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In Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, presently 2015.007.20033, how do I prevent the sidebar from opening by default? It’s not so bad when a PDF document is in portrait mode, but opening one in landscape takes up too much real estate. February 1, 2017 update The previously accepted answer is no longer correct for newer versions […]

Is there a way to remove the full file path from the title in Notepad++? Let’s say I only wanted the file name to be displayed there. How can this be done? Solution: Let’s say I only wanted the file name to be displayed there. How can this be done? “Settings” > “Preferences” > “MISC”

Windows 10 Technical Preview question, running Windows 7 as my base OS. Before I noticed the .iso files that were available, I ran an .exe from the Microsoft preview website that apparently configured my Windows Update to download an update called “Update for Windows.” If I open Windows Update, it asks if I want to

I would love to be able to have my tmux window title automatically renamed to prompt_command, ps1 or just the hostname of a machine I ssh to. having 9 windows opened labeled “ssh” is really useless. Doing sysadmin work I open new screens and ssh around to much to manually rename them. One thing I

Before opening a computer, I often hear advice to touch something that is “grounded”  – a computer case for example, or a heating element – to avoid damaging the sensitive electronic equipment through static discharge. What exactly is true here, and what are the do’s and don’ts. Touching what objects will actually work, and what

I accidently uninstalled (apt-get purge) lots of important system stuff, including gnome dekstop and whatever-is-responsible-for-internet-connetion, among other things. Is there any way to repair it? Without complete reinstall? I can access it via command line (terminal) more or less normally. move, copy files, etc., just no apt-get install due to no internet connection. So I

I am trying to create a document in which the user will be given the opportunity to enter some text and I would like to use that in the rest of the places in that same document.  The text entered by the user will be used in many places in the same document and changing

I have a laptop but forgot the BIOS password. I cannot go beyond the BIOS password screen and need to continue. Is there any way I can reset or even remove the BIOS password on my laptop? Solution: Plug out all batteries, and the adapter, and remove the RTC battery that supplies power to the

I have a Windows machine (laptop) that needs fixing. The current installation is really badly broken (e.g. the taskbar is unresponsive, but the Explorer windows work, booting takes literally half an hour) and when I try to access the settings app and click on the tile to access the reset settings it instantly crashes. The

I have a html 5 video player which is 700px wide, 400px high. I’m trying to use avconv to use ffmpeg to resize (while retaining the aspect ratio) and making sure it fits into my player. Input can be a file of any size, so I need to resize the larger ones but center the