Automation is usually applied when a large number of similar tasks have to be executed in a row. Examples of automation are: The processing and validation of user input through a set of rules. Automatically running system diagnostics every X time. Looking up information about songs and labelling ...
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How to rename file with powershell and add alphabetic character to each file name?
currently i am rename my file with below command line i want to add alphabetic character to each file name like file-a.jpg file-b.jpg
dir im* | ForEach-Object -begin { $count= 1 } -Process { ...
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Automatic Backup of Open Google Chrome Tabs Upon Crash
Are there any chrome extensions or scripts out there that periodically saves your open tabs, even upon a crash?
If not, would it be possible to make an autoIt script to do so?
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Automate frame creation in Flash Professional
I have roughly 300 slides I'd like to add to 300 corresponding keyframes, pretty simple. Is there a way to automate this process with Flash Pro? That is to automatically insert each slide into a ...
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IR-blaster for ubuntu server for home-automation
I'm looking to automate my home a little more and want to start by buying an IR / RF blaster and hook it into my ubuntu server at home.
Is this even do-able?
Which IR or/and RF blasters support ...
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Capture key events at system level to control e.g. alsamixer
In Linux window managers, it is easy to define actions for key events - e.g. in openbox:
<keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
<action name="Execute">
<command>amixer set ...
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Speedfan won't automatically regulate
I used to have Speedfan regulating my fan speed automatically, but ever since I've reformatted, I can't get this to work. I've done the following:
In Temperatures, I have only CPU checked with CPU ...
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scriptable image viewer for Windows
What are some image viewers on Windows that can be scripted?
For example, the user opens a folder in the image viewer and he/she wants to mark some images in the folder for deletion. The user may ...
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How to autoconfigure an Outlook 2010 mail account
Is there a way I could automate part of the mail account configuration in outlook as with thunderbird? (more info at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration)
ex. Using an .xml ...
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How to automate downloading files?
I got a book which had a pass to access digital versions of hi-res scans of much of the artwork in the book. Amazing! Unfortunately the presentation of all the these are 177 pages of 10 images each ...
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How can I get FireFox to automatically fill in an entire form?
Firefox remembers individual fields but I can't seem to just fill in the form with a single click (this is a form I have filled in a number of times before). A long time ago there was a FireFox ...
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How do I print labels with dynamic fields?
I have A4 sheets with NxM stickers. My purpose is to print NxM labels, each looking like the following
${client.name} ${client.logo}
${client.phone}
${date.today} Made by me
This isn't ...
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Automatically sync camera photos to folder when connected
I'd like to automatically sync the photos/movies on my iPhone to a folder on my Windows 7 PC each time the device is connected. I want this to happen without requiring any action, and ideally without ...
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Sharing mp3 files on the net with the simplicity of Dropbox
I have a website (Joomla), where I wish to share MP3 files. Every week, we have a new MP3 recording.
I would like to make the weekly upload as simple as possible.
The typical hassle looks like this:
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Email Monitoring Service for Gmail, to automatically detect calendar events
I'm looking for a service that will monitor your gmail inbox, and auto-detect calendar events. Gmail already does this, but I'd like it to go one step further, and automatically add these events to my ...
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Username password Macro or tool
I write extensions for a program. The program has a username/password dialogue box. There is no "remember my password" option. The task of entering this information is quite cumbersome and breaks ...
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Is there a free library type reboot software [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Free Windows 7 app to enforce user time restrictions or Steady State alternative
I am setting up a community computer center and I need to set the Windows-7 PC's to ...
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Automate *.run file install?
Using: CentOS 6.2
BASH Script
I regularly install CUDA (a GPU programming API) on machines in my work cluster, and have to reupgrade three *.run installers whenever I do an upgrade version-wise.
The ...
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Creating a Protected Form in Word 2003 with Using Tab Keys to Move from Field to Field
I have created forms with several form fields in which users can enter text, and I would like
users to be able to use the tab key to skip from one form field to
the next without having to use their ...
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Setting Path in Windows
If I were to execute all executables in Windows in cmd, does that mean I need to add all folders containing executables to PATH? Coming from Linux, this seems like a huge hassle. Is there any way to ...
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How to automate sending faxes on Windows 7?
I need some way to remotely send files for faxing by a Win7 machine.
One of the ideas I had is to use a shared dropbox folder in which I can put files which have the destination phone number as the ...
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Is there a way to easily set the icon a folder uses?
I want to have certain folders show a picture I made my own instead of having to use the properties and specifying an *.ico file. Is there a way to use a *.jpg or *.png or *.gif or something like that ...
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perform actions on a web page from desktop shortcut
I'm looking for a way to create windows desktop shortcuts that will open a web page and execute a javascript function in that page. The page is a form for filling attendance hours with a function to ...
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Connecting to a UltraVNC server in one click
I have to following setup on two Win7 machines connected over LAN:
UltraVNC Server <---- UltraVNC Viewer
Since I'm only interested into connecting always to the same server, I was wondering if ...
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Windows tool like AutoText in Word or iOS5's shortcuts?
In Word you can define a marked section of text as an autotext by pressing Alt+F3. Give it a name and from then on, you can type the name of the autotext (that is short) and press F3 to have it ...
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Simulate Keystroke on Computer Startup
I've got a small application installed that runs on log in. Once I log in, I either have to click "Connect" or press "Enter" within the program for this program to start working. I'm looking for an ...
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How to prevent automatic emptying of Deleted Items when exiting Outlook 2010?
I've just started using a new PC running Outlook 2010 and I'm trying to set my preferred options. In Outlook 2007 on my previous PC, I had changed the settings so that the Deleted Items folder was not ...
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How can I make my other computer run a program?
If I have two computers, both running Windows 7, on my home network, is there some way to write a script so that I can click on a single icon on the one computer and make the other computer execute a ...
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Automatic time tracking with central server, web reports
I need a software for automatic time tracking on Windows. With the following features:
It should record time spent using the computer each day. Start time
and end time.
It should record what ...
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Excel: Adding and Searching Replacing in Bulk from Many Sheets
I've got a 650 sheet Excel document. I need to do some bulk additions to each of the sheets.
Are there ways to say add a bit of text to a specific row/column pair (A4), bulk search and replace, etc?
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Two instances of the same table in the document
In LibreOffice writer I have a table on which I perform some small calculations.
How can I have an instance of the same table on another page in the same document (automatically updated)?
(e.g. ...
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Chrome extension that automatically re-download when interrupted?
Is there such a thing or can any other browsers have this feature?
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Two PowerShell commands together?
How can I execute two PowerShell commands such that I only send text to the prompt once and the second command executes only after the first command has executed successfully?
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How to automatically open a file when Emacs start?
How to automatically open a file when Emacs start? I need this to work on Mac OS X and Linux, with GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) or a more recent version. ...
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vim automation ex commands
Yeah, I know, I could just use sed. But lets assume I'm some sort of sicko. A masochist if you will..
I have a file, /tmp/a.script, containing:
%s_"taxonomy\.php[^"]*\([0-9]\)_"\1.taxonomy_g
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Using pirated software sysadmin perspective [closed]
This is just a moral question for sysadmins and IT Techs. I seen a similar thread on SO however this provided a perspective from a programmers view. IN their job the pirated software is used to make ...
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Automatic Remote REGEDIT?
I've got a lot of computers on the domain here that do not have remote desktop enabled. I can go into DOS and do this command:
REG.exe ADD \\[the machine im doing this ...
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Fill values for `data field` in Word 2010 using an external Excel data source
Let's say we have the staff list stored as an Excel spreadsheet file and we need to generate the document in formal formation or any other style to display those data using Word document.
How can we ...
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How do I automatically sync a file from a local Mac to Mac OS X Server?
I have a Mac running Mac OS X Server and there are three other Macs connected to the local network.
All our data is stored on the server and the server backs up every day to an external hard drive ...
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How to use the keyboard's mute button to mute only the speakers, not the headphones?
I have a Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard (KU-0459). It features a set of buttons for volume control. The interesting one is "mute".
I also have a set of USB speakers (Logitech S-150), and a set of ...
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How to automatically move files to the network
I'm looking for an open source solution to a piece of Windows software that will monitor a folder on a Linux server via Samba and copy them to the local machine. I need this to run on a virtual ...
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Problems automating sftp with expect
I'm trying to automate data transfer using sftp.
I have a hacky expect script that grabs the data file. Unfortunately, partway through transfer the file is unexpectedly truncated. When I tried ...
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rTorrent - Different default save directories for different autolaunch directories
I've been using rTorrent on my home-server for a while and I'd like to explore some of the cooler features of it. One thing I've had going for a while is an autolaunch directory and a default save ...
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Automated weekly capture of a web page
Looked around for an hour but I'm not getting anyplace quickly.
I want to capture one web page weekly that has prices on it. The site is an auction site for livestock.
The twist here is that the ...
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How to send myself an email every 30 min as a reminder
I'm looking for an app (web or not) that will send me an email every 30 min until I stop it.
Why?
When I'm working on a special type of support case, I need to update my clients every 30 min. So, if ...
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Ubuntu: adding program to Startup Applications through a script
I know that on Ubuntu you can add a program into "Startup Applications" by going through a few mouse click. Is it possible to achieve the same through some shell script?
Thanks,
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How to get a remote desktop server (RDP) to automatically SSH back to a connecting client?
I am trying to automate the process of connecting to a Windows machine via RDP and then initiating an ssh tunnel back to the client machine.
The way I currently manually handle this:
I log into the ...
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Is there a program for Windows that will perform a predefined set of actions like a user? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Automating keystrokes and actions in Windows
Essentially what I want to do is run a predefined set of actions like Selenium, but I need it to go beyond the browser and ...
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How to give and pass input between separate programs?
There's so many individual, useful programs out there who's source code isn't available, some of which would integrate beautifully with each other! The only problem is I don't know how to enable ...
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Automatic application installer with pre-set options
We have to re-install this specific software with different settings every time.
Would it be possible to make a script or something(any idea is a good idea) to be able to pre-set the ...
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macro to make Outlook prompt me on open/close to turn Out of Office off/on
I would like to add a macro to Outlook 2007 that asks me when I shut it down if I want to turn the Out of Office Assistant on, and then asks me when I open Outlook if I want to turn Out of Office ...
