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General Software Discussion / Re: will Win 10 not 'do' a 1920x1080 monitor?

« on: April 08, 2017, 06:20 PM »

Of course internet has every query but strange to see more than a few when googling for that resolution and Win10. Example https://www.tenforum...ng-windows-10-a.html http://www.tomshardw...20x1080-windows.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unknown packet

« on: April 06, 2017, 04:57 PM »

Thanks app, I should have done more before asking 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unknown packet

« on: April 06, 2017, 01:59 PM »

The site I used didn't show the avg domain, only iol.cz. Wasted my time and yours Thanks. Will deal with the blocking (or not blocking)
 Incidentally Avast is installed and this reminds me Avast bought AVG a while back...

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General Software Discussion / Unknown packet

« on: April 06, 2017, 09:28 AM »

Hope someone here can help decipher something, I randomly ran Nirsoft's smartsniff on this laptop I am now, just as a security measure of sorts to check it. One of the captured packets is odd, to me at least.

Code: Text [Select]

1. ==================================================
2. Index             : 1
3. Protocol          : TCP
4. Local Address     : 192.168.0.126
5. Remote Address    : 90.181.227.232
6. Local Port        : 50321
7. Remote Port       : 443
8. Local Host        :
9. Remote Host       :
10. Service Name      : https
11. Packets           : 2
12. Data Size         : 1 Bytes
13. Total Size        : 134 Bytes
14. Data Speed        : 0.0 KB/Sec
15. Capture Time      : 2017-04-04 11:33:30 AM:061
16. Last Packet Time  : 2017-04-04 11:33:30 AM:279
17. Duration          : 00:00:00.218
18. Local MAC Address :
19. Remote MAC Address:
20. Local IP Country  :
21. Remote IP Country :
22. ==================================================
23.  
24. 00000000  00

Just that 00000000 00 randomly once in a while when I leave smartsniff running, to that IP or others that my look up says "Organization: O2 Czech Republic iol.cz"

Any thoughts?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Windscribe - Get 50GB free VPN bandwidth every month for life

« on: April 03, 2017, 11:06 PM »

1) I agree, not an expert like you but I agree
2) Windscribe is legit, free or not.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Abbyy screenshot reader

« on: March 30, 2017, 02:17 PM »

Will try again, thanks.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Abbyy screenshot reader

« on: March 30, 2017, 01:31 PM »

$6.99 today too, I clicked to finally get this. It showed me $19 Canadian. At current rate $6.99 would be ~$9.3
$6.99 has never been more than ~$11.50 in the last 30 years 

I commented on bdj asking if I could pay US funds, but added a single line 'this (price conversion) sounds like April Fool's joke', I guess they blocked it because my comment hasn't showed up hours later .....

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multiple LastPass Vulnerabilities Discovered Recently

« on: March 29, 2017, 01:00 PM »

We are at the point where either use cases require LastPass or people just want to use more 'convenient' ones and use LastPass (or alikes), as evidenced by the comments on that Arstechnica article, those that mention KeePass seem more prone to downvotes 

-rgdot (March 29, 2017, 08:13 AM)

LastPass provides a service, not software.  I don't see why they don't OpenSource their software, so that it can be audited by external sources.  It would do away with these embarrassing episodes.  Vulnerabilities, I'm sure would be found - and I'm sure they happen in KeePass too, but it's not as newsworthy.

(What is alikes?  Couldn't find it with a google search.  And truthfully, I'm having trouble parsing that whole sentence.  )

-wraith808 (March 29, 2017, 11:27 AM)

Alikes = alternatives.

Not sure how service vs software distinction is relevant here. All I meant is online is bigger risk and therefore online options are the poorer option unless your use case demands it, I would disagree with the notion that 'I have 100 passwords therefore I need an online service', in my opinion use case needs to be way more than that, needs to be something like yours perhaps Simple case of 'many password therefore I need sync' I don't get.
KeePass can have vulnerabilities but installed in a folder locally the chances of it being hacked is lower, not sure how that is debatable.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multiple LastPass Vulnerabilities Discovered Recently

« on: March 29, 2017, 08:13 AM »

We are at the point where either use cases require LastPass or people just want to use more 'convenient' ones and use LastPass (or alikes), as evidenced by the comments on that Arstechnica article, those that mention KeePass seem more prone to downvotes 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« on: March 25, 2017, 08:17 PM »

Seriouis question: Which programs would benefit from that (especially keyboard) improvement. I am not a regular windows 10 user but the times I have used it I have not come across a place where that benefits me (I haven't turned it off). Is it Office? Edge? or?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multiple LastPass Vulnerabilities Discovered Recently

« on: March 23, 2017, 12:31 AM »

How do you handle logins from your various devices? Do you sync your password file somehow?

-Deozaan (March 22, 2017, 05:12 PM)

There have been times where I have had KeePass in Dropbox folder, but mostly everything is already logged in on all devices and a password change only means re-logging on devices 'manually', obviously site admin panels and banking/money related ones I don't stay logged in but that is a special case and banking accounts especially are either memorized or accessed from one machine only.
I see sync as more an appointment, calendar thing than a password thing.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multiple LastPass Vulnerabilities Discovered Recently

« on: March 22, 2017, 08:46 AM »

Would you care to expound on what, in your opinion, makes KeePass so great compared to the myriad other password managers out there?

-Deozaan (March 22, 2017, 01:22 AM)

Certified/audited, open source, offline.

More generally, it really doesn't require a technical analysis or knowing the technology insideout to have reached the point that storing things online is a risk, this is not even paranoia at all, I am hardly paranoid, it's a fact of life. Even a service with a perfect security record is waiting to be the next to fall. We live in a world where there is interest to not only 'large scale' hacking ala Yahoo email but small scale too (I am member of at least two sites, not big sites really, whose database was stolen, the DB  would be of zero value other than if some users used same passwords elsewhere) ... my point being hackers are random and go after all sorts of targets, in such a scenario all are at risk and the domino will eventually fall.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Multiple LastPass Vulnerabilities Discovered Recently

« on: March 21, 2017, 07:55 PM »

KeePass or bust

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Website Realizer on Bits du Jour today 8-29-2011

« on: March 19, 2017, 09:48 AM »

Have not used Website Realizer and personally would stick to CMSes like WordPress, the possibilities are more and in more modern times arguably even easier

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General Software Discussion / Re: XYplorer is not responding.

« on: March 18, 2017, 05:40 PM »

While we are adding our experiences, my pro up to date version has issues regenerating* thumbnails even with the thumbnail speed setting set as the fastest. Have verified by reading the XYplorer forum (not a member, just as guest) and help files that the thumbnail folder is fine and contains what it should.

*Local or attached device folder with ~1000 images, at program start AND when scrolling down and back up thumbnails are not 'preserved' and take time to regenerate

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer now has banner ads

« on: March 13, 2017, 03:32 PM »

MS should accept third party ads in explorer, I would donate so xyplorer can advertise there.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer now has banner ads

« on: March 11, 2017, 05:30 PM »

There are those that for them (for work, or other reasons) that Windows is the only choice.  Sorry... a bit cranky about people telling what people should be using.

-wraith808 (March 11, 2017, 04:38 PM)

In such conversations I am one of the first to point out Linux short comings, even here on DC I have said things like Gimp is nowhere near what Photoshop is, Office variants are nowhere near Office. So I don't disagree with your post.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer now has banner ads

« on: March 11, 2017, 03:15 PM »

Surely they aren't showing ads for those who paid for Windows 10.
But this is still a bad omen.

On the other hand it's just another reminder that you shouldn't be using windows explorer, you should be using one of the 3rd party alternatives.  This will just help spread the word to more people.

-mouser (March 11, 2017, 03:04 PM)

Fixed

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer now has banner ads

« on: March 11, 2017, 02:50 PM »

For a product one pays for (I hope no one ever falls for 'free upgrade = free') having ads is ridiculous at best. This makes other MS tactics look like harmless fun.

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately

« on: March 02, 2017, 09:20 PM »

Standard thriller

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« on: February 14, 2017, 11:15 PM »

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder Down?

« on: February 06, 2017, 11:36 AM »

Was down for me too, longer than those hours

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« on: February 02, 2017, 06:43 PM »

This is still enough for everyday use

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General Software Discussion / Re: No video after resuming from sleep - Windows 10 Anniversary Edition

« on: January 31, 2017, 11:07 AM »

Failing to come out of sleep has been happening to me, ever since anniversary too, may be even before anniversary actually. I blamed it on it being an Windows 7 era Vaio not officially Windows 10 supported. Have been doing same thing as no sleep, only shutdown or on.

Not to hijack, but if anybody reading this has any advice for my version would be appreciated.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Black Hole Organizer updated to v.4.00

« on: January 18, 2017, 11:38 AM »

Remember reading about Ema Personal Wiki a while back 

My thing also lets me become more familiar with WP, because I play around with the code often. The only missing piece would be having the info directly on a mobile device but exporting WP posts (functioning as notes) to ics is possible.