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Is it possible to use different keyboards for different applications?
What I would like is this: I would have two keyboards. One of them is "connected" to Matlab, the other is "connected" to my text editor of choice. This way, I could edit some script and still test some commands in Matlab without having to constantly switch between the applications. Basically, I wou…
Irfanview nearest equivalent for linux
IrfanView is a wonderful freeware Windows swiss-army-knife for image viewing & editing. For me, the key features are fast viewing, simple editing (crop, contrast, brigthness, rotation, resampling), file operations (delete, copy to folder) and extended image information access (exif data) combined i…
Firefox - Any way to prevent onload focus of form fields?
Is there any Firefox extension or built in configuration that will allow disabling onload focusing in text fields? I do not want to disable javascript. I'm just sick of certain sites auto-focusing in their search box when I have no intention of searching. The annoyance is that if I'm interacting wi…
SSD/HDD directory assignment under Windows 7
I am about to re-install my system with a fresh copy of Windows 7. I have an SSD, and I want to make the most of the 64GB that it has available under this fresh install, so I will be keeping a secondary data drive (500GB HDD). Does anyone know if there is a full list somewhere of Windows directorie…
Do I really need a firewall?
I've been using the Nod32 security suite for some time now, and out of all the others that I've tried, it's great (low memory footprint, fast, fairly cheap). However, I've been installing a lot of software lately, and the thing that's been annoying me is having to allow each program access to the i…
How do I change the RDP listening port?
How do I change the port that I use to remotely access a Windows (7) computer?
Find what files a program is using
I have a piece of software that contains data I would like to move to another computer. The problem is the program does not provide any way to export this data. Does any software exist that will let you know what files a program is using? I know there are programs that given a file, will tell you w…
Setting focus auto-raise and focus auto-raise delay in Windows 7
Does anyone know how to set focus follows mouse, focus auto-raise, and auto-raise delay in Windows 7? I've tried Ultimate Windows Tweaker, but that doesn't seem to have any mouse settings. I found a site Here that shows how to edit the registry to get focus follows mouse and auto-raise, but I'd lik…
How to permanently disable kvm modules in Linux?
In order to get virtualbox to work in Linux I have to run the following commands as root: otherwise I get an error. This works well. The only problem is that I have to re-run those two commands every time the machine reboots. Is there a way to permanently disable those two kernel modules?
How do I turn off the little CTRL-SHIFT bubble that pops up on Windows 7 around my cursor?
I have a Wacom Bamboo pen tablet. When I press CTRL, SHIFT, or ALT, a little yellow bubble pops up near my cursor. This interfers with screenshots etc. Wacom has informed me that this is not a feature of the pen software but of Windows 7. Does anyone know how I can turn this off? Addendum I'm addin…
Mount a SAMBA share and create symbolic link
I develop web-apps using ubuntu (jaunty) but have a need to work on a site that must be hosted on windows. I've setup virtualbox with a winxp32 installation and shared the entire hard disk. My goal is to be able to use eclipse(pdt) in ubuntu to create a new php project that references my wwwroot fo…
Maximum number of processes in Windows XP, Vista and 7
How many processes can Windows support at the same time? This question is nothing to do with parellel processing of any sort. Processes can be running, waiting in the queue, sleeping etc,
How do you disable the wheel mouse button in Windows 7 so that it does not bring up the task switcher
When I am in Chrome (Or IE8), and I want to open a link in a new tab, I'm used to using the middle (wheel) button. With Windows 7, click on the mouse wheel brings up the Task Switcher, but I would rather that it still work in Chrome and IE8 like before. How do I disable (or change) the wheel click …
What sizes should you allocate to the /, /boot, /home and swap
I have just got the new installation of Ubuntu 9.10. I am doing a clean install. I have already windows XP on a separate partition. I went to the advanced options for partitions the file system. However, I need to allocate space for the root, boot, swap and home directories. I am just wondering wha…
Is using a Virtual PC on a RAM DISK super fast? (putting the .vhd file in a RAM DISK)
I wonder how or if any one tried to create a RAM DISK, and then put the 2GB (or sometimes 1.2GB) .vhd file into it, and then run the virtual PC using this image. It should be running super fast, as the hard disk is now simulated by RAM... I never tried but saw that there is tmpfs on Linux. So with …
How can I find out what Wifi networks my iPhone knows about?
Is there a way to find out what Wifi networks my iPhone will automatically try to connect to if it finds them? If I go into and then , I can see the wireless networks that are available, but only the ones in range. I'd like to see all wireless networks that are known.
What is the difference between "low profile" and "low profile ready" in expansion cards?
I'm shopping for a half-height or low-profile video card. I notice that newegg has categories for both "low profile" and "low profile ready". I assume this is an actual classification of expansion card and not just a newegg category. What is the difference between these two?
Install Windows XP to USB Hard Drive and Run from It
I wanted to know if there was a way (that worked!) to both Install and Run Windows XP Pro from a USB 2.0 connected Hard Drive. My system does allow to boot from external usb hard drive, but when I tried to install Windows XP to the USB HDD, it didn't allow me to. My ultimate goal is to be able to m…
How to install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VMWare?
I'm pretty new to Macs and would like to familiarize myself with the latest Mac OS. How do I install Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) in VMware? Is it possible without a lot of hacking around with it?
Firefox: save username/password for all sub domains?
Not sure if this is possible -- I have a username and password combo which is valid for all sub-domains of a given domain, that is: , , , etc. Is there any way I can tell Firefox that the saved password for one of these subdomains is valid for all of them? RIght now I have been retyping it for each…