : 64 Does this mean my kernel is running in 64 bits?