It’s possible to easily paste tabbed text into VI by disabling autoindent:
<Esc> :set noai
<paste text>
<Esc> :set ai
Pasting Tabbed Text into VI
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Renumber Partitions in Ubuntu
Boot into Ubuntu using a live CD. Open a terminal window and run fdisk by executing:
sudo fdisk /dev/sda
Press x to navigate to the advanced menu, then press f to fix the partition order.
It may be necessary to update grub’s configuration after renumbering partitions. Update any partition references in the notation “hd(0,1)” – the second number may have to be changed to reflect the new partition numbers.
It’s a good idea to check for any changes to partition UUIDs as a result of renumbering. In a terminal window, run:
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
Compare the output from this to grub’s menu file. Make certain the “root=UUID=0000000000” parameter is correct on any line beginning with “kernel”.
Credit: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2008-January/010753.html
HTML: Embeded Flash and z-index
In order to make an embedded flash element obey a z-index directive…
- Add the following within the <object> element: <param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”>
- Add the following within the <embed > tag: wmode=”transparent
Microsoft Word: Make 2003 & 2007 versions coexist
For information on installation order of multiple versions of Office, see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/928091.
Once multiple versions of Word have been installed on the same machine, you’ll notice that every time you switch between versions, it comes up with an irritating installer/configuration dialog before Word starts. To prevent this, the following commands can be run to add registry values that will fix the problem:
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1
Thanks to David Overton, for this little tidbit.
David also writes about another problem where the EULA appears every time an application is opened. Read about it here.
Microsoft Word: Missing Headers & Footers (white space) in Print View
The setting for showing white space between pages may have been turned off. To show white space between pages, do the following:
- On the View menu, click Print Layout.
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the View tab.
- Under Print and Web Layout options, select the White space between pages (Print view only) check box.
Ubuntu Compiz Settings Manager
Command Line:
sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager
After this click System—>Preferences—>Advanced Desktop Settings
Remove Hidden Windows Components
Some Windows components, such as the Accessibility Wizard, are hidden from the Windows Components Wizard. As such, these components cannot normally be removed. However, these components can be exposed by editing C:\Windows\Inf\SYSOC.INF. Entries in the [Components] can be exposed by removing the HIDE parameter. (Don’t delete any commas, just the word “hide”.) Once the desired entries are exposed, they can be removed.
Samba Performance on Mac OSX
To improve Samba performace under OSX, run the following command(s) in a terminal session:
sudo su
echo “net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0” 1>>/etc/sysctl.conf