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General Software Discussion / Syncovery Release v10 Feature Complete
« on: September 13, 2022, 10:24 AM »
The final release of Syncovery v10 could happen any day now.   :D

Tobias reported that Syncovery 10.dev.17 is now feature complete.

https://www.syncovery.com/download/windows/

He also announced that buyers of Syncovery v9 on or after September 1st, 2020 will receive a free upgrade to v10 - as usual a very generous offer.  :Thmbsup:

Main new feature of v10 is its ability to combine versioning with block level copying, using the Syncovery Remote Service v10.00 to make a copy of the current version. There is a new checkmark on the Special tab sheet: X Use Remote Service to Copy Files for Block Level Copying + Versioning.

Syncovery is an extremely powerful synchronization software used by many in this forum.

I thought that the new feature set in v10 could be more elaborate/flashy/helpful - I don't know. Maybe I just don't understand the importance and significance of the new feature matrix yet.

BTW he also has a forum now for news and tech support.

Let's see what he will announce when the final version is released.

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General Software Discussion / Windows 11 Messes Up Umlauts like Ä Ö etc. in Palm Desktop
« on: May 31, 2022, 09:42 PM »
Hello,

I have been using Palm Desktop now for over 20 years, since I have customized the fields so much, that it would be a really big PITA to migrate my data of 5000 contacts to another PIM.

I used Day-Timer Organizer with its superb Palm synch integration having built my database starting with DTOs DOS predecessor Instant Recall, and after Day-Timer Organizer stopped working, I was able to synch the dataset through my Palm with Palm Desktop and then worked with the Palm Desktop ever since even after I ditched my Palms.

Now I bought a new Minis Forum PC and even though it was advertised to have Win 10, it came with Win 11 pre-installed. So I thought I give it a try and I wasn't expecting any incompatibilities but it totally messed up my Palm Desktop database.

Palm Desktop under Windows 11 cannot display Umlauts like Ä or Ö any more. Instead of an Ä I have now Ä in my database, which is getting increasingly worse, since it seems every time I edit the data, some more funny letters are added.

Checking Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support under Windows 11 Settings - Region - Administrative - Change System Locale did not help.

Would anyone know what I can do to make the Palm Desktop work?

It functioned flawlessly under all versions of Window 10. I can't figured out what changed in Windows 11, that I am having this problem.


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General Software Discussion / Sandboxie: Would you recommend switching to Sandboxie Plus?
« on: July 04, 2021, 10:51 AM »
Hello,

I am using the Sandboxie fork from Xanasoft:
https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie

There are two versions:
a.) Sandboxie which has the same UI than the old Sandboxie
b.) Sandboxie Plus which uses a QT interface that has more settings for the newer features Xanasoft has developped.

I have not been using Sandboxie+ yet, but I am thinking of switching.

Does anybody have any experience with Sandboxie Plus and would like to share it?

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General Software Discussion / Syncovery - Pro or Premium Version?
« on: October 28, 2020, 04:35 PM »
Hello,
I finally want to buy Syncovery.

I already described my major use case here:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=48520.0

So the question is: Pro or Premium?

The feature that caught my eye was Block Level Copying in the Premium version, apparently not part of the Pro version.

But I didn't fully understand the description. I am familiar with delta copying which was part of the old LapLink (what a great program that was!) or is also implemented in Rsync.

So my main question is: Would this Block Level Copying be useful to me? I plan to synch well over a Gigabyte with my two OneDrive accounts, so if it really would speed things significantly, it would be a blessing. A lot of the big files are videos, VeraCrypt containers, and Drive Snapshot disk images. However, except for the VeraCrypt containers, these file types do not change, it's more of an all or nothing deal.

So, what do yo think?

Would the Premium be worth the extra money?

Thanks for your input!


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General Software Discussion / How can I connect an XP rig with a Win10 machine?
« on: September 04, 2020, 09:03 PM »
Hello everyone,

last night I worked until 4am to connect an old XP machine with a Windows 10 laptop.

The units and the network have no internet connection and they are connected by a dumb hub completely isolated from the world (that's why we still feel safe using the XP).

The Win 10 computer is actually replacing another XP rig. That setup worked ok in the past.

Now however, I can get access from the Win 10 machine to the XP, but I cannot access the shared folder on the Win 10 from the XP, which is basically the sole use of this setup to access MS Access database files on the Win10 and design and print a daily schedule on the XP computer.

It is driving me crazy, I thought it would be simple.

My guess is that the Win10 has stronger security which the XP cannot handle. I can see the Win10 machine name from the XP in the workgroup, but I can't get any further. No shared folders or files are showing up.

Do you have any suggestions, please!?

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