Remotely SSH into home computer that is connected to a VPN
I have a computer at home that is co ected to a PIA VPN. I've been trying to figure out how to remotely ssh into that computer while it is co ected to the VPN using port forwarding provided by PIA, but I ca ot figure out the correct way to specify the SSH command. I'm fairly certain it is possible b...
HOW TO BYPASS ISP REDIRECT
I'm using Macbook OS X el-capitan, My broadband subscription have ended, i'm not able to use the inte et for a while, all of a sudden my inte et starts working without subscription, but i can only visit google.co.uk, thepiratesbay.se, kat.cr, bypasstu el.com, and i can download torrent using vuze it...
Revive 1/2 dead HDD?
I have an old 40GB HDD I got from someone. It appears to me as though it is half dead, but not completely. When I plug it in and power it up, it seems OK. When I try to access it, it just keeps making clicking noises. However, it shows up correctly as being a 40GB volume. I have no idea if there is ...
Outlook view to show all incomplete flagged items in the top?
I was wondering how I can create a view in Outlook 2013 that will always show flagged messages in the top. If they were flagged but are completed then they should not be in the top. I was able to create a view by grouping on "Flag Status" and that works but it shows a "Flag Status: Completed" group ...
How to bring window to front?
I switch windows from using Windows + Tab key but the application I switch to sometimes stays behind the current window (say chrome). However, in the taskbar the selected application is outlook. Is there anyway to force it to (say a windows shortcut) to bring the window up front? Let's block ads! (W...
`ob-lilypond' cannot generate cropped inline image
I want to pass :cmdline -dpreview to ob-lilypond as the following: #+BEGIN_SRC lilypond :file ly1st.png :cmdline -dpreview version "2.18.2" { c' e' g' e' } #+END_SRC But I got this wa ing, and no image generated: wa ing: no such inte al option: preview/tmp/babel-9974-37/lilypond-9974jsQ If I invoke ...
HDDs in Laptops over SSDs
I have always wondered why I am taught that moving a mechanical hard drive while it is reading or writing can be detrimental to and can effectively destroy the drive. However, imagining that all laptops had SSDs or possibly Hybrid drives which I don't quite understand yet, why do laptops have HDDs i...
System-supporting SSD
I own a laptop which has a 1TB HDD and a 25GB SSD to fasten the OS. If I'd wipe that HDD, would the SSD still be used for this purpose? Or how can I set it to behave this way? Is it set only for the preinstalled Windows system, or works for all systems? Let's block ads! (Why?)
Emails, domain names and spamming
I recently acquired a domain name for a registrar. I later on proceeded in buying some hosting space in order to create email mailboxes for my company. During the registration process for the hosting space, I entered my domain. I successfully created my first mailbox and sent a test email. I receive...
What are "Forms" in Microsoft Word 2010?
I'm trying to add a legacy ActiveX control (a radio button) to a Word Document in Microsoft Office 2010, but when I select it from the Controls section of the Developer tab, I am prompted with this message: The program used to create this object is Forms. That program is either not installed on your...
Slow Windows Updates
Over the past year I have noticed that the Patch Tuesday updates are taking longer and longer. The majority of the desktops/laptops are Windows Se7en but the problem is there on Vista as well - no Windows 8 or 10 as yet. I have Googled the issue but the only suggestion is that it is due to the creat...
How to check a torrent if it is downloaded correctly?
I know there are tools like md5 and SHA-256 for checking the downloaded files if they are downloaded correctly. Are there similar tools for torrents? For example, I wanted to download a video from a torrent hosting site. After I download half of it, my torrent client crashes. I opened another client...
Display scp progress in zenity window
I would like to graphically display the scp transfer progress of several files from a remote server to the local machine. I thought using Zenity for example. Browsing the net I found the command pv can be used to do so. Something like that: ( scp user@remote:/home/folder/* . | pv -n -b -s $totalSize...