Useful Windows/PC Stuff

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Windows

  • scan fc - A useful utility that comes with windows xp which scans critical windows system files for corruption. Just go to the 'run' window and type:
sfc /scannow 

you may need your original windows xp CD if there are corrupted files.

Firefox Extensions

  • dictionary - highlight a word and look it up, quickly and easily!
  • scrapbook - save the html of your bookmarks for offline viewing or in case the bookmark goes away

Windows & Linux

  • access an ext2/ext3 filesystem from windows - Useful if you are dual booting and have need to access linux from windows.
  • Ethereal, a network protocol analyzer, useful for sniffing packets that are being sent from your computer (or other computers connected to your hub)
  • ImageMagick, a command-line utility for processing images (makes it useful for batch processing images)
  • ht, an open source disassembler

Linux

  • Linux command line listing - doesn't include all of them, but a good chunk.
  • how to start thunderbird/firefox multiple times (each one must use a different profile):
export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
/usr/bin/firefox -profilemanager
export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=0