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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA:Webcam/Mic on/off switch

« Last post by 4wd on March 17, 2016, 01:23 PM »

Use devcon to disable/enable the device - you need the Device instance path from Device Properties.

eg.
Disable Microsoft Lifecam HD-3000:

Code: Text [Select]

1. devcon disable "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002"

Enable Microsoft Lifecam HD-3000:

Code: Text [Select]

1. devcon enable "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002"

Check status:

Code: Text [Select]

1. devcon status "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002"

Put it all together as a simple command file:

Code: Text [Select]

1. @echo off
2. devcon status "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002" | find /i "disabled" >NUL
3. if errorlevel 1 goto running
4. devcon enable "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002"
5. goto alldone
6. :running
7. devcon disable "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002"
8. :alldone
9. devcon status "@USB\VID_045E&PID_0779&MI_02\6&17F0D2C8&0&0002"

Now any time you run the command file the status of the webcam will toggle between enabled and disabled.

DevCon is attached here for ease of download, normally you'd need to download and install a MS development kit but it is available elsewhere on the net.

NOTE: You may need to Run as Admin if you have UAC enabled.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Transform list of url links to copies of the actual web pages

« Last post by 4wd on March 17, 2016, 08:05 AM »

In Powershell:

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. $urls = Get-Content K:\sites.txt
2.  
3. for($i=0; $i -lt $urls.Count; $i++) {
4.   $client = new-object System.Net.WebClient
5.   $client.DownloadFile( $urls[$i], "k:\Site_" + $i + ".html")
6. }

Change paths to suit, (ie. the K:\).

NOTE: Media content, (images, etc), if fetched from other sites will not be downloaded, you'll just have the URI link - it'll still work when viewed in a browser, the content will be fetched from the external site as needed, just like when viewing the original page.  Actually, all that's downloaded is the page source since that's all a HTML file is - plain text.

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on March 14, 2016, 11:00 PM »

You can get to within 100 meters with a 4wd, (seasonal road closures notwithstanding), otherwise there's a 1200 meter walking track from a Day Visitor area on Circuit Road, (also seasonal closures).  ie. Lot's of road closures after Queens Birthday weekend because that's when snow season starts and they don't want the tracks cut up unnecessarily.

Here's a DEPI PDF info sheet.

Moroka Hut (you can park on the Moroka Rd, then it's a 350m walk):

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on March 14, 2016, 03:04 AM »

Went 4wding on the weekend, for those that have watched The Man From Snowy River, this is the hut used in the film:

Craig's Hut



Sagelight (Highlight and Details)

Craig's Hut isn't an original High Country Hut, it was built for the film - you can find images for others on Google.  A lot have been destroyed by bushfire, some have been rebuilt.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help! Email bouncing after changing hosts

« Last post by 4wd on March 04, 2016, 07:52 PM »

Don't know if it helps but does the new hosting company use Reverse DNS to check if the email is coming from a valid domain?

I recently had a problem where emails from one of my VPSs was failing to get through Google mail servers because of the above, I had to tell the mail server on the VPS to use TCP/IP v4 exclusively for the Gmail servers.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configure Host file!

« Last post by 4wd on March 04, 2016, 03:36 AM »

Obviously a YMMV moment since I just completely removed it (including license info and resetting to default Windows Firewall rules) using RevoUninstaller Pro and reinstalled/activated it without a problem.

Send an email to the developer or post on the Wilders Security forum thread.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Detect change in marked area

« Last post by 4wd on March 03, 2016, 08:05 PM »

Exactly the same request has been posted on this forum some time ago, but I don't recall if it was answered...

-Ath (March 03, 2016, 03:05 PM)

If it was this you were thinking of it wasn't ... but there is: Skrommel's PixelNotifier

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configure Host file!

« Last post by 4wd on March 03, 2016, 06:56 AM »

I am considering caving-in to my obsessive-compulsive trialling habit, ....

-IainB (March 03, 2016, 02:27 AM)

Why fight the inevitable?

Besides, there's the money you saved from the RAM burning a hole in your pocket 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configure Host file!

« Last post by 4wd on March 02, 2016, 07:46 PM »

Wow -- that's an excellent review of Windows Firewall Control -- thanks so much! Some of the comments therein address other programs I have been considering, so you saved me a lot of time and possible frustration.

-Scott_Y (March 02, 2016, 06:30 PM)

Thanks, the program interface has gone through a revision or two and there's some new stuff, (eg. time limits for Temporary Rules, Secure Boot (ie. everything blocked at boot), etc) - I should update the review one day when I get motivated enough 

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Living Room / Re: Consider installing 2 x 8Gb RAM cards in your 64-bit laptop.

« Last post by 4wd on March 02, 2016, 05:23 PM »

In the last week or so Kingston RAM has been on sale on Amazon - I picked up 16GB 1866MHz DDR3 for ~AU$25 less than local suppliers.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configure Host file!

« Last post by 4wd on March 02, 2016, 05:03 PM »

The firewall that comes with Windows 7 (and up) is actually good in blocking incoming/outgoing network traffic. And there are (freeware) tools available that make working with this firewall easier, if you find it's default interface intimidating/fugly.

-Shades (March 02, 2016, 07:19 AM)

Shades, do you have one or more recommendations for a replacement interface? Thanks.

-Scott_Y (March 02, 2016, 09:48 AM)

I've used Windows Firewall Control for the last 4+ years across WHS2011, Windows 7HP, 8Pro, 8.1Pro, and now 10Pro - I reviewed an earlier version of it here.

Please take note that the last 4 or 5 posts in the thread are about a different program.

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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits

« Last post by 4wd on February 24, 2016, 10:47 PM »

Something new for the IoT crowd among you: Mixtile GENA

-4wd (February 24, 2016, 06:29 PM)

did you just get the littlebird email too?

-Target (February 24, 2016, 09:15 PM)

  

Lot cheaper on GeekBuying though.

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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits

« Last post by 4wd on February 24, 2016, 06:29 PM »

Something new for the IoT crowd among you: Mixtile GENA

Mixtile GENA is a wearable electronic development Kit that based on MT6260 and nRF51822 dual-processor architecture.

• A fully-functional development kit for wearable/IoT devices
• Get notifications from your iPhone/iPad
• Remotely control your iPhone/iPad with music playing and photo shooting
• Embedded with dual-Processors, BLE module, G-sensor and energy-saving LCD display
• Battery life up to 5 days; easy to charge with any standard micro-USB cables
• JavaScript API enables developers to create apps with JavaScript easily

Features:

1. MT6260/nRF51822 dual-processor architecture enables GENA platform powerful but efficient performances.
2. Ultra-small size of 27.6x40.2x9.1mm, integrated with Bluetooth Low Energy, G-sensor, Display, Motor, etc.
3. 8M RAM, 16M ROM memory, with extended storage up to 8GB.
4. No Client needed, capable of music playback controls, remote control camera, push notifications when connected with iOS devices. Android devices support will be available soon.
5. Ultra low power, with 10 days standby time and 4-5 days Bluetooth-active while frequently used, the built-in lithium battery runs on 3.7V/270mAh.
6. With ultra low power reflective LCD, screen is on all the time with no glare in bright lights. Back-lit screen works in dark as well.
7. High-sensitivity sensors could track steps walked, distance traveled and calories burned.
8. With open and product design, developers could make this ultra small device into almost anything.
9. Support JavaScript, open APIs, We work hard to make sure you can get the most of GENA with little programming experience.

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Living Room / Re: Zany Zinio

« Last post by 4wd on February 23, 2016, 06:32 PM »

... it only wants to let me download yet another app that has an .apk extension.

-MilesAhead (February 23, 2016, 06:25 PM)

That's an Android application, I have the Zinio reader installed on one of our tablets for the local library emagazines.

I also had it installed on the PC at some time in the past, (before you required a MS account just to download it), from memory it was better just to go to the library and borrow the magazine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shortcut to All Apps displayed by letter Alphabet

« Last post by 4wd on February 22, 2016, 03:11 AM »

Show All Programs By Default In Start Menu Of Windows 7/10 - Now you just got to find a working link to the download Source code

all-programs-auto-expander.au3

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. #NoTrayIcon
2.  
3. Local $Ran
4.  
5. While 1
6.    Sleep(50)
7.  
8. If WinActive("[CLASS:DV2ControlHost]") Then
9.    If $Ran=0 Then
10.           ControlClick("[CLASS:DV2ControlHost]", "", "[CLASS:Button; INSTANCE:1]")
11.           ControlFocus("[CLASS:DV2ControlHost]", "", "[CLASS:DirectUIHWND; INSTANCE:1]")
12.           $Ran=1
13.    EndIf
14. Else
15.    $Ran=0
16. EndIf
17.  
18. WEnd

No idea if it works as the code is a year and a half old and I don't use the Windows 10 Start Menu.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone using Blackbird?

« Last post by 4wd on February 21, 2016, 04:34 AM »

blackbird.exe                      723,968    c54e70df4b50ecf9c3917103c4909776
BlackbirdV6_v0.9.85-x64.zip  123,611    fce8ab4a3de20830d553bd95daff4bb1

Updated definitions to current in Defender and MBAM and both still test it OK.

VirusTotal Analysis also show it passing MBAM & Defender (19/55 hits).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone using Blackbird?

« Last post by 4wd on February 20, 2016, 10:44 PM »

64bit download fine here, but Windows Defender doesn't like the executable inside the zip...

-f0dder (February 20, 2016, 11:54 AM)

The two networks I used must have a similar malware filter.  One a public library.  The other a college.  If I try at Starbucks it may download without a hiccup.  In any case it doesn't seem to be something I need.

-MilesAhead (February 20, 2016, 04:41 PM)

Jumped on a VPN to Denmark and it also downloaded OK for me using PaleMoon or wget.

Windows Defender (definitions are up-to-date) scanned the extracted executable as OK, MWAM also scanned the executable as OK.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone using Blackbird?

« Last post by 4wd on February 17, 2016, 07:11 PM »

Error 503, seems strange that it serves up the virus page though - web host AV software flagged it as a virus perhaps?

Code: Text [Select]

1. GET http://www.getblackbird.net/download/BlackbirdV6_v0.9.85-x64.zip HTTP/1.1
2. Host: www.getblackbird.net
3. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/20160204 PaleMoon/26.0.3
4. Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
5. Accept-Language: en-au,en-gb;q=0.8,en;q=0.5,en-us;q=0.3
6. Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
7. Referer: http://www.getblackbird.net/download/
8. Connection: keep-alive
9.  
10.  
11. HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable
12. Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
13. Content-Length: 819
14. Connection: close
15. P3P: CP="CAO PSA OUR"
16. Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
17. Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
18. Pragma: no-cache
19.  
20. <html>
21. <head>
22. <title>Blokada virusa / Virus Blocked</title>
23. <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
24. <META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
25. <style>
26. #content{border:1px solid#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;margin:40;padding:40;font-family:Tahoma,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;}
27.   h1{font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;color:#CA5427;}
28.   b{font-weight:bold;color:#CA5427;}
29. </style>
30. </head>
31. <body bgcolor="#E1E1E1">
32. <div id="content">
33. <h1>Blokada virusa</h1>
34. <p>Ime: <strong>blackbird.exe</strong> </p>
35. <p>IP naslov obiskovalca: <strong>Some IP</strong> </p>
36. <hr size="1" color="#000000" />
37. <h1>Virus Blocked</h1>
38. <p>Name: <strong>blackbird.exe</strong> </p>
39. <p>IP address of the visitor: <strong>Some IP</strong> </p>
40. </div>
41. </body>
42. </html>
43.  
44. ------------------------------------------------------------------

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft - Windows 10 aggression

« Last post by 4wd on February 17, 2016, 06:45 PM »

Most of the comments below it say their defaults didn't change, my personal Win10 use is only in a VM , will try to check what happens

-rgdot (February 17, 2016, 10:05 AM)

NVM, I misread 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone using Blackbird?

« Last post by 4wd on February 17, 2016, 06:02 AM »

Just tried to download x64 version, and it is blocked with warning "Virus Blocked".

The funny thing is that I don't have AV which influences my browser(s) in such a way.

Maybe it is a W10 thing...

-Attronarch (February 17, 2016, 01:57 AM)

Happens in 8.1 also using PM or Slimjet, and on WHS2011 using K-Meleon.

I am doubting whether an x64 version exists.

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General Software Discussion / Re: hulu & tor

« Last post by 4wd on February 17, 2016, 05:40 AM »

Does VPS block your own ISP from seeing where you go online?

-holt (February 17, 2016, 02:37 AM)

Yes, if you're connecting via a VPN running on the VPS - all your ISP will see is a connection to the VPS, not the encrypted traffic that flows over it.

You need to run VPN server software on it, (eg. OpenVPN, SoftEther), or enable the PPTP/L2TP/SSTP server functions (if available).

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General Software Discussion / Re: hulu & tor

« Last post by 4wd on February 16, 2016, 05:41 AM »

Although, since you're already in the USA you probably have some other nefarious purpose in mind 

-4wd (February 16, 2016, 03:38 AM)

Nope. Not really. It's just that when I have looked into hosting for my websites, I've usually seen VPSes at maybe $4-6/mo at the cheapest. So $9/year seemed incredible.

Thanks for sharing the info!

-Deozaan (February 16, 2016, 04:17 AM)

Probably be perfect for that then - keep checking LEB, some really good deals pop up.
I got a VPS for $24/year (4 vCore, 1GB+1GB vSwap, 150GB, 3TB/month) that is way under-utilised but was a good upgrade from the previous one I had.

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General Software Discussion / Re: hulu & tor

« Last post by 4wd on February 16, 2016, 03:38 AM »

If you just want access to stuff in the USA, it's cheaper than a VPN provider, (eg. $9/year).

-4wd (February 15, 2016, 09:19 PM)

A VPS for $9/year? How? Where?

-Deozaan (February 15, 2016, 11:30 PM)

Low End Box is the place to keep checking - here's a special from Feb. 13, still seems to be active:

BitAccel – $9/year Storage OpenVZ 128MB RAM / 30GB HD / Unmetered – in Dallas

That's geared towards storage but the rep does say you can run OpenVPN on it - for $9/year it's worth a go.

Although, since you're already in the USA you probably have some other nefarious purpose in mind 

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General Software Discussion / Re: hulu & tor

« Last post by 4wd on February 15, 2016, 09:19 PM »

Get a cheap VPS in the USA and run a proxy/vpn on it

-4wd (February 15, 2016, 07:17 PM)

Nope. It ain't do.

I've attempted Hulu with half dozen vpn providers from small timers to the high profile ones hitting numerous servers. Hulu detects them and blocks playing the content. Extreme irritating and I get the same damn response from them.

-eleman (February 15, 2016, 09:01 PM)

Maybe so but I said VPS 

If you just want access to stuff in the USA, it's cheaper than a VPN provider, (eg. $9/year).

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General Software Discussion / Re: hulu & tor

« Last post by 4wd on February 15, 2016, 07:17 PM »

Get a cheap VPS in the USA and run a proxy/vpn on it