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How to launch a program from Notepad++?
Some text editors, like Notepad2, have the ability to run the file that's being edited. Can this be done with Notepad++?
Text search direction in Vim
After I search for "foo" by doing "?foo", I can search forward by "n" or backward by "N", however sometimes the n/N directions are flipped in the middle of search. If I restart Vim, it's OK again. What key sequence may I have pressed to cause this? How to revert back to normal mode? I don't recall …
MS Access vs MS SQL Server
These are two offerings from Microsoft - MS Access and MS SQL Server. What type of users/uses is Access meant for? Apart from the degree of usage (in terms of number of users), are these two products the same?
Single HTML+CSS+JS+images file
Is there a file format which integrates all HTML content itself in one file? Instead of doc, docx, odt or pdf, I want to use HTML5 documents to author my content. But that poses a problem when I want to send the HTML files for instance by email; I'd have to zip it and then attach it to an email. Of…
How to monitor Windows XP disk I/O?
My Windows environment (main development machine) is running a bit slow with operations involving the hard disk. As an indication, the HD light is constantly flashing and e.g. saving and loading big files is really slow. I'd like to know if there is a method for monitoring which programs/processes …
Internet appears to function correctly, but cannot access Steam or Battle.net?
I am able to surf the web and my LogMeIn client is not reporting any errors, but I cannot connect to Battle.net or Steam. (I can still visit Battle.net and Steam via my web browser.) I was actually logged into BOTH of these services earlier this morning, but now they will not connect. (For those wh…
Does downloading/copying files simultaneously promote fragmentation?
Does writing more than one file simultaneously to a hard drive partition promote fragmentation? Would these files be written interlaced on the hard drive? Examples: Downloading several files simultaneously from the web Copying files from various sources to the same partition Downloading several tor…
How to sum a range of cells with N/A values?
I have a range and need to sum it using SUM function but the result is N/A if there is any N/A value. How can I make the SUM function to treat the N/A value as 0 value? Please help!
Can I compare only file contents?
I want to compare two folders, each having about 5-6 thousands files and folders. Among these probably 0.1% would be actually different but WinMerge first shows all files saying "text files are different" and when I open these files one by one it opens a dialog saying contents in both files are the…
Getting LESS to return back to command line if a short file is displayed
Is there a command line option that will allow to return to the command line if there are not sufficient lines in the file to warrant paging. Sure I have seen it in the past but can't find the option in help.
How to password protect an external hard drive without encrypting it?
I carry my external hard drive around with me sometimes, and was wondering if there was a way to password protect the entire drive, with no hassles or anything, just a simple password protection...if possible this solution should prevent someone from trying to format the drive...thanks! note: shoul…
Is there a way to control bass and treble under Windows 7?
My volume control device for my speakers recently decided to stop working so now I am forced to control the volume through purely software means, but my sub-woofer is still a little too loud. Is there anyway to control the bass and treble under Windows 7? I remember this being a feature under XP bu…
Going from Windows to Mac - Want identical hotkeys
I'm a windows developer, recently I'm having to work on a Mac in order to develop for iPhone. Long story short, I want all the hotkeys to be identical to windows to my already "learned" hotkeys stay the same. Is there an application to allow me to do this? Or can I just set this up through the stan…
Why is 64 bit Ubuntu not recomended for daily usage?
I am just in the process of setting up a new laptop which came with Windows 7 64 bit installed. I am going to set it up to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu. When I went to get the Ubuntu download I noticed that the 64 bit version is labelled with Not recomended for daily desktop usageNot recomended f…
Core i3 and core i5 processors. What is the difference? What do I choose?
I'm in a dilemma to choose between Intel Core i3 and Core i5 CPUs. I'll be using Adobe CS5 applications along with some other multimedia tools and will be playing games with high end graphics. Will I be seeing a big difference if I choose i5 instead i3?
Emacs: how to trigger scroll when cursor is n-lines from top/bottom of screen?
I'd like to trigger a scroll in emacs when my cursor gets within 4 lines from the top or bottom of the terminal. My file contains this line: What do I add to to acheive the same? PS. I promise not to add it with:
Why might powerpoint not let me adjust the height of a table row?
Powerpoint is fighting me every time I try to adjust the height of a table row, and I'm wondering if folks have ideas why that might be the case. See the attached picture; the Argentina row is of height 0.41", while the Nicaragua row is 0.61". Whenever I change to change the Nicaragua row (either b…
Multicore CPU energy requirement and load balancing
I am interested in load balancing for multicore CPU systems. If you use 1 CPU with multiple cores, is it more energy efficient to balance the load on several cores, or try to fill up single cores and leave others idle. The basic assumption is that the amount of work being done in both cases is exac…
localhost in sudoers
There is no chance of an internal attack, so I would like to give sudo privileges to users at the local computer using sudoers. I tried these lines separately: But sudoers does not seem recognize either or . Is there an alternative, and if so, how secure would it be? Could a remote attacker gain lo…
Uninstalling VisualSVN 2.0 from Visual Studio 2010
Is there a way to uninstall VisualSVN 2.0 from Visual Studio 2010? There is no uninstaller in the Control Panel and I can't find it to remove it in Visual Studio 2010. Is the only option just to remove the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\VisualSVN ? Thanks