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Throughout last year Xara Xtreme 5 came up on giveaways at least once every two months, sometimes more.
I am pretty certain it came up several times the year before as well.

Yeah, I went to install this and realised I already had it installed

@mouser[/b] - some feedback: I tried altering those transparency settings in all the different ways you suggested above. It didn't appear to make a blind bit of difference what I did.

If I turn off the setting in mouser's screenshot, I get a black titlebar when using an aero theme (using default 'architecture' theme, win7, 64bit)
I'm not sure if that's intended behaviour...

^maybe we can actually use it as a currency now (if it's stabilises)

Some could. I wouldn't willingly. Would you? 

well, for example, if it stabilised, and I was buying from a trusted supplier, and it meant I could buy something a few percentage points cheaper - yes, I would.
I feel fairly neutral towards Bitcoin myself . . .

^Seems to me the problem got solved pretty well

(FWIW I try to avoid swearing myself as well in the main forums - but it isn't banned)

Bearpup, for files, another option would be XYplorer (file manager).
See "Portable File Associations" on this page
http://www.xyplorer.com/t...r/index.php?page=portable

You can set up associations with each filetype and open a menu-list for selected file (I havent used it in a while but I think you can set it up so as a shortcut will open the menu for the selected file).

^maybe we can actually use it as a currency now (if it's stabilises)

zdnet.com article says MS recommend uninstalling this patch.

Microsoft recommends that users uninstall the patch, and warns that another issue with the security update may cause anti-virus programs cease to work correctly. The Redmond giant says that Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations and Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Servers versions 6.0.4.1424 and 6.0.4.1611 may display an error message stating that licenses for the products are not valid, and so the software will cease to function.

But they dont clarify if MS mean everyone should uninstall it - or just those with problems.
They link to this from MS which talks about *if* you revceive an error.

So I guess I'll leave it in place for the moment (maybe )

Shoddy journalism on the part of zdnet imo.

Well not exactly : I installed it within sandboxie, got to the webpage to get the license. Then I erased the sandbox.  So the app is not installed and I have a valid license, but if online activation is required, they may forbid it after April 29th.

Another from the FAQ's:

Why are you giving me a free Xara Xtreme 5?
There are still tens of thousands of people using very old versions of Xara X, X1 and Xtreme 2,3 and 4, which are recorded, downloaded and unlocked (if you've lost your CD) through some very old systems. That is a problem for our customer support and network support staff.  We would really prefer that you were using a more up to date version, so we are simply offering you one for free!

Which makes it sound like future installs would *probably* not be a problem.

FAQ's say:

How do I unlock/install Xara Xtreme 5?
Just run the download and follow the  prompts. You will be asked to register (best to use your existing account if you have one) and sent a serial number.  If you have any problems please visit our product installation and account queries troubleshooter for full step by step instructions.

I presume that means: will have to install-register before 29th (but that the serial works after that date for reinstall if necessary)

^ seems to be in the Living Room now

I keep think what a plonker I'd look like, wearing and using one of these ....  

I care about file history because I'm hoping to have something like version control for DAW files.
Here's an interesting thread describing a product that goes in that direction:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1642419

I'm not familiar with the world you're describing (music/daws) but I'll chance asking:
why not use a dedicated app?
You would presumably have more control. Filehamster (FH) is the only one I know that allows you add comments to the saved version. It's limited in ways, but it works. (I'd dearly love if they developed that whole aspect of FH but they show no interest.) I use FH for some jobs, and Syncovery (formerly SFFS) for the others (where I dont need comments). Snycovery is more dependable in my experience and may be able to do partial file backup which would save you a lot of space (sounds like that work can be big).

Free Xara Xtreme 5!
Offer ends 29th April 2013.

• not sure if it has to be installed before that time (anyone know?)
• presumably it will work on x64 (Requirements: >Microsoft® Windows® XP | Vista® | 7 | 8)
• download is called Xara_Xtreme_5_Silver.exe

Belated response -
yes, I see and acknowledge your points Stephen.
The video was great btw (the gratuitious use of unnecessary cushions was brilliant).
In retrospect I see I was mostly put off by your intro -

Vulgar?

As defined by who exactly?

Firstly...I don't even recall commenting on this thread o.0

1 came across as aggressive.
2 came off a bit like 'I dont care enough look at the post in question'.

That came across to me as not-respecting (and it still does - I realise it may not have been intended that way). My reading of that coloured the way I read the rest of the post. So I would say I over-reacted overall to the post in the end.
And one could even say that the whole episode is related to the topic too

Dialogues are now correct

sorry I never checked earlier where the file actually went -
I took the dialogue at it's word :-)

kryathaba had it covered:

Bing Delivers 5X As Many Malicious Websites As Google

Afraid not

I still get the same dialogue as in my post above
(install version - V4.02.0)

A couple I snapped yesterday and didnt get around to posting:

Jibz

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and czb

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  that got me laughing anyway

Stephen I think you're overreacting a bit [defensive]

grandpastan has a point - you understandably dont agree with it [I dont necessarily agree with it], but you're getting a bit carried away there with some of your comparisions.

Thanks for the warning 40
Luckily they worked fine here (Win.7 64bit)

Thanks Pilgrim
you got the weekend off on the right note there

Looks really good.
Would be nice if they had a video of the tutorial-tour as described on the Excel blog link.
Couldnt find exactly that but found this preview:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNI0r9_BJUM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNI0r9_BJUM</a>

With Thunderbord it's easy to do your own backup (I dont even know if it does backup itself). The email format (eml) is easy to read and can even be opened in a text editor.

How do the competition compare?

Here's a nice tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/wa...bedded&v=277RWQjBTZk#!
"Using RealWorld Icon Editor to Create a Metallic Ring with a Glass Bubble in"

at the metallic ring stage (256 x 256 icon):

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The download link appears to be broken (says: this website has been temporarily suspended). Is there another location to download from?

wonder what the problem there is...
Did you try a search
http://www.softpedia.com/...ts/Adjust-Work-Area.shtml