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Apparently my google-fu sucks… I know these from other StackExchange posts: –cd-to-home    # Change directory to home–cd=<path>     # Change directory to <path>-i              # ?-c              # Run command, but –command doesn’t work/exist Where … Windows – How can I find out the command line options for git-bash.exe?Read more

I need to get a history of which processes have run on my Windows machine, and when they were run.  However, I cannot use any third-party software, as I cannot guarantee that … Windows – How can I get a history of running processesRead more

. On the left is firefox 4, on the right is chrome 12. Is there a way to make chrome render prettier fonts? The above image was taken on windows xp. Below … Windows – How can I improve font appearance in google chrome?Read more

Like many people I take quite a few photos, and also like quite a few people I don’t back up as frequently as I should. What I’d like to be able to … Windows – How can I keep folders synchronized between several machines over my home network?Read more

I’ve got a bunch of files named with a the pattern 99 – DescriptiveName.txt and I’d like to remove the number from the front so I just have DescriptiveName.txt. How can I … Windows – How can I mass rename files?Read more

I would like to monitor the temperature of the computer’s components and also the fan speed. How can I do this? Solution: Speedfan does all that.   SpeedFan is software that can … Windows – How can I measure my computer temperature?Read more

I have a bunch of machines on an IP address range which I want to ping simultaneously as a quick and dirty way of telling which ones are switched on. What (free) … Windows – How can I ping a range of IP addresses simultaneouslyRead more

I know that almost everything on Windows, like opening any sort of application, can be done from the command prompt or from the Run menu. How can I put my computer to … Windows – How can I put the computer to sleep from Command Prompt/Run menu?Read more

Right now, I have all my music on my internal hard drive, but it is running out of space. So, I bought an external hard drive, copied all my music over and … Windows – How can I redirect my itunes library to an external hard drive?Read more

One of my laptop’s keys has fallen off. Is there any way I can remap another key to serve as that key?  I’ll ‘sacrifice’ the other key because I never use it. … Windows – How can I remap a keyboard key?Read more