If you want to find a command that you used before but you have a huge history list, you can quickly find it by passing it through grep. Let’s say we remember typing the ftp command, but can’t remember the domain name of the server: 1 ps -ef2 kill 241883 ps -ef4 tail logfile.log Pretty simple stuff! What if we want to display the list of items that we use the most often?...
You may want to enhance your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation by including a video but only need a certain portion of the clip. Luckily, you can trim a video directly in Microsoft PowerPoint. We’ll show you how. Instead of using a separate tool or specific video editing software, PowerPoint has a trim feature built right in. This lets you keep only the part of the video you need and present the clip with your slideshow exactly as you want....
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As it turns out, you can indeed install the recovery console as a boot menu option. This won’t help if your computer doesn’t boot at all, but in many cases you’ll find it useful. Note: If you have a dual-boot setup with Windows Vista, there’s a chance that installing this would screw up booting into Vista, so don’t use this until I can confirm otherwise. Installing Recovery Console to the Hard Drive...
Microsoft has announced Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22563 for the Dev channel, and the most significant change is the introduction of a new tablet-optimized taskbar. There’s also the regular slew of smaller updates and tweaks that give us a glimpse into the future of Windows 11. Tablet-Optimized Taskbar in Windows 11 “We’re introducing a new taskbar state that’s specifically designed to make you feel more confident and comfortable using your device as a tablet,” said Microsoft in a blog post for Windows Insiders....
Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would block VBA macros in downloaded Office documents, due to how popular they are for distributing malware. However, those plans are now on hold. Bleeping Computer reports that Microsoft is rolling back the change that blocked macros in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents downloaded from the web. The company said in the Microsoft 365 message center, “based on feedback, we’re rolling back this change from Current Channel....
Microsoft has been working on a new desktop Outlook application for a while now, and the company started testing it with work and education accounts earlier this month. Now it’s rolling out more widely for Office Insiders. Microsoft officially revealed the new Outlook application for Windows this week, which is now available to test for education and corporate accounts enrolled in the Office Insiders program — personal Microsoft accounts still can’t join the fun, unfortunately....
Why Don’t All Steam Games Have DRM? If you were under the impression that all Steam-purchased games have DRM enabled and the Steam launcher is required to play them, that’s perfectly understandable. You can add your spouse, kid, roommate, or whoever to your Steam library to share games within your home, but Steam shares the entire library at once not the individual games. That means if you want to play Game X in your library while your kid plays Game Y, it doesn’t work even though you’re not playing the same game at the same time....
To enable the automatic compact, open your Access file and go to Tools \ Options. Select the General Tab and place a checkmark in the box next to “Compact on Close” That’s it! Now each time the database is opened it will automatically compact the data when you close Access.
First, you’ll need to open Control Panel. To make things easier, type in “power” into the search box, and then click on “Power Options”. (for command line hackers, you can just type powercfg.cpl,1 in an admin mode command prompt and get right to the good stuff) In the resulting screen, click the “Change plan settings” link underneath the currently selected plan. In this screen, click “Change advanced power settings”....
No clue what we’re talking about? If you are using Windows 7 and you right-click on the desktop, you’ll see a bunch of new items at the bottom: For extra credit, if you want to get rid of that Catalyst item, we’ve already written about how to remove the ATI Catalyst Control Center from the desktop context menu. Remove Gadgets and Screen Resolution Items Normally removing items from a menu should be a simple registry hack, without any complicated instructions—just like removing the ATI item that we mentioned above....
Note that if you don’t have this option there’s a very good chance of spyware infection somewhere, so you should scan your computer thoroughly. The scanner applications won’t restore this setting, however. To understand what I’m talking about, open Folder and Search Options from the Organize menu, and then choose the View tab, and you’ll see that the entire “Hidden Files and Folders” radio button is completely gone! Manual Registry Tweak...
Save Hundreds During Samsung’s Spring Sale Samsung’s running a huge Spring sale this week over on its website. While there are just too many deals to list here, we’ve rounded up the highlights for your buying pleasure. Just keep in mind that each offer is only available on the specified dates, and they’re only valid while supplies last. Samsung Galaxy S21 FE — March 23 If you didn’t grab the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE last time it was featured in How-To Geek Deals, your patience is about to pay off....
The “for” command works like this: You can replace with any file match pattern, such as * or *.txt, and you can replace with any linux command. The command will be run in sequence on each of the files matched by the file match pattern. This is where the bash variable handling makes it even more interesting. Instead of just doing something like “mv $var”, we can replace text in the filename using this syntax:...
As a computer field tech, I use the remote desktop program UltraVNC quite often. I utilize it mostly to connect to offsite computers so I can run diagnostics and repair remotely, if needed. Recently, I ran into an issue with UltraVNC and Vista. I was able to connect but the desktop was slow to the point of being almost non-responsive. There was no way I would be able to diagnose let alone repair anything over that connection....
The Origins of Flash Memory In the early 1980s, a team of engineers at Toshiba led by Dr. Fujio Masuoka invented a new type of non-volatile semiconductor memory called flash memory. Flash memory represented a breakthrough because it allowed rapid re-writes and could store data without power. Being solid-state, it used no moving parts, so it was rugged and durable, and it needed less power to operate than conventional magnetic disk solutions....
Microsoft is still making rapid changes to Windows 11 ahead of the anticipated 22H2 update later this year. Now a few more design updates have landed in preview builds. Microsoft started rolling out three new builds to Windows Insiders today. The most bleeding-edge version is Build 25169, now available in the Dev Channel, which adds Windows Spotlight to the system theme picker. Spotlight is the feature on Windows 10 and 11 that adds a new wallpaper each day to the lock screen, and back in June, Microsoft added an option in Windows 11 to use Spotlight for the desktop background too....
In the document place the cursor where you want the date and time to be inserted. Then choose the Insert tab and click on Quick Parts Field. When the Field box opens select Date and Time from the Categories drop down box. Next, select which field name you want to appear in the document. Finally we want to choose the format for the date and/or time. This is done under Field Properties....
Google Chrome has become the go-to browser for many people. It’s chock full of powerful features that make it popular, but you may not have found all the best ones yet. We’ll make sure you do. Cast Your Tab or Desktop You may think you need some fancy software to share a Chrome tab or your entire desktop to a different screen. Chrome actually has this ability built right in, and it’s super easy to use....
Just like last year, Prime Day is actually two days instead of one, though it will take place earlier in the month than in 2021. Prime Day will start on July 12 at 3 AM Eastern Time, and runs through July 13. Also just like last year, new sales will start throughout the event, incentivizing people to keep checking the store. You’ll likely need a Prime account to take advantage of the best sales....
