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ubuntu disk scheduler

to check what scheduler your disk is running assuming that your disk is sda do : cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler to change your scheduler login as root and echo the scheduler you want: sudo -i echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler other options are … Continue reading

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how to enable trim windows 7

to check if trim is enabled paste the following in to a command prompt window with administrator rights : fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify it should return 0 if it returns 1 you can enable trim by pasting: fsutil behavior set … Continue reading

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how to disable hibernate windows 7

to disable hibernate windows 7 open cmd with admin rights and paste powercfg -h off

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how to install gnome 3 shell ubuntu 11.10

Just open a terminal and past : sudo apt-get install gnome-shell To set it as default shell : sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s gnome-shell To change back to unity : sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s ubuntu logout en select the gnome shell when loging … Continue reading

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Windows 8 developer preview classic/normal start menu

If you want to enable the windows 7 style start menu you can but it disables all the MetroUI features. To enable the Windows 7 style start menu just open regedit.exe and search for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and change RPEnabled to 0

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how to format drives in linux

first chek what drive you want to format with : sudo fdisk -l once you  found the drive do : sudo fdisk /yourdrive/ now press p you will get a list of the partitions if you want to delete a partition … Continue reading

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mounting usb drives in fstab

first run sudo blkid than select the disk uuid from the disk you want to mount automatically copy it and past it in fstab like : UUID=your-own-hdd-uuid-key /your/mountpoint/ ext4 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1 to test if it mounts correctly execute sudo mount -a

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Core avc mediaplayer classic

first download and install Media Player Classic Home Cinema than download and install  Core AVC open media player classic and press vieuw>options under the playback tab select output select EVR Costom Press now select internal filter tab and disable all … Continue reading

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