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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…
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…
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?
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…
vim's autocomplete: how to prevent vim to read some include files?
Vim has handy Ctrl-N key that autocompletes word under the cursor with word in current file or any included file. If Once I include boost library, this feature becomes absolutely useless because it takes dozens of seconds to read whole boost includes and I really do not want to complete anything wh…
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?
How can I provide a SSH password to SVN on the command line?
In my case, I want to do a SVN checkout: However, I want to have the password in that one line, so that it doesn't pop up.
Converting dynamic to basic disk
I converted basic disk to dynamic on my laptop. However, now I cannot install Windows 7 on another partition. I just get message that installing them on dynamic disk is not supported. Is there a way to convert dynamic disk to basic without losing data on already existing partition?
Windows XP: Clean up the Explorer New context menu list
The Explorer right click > New menu has a bunch of file formats I never use that installed apps added. I usually use this just for creating new folders, shortcuts, and text documents. How do I clean up this list?
Does Linux have an Equivalent of Windows PMTU Blackhole Router Discovery?
Under windows there is a registry setting to enable "Blackhole Router Detection", enabling path MTU discovery to function when there are misconfigured routers / firewalls in the path blocking the ICMP fragmentation needed messages. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958871.aspx Is there a…
How to tell which process is hogging my CPU when they don't add up to 100%?
Ubuntu's System Monitor applet shows 100% CPU usage continuously. If I click it, the resources tab shows it at 100% continuously, too. If I go to processes, though, to find out which process is the culprit, there is nothing above 10%. If I run top there is nothing above 10%. The individual processe…
Firefox: keyboard shortcut for 'Highlight all' in find bar
In firefox, I can't find any keyboard shortcut for the 'highlight all' feature in the Find toolbar at the bottom of the FF window. Is there a keyboard shortcut, and if not, what is the easiest way to assign one? Edit: The answer below is for Windows, for doing the same on Mac OSX, see this question.
Converting a Lyx document to MS Word
I've made several attempts of converting a Lyx document to MS Word , or RTF, and failed. I'm working with a moderately complex document, involving external includes ( Java code, Child documents ), formulas and images. I've tried exporting to Latex and then using but the OpenOffice file is not creat…
How to make ssh log in as the right user?
I use ssh on a variety of machines, mainly linux. Accounts on these machines vary in naming scheme: if my name is First Last, then I have accounts: first, flast, last_f, lastf, and sometimes I need to log in as root. For each machine I use, I would like the openssh client to know which account to u…
Ubuntu 64-bit vs 32-bit
Is it worth installing the Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit version over the 32-bit x86 version? I will get the ability to address more than 4 GB of memory, but other than that, how does the 64-bit version fare in terms of performance and stability?
How do I move the Windows 7 Boot Files (bootmgr, ...) to a different drive?
I wanted a dual-boot setup. So first I installed Windows 7 on the 1st partition of one hard drive (we'll call it HDD1), and then I went to install Ubuntu 9.10 on the second partition of HDD1. Unfortunately, this didn't work (it bypassed GRUB2 and went straight into Windows). I decided to reinstall …
Clipboard Manager for Mac
Following this question I use ditto on Windows for clipboard management, however I've got a mac-mini for iphone dev and I am missing the clipboard manager. Anyone got any good suggestions for a decent simple mac clipboard manager?
Looking for good Inbox management methodology
I get a couple of hundred emails a day for work. Many are part of an email conversation that spans several days or even weeks, so I'm loathe to just delete them outright, as I might need them for reference at some point in the near future. The consequence is that I have thousands of emails in my In…
How can I stop the Character Viewer from appearing every time OS X asks me for a password?
This is new behaviour in OS X 10.6: when I get keychain dialog boxes asking me for my password or to approve use of my keychain, the Character Viewer appears over top. I don't want to disable the Character Viewer completely because I use it; I just don't want it popping up at this totally unrelated…
What causes icon corruption in Windows 7?
I have read this question and this workaround does not work for me. Now when I launch FileZilla the icon shows fine on the taskbar. How can I fix this in Windows 7? What causes icon corruption?