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Living Room / Re: Would you trust this ... ?

« on: September 25, 2011, 08:48 AM »

It's been over 2 years ago since I used the service. Very handy if your service provider doesn't provide webmail and you don't want to setup an email client for the purpose of just reading the emails (without downloading them to your email client). Also very handy as a troubleshooting tool to independently verify that the email account details are working correctly.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Greyscale Image

« on: March 28, 2009, 06:48 PM »

BUT, if you really want to grayscale the entire image, you can choose SpecialFx -> Adjust Colors
then go to HSV (or HSL) tab and slide the Saturation slider all the way to the left.

-mouser (March 28, 2009, 05:39 PM)

Perfect! Many thanks that did the trick.

I look forward to the update as always.

Thanks again

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Screenshot Captor / Greyscale Image

« on: March 28, 2009, 05:29 PM »

Hi,

I am sure that Screenshot Captor can do this, but where can I greyscale a captured screenshot? You can adjust the colors, but I am unsure what to adjust them to.

Thanks.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Very Simple File Copier Windows

« on: September 12, 2008, 02:24 PM »

Anyone seen Adobe Connect? It is really clever that it can use Abode Flash. Only trouble is, is that you cannot right-click when remotely controlling (at least last time I used it) because it brings up the context menu of flash player.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Does anyone use PhraseExpress?

« on: May 09, 2007, 04:43 PM »

I found phrase express a bit of an annoyance for some reason. I kept accidentally using the hotkeys I think.
Anyway, like you rjbull, I am trying Speed Typing from Two Pilots now.
I don't know if it is what you are looking for or not. Just 692K of memory used by it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: If you have to use Vista buy the upgrade version ... a true WindowsSecret

« on: February 08, 2007, 07:10 PM »

I learnt about this also from:
http://news.com.com/...-1016_3-6156968.html

Activation trouble
For those who are making the move to Vista, one trouble area has been properly activating the new operating system. Cartoonist Mike Cope spent hours trying to get his Windows 2000-based system to move to Vista. Initially, he tried to upgrade from within Windows 2000, but that didn't work. Next, the Stoney Creek, Ontario, resident tried to do a clean installation of the software on his PC. The software installed fine, but when time came to do the product activation--a mandatory step with Vista--the process failed.

After reinstalling Windows 2000 and trying a few more things, Cope eventually found a loophole that solved his problem--installing Vista without activating it and then installing it a second time and going through the activation process. Because the software assumed he was moving from Vista to Vista, it activated successfully.

Still, Cope wasn't happy with the more than six hours he spent getting to Vista. "I should've bought a Mac," Cope said.

In theory, that method would let almost anyone install Vista using the upgrade disc rather than a full copy of the OS. However, Microsoft is not condoning such efforts.

"Microsoft is aware of that workaround and encourages all customers to follow the official guidelines for upgrading to Windows Vista," a Microsoft representative said in an e-mail. "People without a licensed copy of XP or earlier version of Windows that use this workaround are violating the terms of use agreed to when they purchased the upgrade version of Windows Vista."