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General Software Discussion / Re: How necessary is the UAC in Windows 7?

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 03, 2011, 10:51 PM »

which seems wholly OT, but ....

-db90h (August 03, 2011, 07:29 PM)

.... worth reading. Thanks for the input.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: Links to Review and Comments - Add yours

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 02, 2011, 06:38 PM »

Featured on ghacks today

Deservedly so! 

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Living Room / Re: I was wrong - again! (cheap monitor theory invalid)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 02, 2011, 06:36 PM »

I don't do this often enough,

So, you need to increase your frequency?
I'm sure some of us could help you monitor that... 

-Edvard (August 02, 2011, 11:22 AM)

I think I'd better sine off!   

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Living Room / Re: I was wrong - again! (cheap monitor theory invalid)

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 02, 2011, 08:03 AM »

screen, it's firmware and the frequency of the power supplied

-Ath (August 02, 2011, 06:36 AM)

Hi Ath,

I don't do this often enough, so thought I'd send a wave in your direction.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Edit Text Anywhere with Your Favorite Editor [Freeware]

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 29, 2011, 04:10 PM »

Can one set a different key combination? (I have no Windows key.)

-cranioscopical (July 28, 2011, 10:10 PM)

I checked cranioscopical and it is in the options for hotkey.

-hamradio

Yes, you can set your own hot key in Options.

-Channing (July 28, 2011, 11:40 PM)

My thanks to you both 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Edit Text Anywhere with Your Favorite Editor [Freeware]

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 28, 2011, 10:10 PM »

Don't hesitate to reply here if you have any questions

Press Win + A whenever you need it

Can one set a different key combination? (I have no Windows key.)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 27, 2011, 10:12 AM »

WinButtonEdit 1.0.0.0

There's a milestone, well done!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 22, 2011, 09:33 PM »

this was a indeed FAT related issue

-Stoic Joker (July 22, 2011, 08:57 PM)

  So now it's lean and mean!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 22, 2011, 04:53 PM »

If the Lacie is an external USB drive, why is it getting classified as a Local Disk??

-Stoic Joker (July 22, 2011, 12:14 PM)

I just turned on an external WD USB (NTFS) drive, listed in properties as a USB device, which turned up in GS as local. Same thing with a WD MyBook (NTFS).

-cranioscopical (July 22, 2011, 03:56 PM)

Okay, so it was identified as local and not SUBST then yes?

I'm trying to gauge the scope of the issue.

-Stoic Joker (July 22, 2011, 04:04 PM)

Yes, they both turned up as local, not SUBST.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 22, 2011, 04:01 PM »

What'll happen with Firewire?

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 22, 2011, 03:56 PM »

If the Lacie is an external USB drive, why is it getting classified as a Local Disk??

-Stoic Joker (July 22, 2011, 12:14 PM)

I just turned on an external WD USB (NTFS) drive, listed in properties as a USB device, which turned up in GS as local. Same thing with a WD MyBook (NTFS).

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 21, 2011, 10:08 PM »

I just uploaded a new build that should eliminate those pesky error messages for ya.

-Stoic Joker (July 21, 2011, 09:39 PM)

And it does 

This is one of the better programs that I have, without exception.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 21, 2011, 09:23 PM »

Are the only drives that are throwing errors the two removable drives A: & N:??

The optical drives (HIJU & V) both SATA & Virtual should all be fine. Yes?

-SJ

Originally I had four exceptions.

I took the empty reader (N) out of the picture and had two exceptions.

Next I added a printer with a card reader on board and went back to four exceptions.

Then I added back the reader (N) and went to 6.

So, at two exceptions per removable drive, everything that's not removable is okay.

Does that help?


I have to say that this is an exceptional program 

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 21, 2011, 09:35 AM »

I did see some of that (with Floppies) on Win2k in testing but not on XP and above. I can't quite tell from the SS, are you XP?

-Stoic Joker (July 20, 2011, 10:59 PM)

That was dumb of me, I should have specified: XP-32 SP3.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012: Got Space? Disk Utility.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 20, 2011, 09:32 PM »

Is it too soon to report this stuff?

Getting exceptions due to empty drives.
So, refresh creates a loop that has to be forcibly terminated.

FYI Some virtual drives (HIJ), legacy floppy support is on (A), card reader (N), SATA opticals (UV)

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Living Room / Re: What are good sunglasses (brands)?

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 19, 2011, 01:29 PM »

Why not see what your local optician can do for you? You'll get a good fit and, probably, a better choice of frames. I still have a pair that were made for me years ago.

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 19, 2011, 10:04 AM »

Thanks Carol.

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Living Room / Re: what are the merits and limitations of the different types of flash memory?

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 19, 2011, 08:58 AM »

the RFID chip in my nasal cavity will let me into (and let me start) my car

-mwb1100 (July 19, 2011, 03:04 AM)

That's nothing to sneeze at!

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 19, 2011, 08:55 AM »

Having said that I installed XPMode when I set up my system but apart from the initial testing to see how it worked I have never had to use it for any real purpose.

-Carol Haynes (July 19, 2011, 04:02 AM)

I'm still clunking along on 32-bit XP and will be until my next machine.
Can XPMode run 16-bit stuff?
I tried something that's important to me on DOSBox under W7 Home Premium and that fell over, so that avenue is closed to me.

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Living Room / Re: Win 7, XP mode, & other first install queries

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 18, 2011, 08:28 PM »

will be installing some spacehoggers like adobe illustrator.

-tomos (July 18, 2011, 03:49 PM)

Don't  forget to decommission the license for that, if you still can, ready to go on the new machine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Annoying experience with non-pirated software

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 16, 2011, 09:27 PM »

at the very least, have an option for "do you want to upgrade right now"?

-jgpaiva (July 16, 2011, 04:30 PM)

Indeed! I fail to see why this couldn't be the default position.

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Living Room / Re: Am I alone in not using or wanting to use the "Cloud" ...

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 16, 2011, 11:07 AM »

For a modest investment in money and time, you can get your own little digital freehold.

-40hz (July 16, 2011, 10:51 AM)

Very good point! 

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Living Room / Re: Am I alone in not using or wanting to use the "Cloud" ...

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 16, 2011, 11:06 AM »

I neither trust nor use the cloud. 
If I can't use it for critical stuff, I can't see much point in using it for material of no consequence.
As far as I can tell there's no way to know who's able to access one's data nor to govern who'll be in control of it after the next round of corporate acquisitions.
I can see no workable (for me) remedy to lost or stolen data.

I'm just a little guy, with no need to access material from different locations, and local storage is so cheap. Luckily for me there is no incentive to cloud my judgment.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Annoying experience with non-pirated software

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 16, 2011, 10:45 AM »

Then problem was that after it installed, it had to download an "update", which was downloading at 6kb/s

-jgpaiva (July 16, 2011, 06:19 AM)

Not much consolation but I get this all the time with Steam. Buy a boxed product, install it, Steam leaps in and 'manages' things typically by spending the next two days downloading 'updates'. The idea of buying a game and playing it RIGHT NOW seems outdated. Buy from Steam and spend the same amount of time downloading the game in the first place 

(Not that I play games, you understand — not since Steam, at least.)

I quite often buy games for my nephew and it's tough for a kid to get a game and then have to wait… and wait… and wait…

Good luck getting a response from Steam support, any queries of mine have gone unanswered.

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Living Room / Re: A M A Z I N G ! - I got a total refund without any questions asked.

« Last post by cranioscopical on July 14, 2011, 07:20 AM »

I've just opened my inbox to find that I've been given a complete refund

-nudone

What a relief!

and I can't say a bad word against them

Well, you did manage a few…