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What advantages does Ending Task have over Ending Process?
From what I know, everytime we want to stop an app (or a frozen app), we will go TaskManager, select the app, and terminate the process. "Ending Process" is preferred over "Ending Task" (sometimes "ending task" doesn't work anyway). Image for End Task: Image for End Process: However, http://technet…
Making VMware player fullscreen in windows?
How can I make VMware player run the VM in full screen in windows? I'm using VMware Player 4.0.2.
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…
Providing passwords to multiple users on a wi-fi network
I have a wi-fi network that is being used by more than 400 users. Right now they are given access by a single password which the system administrator types on the individual workstations during the initial login. After that each time they try to connect to the wi-fi,they are automatically provided …
Clicking on a selected link without using the mouse, using Firefox
Let's say I made have some link selected in my browser (for instance, if I do a CTRL + F and type "Questions", selecting the Questions tab on the top of this page). I'd like to know if there's any way to click in the selected link without having to do it with my mouse. Thanks!
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 …
How to keep VLC player in minimized mode?
I'm using VLC media player which can play almost all kinds of audio and video formats. While listening to audio, I keep VLC in minimized mode and can work on other windows. But when I select to listen video songs mixing with audio songs, VLC is maximizing itself to play every video song in the play…
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 …
Where's windows kernel file?
What computer file contains windows kernel? is it seen in task manager process list? if not, why?
Get file version from Windows command line for use in a variable?
How do grab the file version/product version from a file on the Windows 7 command line, to be used in a variable in a file?
gnu screen: reordering windows like browser drag+drop tab reordering
I have 20 windows open in my screen session, and I would like to reorder the right-most window 20 to say, just between positions 9 and 10 like this: How can I do that in a single or few command/s?
Are Blu-Ray recordable disks reliable and cost-effective for backups and data storage?
I'm considering moving from DVD-Rs to Blu-Ray Recordable disks to backup my data. I don't have any experience with BD-Rs as of yet, though, and I wonder if it's worth it or I should wait another year or two. I clearly remember that when DVDs were still the new thing you could reasonably expect a 20…
How can I right click in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection while in OS X
I have a MacBook Pro with a touchpad, and the only way I can figure out how to use the right click in my remote desktop session is by plugging in a mouse. -click (what I usually use for right click), doesn't work, as is used in Windows for other things. Is there an alternative?
How do I use a wireless router as a switch? (even WiFi access)
I have a TP-Link router (without wireless) connected to my modem which has this subnet : - that work fine. However I need a wireless connection too. My wireless router had this IP given by the TP-Link router: . I have a Netgear WGR614 Wireless-G Router which gain 192.168.0.13 but I need that gives …
Better volume adjustment for headphones
I have wired headphones (3,5mm) which I have connected to my computer. The problem is that I have to set 2-3% in the speakers control to get a decent volume (way too loud otherwise). Even that is too loud sometimes. Get I fix the volume control in some way? It's hard to adjust it since small adjust…
Resizing an image in gimp
In gimp I imported two separate images as separate layers into an image. I'm trying to resize one of these images so that it better matches the other. How can I do this? I tried right clicking on the image, and selecting "scale," but it just scales the whole image, not just the one image that I'm t…
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 (…
Notepad++ open cmd in current file's directory
Is there a way (probably a macro) how to open cmd in current file's directory? Say I am editting a file and would like to open cmd in . It would really help running various precompilers etc.
Can I watch 3D movies on my computer just using 3D glasses and my normal monitor?
Can I watch 3D movies on my computer just using 3D glasses and my normal monitor or do I need a special monitor to see 3D?
How to prevent patch from creating backup files?
I'm writing some code that will apply the patch(1) program, and I want to completely prevent it from creating backup files. That is, I don't want it to create files when it either fails to update a particular file (in which case it creates a file), or when it successfully updates a file but there's…