some background-story:Some days ago i had to copy a pdf file to multiple usb sticks for customers. in this process i wished i could write a script that blinks the port led of a port where the copying and unmounting was finished. (i only had a script that copied the content to a freshly inserted stic...

I don't like the ribbon interface, but I do like WordPad with RTF (I use it as a convenient, lightweight editor). When I upgraded from XP to W7 I simply overwrote the WordPad directory (C:Program FilesWindows NTAccessorieswordpad.exe) with the XP files and it worked; that is, double-clicking an RTF ...

Our program uses ISIS. When we remote to user computers, often they have the TWAIN already ru ing for other apps. We load ISIS, load our program and seem to be okay. We don't remove the TWAIN driver so it seems they can co-exist. Now if you are asking about doing something like trying to have two de...

I don't know much about machine code that programs execute as they run, but from various (dis)assembly code snippets that I've seen, I am pretty sure I remember loops are implemented using jump-ifs (JE/JNE). When a program is in an infinite loop, one part of the code must be executed lots and lots o...

I want to run Wireshark so that I will have to type in my sudo password to run it, but I don't want to give the dumpcap binary special privileges (set-uid, capabilities, etc.). How can I do that without ru ing Wireshark itself as root?

I have searched all around, but haven't find any solution for this. I have a new laptop and when I try to go full screen while watching any online video, I can see only a black screen. It is the same for flash and html5 player and this problem occures in any browser. I have two video cards (integrat...

I installed the Ubuntu (Bash) Linux on Windows 10 (which comes with the Windows a iversary update), and started playing around with it. What I noticed is that starting the shell (ubuntu bash) does not load .profile or .bash_profile, even though the .profile file exists. Is there a fix? Let's block a...

=HYPERLINK(c:Userstmi ickDesktop("#FileName",A159)_EmploymentAgreement.pdf) This is the link that retu s an error message. the ("#FileName",A159) formula is intended to pull the text in A159, which is the first part of the full filename. There are 168 records. Thank you. Let's block ads! (Why?)

I know that my EliteBook 8460p supports a custom boot logo (not the HP one). I read these two posts on how to do so ( 1. HP ProBook custom boot logo, 2. HP Elitebook 8570w custom boot logo) - further links inside posts. For the custom logo to work you need to create an extra partition (as described ...

So I want my .xml files to have their own icon on my desktop (instead of the Atom icon that it has from its default opening program). So I download "File Types Manager" from "Nirsoft" and change it to an xml icon I found online. This worked fine - but now everything that I have set to open with Atom...

Hi I am formatting my document and I am trying to figure out how to hide specific page numbers. For example my pages go: i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.... and I need to hide the page numbers on pages i, ii, iv, and 3. What is the best way to go about this? Let's block ads! (Why?)

I have a HTML email template that has been created for me. I want to save it in a template in an exchange email account so it can be sent as and when its needed. Thanks

In Windows Vista and Windows 7, you do not need to use an OEM disk to install windows, as long as you have the valid activation key on your certificate of authenticity (COA, the sticker on your laptop with the license key). Automatic activation is achieved by a special encrypted file on the disk whi...

When I run ls -1 *.a | xargs -I{} echo {} | sed 's/.a//' The output is 1 2 3 When I run ls -1 *.a | xargs -I{} bash -c "echo {} $(echo {} | sed 's/.a//')" and the output is 1.a 1.a 2.a 2.a 3.a 3.a What is the reason for this anomaly?

I have 2 exchange servers (EXCH1 and EXCH2) that have Exchange 2013 on them. They are both on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Standard) machines. They are also a part of a DAG (Database Availability Group) (DAG1). Both servers are CAS (Client Access Server) and MAILBOX roles. Currently, my router NAT settin...

When I visit websites they automatically detect which Browser I'm using and which extensions are installed on the browser (besides a bunch of other information). How do i deny websites access to this information regarding the list of installed extensions (type of browser is okay)? Let's block ads! (...

Is it possible to prevent certain program from accessing Windows registry? I know there are ACLs to lock out a user, but what about per-executable control?

I'm new to the asking community altough I usually read the forum. My name is Maxi and I'm a PhD student from Argentina. I just installed Debian testing (stretch) on my computer choosing both GNOME and MATE as possible desktop environments during the installation process. The thing is that GNOME show...

Is there any preferably open source whitelisting software for Windows? I can not find anything that would be good enough or open source.

After upgrading to TextEdit version 1.11 (325) I'm having this bug. I found source code of version 1.9 (309), but it also contains that bug. Is there a repository with all previous versions of TextEdit? There should be since TextEdit is open-source. Let's block ads! (Why?)