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Living Room / Re: New Computer
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 17, 2015, 04:38 PM »
Can someone explain to me how to get VMs to work using with that Hyper-V stuff?

I had plenty of VMs working just fine using VirtualBox in Windows 7 x64, but once I updated to Windows 10, none of my x64 VMs work anymore because the included Windows 10 Hyper-V thing is using some needed thing that VirtualBox can no longer get access to.

I've tried Googling for an answer but the only "solution" I've found is to no longer use x64 VMs, but rather to use the 32-bit versions instead. . .
-Deozaan (September 17, 2015, 03:42 PM)

I don't know if W10 is much different than W8(which is what I have.. W8.0 64 bit) in that regard.  I have had no problem creating x64 VMs using VMWare Player 7.x.  In fact if the iso image is a Windows DVD image it knows what to do right away.  All you should need to do is accept the defaults unless you wish to make the VM image file one contiguous file rather than expanding it dynamically as needed.  Once you have Windows installed then you want to install the VMWare Tools so you can drag and drop directly from the host OS desktop into the VM instead of copying files in via network etc..

Edit: They changed the product name and their site around so I cannot find a link to the free version.  But the free version is all you need. 

Edit2:  Also if you have the VM images and don't want to do all that work over again there may be a Box to Player converter on the VMWare site.


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General Software Discussion / Slimjet updated to 10.0.3.0
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 17, 2015, 12:31 PM »
http://www.slimjet.com/en/

Slimjet updated to 5.0.4.0.  Both installer and portable versions are available.  I am using the 32 bit portable.  It seems to run without anything very weird happening.  I have not tried the x64 build(s).

I unpacked the new 5.x release over my 4.x version.  It seems not to have scrambled my bookmarks, settings or extensions.  Also 5.x has a couple of new features you may read about on the home page.
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Living Room / Re: New Computer
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 17, 2015, 10:56 AM »
"Sometimes better lucky than smart," as my grandfather used to say
-40hz (September 17, 2015, 08:47 AM)
If I had a grandfather he would probably have said to me:  "If you're so smart why can't you get lucky?"  :)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Weird Firefox hangs since 40.x?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 17, 2015, 06:51 AM »
My Firefox with Adobe Flash version 19 started hanging on YouTube, so I cheked for Flash update and was told my version 19 was older than version 18. I downdated and the browsing was smooth again. In the local school (here in Copenhagen, Denmark) they are no longer counting from one to ten (1-10), but are seriously teaching the kids to count from naught to nine (0-9). There's something rotten in the kingdom of Denmark, as well as in the kingdom of Adobe. I am feeling sad.
 :o
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-Curt (September 17, 2015, 03:46 AM)

I don't have flash problems so much as the thing goes unresponsive for no apparent reason.  I open a tab when only one is open and everything freezes either for 20 seconds or I have to kill it.  I don't remember FF being this funky.  Slimjet chrome works better but it uses more CPU and doesn't have as many AddOns as I would like.
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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 05:15 PM »
The money I paid some hours ago, are not available to me as DonationCredits, like they used to
-Curt (September 16, 2015, 11:04 AM)

It seems okay to me, and thanks for the donations.

-cranioscopical (September 16, 2015, 04:46 PM)

Hmm, if only the decimal point on my balance would disappear.  :)  I would be activated then.  ;)

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Living Room / Re: 14 year-old boy arrested for creating a digital clock
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 04:47 PM »
Ahmed Mohamed, 14, arrested over clock mistaken for bomb

Is this how we inspire technical innovation in our youth?

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-wraith808 (September 16, 2015, 04:22 PM)

Hmm, what if it is a devious plan utilizing compartmentalization?  If one has a time bomb and splits it into two components you have the time part and the bomb part.  Also by this diabolical play for sympathy the youth has wangled himself an invitation to The White House.  I bet The President naively encouraged him to bring the device along.  If I was the Secret Service I would focus on the area of the Reflecting Pool for a rendezvous where the two components may be reintegrated.

On the other hand a good way to get shot is to keep your TV remote in your breast pocket.  You forget about it and walk outside and Blammo!!  Homeland Security takes you out.  :)
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Living Room / Re: Trying to Create a New Logo
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 04:36 PM »
here are my ideas:
make it gross.

big hairy hobbit feet
disgusting goat eye with rectangular pupil
raggedy gandalf hat

-superboyac (September 16, 2015, 04:17 PM)

Reminds me of one of the teachers I had in elementary school.  :)
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Living Room / Re: Trying to Create a New Logo
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 04:34 PM »
I like the first hat better  ;D
-wraith808 (September 15, 2015, 07:38 PM)

I would have to watch some Lexx Zevivor episodes to decide.  :)
-MilesAhead (September 16, 2015, 01:13 PM)

Lexx ...This One?


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-Stoic Joker (September 16, 2015, 02:47 PM)


 :Thmbsup:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for White-on-Black or Transparent Menu-Less Text Displayer
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 04:31 PM »
I'll try also when I get home.  Never worked with AHK, and this looks like a good excuse to try :)
-wraith808 (September 16, 2015, 04:20 PM)

If I may be so presumptuous as to make a suggestion, go to this site:
http://ahkscript.org/boards/index.php

Lexikos is the man who forked ahk to a version that emphasizes expressions and objects so that it acts more like other programming languages.  Plus he regularly hangs on the forums and answers questions about implementation intrinsics and stuff.  His version used to be called AutoHotkey_L but now it is just a fork of ahk.  You can still write quick and dirty scripts without declaring variables in advance of use etc.. for those few line quickies.   ;D

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Living Room / Re: Trying to Create a New Logo
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 01:13 PM »
I like the first hat better  ;D
-wraith808 (September 15, 2015, 07:38 PM)

I would have to watch some Lexx Zevivor episodes to decide.  :)

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General Software Discussion / Re: WildOpal - hypothetical new idea for a "find and replace" program
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2015, 08:58 AM »
TPU
-LorinRicker (September 15, 2015, 08:51 PM)

Very interesting.  Thank you for the info.   :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Nifty FREE Utility to do almost anything to a filename in Windows
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 15, 2015, 03:42 PM »
Very cool! I have used Bulk Rename Utility for this sort of thing, but I am always glad to find another!
-x16wda (June 17, 2015, 06:43 PM)

Here's another vote for Bulk Rename Utility! I use it almost every day. Just started to get into regular expression renaming, which blew my little mind.
-mrpeach (September 15, 2015, 03:18 PM)

Speaking of RegEx, I enjoy this quote from Jamie Zawinski

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.    ;D

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General Software Discussion / Re: HELP! AMD Catalyst update broke my PC - How best to reinstall Windows 7?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 15, 2015, 08:33 AM »
But in any case, this will now become my secondary backup and testing machine (as you suggested), as I'm taking the opportunity to upgrade and also untether myself from the desk. I'll be getting an HP ZBook 14 G2 Mobile Workstation instead.
-dr_andus (September 14, 2015, 05:49 PM)

That looks like quite a machine.  If it is anywhere near as heavy as my Toshiba I recommend caution when slinging it over your shoulder.  Tendinitis has a tendincy to sneak up on you.  I had to switch from backpack and computer case to putting all my stuff in a wheeled suitcase.  My left are keeps going numb on me.  The recuperation by resting it is very gradual and any exertion or lifting of weight sets it back months.  One of the security guards at the school told me a lot of faculty get it as they have large Laptops and lug them to and from work every day.

It does look like a nice machine though.  :)

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Living Room / Re: In a world free from ads, one font reigns supreme. COMIC SANS!
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 14, 2015, 05:38 PM »
I was using FireSans in FF with minimum font size 18.  This looks a bit better.  The FireSans looked live video blown up on a big screen with too large pixels.  Your basic golf ball effect.  This is a bit easier on the eyes.   :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Bargain Watch software?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 14, 2015, 04:37 PM »
I'm a huge fan of CamelCamelCamel which can be used with Amazon.com to notify you when things drop in price: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=30669
-mouser (September 14, 2015, 03:52 PM)

Yeah.  The guy who teaches Computer Repair I at the college recommended it and demonstrated usage.  Apparently you can go back several years and track the price history of an item.
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General Software Discussion / Re: HELP! AMD Catalyst update broke my PC - How best to reinstall Windows 7?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 14, 2015, 08:21 AM »
One thing I didn't think to ask.  Does the mother board also have a built in video chip set?  Sometimes there is video built into the motherboard but a graphics card is added for better performance and the dedicated video ram.  If there is a video output connector that does not go to the card it may be possible to remove the card and still have a working computer.

That way you could keep it as a guinea pig machine without spending any money on it.  Assuming the cleaning does not permanently fix the issue.
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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 14, 2015, 06:49 AM »


https://en.wikipedia.../Slaughterhouse-Five
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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for White-on-Black or Transparent Menu-Less Text Displayer
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 13, 2015, 06:30 AM »
@wraith808 - Still standing by for your solution.  After all, I did give you quite a laundry list of specs, eh?

-CodeTRUCKER (September 12, 2015, 03:21 PM)


Still going to do it.  Unfortunately, I'm not Skrommel. ;D  But if everything with my upgrade goes well, it should be done by early in the week.
-wraith808 (September 12, 2015, 06:00 PM)
Thanks.  In the meantime, MilesAhead's script is working well with Notepad, albeit with the window frame and white background.

@MilesAhead - I have the Notepad script working as expected, but I can't get the Stickies working.  Here is my code mod...
Code: Autohotkey [Select]
  2.     #NoEnv
  4.     SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
  5.     return
  6.     ; instead of Progman for desktop change to the
  7.     ; class for Flight Simulator (use WinSpy to get it)
  8.     #IfWinActive ahk_class FS98MAIN
  9.     $Down::
  10.     ; instead of class for Notepad use the class
  11.     ; for Stickies
  12.       ControlSend,,{Down},ahk_class ZhornStickyNote
  13.     return

Do you see anything wrong?  I copy/pasted the ahk_class from Window Spy.


-CodeTRUCKER (September 12, 2015, 06:20 PM)

Try changing back from the sticky class to notepad and see if it works.  If it does then the issue is with the stickies.  If not then it doesn't like the flight simulator class.

Divide and conquer.

Edit:  Also sometimes scripts that don't work will start working when compiled.  There is a new AHK release.  I would install it if you haven't already: http://ahkscript.org/

Click downloaf then Installer

Edit2:  The other thing is Stickies may not be a simple single window program.  I don't have it myself.  But it might be you need to use ahk_parent in the ControlSend call.  See ControlSend in the help.
Also you could post a question in the ahk forums.  I have not had the need to use ControlSend.  Someone on the forum probably knows all the tricks to using it.



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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Context Menu Manager (Free)
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 12, 2015, 05:17 PM »
Thanks, MilesAhead.

-Midnight Rambler (September 12, 2015, 10:01 AM)

 :up:
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General Software Discussion / Re: HELP! AMD Catalyst update broke my PC - How best to reinstall Windows 7?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 12, 2015, 05:15 PM »
Too bad you are in the UK.  When I finally got around to replacing the card in my quad core I found a clearance item on newegg.  A good enough for my purposes video card with 1/2 GB  ram for around $20 plus a couple bucks shipping.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for White-on-Black or Transparent Menu-Less Text Displayer
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 12, 2015, 05:05 PM »
Thank you for the suggestions, but the main need is the capability of using a key combo like CTRL-SHFT-DOWNARROW that will still move the cursor (and therefore, the displayed text) down one line at a time even when another window has focus.  I hope this makes sense?

-CodeTRUCKER (September 12, 2015, 12:00 PM)

Hopefully someone will find a glint of value into this uneducated guess, but I kinda have a small specialty of "chaining" programs together and this almost makes me think you need some three scripts, one of which "knows to do that" and drop you back into whatever the other solutions are doing.

Last I knew, Programs Like Having Focus, so then to elaborate above, you need something deep-leveled that "over-rides Liking Focus" and Do Stuff.


-TaoPhoenix (September 12, 2015, 02:11 PM)

The snippet I posted uses ControlSend which is the method to send to a window(by leaving the control param blank) without making the target window active. As written you can test it by first clicking the desktop while notepad is running.  Hit the Down arrow and the cursor in notepad will move down even though notepad does not have the focus.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What software do you use to create an Audio CD?
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 12, 2015, 08:05 AM »
For a free audio CD burner CDBurnerXP is always there.  Frequently updated.  Also you just drag and drop FLAC, mp3, whatever and it can autoconvert on the fly.

Plus it has basic cover/insert printing if you don't care about anything fancy.

I used to like burrrn.  But as the OS number increases it seems to aquire more quirks as I don't think it is updated anymore.  It worked pretty well for me in Vista.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Context Menu Manager (Free)
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 12, 2015, 07:17 AM »
However, the net-load link from MilesAhead was okay
-Curt (September 11, 2015, 02:30 PM)

Yeah, it looks a little funky but it had a green dot from WOT in google results.  That's all I did was google the product name and "giveaway."
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Context Menu Manager (Free)
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 11, 2015, 02:09 PM »
Expired.  This might have been useful as software often creates right-click entries w/o permission and a file assoc. shortcut would have been handy.
-Midnight Rambler (September 11, 2015, 11:41 AM)

This link looks like it still works.  It looks like they are using the same email and SN for all the giveaways from that offer:

http://net-load.com/...nu-manager-for-free/

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by MilesAhead on September 11, 2015, 06:50 AM »
Quote from: Jethro Tull discography, studio albums
-Curt (September 11, 2015, 03:06 AM)

I had the Stand Up and Benefit albums.  I saw Tull at Boston Garden.  That was a great time.  :Thmbsup:
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