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How to add USB 3.0 port to your laptop
What are the options to add one or more USB 3.0 port to a laptop? The only way I seen so far are USB 3 expresscard adapters but all of these adapters stick out quite a lot from the laptop and have power/bandwidth limitations. Update: after some more research I found there are smaller 1 port (PhotoF…
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…
On Mac OS X how can I see how much memory is being used by what programs?
On Mac OS X how can I see how much memory is being used by what programs?
Win + E keyboard shortcut stopped working
I've managed to mess up my Win + E shortcut, such that it gives me the following error message: Is there any way to manually restore this shortcut? I'm running Windows 7
Enter / Return key stops working
I have a Dell Latitude E5400 laptop running Windows 7. Everything runs fine on it for days then I suddenly notice the enter/return key is no longer working e.g. I could be writing an email, press enter for a new line but it doesn’t ‘register’ – so no new line. I thought it might be some dirt under …
In utf-8 collation, why 11- is less then 1-?
I found that the sort result in ASCII: Source file : Sort using ASCII: And using UTF-8: I feel it's so counter-intuitive, and it's not dictionary order. Isn't the character '-' ( ) is always less then ( )? What's the general rule in UTF-8 collation? And how to bypass it, just make be less then whil…
How can I beam my Wifi signal across the street?
So essentially I'm looking to extend my wireless internet to a building that is about 200ft away. Right now my wireless signal shows, but it is beyond weak. Does anyone know of a resource where I can read up on how to set up an antenna to send the signal across the street to make it stronger in the…
How to boot directly into a VirtualBox image?
I have a running setup as following: Native OS: Windows 7 64bit, 3 Partitions: c: (System) d: (FAT32, here is my vdi file) e: (unformatted) VirtualBox: Fedora 14 running off the vdi file on drive d. Usually this setup is great for me, but sometimes I’d like to run Linux natively, and not inside Vir…
Share external USB hard drive over USB between multiple computers
I want to connect 3 Windows computers (2 Windows XP, 1 Windows Server 2003) to an external USB hard drive via USB. I would like each computer to be able to directly read and write to the HD as if it were directly connected to each computer. Using special file transfer software isn't a viable soluti…
What needs updating when moving a bootable Windows 7 (or Vista) partition?
When I move a bootable NTFS partition with Windows on it to a different block offset, what needs updating to make it bootable again? Background: I plan to write a program that performs the necessary actions, that's why I am not seeking for guides how to use Microsoft's tools by booting from a Windo…
How do I setup a localhost using the Sites folder on my Mac?
How do I setup a localhost using the "Sites" folder on my Mac?
How to uninstall Internet Explorer 9 or rollback to Internet Explorer 8?
I wanted to try, and I installed Internet Explorer 9 and now Firefox is acting strangely. For example, the URL Windows aren't opening in time. When I Maximize Firefox the window title is blinking like crazy. But Google Earth is acting even more strangely. The application seems to work, but when I b…
hdiutil on Linux
Anyone know of a Linux port of the Mac OS tool hdiutil (http://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/hdiutil/)?
Bypassing "Found New Hardware Wizard" / Setting Windows to Install Drivers Automatically
My motherboard finally died after the better part of a decade, so I bought a used system. I put my old hard-drive and sound-card in the new system, and connected my old keyboard and mouse (the rest of the components—CPU, RAM, mobo, video card—are from the new system). I knew beforehand that it woul…
Is there a free version of Red-Hat Linux for home desktops?
Is there a free edition of Red-Hat for home desktops?
How can I assign a keyboard shortcut to open a bookmark on FireFox?
Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to open a bookmark in the sidebar in Firefox without clicking on the bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar? For example, I would like to open my Google calendar (set to open on FireFox sidebar) by Ctrl-Cmd-C. Thanks.
Installing Cygwin on Windows XP without having the admin rights?
Is it possible to install Cygwin on a Windows XP system without having the admin rights?
Windows 7's backup and restore shows an empty window
I've got another strange problem with Windows 7: When I open the "Backup and restore" in the control panel, I just get an empty window without any content. I can't use the backup and restore feature. Maybe somebody has an idea what could be wrong?
Scheduled task giving last run result 0x80041324
I've got a scheduled task set up in my Windows 7 machine which is meant to run a BAT file when I'm not around, i.e. the machine has been idle for 15 minutes. Does anyone know how to track down the cause of the error code ? Checked on MSDN and it says ... SCHED_E_TASK_ATTEMPTED 0x80041324 The Task S…
Textmate add multiline text at end of line
In Textmate, I am able to add text to several lines at once by clicking and holding the Option key and dragging with the mouse. say I have the following lines: I can easily click and hold option and then drag down with the lines to select the text at the end of each line, and then type "bar" once a…