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General Software Discussion / Re: The quiet disappearance of the top two mp3 cataloging software.
« on: March 16, 2008, 10:31 PM »
can't speak for the search functionality as I rarely use it - I don't tend to collect loose tracks (it's generally the whole album) and i don't catalogue my HDD, so this may or may not suit your req's

I liked it because it was the only one that I'd found that displayed the way i wanted - by artist.

it's small and it doesn't try to be a one stop shop, which suits me fine

also worth noting that it used to be freeware (1.28 was the last I think - current ver is 2.4) so you may be able to find a copy of the free version if you google

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General Software Discussion / Re: MailStore Home 2.5.1 released with lots of improvements
« on: March 16, 2008, 09:27 PM »
got me there - serves me right for doing too many things at once!!

it isn't actually about the settings, it's a case of needing multiuser access to what would be a single account, ie everyone has access to the same account/store/box/whatever. 

this way our mailbox can be archived centrally (ie outside of PST files), and used and managed by a small group of individuals (any or all of which may be using the archive at any given time)

I had the bit about 'users can access there own stores...' going round in my head, i hadn't actually gotten round to thinking about whether or not multiple users could be assigned to a single account or not (I assume this is what you were getting at???)

thanks for the link to the docs, I shall have a read...

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General Software Discussion / Re: The quiet disappearance of the top two mp3 cataloging software.
« on: March 16, 2008, 09:18 PM »
haven't seen this one listed anywhere else here, but a possible alternative is simon tellini's <a href="http://www.tellini.org/win/mp3cat/">MP3 Cat</a>

I tried a heap of these things several years ago and settled on this one (sadly it's no longer freeware)

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General Software Discussion / Re: MailStore Home 2.5.1 released with lots of improvements
« on: March 16, 2008, 08:58 PM »
Carol

got that, looks like it is feasible, as long as all users are admins (not that this is a particular problem in this case)

shall have to look at this further

many thanks!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: MailStore Home 2.5.1 released with lots of improvements
« on: March 16, 2008, 08:40 PM »
Carol

do you have any experience with this tool in a group environment??

reason I ask is we have been looking for a similar tool that can centralise archiving (for our group mailbox) and (this is most important) allow multiple users to access and search the archive - i browsed the site but don't see anything that indicates whether or not this functionality is available.

To date the only real recommendation seems to have been sharepoint, but this requires a server (which is not an option)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?
« on: March 11, 2008, 07:37 PM »
Er... but that's a frontend for FFmpeg :huh:
-Lashiec (March 11, 2008, 07:28 PM)

GAAAAAK!!!

try this - <a href="http://www.bestsecur...tent+index.id+16.htm">XP Firewall Commander</a>

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?
« on: March 11, 2008, 06:41 PM »
but wait, there's more (for fans of Windows Firewall, at least)

will it never end!!

another windows firewall interface popped up this morning <a href="http://www.winff.org/">WinFF</a>

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?
« on: February 28, 2008, 12:58 AM »
apologies for resurrecting a dead thread, but it seems appropriate...

ran across this today on FWT - <a href="http://wareseeker.co...fwpam-0.2.zip/427395">WFWPAM</a>

haven't used it, so I can't comment, but there seems to be a lot of people here using the windows firewall so this might be of interest

Help the average user to change and manage settings of the embedded firewall

Is a free tool that can help the average user to change and manage settings of the embedded firewall in Windows XP giving many extra options regarding the firewall

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General Software Discussion / Re: urls: from .txt file to browser tabs. How?
« on: February 25, 2008, 10:30 PM »
another possible alternative - <a href="http://www.tranglos....m/free/visiturl.html">VisitURL</a>

no longer developed, but I used it for quite a while (albeit sometime ago) and it's works a treat

can capture urls from the clipboard or (apparently) import from (or export to) a file - captured URLs can be opened as a batch in your browser of choice, and/or saved as 'permanent' list.

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1735
Developer's Corner / Re: AutoHotKey
« on: February 25, 2008, 10:05 PM »
wasn't trying to hijack the thread (sorry to all ), but had been wondering how you were getting on

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Developer's Corner / Re: AutoHotKey
« on: February 25, 2008, 09:29 PM »
hey Lanux

how you getting along with that mouse problem??

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Developer's Corner / Re: AutoHotKey
« on: February 25, 2008, 04:59 PM »
and consider participating in the DC coding school...

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1738
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« on: February 21, 2008, 06:22 PM »
you might be sorry you got me started...

rudeness, and/or a total lack of consideration of others

people who insist on carrying on very loud <i>speaker phone</i> conversations in public places...

people who can't match the posted speed limit, until you get to a passing zone...

posters who drag a thread off topic (and those who go with them, and with them, and with them...)

flamewars, and/or name calling in a forum (what are you, 5?)

reality TV (seems like this has to be an oxymoron...)

and and and and...

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EDIT: the fact that I couldn't bite my lip and not post my list of pet hates...


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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around
« on: February 19, 2008, 05:08 PM »
ran across this one this morning and it may be of interest to others

<a href=http://update.docs.kr/entry/Products-Shock-4Way3D-en>Shock 4way desktop - 3D</a>

it's a aero (?) style 4 pane virtual desktop manager (there is also a 2D version)

info on the site is pretty sparse, but it's listed as freeware...

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EDIT - registration (free) required...the effect is quite cool, whether or not it's useful is another (YMMV)


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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around
« on: February 17, 2008, 08:48 PM »
Aston is actually an alternative shell, rather than a virtual desktop manager (perhaps it includes that functionality?)



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Developer's Corner / Re: The DC Coders' Breakfast Club
« on: February 14, 2008, 05:27 PM »
current 'project'...

Use VBA to generate a graphical representation of a hierarchical data structure in Excel

the real challenge here is that I have to do it primarily using the VBA help <i>only</i> as none of my texts covers this subject (drawing and/or diagrams)  :'(

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do You Purchase Software on Impulse?
« on: February 12, 2008, 10:42 PM »
I suspect Vista would be classed as an impulse buy...

My own needs are meager, so I can always get away with freeware - last check I think I had about 2G hoarded away, of which I've probably only ever looked at about 5% (maybe...)

can't imagine how i'd feel if I'd done that with $ware  :o

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Skrommel's Software / Re: Used Fonts - enhancement?
« on: February 11, 2008, 05:18 PM »
see related post in Coding snacks for Skrommels solution  :Thmbsup:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: 'Used fonts' tool
« on: February 11, 2008, 05:09 PM »
Cool!!  I had pretty much given this up as an impossibility, but I should have known better ;D

I shall try this out on my wifes PC tonight (?) and it's going straight into my toolkit 

Many thanks Skrommel!!  :up: :up: :up:

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General Software Discussion / Re: The definition of "bloat" - RE: Software
« on: February 07, 2008, 08:45 PM »
yup, and it's portable too :Thmbsup: but I was thinking of the bit about writing audio CD's...

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General Software Discussion / Re: The definition of "bloat" - RE: Software
« on: February 07, 2008, 08:28 PM »
So, is Nero itself a bloated application or is the nero SUITE bloated? I would like to see a burner only option too, but I dont consider nero ON ITS OWN to be bloated. Quite the contrary. Yes, I have to download ~200mb of data, but I only install about 20-30.
-Josh (February 07, 2008, 07:15 PM)

this is bloat, ie Nero install 20-30M, ImgBurn 1M (burnaware Free ed - 3m, Burn At Once (an old fave) - 6M, small CD writer - 330K!!).  Granted ImgBurn only writes images, but there are plenty of alternatives

I suspect that with a bit of hunting around you could get pretty much all the functionality from several apps that you get in the Nero suite with a total install size comparable with the burner (20-30M)

Any why would anyone (regardless of their available bandwidth) want to D/L a 200M installer to get a 30M app??

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(not a Nero fan...)

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General Software Discussion / Re: The definition of "bloat" - RE: Software
« on: February 07, 2008, 07:02 PM »
for me there are a couple of instances where an app could (would) be classed as bloatware -

  • an app is significantly larger (both download and/or install size) than a comparable app and either
    • doesn't provide any significant performance benefits, or
    • doesn't provide any extra features or functions, or provides lots, most of which are of little value (to me)
  • provides heaps of features and functionality, but little in the way of value add when compared to compared to similar tools

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?
« on: February 05, 2008, 07:05 PM »
Generally because the installer wants to connect to the net, accept connections, etc, (Microsoft Installer will).  But at least you don't end up with 50+ uninstall/install/setup items in the Apps list like ZA, (mine has none).  All the firewalls I've tried do this, (except purely rule-based), and personally I'd consider it a failing if they didn't, (open a requester when net access is happening during program install/uninstall).

This is one reason why the majority of programs I use are portable.

Now I know this is a 'good thing', but it's irritating in the extreme.  Clicking on the 'remember this' option shortcuts some of this, but creates a useless rule.  Uninstalling was an equally frustrating exercise (why would I want to create a rule to uninstall something???).

Because, again, the uninstaller is trying to connect to the net, accept connections, memory injection, etc.

fair enough, but this is exactly the reason why i don't install/uninstall software while I'm connected, so, apart from the memory injection part, in my case it's kind of redundant.

can't comment on the software conflict, though this is a brand new build so I haven't really got much installed at the moment (I had, I think, not much more than Avast and the firewall at the time...)

Likewise, my preference is for small no install type apps (I even try unpacking installers with UniExtract <http://legroom.net/software/uniextract> to get around this), though this isn't always possible/practical

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General Software Discussion / Re: windows security - what's really necessary?
« on: February 04, 2008, 09:01 PM »
Armando

you've clearly outlined the crux of my dilemma - clearly no 2 individuals have the same setups, expectations, knowledge, philosophies or fears regarding the potential for a 'security breach' (define that... :-\), or the ability to identify and/or deal with any such breach

it was never my intention to get a definitive solution (I pretty much think we've established that this is a myth), simply to try and establish what the consensus was for a baseline of what's really necessary, ie what is considered the minimum requirements for a reasonably secure internet connection.  Forget local networks, they're not really relevant for the sake of the discussion.  

Given this, precise definitions were unnecessary, and subjective opinions were (almost) as valuable as objective ones. It's up to the individual to make up their own mind about what fits their own (personal, specific) requirements.

you also raised the issue of system maintenance which hasn't really been discussed, however based on balance of this thread I am wondering how necessary this is as well, ie is (XP) SP2 sufficient, or do we <i>need</i> all the subsequent patches and fixes.

Given that there doesn't seem to be any real consensus regarding the actual threat, or the potential for a breach, it seems that we could lump that subject in with the whole 'minimum requirement' as well

thoughts??

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Living Room / Re: Me & my crazy optical mouse
« on: February 04, 2008, 07:12 PM »
you're most welcome  :-[

sure would like to know what the 'real' fix was though

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