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Command to Call 'Turn Off Computer' Menu
I remember there is (or was) a command involving that calls Windows XP's 'Turn Off Computer' menu – the one that can also be invoked by going to Start Menu > Turn Off Computer. Does anyone happen to know/remember what the command is? P.S.: I'm not talking about the 'shutdown' command. Final edit: W…
How to stretch or scale a windows to fit resolution height and width sizes?
I need some software to stretch or scale a windows to fit resolution sizes. E.g., I have a program that does not allow to be maximized or to change its windows size, that is 640x480. With that software I ask you, I would scale that windows and all visual elements inside it to fit resolution height …
Getting a GPU Bitcoin miner for Linux 64bit
I've just learned about the awesome world of Bitcoins. I've learned that the only way to make a decent amount of bitcoins is to "mine". However, everywhere I look, the miners are for Windows and those that have clients for Linux only support 32bit. I'd like to be able to mine off my GPU (if possibl…
How can I save energy when using a notebook?
I'm using a notebook as my only computer and I'm wondering how I might save the most energy (in terms of my electricity bill). Will it use less energy overall to only plug it in if the battery is low and unplug it as soon as the battery is loaded? Or is it better to leave it plugged in until I'm do…
Use keys for mouse buttons in Linux. Alternative to AHK (AutoHotkey)?
In Windows I have an AutoHotkey script which: Only works when caps lock is on Generates left, middle and right mouse button events when left control, menu and alt keys are pressed Allows holding the keys down (for dragging objects) Is there an easy way of duplicating this functionality in Linux?
Why does my mouse's LED not turn off when I shut down the PC?
Why doesn't my optical mouse's red LED turn off after I shut down my PC?
When running bat files, how to show commands but not "rem"ed out lines?
When running a bat file, I'd like to see the commands being executed but not anything rem'ed out. The problem is that it seems to be all or nothing. When using "echo off" nothing shows except the results of the commands, like "2 files copied". But when not using echo off, everything, including line…
Solarized colors in vim don't seem to be working for me
I am running vim, and trying to get the vim solarized colors to work in terminal. I have this in my vimrc file: It doesn't seem to work. I outputted (using :echo) the value of t_Co and it is 256. What is the issue? I'm confused.
New SSD (Corsair) takes 1-2 minutes before it's found after first boot
My new SSD Corsair CSSD-F60 actually works - using it for boot and system disk (Windows 7 64-bit). But when first (cold-) booting the PC it's not properly found by BIOS and Intel ICH9R Controller. The first boot attempt always fails. When I wait for about 1-2 minutes, and retry using CTRL + ALT + D…
How can I force a static IP in Windows 7?
Windows 7 is not letting me force a static IP. even after setting the IP, Windows 7 still assigns it's own IP. I am simply trying to setup a NAS system in which I need to set my IP to a certain address. So I am only connected to a switch which connects to the NAS.
Find and replace n characters long random string in Notepad++ using wildcards/regex
I have a SQL dump with expressions such as . The can also be a different random string. It is always 8 characters long. I want to replace with just . How can I do this without replacing it manually, one by one? The SQL dump is over 230000 lines long and has about 200 occurrences of these strings. I…
How to format Ext2 in Windows XP?
I want to format my USB stick to ext2. I have following tools installed. But don't know how to use them for my case: Cygwin – I'm just a starter and not surely know how to use. ( is also not included.) Ext2Fsd – Don't know how to format Ext2. I found and there are many types which I don't know. Can…
How to delete entire system using Terminal
How can I delete my entire system using terminal? I know that the beginning is , but then what?
Easy way to swap characters in command line with emacs key bindings?
If I'm in vi, and I see that I've transposed two characters, it is easily fixed by putting the cursor over the first and typing followed by in command mode. Is there a similar trick that works at the bash command line in emacs mode? I realize that I can set to vi key bindings, but I prefer not to d…
remembering the zoom state of Google Chrome?
I have a 27 inch monitor connected to a 14 inch laptop. So basically half of the times i'm using a 14 inch screen and half of the times i'm using the 27 inch monitor. The problem is that whenever I use the 14 inch laptop, I had the pages (Google Chrome) zoomed twice (Ctrl 0, Ctrl +, Ctrl +). When I…
Create new partition on encrypted volume in OS X Lion
Updated: see below. I encrypted a 500 GB partition on an external 1TB drive on OS X Lion. The other 500 GB was not used yet and I want to create another partition on the external drive now. Disk utility will not let me do this and refers to the command line utility , noting that the drive contains …
Full hardware emulation
I want to emulate some old desktop PC in order to run my application there (the emulated machine) as a stress test. Is this possible? I looked around and some people mentioned Qemu, which is Open Source (cool). Anybody ever tried to do this and succeeded? The idea is to create a virtual machine fro…
Lion / name resolution order
(this issue went away for me with the 10.7.1 update - /etc/hosts now works as always for me) I've updated my Mac to Lion and now I notice that /etc/hosts is consulted last, even after DNS. This is very annoying as I have a lot of hostnames in there that I use for development. Where is the name reso…
How to configure MacVim to quit on exit?
When I close MacVim using the standard vim command , the MacVim window closes, but the program is still running. This causes trouble when other processes try to spawn an instance of MacVim, because if it is still running, a special flag needs to be passed to MacVim so that a new instance is opened,…
indistinguishable active tab in gnome terminal
I am running Gnome 2.30.2 and Gnome Terminal 3.0.1 on my Debian Sid and recently the active tab became almost indistinguishable from other tabs. It is actually the same colour. Changing the themes didn't help much and only using high contrast theme makes a difference which is the theme I would rath…