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Is there a free way to collaborate over a single text file?
I'm looking for a tool or a service that would allow two or more people to collaborate over a single text file over the internet. I want to demonstrate software concepts with someone across the ...
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List of all Windows administration command line tools
I sometimes have to use Windows command line tools like netsh, route or ipconfig.
Is there a place where all the Windows administration command line tools are listed?
Of course, there is MSDN for ...
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How to download a list of files with the possibility of resuming?
I have a list of URLs to some files to download. These are actual URLs ending with complete file names in the form of http://domain.com/foobar.jpg.
All of those are stored in a file called urls.txt.
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Are there any tools for Windows that will point out unseen issues related to starting after putting your laptop into sleep or hibernate?
It seems to me that my laptop runs slower after I've started it up again after putting it to sleep or making it hibernate.
Are there any tools that will analyze unseen problems that bringing your ...
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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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Remote kill, upload, execute file
I'm developing a program and I need to upload my xyz.exe file to many host machines and execute them frequently.
I need a server-client tool to do it as below steps after an update signal from my PC:
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Organizing automatically Windows Files and Folders [closed]
For Windows only, Organizing the eleventy-billion files you've got stuffed into folders on your hard drive is very "hard".
For example, I have one folder on my computer that I save all web ...
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Tool to monitor wifi stability?
I'm having wireless problems both at home and at work.
I'm looking for a tool that tests
TCP/IP reliability: wireless network is always here
bandwidth: does the bandwidth drop at some point?
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Anyone know a good mind mapper that works with a scheduler? [closed]
TL;DR: I want to mind map tasks to be processed into a schedule based on the tasks' metadata (importance, deadline, etc). What combination of apps and glue could I use?
I have all sorts of ideas ...
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Executing local script/command on remote server
I have a command that I want to run on machine B from machine A. If I run the command on machine B locally, it works fine.
Here is the command:
for n in `find /data1/ -name 'ini*.ext'` ; do echo ...
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browser utility to filter page contents live
Looking for a utility to match elements on a webpage while browsing, and modify their visibility.
Right now, i know how to do this using grease monkey. on load, run a script that finds all links ...
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installing perf on RedHat
I read about perf tool and I was interested in using in my RedHat.
On Ubuntu it is enough to call sudo apt-get install linux-tools-2.6.38-11.
What about RED HAT? I tried both
yum install linux-tools
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Open clipboard data using some hotkey
Is there some tool that enables to use some hotkey that will open the file system/url with the path saved in my clipboard?
I mean if I have c:\victor\longpath\something\something in my clipboard, I ...
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Network modeling software [closed]
What software is good for modeling network architecture?
Essentially, I want to do this:
With what software could this be achieved? I need a free or open source solution. I don't need to do a ...
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tool to sync folders between laptop and external harddrive in Window 7 [closed]
I want to sync a specific folder between my laptop and External HD in Window 7. Is there any convenient tool for this task as I don't want to always copy and paste the changes in my laptop.
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A tool to compare 2 folders and store the difference?
Does anybody knows a way to compare 2 versions of a directory to create a 3rd one with the difference of both?
I need it to make incremental updates of my software.
Thx
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Search multiple log files
Is there a good application to search for a string in multiple log files?
I run Sharepoint 2010 on a server, which writes log files to multiple files (well in a rolling log method) so I may want to ...
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what tools are used to create animations like this? [closed]
what do you call this type of animation? What tools are used to create this type of cartoony animations?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O1VkAyZdq98
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Utility to open TCP port to listen state
Is there some basic utility to open a specific network TCP port on my machine?
I need to test how my program deals with ports on listening state..
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Best tool to investigate computer instability?
My computer is subject to chronic (that is, it happens every few months) instability, which manifests itself in the form of heavy graphical glitches, GPU driver failures, distorted sound, network ...
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Windows tool or Google Chrome extension to select a rectangle from the screen or browser window?
I just realized I often want to select just a rectangle from the browser window which is not just a single image.
For instance sometimes I want to select just part of a composite image and other ...
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Software Inventory - Valid or Invalid
Are there tools that exist to grab a software inventory and report back which programs are out of compliance? For example, which programs are valid, invalid, cracked, expired, etc.? Similar to Windows ...
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Tools to make search for file & folders on windows faster? [closed]
Are there any tools for a Windows 7 PC that can perform file & folder searches on computer faster than the default Windows file search?
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Tool for collecting, managing, copying & pasting clipboard snippets for windows ( or linux )
I think of some simple way getting stuff into clipboard. Instead of digging into files all the time, I would like to have something like this:
When I would move the mouse on the right edge of my ...
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Is there a utility to create a multi-Windows bootable USB stick?
After reading this article on the SuperUser blog I set out to create a (primarily) Windows boot/install USB, with hopefully a few utilities on it as well (see my answer here for examples).
I've ...
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SSH, VNC, HTTP(S), telnet… connection manager for Mac OS X
I'm searching for a tool on Mac OS X, that is able to manage multiple and different connections. On Windows, there is a tool like this called mRemote.
Until now, I've been using the .ssh/config file, ...
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Frequently used files utility
Is there a Windows utility that would analyse which files are being most frequently used on one's machine? It should be able to store this statistics over several user sessions...
It would help one's ...
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What is more effective for reviving performance - cleanup utilities or reinstalling the OS?
My 1.5 year old Toshiba Net Book running Windows 7 is slowing down. Will running clean-up utilities or re-installing Windows be more effective for reviving its performance?
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sharing resources across a small team
I'm looking for a free tool (ideally open source and web based) that allows sharing of resources across a small team (approx. 10 members) across different locations.
I'd like to be able to share ...
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tools for downloading files from websites in linux
How do you download files, such as mp3/pdf/doc, from websites in linux OS, such as Ubuntu?
I know wget is a good tool, anything else?
PS:
Many downloading tools, such as eMule, are better than wget ...
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How to find out which files are stored in a certain section on the disk [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I determine what file occupies a given sector?
My hard drive recently spit out bad sectors. I used ddrescue to clone it onto a another drive. Unfortunately there ...
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which software is better for creating and changing DYNAMIC disks(partitions)?
i have a laptop that it's 1 TeraByte hard disk is dynamic(not basic).
i want to change that hard drive with a third party program for creating new patitions.
so i tried Acronis Disk Director Advanced ...
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Tool for remixing audio channel of a video
I am looking for an online service or freeware tool that can remix the audio channel of my video.
More specifically I am looking for an easy one-time way to add background music to my video - but ...
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How do I test the maximum TCP/IP transfer rates of my computer?
In Delphi, I am writing client software for open source message brokers, and would like the transfer rates with a realistic upper limit of what can be achieved on my local computer, or between my ...
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Curious about lsusb output
I ran lsusb on my Linux (Ubuntu) machine and here is my result:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 ...
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Tool for getting a complete directory/file listing with complete, detailed information
Once in a while, I take a complete snapshot of my drives with a command like the following.
> for %i in (%drives_hd%) do @dir %i:\/s/a/o>>File_List.txt
This gives detailed information ...
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What's the most efficient method that I can 'image' all my programs and bulk install them later?
I currently have a virus that I have not been able to fix. Thus, I am restoring to the factory default of Windows 7. I have had many applications installed on my current OS image, which would be a ...
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is there a tool I can use that will show me the size of directories visually? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows?
I was listening to the StackExchange podcast (either 28 or 29) and Jeff briefly mentioned a tool that you could use ...
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Dell system update utility (drivers, firmware, etc)
I got a new Dell E6420 yesterday and it had this really nice little utility from Dell that automatically updated firmware, bios and drivers. However, the laptop had a 32bit version of Windows 7 so I ...
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Tracking a short
I was looking at a thread posted on earlier Laptop charger dying after plugging in?
talking about a power issue with a laptop or the charger. I have done some testing and concluded that the short is ...
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App to spot a hurdle between a user and an http server
I'd like to know if there is a tool that can be placed on a user's computer and given a url, can diagnose if and where a block is situated in accessing a web page (with a specified port). Sort of a ...
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How to merge Task Warrior database with FTP?
After loosing all my Task Warrior database, I'm trying to configure the synchronization feature of Task Warrior, but I'm running into some issues.
My server is not one of my computer, it's a web ...
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Capture active windows and save with title as filename
I would like to save screenshots of an app, and looking for a tool which automatically saves screenshots.
Picasa 3 saves the screenshots when running, and it gives the filename according to the title ...
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What UnRar utilities are available for Mac OS X?
I have been using UnRarX ( http://www.unrarx.com/ ) and it's free and works well, but often times I will download a rar file in the browser and click on it in the recent downloads lists which will ...
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File Classifier and Viewer
I'm looking for a professional tool that can classify files according to their type - by examine their content (not just according their extension).
I'm also looking for a professional tool (same ...
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gdevilspie doesn't work on my PC
gdevilspie is a tool that allows you to write rules to move windows to any position as you wish when you open them.
I have Ubuntu 11.04 with GNOME 2.32.1 on my PC.
I like the features that ...
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Automatically convert video to text? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Transcript creator OR Speech to text
Are there any tools (preferably free/open source) that will automatically transcribe what's spoken in a video in to text? YouTube ...
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How do I create a hotkey that will copy highlighted text into an editor?
How do I create a shortcut key that will copy highlighted text into a new text editor instance?
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Cannot run a .exe file from a memory disk created by ImDisk [closed]
I installed imdisk, and then used the following command to create the in-memory disk:
imdisk -a -s 1G -m M: -p "/fs:NTFS /V:MemDisk /q /y"
I then copied a whole directory to the M: disk, and then ...
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Which tool can I use for hand-drawn graphics?
I'm finding a tool to draw the 2D graphics. I'm very like the rendering effect of the picture below, which looks like to be drawn manually. Does anybody happen to know which tool can draw such kind of ...
