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General Software Discussion / Re: RIP Autopatcher

« on: September 06, 2007, 06:18 PM »

Yup, Autopatcher take down was discussed in this thread

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

« on: September 06, 2007, 05:53 PM »

What a statement for your 400's post Nighted! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a program like add/remove programs any idea's?

« on: September 05, 2007, 01:59 AM »

Guys, there is plenty of posts about uninstaller tools on DC, this thread is about programs missing from/not listed in the add/remove window.

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General Software Discussion / Tiny apps

« on: September 04, 2007, 09:32 PM »

Cybernetnews lists Top 15 Ultra Tiny Apps (and a few more cool and handy tools mentioned in the comments).

Here's a link to another good list of Power replacements for built-in Windows utilities by Lifehacker.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a program like add/remove programs any idea's?

« on: September 04, 2007, 08:29 PM »

now the add/remove programs list is missing most of the programs that were previously installed on the machine although 99% of them still run fine

-NightFlyer (September 04, 2007, 05:27 PM)

Is there a scrollbar in the add/remove window? Sometimes a large white space will appear between programs so you'll not see the entries unless you scroll all the way down.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a program like add/remove programs any idea's?

« on: September 04, 2007, 08:15 PM »

Check Microsoft's KB Article: Add/Remove Programs tool displays installed programs incorrectly for a possible fix.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Switcher2: Expose Clone (Window Arranger) for Windows

« on: September 03, 2007, 06:57 PM »

I find all the implementations of exposé on win XP rather clunky or too resource  hungry. So I’ve settled on TaskSwitchXP.

-Armando (September 03, 2007, 04:38 PM)

Alt -Tab Thingy was my task switching program of choice.

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Coding Snacks / Re: easy to locate current working folder(s)... and file(s) i suppose

« on: September 03, 2007, 08:51 AM »

Perhaps this would help?

http://www.ntwind.co...es/visual-subst.html

creates a virtual drive pointing to a folder - then you just need to choose the drive from the drop down drive list...

-neel (September 03, 2007, 06:50 AM)

You do not need a third party tool to do that. You could create virtual drives via SUBST.EXE tool (in %WINDIR%\system32).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Switcher2: Expose Clone (Window Arranger) for Windows

« on: September 03, 2007, 01:40 AM »

Ultimately, these third party apps get consigned to a lingering death on my computer - installed but neglected for months before finally being ripped out!

-Darwin (September 03, 2007, 12:32 AM)

Sounds familiar 

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Living Room / Re: download all updates for XP in one go?

« on: September 02, 2007, 06:20 PM »

I have got it and it is full of hotfix uninstallers (even though I regularly use CrapCleaner).

-Carol Haynes (September 02, 2007, 03:44 PM)

$hf_mig$ does not contain uninstallers. All the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxxx folders are uninstallers for Windows updates and can be safely deleteted if you are not gonna need to uninstall them one day.

Doug Knox has a xp hotfix backup removal utility.

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Living Room / Re: $7.5 to optimize XP NTFS Drive access : rip-off or not ?

« on: September 02, 2007, 11:25 AM »

Have you seen this msfn thread yet?

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Living Room / Re: download all updates for XP in one go?

« on: September 02, 2007, 11:17 AM »

It contains security updates, and thus it seems it should NOT be removed (I wonder if CCleaner touches these ones). More information

-Lashiec (September 02, 2007, 10:41 AM)

The $hf_mig$ folder should not be deleted. It is used for for future upgrades to reference. See discussion at http://forum.pirifor...x.php?showtopic=4288

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Living Room / Re: Whats on your desktop?

« on: September 02, 2007, 09:35 AM »

@Curt

If you like Dirhael's dock icons, download Reflections CAPS by ~styrizo to create your own (Preview Here). Alternatively, check out Reflections Vol. I , Reflections Vol. II , and Reflections Vol. III.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a Freeware Timer software

« on: September 02, 2007, 06:20 AM »

PKTimer (Direct Download) is a small, skinable, alarm clock that can work as a countdown or configured to go off at a fixed time. It has 4 types of alarms:

1 Play beep.wav
2 Load a program
3 Play a CD from the cdrom tray
4 Shutdown windows

See pic of the basic skin. You can find more skins here and here

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Living Room / Re: Whats on your desktop?

« on: September 01, 2007, 10:45 PM »

Is Zlyl Zhang one of your, ahem, friend?

-Armando (September 01, 2007, 08:17 PM)

Oh, yeah, I'm a great friend of her. I took that photo one night she came to visit me

-Lashiec (September 01, 2007, 10:34 PM)

Can I be your friend too then?

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Living Room / Re: Whats on your desktop?

« on: September 01, 2007, 09:54 PM »

Is Zlyl Zhang one of your, ahem, friend?

-Armando (September 01, 2007, 08:17 PM)

It's Zhang Ziyi. My favorite Chinese actress.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Context Menu Editor?

« on: August 30, 2007, 07:13 AM »

StudioZai Menu Organizer is another alternative. I haven't tried it and am not sure how it works under Vista.

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Living Room / Re: "Content-Aware Image Resizing!! OMG!!!!!!!".. Calm down: it's useless

« on: August 29, 2007, 10:03 PM »

Well, guess what...Adobe hires image resizing pioneer

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Living Room / Re: download all updates for XP in one go?

« on: August 29, 2007, 06:59 PM »

Microsoft sends takedown notice to AutoPatcher

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Living Room / Re: I wanna hurt this guy!

« on: August 28, 2007, 08:29 AM »

Are you saying that a third party is sending emails out using your address so that it would appear they came from you?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mouse software

« on: August 28, 2007, 08:04 AM »

I use NiftyWindows, which allows you to control windows in all kinds of ways by using only your mouse. However, it does not have a nifty method of scrolling windows that aren't in focus.

-jzippo (August 28, 2007, 01:57 AM)

If you like this program then you should check out radialm.

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Coding Snacks / Re: taskbar at top annoyance - autohotkey to the rescue?

« on: August 28, 2007, 05:48 AM »

Recommending xBar utility by methodik should earn me the credits . With xBar you can create a margin on your screen that maximized windows will not cover... and there are other great little programs listed on that page. You will find info on methodik's programs at Virtualplastic.

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Living Room / Re: Problem Windows Genuine Advantage

« on: August 28, 2007, 04:26 AM »

Heh, still no update on what happened. Yay WGA.

-f0dder (August 27, 2007, 05:55 AM)

Here's the latest from Microsoft

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Living Room / Re: A joyful addition..

« on: August 27, 2007, 09:26 PM »

That's just the beginning guys... nursery / preschool is where they conspire and devise plans to drive mom and dad insane. Watch out!

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General Software Discussion / Re: screen saver file association messed up

« on: August 27, 2007, 08:54 PM »

The "%1" /S value determines how Windows runs screensavers (.SCR files). If it "needs" to be opened with some other program, the value would look like this "%1" /S %*. The removal of adware/malware effected the change (which is good).

Here's a good read on this topic