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151

DC Website Help and Extras / Re: New anti-spam process being put into place

« on: August 21, 2019, 02:49 AM »

I'm under the impression that this anti-spam measure is really working as intended

I just hope the extra administrative load isn't too much of a burden for boardadmins...

152

Screenshot Captor / Re: Standalone screenshot window

« on: August 19, 2019, 02:28 PM »

Wouldn't it be much easier to use the hotkey for grabbing the active Window? Because that's what it sounds to me what you want to achieve...

153

DC Website Help and Extras / Re: New anti-spam process being put into place

« on: August 15, 2019, 02:10 AM »

Other forums have this as a standard feature that only needs to be enabled, or as a plugin. I can only assume SMF has this too. (my main experience is with phpbb though...)

I'm all in favor of this plan (I've reported quite a number of (possible) spammers the last couple of months, often several (3-4) hours after they posted ), and I have the impression the automated spamfilters haven't been as effective as before

154

General Software Discussion / Re: SCREENSHOT CAPTOR VERSION 4

« on: July 25, 2019, 01:38 PM »

Well, you might want to check the Preferences page 'Post Capture Options' to have the Copy to clipboard option set to 'Image bitmap' (not sure what the default is, I set it longtime ago)



(Other settings are probably changed by me too, so don't take them as advice )

155

General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 not able to connect to network shares

« on: July 24, 2019, 01:09 AM »

Do users on all computers login using a domain account or only you from your computer?

156

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

« on: July 10, 2019, 12:38 PM »

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

157

Living Room / Re: Fingerprint sensor under screen: does it work well?

« on: July 03, 2019, 01:15 PM »

A tiny bit of googling brought me these links:

10-best-phones-with-under-display-fingerprint-sensor: https://www.smartpri...-fingerprint-sensor/
in-display-fingerprint-readers-how-do-they-work: https://www.pocket-l...ers-how-do-they-work

158

Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: FTP server and FTP Client Software (Windows)

« on: June 14, 2019, 01:03 PM »

And your relation/connection* to these products is...?



*(product announcements require relation-disclosure for clarity, or you may be flagged as a spammer)

159

Living Room / Re: Windows 7 always slow after idle

« on: June 13, 2019, 01:26 AM »

Did you install Windows 7 anew, or updated the existing installation from your previous hardware setup? That situation is known to sometimes (often?) cause undetermined trouble because of unneeded hardware drivers clashing with useful drivers.

160

Living Room / Re: Windows 7 always slow after idle

« on: June 12, 2019, 01:48 PM »

Besides that, the symptoms are not those of a virus.

-BGM (June 11, 2019, 04:55 PM)

Apologies, that's not what I was suggesting.
Most current AV systems are more like heavy duty system-intruders, resulting in unpredictable slowdowns, irregular fan-spinups, cause occasional high disk-activity, and stuff like that, including the symptoms you are describing. The Microsoft offerings with Windows 7 and 10 seem to be the most performance-friendly incarnations in AV-land.

All (hardware-)drivers are up to date (no beta stuff etc.), I presume? (You didn't answer that... )

161

Living Room / Re: Windows 7 always slow after idle

« on: June 11, 2019, 01:16 PM »

What AV are you using?
Are all drivers up to date (preferrably WHQL revisions)?

162

Screenshot Captor / Re: Screen overlay during capture (like Windows sniping tool)

« on: May 31, 2019, 02:42 AM »

Have you tried the Region Capture feature (Grab selected Region, <Shft-PrtScr> hotkey by default) ?, that magnifies a region around the cursor for exact capturing.

OT: It is so darn useful I often use it to measure (pixel) misalignment between controls in applications I work on

163

Screenshot Captor / Re: Capture moves window to other monitor

« on: May 27, 2019, 01:27 AM »

I push printscreen and when I go to select the area, the crosshairs and the full-size image moves to the next monitor.

-BGM (May 26, 2019, 09:38 PM)

Is it possible that you have another program grabbing the PrtScr hotkey, pulling the focus to another monitor and thus messing up the SSC workflow?

164

Living Room / Re: Which screen spec is most important for comfortable viewing?

« on: May 19, 2019, 08:09 AM »

Are you actually asking about a phone-screen, pc-screen or screens in general?

165

Screenshot Captor / Re: Type A Note On Screen Before Taking Screenshot

« on: May 17, 2019, 01:09 AM »

It would be a standalone app -- I wonder if someone would consider making such a coding snack..

-mouser (May 16, 2019, 02:59 PM)

Well, AFAICS that's already done quite alright in the fine SysInternals utility ZoomIt

166

Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Clipboard Help+Spell errors

« on: April 08, 2019, 01:38 AM »

You have removed any read/only attributes from your files?

167

General Software Discussion / Re: Screen change detector

« on: March 29, 2019, 06:14 AM »

I have come to the conclusion that what I want I can't get.

-JohanV (March 29, 2019, 04:01 AM)

But you can go to a thrift shop or computer fair to buy a cheap second-hand secondary monitor for your computer, so the alternatives mentioned can be had for a small budget.

168

General Software Discussion / Re: Screen change detector

« on: March 26, 2019, 09:27 AM »

that will monitor a specific window even when it is not in focus and I have another window open.

-JohanV (March 26, 2019, 08:44 AM)

It is not guaranteed that the window content is updated if another window is (partially) covering it, so that might be quite a challenge... and maybe a little less if you can place that window visible and uncovered. And then there is a chance that the application detects it doesn't have focus and lowers/ceases the screen update frequency.

169

Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« on: March 18, 2019, 02:03 AM »

Copenhagen interpretation of travel: Is someone out there in no specific location until you see them again?

-Arizona Hot (March 16, 2019, 01:54 PM)

^ you really lost me there

-Curt (March 17, 2019, 03:51 AM)

that lost me as a native speaker too... might be to do with some 'Copenhagen' scientific theory or something (?)

-tomos (March 17, 2019, 10:26 AM)

I was kinda thinking of the Stockholm syndrome, but that might just be me...

170

Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« on: March 07, 2019, 01:50 PM »

And while we were all busy, Wraith808 passed the 10,000 post mark, but not a sound was heard...

171

Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for a way to increase load on system to simulate OOM

« on: March 07, 2019, 01:44 PM »

Have you tried ProcessTamer?
The first SuperUser answer in this question suggests that...

172

General Software Discussion / Re: UTP cable pin-outs confusion

« on: March 03, 2019, 01:05 PM »

Hm, intriquing question. Like you I've mostly made utp cables (and coax before that) myself. I'd declare it nearly impossible for the pinout to change from cat5 to cat6 to cat7, as the cables are backward compatible. And I've not found any evidence for changes in pinout, so far.

Having said that, I have a few possible causes for your 'color confusion':

• The cables are possibly made by unexperienced/uninterested people, and they just 'made it work' by creating a 1:1 connection, regardless of wire pairs (simple wiretest equipment can't detect pairing, only correct connections)
• The wires have a non-color-related pairing (highly unlikely though), you'd have to cut open a cable to verify

When aiming for cat6/cat7 speeds, I'd verify that the cables are pair-connected as required (and ideally shielded as well) to avoid hard to debug networking issues. The shielding requirements for cat6/cat7 make it quite hard to make these yourself, unless you have access to the professional tools for crimping that type of cable.

173

Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Program to solve broken link issues becuase of file names and paths

« on: March 02, 2019, 07:54 AM »

I'll start with a question: Who's problem are you solving here?

And a proposed design of how to avoid this:

• The application should provide a configurable base-path to a file-upload directory.
• When uploading a file it should be given a unique name as it is stored in a (nested) directory structure from the base-path (I think it should not be stored as a blob in the database). The directories should be nested to avoid thousands of files in a single directory.
• The database should store this path and filename, relative from the base-path, so for retrieval they can be appended and downloaded.
• The database should store the name/title of the file, initially set to the original filename, without any path information, and probably also include date/time and size info. The extension of the file should remain as initially uploaded.

174

Post New Requests Here / Re: 🤔 PixelNotifier alert when color is different, not same as it operates now?

« on: March 02, 2019, 07:29 AM »

I've modified the original download from the Skrommel site to support your request, and also updated the documentation in the ini file (source and sample ini in the attached zip file)
No compiled exe is provided, so you'll have to have AutoHotKey installed on your computer.

Modification: The pixelcolor can now optionally be prefixed with an exclamation mark, like !FFFFFF, so the pixel is watched for being not-equal to that color. The message should probably be adjusted accordingly.

NB: There is no support for setting this option from using the Add alarm... option from the context menu, but it can easily be set as the ini file is opened after adding an alarm.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. ;PixelNotifier.ahk
2. ; Watches a screen pixel for a specific color, and notifies the user when it occurs.
3. ;Skrommel @2005
4. ; 2019-03-02 Ath: Added inverted check by prefixing the pixelcolor with !
5.  
6. #SingleInstance,Force
7.  
8. SysGet,workarea,MonitorWorkArea
9.  
10. applicationname=PixelNotifier
11.  
12. Gosub,READINI
13. Gosub,ACTIVATEALL
14.  
15. LOOP:
16. Loop,%alarmscount%
17. {
18.   Sleep,500
19.   If active_%A_Index%=0
20.     Continue
21.   If triggered_%A_Index%=1
22.     Continue
23.   x:=alarms_%A_Index%_1
24.   y:=alarms_%A_Index%_2
25.   pixelcolor:=alarms_%A_Index%_3
26.   StringLeft,invert,pixelcolor,1
27.   If invert = !
28.   {
29.         checkInvert=1
30.         StringTrimLeft,pixelcolor,pixelcolor,1
31.   }
32.   relative:=alarms_%A_Index%_4
33.   If relative=1
34.     CoordMode,Pixel,Screen
35.   Else
36.     CoordMode,Pixel,Relative
37.   PixelGetColor,readpixelcolor,x,y,RGB
38.   StringTrimLeft,readpixelcolor,readpixelcolor,2
39.   If checkInvert = 1
40.   {
41.         If readpixelcolor=%pixelcolor%
42.           Continue
43.   }
44.   else
45.   {
46.         If readpixelcolor<>%pixelcolor%
47.           Continue
48.   }
49.   triggered_%A_Index%=1
50.   message:=alarms_%A_Index%_5
51.   fullscreencolor:=alarms_%A_Index%_6
52.   Gui,%A_Index%:+Owner -Resize -SysMenu -MinimizeBox -MaximizeBox -Disabled +Caption +Border -ToolWindow
53.   Gui,%A_Index%:Color,%fullscreencolor%
54.   Gui,%A_Index%:Add,Button,X320 Y240 Default GOK_%A_Index%,%message%
55.   Gui,%A_Index%:Show,X-4 Y-4 W%workareaRight% H%workareaBottom%,%applicationname% %A_Index%
56.   SetTimer,TRIGGERED_%A_Index%,5000
57.   Gosub,TRIGGERED_%A_Index%    
58. }
59. Goto,LOOP
60.  
61.  
62. TRIGGERED_9:
63. triggered=9
64. Goto,TRIGGERED
65. TRIGGERED_8:
66. triggered=8
67. Goto,TRIGGERED
68. TRIGGERED_7:
69. triggered=7
70. Goto,TRIGGERED
71. TRIGGERED_6:
72. triggered=6
73. Goto,TRIGGERED
74. TRIGGERED_5:
75. triggered=5
76. Goto,TRIGGERED
77. TRIGGERED_4:
78. triggered=4
79. Goto,TRIGGERED
80. TRIGGERED_3:
81. triggered=3
82. Goto,TRIGGERED
83. TRIGGERED_2:
84. triggered=2
85. Goto,TRIGGERED
86. TRIGGERED_1:
87. triggered=1
88. Goto,TRIGGERED
89. TRIGGERED:
90. sound:=alarms_%triggered%_7
91. SoundPlay,%sound%
92. ;WinSet,Top,,%applicationname% %triggered%
93. WinActivate,%applicationname% %triggered%
94. Return
95.  
96.  
97. OK_9:
98. ok=9
99. Goto,BUTTON
100. OK_8:
101. ok=8
102. Goto,BUTTON
103. OK_7:
104. ok=7
105. Goto,BUTTON
106. OK_6:
107. ok=6
108. Goto,BUTTON
109. OK_5:
110. ok=5
111. Goto,BUTTON
112. OK_4:
113. ok=4
114. Goto,BUTTON
115. OK_3:
116. ok=3
117. Goto,BUTTON
118. OK_2:
119. ok=2
120. Goto,BUTTON
121. OK_1:
122. ok=1
123. Goto,BUTTON
124. BUTTON:
125. SetTimer,TRIGGERED_%ok%,Off
126. Gui,%ok%:Destroy
127. active_%ok%=0
128. Gosub,TRAYMENU
129. Return
130.  
131.  
132. TOGGLE_9:
133. TOGGLE_8:
134. TOGGLE_7:
135. TOGGLE_6:
136. TOGGLE_5:
137. TOGGLE_4:
138. TOGGLE_3:
139. TOGGLE_2:
140. TOGGLE_1:
141. menu:=A_ThisMenuItemPos-2
142. If active_%menu%=0
143. {
144.   active_%menu%=1
145.   triggered_%menu%=0
146.   Gosub,TRAYMENU
147. }
148. Else
149. {
150.   Gosub,OK_%menu%
151. }
152. Return
153.  
154.  
155. ADD:
156. Gosub,DEACTIVATEALL
157. Loop
158. {
159.   CoordMode,Pixel,Screen
160.   CoordMode,Mouse,Screen
161.   MouseGetPos,sx,sy
162.   PixelGetColor,readpixelcolor,sx,sy,RGB
163.   StringTrimLeft,readpixelcolor,readpixelcolor,2
164.   CoordMode,Mouse,Relative
165.   MouseGetPos,x,y
166.   ToolTip,Color:`t%readpixelcolor%`nScreenCoord:`t%sx% %sy%`nWindowCoord:`t%x% %y%`n`nPress`tto add`n1=`tScreenCoord`n2=`tWindowCoord`nEsc=Cancel
167.   GetKeyState,screen,1,P
168.   If screen=D
169.   {
170.     FileAppend,`n%sx%`,%sy%`,%readpixelcolor%`,1`,Message`,FFFFFF`,C:\Windows\Ding.wav,%applicationname%.ini
171.     ToolTip,
172.     Gosub,SETTINGS
173.     Break  
174.   }
175.   GetKeyState,window,2,P
176.   If window=D
177.   {
178.     FileAppend,`n%x%`,%y%`,%readpixelcolor%`,2`,Message`,FFFFFF`,C:\Windows\Ding.wav,%applicationname%.ini
179.     ToolTip,
180.     Gosub,SETTINGS
181.     Break  
182.   }
183.   GetKeyState,esc,Esc,P
184.   If esc=D
185.   {
186.     ToolTip,
187.     Break
188.   }
189. }
190. Return
191.  
192.  
193. SETTINGS:
194. Gosub,DEACTIVATEALL
195. Gosub,READINI
196. Run,%applicationname%.ini
197. Return
198.  
199.  
200. READINI:
201. IfNotExist,%applicationname%.ini
202. {
203. ini=`;%applicationname%.ini
204. ini=%ini%`n`;
205. ini=%ini%`n`;Syntax:
206. ini=%ini%`n`;
207. ini=%ini%`n`;x,y,pixelcolor,relative,message,fullscreencolor,sound
208. ini=%ini%`n`;
209. ini=%ini%`n`; x                               Horizontal positon of the pixel to watch
210. ini=%ini%`n`; y                               vertical positon of the pixel to watch
211. ini=%ini%`n`; pixelcolor=[!]000000-FFFFFF     RGB-color of the pixel to watch
212. ini=%ini%`n`;                                 If the RGB color is optionally prefixed with an exclamation mark,
213. ini=%ini%`n`;                                 like !FFFFFF, the pixel is watched for being not-equal to that color
214. ini=%ini%`n`; relative=1,2                    Find pixel relative to 1=the screen or 2=the active window
215. ini=%ini%`n`; message                         The message to display
216. ini=%ini%`n`; fullscreencolor=000000-FFFFFF   Color of the fullscreen notification
217. ini=%ini%`n`; sound                           Path to the WAV-file
218. ini=%ini%`n`;
219. ini=%ini%`n`;Example:
220. ini=%ini%`n`;
221. ini=%ini%`n`;0,0,FFFFFF,White color detected!,0,0000FF,C:\Windows\Media\Ding.wav
222. ini=%ini%`n`;  Watches the screenposition 0,0 for the color white and plays a sound and
223. ini=%ini%`n`;  displays a blue message window with the text White color detected!
224. ini=%ini%`n
225. ini=%ini%`n200,200,FFFFFF,1,White color detected!,0000FF,C:\Windows\Media\Ding.wav
226. ini=%ini%`n400,400,FFFFFF,1,White color detected!,FF0000,C:\Windows\Media\Ding.wav
227. FileAppend,%ini%,%applicationname%.ini
228. ini=
229. }
230. alarmscount=0
231. Loop,Read,%applicationname%.ini
232. {
233.   IfInString,A_LoopReadLine,`;
234.     Continue
235.   IfNotInString,A_LoopReadLine,`,
236.     Continue
237.   alarmscount+=1
238.   StringSplit,alarms_%alarmscount%_,A_LoopReadLine,`,
239. }
240. Return
241.  
242.  
243. TRAYMENU:
244. Menu,Tray,NoStandard
245. Menu,Tray,DeleteAll
246. Menu,Tray,Add,%applicationname%,TOGGLE
247. Menu,Tray,Add,
248. Loop,%alarmscount%
249. {
250.   message:=alarms_%A_Index%_5
251.   Menu,Tray,Add,&%A_Index%:%message%,TOGGLE_%A_Index%
252.   If active_%A_Index%=1
253.     Menu,Tray,Check,&%A_Index%:%message%
254. }
255. Menu,Tray,Add,
256. Menu,Tray,Add,&Enable All,ACTIVATEALL
257. Menu,Tray,Add,&Disable All,DEACTIVATEALL
258. Menu,Tray,Add,
259. Menu,Tray,Add,&Add alarm...,Add
260. Menu,Tray,Add,&Edit alarms...,SETTINGS
261. Menu,Tray,Add,
262. Menu,Tray,Add,&About...,ABOUT
263. Menu,Tray,Add,E&xit,EXIT
264. Menu,Tray,Default,%applicationname%
265. Menu,Tray,Tip,%applicationname%
266. Return
267.  
268.  
269. TOGGLE:
270. Pause,Toggle
271. Return
272.  
273.  
274. ACTIVATEALL:
275. Loop,%alarmscount%
276. {
277.   active_%A_Index%=1
278.   triggered_%A_Index%=0
279.   Gosub,TRAYMENU
280. }
281. Return
282.  
283.  
284. DEACTIVATEALL:
285. Loop,%alarmscount%
286. {
287.   SetTimer,TRIGGERED_%A_Index%,Off
288.   Gui,%A_Index%:Destroy
289.   active_%A_Index%=0
290.   triggered_%A_Index%=0
291.   Gosub,TRAYMENU
292. }
293. Return
294.  
295.  
296. ABOUT:
297. Gui,99:Destroy
298. Gui,99:Margin,20,20
299. Gui,99:Add,Picture,xm Icon1,%applicationname%.exe
300. Gui,99:Font,Bold
301. Gui,99:Add,Text,x+10 yp+10,%applicationname% v1.0
302. Gui,99:Font
303. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+10,Watches a screen pixel for a specific color, and notifies the user when it occurs.
304. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+5,- Change settings using Settings in the tray menu
305. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+5,- Shows a message, plays a sound and fills the whole screen with color
306.  
307. Gui,99:Add,Picture,xm y+20 Icon5,%applicationname%.exe
308. Gui,99:Font,Bold
309. Gui,99:Add,Text,x+10 yp+10,1 Hour Software by Skrommel
310. Gui,99:Font
311. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+10,For more tools, information and donations, please visit
312. Gui,99:Font,CBlue Underline
313. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+5 G1HOURSOFTWARE,www.1HourSoftware.com
314. Gui,99:Font
315.  
316. Gui,99:Add,Picture,xm y+20 Icon7,%applicationname%.exe
317. Gui,99:Font,Bold
318. Gui,99:Add,Text,x+10 yp+10,DonationCoder
319. Gui,99:Font
320. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+10,Please support the contributors at
321. Gui,99:Font,CBlue Underline
322. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+5 GDONATIONCODER,www.DonationCoder.com
323. Gui,99:Font
324.  
325. Gui,99:Add,Picture,xm y+20 Icon6,%applicationname%.exe
326. Gui,99:Font,Bold
327. Gui,99:Add,Text,x+10 yp+10,AutoHotkey
328. Gui,99:Font
329. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+10,This tool was made using the powerful
330. Gui,99:Font,CBlue Underline
331. Gui,99:Add,Text,y+5 GAUTOHOTKEY,www.AutoHotkey.com
332. Gui,99:Font
333.  
334. Gui,99:Show,,%applicationname% About
335. hCurs:=DllCall("LoadCursor","UInt",NULL,"Int",32649,"UInt") ;IDC_HAND
336. OnMessage(0x200,"WM_MOUSEMOVE")
337. Return
338.  
339. 1HOURSOFTWARE:
340.  Run,http://www.1hoursoftware.com,,UseErrorLevel
341. Return
342.  
343. DONATIONCODER:
344.  Run,http://www.donationcoder.com,,UseErrorLevel
345. Return
346.  
347. AUTOHOTKEY:
348.  Run,http://www.autohotkey.com,,UseErrorLevel
349. Return
350.  
351. 99GuiClose:
352.  Gui,99:Destroy
353.   OnMessage(0x200,"")
354.   DllCall("DestroyCursor","Uint",hCur)
355. Return
356.  
357. WM_MOUSEMOVE(wParam,lParam)
358. {
359.   Global hCurs
360.   MouseGetPos,,,,ctrl
361.   If ctrl in Static9,Static13,Static17
362.     DllCall("SetCursor","UInt",hCurs)
363.   Return
364. }
365. Return
366.  
367.  
368. EXIT:
369. ExitApp

175

Living Room / Re: Kill me if you want (buying good, cheap and pretty two hard disks)

« on: February 28, 2019, 01:17 AM »

The problem is that i can't trust in any supplier. I prefer to trust in customers . So I am delaying the decission until I find a really understanding customer.

-Contro (February 27, 2019, 04:53 PM)

Sorry if I sound a little harsh (and I may be repeating myself...), but why are you asking for approval (that's what it sounds like to me, instead of advice), and already order the goods without waiting for or taking any of the tips you can have here?
If that's you way of proceeding, then just tell us what you bought, including photos, and why,

Spoiler

without cluttering the forum with endless rants and irrelevant info.