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General Software Discussion / Re: What the hell is OpenCandy?
« on: April 10, 2011, 02:28 PM »
Does it install ANYTHING (part of itself or whatever it is "offering" or anything else) without user choice to deny?

Does it send ANY info "home to mama" [I add now "or ANYWHERE"] without a user choice to deny same.

Is user option to NOT do either of the above presented clearly and obviously BEFORE it is done?
-movrshakr (April 09, 2011, 01:37 PM)

What are the answers to these questions?  And they are yes or no questions.  They are simple and direct.  And the answers immediately solve the riddle of whether OpenCandy is acceptable or not.  I get the feeling no one wants to answer them truthfully.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« on: April 09, 2011, 06:49 PM »
but there is no doubt in my mind that it is due to the option being ON in T-Clock.
-movrshakr (April 09, 2011, 01:46 PM)
I'm inclined to agree at this point. Can you think of anything that may be unique about your config? Any security or system management software that it may be interacting badly with?
-Stoic Joker (April 09, 2011, 04:05 PM)

Unfortunately, I run a very secure machine AND have lots of productivity tools on it.  For TSRs, there are

WinPatrol
MSE
Superantispyware Pro
Comodo FW
Carbonite
Dropbox
PhraseExpress
Bitmeter
Stickpad
Windows Sidebar
Yahoo gadgets
Camera Assistant sfw (came with laptop)
xneat Windows manager
Desktop media (puts shortcut on desktop for any connected drive)
Maxtor Status Icon (a connectivity app to get to a NAS)
Free Download Manager (not usually running but just notices it WAS set to load on startup; a recent update must have turned that back on)

There may be some others that don't have an icon in system tray.

This is not a huge issue for me; I just set 'monitor off' to 10 minutes in power options, and tha is OK.

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« on: April 09, 2011, 01:46 PM »
Sir, regarding the previous posts about the "Locking workstation turns off monitor" strangeness I discussed...

since then, as stated, I had that checked OFF, not turned on.  Have had no issues.

This morning I turned it back on.  My FIRST attempt to go into lock, it did lock, but instantly, the blink monitor on and off began.  I was able to log back in (the on/off of monitor seemed to have no effect on typing the password in).  The blinking continued after back into logged in mode.  I did a reboot, and once in, unchecked the option.

This may be something that is happening only in MY particular configuration, but there is no doubt in my mind that it is due to the option being ON in T-Clock.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What the hell is OpenCandy?
« on: April 09, 2011, 01:37 PM »
This is ever so simple...

Does it install ANYTHING (part of itself or whatever it is "offering" or anything else) without user choice to deny?

Does it send ANY info "home to mama" without a user choice to deny same.

Is user option to NOT do either of the above presented clearly and obviously BEFORE it is done?

If the answers to those are other than NO, NO, YES, then OpenCandy is undeniably evil.

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/controversial-advertising-program-now-being-embedded-more-software.htm

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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« on: April 08, 2011, 12:39 PM »
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LATER- can the font in the balloon be changed?  I need it bigger/darker.
-movrshakr (April 08, 2011, 09:11 AM)

Currently no, but I'll think about it (my to-do list is getting a bit out of hand... :)).
-Stoic Joker (April 08, 2011, 10:56 AM)

Dang those users; always wanting more and more! :)

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