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Living Room / Re: Watch lightning strikes in real-time

« Last post by tomos on July 21, 2016, 04:15 AM »

Looking at this site again, I see they have 'dynamic' maps which can also be made full screen.
http://en.blitzortun...ive_dynamic_maps.php

Here's a detail of one with 'Hybrid' (satellite/etc) setting:

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General Software Discussion / Re: svchost /k netsvcs [Problem on Win.7]

« Last post by tomos on July 20, 2016, 02:57 AM »

Is there any other way to check for (windows) updates?
I did find this method, but think it's a bit over my head:
https://msdn.microso...90%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

-tomos (July 13, 2016, 09:29 AM)

and this appears to be a solution for updating a windows machine without using winupdate:
WSUSoffline
http://www.wsusoffline.net/docs/

[disclaimer -- havent tried it -- got link via last supseruser link]

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General Software Discussion / Re: svchost /k netsvcs [Problem on Win.7]

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2016, 09:42 AM »

Okay, a solution for Windows 7 X64 which has worked for two machines:
Install KB3161608

Listed with direct links under "Alternative Fix (June 2016)"
at this superuser post (via superuser link above):
http://superuser.com...n7-sp1/997067#997067

Took a while on the older machine, but both machines found downloads and were able to successfully download and install (I didnt do all updates in one go FWIW)

Note:
my problem was not only very high CPU usage, but also inability to find *any* updates

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2016, 07:40 AM »

x16wda
6 6 6



I dunno . . .
official complaint: that dog is too nice and laid back for a 666 :p

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Living Room / Re: Time lapse video (thread)

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2016, 05:33 AM »

A lot of time-lapses are too quick for my taste -- I find they end up being a bit jerky, feeling hurried with too little time spent on each scene.

This one got the balance perfect imo, [edit] along with wonderful photography and editing [/edit]

The Lion City II - Majulah (Singapore)

by the same author, an interesting one where everything gets the 'minaturised' effect:

(The Lion City by Keith Loutit)

again via imaging-resource

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Living Room / Re: Time lapse video (thread)

« Last post by tomos on July 19, 2016, 05:12 AM »

more storms, great footage
I love the quote at the beginning

Vorticity

not crazy about the sudden changes in pace, but otherwise very much enjoyed

via imaging-resource

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by tomos on July 17, 2016, 01:33 PM »

Museum crossword art defaced when visitor, 91, fills in blanks

-Arizona Hot (July 16, 2016, 12:55 PM)

that was funny

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Living Room / Re: problem with pdf

« Last post by tomos on July 14, 2016, 05:45 PM »

why ask us - why not ask the website?

if that not possible:
moar info please (website? pdf sample?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: svchost /k netsvcs [Problem on Win.7]

« Last post by tomos on July 13, 2016, 04:28 PM »

I have had the same problem on my laptop over the last few months.

I have also resorted to turning off windows updates - and the CPU activity became normal again.

-hornet (July 13, 2016, 04:10 PM)

so, are you not updating windows at all?

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Finished Programs / Re: Pick me error on new computer

« Last post by tomos on July 13, 2016, 12:17 PM »

hi prebsi,
the author last posted here around six months ago, talking about a new version of Pick Me, but hasnt been around since.

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General Software Discussion / Re: svchost /k netsvcs [Problem on Win.7]

« Last post by tomos on July 13, 2016, 09:29 AM »

Two machines still wont update, even when I check manually.
As before, full core gets used by svchost.exe -- if I (can) stop windows update service, things settle back to normal.

(On my desktop, windows update takes 5 minutes of hogging one core before it will tell me what's available -- but at least it works.)

Is there any other way to check for (windows) updates?
I did find this method, but think it's a bit over my head:
https://msdn.microso...90%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by tomos on July 13, 2016, 01:58 AM »

Hammock doing great so far. cat loves napping with me in it.

-mouser (July 12, 2016, 06:39 PM)

great

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Updates to fix screen resolution errors using different res. monitors

« Last post by tomos on July 12, 2016, 11:11 AM »

Yes, this is a problem, and will become even more of one as monitor resolution increases.

In SC & CHS, there are already problems with system fonts @125% on a FHD 15.6" laptop screen:

• SC has cropped fonts above the image panel, and I have major difficulty reading preferences
• CHS has same or smaller text in options, text in main window (clips, tree) is slightly larger and clearer -- but still not the size it should be with fonts @ 125%

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?

« Last post by tomos on July 11, 2016, 07:26 AM »

Impressive work jesse 
Hope it holds up -- looks like it should

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Living Room / Re: better battery life out of a laptop

« Last post by tomos on July 10, 2016, 11:22 AM »

^ that info is hidden away in another post:

this one

-eleman (July 10, 2016, 03:40 AM)

. . .
@eleman,
1) I know I *hate* to lose even 15 mins of work, so I would think about the amount of work-time that you could live with losing, and make sure your work gets saved somewhere within every x amount of minutes.

2) Is the battery easily removed? Consider getting a second one?

3) Look at the software on the machine, and what uses up the most CPU and/or RAM -- see can you stop/uninstall some of that.

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..

« Last post by tomos on July 08, 2016, 04:28 AM »

^ lovely photos, lovely dogs :-)

@Stephen -
is it a colour photo, or did you make it sepia ?

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately

« Last post by tomos on July 06, 2016, 09:10 AM »

Sing Street

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

I enjoyed this a lot -
coming of age in the eighties helped; having lived a year in Dublin in the mid-eighties helped; liking the music helped.
But none of the above necessary I'd say ;-)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor has OCR?

« Last post by tomos on July 05, 2016, 02:55 AM »

hi fungus,
no, Screenshot Captor / SC does not do OCR.

In case you do find something with good OCR, you can open files in an external editor from SC (see Tools menu).
(There are a couple of good threads on OCR here, PDFXchange is recommended a couple of places here on dc.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Adding text in Objects to images??

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2016, 08:56 AM »

Screenshot Captor?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firemin: reduce FF memory usage

« Last post by tomos on June 30, 2016, 07:34 AM »

It doesn't fix anything, it only (potentially) swaps stuff out to your pagefile - before it's necessary to do so. Which means you'll get a disk hit, and another disk hit when that stuff needs to be paged back in.

-f0dder (June 29, 2016, 02:10 PM)

that's for that info 
I would have considered it otherwise, although the main culprit is still flash video, plugin container, when streaming video

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by tomos on June 29, 2016, 11:01 AM »

and Curt tells me what RSS is in post # 6996

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firemin: reduce FF memory usage

« Last post by tomos on June 29, 2016, 10:14 AM »

One of us got RSS wrong. 

-Tuxman (June 29, 2016, 10:03 AM)

yup   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firemin: reduce FF memory usage

« Last post by tomos on June 29, 2016, 09:58 AM »

Am I really a rare species?

-Tuxman (June 29, 2016, 09:25 AM)

Not at all :-)
I probably have an average of 30 tabs open. My version of RSS is Session-Manager: when the saved session becomes too big, I start fresh with an empty window... (I do save the odd session with a name, or bookmark/save-to-PIM the odd page.)
Works fine mostly.

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General Software Discussion / Re: save my writings

« Last post by tomos on June 29, 2016, 04:38 AM »

^ Lazarus was also recommended in the previous thread:
https://addons.mozil...orm-recovery/?src=ss

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Mysterious bell (ding) from Screenshot Captor

« Last post by tomos on June 26, 2016, 04:12 AM »

Could there be something else trying (unsuccessfully) to use/steal the PrintScreen key?
Although I'd have thought that the 'ding' sound would happen immediately then.

The only culprit I can think of offhand is Picasa (but havent heard of it acting like this).