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General Software Discussion / Re: Programming software for schools
« on: August 17, 2020, 08:15 AM »
OH yeah, we would need to have some kind of good tutorials for it also.

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General Software Discussion / Programming software for schools
« on: August 17, 2020, 08:13 AM »
Our computer teacher is wanting his students to learn a programming language.  We need to know a good,easy, and preferably free software.  They may want to try their hand at creating 3D printer files, I'm not sure how hard that would be.

We would run this on Windows 10.

Any recommendations?  This would be primarily for high school age students, grades 9-12.

TIA,
Dave

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General Software Discussion / Re: The best uninstaller
« on: April 28, 2020, 08:13 AM »
I use the free version of Revo Uninstaller.  It has worked well for me.

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Living Room / Re: I'm getting married, wish me luck!
« on: October 09, 2018, 05:33 AM »
Congratulations to the both of you!

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Living Room / Re: RIP Bozo the Clown (AKA Frank Avruch)
« on: March 23, 2018, 05:32 AM »
RIP Bozo

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder.com - Our Favorite Websites
« on: February 27, 2018, 06:36 AM »
Freewaregenius is another one of our favorite websites for discovering new software.

The site has expanded its focus in recent years -- evolving from covering just freeware software to a variety of web and mobile technologies, but the site has remained one of the best places to discover new free software.

It's one of the most frequently linked to sites on our forum, and some of their more recent long comparative reviews of software have been invaluable.

Visit Site: http://www.freewaregenius.com




To see other posts on the DonationCoder forum that mention the Freewaregenius website, click: here.


I am not seeing any post newer than Jan 2016.  Is this site still active?

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Living Room / Re: Peculiar windows problem
« on: February 15, 2018, 06:03 AM »
bad memory can cause all sorts of weird problems like you have posted.  I would run a memtest on the computer.  I usually run it for a mninum of 24 hours.  Some people say  you only need it run for 1 pass, but I have discovered it often takes more than just a couple of passes.

I'm with 4wd.  Try a new PSU.

At this point I wouldn't rule out anything.

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Tomos, we ended up not purchasing anything.  I sent my administrator a link to try Foxit Pro out.  She was the one that would be using this type of software the most.  So I let her choose.  I didn't hear anything back so I don't think she did anything with it.

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I use the file manager that comes with Windows to manage my folders, etc..

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Backup my data
« on: October 10, 2017, 05:58 AM »
Is it still possible to remove the hard disk from the MacBook?

Yes, it is possible to remove the HD.  Instructions are Here

There are USB/thunderbolt/lightning ethernet adaptors.  Thunderbolt/lightning is faster than USB.  so a transfer via ethernet is possible. More on these ethernet adaptors  Here

The original post said he was selling his MB Air in a couple of days.  Which was on Oct 6th.  Its now been 4 days so he may have found a way to transfer his files.



I'm not sure why my weblinks aren't working like they should.  Any advice would be appreciated.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Backup my data
« on: October 09, 2017, 05:16 AM »
Pretty certain MB Airs don't have ethernet ports.  Apple starting killing them a few years ago.  If he has Time Machine setup, then no backup should be necessary.  That is if it was setup to backup to an external drive of some kind.  It is making backups all the time.  Time Machine can be used to restore the files on a new/different MB.


but if he is changing to a PC, then it will be a slow process to copy those files.

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IainB
I am running version 1703 of Win 10 Pro.  I cannot find those font settings anywhere.  I have looked in Control Panel and also in Settings.  Searching for "Fonts" or "Display" doesn't reveal them either.

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I think it did mess with the sleep settings

I turned off careueyes last night and it did sleep.  the display sleep settings were at 60 minutes.  To night I will set the sleep to 65 minutes, leave careueyes enabled and see what happens.


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Living Room / external hard drive backups
« on: July 09, 2017, 09:44 AM »
I am looking to back up my home computer using multiple external hard drives.  At the moment I have around 80 gb that I want to backup.  I am looking at the WD My Passport or a WD My Book.

I have Win 10 Pro 64 bit.  Should I use the default Win 10 Backup and Restore or another program?  Or the software that comes with the drive be good enough?

Is cloud storage safe to use?  Are my cloud files at risk of becoming infected if a file becomes infected on my computer? 

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its back Skrommel!

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I have my displays set to sleep after 1 hour.   Since installing careyoureyes they have not been sleeping.  I tried to set careyoureyes reset setting to 65 minutes to see if that would allow them to sleep but the max setting is 60.  But that kinda defeats the purpose of the program.

Can the program check to see if there is keyboard or mouse activity, if not then it would allow the displays to sleep?

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@shmuel1:  Thank you for the icons.  I'm glad the application is working for you.   ;)
@techidave: If you do try it out, let us know how you get on with it.   :Thmbsup:

I have not used any of the other recommendations in this thread.  But I do like trayhostchecker so far.  I just started using it today.

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so far I like this program.  I have found it only locks 1 of 2 screens on my system.  my preference would be to lock both screens. 

Is careueyes supposed to work on multiple monitor systems?

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I have not tried this app which looks really useful to me.  I need to try it on a problematic pc that I have.

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     what is kludge option? 

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Ah... the... wonder... of... the... 300... bored... modem.  I... wonder... how... long... this... will... take...
-cranioscopical (April 14, 2017, 05:43 AM)

My brother went to Wentworth Institute(if that is not a redundancy.)  He had an account on a PDP-11 there.  We dialed in on a modem with suction cups similar to the model below.  Talk about a dinosaur.  :)

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John Deere parts department used a modem like the one pictured here to irder their parts. I think it was back in the early to mid 80s.   I only saw it, never used it.

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How about a recommendation for Macs?  I Adobe has one, but doesn't appear pdfexchange does.

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I think a lot of people use Reader, I do as does our school employees.  however, Reader does not allow us to create documents.  i believe it does allow editing of pdfs if the "Creator" allows it.  Which most do not, at least not the pdfs that I receive. 

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UrlSnooper / Re: only flash information seen
« on: April 11, 2017, 06:52 AM »
Hi Blanc.

That is the right direction.. The problem can be that flash swf video can be compressed and sent in a way that makes URL Snooper not helpful.. :(

Is there a solution that can see this type of traffic?

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I need to try out PDFexchange to see which version we would need.   Adobe Acrobat Pro cost us $155 US dollars...educational pricing.  Educational pricing for Foxit Pro was only a few dollars less.

pdfexchange is quite a bit less than both of the other ones. 

Evaluation copy here we come. 

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