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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.
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…
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…
Command line argument for running as another user on Windows?
Under windows .msi installer, if you specify a custom action to be run at an application's installation time, it will get run under the "SYSTEM" user. Can I trick it by passing a command line parameter to the custom action (.exe file) and make it run under the currently logged on user?
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?
Is there a free version of Red-Hat Linux for home desktops?
Is there a free edition of Red-Hat for home desktops?
hdiutil on Linux
Anyone know of a Linux port of the Mac OS tool hdiutil (http://www.unix.com/man-page/osx/1/hdiutil/)?
How can I make the `cmd.exe` window full-screen in Windows 7?
How can I make the window full-screen in Windows 7?
Copy folder structure on Windows
I want to replicate the folder structure from a location in another location. Also, I want only the structure which is one level deep to be replicated. Is there a way to do it? I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
How can I get my 64-bit computer to recognize all of my RAM
I've recently upgraded my system from 6GB of RAM to 12GB. Once I installed the new RAM, Windows 7 shows in my System Information that I have "12.0 GB installed (7.99 GB usable)". Although less common, the past few days I've also seen the system info jump down to "3.99 GB usable", but it seems to ju…
Sending mails via Mutt and Gmail: Duplicates
I'm trying to set up Mutt with GMail for the first time. It seems to work pretty well. However, when I send a mail from Mutt, it appears twice in GMail's Sent folder. (I assume it's also sent twice - I'm trying to validate that.) My configuration (Stripped of coloring):
Disable the Command-Backspace "Move to trash" keyboard shortcut
I use Preview to view PDF files (duh) and sometimes annotate them as well as search them profusely. I keep using the Command-Backspace combination to try to delete the current line I'm writing in the annotation or to clear the search box, but to my dismay it sends the currently open PDF file to the…
How do I fix my colour bash prompt wrapping?
I have defined a bash prompt (using PROMPT_FUNCTION) like so: In general, this gives me a multi-line prompt that displays some hg status info as well as my current virtualenv, looking (without colour) like this: The problem is, this is screwing with the calculation of the length of the prompt (I th…
How do I hide file extensions in a command prompt /dir output?
What I want to do seems very simple: I have a folder in Windows containing items of various types including PDF files, TXT files, and subdirectories. I am writing a one line .bat file to pull ONLY the PDF file names into a new text file. So far this is what I have in the .bat: This gives the follow…
How to secure my Windows 7 PC?
Hi I am going on vacation. I wanna secure my PC. Is there any way I can lock down my PC so that nobody can boot up it? Any BIOS level security? BTW. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate.
What are the technical requirements for a WPA-PSK passphrase?
I was thinking of generating a WPA-PSK passphrase, and I see in the OpenBSD manpage for : What exactly is the criteria for "ASCII-encoded" here? Just that they must be 8-bit chars with the high bit unset? Are non-printable characters allowed? Come to think of it... Does my approach of randomly gene…
Why does Emacs insert ^m at the end of every line
Why does Emacs insert ^m at the end of every line in my Linux environment?
Any Firefox extensions that track how long I stay on a web page?
I want to analyze my web surfing habits, and could use something to monitor how long I stay on a page with seconds precision. Anything like this?
Android Live Wallpapers for Windows 7?
Is it possible to have Android live wallpapers on Windows 7?
How can I make a Windows folder "virtual" like you can with directories in Linux using tmpfs?
I want to make certain directories in Windows Vista/7 "virtual" so they are stored completely in memory and emptied when the machine is powered-down. With Linux, you just need to add a line in your fstab file to mount a particular directory as tmpfs. Is there some equivalent for Windows? I know the…