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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 18, 2009, 08:08 AM »

Just got an email.  She was able to clean a little more but the computer got filled up again.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 17, 2009, 08:49 AM »

@fenixproductions: System restore is something I will have her trim back if she contacts me again

@tinjaw: That would be great idea if I could find something that a novice could do.

Thanx for all the help.  Still waiting on a response from my friend.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 16, 2009, 01:04 PM »

Maybe if not, you can get her to send a desktop support request (or whatever that is) that allows you to RDP in to her desktop.

And definitely a  on the blind deletion thing.

-wraith808 (June 16, 2009, 12:28 PM)

Tried that but can't since it doesn't have a routeable IP address.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 16, 2009, 11:33 AM »

How many folders could they possibly have? I'd go into the folder options and make sure everything (system and hidden files/folders) is visible. Then go one by one to find the folder(s) in the root that is(are) exorbitantly large and start deleting.

-Hirudin (June 16, 2009, 11:14 AM)

Start deleting?  That's not going to happen.  Can't have her just start deleting large folder blindly.

Hopefully I will get some feedback today as what the issue was.  Again, you never know what a user is doing and the reason i wish I could get in front of the computer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 16, 2009, 10:45 AM »

SpaceSniffer - looks like it may work.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 16, 2009, 10:42 AM »

Btw, it should be easy enough finding some temp files to delete before proceeding with an install - there's usually lots of junk in easy-to-find locations imho.

-f0dder (June 16, 2009, 09:36 AM)

Tried that over the phone.  Cleared all temp folders (windows and local setting) and deleted IE temp files but she reports that no space was freed up (yes recycle bin was emptied).  Its very strange.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 16, 2009, 09:13 AM »

That may work.  It requires an install so I'm not sure if they have the space for it.

(really wish I could sit in front of the computer)

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General Software Discussion / Looking for application to determine what folders are using up the most space

« on: June 16, 2009, 09:07 AM »

I have a friend who has a computer that is running very low on disk space (1.5 Meg free on a 70+ Gig hd).  I can't remote in to take a look at it and they said they move all of their files off to the server but no space is being freed up.

I'm looking for an application (no install, free) that can report back what folders are taking up the most hard drive space.  Anything?

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Living Room / Re: Gothic's New Blog on Server Administration and a cool console-y wordpress theme

« on: April 17, 2009, 09:55 AM »

Create a Sell-Out switch where it makes the blog look like every other designed blog.  Then he could put a big warning before people like me switch it 

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Living Room / Re: Gothic's New Blog on Server Administration and a cool console-y wordpress theme

« on: April 17, 2009, 08:53 AM »

Nothing personal, Veign! You're still a great person Rant was against state of the www, not an attack on your profession

-Gothi[c] (April 16, 2009, 06:32 PM)

Nothing personal taken.  I think the thing most people forget is not everyone sees things the way you do - I'm colorblind and that color combination is about as comfortable as ramming shards of glass in my eyes.

Also, I completely disagree with you about the web is better off as text or removing the design element.  I find it difficult to believe than anyone truly believes that whats available (websites) through the internet nowadays would be better off by removing the design part.  Agree to disagree.

FYI: I have the utmost respect for Gothi[c] and recommend him to my clients for anything server related.

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Living Room / Re: Gothic's New Blog on Server Administration and a cool console-y wordpress theme

« on: April 16, 2009, 09:41 AM »

I really wish I could read it but that color makes it almost impossible for me.  I can only make it a few words before needing to look away.

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Living Room / Re: Fonts: Worth The Bloat?

« on: April 12, 2009, 09:09 AM »

A Note:
I would like to see an app that sorts fonts according to type, such as serif, sans-serif, humanist, modern, etc...  But I'm guessing that information is not part of the font file.

-siouxdax (April 11, 2009, 10:51 PM)

My Cfont Pro application has a Quick Detailed view that lets you sort by information stored in the font file.

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Living Room / Re: TED Videos etc..

« on: April 06, 2009, 05:11 PM »

Each his own...

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Living Room / Re: TED Videos etc..

« on: April 06, 2009, 04:50 PM »

The TED talks aren't supposed to be informative.  Each speaker only has 18min max.  Its about inspiration.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: A DonationCoder job section for DC Coders?

« on: April 06, 2009, 04:44 PM »

I think a Job posting board on DC is an excellent idea and something I always felt was lacking.  DC has a great community and some top professionals in their fields.  It's shame not to be able to take advantage of this.

IMO is would be very difficult to locate an existing job posting website that would allow for a special group to be created and limited to users from DC.   Plus using an existing board means we would be bound by their TOS and payment structures which may not fit into the DC way of doing things.

I think if DC started simple with a Posting / Response / Comment / Rating type job board that would be enough to start.  Start very basic and then add as time goes by.  I would also make getting a job free with a large 'Make a Donation to DC' button.  I know if I landed a job through DC I would donate a percentage back to the site.  I wish I had the time because I can almost see the design in my head as I type this.

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Living Room / Re: TED Videos etc..

« on: April 06, 2009, 04:38 PM »

Funny timing.  I just blogged about another great TED talk today on a Sixth Sense Machine.

Be warned, once you start watching TED talks you'll get caught up watching *lots* of them.

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Developer's Corner / Re: What JavaScript libraries should I look at? Prototype?

« on: March 24, 2009, 10:17 AM »

also Visual jQuery will be a HUGE TIMESAVER. It only takes seconds to find the answer you seek.

-housetier (March 23, 2009, 04:10 PM)

I like having cheat sheet close by too:
http://acodingfool.typepad.com/blog/jquery-13-cheat-sheet.html

Makes quick look ups easy.

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Developer's Corner / Re: What JavaScript libraries should I look at? Prototype?

« on: March 23, 2009, 08:52 AM »

jQuery and check out all the articles on Smashing Magazine showing the cool things that can be done with jQuery.

Best practices for jQuery at Smashing Magazine

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Living Room / Re: Web Designer references needed

« on: March 22, 2009, 07:28 PM »

Contact page on my website lists address:
http://www.veign.com/contact.php

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Living Room / Re: Web Designer references needed

« on: March 22, 2009, 07:15 PM »

Feel free to pass my website along:
www.Veign.com

Always looking for new clients

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Distance Check by Veign

« on: March 15, 2009, 10:59 AM »

Glad you like it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need to convert VOB files to compatible, compact format

« on: March 01, 2009, 08:04 PM »

Here's some info on converting from DVD to VCD (mpeg layer 1):
http://www.veign.com/blog/2008/11/howto-convert-dvd-video-to-vcd-mpeg1.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Some old VB6 software of mine will no longer open MDB database

« on: February 18, 2009, 07:33 PM »

Its because the database on the CD can't have its lock file created.  This is why moving it to a writable folder solved the issue.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any suggestions for a good freeware DBF to Excel and Excel to DBF converter

« on: February 08, 2009, 09:40 AM »

OpenOffice maybe

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Distance Check by Veign

« on: February 05, 2009, 06:41 PM »

Did you try typing in the town or city?  See the drop-down of suggestions with zip codes?