You know the drill – you’ve been asked to check why your cousin’s computer is running slow. I was right there yesterday. Being a Mac user since 2007 I haven’t really dug deep in Windows internals in the past five years. Googling for answers reveals many, many different answers: broken registry, spyware, antivirus program, fragmented…

Is there a way to turn off the file extension rename dialog in Windows 7? The one that prompts you   Rename: If you change a filename extension, the file might become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it? Solution: It’s possible with an AutoHotkey script: While, 1{ WinWait, Rename ahk_class #32770 WinActivate,…

The problem is, when I open applications I need to always right click, select run as admin. When I don’t do it getting unexpected application errors. BTW, I turned off UAC. It’s annoying. Is there any way to change behavior of double left-click to act as “Run as administrator” action? I mean to make “Run…

Since I can’t find any alternative to Linux’ sudo elevation command, I have the following question: How to define a PowerShell function which requires elevation? I mean UAC prompt. Say, such function follows: function system-check {    SFC /ScanNow} System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit PowerShell: Major  Minor  Build  Revision—–  —–  —–  ——–5      0      10586  117 EDIT1:…

I installed the Ubuntu desktop on a Ubuntu 9.10 VPS server and am able to connect to the server using TightVNC. However, the VNC server on this VPS can only be started by logging in through SSH and typing the following command: vncserver :1 -geometry 800×600 -depth 16 -pixelformat rgb565 If I run this command…

I want to buy a Samsung Chronos notebook and install Ubuntu alongside Windows. Will there be any trouble with the hardware? I’d hope all the ports should work fine, keyboard special buttons, lights on the keyboard, the fast boot technology (wake from hibernation in a few seconds), etc. Solution: The best buy one I have…

I successfully created a RAID (mirroring) by utilizing mdadm. However, I must run the following commands after each boot: mdadm –stop –scan // to stop /dev/md127 – I don’t know where the number 127 even comes frommdadm –assemble –scan // to start /dev/md0 What am I doing wrong/why do I need to run these commands…

  Possible Duplicate:  How do I fork a process that doesn't die when shell exits?   Sometimes I remotely connect to my Ubuntu using NX. I then run some jobs in the background, e.g.: $ /path/to/script.pl & However, when I log out, the jobs stop running. How can I make them continue even after I…

Ctrl+Shift+U is a combined shortcut in Eclipse. But when I press it, it shows up a u, just like input with an underline. I guess this shortcut has been declared by Ubuntu, so I can’t use it. I used to solve this problem by typing Caps Lock first. Is there any better method? Solution: Found…

For all answers i found about this topic, the solution was to create, in a certain computer A where i need to install the package, a file containing all dependencies it needs and then downloading it in another computer, let’s call it B. The thing is, i want to have a storage of certain critical…