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Windows 7: Disable Lock Workstation After 10 Minutes Using Group Policy
On my Windows 7 PC the system becomes locked after 10 minutes of inactivity. Usually I would find this setting next to the screen-saver configuration. The setting is grayed out, however. I think this is because of corporate group policy. As I am an administrator on this computer I should be able to…
netbeans (java) shows empty window in tiling window manager (awesome wm)
I use the "awesome" (tiling) window manager (with default config) and want to run netbeans (java app). But the window is completely grey. The installer window was it too, so i installed under KDE. I guess it has to do how java talks to the deskop or WM but found it hard to find the right keywords t…
How to increase memory footprint of SQLDeveloper
I want to use SQLDeveloper with files that are fairly large. However, performance is sluggish (at best) due to a lack of memory. Assuming that it is a Java app, how can I increase the size of memory allocated to the VM?
How to get version for a plugin inside Vim?
Is it possible to get the version number for an installed plugin from within Vim?
Photoshop not opening/creating files
Basically after a while that my pc is running, photoshop (5.1, 64bit, on windows 7) will become unable to create new files or open existing ones, rebooting the computer seems to fix it, for a while, but then it gets back to "dumb" mode. The problem seems to be affecting the 32bit version as well. F…
ZSH with mintty on latest cygwin?
Does anyone know how to set mintty to use zsh on the newest cygwin install?
Incorrect password for Linux user even after changing it
I am unable to log into a regular user account using a password, so I first change the password to something I know... As root, put in the password: thepassword it states it updates successfully passwd: all authenication tokens updated successfully I then can and Im now this user..I try it asks me …
What operations breaks the hardlinks?
I have a file "a.txt" and its hardlink "ha.txt". If I open either of those files in notepad and save any changes it would appear in both files as they are still linked. But if I overwrite (copy) a.txt with another file with same name the hardlink breaks. What other operations do this? Also, can I u…
Setting Notepad++ find results style
I am using a dark scheme with a custom language / syntax highlighting. This results in a "find result" window which is very hard to read. Where does Notepad++ find results style get set, so I can adjust these settings (does it affect the regular code coloring scheme?)? Solution: Settings > Style Co…
Mouse button and keypress counter for Mac OS X
There are techniques for Linux and Windows, but is there a way to count mouse and keyboard events in Mac OS X? I'm interested in doing statistical analysis of my daily activity.
Run task scheduler task on demand from limited user account in windows 7
My goal is to for a limited used to be able to run a netsh script that requires administrative privileges: From my administrative account I created a task scheduler task that runs this script with elevated privileges and saved my admin password in it. It worked. But the task is not visible from the…
Is there a way to bypass the 256 kB limit for a custom Windows 7 login screen?
When you use a custom background for the login screen Windows 7, the size of the image file is limited to 256 kB. Is there any way to bypass this limit? Warning: Before answering this question, make sure you read it twice and understand what I'm asking for. I'm not looking for any program that can …
Remote Desktop or Streaming Software/Services that Supports Gaming
I've simply been amazed by the quality and speed of Onlive, as this technology has the potential of making hardware requirements irrelevant to the average user. However, at the moment Onlive is only for remotely controlling video games, and not desktops or other devices in general. I'm in pursuit o…
SFTP ChRoot result in broken pipe
I have a website that I want to add some restricted access to a sub-folder. For this, I've decided to use CHROOT with SFTP (I mostly followed this link : http://shapeshed.com/chroot_sftp_users_on_ubuntu_intrepid/) For now, I've created a user (sio2104) and a group (magento).After following the guid…
How do you add new folders to be shared from Windows Media Player 12 via DLNA?
I'm using Windows Media Player 12 as a DLNA server in Windows 7. When I add new files to my directory, they show up on my DLNA clients just fine. However, I've tried adding new folders to the Videos Library by clicking on the link from the Videos Library and choosing . Note that this is the same di…
Two internet connections at once in Windows 7
I have a 3G wireless modem and I have a LAN - Right now they are both connected. I need a way to choose which applications will use the 3G connection and which applications will use the LAN. My Operating System is windows 7. How can I do this? Any ideas? Here is a route print: - the 3G modem's IP i…
Is there any graphical display tool for diff output?
I would like to post-process diff output and then pass the results to a graphical viewer, such as kdiff3 or xxdiff. If possible, I would like to be able to highlight in-line differences using different colors.
Why does my browser take me to the WRONG site?
Sometimes I type nytimes.com and my browser takes me to usatoday.com. Sometimes google.com takes me to Bing.com. Sometimes I enter online.wsj.com (Wall street Journal), but I'm taken to online.wsj.com/dr, a sub-directory that doesn't exist, and fails to display any web page. The problem occurs spor…
Windows notebook power consumption monitor
Is there some kind of SW similar to Android phone's power monitor? I would like to know the amount of power the wifi/various applications have taken.
Can I convert an existing Firefox installation to ESR without a re-install?
It took some jumping through hoops (including a mailing list subscription that I apparently didn't need) but I finally found where to download the Firefox ESR. This is great for fresh installs, but I was wondering if there's a way to simply convert existing installations to the ESR configuration wi…