As a dedicated macOS user, I often find myself missing the convenience of having a Command key located near my thumb for common shortcuts when using Windows. In the standard Windows keyboard layout, the key that occupies the same position as the Command key on macOS is the Alt key. However, the equivalent key on
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CalDAV and CardDAV 101
Posted onCalDAV and CardDAV are application layer computer network protocols that enable users to synchronize and manage their calendar (CalDAV) and contact (CardDAV) data across multiple devices and platforms. These open standards protocols leverage the (World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) protocol, which provides a framework for users to create, change, and move documents on
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How to synchronize OneDrive and OneDrive for Business files in Linux using Insync
Posted onOneDrive is one of the good cloud storage services available and there is a business version called OneDrive for Business. Microsoft’s Office 365 plan is widely used including Exchange Email service and OneDrive for Business. However, there is no official client released yet for Linux users. Insync is a third party cloud storage syncing software
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What is the Future of Big Data Analytics and Hadoop?
Posted onBig Data has taken a lead in the IT industry and has played a significant role in the Business growth and decision-making processes that gives you an edge over the competitors. This is equally applicable to the organizations as well as professionals existing in the analytics domain. Big Data Analytics bring an ocean of opportunities
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How to install Windows from USB drive?
Posted onI have downloaded the iso file of Windows 10 installation disk from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO . But I do not have a DVD R/W drive. Whether and how to install Windows from a USB drive? You can use the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool to make a USB from the Windows ISO. Download and install the Windows USB/DVD
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How to keep master thesis safety and availability on Windows
Posted onWhen you write your master thesis (in Chinese) on windows, you may have following worries. a, Be afraid your master thesis is lost (or can not be accessed) when hard disk/udisk is broken (or something other viruses). b, Keep master thesis availability (7×24) and safety. c, Do not want anyone else to access it before
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How to move all the files under Users for a user to another drive on Windows?
Posted onUnfortunately, my C: drive is almost full. Most of the space are used by the user home under C:Users. How can I move the home directory to another drive while not affecting the user’s usage of Windows. On Linux/Unix, moving the directory to another drive/partition and then keeping a softlink is enough. But how to
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How to run programs in different languages from Windows’ language
Posted onHow to run programs in different languages from Windows’ language? For example, some non-unicode programs in Chinese on English version of Windows will display some garbage characters. You can use the AppLocale util provided by Microsoft to run legacy applications without changing language of non-Unicode applications (system locale): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppLocale You may check this link for
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Fix the Grub issue with Windows 8 UEFI after installing Fedora 20
Posted onGrub fails to boot with Windows 8 UEFI after installing Fedora 20. The Grub entry for Windows 8 is: menuentry ‘Windows Boot Manager’ { chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi boot } How to fix it? The set root= is missing. You probably can fix this by specifying the root manually: menuentry ‘Windows Boot Manager’ { insmod part_gpt set
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Convention of error codes on Linux and Windows
Posted onWhat’s the error code conventions on Linux and Windows? Linux and Windows use 0 to indicate that the operation is successful and an integer that is larger than 0 for some errors. Linux System Error Codes On Linux, the system error codes is defined in 2 headers which you can find on your own box:
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How to convert a .docx .doc MS Word file to pdf in command line on Linux
Posted onHow to convert a MS Word document file such as .docx and .doc to pdf on Linux using command line tools? Use LibreOffice: libreoffice –headless –convert-to pdf –outdir /path/to/out/dir/ /path/to/doc/docx/file While this LibreOffice answer works, the –headless option still needs as display, even though it does not use it. In otherwords, this option won’t work
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How to save a Word as a PDF in Office 2007
Posted onHow to save a Word document to be a PDF in Office 2007? I find this add-on for Office 2007 from Microsoft: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS. It works very well for me. After installing this plugin, I can open a Word document and save it as a PDF file.
Consistency models for distributed systems
Posted onWhich are the consistency models used for distributed systems? Papers that survey the consistency models Robert C. Steinke and Gary J. Nutt. 2004. A unified theory of shared memory consistency. J. ACM 51, 5 (September 2004), 800-849. DOI=10.1145/1017460.1017464 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1017460.1017464 David Mosberger. 1993. Memory consistency models. SIGOPS Oper. Syst. Rev. 27, 1 (January 1993), 18-26. DOI=10.1145/160551.160553
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Office 2007: Save as PDF or XPS
Posted onHow to export a work file to PDF in Office 2007? 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS:Â http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7 This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS
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Where Does Evolution Save Its Data and Configuration Files on Linux?
Posted onEvolution is a great personal information management tool that provides Email, address book and calendar tools. Evolution provides many enterprise friendly feature such as native support to Microsoft Exchange connectivity for Emails, address books and calendars. Evolution uses various ways including plain files and dconf configuration systems. This post will give an introduction to the
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How to Add Custom Content on a Receipt
Posted onThis blog will explain about how to add a custom content in a Receipt which will be generated from MPOS in Microsoft Dynamics. Microsoft provides us with certain fields which can be put into the receipt. There are certain fields which a client will ask to show in the receipt. If the desired field is
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NET Core 2.1 Release: Feature To Expect in 2018
Posted onWhat surprises are awaiting the tech world with .NET Core 2.1 Release in 2018? Technology is one of the most dynamic spheres these days. Every single year you will find a new version of an existing software and .NET Core is not an exception. The intentions of these upgradation is to make online activities seamless,
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Deploying ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC application to Azure Web apps using Visual Studio 2017
Posted onIntroduction In this tutorial, we will be learning as how to deploy .NET Core 2.0 MVC web application on Microsoft Public Cloud i.e. Microsoft Azure, using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 v15.3 For novice Cloud developers, aspiring .NET / Cloud architects, and all other IT professionals associated with the .NET Core framework & Cloud computing, especially
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Filter Salutation in Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Posted onIn this tutorial, Microsoft Dynamics CRM India experts will teach you how to filter salutation based on Gender field in MS CRM. You can follow the step-by-step guide shared in this post to avail the results. Description- According to the requirement we need to filter salutation based on gender in contact entity. For this we
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How to convert Managed Solution into Unmanaged for On-Premise CRM organisation?
Posted onSolution is very important part of Dynamics CRM. In order to deploy your customization, solution is the only bridge which help you to achieve your goal. There are two types of solutions available in CRM: Managed and Unmanaged. Managed Solutions: This is the solutions that you can import and publish only. You neither export it nor you can
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