Linux Mint: How to fix Genymotion error `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found

5 Steps to fix it:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9 g++-4.9

How to disable monitor standby in Linux

To check if your video card support DPMS just run
xset q
and see the result:
You should get something similar to this output:
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 1200 Suspend: 1800 Off: 2400
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On

To disable these settings just run:

xset dpms 0 0 0

Or disable DPSM with
xset -dpms

Run again
xset q
to check the new settings

If you to make these settings permanents just add these rows to your xorg.conf

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “blank time” “0″
Option “standby time” “0″
Option “suspend time” “0″
Option “off time” “0″
Option “dpms” “false”
EndSection

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP

Open a command line window, then launch Cleanmgr.exe /sageset: n to choose the clean-up option. The n variable can be a number from 0 to 65535. When finish press the "Ok" button.
The command Cleanmgr.exe /d C: /sagerun: n perform a full clean-up of the c: drive with the options you set previously.

Now you can easily schedule this operation with a simple cmd file.

VMWare Issue "Operation Failed Since Another Task Is In Progress"

You get this issue qhen a Vmachine is frozen. It's a snapshot issue. To fix this without rebooting the ESX server, you just have to kill the VM process via command line.

• Login with SSH into the host running the frozen vmachine
• The command
  cat /proc/vmware/vm/*/names
  shows you the list of the running VM's on the host. Write down the vmid of the frozen vm
• The command
  less -S /proc/vmware/vm/vmid_frozen_vm/cpu/status 
  shows you some stats about the vm. Scroll to the right with the right arrow key to get the vm id group (i.e. vm.1760). Write down the number after "vm."
  
• The command
  /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmkload_app -k 9 vm_id_group
  unlock the vm and power off it. In a while you'll be able to run it again.
  
  

VMWare Converter issue: Error code 2147754767 (0x8004230F)

If you get the error "FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754767 (0x8004230F)" while you're trying to convert a physical windows machine to a virtual one (hot cloning) you just have to check on your physical machine if the service "MS Software Shadow Copy Provider" is running. If not, start it and repeat the conversion procedure.