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Found Deals and Discounts / 50% off sale on over 40 of best-selling Windows Mobile applications Dec 19-23

« on: December 19, 2008, 09:45 PM »

For those who own Windows Mobile device:

Pocket PC Thoughts - Daily News, Views, Rants and Raves
"The gift of great Windows Mobile applications! From December 19th-23rd the company that manages our affiliate store, MobiHand, is having a huge 50% off sale on over 40 of the best-selling Windows Mobile applications. During this MobileHeist event you can expect to save anywhere from $10-$20USD on such applications such as Elecont Weather, Sprite Backup 6, Agenda One, Pocket Streamer and more!To pick up any of these best-selling applications you can just point your browser to our affiliate store(s) by using one of the links below!

    * Smartphone Thoughts Affiliate Store
    * Pocket PC Thoughts Affiliate Store
"
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/

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Found Deals and Discounts / www.bitsdujour.com clone at FevoDiscount - 24 hours discount software, buy cheap

« on: November 10, 2008, 07:19 AM »

FevoDiscount - 24 hours discount software, buy cheap software in 24 hours
"   
   
Fevo Discount home page
- Buy your favorite software at generous discount in 24 hours "
http://www.fevodiscount.com/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Roboform at 34% off on 17th Nov at www.bitsdujour.com

« on: November 10, 2008, 07:17 AM »

Great software applications, every day, at a deeply reduced price
"   
RoboForm Pro
Put Your Passwords On Speed Dial!
Password Master and Automated Form-Filler. Security so good, you don't have to think about it. Let RoboForm manage your passwords and fill forms with one click! "
http://www.bitsdujour.com/previews/

This is likely one of the best Password and Automated Form-Filler.

Try filling in all the details when you book say airline tickets for several persons for a trip involving a few people with say flights over 3 or 4 destinations, then you will really only just begin to appreciate the beauty of Roboform.

I don't know of any alternative application that work as well as Roboform - not perfect but quite close to it and it's updated fairly regularly and works with many browsers.

Do note that there's also a Donationcoder's discount code for 20% available on

Member Specials - DonationCoder.com
"AI Roboform    20%    view    Undetermined    not reviewed by us"
https://www.donation.../Specials/index.html

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Post New Requests Here / Do It Tomorrow reminder - Anti-Procrastinator

« on: November 05, 2008, 10:34 AM »

There are important things that I need to get done and one of the ways is to have a constant reminder staring at me whenever I see my desktop.

So it would be nice to have a simple tool that I could hit a hot key, and it would the allow me to add the item and closing it would "burned" it into my Windows desktop.

Once I get it done, I could then hit the hotkey, check it off and then it would be erased from my desktop.

One not so elegant way is to use BGinfo.exe
"Use the Custom button to add special information you define yourself."
http://technet.micro...ernals/bb897557.aspx

It allows me to add to a text file, the contents of which will be "burned" onto the screen - It allows me to determine which corner of the screen the text would be placed. Maybe, some might find this idea interesting and improve upon it.

This is not meant to replace one of those dedicated To do list programs that you might use for Getting Things Done where you list everything to get it out of your head.

This is to help me maintain a few items (probably no more than 10) that I want to keep in front of me - more like what's advocated by Mark Forster's Do It Tomorrow concept which I find more useful.

Update:
Just discovered a thread
Write on Windows Desktop - DonationCoder.com
"   
Write on Windows Desktop"
https://www.donation...opic=11716.msg101342

No mention of BGinfo.exe there

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General Software Discussion / How to automate the scanning of file selected with AVG Free in DOPUS

« on: November 04, 2008, 10:51 AM »

I use Dopus as a File Manager.

When I select a file in DOPUS, I can right click the selected file and from the Context menu select Scan with AVG Free.

I would like to simplify this because Right Click to get the context menu and select the Scan with AVG Free command can be a little tedious.

Ideally, I could create a custom button and attach a command to execute AVG Free and scan the selected file.

But I'm not sure how to locate the command the context menu is using.

The command C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgscanx.exe accepts commandline instructions.

But the scanning is quite fast and it appears to be a DOS based command and the scanning results appears momentarily in a DOS windows and disappears before you can even look at it.

The Right Click Context Menu command Scan with AVG Free, brings up a Windows box telling you it's scanning and then the results.

Are there any DOPUS experts around here that knows the answer ?

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Found Deals and Discounts / PowerFavorites Free on Giveawayoftheday - less than 24 hous now.

« on: November 01, 2008, 02:11 AM »

Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily. Today: Power Favorites - Power Favorites is a bookmark manager for Windows that helps you organize and synchronize your bookmarks. It takes bookmarks from ...
"Giveaway of the Day - Power Favorites

Power Favorites is a bookmark manager for Windows that helps you organize and synchronize your bookmarks. It takes bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera, merges them into one file, and automatically synchronizes them between computers. You can use it to detect dead links and duplicates if you have many bookmarks.


Active Giveaway time left: 23 hours 50 minutes"
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

Power Favorites as a replacement for Powermarks was discussed in this forum recently.

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Found Deals and Discounts / ALL Genie-Soft Products - 50% off till Nov 1

« on: October 30, 2008, 04:03 AM »

Got an email offer from :

Be Safe with Genie Backup Manager

50% OFF
*Offer ends on 1st of November

Special on ALL Genie-Soft Products

Buy Now
Coupon: HALG50

Actually the site's advert says it ends on Nov 2nd.

http://www.genie-sof.../store/us/store.html

Oops, this discount is a non starter for DC Members as we also got a 50% discount.

But it may be useful for those who are not DC members yet

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Found Deals and Discounts / Perfect Disk 20% discount offer

« on: October 29, 2008, 05:23 AM »

Raxco is offering a 20% US elections discount expiring 4th Nov.

Coupon is 1108ELECT

The coupon is also valid for Upgrades.

Now the $64 question.

Do you think it is worthwhile to upgrade to Perfect Disk 2008 ?

I'm trying to cure myself from Upgraditis.

Perhaps a dose of recession helps.

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General Software Discussion / Data Extractor - Anyone found this useful

« on: October 11, 2008, 06:00 AM »

There's a 50% offer today on www.bitsdujour.com
   
Data Extractor
Extract any data, emails and URLs from files and the web
The Data Extractor allows website screen scraping to simply extract email addresses or URLs, or extract your own information using advanced techniques.

Just wondering if anyone has used this software before previously and found it effective and useful as advertised.

Or is there anything else that is much better ?

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General Software Discussion / How can I transfer IE history (Not referring to Favourites) to new laptop

« on: October 08, 2008, 09:53 AM »

Does anyone know of a quick and effective way to transfer the history of Internet Explorer to another computer.

This is so that when you type in the url bar, you will be able to see your recent visits.

Nirsoft has a IE history view. But it only list the items but has no facility to transfer.

IEHistoryView v1.37 - View Visited Web Sites of Internet Explorer
Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007 Nir Sofer
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iehv.html

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General Software Discussion / Switch power profile based on which program is active in windows

« on: October 01, 2008, 02:52 AM »

Does anyone know of a program to switch power profile based on which program is active in windows.

For example, if I'm running a graphics program like Corel Draw in the currently active windows, I may want to Switch to full power.

But if I'm just reading a long text file in Notepad, I may want to switch to a much lower power profile.

Toshiba has a Toshiba Power Saver Properties that does this.

It allows the Profile to switch automatically.

What I'm looking for is a generic software that is not tied to a particular brand of laptop.

Alternatively, I'm looking for something similar that will work for an IBM (Lenovo) Thinkpad

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General Software Discussion / Is there a way to move Microsoft Office 2007 to another hardisk for XP Downgrade

« on: September 27, 2008, 11:01 AM »

I just bought a Lenovo T61 Thinkpad (they were having one of those crazy sales) that came with Windows Vista Home Edition with the intention of downgrading it to Windows XP Professional.

But I just runned into a problem.

The unit came with a Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 but it was pre-installed as a trial version (without an installation disk (but with a Product Key in a shrinkwrap package - without the CD and they tell you that the key WILL NOT activate volume license or other boxed copies of 2007 Microsoft Office)

So the intention is that you just activate Microsoft Office 2007 and you are done.

Of course, they think that only clowns like me want to downgrade to Windows XP Pro.

So the problem is that while working out how to get this done properly, I just realized that if I use another clean harddisk from scratch, I will be able to install Windows XP Pro, but I will end up having to sacrifice the pre-installed Microsoft Office 2007 since there is no installation disc.

Is there a way to uninstall Windows Vista Home and install Windows XP Professional so it becomes like a clean install of Windows XP Pro but with the Microsoft Office 2007 intact.

Or maybe the Microsoft Office 2007 installation files residing in a hidden folder somewhere in the harddisk.

Anyone has any ideas ?

Thanks

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General Software Discussion / How to add a Button (to execute a AutoHotkey script or an exe) to Firefox 3

« on: September 10, 2008, 02:19 AM »

I would like to execute a particular command from within Firefox 3.

This could be calling a AutoHotkey script or the same script compiled into a DoThis.exe

Preferably this should be by way of clicking an Icon on one of the Firefox 3 toolbars.

Do anyone know of a way to accomplish this ?

Thanks

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Found Deals and Discounts / Phatware Buy 1 get 1 Free = Phatnotes + Calligrapher up till 15 Sep 08

« on: September 03, 2008, 12:42 PM »

For Windows Mobile Users - This is a great deal
PhatWare has a great promotion running now through September 15th.  If you buy their award winning PhatNotes application for Windows Mobile Standard, Professional or Windows Tablet PC, you will get the latest version of CalliGrapher FREE!  That's a $40 savings!

http://www.phatware....ct/details/phatnotes

I own both software and I find them both excellent.

Phatnotes is a much better note taking software compared with Pocket Word - rather useful if take a lot of notes regularly.

Calligrapher is also great for handwriting once you get used to it and it has a built in macro language too.

With the macro language, I have been able to automate various routine tasks.

There are also other deals on www.phatware.com

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General Software Discussion / Paragon Partition Manager 2005 or Easeus Partition Manager for Windows XP Pro

« on: July 21, 2008, 11:26 AM »

I was looking through the various threads on what is a good Partition Management tool for Windows XP Pro and found that I could not get clear answer from the various threads on whether Paragon Partition Manager 2005 is a reliable tool.

Does anyone have experience with it ?

Or alternatively what about FREE EASEUS Partition Manager for Windows PC and Servers to Resize, Move, Create, Delete and Format partitions, etc.
"FREE EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition V1.6.4"
http://www.partition-tool.com/

In fact Easeus calls itself a Partition Magic Alternative and says it's free.

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General Software Discussion / AVG False positive on MouseActivate ?

« on: June 08, 2008, 03:46 AM »

Has anyone encountered this AVG Threat Detected ! warning for MouseActivate

It says Virus identified Worm/Autoit.BKL

I assume it is a false warning as this program comes from none other than www.Donationcoder.com

Never had this warning before until today.

Anyway, I clicked the AVG's healed command and it says successfully healed.

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General Software Discussion / Dilemma - Free AVG8 - Buggy; Updates for Free AVG 7.5 ending May 08

« on: May 16, 2008, 04:45 AM »

Support Alert Newsletter Issue 157, Free Edition
"On April 24 the free version of AVG V8 was released, and was promptly met with howls of derision. The free version excluded the rootkit scanner, active protection against hostile websites and a number of the other goodies added to the commercial V8 product. It also was proving to be very buggy.

Worse still, AVG announced that they would discontinue (at the end of May) the virus updates for the current V7.5 free version as well as their free anti-spyware and rootkit detection products.

I can fully understand user's disappointment with these announcements, but this is a perfectly normal commercial decision. AVG is, after all, a commercial organization, not a charity.

Their move does, however, present users of AVG's free software with a problem. Before the release of the V8, many AVG users employed an excellent security setup that combined the free version of AVG AV 7.5 with AVG's free anti-spyware scanner. With both these products being phased out, users are faced with a dilemma."
http://techsupportal...rent.htm#Section_3.3

I have used Freeware AVG 7.5 for sometime now. But looks like this happy relationship is gonna end soon !!

Any thoughts and ideas besides what Gizmo suggest.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Recentx at Giveawayoftheday

« on: May 06, 2008, 03:37 AM »

"Giveaway of the Day - RecentX

RecentX is a 1-click super-fast way of accessing your widespread documents, deep folders, cluttered programs & large Internet browsing history/bookmarks (favorites). RecentX saves enormous time, removes frustration and stress caused due to trivial & repeated computer activity for which we have not done anything yet."
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

This program was on donationcoder's recent discount list.
Also discussed in this thread https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=9410.0

So what are you waiting for !

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General Software Discussion / Who used up the bandwidth/allocated traffic for the month ?

« on: April 15, 2008, 11:58 AM »

I know someone who is one of four students living in a house.

They share a wireless network and based on the ISP plan they subscribed to, they have an allocated traffic of 50GB of high speed traffic per month and after that, the speed drops dramatically.

So each pays 25% of the cost.

What they have now is a situation of the 50gb being used up too quickly and everyone thinks it is someone else other than they themselves being responsible. Well obviously someone is visiting www.youtube.com etc too often.

Does anyone know of a freeware traffic monitoring tool that each can install on their computer that will track their respective usage so that there is a fair allocation between the various users that will lead to a peaceful co-existence. Preferably, there should be a traffic report that each can print out to support their case.

I recognize that such reports can of course be manipulated. But I will just assume that no one tries to beat the software. Just that all each one needs is a reliable "fuel" meter so that they know they are using up too much juice.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

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General Software Discussion / Does anyone know if Vista can recognize a floppy disk drive

« on: March 25, 2008, 11:58 AM »

I'm just thinking a little ahead which is why I'm asking this question.

I hate to move over to Vista but :

1. The approaching death of Windows XP is kind of getting closer each day
2. My laptop could fail and when I replace it earlier than I have to, I may be forced onto Vista

I have a wonderful piece of software that I've been using for several years now. The only thing that gets me worried is that it required a key that is stored on a floppy. I have in fact upgraded to a new version which does not require a floppy, but the new "user interface is terrible compared to the older version". So I cannot solve my problem with a software upgrade.
 
I seem to get the impression that Windows Vista does not recognize either the floppy drive or a diskette formatted under Windows 98.

Can anyone shed any light on whether Vista can recognize a USB floppy drive and a diskette

Thanks

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Found Deals and Discounts / Evernote Beta & Evernote free at Giveawayoftheday today

« on: March 21, 2008, 03:13 AM »

"Evernote Beta"
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

"In addition, Evernote is giving away a full version of Evernote 2.2 for Windows (Main Download / Mirror 1 - 56.1 MB), normally $49.95"
http://www.giveawayo...y.com/evernote-beta/

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Found Deals and Discounts / 33% of all Phatware products (Windows Mobile) till 31 Mar 08

« on: March 18, 2008, 09:55 AM »

"10-year Anniversary Sale

In the wake of PhatWare’s 10-th anniversary, we are pleased to offer a 33% discount on all PhatWare software products (excluding upgrades and developer products) through March 31, 2008. Please follow the instructions below to take advantage of this limited time offer."
http://www.phatware....q=page/show/howtobuy

I can say that PhatWare has quite good programs like Calligrapher (Handwriting recognition), Phatnotes (What else - take notes - beats the programs that is native to Windows Mobile), Phatpad etc.

They are all quality software which I own and use.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Helpsmith on Giveawayoftheday

« on: February 07, 2008, 02:47 AM »

On quite a few of the giveawayoftheday, I give it a miss, but today's offer may be worth mine and your trouble. Maybe it's because it's normally for sale at $199.

Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily. HelpSmith - The Help Authoring Tool.
"HelpSmith is an innovative help authoring tool allowing you to easily create CHM HTML Help files and Printed Manuals. The HelpSmith’s ultimate toolkit with its visual approach takes the process of writing technical documentation for your software to a new quality level."
http://www.giveawayo...heday.com/helpsmith/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Titan Backup 2.0 Free for Registered users - applies to 1.2 free from Giveaway

« on: January 19, 2008, 11:12 AM »

If you got Titan Backup 1.2 Free from www.giveawayoftheday.com you can get free upgrade to Titan Backup 2.0 because of their Holiday Gift Promotion. Not sure how long this is for. So grab it while you can.

Holiday Gift
"Titan Backup 2.0 - Holiday Gift
Registered Users

Thank you for being a Titan Backup customer.

Because we think it is so important to protect your priceless files we've made it possible for you to get our new major upgrade Titan Backup 2.0 for FREE!

 "
http://www.titanback...up-holiday-gift.html


As an afterthought, has anyone used it and compared it to Genie Backup Manager Professional.

But you certainly cannot argue with Free !

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Found Deals and Discounts / Pocket Informant FREE, Two Days Only

« on: January 04, 2008, 05:19 AM »

Pocket Informant FREE, Two Days Only

http://www.pocketpct...?action=expand,57846

The title says it all: visit our software store, use the coupon code PIFREE, and you'll get a free version of Pocket Informant.

Software store at
http://software.pock.../product.asp?id=1025