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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.
Is it safe to remove the Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional setup files?
I have a folder located within that contains the setup files and takes up a lot of disk space. Can I remove it safely, and why doesn't the Adobe installer automatically clean up after itself?
Can I get Chrome to work with sites that use windows integrated security?
I've had success altering about:config in firefox to get firefox to work with certain intranet sites that use windows integrated security. Is there something like about:config in Chrome? Is there some other way to change a setting to enable windows integrated security (NTLM) in Chrome?
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…
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…
Can someone explain RAID-0 in plain English?
I've heard about and read about RAID throughout the years and understand it theoretically as a way to help e.g. server PCs reduce the chance of data loss, but now I am buying a new PC which I want to be as fast as possible and have learned that having two drives can considerably increase the percei…
How do I switch tabs in Google Chrome without a mouse?
How do I switch tabs in Google Chrome without a mouse? Much like Alt+Tab to change between windows.
Why does Windows require CTRL+ALT+DEL to Logon?
Has Microsoft ever offered an explanation for why they require CTRL+ALT+DEL to login? (Yes I know you can disable it, but it is still their preferred method.) It seems like at one point I heard that it was for security since you knew nothing else could trap CTRL+ALT+DEL, but I've written programs t…
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?
Will reformatting my hard drive fix bad sectors on it?
Assuming I'm not concerned with the data on it.
How to maintain different active sessions in single firefox and internet explorer?
Suppose we are working in Firefox. Now I have opened 3 tabs. In all 3 tabs I need to work on an application e.g. gmail account. i.e. Tab 1 has Account 1, tab 2 has account2 and tab 3 has account 3. I need to do this simultaneously. Please suggest method or add-on to do this task. I also need to do …
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?
Does Adblock slow down Firefox?
You might have heard of the Adblock extension that has a massive list of URL filters to block out adverts from most websites. Does this slow down Firefox, considering that for every little image and flash it has to consult that massive URL whitelist?
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 …
What's the difference between WLED and RGBLED displays?
On Dell's website, it lists displays as being "WLED" or "RGBLED". What is the difference between these two types of displays?
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?
IE8 Printing Issue - Shrink to Fit is not Shrinking, right side getting hacked
I'm having this problem in a Sharepoint Extranet site. Several long/wide forms and grids are getting their right sides hacked off when printed. In IE7, Shrink to Fit solves this problem. However in IE8, when I go into Print Preview, it SAYS it's set Shrink to Fit but it is not actually shrinking.
Linux: Copy/paste in TTY
I am looking for a way to copy and paste within a TTY. I only have a touchpad, and using it with is a pain. The only possibility I can think of is to use "screen" but even after having remapped Ctrl-A to "`", it is still inconvenient and slow. Are there any more-comfortable approaches?
Simulink is to Matlab as _______ is to Mathematica?
What is the Mathematica equivalent of Matlab's Simulink? I want something that lets me build a discrete event simulation.