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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…
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…
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…
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…
By-passing default permissions when mounting HFS+ volumes in linux
I have a dual booting macbook pro with Snow Leopard and Kubuntu 11.10, and want to read (don't care about write) my home Mac home directory when I'm running Kubuntu. I can mount it without any problems, but my user on Kubuntu on can't see the files on the HFS+ owned by the mac user, because of diff…
Why is ssh not built into windows?
SSH is built into most POSIX style operating systems. I know SSH functionality can be added to windows using tools such as Putty, but is there any reason, commercial or otherwise, why ssh is not built into windows as it is in other operating systems?
Where does Firefox keep cookies?
Where does Firefox store my cookies on a windows 7 home machine? I have looked in AppData but don't see any cookie or cache folder.
Remove all album art images in multiple mp3 from multiple directories in single process
How to remove all album art images in multiple mp3 from multiple directories in single process? Is there any web-utility /software that I can use ? I don't want to edit single mp3 album art and save it.
How can I find a light sensor to adapt my monitor's brightness to the room?
Where can I find a standalone light sensor that updates the brightness of my screen to match the ambient light level in realtime for Windows 7? My monitor does not have a sensor. I had the idea there was such a thing, but all I can find is for laptops or Macs.
LibreOffice Calc: How to remove a character from multiple columns
For some reason, when I import data from a certain unnamed source (toggl.com), some of the time columns have an apostrophe in them. When I have this data loaded in Calc, is there a quick, easy way to remove these? The columns look like: And I want: I see the =REPLACE function, but I can't seem to g…
Disown process from cygwin bash
There is a way to properly disown process from cygwin bash? for example i can run in background and the notepad window shows but when i close the bash using Ctrl+D or typing exit the bash window remain open
Adobe Acrobat: How to batch to combine multiple pdf files?
I have 3 folders: In each folder I have 5 pdf files: I want that in each folder to have a combined file of those two files: Any idea? Don't tell to do it manually. This case is just to explain you my problem. Think that I have hundreds of folders. :) Maybe I can use another tool instead of Adobe Ac…
How to reclaim ^S in zsh?
I've found ^S mapped to be the fwd-search key for zsh (ohmyzsh) but I would like to use it in vim for various mappings as well - it seems like the zsh mapping is preventing me from using it now. Any way to unmap the bindkey or have it both ways?
How do I get my disks to spin down after one hour?
I'm currently configuring a new home server, and I am trying to get the disks to spin down after one hour. But they do not spin down. Setup I have my entire system on an ssd: /dev/sda. I have three hdds in the system: /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc and /dev/sdd. They are not mounted, although they do contain (…
Replay UDP Packet Capture
I have a UDP packet capture which was streamed from Port1 on IP1 to Port2 on IP2 on network N1. I need to replay these packets on another network N2 from Port3 on IP3 to Port4 on IP4. I need to know what software to use in order to do this and how I would go about replaying these packets so that I …
Alternative to the Windows Service Manager (services.msc) which supports filtering out signed Microsoft executables?
Is there a Service Manager for Windows which allows me to easily filter out all the Microsoft services with verified signatures? I've looked at Turbo Services Manager but it doesn't have this feature.
DD-WRT serving additional DNS servers instead of just the router’s IP
I have a DD-WRT (using DD-WRT v24SP2-MULTI (03/21/11) std) router set up with DNSMasq to resolve certain domains to internal addresses and pass everything else thru. The router itself is configured to use Google’s public DNS servers to resolve addresses. My setup screen looks like this: My problem …
What do the numbers used in a IPV6 address mean?
I am trying to understand IPV6. I have a server with the following IPV6 address: 2607:f750:0:3f::f59. I don't understand what the numbers mean. It looks totally different from an IPV4 address. Can anyone break it down for me?
System insomnia! Wakes up after 50 seconds after going to sleep
My desktop won't stay asleep. It consistenly wakes back up after approximately 50 seconds. This happens regardless of whether I manually select Sleep from the start menu, or if it goes to sleep on its own. System Specs: Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (problem also existed prior to service pack) AS…
How can I make zshell skip confirming substitutions?
If I run the following commands in bash: The second command will be interpreted as and executed. In zshell (at least with my current configuration), it will make the substitution, create the command , and leave my cursor at the end of it, so that I have to hit enter again to execute. Is there a way…