Making a process run completely or in part without the need of any user input once the process is started.
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Queue commands to last subshel even if one of them launches new shell
I want to automate something writing simple script launching consecutively few scripts one after another. And then setting some aliases at the top shell.
Problem: few of these commands launch new ...
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1answer
6 views
How to connect to a computer on LAN using some other account then earlier used?
I have 7 computers on the LAN in a small home office, and one of the computers PC01 has data that will be accessed by other users. Till now, all I had to do was share the relevant folders with ...
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0answers
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Is it possible to have IDE-like snippet that can be used anywhere?
For example, in visual studio, I can type "propfull", tab and it will autoexpand to this template
private $type$ $field$;
public $type$ $property$
{
get { return $field$;}
set { $field$ = ...
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1answer
19 views
Windows command to copy file forcefully when that file is used by another process
I am copy a file using copy command. But its throwing some error.
copy /y ..\BuildLog.htm .
Error is : The process cannot access the file because its used by another process
XCOPY /Y is also ...
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1answer
22 views
How to remove duplicated images automatically? [duplicate]
My photos folder contains lots of dupblicated photos. How can I get rid of duplicated copies?
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13 views
How can i automate attaching log files in SBM serena business manager SCR tickets
I have to automate the following task.
Using a script, I want to automatically attach a file to SBM Serena Business Manager's SCR ticket's ATTACHMENT section --or update other infomation in SCR like ...
0
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0answers
26 views
Record and duplicate file operations on another system
I was wondering if there's a tool to do as title says on windows? I currently use freefilesync to sync two huge directories (1.8 TB). Now I plan to reorganize how the folders are stored.
...
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1answer
18 views
How to perform zipped mirroring on Windows?
My source is a directory hierarchy. I need to auto-copy the files in the source to a destination directory, but to have each file individually zipped inside the destination sub-directories. ...
0
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1answer
17 views
launch an automatic action once connected to a specific ssid on OS X
My college requires a local gateway authentication webpage after connecting to their wifi, so I would like to make my macbook pro to automatically run curl with the proper user and password when I ...
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0answers
35 views
How to Print to Save as PDF from a command line with Chrome or Chromium
Can I print to destination "Save as PDF" from a command line with Chrome or Chromium? I'd like to be able to automatically convert html files to PDF with Chrome's built-in functionality.
4
votes
1answer
46 views
How can I programmatically renumber pages in a PDF?
As a graduate student, I come across PDFs of articles and book chapters on a daily basis. Sometimes these PDFs are paginated correctly internally (that is, if an article starts on page 67, the PDF ...
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0answers
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Setting up a script to change the password to a random string [closed]
I am working with several colleagues on buying and selling virtual items. In the system we set up, we basically have to pool our resources into one account to have enough money to buy some of the more ...
2
votes
1answer
92 views
What is the easiest way to change the creation time for large amounts of files so that they are sorted alphanumerically?
I am trying to get images to display in a specific order on as many smartphones as possible without them requiring specific software, and the easiest way to do this is to change the creation times of ...
3
votes
1answer
33 views
Automating an IP Phone
I've been very interested in Automating an IP phone, currently I am automating phone calls by using PuTTY to a Dial-Up modem through simple AT commands. However, this is a poor method because it does ...
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1answer
30 views
Can I have 2 folders from 2 different servers in sync one way
Can I have 2 folder from 2 different server in sync one way!
I have a Windows server, Server 1 :public server
a Windows server, Server 2: local on my network :under NAT
The problem is that I get ...
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0answers
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Copy and email Etherpad content regularly
I use Piratapad as a todo list for our printshop with 100+ members, and would like to once a month copy all active issues from the list and email it out to our members. What would be the simples way ...
0
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1answer
35 views
How to automatically auto play youtube videos?
Can I make youtube always autoplay videos on page load? I know everyone always wants to stop this it seems... Specifically embedded videos.
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0answers
12 views
i want my computer to dial a connection directly without me clicking on dial / connect if the connection is not present computer software
i want my computer to dial a connection directly without me clicking on "dial / connect" if the connection is not present.
I have a dial up connection which sometimes gets disconnected in the night ...
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0answers
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Automated Blog Post Update On Keyword for Links
From time to time, when blogging, I'll link to other sites that I think provide rich information or articles that I've written. To make the process easier, I have an Excel file that has all the ...
1
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2answers
76 views
bash - Sending simulated keystrokes
I've recently been trying to write a script that can be used to automate my c++ program in bash. If you know AutoIt, I can simply show you an example of what I am trying to do:
send("1{enter}")
or
...
1
vote
1answer
32 views
How to get Windows 7 to auto-login a user based on presence of wifi or bluetooth device?
I want to avoid the tediousness of typing the password for my user account on the many times each day that it wakes from sleep, but I want it to require the password whenever it's possible that it has ...
0
votes
2answers
62 views
How to automatically post on a forum after a random interval? [closed]
I am a regular user of the forum: http://forums.vr-zone.com/
Currently, I am selling a laptop on the marketplace. As it gets very crowded in there, I have to manually bump my post every few minutes ...
0
votes
2answers
81 views
Silent install without extra features
I want to make for myself list of programs to make them be installed without any people near them. I found out info about silent/unattended installation, BUT it is installing programs with all default ...
0
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0answers
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Configure STAF & STAX on Ubuntu
I have been banging trying to configure STAF & STAX on my Ubuntu 12.10 running on Vmware.
I tried all configuration from start to end using
STAFGS Documentaion
STAFFAQ ...
3
votes
1answer
65 views
How can I keep a Windows registry key constant?
Is there a way to lock a system registry key from being changed? Or to somehow keep it constant?
In Windows 7, I'm trying to prevent a system registry key from being automatically changed any time a ...
1
vote
3answers
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How to run a Windows application when the ethernet cable is connected?
We have a laptop that is primarily used offline, but when it is connected to our network (via ethernet cable), we would like to start a backup application. Is it possible?
The network address is ...
0
votes
0answers
41 views
Automation of inserting images into a Microsoft Word document
I have a couple of gif in a folder as (1.GIF, 2.GIF etc). How do I automate the process of inserting the images into a Microsoft Word document one image per page?
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votes
2answers
53 views
Auto Logon Windows 7 Upon Initial Boot While Still Protected by Password [duplicate]
I have a Windows 7 machine currently. I am writing a script which will always be running. Basically, it checks to make sure a program is open, and if it's not, it opens it.
However, when my computer ...
0
votes
1answer
27 views
Calculating `indent` parameters automatically
How to automatically analyse a C/C++ source file and find out which indent parameters does suit more (for example, produce minimum of changes when filtered though indent)?
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0answers
274 views
WINWORD.EXE /Automation and Normal.dotm Error
I've been having a problem with a third-party add-in to Word that I think is related to ActiveX/automation. Here's what I know:
When I use the add-in to create multiple new Word files from the ...
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votes
0answers
42 views
Windows Terminal Emulator with powerful scripting language
I have to deal with a legacy application exposing a CHUI (Character UI, i.e. VT100) on Solaris.
Users access this via terminal emulation from Windows desktops.
They use macros (sequences of characters ...
3
votes
1answer
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Customize action when button is pressed on an external harddrive
I have a Transcend StoreJet external harddrive. It has a button on the outer shell which is used for synchronizing folders and files when it is pressed. There is a software that enables this function. ...
0
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0answers
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tool to generate PTR records from zone files' A and AAAA records?
Are there any tools that would be able to parse the zone file format used in bind9 and output the reverse lookup records for the A and AAAA records found - also in bind9 zone file format?
For this ...
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1answer
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Trying to move data from csv to a template
I have this time-sheet app that can output a csv file (with my check-in and out with project name and comments) that I would like to copy come row into the template used at my job.
For example, the ...
1
vote
1answer
28 views
Deployment Automation (Eclipse) from Command prompt
I want to automate the deployment in Eclipse through command prompt. Can I do it ?
Basically It open eclipse and when i need to right click and choose validate and once validation is completed, i ...
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votes
1answer
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How to change default text color in MS Excel
How can I make many edits to a MS Excel 2010 spreadsheet and save the edits I make using a different color (i.e. RED). Right now, I have to change the color of each and every cell in the spreadsheet, ...
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votes
1answer
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msconfig overridden with restart
Several times I have gone to msconfig and unchecked SendIt from automatically starting with boot up. Several times, after a reboot, SendIt starts up and a box shows up. Am I doing something wrong or ...
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votes
1answer
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How to add hostname to known_hosts to be used system-wide
As far as I know the default ssh option StrictHostKeyChecking is set to ask so the first ssh connection seems like:
$ ssh host.example.com
The authenticity of host 'host.example.com (1.2.3.4)' can't ...
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2answers
394 views
Disabling Startup Programs and Services From Command Prompt (XP/Vista/7/8)
I need a command that disables all programs and services from starting except the bare essentials. In msconfig this is called a diagnostic startup.
I am working on automating a lot of the work I do ...
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vote
0answers
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Force inline css for modifications in Dreamweaver CS4/5/6
In dreamweaver CS4 and more, when you change the format of some part of a text, particulary when this formatting touches a css aspect (like the size of the font in pixels, that is only available in ...
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vote
2answers
132 views
Disconnect Internet connection on given time
I need to disconnect my Internet connection on a given time (to avoid exceeding my Internet usage time limit), without shutting down the computer.
How can I do that?
2
votes
1answer
204 views
O&O Defrag: How do you auto-shutdown after defragging a hard drive?
I want to do defragmentation and then auto-shutdown the computer after the defragmentation has complete. In O&O Defrag, there's a feature where you're able to execute a certain job after ...
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votes
0answers
17 views
Best way to automate video production [duplicate]
If I have an image, and a 30 second audio file, what is the best way to automatically combine these into a video file suitable for uploading to youtube?
I've got quite a few to make, so doing it ...
0
votes
2answers
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Create cloud-like VM with minimal configuration
On Amazon EC2 or other cloud/IaaS services, I can easily create a new machine without much installation required. Basically, I just select RAM/HDD/CPU and provide a public SSH key and get a brand-new ...
0
votes
1answer
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I need a program that will do a mouse click on the Firefox browser [duplicate]
I need a program that will do a single mouseclick at a certain place on the Firefox browser. Nothing else. It needs to be executable under Windows-XP (an .exe, .vbs, etc.) The mouse click will ...
0
votes
0answers
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Script that will clone vmware vm, into lab environment for pen-testing?
I was wondering if anyone has been able to do this? Has anyone been able to setup a script that will automatically clone a vm, and them place it on a different vlan for pen-testing? I would like to do ...
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0answers
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Outlook 2003 and 2007 script to auto-reply an e-mail?
Is there any script that can, when I recieve mail from someone with some text in the body, it gets activated and reply to sender adress with same body (nothing changed)?
Example:
I receive
from: ...
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votes
0answers
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Automated SQL query into excel file
Is there a software or app that will be able to get data from my MySQL database, based on the same query every day (e.g. select name from table where bla bla), write that data to a XLS file (not CSV), ...
2
votes
3answers
169 views
Is it possible to automate bulk PDF printing with specific settings in Adobe Reader?
Around ance a week, I need to bulk print a couple of documents with my desk jet printer (it doesn't support automated both sides printing). I like the Booklet printing feature in Adobe Reader, and I ...
0
votes
0answers
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How do you minimize software tools installation and configuration on newly installed OS (Linux/Mac OS X)?
Once a year, I re-install my OS. After every install, I have to install a lot of tools (Xcode, Tmux, Iterm2, etc ..). This is time consuming (about 8 hours to re-install everything and restore config ...
