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Hide Menu by Default in Adobe Reader
Is there a way to make Adobe Reader 10 not display the menu bar (File, etc.) initially, when opening files? Even when you disable it in or with F9, the next time you open Acrobat Reader, it reappears. Is there any way to make this persistant? I rarely need it, and have to press F9 every time I laun…
Change screen resolution while in safe mode for normal mode
A screen of mine burnt out, and was replaced with a screen of lower resolution. It works in safe mode as that is in 800x600 resolution, but when I try to boot to normal mode, it fails. Is there a way to change the resolution for normal mode in safe mode?
Dual monitors- Running Outlook and opening emails in the same monitor
So I'm running windows 7 and just installed dual monitors. I need to have Outlook open on one monitor and use the other for other applications. But when I click anything in Outlook to open it it always goes to the other monitor. Is there any way around this? I know many people say that Windows "rem…
Incremental (delta) backup of a encrypted data
I have several files that I need to keep encrypted on my home hard disk. I currently use a TrueCrypt file container, currently around 100MB in size. I need to backup this file daily, and I'm looking for an incremental backup solution. I read that on encrypted volumes even a small change in a file w…
How do I install the Postgres command-line client (psql) on OS X using MacPorts?
I'm trying to install the Posgtres command-line client (typically psql on Linux). I've got postgres installed through MacPorts (postgresql90 and postgresql90-server) but still don't see the client installed. I have searched MacPorts and am unable to find either the path to the client or a separate …
Why is syslog so much slower than file IO?
I wrote a simple test program to measure the performance of the syslog function. This are the results of my test system: (Debian 6.0.2 with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64) The test program did 200000 system calls writing 50 Bytes of data during each call. Why is Syslog more than ten times slower than file IO…
Connect to localhost from another computer
I'm trying to access a database that is hosted in a Mac localhost from my Android device which are both connected to the same network. The localhost project is running at I've entered the IP: 192.168.1.1 (of my laptop connection) to my phone browser and I was able to see the root folder of my proje…
Bare bones HTTP server for linux with resumable file downloads
I have a Windows user I want to share a large file with, they have Firefox with I understand supports resumable HTTP file downloads, and I have Ubuntu Linux, but limited disk space and such, so I don't want a full blown solution like Apache's web server. I'd like to just run the server via the comm…
VirtualBox: make host and guest OS talk between each other
As I said in the title, I want to access via ssh my VM from the host OS and the other way around (both OSes are ubuntu; 10.10 on the host, 9.10 on the guest) To do so, I've configured a bridged NIC on the guest, attached it to my physical eth0 NIC and then statically assigned to both interfaces add…
Microsoft Word 2010: Assigning a KEYBOARD shortcut for deleting one line of text
How can I assign a keyboard shortcut to delete just one line of text in Microsoft Office Word 2010? A macro based solution (in Visual Basic) which could be assigned to a custom keyboard shortcut would be good too. Some similar examples: in Notepad++ I can delete (cut) the entire current line with C…
What is a hard link in Linux?
I have searched around and am trying to understand the difference between a hard link and symbolic link (soft link). I found this link is quite useful. But I am still not very clear. I understand soft link is not a copy of original file, but is a hard link a copy or not?
Would you setup a DMZ at home?
From a security point of view, what are the benefits of going the whole hog of setting up a DMZ at home if you plan on running a low traffic (unpopular) website from there? There are a number of computers in the home on the same Windows network, but all HTTP & SSL traffic is redirected to a specifi…
How to speed up the ftp upload process?
So why are FTP uploads soo slow? I am using filezila as a client. I have like 10 mb in 1000 files and I can upload each individual file with 300-500kb/s yet the whole upload is incredibily slow due to the queueing process that occurs as files are uploaded. For every singe file the client performs a…
Finding geolocation from an IP address
How can I find a location such as city/state or country from an IP address? Is there a Ruby gem or Python module to do this? Or, is there a website which has an API?
Batch moving files to another folder/directory in Windows?
I am getting an error message to the effect of unable to move files to a single file. I am not trying to do this. What I am trying to do is move files from one folder to another folder (staging) and then deleting the original folder. If you can show me a better way to do this since I am not doing t…
At what working temperatures will my gpu not only survive, but have a long healthy life
There are plenty of questions about what a safe gpu temperature is, but these seem focused on what temperatures a gpu will survive at in the short term, regardless of whether it may shorten the cards life. I recently ordered a video card that I need to be able to run under constant strain at work, …
Remember the Milk Desktop client
I'm a long-time fan of Remember The Milk for task management but have started to find myself turned off by the service because of the lack of good desktop clients. This question has been asked a once or twice in the past, but I still havn't found a suitable client that supports all the features the…
How can I tell which tab or plugin is crashing Firefox?
Every so often while I'm developing, Firefox will max out on CPU usage and I have no option but to quit it (sometimes I have to force quit). Is there a plugin/extension that is like the Chrome process list that tells me what tab/addon of Firefox is using up so much CPU? Memory actually isn't a prob…
Why does the ping command in my batch file execute in a loop?
I created a .BAT file in Windows 7 that has the following line: (XXX replaces the actual IP number). However, when I double click on this batch file, I can see the ping command repeatedly being executed in a loop. I even tried to rename the to but the result is the same. I want to avoid writing pin…
Webcam security camera software that runs as a service
I've been looking for Windows webcam software that will run as a Windows service without any user login. The goal is to use the webcam as a cheap security camera and log the results to secure networked storage (windows share, not FTP). The requirements are: Motion detection Video capture Runs as a …