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Is there a music player that will automatically mute when other audio starts playing?
I find myself listening to music while I use my computer, and constantly pausing and un-pausing the music when I watch a video on youtube, open up a game, or any other task that needs audio. Do any music players exist that will automatically mute, or pause, when other audio starts playing on your m…
Keep all the rows of an Microsoft Word 2010 on the same page
It's so frustrating. I KNEW how to do it (select the rows and click "keep with next") but it doesn't work anymore. How do I keep all the lines on the same page, causing the table to move to the next page if there's no space left on the current one?
Difference between NETBIOS, host name and computer name?
In windows if you go to Computer->Properties->Advanced System Settings->Computer Name, you can change the computer name, let's say from to . This changes the (1) computer name to . It also changes the (2) hostname to when I pop 192.168.1.1 into the url. This also allows me to run the (3) NETBIOS lo…
If I purposely lock myself into a Standard User account, am I going to cause problems for myself later?
I'm an intermediate to lower-advanced level user --- I work in IT, do a bit of programming, etc. One of the things I'm a real stickler for in programming is "best" practices, or going out of the way to do things in good form, rather than just duct tape over problems to get them solved. I recently c…
How can I run my python program directly from the shell?
I wrote a script. When it starts, it won't stop, and it keeps getting data from the Internet. I can call it this way: But I would like to call it directly from the terminal like this, within the destination: How can I do so?
`open -a` results in an "Unable to find application" error on OS X
I would like to create a shortcut in my file in OS X Lion to launch the iWork program "Numbers". The application is in: I created this shortcut: It works fine to open Photoshop. So I created: When I type "num" I get an error: Unable to find application named 'iWork '09/Numbers'. I don't think it's …
HTML5 live broadcasting
Adobe Flash uses Adobe Flash Player, RTMP protocol, Flash Media Server and Flash Media Live Encoder to make live broadcasting possible.. What protocol and software corresponds to HTML video/audio ? What can replace RTMP protocol, Flash Media Server and Flash Media Live Encoder? Is it possible with …
Safe to Delete C:\ATI?
Is it safe to delete the C:\ATI folder? It keeps adding up every time there's a new version. I was wondering if it's safe to delete all of them once the installation is complete?
Multiple access point with same SSID but all connections goes to only one access point
So I have three multiple access points with same SSID, installed within 60 ft of each other. AP1 - Ch 1 - Linksys WAP4400N AP2 - Ch 6 - Linksys WAP4400N AP3 - Ch 11 - HP V-M200 95% ~ 100% of client connections seem to connect to HP V-M200 AP. I've tried switching around channels. But majority(19 of…
Is it possible to create a software RAID 1 with different sector sizes?
I bought a hard drive of a different model to my main drive and tried to mirrored them, but the following error message came up in Windows 7 Virtual Disk Manager: All disks holding extends for a given volume must have the same sector size, and the sector size must be valid. My disks have the follow…
Linux: CPU core shutdown instead of sleep state
In Linux you can shut down CPU cores (or physical CPU's) with echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online Assuming that the hardware fully turn off the CPU and cuts power to it would it not be better to disabled the cores entirely instead of relying on the various sleep states of a processor? To i…
Change location of root's home directory
I would like to change the location of root's home directory from /root to /var/root. I used to be able to do this with usermod: However, with the latest version of usermod, you cannot change the directory of the currently logged in user. I am trying to change root's home directory at boot time in …
Use of hash (#) on OS X with UK MacBook Pro
I have MacVim on a UK MacBook Pro. I can use the hash on TextMate by typing alt 3 but in vim this does not work. Do you know how I can type a hash using VIM on a UK MacBook Pro? The problem is happening in any VI/VIM with a Mac with UK keyboard. If I am in insert mode, I type alt + 3 (hash char in …
What do LowerFilters and UpperFilters CD/DVD driver registry settings do?
I am having trouble with a NEC ND-6650A DVD/CD drive not being recognized on Windows XP. The Device Manager gives me: Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39) Trying to install the driver gives the following message: Target NEC ND-66…
How to disable Ctrl-Space selecting chinese keyboard on windows 7?
I would like to use both chinese keyboard and eclipse ctrl-space for suggestions popup. Since I use chinese very rare, I would like just to disable ctrl-space selecting this language. I have removed this combination from windows' chinese keyboard setup, but it either returns (if I remove) or just w…
Error message: sudo: mysql_secure_installation: command not found
I'm trying to learn PHP and I'm just in the process of installing apache,msql and PHP. I'm on a mac osx 10.7.2 I downloaded: I'm now at the point of setting the root password and when I type in: it asks me to enter my password, then it says: sudo: mysql_secure_installation: command not found Any he…
Make Notepad++ remember a particular language for a particular file?
I have a number of files that I would like colored different ways even though they have the same extension. For example, I have some *.config files that are actually Python files and some that are XML files. When I open them I have to manually change the language to Python or XML. It would be nice …
Close all Chrome browser or Firefox browser instances at once
After a good session of web usage I often have 10 or more Chrome or Firefox instances open at once. Closing each browser is tedious. Is there an orderly way to shut down all browser instances at once without killing the process? Is shutting down the browser by killing the process unhealthy in any w…
Block Access to Windows Update
I use a company laptop for work. Usually, I work from a client site. Recently, this client has prohibited the use of its Internet Access from 3rd party. So we switched to a 3G modem + hub as a solution. However, my company laptop, which runs Windows 7, is configure to automatically download updates…
view contents of notepad++ tabs simultaneously?
I have notepadplus, and I have multiple tabs, i'd like to see the contents of all the tabs simultaneously e.g. converting them to windows. To a view like with notepad(or any separate windows) where you can Tile Horizontally/Vertically. Added clarification As you see from my comment, when I say "mul…