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How to monitor and kill a process automatically on windows by process name
Is there a program or utility to monitor the running process and automatically kill specific processes? My work laptop has a whole bunch of useless crap that I cannot uninstall. Some of these processes keeps popping a specific intervals and consume tons of cpu and make my laptop useless. I always h…
How can I change a network password that Windows Explorer has saved?
I use Windows 7 and I saved my login to a server in the network. But meanwhile my password has changed. When I now try to access that server then Windows Explorer automatically uses the old user and password, so I get an "Access denied" popup. And my account is blocked after 3 failed login attempts…
Is there any way to get tree organisation for Windows 7 file explorer favorites?
In XP there was a MenuBar called Favorites which seemed to be based on Internet Explorer Favorites. It was fantastic because it allowed for very fast tree style navigation (if set up correctly you could navigate it using first letter keystrokes, so to access a shortcut named "videos" in a folder na…
Stop Cisco AnyConnect from locking down the NIC
Cisco's VPN crapclients (including the AnyConnect one) have the nasty habit of clobbering all NICs on the system you're using them. The old client had a checkbox in the connection options that allowed you to use other network interfaces while being connected while the AnyConnect client doesn't have…
What's the typical performance of Windows File Sharing (SMB) on a gigabit ethernet network?
I've recently set up Windows file sharing over a gigabit ethernet network (I'm not using jumbo frames) with a Samba server and a Windows Vista client. I've done a few file copies, but the maximum throughput I'm seeing is 20MB/s (megabytes, not megabits) which is about 15% of the theoretical 125MB/s…
Where on my computer did Wget download this image?
I am using Windows XP. I just downloaded wget and put it into my folder. I then ran this command line (trying to download an image from a website): A black DOS-like window appeared for a few seconds showing me that some kind of process was taking place. I assume it was the process of downloading. I…
How can I create a user with read-only access to all files? (ie root without writing permissions)
For backing up my server, I would like to remotely access it via SSH. To minimize all risks, it want to user a user who only has read access, but to all files, just like root. However, he shouldn't have any write rights. Any ideas on how to achieve that?
Guake: autostart with several tabs and autorun different applications
Is it possible to tell guake to start with e.g. 4 tabs, running cmus in tab 1, mc in tab 2, htop in tab 3 and showing up the prompt in tab 4?
Is Truecrypt/Macfuse supported on Snow Leopard with 64-bit kernel?
TC runs, but I get this error when trying to mount a volume: Failed to load /Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext - (libkern/kext) link error. I've seen various posts talking about 64-bit support for both TC and MF, but nothing conclusive. I'm running TC v6.3 and MF v2.0.3. Anyone know…
What does the command CD do?
Not realising I had caps-lock on, I typed into the command prompt on my mac. Surprisingly, it didn't error. shows me . And if I examine that file, it looks like this: I guess it's something to do with translating upper to lower case, but is completely opaque to me. tells me "no manual entry". Can s…
8GB RAM on XP Professional
I recently installed 8GB of RAM onto a quad core workstation (HP xw8600) running Windows XP Pro (32-bit). I added the /PAE switch in the boot.ini file, but the SysInfo is saying 3GB total memory still. Is Windows recognizing the extra memory? Is there a way to tell? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
run exe from command prompt
How do I run a .exe file from the command prompt? For example, if the .exe file is located at , how do I run this file when the prompt is currently in another location like ?
Typing Japanese on Windows Vista with Dvorak
I'm using Windows Vista, and I type English with the Dvorak keyboard layout, and I want to be able to type Japanese text that way, too. I've figured out how to set it up to let me type Japanese here, but it uses QWERTY. What I've got so far is: click the "EN" in the taskbar, and select "JP" if the …
Using IPv6 with Virtualbox
I would like to test PNRP in an IPv6 environment under virtualbox. I have 2 XP VMs under virtualbox, and they only have IPv6 enabled. Firstly can I enable DHCP for IPv6 under virtualbox. If not then how can I specify a manual IPv6 address within my XP VMs? What I mean is that if I try to edit the I…
Using Ctrl+V to paste unformatted text by default in OpenOffice.org's Calc
Is there a way to change the Ctrl+V command in OpenOffice.org Calc to paste unformatted text? There is Ctrl+Shift+V, which puts up a dialog. But, that is too much work. I just want to change the default Ctrl+V behaviour.
Convert mp4 to mp3
I would like to convert mp4 (video included) to mp3 (without video). what is the best way of doing this apart from using audacity (or similar software) and performing manual conversion (recording as the audio plays)
How to find all soft links (symbolic links) in current directory?
Question relates to shell-scripting in . How to check with a script which files within the current directory are soft links? In case I have used the wrong term, when I say soft links, I am referring to files created using . The only thing I have managed to think of is to evaluate as an expression, …
Synergy Linux Keyboard '@' Problem
Im using Fedora 10 with Synergy from Windows 7 When ever i use my keyboard through synergy and type i get the Sign Any ideas, or someone had similar problems?
Water cooling a PC, is it really expensive?
I recently read an article saying you can overclock an i5 750 to perform almost as well as a core i7 975 extreme (factory settings). But obviously this requires some serious cooling. Is installing a water cooling solution expensive and complicated? I would like to start trying out new stuff, but I …
How to access my local server on my VirtualBox virtual machine?
Here's my setup: I have a local server running on my machine (Mac OS, Snow Leopard). I can access it via my browser by doing localhost:3000 I have a virtual machine using Virtual Box running a windows XP. If I try to access using localhost:3000, it fails. Same thing if I use the ip of the Mac machi…