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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?
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?
Mac disk images: any real difference between 'master' and 'compressed'?
When creating a disk image (.cdr or .dmg) from a physical CD or DVD on Mac (using Disk Utility > New Image) one can choose between 'CD\DVD Master‘ and 'compressed'. Apart from the obvious fact that a compressed image will be smaller, are there other differences? Will a compressed image for example …
What is the necessary file structure for a DVD to be playable?
The backstory: I've purchased a DVD via online download (from EZTakes.com). The files appear in this kind of directory tree: I'm trying (on a Mac using Disk Utility) to burn this to a DVD. I've created a DVD/CD master image of this structure in a couple of different ways and then burned them, none …
Where does Skype save my contact's avatars in Linux?
I'm using Skype on Linux. Where can I find images cached by skype of my contact's avatars?
Re-downloading accidentally deleted podcasts in iTunes
I deleted some previously downloaded podcast episodes in iTunes 9 and I'd like to re-download them. (I don't want to manually re-download them because then they won't show up in the podcast's list in the iTunes Podcast section.) I've read http://blog.krisgielen.be/archives/54 as well as Way to get …
Generate an alert in Outlook if I don't receive an email
Everyday I have to receive an email xyz. Is there any plugin for Outlook (or whatever) to get an alert if I don't receive the email?
Can I split a spreadsheet into multiple files based on a column in Excel 2007?
Is there a way in Excel to split a large file into a series of smaller ones, based on the contents of a single column? eg: I have a file of sales data for all sales reps. I need to send them a file to make corrections and send back, but I dont want to send each of them the whole file (because I don…
Windows 7 - Faster applications/windows switcher, e.g., by typing application's name?
I sometimes have many running applications and switching between them with Alt+Tab becomes very tedious. I would like to be able to switch between tasks/windows more quickly. The perfect solution for me would be an application that lets me start typing a window's title and offers a classic auto-com…
What are the binaries of a file?
Sometimes we have options to download the binaries of a particular software (instead of setup or source code for example). What are binaries of a setup?
Server 2008 locks me out when not using the machine for 10 minutes after installing SP2
I have recently installed Service Pack 2 on my Windows Server 2008 machine (which I use actively for development, and i'm always logged on to). Now, after this installation, when I don't use the machine for some time (let's say, 10 minutes), it locks itself so I have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del and log b…
Safe GPU temperatures
What temperatures are safe for a GPU?
How do I repair a missing Windows Explorer Address bar?
Recently after a chkdsk and reboot I lost the address bar in Windows Explorer and could not add it back. How do I bring the address bar back?
How to install a CA key (self signed SSL) on ubuntu?
I have a bunch of machines that need to fetch https: off a server (or collection of servers). I'm operating a CA and self-signing the certificates on the server(s). The client machines are running ubuntu. Some of the fetches are via apt, some via wget. How do I install the CA's certificate on the c…
Host-based snakeoil certificates in Ubuntu
How to create snakeoil a certificate and a key for a given host in Ubuntu?
GUI zip utility for Mac OS X that supports previewing
I always miss 7-zip when I'm working on my Mac. Does anyone know of a good GUI utility that allows me to preview zip file contents and do partial extracts? I've seen the Unarchiver and various 7-zip based tools like EZ 7z and 7zX but they don't have that. EZ 7z somewhat supports previews by opening…
How do I delete a file that is in use by another process?
Possible Duplicate: How do I delete a 'locked' file? More specifically, I'm trying to rename or overwrite a file, and get the message Access Denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and the file is not currently in use. Is there a way to find who / what's using the file, and kick t…
How do I find out what the Finder is busy with?
I'm running Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro. My Finder has decided to be very busy, and neither restarting Finder nor a reboot cools it down. Spotlight doesn't report activity, Time Machine isn't busy, yet top -ocpu reports Finder is running between 30% and 100%. Update: none of the suggestions have …
Booting a Windows 7 installation on different hardware
I'm in a situation where I could do with very quickly migrating a Windows 7 (RTM x64) installation from one machine to another. What options are open to me in terms of getting W7 to boot after the drive is picked up and moved from one box to another? I thought it was supposed to be a little less se…
Advantages of DOCX Format Over DOC
Today I have accidentally found out that the .docx is the same .zip (or there is no big difference between them). When you change the .docx to the .zip and open with WinRAR you see a bunch of XML files in the folders. In that XML file it is stored the text, fonts, owner, last modified and so on. In…