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General Software Discussion / Re: Any web service for file storing?
« on: December 19, 2007, 04:33 PM »
If this is a one-time deal, I'd be happy to offer an account on my ftp server.  The link would be ftp:// instead of http:// but IE doesn't care.

Let me know.

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Bing!  That'll work. 

Thanks!

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ProcessTamer / Re: Enabled but not running...
« on: December 19, 2007, 02:14 PM »
it seems one main cause of PT to stop working is when people manually disable the system service which lets it examine the running processes.  if you search in this section you will find some posts about people who did this inadvertently by running a tweaking program like nlite.

What's the service name, please?  Yes I am lazy and don't want to grub around the zillions of PT messages looking.  :-)

Also, it should be possible to build a check into PT so that if the required service is not running the user is notified.  WMI offers an interface to checking/starting/stopping services.

FWIW, I lurve my 'Tamer.  It lives permanantly in my tray since I discovered it.  AND it's the reason I logged in here the first time.  So everyone who rues the day I started posting, it's mouser's fault.  :-)

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I need a small utility that, once activated, displays a frame I can drag around on the screen to visually compare its size to other objects on-screen.  The idea is that while I'm developing forms for an app, I want to stay within a customer's known max screen resolution, e.g. 800x600, 1024x738, etc.

I have various rulers and other tools, but they only work in one x/y axis at a time and are cumbersome.

My forms are all dynamically resizable (they can be resized to be bigger/smaller) but by default I try to shoot for a form that's no bigger than their available screen real-estate.

So, I imagine a tiny thing that sits in the tray and responds to a double-click.  Once activated it shows a 3-pixel wide black frame with a transparent center preset to 1024x768 pixels.  I can click on the black part of the frame and drag it around, placing it over my forms for testing.  The frame itself is fixed in size and cannot be changed.  Double-clicking the tray icon again dismisses the frame.

Nice to have: Right-clicking the tray icon displays a context menu allowing selection of preset frame sizes... 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024.

Playing of MP3 files is not a requirement.

Any takers?  There's a few DonationCredits in it for you if so.

Thanks,
Ralf

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General Software Discussion / Re: Are you testing XP SP3 RC ??
« on: December 19, 2007, 01:08 PM »
My experiences so far have been positive.  The machine I installed it upon (see above) has been rock solid, without any driver issues.  Haven't used it enough to notice any performance boost, but it is up 24/7 and I check in occasionally to do some surfing & whatnot.

If there ARE problems, the concensus seems to be you'll notice right away: video problems, hung installation, drivers disappearing from the hardware wizard.  In my case, the eFax client stopped working but was fixed easily by reinstalling it.  So if you're confident your backup images are current, I'd say it's safe enough to try.

But I'd wait until after any mission-critical deadlines are past.  If things go awry, restoring a disk image from backup can eat up a lot of time.  :-)

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