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General Software Discussion / Re: What are people using these days, instead of Surfulater?

« on: September 11, 2019, 07:49 AM »

FWIW, I moved to RightNote (link here)

-cranioscopical (September 10, 2019, 09:47 PM)

Did you end up purchasing it or stay with the free version?

-nickodemos (September 10, 2019, 11:11 PM)

Purchased lifetime license.

Downloaded and did a quick run through. It is time for some sleep so will look at it more tomorrow. Looks alot like treepad. Have you tried that and how does RightNote compare.

I can't supply a useful answer to that. I tried a whole bunch but was under some time pressure and probably rejected some then that I might have accepted now.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What are people using these days, instead of Surfulater?

« on: September 10, 2019, 09:47 PM »

FWIW, I moved to RightNote (link here)

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: Systemus

« on: September 09, 2019, 01:36 PM »

Description
A Handy Dandy System Admin Tool

Good! One of those "why haven't I done that" ideas.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Artists: What digital hardware+software do you use for digital sketchin/painting

« on: September 08, 2019, 04:59 AM »

FWIW, I use a wireles Wacom Intuos PTK-540WL with a drawing area of approx 8.75" x 5", 2048 levels of pressure.


and the screen of my Surface Book.

Software is usually (Adobe) Photoshop and Illustrator but now I also use some very good-value graphics software from Serif (Affinity Designer, and Affinity Photo). Sometimes GIMP.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Syncovery - OneDrive - Encryption

« on: August 15, 2019, 11:16 PM »

I became a nomad

-brahman (August 15, 2019, 11:16 AM)

Better than being angry all the time!

Nice to see you around. I'm still impressed by your discourse on Vuescan.

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« on: July 27, 2019, 09:49 PM »

Why kid around?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 14, 2019, 07:58 PM »

Removed extender.
Disconnected other machines from the network.
Got my only neighbour (not close) to shut down for a brief trial.
Killed all relevant registry entries.
Rebboted and...

No dice.
Since, for all practical purposes, this is only cosmetic I'll live with it until I stumble across a solution.

Thanks to you all for your help. Please post here if any other suggestions occur to you.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 11, 2019, 08:16 AM »

Is there possibly a wifi-repeater active, still re-publishing the now no longer available SSID?

-Ath (July 10, 2019, 12:38 PM)

That's a very good thought!
I'll look into it as soon as I recover from the latest Win 10 debacle; it nuked my main computer (again, <sigh>). Thank goodness for daily back-ups!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 10, 2019, 08:50 AM »

So maybe it is a currently active network nearby that is being redetected..

I'm a duffer at this (could you tell?  )

Gentlemen,
 
1) Would redetected networks show up with the specific names that I'd allocated to them? I'll trawl the registry and see if and where those names are still present.

2) If other machines on my network retain the names of the defunct connections, would that 're-infect' the machine from which the names were expunged?

If it takes a man a week to walk a fortnight...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 09, 2019, 11:02 PM »

It's the MS version of Whack-a-Mole   

Hunted them down in the registry, deleted same, sat back with a sigh of relief... and back they came.

At the moment I can't rid my Android phone of them either.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 07, 2019, 05:38 PM »

Thanks for the suggestion, Iain.

I tried all of that. I now see only the network that I have under "Manage Known Networks."
Unfortunately, the defunct network still appears if I click the icon in the system tray.

If I right-click entries for my remaining network I can select from
Connect
Properties
Forget

If I right-click on entries for the 'ghost' network I am offered only Connect.
At that point it will collect the password and then... do nothing.

This is just a cosmetic issue but also annoying.

Windows trouble shooter fires blanks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 03, 2019, 07:35 PM »

Thanks for the response 

Yeah, tried that one already. Supposedly forgotten already but... there they are, hanging on.

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General Software Discussion / Out, damned WiFi spot! Out, I say!

« on: July 03, 2019, 02:48 PM »

Running Windows 10.

I recently dropped one ISP in favour of another.

My WiFi is connected to the router provided by the current ISP.

The previous router has been removed, all cable disconnected.

When I select the internet icon on the task bar, the fly-out still shows entries for the old, defunct ISP as options

It looks roughly like this:

NewISP
Connected, Secured
---------------------
NewISP_5G
Secured
---------------------
OldISP_24G
Secured
---------------------
OldISP_5G
Secured

How can I remove the OldISP entries?

I've tried various netsh wlan commands which I thought should have done the job.

It's only a cosmetic issue but I'd prefer not see entries for non-existent connections.

Any help would be welcome.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Macro software?

« on: July 01, 2019, 09:00 AM »

You might take a look at this.

HotStrings (Autocorrect / Text Expansion) with AutoHotkey
Click here for the link to it.

Not quite free (discounted to $15 Canadian dollars for a couple of days).
(Autohotkey itself is free)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Text Expander for Windows

« on: March 31, 2019, 10:16 AM »

Since you like AHK, perhaps take a look at FastKeys click here. The web site shows quite a bit of the interface so you and your wife could see if it looks to be a good fit. (It's inexpensive, too.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 20, 2019, 07:18 PM »

Good lord this Cranioscopicallity is spreading like a virus.

-mouser (March 19, 2019, 08:57 AM)

Do I sense some internal resistance?

-cranioscopical (March 20, 2019, 06:01 AM)

That was a circuitous path to that current pun.

-wraith808 (March 20, 2019, 02:20 PM)

Circuitous?  More like a straight conduit to the pun...

-skwire (March 20, 2019, 02:45 PM)

Just DODdering along, more like...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 20, 2019, 06:01 AM »

Good lord this Cranioscopicallity is spreading like a virus.

-mouser (March 19, 2019, 08:57 AM)

Do I sense some internal resistance?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 18, 2019, 07:21 AM »

I've built some surrounding small cabinets/shelves to make the range look more built-in and use every available inch of storage:

-mouser (March 17, 2019, 09:54 PM)

You made a really good job of those. I didn't even notice them in the first picture because they fit in so well—I thought it was all range.

Working on this stuff you're obviously in your element.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 15, 2019, 03:07 PM »

i interrupt this PUN war to report in from the field: I have somehow finished all electric wiring and plumbing, and everything works (!)

-mouser (March 11, 2019, 11:29 PM)

It all works?!  To celebrate, I volt for a Faraday for an entire week!

-skwire (March 12, 2019, 06:59 AM)

We'll just call you the generator of a new war...

-wraith808 (March 12, 2019, 09:11 AM)

Leave it to Jody Ohms to be the transformer of the conversation..

-skwire (March 12, 2019, 10:51 PM)

can someone remind me, wire are we doing this?

-Target (March 13, 2019, 05:27 PM)

Because no one will be the terminator of the arc.

-wraith808 (March 13, 2019, 05:54 PM)

Yep, we just keep plugging along.

-skwire (March 13, 2019, 06:04 PM)

I suppose for some its an outlet, but for the rest its just circuitous...

-Target (March 13, 2019, 09:06 PM)

As long as the posts are positive, and not negative, I'm happy to continue.

-skwire (March 13, 2019, 09:28 PM)

IC...

-Target (March 13, 2019, 10:38 PM)

Well, hopefully none reverse the polarity of the thread.

-wraith808 (March 14, 2019, 07:34 AM)

For that, where do I need to sine the petition?

-Shades (March 14, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Let me reach out to my contacts, and I'll get back to you.

-skwire (March 14, 2019, 01:50 PM)

I think it'll require a three-pronged approach to cover the ground.

-cranioscopical (March 14, 2019, 01:56 PM)

But after that you'll feel transform...er, converted.

-Shades (March 15, 2019, 01:12 AM)

What on earth do you mean?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 14, 2019, 01:56 PM »

i interrupt this PUN war to report in from the field: I have somehow finished all electric wiring and plumbing, and everything works (!)

-mouser (March 11, 2019, 11:29 PM)

It all works?!  To celebrate, I volt for a Faraday for an entire week!

-skwire (March 12, 2019, 06:59 AM)

We'll just call you the generator of a new war...

-wraith808 (March 12, 2019, 09:11 AM)

Leave it to Jody Ohms to be the transformer of the conversation..

-skwire (March 12, 2019, 10:51 PM)

can someone remind me, wire are we doing this?

-Target (March 13, 2019, 05:27 PM)

Because no one will be the terminator of the arc.

-wraith808 (March 13, 2019, 05:54 PM)

Yep, we just keep plugging along.

-skwire (March 13, 2019, 06:04 PM)

I suppose for some its an outlet, but for the rest its just circuitous...

-Target (March 13, 2019, 09:06 PM)

As long as the posts are positive, and not negative, I'm happy to continue.

-skwire (March 13, 2019, 09:28 PM)

IC...

-Target (March 13, 2019, 10:38 PM)

Well, hopefully none reverse the polarity of the thread.

-wraith808 (March 14, 2019, 07:34 AM)

For that, where do I need to sine the petition?

-Shades (March 14, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Let me reach out to my contacts, and I'll get back to you.

-skwire (March 14, 2019, 01:50 PM)

I think it'll require a three-pronged approach to cover the ground.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 12, 2019, 08:10 AM »

finished all electric wiring and plumbing, and everything works (!)

-mouser (March 11, 2019, 11:29 PM)

Well done! It's quite novel the way you have hot water coming from the cold tap when the light goes on.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 11, 2019, 02:32 PM »

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM)

These kinds of remarks are a bit of a jolt!

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Ohm my word, I knew you all wouldn't be able to resist.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 08:39 AM)

That comment really Hertz.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 09:49 AM)

And so it should! After all, we are discussing the crown joules of mouser's demesne.

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 02:46 PM)

I think that there is a potential difference that you re-fuse to see that I can't relay between our alternating current conversations.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 04:04 PM)

We're poles apart and, to be direct, at the risk of seeming a growler, that kind of thinking comes close to analog ic. You really should keep an ion it.

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:07 PM)

come on guys, try to remember this is a DC forum...

-Target (March 09, 2019, 08:54 PM)

AC your problem. 

-wraith808 (March 09, 2019, 09:25 PM)

Un-phased by all of this...

-Shades (March 10, 2019, 04:39 AM)

Trust you to pylon!

-cranioscopical (March 10, 2019, 12:45 PM)

pretty sure you guys have ground about as much as you can out of this

-Target (March 10, 2019, 06:03 PM)

No one would fault mouser if he set an impedance on the frequency of off-topic conversations on this circuit and placed a demand on us to cut it short.

-wraith808 (March 10, 2019, 07:09 PM)

Or he lets us go on by extension, cord-ially....

-Shades (March 10, 2019, 11:57 PM)

could go either way, though I fully expect him to arc up soon

-Target (March 11, 2019, 03:06 AM)

Would we want to have him amp up about this?

-Shades (March 11, 2019, 07:34 AM)

The mains part of this powerful conversation sure went off the rail, didn't it?

-skwire (March 11, 2019, 10:34 AM)

Only a third of it.

-wraith808 (March 11, 2019, 10:42 AM)

This conversation's spark is fading, so wire you giving it more continuity?

-skwire (March 11, 2019, 02:22 PM)

I can't tell—do you approve of such conduct or not?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 10, 2019, 12:45 PM »

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM)

These kinds of remarks are a bit of a jolt!

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Ohm my word, I knew you all wouldn't be able to resist.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 08:39 AM)

That comment really Hertz.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 09:49 AM)

And so it should! After all, we are discussing the crown joules of mouser's demesne.

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 02:46 PM)

I think that there is a potential difference that you re-fuse to see that I can't relay between our alternating current conversations.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 04:04 PM)

We're poles apart and, to be direct, at the risk of seeming a growler, that kind of thinking comes close to analog ic. You really should keep an ion it.

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:07 PM)

come on guys, try to remember this is a DC forum...

-Target (March 09, 2019, 08:54 PM)

AC your problem. 

-wraith808 (March 09, 2019, 09:25 PM)

Un-phased by all of this...

-Shades (March 10, 2019, 04:39 AM)

Trust you to pylon!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 08, 2019, 08:07 PM »

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM)

These kinds of remarks are a bit of a jolt!

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Ohm my word, I knew you all wouldn't be able to resist.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 08:39 AM)

That comment really Hertz.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 09:49 AM)

And so it should! After all, we are discussing the crown joules of mouser's demesne.

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 02:46 PM)

I think that there is a potential difference that you re-fuse to see that I can't relay between our alternating current conversations.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 04:04 PM)

We're poles apart and, to be direct, at the risk of seeming a growler, that kind of thinking comes close to analog ic. You really should keep an ion it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« on: March 08, 2019, 02:46 PM »

rule of thumb, no one should ever touch electricity...

-Target (March 07, 2019, 11:18 PM)

Shocking revelation, that.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 12:04 AM)

That lightning wit on display, eh?

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 12:20 AM)

These kinds of remarks are a bit of a jolt!

-cranioscopical (March 08, 2019, 08:21 AM)

Ohm my word, I knew you all wouldn't be able to resist.

-skwire (March 08, 2019, 08:39 AM)

That comment really Hertz.

-wraith808 (March 08, 2019, 09:49 AM)

And so it should! After all, we are discussing the crown joules of mouser's demesne.