This command in a script which runs repeatedly in both test and a production environment and has been running for years now sometimes fails to create a name for the file. Just leaving it .xml fextension=xml bigFname=`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S"`"."${fExtension} So when I test it in a small script I get for […]
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So, first off, there already exists this post: Constructing a readonly Windows system partition? And I would like to ask for a bit of flexibility, while technically, this is essentially a duplicate, I think that I can make this slightly more specific in scope (windows 11) and also practically restart […]
I used to have a keyboard shortcut in Windows 10 that opened a recent files list or menu, possibly connected to Virtual Desktops or Task View. It would pop up a cool overlay menu (sometimes from the taskbar area) showing recent files or activity. Does anyone remember what that shortcut […]
Out of the blue a Lenovo B590 will not proceed past this screen: None of the options work. I’m returned to the same screen each time. I put a Windows 10 bootable iso on a thumb drive but that doesn’t work either. The bios drive scanner found no bad sectors. […]
I have a problem with live radio streams constantly cutting out for about 15 seconds or so but at random intervals. Specifically with radio stations from the Rayo service and direct streaming connections to Solar Radio. This happens on hard wired devices as well as WiFi connected to Gigaclear broadband. […]
Can I split a pane in iTerm2 horizontally/vertically with no other pane resizing? I want to split the current pane area in half rather than adjusting the entire column/row the pane is on. When splitting a pane horizontally iTerm2 adjusts other panes in the column. The same for vertically and […]
I have a field SaveDate in the footer of my Word document. I know you can auto-update fields in a Word document upon printing (under Options -> Display). IMO this is a nonsensical function: documents don’t change upon printing, they change upon saving. So, the question is: can you let […]
Is it possible to display the results of a formula in Excel with two different number formats? If so, how do you accomplish this? For example, =a1 & b1, with the reference in a1 formatted to be 0+00 and the reference in b1 formatted to be a whole number with […]
I recently had to reinstall Windows 11 on my laptop, so the hard disk has been overwritten. The disk was encrypted and has since been re-encrypted. If I install Debian on it, is it still possible to recover lost files from Windows 11? If so, which tool(s) do I use?