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How to create a custom control panel in Windows 7
A control panel that has only the functions that I need. How do I create one?
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Windows 7 Registry Settings Documentation
Is there some documentation on the various Windows 7 registry settings?
Preferably from Microsoft or in some kind of Wiki?
E.g. what settings exist for the Taskbar, Start Menu, Explorer, etc.
I've ...
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how to customize rocket dock
how to customize rocket dock.
So that when I point to an application or folder that is docked on rocket dock. Other Options will appear. For example, folders that is within the folder that is dragged ...
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How can I modify keyboard shortcuts for Firefox?
I recently started using Firefox as my primary web browser, and I would like to change some of the default keyboard shortcuts, especially the ones used to switch between tabs. Can this be done?
I ...
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Tweak number of “recent documents” in Windows XP?
Is there a way to change the number of "recently opened documents" in the Start menu of Windows XP?
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Remove “Wireless network is now connected…” notification on Win XP?
Is there a way to remove the bubble that pops up each time Windows XP connects to a network? I often use my laptop in a cafe where the network seems to come and go, and each time Windows ...
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Is there a way to hide Terminal.app's credentials (prompt text)?
I lose too many columns in my terminal because of the credentials ( Victor-Rodriguess-MacBook-Pro:~ victorrodrigues$ ). Could I shrink this?
The only information I see as really needed sometimes for ...
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Add padding to display
I know this one is a bit weird.
I need to scale down the display on my monitor like the example below:
Normally, this could be done with some adjustments in monitor's OSD, but there is no OSD on ...
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Create a Static Google Chrome Desktop Icon in Windows 7
Is there an easy way to make it so the Google Chrome icon on the desktop cannot be deleted? I want it to appear just like Internet Explorer does by default.
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Filetype icon sets
Even though I'm into customizing windows to be quite pretty, this is more of a usability issue.
Can anyone recommend a filetype icon pack, so one could tell which files he is looking at at a glance ...
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What is the best way to keep track of local changes to a project via Git while also keeping up with bug fixes?
At the university where I work, we use an open source learning management system (Moodle). Over time, we've edited the source code directly to fix bugs we've found and provide custom functionality. ...
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How to disable this useless message in Windows 7?
Every time I click Network, I get a message in a pale yellow drop-down box that says,
Network discovery and file sharing are turned off. Network computers and devices are not visible. Click to ...
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Hiding inactive menus in Windows XP's start menu
I don't want the start menu itself hidden, but I'd like to hide menus and programs in "All programs" that aren't used often. Is this possible?
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How can I set the time that Windows 7 changes the background in the background slideshow?
I've set up my Windows 7 background slideshow with a few choice wallpapers and set it to cycle daily, nothing excessive. Glad to see this feature built into Windows now.
My problem is that the change ...
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Problem with booting my custom kernel
I compiled and installed a custom Linux kernel using Debian kernel-package. Everything went OK: .deb files were created and custom vmlinuz and initrd.img were created in /boot and /boot/grub/menu.lst ...
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Notepad++ Tweaking
Is it possible to get NotePad++ to have background themes like other text editors have? I know that you can have syntax highlighting, but I've seen editors like Eclipse and Visual Studio have ...
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How to add a Windows Explorer context menu item with custom functionality?
I'd like to be able to right-click on a file in Windows Explorer, then the 7-Zip sub-menu, and then instead of something like, 'Add to archive...', I'd like, 'Add to <filename>-<today's ...
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Desktop Space reservation
This might be a bit of a stretch, but is there some software or method available to reserve desktop space, but allow certain programs to use it? Sort of like dividing the desktop so that maximizing a ...
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“Remote Control” Rockbox plugin?
I recently updated Rockbox to version 3.4 on my Sandisk Sansa e280, and I've noticed a new plugin in the Applications section called "remote_control". Opening it reveals a visibly non-functional ...
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Good ways to change Icons in Windows XP?
I'm looking for a good, preferably fast way to change icons in Windows XP. I've found a few methods, but they weren't exactly efficient.
EDIT: to clarify, I'm looking for alternatives similar to ...
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Beginners detailed guide to customising Miranda IM?
I want to use Miranda IM as my client of choice for IM. Despite being a relatively advanced computer user and doing a lot of google-ing and reading of guides etc out there I can't find a good guide ...
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Firefox bookmarks folder icon
Is there a way to assign a custom icon to a folder in Firefox bookmarks?
That way not all folders would look the same, so I could delete the names and save some space in the bookmarks bar.
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Launch Chrome as application
I am writing a web app. I would like the users to be able to launch a Chromium browser (SRWare Iron) without an address bar or tabs, just a frame.
Is it possible? How would I go about doing so?
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Can the Firefox menu bar be hidden?
As a recent convert to Firefox I'm still trying to customize my environment. I'd like to hide the Firefox menu bar. I see options for hiding the navigation bar and the bookmarks tool bar, but ...
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How can I change the Google search box back to it's smaller size?
I can not stand the new Google search box (and buttons). I feel they are extremely oversized and I would love to revert them back to their former selves.
How can I do this on Safari 4? I am aware ...
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How can I customize my Ubuntu installation?
I just installed Ubuntu on my netbook, and I'd like to customize it but don't know where to start. Do you know of any tips or guides for customizing Ubuntu?
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Customize the Windows 7 Games Explorer
So I just upgraded my system to the Windows 7 RTM, and I've noticed they took away the ability to customize the shortcuts in the Games Explorer. Is there a third-party application that would allow me ...
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Windows 7 and wallpaper folders
I try to change my desktop wallpaper and I cannot choose a different folder from the one I chose at first...
When I first installed W7 I changed the wallpaper by right-clicking in the desktop and ...
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Adding icon (.ico) images to files in Windows Vista
I have a load of .bat files that I want to give custom .ico images (could be any other format, but I expect Windows Vista wants .ICOs). How do I add specific .ico images to files in Windows Vista?
I ...
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How to get Transparent Background in VI Editor?
I am using gvim in Windows and novice to it.
I want to have a transparent background for my VI (in Windows) , like console which creates a transparent command prompt.
I asked the same question in ...
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Is it possible to put Safari 4's tabs on top of the window?
In the Safari 4 betas, the tab bar was moved to the top of the window, rather than underneath the address/bookmark bar:
Is there any way to get this back in the current Safari 4.0.3 (non-beta ...
