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General Software Discussion / Re: 4 (Maybe more) Absolute top go-to programs
« Last post by Curt on May 10, 2014, 12:40 PM »
-thanks a lot, diva. I was so ecstatic to find no symptoms, that I simply didn't think to call for an ambulance, but merely made a normal reservation after the holiday at my private doctors', via her homepage. This was stupid, very stupid, because there is nothing there can be done, if one is not at the hospital, and she could not even write down my incident as being Real Life, because of the lack of evidence.

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True Launch Bar
Chameleon Startup Manager Pro (and AnVir Task Manager Pro)
CFi ShellToys
IrfanView

-I use them each and every day, but now ShellToys seems to be abandoned...
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General Software Discussion / Re: 4 (Maybe more) Absolute top go-to programs
« Last post by Curt on May 10, 2014, 05:47 AM »
Wow, Curt.  Sounds like you've had a bad day/week/month.
-cyberdiva (May 07, 2014, 04:35 PM)

-yeah, diva, you're right. Two blood clots, one in each leg, two days before Eastern. I was lucky, no symptoms, except for pains in the muscles - but it clearly was reflected in my mood. To my defence, I did answer the question about my 4 top go-to programs ;-)

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Tom, your screenshot is scary; thank you for hiding it!!!  :P
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General Software Discussion / Re: 4 (Maybe more) Absolute top go-to programs
« Last post by Curt on May 07, 2014, 04:03 PM »
... programs that are absolutely at the top of your daily list that you'd be annoyed not to have around. The trap here is that second tier that are useful but only on occasion.
-TaoPhoenix (April 30, 2014, 02:37 AM)

1 only: Lynx (switch from Firefox) http://lynx.isc.org/ https://en.wikipedia...rg/wiki/Lynx_browser
-rgdot (April 30, 2014, 04:00 PM)

-were you trapped ("useful but only on occasion")? How can a text browser ever be "at the top of your daily list"? It's not even able to really tell what it looks like itself, because it cannot display pictures!! Also, extremely many pages on the Internet will not make sense if "displayed" in Lynx. It must be used for something other than the "normal" Internet. This browser is a complete mystery to me.

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Almost all of my favourite programs from the past have been abandoned, so I guess my favourites of the present also may be abandoned some time in the future - so what if I like (FastStone Capture) this (Pale Moon) or that (jetAudio was updated!!) program (Dynamic-Photo HDR 5)? Tomorrow will be a different story.
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Living Room / Re: Once again, magically expensive items are only different in your mind
« Last post by Curt on April 23, 2014, 04:14 PM »
If an audiophile truly wants "as it was intended in the studio" sound, all they need to do is cruise eBay for some Yamaha NS-10s which were the most common studio near-field monitors for years.  That is, the speakers the engineers and producers listened to when doing recording, mixing and mastering.
-Edvard (April 22, 2014, 06:57 PM)
That's not really true.  Yamaha NS-10 speakers have a harsh sound that tends to exaggerate sound defects.  That makes them useful for monitoring certain types of recordings because you're more likely to spot problems before committing them to the can. 
-xtabber (April 23, 2014, 03:15 PM)

I agree with xtabber on this.
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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Microsoft fix it' softfare to fix uninstall problems. Trustworthy?
« Last post by Curt on April 20, 2014, 09:11 AM »
I trust it too. In my setup it has its own stick drive:


2014-04-20_160928.gif

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General Software Discussion / the END of CFi ShellToys
« Last post by Curt on April 19, 2014, 05:18 PM »
In the end of December 2012, a copy of the original British CFi ShellToys version 7.4 came out of Russia. It wasn't malware, but a copy. I know nothing about who, how or why, but since then, there have been no updates, and now the entire company has vanished. The new owner ("Rob Young") may be campaigning for some Usual Suspect-title, because "Rob Young" is associated with about 105 other domains!

http://www.cfishelltoys.com/ http://www.coolfocus.com/ www.cfisoft.com

If you want to know more, I can recommend a member$hip of Whois or similar.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ocster Backup Pro 8 disct expires April 28th, 2014
« Last post by Curt on April 19, 2014, 08:50 AM »
not quite still valid, but for a few days valid again, because of Easter


€12.90 badge-67off--s=100x_.png


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Found Deals and Discounts / Zen Magnets are still attracting...
« Last post by Curt on April 16, 2014, 04:05 AM »
Two former threads about Zen Magnets:

thread from year 2010
-mouser (September 25, 2010, 11:29 AM)
Rumors of Zen Magnets' death are greatly exaggerated.
[ Invalid Attachment ]
That's all. Stay Tuned. http://zenmagnets.com/
-email from Zen Magnets, November 18, 2013
-Curt (November 18, 2013, 04:40 PM)


>>Our biggest annual sale is always on 4/20,
with coupon code 420.
The cheapest you'll find new Zen Magnets this year, guaranteed.
While supplies last.

  •    Gift Zen for $30, Free USPS Priority for 2 or more units
  •    Booster Zens for $26, Free First Class Shipping
  •    Mandala Sets for $220, Free USPS Priority
  •    Mini sets for $10, Free First Class <<

Apologies
Apologies for the technical difficulties for the past few weeks. Some of you might have noticed our site was unreachable for the greater part of a recent week, with errors of sorts afterwards. Everything is up and running smoothly now.  No, the feds have not shut us down yet *


Contest #39 Extension (http://www.zenmagnet...gship-video-contest/ )
And for the technical woes of weeks past, and at the request of multiple parties, we're extending the deadline of the Flagship Video Contest to April 30th. If you want free magnets, don't forget the beginning and end formation requirements!
-Zen

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Living Room / Re: Whats on your desktop?
« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2014, 04:35 PM »
most of the time my Win 7 desktop is looking like this:


2014-04-12_232810.gif


yeah, I know; clearly  no dates  recently or tonight...
but still, one of the virtual buttons is a shortcut to my screensaver.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Writing Outliner for MS Word
« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2014, 03:56 PM »
and now supporting 64-bits Office!

http://innovationgear.com/word-outliner/

WordOutliner: The rebirth of Writing Outliner!

Finally, the first beta test release of WordOutliner - the complete redesign of Writing Outliner, becomes available for  download! The new WordOutliner features new 64bit Office support, new file-system-as-storage and much better performance and stability. Please check my blog post for details. Head over to the new WordOutliner homepage (all news and updates will happen there from now on): http://innovationgear.com/word-outliner/
-innovationgear
or buy now! >>The brand new WordOutliner is currently in beta, you can buy its predecessor Writing Outliner now, and you'll get both of them - in addition to the old Writing Outliner license key you'll receive immediately, when the new WordOutliner is out of beta (soon) you'll also receive the new license key<<

Buy Writing Outliner:
Introductory Promo - Get [Writing Outliner] for $49 only! You save $30! Time-limited!

After buying Writing Outliner you will:
    Receive the license key and download link of the full version immediately!
    Get responsive support via email
    Get one-year free upgrade
    One year later you can upgrade with a discounted cost (40% off usually)

Alternatively, Get [Writing Outliner] + [MindVisualizer] for $79 only! MindVisualizer is a easy-to-use and feature-rich mind mapping software...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2014, 01:52 AM »
QClean stopped having any effect whatsoever,
so I was pleased to discover that facebook-cleaner version 2
(https://addons.mozil...don/facebook-cleaner)
is working very well.
 :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Malwarebytes is moving away from lifetime licenses
« Last post by Curt on April 09, 2014, 03:15 PM »
http://cnet.co/1qiS8pz
$20 instead of $25
- but of course merely the new 1-year license
Ends at 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday, April 15.

>>Get Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium for $19.95 | Software Deals - CNET Download.com<<
-CNet Download.com Software Deals
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Found Deals and Discounts / today's giveaway challenges Revo Uninstaller Pro
« Last post by Curt on April 09, 2014, 03:00 AM »
http://www.giveawayo...soft-organizer-3-40/
Soft Organizer 3.40 is available as a Giveaway of the day! You have 23 hours to download and install it.

Publisher:    ChemTable.com   
Homepage: http://www.chemtable...m/soft-organizer.htm
File Size:    12.5 MB
Price:    The program is available for $30, but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer

My guess is that the rather silly name is the reason I never have heard of it before; The features are spot on, making it a worthy challenger to Revo Uninstaller Pro:

Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily. Soft Organizer 3.40 - Soft Organizer will help you remove the unwanted applications from your computer and keep an eye on the changes made to the system.
-Giveaway of the day, 9. April 2014
click thumb to enlarge:

SoftOrganizer1big.jpg
Soft Organizer is an excellent and very easy to use application to install and uninstall programs completely. Applications can be installed with tracking, which means the tool records all places in the system where the installed program leaves traces. In the future, these data allow removing that program completely, including all leftovers that may stay in the system after regular uninstalling using the Control Panel.

Soft Organizer is also equipped with a search mechanism to find traces of programs that were not tracked automatically. For programs you prefer to keep installed, Soft Organizer can check for available new versions and notify you about them with a special symbol in the application list. The built-in rating system provides a way to locate and get rid of unneeded and low-quality products.
newbig.jpg
CAPABILITIES

  • SEARCH FOR TRACES (RESIDUES) OF THE UNINSTALLED PROGRAM
Allows you to remove traces of programs that were not tracked while installing (powered by the Full Uninstall technology).

  • TRACKED INSTALLATION OF PROGRAMS
Installs apps and tracks changes in the system to enable removing tracked elements later (powered by the Full Uninstall technology).

  • NEW! BUILT-IN PROGRAM RATING
Program rating allows you to evaluate installed applications. The rating is calculated based on the total number of users who have removed this app from the computer shortly after installation.

  • PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
If the purpose of some program in the list looks vague, you can view its description by clicking the special question icon near the program title (not available for all programs).

  • CHECK FOR NEW VERSIONS
For installed programs there’s an option to check for newer versions of a program. This allows you to keep applications up-to-date, as well as to eliminate bugs and problems caused by the outdated versions.

  • AUTOMATIC RESTORE POINTS
Automatic creation of restore points during the removal of application residues indemnifies the system against any possible emergency.


new1big.jpg



  • REMOVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AT ONCE
You can easily remove even multiple applications in Soft Organizer by simply selecting all programs you don’t need anymore and clicking "Uninstall".

  • "SILENT" PROGRAM INSTALLATION
For those setup packages that support silent install, you can install applications in the "no questions asked" mode in one click.

  • EXPORT THE LIST OF INSTALLED PROGRAMS TO HTML
When you contact the support staff of a company, they may ask you about the programs installed on your computer. You can easily get such a list in a few clicks. The list is saved as an HTML file that is easy to open and to read.

  • SORTING AND GROUPING OF THE LIST
The list of programs can be sorted by various parameters (install date, tracking status, title, and others) for instant search for given apps in the list.

  • PROGRAM QUICK SEARCH FUNCTION
With quick search, you can find a desired application almost immediately, as long as you know its title or a portion of it. The list dynamically shortens as you type the text in the search box.

  • AGENT TO DETECT INSTALLER LAUNCHES
The Agent allows you to detect if an installer is launched and initiate installation tracking without manually starting Soft Organizer.

  • BUILT-IN AUTOMATIC UPDATE MECHANISM
Soft Organizer automatically updates to new versions. You don’t need to visit the website of the program or download or install the tool manually. You simply click the Update button, and the program does the rest.
http://www.giveawayo...soft-organizer-3-40/
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Kingsoft Office Professional 2013 Free Download Offer
« Last post by Curt on April 08, 2014, 03:55 AM »
http://www.giveawayo...fice-suite-pro-2013/

Kingsoft Office Suite Pro 2013 is available as a Giveaway of the day! April 8, 2014

Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily. Kingsoft Office Suite Pro 2013 - Kingsoft Office Suite Pro 2013, composed of Writer, Spreadsheets and Presentation, provides users with effective and productive office experience.
-giveawayoftheday
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General Software Discussion / Re: 4t Tray Minimizer updated
« Last post by Curt on April 04, 2014, 12:15 PM »
What's new in 4t Tray Minimizer 5.52 Free/$20 Pro?
-4t
-Curt (August 11, 2011, 11:40 AM)

Now it is at version 6: http://www.4t-niagar...om/tray_history.html, and the size of this release candidate "6.04" has grown to 1.72MB - but don't we all grow when we get older. There are still two versions, free and Pro (still $20).

The homepage has not "yet" been updated to display version 6, it is still saying version 5. I don't know if I am fast or if he is slow. I do know that 4t Tray Minimizer Pro is a really fine and useful program, but I wrongfully never trusted it to be maintained, so I haven't purchased the lifetime license:

2014-04-04_190206.gif

http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html




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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by Curt on April 04, 2014, 11:42 AM »
I changed the number of downloadable pages to "2", pictures only, and only if sized larger than 1000x500 pixels - and suddenly the total number of pictures via the same page was a mere 55 => which took up 51MB on my PC when downloaded. Yet, the memory usage was 1½ GB! At first it was acceptable 350MB, but I waited a minute, and it rose to 1373MB!!!

jP1.jpg

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memory usage (Pale Moon = Firefox):

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by Curt on April 04, 2014, 03:32 AM »
FoxySpider is (...) a very handy tool if you want to investigate a site and take a look at all its images. (...)
As a test, after you have installed it, go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/ and right-click on the page and invoke FoxySpider. Interesting result.
-IainB (March 12, 2014, 06:04 AM)

I went to http://www.washingto...8_gallery.html#item0 to see if FoxySpider could get the Russian austronaut picture that my normal favourite (Bulk Image Downloader) couldn't. After a long freezing, it could. Bravo!

HOWEVER, there was a but, (a frozen butt?), and it really was a huge, enormous, gigantic but: The accumulated memory usage was 3710MB ! Yes: three (3) point (.) seven (7) GIGA bytes (GB) memory usage !!!!!!! No wonder it froze!
  :o

click thumb to enlarge picture (memory consumption is told by add-on "Memory Restart"):
(and Yes, it took a loooong time to produce this screenshot, waiting for things to happen)

Foxyspider.gif


In my opinion, this is not "handy", but "unwanted behaviour".
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by Curt on March 29, 2014, 02:53 PM »
also to help me remember:

(the so-called "Incompatible"s are of course compatible in Real Life):

Spoiler
Application: Pale Moon 24.3.2 (20140208150555)

-Add-ons Manager > Dump list

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by Curt on March 26, 2014, 04:23 AM »
news about Video DownloadHelper, but  is it good or bad news  :tellme:

This is probably the last update of Video DownloadHelper from this code base. We are working actively on Video DownloadHelper 5.x, a complete rewrite of our addon which will hold all the features you dreamed of for your video downloader.  

click to enlarge:

2014-03-26_101916.gif

Stay tuned via https://twitter.com/DownloadHelper
-Video DownloadHelper 4.9.22
Video DownloadHelper is business, not charity. Will version 5 be good news?
 :-\
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General Software Discussion / Re: How link to pix in Tumblr?
« Last post by Curt on March 20, 2014, 12:00 PM »
BTW, when I've got a million windows open and want to close them all at once, is there a shortcut command for that?
-bit (March 16, 2014, 07:39 PM)
If you still have the default grouping enabled, you can right click the group stack is the taskbar and select 'Close group'. You will get a batch of 'Close all tabs?' prompts but can select 'Always close all tabs' to avoid that.
-Stoic Joker (March 20, 2014, 06:48 AM)

^seems what he was asking for in the first place. Where were you?  :P
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General Software Discussion / Re: How link to pix in Tumblr?
« Last post by Curt on March 18, 2014, 03:30 PM »
Your timing is quite okay:

Changelog for CloseAll v2.0 (March 15, 2014):
  •    New fully redesigned user interface
  •    Added installer and uninstaller for your convenience
  •    Full support for Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP

I’ve found that when multitasking I’m often looking for a “Close all except this and this” feature for application windows – something very simple, but more advanced than “Close other tabs” in modern internet browsers. That’s why I decided to re-write my old CloseAll.

What can be easier than a task list with check boxes and OK button? Just select apps you want to close and click OK. It’s CloseAll v2.0
-CloseAll

CloseAll (“Close all except this and this”) v. 2.0: http://www.ntwind.co...-implementation.html
Freeware.


closeall-v2-main.png

closeall-v2-smallicons.png

closeall-v2-sorttasks.png

closeall-v2-help.png

NOTE: In order to display information about UAC elevated processes on Windows Vista and above, CloseAll requires to be installed in the system %ProgramFiles% directory.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Facebook is a disaster now
« Last post by Curt on March 18, 2014, 10:13 AM »
update your flash etc
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General Software Discussion / Duplicate Video Search
« Last post by Curt on March 18, 2014, 03:02 AM »
And for those who may not be aware of Duplicate Video Search:
http://duplicatevideosearch.com
http://duplicatevide...arch.com/how-to-use/

Yet another Bolide product, so I cannot say if it ever will be updated.
But it still is brand new and well working.  :up:
Modified: Only now do I notice my copy calls itself version 16 ! But, ehm... how can a version "16" be so different from normal programs, lacking both this and that normal feature? The user's graphical interface is abnormal, to say the least.

Anyway, the scanning's end result is fine
- and should be, because this is not freeware, but $30

Duplicate Video Search

Step 4: Specify video indexing and matching options (optional)

    First, you need to specify how many seconds of each video should be indexed. The longer this interval is, the more accuratelly duplicate videos will be detected (there will be less false positives). However, it takes more time to index long intervals, we recommend to find some optimum or keep default value (3 seconds).

    Enable “Skipe first 3 minutes” option if you are going to organize a movie collection. Movies can have similar beginnings (intro of a movie company), so to avoid wrong detections, our program allows to start processing only from 3rd minute of a video (after all intros).

    “Fast video reading” option makes video reading 2-3 times faster by ansyncing video and audio. Unfortunatelly some DirectShow codecs may be unstable in that circumstances and lead to crash. Disable “Fast video reading” option in case you faced smth. like this.

    Adjust “Sensitivity” slider to regulate how close the detected duplicates should be. It is recommended to change this option after running a first scan, in case there are too many false detections or vise versa. Second scan is usually pretty fast, cause Duplicate Video Search stores all indexes to the cash and so does not have to repeate video indexing twice.

    Some video duplicates can be misaligned in time, i.e. same momemnt can take a place on 2:03 on a first video and and on 2:07 on a second one. To accept this, set “Max shift” value to 5 seconds.


Step 5: Start retrieval

Click the “Search” button to start retrieval. Duplicate Video Search will scan the selected folders for duplicate video files. Found clips are compared against each other and grouped together if they have similar content.

Since there are many video formats in the world, our software determines duplicates on the basis of the visual content of files. For this, the program processes each file and generates it`s short signature which is compared against signatures of other files. This process is also known as video fingerprinting.

To index video, Duplicate Video Search processes only limited number of seconds of each video and stores a calculated signature in cache, so that next time you need to organize video files, the program can re-use cached signatures and process only new clips.

http://duplicatevide...arch.com/how-to-use/
-Duplicate Video Search
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Living Room / Re: what does this say?
« Last post by Curt on March 17, 2014, 05:17 PM »
Columbo, Quincy, Perry Mason, Jim Rockford and Jonathan & Jennifer Hart all hunted killers, really many killers, in Los Angeles. But Oxford is so much smaller than L.A. that the murder rate per capita is much higher in Oxford. In fact there were so many murders in these areas that TV series were made about it. Detective series.

Come to think of it, Cabot Cove in New England (USA) may have had even more murders. They were all solved by an amateur detective named Jessica Fletcher. My mother liked her, but I liked the British detectives better.

Television detectives, kalos. Made Up television detectives.

http://en.wikipedia....me_television_series
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Living Room / Re: Against TED talks
« Last post by Curt on March 17, 2014, 09:18 AM »
Not overly fond of TED, nor many of the sponsors, but that does not invalidate all the content.
-barney (March 17, 2014, 02:15 AM)

^yes, it does.

God stated it already some 3.000 years ago in Job's Book in the Bible;
if the heart of a story is a lie, then all of the story is a lie.

There may be very little in life where I agree with Renegade, but TED is one.
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