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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer lifetime license PRO 50% off

« Last post by Curt on April 21, 2015, 02:16 AM »

XYplorer Pro Lifetime key 50% off   on Bits du Jour again today (21april2015):

http://www.bitsdujou...rer-lifetime-license

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 18, 2015, 02:10 AM »

%windir%\system32\charmap.exe

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 17, 2015, 12:51 PM »

-congratulation! 


But I still think you should throw it away! 
 

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Final Release: Tell When Done

« Last post by Curt on April 17, 2015, 12:21 PM »

Anand, maybe you're not seeing it, as a guest would see it? As a guest I was thinking, the words "TellWhenDone1.6.0.zip (451k)" surely must give a file if clicked - but it was a dead end. Instead one has to press a microscopic and unnamed blue arrow situated far out in the margin. I expect more people than me don't understand or even notice that arrow.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Motion Jpeg (.mjpeg) player or convert to mpg?

« Last post by Curt on April 17, 2015, 11:47 AM »

Sarin Samuel, will you please tell how you're connected to deskshare.com? You have posted thrice, and all three post are recommending deskshare programs, and deskshare programs only. Please don't get this wrong; you are allowed to recommend your own programs, but you ought to be straight with us and tell if it's your creation, or how you're affiliated.

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Living Room / Re: Making a new page of "DonationCoder's Favorite Web Sites" - suggestions?

« Last post by Curt on April 17, 2015, 09:24 AM »

How about starpunch.blogspot.com ?

-c.gingerich (January 03, 2014, 03:47 PM)

-has been replaced by "VDSFreak. Software, Tech, Pics, and such..." http://vdsfreak.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Comodo Internet Security -- a cautionary tale?

« Last post by Curt on April 17, 2015, 06:56 AM »

Btw, for FireFox it's important to install µblock from the GitHub link I posted, it's not updated anywhere near regularly from the official addon repository.

-f0dder (April 17, 2015, 03:25 AM)

-does this mean, f0dder, that you are recommending the beta versions?

Pardon my French, I think uBlock is youBlock, not microBlock.

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 17, 2015, 12:55 AM »

you can bookmark this page for future reference. • http://panmental.de/symbols/info.htm

-lanux128 (April 17, 2015, 12:27 AM)

☑ ✪ ♥ ✓

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Macrium Reflect 6 News

« Last post by Curt on April 16, 2015, 04:03 PM »

we skipped the version 6 news quite suddenly. "Macrium Reflect v6 Workstation" is on intro-offer for the rest of the month: > €61.00 Introductory Price ends 30th April 2015. Full price from 1st May 2015 will be $75 USD / €74 Euro / £53 GBP.< The word "Workstation" means good old "Pro" -("Support will not be provided to customers who use Home Edition in a business environment")- but as said by Jibz, there is no difference between Home and Workstation, except right now a buck...: "Macrium Reflect v6 Home Edition": €60.00, or 4 Pack Home Licence €119.00

http://www.macrium.com/personal.aspx
http://www.macrium.c...ges/comparisons.aspx

    

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 16, 2015, 03:04 PM »

throw that stupid machine into the bin! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 16, 2015, 07:26 AM »

AltGr+163 also gives me £  
Actually Windows Character Map is saying Alt+163. But I guess that would be on a normal PC, because on my laptop I have to use AltGr instead.

-Curt (April 16, 2015, 01:58 AM)

-hey, kalos, this means you can use Ctrl+Alt+163 = £  

You simply have to remember the number 163  

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 16, 2015, 01:58 AM »

AltGr+163 also gives me £ 

Actually Windows Character Map is saying Alt+163. But I guess that would be on a normal PC, because on my laptop I have to use AltGr instead.

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 15, 2015, 04:58 PM »

Ctrl+Alt+3 also gives me £

Is the laptop quite old?

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General Software Discussion / Re: pound symbol

« Last post by Curt on April 15, 2015, 01:08 PM »

The button that is next to the big SPACE -button, on the right side, is called "Alt Gr". Press it together with "3": £

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

« Last post by Curt on April 15, 2015, 11:36 AM »

5556 is really one off, so where is that time machine? Maybe it's miles ahead...

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

« Last post by Curt on April 14, 2015, 02:52 AM »

timing...

[ Invalid Attachment ]

-Curt's post number 6500 (April 13, 2015, 10:31 AM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Comodo Internet Security -- a cautionary tale?

« Last post by Curt on April 13, 2015, 12:06 PM »

... using the situation to tell about a giveaway from sharewareonsale and Webroot:
"Sale ends in 1 day 22½ hrs or until sold out": http://sharewareonsa...where-antivirus-sale

Is the program working via some virtual cloud? I don't know yet, I was so far just drawn by the timing and how lite it seems to be.

-Curt (April 13, 2015, 03:31 AM)

I am amazed. I had a strange feeling that it was not necessary to uninstall or even stop my antivirus, before installing WebRoot. Flashes from the past, security related programs freezing the computer when fighting to be the boss. But I took a d e e p breath, and installed the 798KB program. And I was right!! WebRoot is running at the same time as Microsoft Security Essentials, and they are not fighting each other (yet)! Maybe this shows that WebRoot not really is "here" (on my PC), but is working via some virtual cloud?

And Yes, it only took 5 minutes to install and set up.





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Modified:
In order to register and get a free license, one must follow the "My Account" -button, and be both humble and patient. I am not, so I have not registered for a key. Example: After creating a password with AT LEAST NINE (9) characters, you are next ordered to:>Enter a memorable word or number, using a minimum of 6 characters (excluding < >). Choose a code that is easy to remember, because you'll be asked to enter two characters of it every time you log in. For example, the system might ask you to enter the first and fifth characters of this code.< And then you are told to also create a security question!!

Of course I did not accept all this, and have now removed the thing

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General Software Discussion / Re: PixiShot photo manager (from WebSite-Watcher author)

« Last post by Curt on April 13, 2015, 11:14 AM »

In my square little mind it is important that the full name is: PixiShot - Photo Manager and Editor
-because I would never want a manager, but I do want an editor ;-) But will I want this at €35? 

• PixiShot is derived from: "pictures I shot" ⇒ "pics I shot" ⇒ "pix I shot" ⇒ PixiShot
  

A snippet from "Features" (http://www.pixishot.com/features.htm):

PixiShot is not the right tool for you...

    if you're looking for a RAW development tool. PixiShot can only edit JPG and 8bit TIF images. RAW files can however be displayed.

    if you're looking for a database solution where you can search all your images for certain tags. PixiShot doesn't use a database where all your images are stored. There's no need to import images into a database, just open a folder on your hard disk to view and work with your images.

    if you want to save your images with certain color profiles. PixiShot uses sRGB, images with other color profiles are converted to sRGB automatically.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Batchfile can't recognize long file name...!!!!

« Last post by Curt on April 13, 2015, 10:31 AM »

timing...

Gizmo's "Windows File Name Restrictions – Why a File Name Can be too Long" http://www.techsuppo...-can-be-too-long.htm
vlaurie (Learning About Computers and the Internet) "Naming Windows Files - Restrictions and Limitations" http://vlaurie.com/c.../filenames.htm#table
MSDN "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces" https://msdn.microso...5247%28VS.85%29.aspx

-email 'today' from techsupportalert

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General Software Discussion / Re: Comodo Internet Security -- a cautionary tale?

« Last post by Curt on April 13, 2015, 03:31 AM »

I have seen, with my own eyes, systems get infected in real-time while the MSE system tray icon stayed green the entire time. Proceeding to then do an in-depth scan turning up *nothing* unusual all while browser windows are popping up on your screen stating your computer *may* be infected, dialogs for bogus Adobe Flash updates, etc.

-Innuendo (April 12, 2015, 12:03 PM)

-terrible!    Thanks for warning.

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Here I am not recommending or warning, just informing, and using the situation to tell about a giveaway from sharewareonsale and Webroot:
"Sale ends in 1 day 22½ hrs or until sold out": http://sharewareonsa...where-antivirus-sale

Is the program working via some virtual cloud? I don't know yet, I was so far just drawn by the timing and how lite it seems to be.

Terms and Conditions

    This is a 1-computer 1-year license, for home use
        Note: This is for new users of Webroot. You may or may not get the full year if you've used Webroot in the past.
    You get free updates for one year
    No free tech support
    You must download and install before this offer has ended

Read more at http://sharewareonsa...where-antivirus-sale

-sharewareonsale

When I was quite younger than today, webroot was a respected name. I don't know how it is today.
http://www.webroot.com








The left column of a "Compare versions", the two more expensive versions not shown here:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Batchfile can't recognize long file name...!!!!

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2015, 01:43 AM »

It is usefull software for copy, delete, long path files.
Please try "Long Path Tool" program.

-paulina (April 12, 2015, 12:08 AM)

VirusTotal
URL:    [deleted because of AbteriX's next post]longpathtool,com/long_path_tool.zip
Detection ratio:    0 / 62  
Analysis date:    2015-04-12 06:25:22 UTC ( 0 minutes ago )

-virustotal.com

Welcome back, "paulina". Did you forget all of your former usernames?

Long Path Tool may be okay, but the prices? :

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General Software Discussion / Re: Comodo Internet Security -- a cautionary tale?

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2015, 04:02 PM »

So I chose to remove it all, lock, stock and barrel, and go back to MSE.
...
My desktop PC is currently "only" protected with Windows' inbuilt security: the firewall and Defender.

-oblivion (April 11, 2015, 09:50 AM)

I am guessing your last claim maybe is the actual one; right now you're not using MSE, but Windows Firewall and Defender?  

I am using MSE (and Windows Firewall), and I like it.
Microsoft Security Essentials: http://windows.micro...-essentials-download

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General Software Discussion / Stellar freeware: View content of corrupt outlook files

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2015, 02:33 AM »

first seen on Snapfiles http://www.snapfiles...tellarpstviewer.html



Brand new version 1.0:

View the content of corrupt Outlook files
http://www.stellarinfo.com/ Data Recovery

Stellar PST Viewer
Free PST file viewer software to scan & view corrupt PST files

A tool that scans corrupt Outlook PST files, enables you to view all the mails, and save individual mails

    Scan corrupt PST file and view the mails
    Option to Select or Find PST file in your PC
    Save individual mails as EML, MSG, RTF, HTML, or PDF

Stellar PST Viewer enables you to view the content of Outlook PST files, even if they are corrupt. Once you selected the PST file to view, the program will scan the content and repair any corrupted data. You can then browse and navigate the PST file (Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes, Journal) from an interface that looks similar to Outlook.

In addition to viewing the content, the program also allows you to export individual emails to EML, MSG, RTF, HTML, or PDF format. There is also a search option to help you find specific email messages based on your search criteria. Stellar PST Viewer does not require you to have Outlook installed in order to simply view the content of PST files, however, if you want to export email messages to other formats, Outlook is required.
http://www.stellarin...tools/pst-viewer.php *Absolutely Free Tool

-------------------

Stellar OST Viewer
Free Tool to scan Outlook OST files and regain access to you inaccessible emails

A smart tool that scans even corrupt Outlook OST files and shows you the entire email data, such as contacts, calendars, notes, tasks, journals, which were inaccessible previously

    View Mails and other mail data in your Outlook OST File
    Select or Search OST Data file
    Scan the OST file to preview the mails
    Enables finding particular mails after the OST is scanned
    Option to save individual mails as EML, MSG, RTF, HTML, and PDF
http://www.stellarin...tools/ost-viewer.php *Absolutely Free Tool

-Stellar Data Recovery

ALSO, now we're here (there?): Special Offer: Up To 60% Discount on Selected Products: http://www.stellarin...er/special-offer.php

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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?

« Last post by Curt on April 09, 2015, 12:40 PM »

I'm doing even better than you Curt - using the portable version from 2011

-tomos (April 09, 2015, 05:23 AM)

-hehe, tomos. Now why risk anything, when the old one already is doing a good job?

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Almost every day I will click "Print", and as I don't have a printer, this is "Print to pdf file". And because the print job was an article from the Internet, there is very often too much gibberish on the bottom part of the last page. Quite often so much that I want to be able to click "Delete page", when the viewer is on the last page.

However, Tracker's new FREE editor does not offer to delete pages from a pdf file:




-but such a feature is the very reason I am using the PRO version of the old viewer:




So, why I want to update? Maybe only because it now is more than 3 years old?  
So far I am sticking to the old PRO viewer!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Remove objects from photos: PhotoUpz

« Last post by Curt on April 09, 2015, 10:18 AM »

PhotoUpz is on Bits du Jour again, and again for merely $8.
I think this program is the best of the kind.
http://www.bitsdujou...om/software/photoupz

-Curt (June 17, 2012, 03:53 AM)

I still think PhotoUpz may be the best of the kind for the money.

-Curt (December 16, 2012, 06:05 AM)

same same http://www.bitsdujou...om/software/photoupz normally $20, today $8
wrong name, wrong look, wrong price, almost everything is wrong
- but the quality~price ratio. 

-Curt (January 26, 2014, 04:25 PM)

At $8 this program really has no competitiors. http://www.bitsdujou...om/software/photoupz