How does Truecrypt know it has the correct password?

May 15th, 2013
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encryption
truecrypt

I wasn’t sure whether to ask this on stackoverflow or superuser. In the truecrypt documentation, it says that a truecrypt container is indistinguishable from random data. My question is, how does truecrypt know when it has been given the correct password and decoded the encrypted container correctly? Does the decrypted data have some kind [...] Continue Reading »

How to change I/O priority of a process or thread in Win7?

May 14th, 2013
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io
performance
priority
process
windows-7

Process Explorer is able to show the effective IO priority of a given thread, but not change it. Seeing as IO priority support is a comparatively new feature, most programs don’t set their own IO priorities. It appears that by default the IO priority is derived from the thread priority (rather than process priority), [...] Continue Reading »

Tool to change file modified date with a tool which works inside File Explorer?

May 14th, 2013
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windows-7

Looking for a tool to change a file’s modified date which works from inside File Explorer context menu. I am aware of external tools like BulkFileChanger but I want to right click on a file and make the change. Asked by Tony_Henrich Answer This one is freeware, and will change what you need plus [...] Continue Reading »

What are .md files?

May 14th, 2013
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file-format
linux

I often see files with a “.md” extension. I usually open them with a text editor like Gedit and I can read them just fine. So – why do they use .md files and not say .txt files? Can somebody explain how .md files are different from regular .txt? I did a web search [...] Continue Reading »

OS X: Base64 encode via command line

May 13th, 2013
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base64
command-line
encoding
osx

Is there a terminal command in Mac OS X which will base64 encode a file or stdin? Asked by Josh Answer openssl can do this for you, and it’s all installed with OS X by default; no need to install darwinports. $ openssl base64 -in <infile> -out <outfile> Without the -in option reads from [...] Continue Reading »

How do you restart a Windows computer over a Remote Desktop connection?

May 13th, 2013
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remote-desktop
windows

When I connect to my Windows 7 desktop computer via Remote Desktop (MSTSC.exe), the options under the Start Menu are “Log Off” (the default), “Lock”, and “Disconnect”. How do I restart (or shutdown)? Asked by gdunbar Answer Open a command window(or Windows Key + R) and type: shutdown /r /t 0 Answered by heavyd [...] Continue Reading »

Folder needs admin permission for every single action

May 12th, 2013
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folder
windows
windows-8

Ok, I already created a thread and it said, I should visit another thread, and if the problem isn’t solved to create a new one with more details. So here I am. I have, the following Problem: I own 4 Hard Drives, 1 internal SSD with 250GB, 2 internal HDD with 1TB and 750GB [...] Continue Reading »

How do I add text to the beginning of a file in Bash?

May 11th, 2013
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bash

Hi I want to prepend text to a file. For example I want to add tasks to the beginning of a todo.txt file. I am aware of echo 'task goes here' >> todo.txt but that adds the line to the end of the file (not what I want). Asked by user479534 Answer echo 'task [...] Continue Reading »

How can I make Windows actually print multiple pages per sheet?

May 10th, 2013
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microsoft-office
printing
windows
windows-7

Office 2007 and 2010 have a setting in the print dialog that allows you to print multiple pages per sheet: However, when I try to print 4 copies of a page with 4 pages per sheet, I get 4 pages with 1 page per sheet in the top left corner, at 1/4 size. I’ve [...] Continue Reading »

How can I access blocked sites while in China?

May 10th, 2013
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pptp
proxy
squid
tunnel

I have some colleagues who need to go to China for work, however while they’re there, they can’t access a lot of sites. One of which is GMail (Google Apps), which they need for work. We have a UK based Ubuntu server, which I have root access for. What can I do for them? [...] Continue Reading »

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