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General Software Discussion / Re: point and kill

« Last post by Curt on April 05, 2013, 04:49 PM »

ehh... this is standard in Win 7,
or did I get it from elsewhere?

Right-click Waterfox icon in taskbar:




-here the Danish "Luk vindue" means "Close window" => Close this program.

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General Software Discussion / (poll) Six free security tools from Microsoft

« Last post by Curt on April 04, 2013, 02:53 AM »

Well, I really was tempted to post this under "Found Deals and Discounts", but...

Fred Langa from Windows Secrets has posted about six free security tools from Microsoft. We already know most or all of them, but I thought it would be right to remind our forum about these tools:

Please first read the story at https://windowssecre...ktop-security-tools/
- You know, "common ground".



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

At the same time I will of course like you to tell
if you are using any of these?  ((take the poll))
and tell us WHY? / experiences, good/bad  

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Chameleon Startup Manager 50% off

« Last post by Curt on April 03, 2013, 02:55 AM »

without really understanding any of this, I would expect most of your requested feature to be included in the startup configuration & profile features:

Possibility to restore all changes:
     Automatically save the history of changes in configurations and for each program

Select the startup configuration at Windows start-up:
     During Windows startup, it is possible to select the programs to be launched by selecting one of the Windows startup configs saved earlier (eg, for the Internet, for games, etc)

Allow to add, edit, disable and remove startup programs.

Startup configurations management:
     Any number of Windows startup configs can be created and loaded if necessary

-features

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General Software Discussion / Re: Registry cleaning software debunked...

« Last post by Curt on April 03, 2013, 01:10 AM »

@SKA, you can create partitions "forever", as long as you still have space for it.
But what your said program can do, I don't know.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Easeus ToDo Backup Workstation 5.8 offered

« Last post by Curt on April 02, 2013, 06:00 PM »

STOP!!!

Revo Uninstaller has just revealed these leftovers:

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Easeus ToDo Backup Workstation 5.8 offered

« Last post by Curt on April 02, 2013, 05:42 PM »

-you cannot opt out during installation
it is the company's WinPE builder.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Easeus ToDo Backup Workstation 5.8 offered

« Last post by Curt on April 02, 2013, 05:13 PM »

and it is recommendable to first learn what "centralized management" is about,
so you can un-check the option:



-it is $99... http://www.todo-back...nagement-console.htm

The setup also includes a "ISOExport_TRIAL.exe"!!!



Edit:
The setup made four (4) new entries to start with Windows! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: TwinkiePaste: Paste commonly used text phrases with hotkeys from menu anywhere

« Last post by Curt on April 02, 2013, 04:58 PM »

Be aware of the "creative" definition of the word lifetime:

As registered user, You:

    Receive lifetime license to use the software beyond the 40-day evaluation.
    You can use it without any functional and time limitations.
    You can update the program for free within one year after the purchase.
    You get a lifelong 50% discount for new versions of the program after the year of free updates expires.

-from their Aml Pages.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on April 01, 2013, 06:16 PM »

..., as in Norton Commander of the Ancient Age,...

-clean (February 08, 2013, 06:58 PM)

it doesn't have to be of ancient age; WinNC is still being maintained: last updated March 30 2013!

"Norton Commander Download": http://winnc.com/nor...n_commander_download
or http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winnc.html

Blog: http://dunesmultimed...rclonewinnc5800.html (the blog's address is in Denmark, the server is in USA, the company is in the Netherlands, the text is in Dutch, and the download link is missing the initial "h".)

-but be aware that the company is calling version 5.8 for a major update...
and that the price now is $25
30 days trial, but some features disabled.

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Living Room / Re: Worlds Largest Cyberattack Slows Internet

« Last post by Curt on April 01, 2013, 02:49 AM »

and this was your post number 1001  

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Living Room / Re: Google Nose

« Last post by Curt on April 01, 2013, 02:26 AM »

This is embarrassing; I can't smell it!! Where can I get support, please? As usual I am the one who must ask the most simple question. The problem could of course be that I am running Waterfox, you know, a fox always has a backdoor for venting and such. But I don't believe that is it. Because it is also a Waterfox, and I remember that when I fart in the water in the bath, the smell becomes even more distinctly than if I fart anywhere else! So why can't I smell this one? Maybe it is my nose, that is the problem? Yes, that could be it! Maybe I should follow the words from the preacher and "clean my own nose, before trying to clean other people's noses"? Yeah, surely that must be it. I will do so!

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Living Room / Re: Trippy Site

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2013, 04:50 PM »

-no problems now, from here

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Living Room / Re: Trippy Site

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2013, 07:46 AM »

I am reminded that approx twelve years ago I had a screensaver that worked very much like this one - and it was already "old" back then. Progress  or what it is  has changed from forward to sidewards...

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

a new incubate:

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2013, 07:16 AM »

this gem makes me laugh every time i re-watch it:

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Living Room / Re: Trippy Site

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2013, 07:07 AM »

pretty ♥

click thumbnail picture to enlarge to 1021x700 pixels, 185 kb

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by Curt on March 29, 2013, 10:02 AM »

It's Springtime. Get yourself out there and fall in love.

-40hz (March 28, 2013, 04:04 PM)

It ain't for lack of trying.

-Deozaan (March 29, 2013, 02:24 AM)

here it is snowing. "Does this parka suite my bottom?"

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Living Room / Re: Cute jokes' thread

« Last post by Curt on March 27, 2013, 03:22 AM »

I forgot my own words:

... make this thread devoted to (harmless) cute jokes.

-Curt (November 25, 2010, 06:13 AM)

-so even though .merle1 have commented it, I have deleted the original content of this post; it was not harmless, not even cute.

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General Software Discussion / Re: True Launch Bar v5.0

« Last post by Curt on March 26, 2013, 04:26 AM »

True Launch Bar v6.5 released.

What's new:

    Glow color for highlighted items text.
    Hotkey support for the "rest items" button (the button with two arrows).
    View modes for the "rest items" menu.
    Hold down CTRL key to run some shortcuts without closing menu.
    "True transparency" for the standalone toolbar (toolbar is transparent, the icons/text are opaque).
    Skins for the Standalone True Launch Bar.
    The Standalone TLB now more similar to the taskbar (with the taskbar style).
    Some minor enhancements.

Fixed:

    Some icons are not loaded on windows restart.
    No selection for the toolbar buttons with the windows classic theme.
    It is possible to "lost" the Standalone TLB after "show desktop" windows action.
    Some minor bugs fixed

http://www.truelaunchbar.com/

-Yuri Kobets

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Chameleon Startup Manager 50% off

« Last post by Curt on March 26, 2013, 01:42 AM »

For quite some time Chameleon has been offering version 4 Beta at reduced intro-offer price.

http://www.chameleon...tartup-manager/beta/

This version can be registered with a 50% discount if you buy before the full release is available.
If you detect a bug and inform us of the details immediately, you will receive an additional discount of up to 100%.

I have been running version 4 for some months but have not found any bugs 

http://www.chameleon...tartup-manager/beta/

Version 3 is still being updated.

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by Curt on March 25, 2013, 04:49 AM »

Best by date with my star ratings:
The 39 Steps 1935 (British thriller) Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll *
Bullitt 1968 (American dramatic thriller) Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset ***
Bagdad Cafe 1987 (American comedy) Jack Palance ****

-sword (March 13, 2013, 10:54 PM)

-spanning half a century, but I gladly second sword's choices.  
My girly friend demands that I add Casablanca, and I agree.

I don't know if this Norwegian one ever crossed the Atlantic, but it surely was a major hit around here:
Pinchcliffe Grand Prix. The movie was made in 3½ years by approx 5-6 people, but became cult and was shown in cinemas (mainly in Norway, Moscow and Tokyo) every day of the week for 28 years (1975-2003)! In 2005 a new, digitally restored DVD was released which featured soundtracks and subtitles in 5 languages including English - read the creator's homepage: http://www.caprino.n...start/en/default.asp. I was, no, I AM a big fan (see >evidence<) of the included Il Tempo Gigante, the fastest and most advanced car ever made (take that, Bugatti!).

Here is a shortened first part, but be warned:
This is from when we took whatever time it took, to tell a story...

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by Curt on March 24, 2013, 11:20 AM »

The first and original The Gods Must Be Crazy movie. Yes, it became a series of films, but the others didn't have quite the same unpretending innocence as the first one (edit: in fact, the series was not even funny but plain silly, compared to the original's humorous wisdom). Wonderful ♥

http://en.wikipedia....e_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/



click thumbnail to enlarge:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for a free (and good) video conferencing solution

« Last post by Curt on March 23, 2013, 10:58 AM »

forgive me for grabbing this theory out of my pocket: Some people are using too much time on their computers, so they don't have any or at best only a few real world friends, and therefor don't have Skype Premium! The other people have very little time to play around with computers, but have Skype Premium because of their real world friends! These people have seldom even heard of Google+ Hangouts.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for a free (and good) video conferencing solution

« Last post by Curt on March 23, 2013, 06:40 AM »

and who can argue with a Super Honorary Charter Member...

JoTo, I didn't even know your title existed, but I adore it ♥

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review of FileBoss

« Last post by Curt on March 22, 2013, 01:54 PM »

[hint] It would be really nice if someone will upload an updated mini review of the new "second" version of version 3 [/hint]

http://www.theutilit.../upgrading-to-v3.htm

click to enlarge:

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General Software Discussion / Re: screenshot and video capture software

« Last post by Curt on March 22, 2013, 01:26 PM »

seems very nice, but I need it portable!

-kalos (March 21, 2013, 09:49 AM)