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Am I secure from network monitoring software if HTTPS is used?
I will be logging into my bank account and my personal email accounts at work. Its not banned at work, but I just don't want them to save/log a copy of whatever I do with these services. Especially my passwords. If the service uses a HTTPS connection, will my company be able to track/save/log my pa…
What is the command to cut a portion out of a video and save it using ffmpeg?
I've tried but that's giving me: Please advise. UPDATE: Molly, that command gives: And then it appears to freeze. I'd appreciate any help.
Move "XP Mode" from Windows Virtual PC to VirtualBox?
I installed "XP Mode" in Windows 7 (which uses Windows Virtual PC to host XP). I have now discovered that VirtualBox, which I have installed on the same Windows 7 machine, refuses to run at the same time as Windows Virtual PC (it gives me an error about not running multiple visualization programs).…
Mac OSX screencast solutions
I need to make some quick and simple demo videos of a web application. These videos will need to be embedded into help pages in the application, but can be externally hosted. As a startup without lots of funds, my preference is to find open source, free, or inexpensive solutions. However, if there …
Why is the laptop charger thing (transformer) making a noise?
The laptop power cable consists of two cables with a transformer in the middle. The transformer is making a tiny noise while plugged in. I think it's normal... is it normal? What is it exactly?
Non-RDP remote desktop solution (for LAN - Windows Home Premium)
I was too cheap to buy Windows 7 Pro and went with Windows Home Premium, so now I'm looking for a replacement for RDP (Remote Desktop). It's been a while since I've used VNC, but the performance was always pretty poor even on a LAN. I'm going to take a look at TightVNC and UltraVNC, but is there an…
slim down disk space usage windows 7
How can I reduce the amount of hard drive space Windows 7 uses? I've got my Win7 cramped into a 10GB virtual machine, and with Office installed, I’m running out of space. The short answer 'use a bigger virtual HD' is not working out for me. The host (Mac) is also pretty low on space, and if we can …
Buying a laptop battery - OEM vs. 3rd party
Looking at a replacement 9-cell battery for my Dell 1525 I've noticed that the OEM batteries that Dell sells are up to 3x more expensive than batteries sold by a 3rd party vendor. Is the Dell premium worth it? What experiences have you had buying replacement batteries?
Tool to test USB sticks?
Some of the files I copy to a USB stick seems to be corrupted? Maybe the stick is bad but I haven't used it much and want to know for sure. Is there a Windows utility to test the stick? Mark bad areas as bad so the file system doesn't save to them? I format before I copy but I still get corrupted f…
Making "default saved" work with GRUB2...?
I just installed Moblin Operating System. It's using GRUB2. On my Ubuntu 8.04 GRUB 0.97 was being used in which i was using the default saved option comfortably. I found that with GRUB2 i should not edit /boot/grub/menu.lst directly but I did :) because my Moblin does not contain any /etc/default/g…
Control-Backspace (unix-kill-rubout) for readline?
In I should be able to map Control-Backspace to the same function as Control-W (unix-kill-rubout). Regardless of what I put in I'm unable to get this to be recognized. ...for instance does not work. Can I map Control-Backspace to the unix-kill-rubout in readline?
Is there a shell that has tabs that you can use with mingw?
I don't mean tabbed completion. I mean tabs like what firefox, chrome etc have, that you can switch between.
Finding all symbolic and hard links to a file on UNIX
If I have a specific file in a UNIX filesystem, is there a way to use bash to find all links to that file, both symbolic and hard? If I need different commands for each, what are they?
Can I connect a switch to a router?
Ok sorry if this is the most basic question in the world but for years I have needed more ethernet ports in my room and my whole house is wired with 1 ethernet port in each room, I also wanted to be able to plug into the room ethernet port with another router to get more plugins and that wasn't pos…
How do I turn of "auto-echo" in bash when I 'cd'?
I don't know when this started happening but now, every time I cd to a directory it echoes the path right before it changes directories. This happens when I log into a server but doesn't happen on my local machine. The server is running Linux. My local machine is running Mac OS X. I searched the Go…
How do I copy a list of folders recursively, ignoring errors?
I want to copy a bunch of folders recursively. However, I don't want one error preventing the copy from finishing. Is there any way to do a recursive copy(cp -R), ignoring (but logging) all errors produced? I'm on Mac OS X, but I assume the answer would be the same for *nixes.
Internal SATA hard disk shows up as removable device on Windows 7
I am running Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire M7720 with three internal SATA drives; drive #2 and #3 are on a removable HDD rack. Drive #3 (on the second removable HDD rack) shows up as removable device in the system tray. If I take drive #3 and put it in the first rack, it shows up as an internal drive…
Virtual Microphone setup (eg. play mp3 into the microphone port)
Is there a way to stream audio into the microphone port without jacking the speaker audio cable into the mic port? Operating systems: Windows, Linux
Cannot copy non-latin characters from PDF document
I have a pdf file which contains some non-latin european characters. If I copy some text with the highlight tool, and paste it into another program (word, notepad) - the 'special' characters do not transfer correctly (I get other odd characters in their place). I have tried copying the text from bo…
Arch Linux - How do I downgrade my kernel?
I just did a system upgrade which included my kernel. After which, my wifi has broken. After some google'ing, it seems I'm not the only person this has happened to. RT2860 drivers don't play nicely with the 2.6-32 kernel. So, how can I downgrade my kernel? I still have the old one in my pacman cach…