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Does RDP support Multitouch? (and if not, does anything?)
I'm trying to set up a system where I have two computers: a powerful desktop, and a tablet that I can carry around easily. The tablet may be the Notion Ink Adam, Motorola XOOM, or another one I haven't looked at yet. It may even run Windows 7 instead of Android, but I doubt that. Anyway, I would wa…
Create firewall "profiles" for Windows 7
Possible Duplicate: Limiting network connections to specific sites when travelling / tethered (in windows) Is there any way to configure a couple of firewall profiles in Windows 7? As I use mobile broadband on when traveling, I don't want virus scanner/windows updates etc running and chewing up my …
Is it possible to add 2 monitor to Dell XPS 15 Laptop?
Is it possible to add 2 monitor to this Dell XPS 15 Laptop ? Mini DisplayPort (1) 2 total USB 3.0 HDMI 1.4 Do we need to buy extra hardware for this?
What advantages and disadvantages have Hybrid SSD/HDD RAIDs
I just read about Hybrid RAID arrays consisting of SSDs and common HDDs which are supported by Adaptec's RAID controllers. Does such a RAID configuration provide real advantage? Isn't write performance downgraded to the writing speed of the HDD? What about different sizes of disks? In short, what c…
How can I run a different command but with the same arguments?
For example, I edit and then run the same source. I know I could run it from within , but I want a general solution on Bash. I keep finding situations where I reuse arguments. How can I do that?
How to activate application background in Photoshop CS5 on the mac?
I am used to Photoshop CS5 on Windows where the program has a gray background. I don't see my desktop when the program is open. On the Mac t hough, Photoshop is transparent and always fullscreen. I see the desktop icons and I find this very annoying. Also, I can't attach a canvas window to the appl…
How do you determine the actual command that is piping into you?
Let's say I have a bash script called . In this script, I want to read in input from a pipe, but I also want to know the command used to pipe input into me. Example: In the shell script, I want to know the command .
BootCamp - Right-Click on Windows 7 running on MacBook Air
How do you right-click on Windows 7 running on a MacBookAir? I'm sure it used to work, but lately I haven't been able to figure it out.
Gnu screen, how to update dynamically the title of a window?
I'm trying to improve the aspect of GNU Screen using the screenrc file, I tuned colors, status line, caption and the list of the loaded windows. The only thing I'm not able to achieve is getting the caption with the current executed command as in the below picture, note the vim caption in the right…
NetBios lookup from command line/powershell in Vista
Am trying to resolve an IP address to its Netbios name via the command line or via powershell. the system I am using is Vista SP2 so I do not believe NBLookup.exe will work. are there any alternatives to this?
Does web browser uses previously saved cache in private browsing?
All the current versions of top five web browsers support private browsing mode, where they don't save anything as history or cache or cookies. But do they use cache saved from previous normal session?? suppose I open Facebook in normal mode and all the assets of webpage are cached, now, I open it …
Hard Disk DRDY error: is it a crash
I am using IBM Thinkpad, 1.7GHz, 512 RAM with Linux Mint 9 installed. I have two partitions in addition to root. One of the partitions became read-only yesterday, after which I rebooted my system. It is extremely slow along with DRDY Error : Is my Hard disk crashed ? Error Log while booting. smartc…
Resize Windows partition on a Mac without destroying data
Is there a method/utility to actively resize the partitions on a dual-boot MacBook Air, without destroying the contents? I made the Windows Partition too small initially, and all the places I've looked have stated that resizing now using Boot Camp will destroy all data on the Windows 7 Partition. H…
How do you remove fonts from Ubuntu?
When I look at the font list in OpenOffice in Ubuntu there are dozens of fonts that all look the same. They are obviously there for various non-latin alphabets but I have not installed those language packs so the fonts all appear as plain sans. It would be nice to get rid of the ones I don't use to…
How to recover open but deleted file on Linux using ln instead of cp?
I have a file that's downloading (from a source that's hard to re-download from), but accidentally deleted from the filesystem namespace (/tmp/blah), and I'd like to recover this file. Normally I could just , but in this case that would only get me a partial snapshot, since the file is still downlo…
Can a computer be infected by malware through web browser?
Can a computer be infected when it accesses a malicious web page? Why is not a web browser 100% safe? What web resources, such as Java Script, Flash or a HTTP connection, can infect a computer?
Efficiently change a single file extension in Windows
What is the simplest way of changing a file extension (without messing around with folder view options)? Oftentimes I have to quickly change the extension of a single file on a Windows PC. I don't like to turn on the option to show file extensions, change the extension, and then turn the option bac…
Compiling vim with xterm_clipboard support
I checked out latest vim7 from cvs repository. I tried: but I got - I tried: but I got - . Can someone please tell me the correct way to configure with xterm_clipboard support? Edit I tried in the directory, but got at the end.
Can I use my MacBook Pro as the screen for a mac mini
I want to buy another Apple machine and instead of buying a whole new laptop, I am thinking of buying just a Mac mini and use my MacBook Pro screen as the screen for it. Is that possible ? What kind of connector would I need ? Would a simple USB cable do ? I am ready to buy a video connector for 30…
Missing environment variables in Windows 7
When I fresh boot my computer everything is dandy. Then after a few hours applications like Visual Studio, Notepad++, Games, iTunes, Windows components (Cmd prompt, Explorer, etc.), etc. stop working with errors about missing files or not being installed correctly. I found that if I browse out to C…