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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2007, 09:18 AM »

Hi all,

my name is Wolfgang, I am from Germany. I am 41 years old and computers are just a hobby, not my profession.
I have come across this forum, when I searched for tips on programming/scripting: AutoHotKey -> Skrommel -> DonationCoder
My impression is: DC is the friendliest place on the net.

-wolf.b (October 26, 2007, 07:18 AM)

hi Wolfgang!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a Profile Desktops

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2007, 09:13 AM »

an easy way to swap desktop layouts ... All without setting up _____

-Ralf Maximus (October 26, 2007, 08:18 AM)

or
without using virtual desktops

I think that's part of request, psionics?
if not,
well that's what I would like

main difference i believe not using Virtual Desktops is that programmes shown in taskbar aren't affected

10428

General Software Discussion / Re: Gmail rolling out IMAP Support?

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2007, 03:21 AM »

IMAP, all the messages exist and are managed directly on the server. This means that if a user move a message to a different folder, replies to or deletes messages, or anything else, everyone who subscribes to that IMAP account in their email client will always be in the loop.

-zridling (October 25, 2007, 06:51 PM)

must go read up about imap -

  would'nt it be nice then to have an imap email client where if you tag mail, it would be reflected in gmail

I currently tag stuff in Thunderbird (for what it's worth) & have some filters setup in gmail,
but basically everything gets archived when downloaded to client

10429

Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online/CompuTech (my) programs

« Last post by tomos on October 26, 2007, 01:33 AM »

Brandon,
which version would you recommend for someone who barely knows what an exe file is ?!
(I will be able to help out - on the phone though)

I guess I'm wondering whether to go for the Beta or not?
It's for my sister who knowing her probably wont get to download it for a while,
by which time you probably have another 20 updates out (or maybe not - I read you got to study a bit as well..)
So,
in general would you recommend the stable version or.. ?
thanks, tom

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on October 24, 2007, 12:33 PM »

You can download the sample database from the www.sqlnotes.net or read the same info on the SQLNotes web site.

You can also, put it back in by simply drag-dropping the web-site content to the HTML editing pane. That's how it was created in the first place!

-PPLandry (October 19, 2007, 05:56 PM)

@Tomos,

Were you able to get the text back using one of the 2 methods?

-PPLandry (October 23, 2007, 04:03 PM)

I downloaded it fine thanks -will try other method too though!

10431

Living Room / Re: "HDD Not Included"

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 03:58 PM »

what about dust ??

10432

Living Room / Re: Multibooting and Partitioning Experiments

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 09:43 AM »

on a personal note - in response to Wolf re germany!

on a personal note -

Hi tomos,

do you miss Ireland? How do you cope with all those humor-free Germans (me included)? I am not spying on you but I have found your post whilst reading the thread "OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?". I might introduce myself properly over there as well, but not today.

-wolf.b (October 22, 2007, 01:16 PM)

I think Germans can be a bit stoic when they dont know you - prob depends where they from too -
Saarlanders have a reputation for humour & friendliness,
here in Pfalz I find people very friendly if you talk to them. Maybe they're a bit reserved otherwise 
Once I visited Köln (just for a day) & everyone I met was really friendly & cracking jokes - they deserve their witty/humerous reputation

And, funny, I only miss Ireland when I'm in Ireland - good sign 

re the rest: I'm learning   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can Open Source apps compete with commercial ones?

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 08:54 AM »

Very subjective - thunderbird is one of the last tools I would want to use to handle my email...   

-iphigenie (October 23, 2007, 08:51 AM)

so what do you use ? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: BBed, a stand-alone BBcode editor that really works!

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 08:19 AM »

here's another one,
sorry no screenshot here but if you follow the link: 

AHK BBCodeWriter v7.0.2 - An offline BBCode Editor

(I havent used it)

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General Software Discussion / Re: weird hibernation problem (again)... I don't know what to think

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 06:17 AM »

let us know how you got on

dont know did you see second link in my post above -
there may be something of help in comments there

eg:

123. Vorapoap - January 15, 2006

    I used the Security Task Manager to quarantine many services especially many of Intel PROSet/Wireless services. I found that I can disable following services and still get the wireless to work using Windows Wireless Zero Configure (not the strange Intel App)

    mEoU.msi
    mCore
    igfxTray Module

    I also disabled all RealTek Audio utility services..

    well.. I can now begin to hibernate for at least 3 times now continuously..

    If this can really solve the problem, I suggest everyone who already apply the hotfix and didn’t get the problem solved to start looking at your services and disable all unnecessary memory hungers.

    I will continue to report if this is one of the solution..

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General Software Discussion / Re: weird hibernation problem (again)... I don't know what to think

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 06:03 AM »

with 2GB of ram & for some reason the pagefile wasnt being accessed (I believe that was the problem)
I couldnt go into hibernation with FF + 40tabs open.
dunno did it say "not enough resources" or "not enough virtual resources to .... your API"
apologies about the vagueness of text

but it's sorted now...

-tomos (October 02, 2007, 04:05 AM)

a bit off topic but that wasnt sorted (just pretended to be for a while...)
error was (when going into hibernation):

"Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API"

is related to xp sp2 struggling with too much memory (odd reaction though!)

solution is ms hotfix, see page
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909095
or
if that doesnt work the more recent comments here may help:
http://www.ntwizards...2004/10/13/hibernate

-tomos (October 03, 2007, 02:04 AM)

funny I knew I had quoted
"Insufficient resources to complete the windows API" *
but couldnt find it when I searched - maybe because it was in a table?

Anyways hopefully that'll sort out your problem! or at least the hibernation one..

* EDIT: re search - I searched for all words & it is slightly different wording

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Living Room / Re: The ugly truth about beauty

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 02:10 AM »

Most men, I believe, think of themselves as average-looking. Men will think this even if their faces cause heart failure in cattle at a range of 300 yards. Being average does not bother them; average is fine for men. This is why men never ask anybody how they look. Their primary form of beauty care is to shave themselves, which is essentially the same form of beauty care that they give to their lawns. If, at the end of his four-minute daily beauty regimen, a man has managed to wipe most of the shaving cream out of his hair and is not bleeding too badly, he feels that he has done all he can, so he stops thinking about his appearance and devotes his mind to more critical issues, such as the Super Bowl.

Hey, just because WE'RE idiots, that does not mean YOU have to be...

loved it Josh 

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General Software Discussion / Re: The great defrag shootout

« Last post by tomos on October 23, 2007, 02:01 AM »

hi Donn, welcome!

thanks for the "Shootout" - it's a great series of reviews!
I see you have a 20% discount from Raxco for Perfect Disk on the winners page - tempting

10439

Living Room / Re: Multibooting and Partitioning Experiments

« Last post by tomos on October 22, 2007, 08:23 AM »

Interesting read Wolf 

I've never indulged in multibooting,
but when setting up partitions & windows xp install lately
someone suggested making a hidden partition that I could possibly use later for multibooting (so I did)

also, these were recommended:
http://www.goodells..../multiboot/index.htm
http://www.goodells..../multiboot/notes.htm

and here is one partitioning guide I came across
http://partition.rad...m/partitioning_4.htm

I see you do have XP on a logical drive ?!?
Is it the boot.ini file going into the initial primary partitions that makes that okay?

Also curious about Ranish Partition Manager - it hasnt been updated in years,
is it good?
Do you have Powerquest Partition Magic because Ranish has limitations?

I see there's a few links about multibooting, etc at the ranish page:
http://www.ranish.com/part/

Multi-boot:    Archer's HD Page, Multi-boot by Mariusz Zynel, Trombettworks Multi-boot HowTo Hard disks:    Boot Sequence, How-It-Works, Terms, Hidden Secrets, Recovering Secret HD Space! Other apps:   Bootpart, Diskman, GAG, OS Loader, SavePart, SBM, Volkov, Zeleps Partition Resizer

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Better Quoting Support for the Forum?

« Last post by tomos on October 21, 2007, 01:47 PM »

havent looked at your links nontroppo but noticed this yesterday:

If you have a look here
http://www.neoseeker..._reply&t=1021332

they have the option to select text from someone elses post & "Append quote" or "Prepend[?!] quote"

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Living Room / Re: Requesting new organization ideas for fresh windows installation

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 04:10 PM »

hi again Wolf
was thinking about it again -

it might be interesting to start a new thread sometime (naturally if you were interested)
about multibooting and
about partioning "tactics" I guess one could call it, and possibilities -
I know a couple of people here do/use(?) multibooting, but far as I know it has only been mentioned in passing.

10442

General Software Discussion / Re: AOL active virus shield fails to update - is it just me?

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 10:34 AM »

anyone tried the mcafee "version" ?

10443

General Software Discussion / Re: free aol active virus shield no more but...

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 10:33 AM »

the end is here...of active virus shield at any rate
see
https://www.donation...54.msg81911#msg81911

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General Software Discussion / Re: AOL active virus shield fails to update - is it just me?

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 10:32 AM »

We hope you have been satisfied with the free protection provided by Active Virus Shield. Although your software may still be up-to-date,* this service is in the process of being discontinued. *Only users with a current license to the software are still receiving updates. Check your Active Virus Shield software to determine whether it is active. If your software is no longer active, you must upgrade now for up-to-date protection.

It's official,
they dont say how long it'll take - not sure what they mean by footnote 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 09:37 AM »

In DOpus:

It's definitely not hardlinks - cause the folder doesnt actually exist anywhere -
you cant create subfolders -
e.g.
say you have a virtual folder "ABC", containing folders 1, 2, & 3:
you cant make a new folder in ABC & drag 1 2 & 3 into it. Cant make the subfolder atall.

It's more comparable to a tagging system really 

Also you cant add files to the root collection(virtual) folder

it's just a virtual containing folder

-tomos (October 20, 2007, 04:46 AM)

I feel the need to correct you a bit, as you are not correct in all of what you are saying. You can create as many subfolders as you'd like in a virtual folder, and move them around as you see fit. The only thing that could prevent you from handling them pretty much like folders on a real filesystem is if you create them as "members" instead of "sub-collections"

-Dirhael (October 20, 2007, 07:09 AM)

ah,
Dirhael, is that an Opus 9 thing? -
I've never gotten asked that in Version 8 at any rate.

When I rethink it - I'm not definite about whether they are hard-links or not
I was thinking about junction points  still think they not hard links

Breakfast sounds good urlwolf..

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Living Room / Re: Requesting new organization ideas for fresh windows installation

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 05:00 AM »

Wolf -v.quick response

thanks for all that info -
I dont think this off topic 
"new organization ideas for fresh windows installation"
sounds about right
I'll have to reread your post again later though..

re paging file(S)
https://www.donation...36.msg81703#msg81703
was the most recent...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 04:46 AM »

Correct me if I'm wrong but, your definition of a virtual folder sounds like a folder filled with hard-links?

-SirSmiley (October 17, 2007, 06:54 PM)

Must be. I wonder how it can work otherwise... unless it's using the NTFS Alternate data Streams + a database, or something similar, like the tag2find software.

-Armando (October 19, 2007, 11:57 PM)

In DOpus:

It's definitely not hardlinks - cause the folder doesnt actually exist anywhere -
you cant create subfolders -
e.g.
say you have a virtual folder "ABC", containing folders 1, 2, & 3:
you cant make a new folder in ABC & drag 1 2 & 3 into it. Cant make the subfolder atall.

It's more comparable to a tagging system really 

Also you cant add files to the root collection(virtual) folder

it's just a virtual containing folder

10448

General Software Discussion / Re: keeping/saving cloned files

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 04:37 AM »

after the unpredictability of hard-links I gave up - have new computer now but havent tried hard links yet.
Could give it a go again...

I have tried Junction Points though:
From thread     
soft and hard links in ntfs :

Re problems deleting folders in Junction Points: From http://en.wikipedia..../NTFS_junction_point Observed effects Windows Explorer: ... # Whilst walking through the directory with explorer, it seems impossible to delete folders, however files can be deleted. # A solution for these issues is installing NTFS Link, which makes Windows Explorer handle junctions correctly. One can also use the fsutil application to delete and query reparse points (administration privileges are required). -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Explorer will try this nfts link & see how I get on -tomos (September 21, 2007, 04:52 PM)

tried a few different apps - no success deleting folders so think I'll probably give up on that idea too

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Living Room / Re: release important informatin after your death with this service

« Last post by tomos on October 20, 2007, 04:31 AM »

forgot to mention that i found it amusing to see a 'human league' http://en.wikipedia....iki/The_Human_League photograph being used as a bit of stock photography on the deathswitch site.

-nudone (October 20, 2007, 03:09 AM)

that's very odd, isnt it!?!

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on October 19, 2007, 05:03 PM »

 
hah,
I managed to make the getting started documentation disappear



I right clicked in lower pane & selected browse view &, well, it disappeared

anyone got any tips for how to get it back -
should have read it first, huh? 

EDIT: restart doesnt bring it back or any of those buttons dont seem to help
it is now in browser mode - context menu seems to be same as Firefox