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General Software Discussion / Re: how to delete this empty file?

« Last post by 4wd on May 23, 2015, 07:05 AM »

The next obvious suggestion for a stuck file in Windows is to boot a Linux LiveCD and remove the bugger 

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General Software Discussion / Re: how to delete this empty file?

« Last post by 4wd on May 22, 2015, 09:00 PM »

There's also WhyReboot which will tell you of any pending file operations at reboot.

http://exodusdev.com/products/whyreboot

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General Software Discussion / Re: how to delete this empty file?

« Last post by 4wd on May 22, 2015, 06:19 PM »

Have you tried deleting it after booting into Safe mode?

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General Software Discussion / Re: sharepoint question

« Last post by 4wd on May 22, 2015, 05:09 AM »

kalos.htm

Code: HTML [Select]

1. <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=https://www.oxfam.org/">

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dumb question but maybe somebody knows how. Probably a form of Sync.

« Last post by 4wd on May 21, 2015, 08:35 AM »

If someone knows the correct "tag" to use instead of file length, i could just plug it into other script I have and get the same list of EFS files instead of Zero Length files.  End of problem.

-questorfla (May 21, 2015, 12:16 AM)

Or just use the cipher command: cipher /U /N >encryptedfiles.txt

If you don't have encryption enabled it'll just bomb out:


Otherwise (I don't have any encrypted files but you get the idea):


I wouldn't be surprised if it required all the encryption keys for every user on the system to be able to detect encrypted files belonging to each user.

You could also probably use Powershell to recurse a tree looking at the extended file attributes, (which is where the encryption attribute hides - the only way to see it from DOS is the fsutil usn readdata command).

Addendum: There's some methods shown on the following page: A Fast Way to Find EFS Folders and Files

Including a VB Script and the EFSInfo command off the Server 2003 CD.

Addendum2: And a Powershell script from TechNet:

Code: Text [Select]

1. get-childitem c:\ -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {$_.Attributes -ge "Encrypted"} | format-list fullname, attributes

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General Software Discussion / Re: Detect and list all files with windows encryption enabled

« Last post by 4wd on May 21, 2015, 03:53 AM »

cipher /U /N

/U   Tries to touch all the encrypted files on local drives. This will update user's file encryption key or recovery keys to the current ones if they are changed. This option does not work with other options except /N.

/N   This option only works with /U. This will prevent keys being updated. This is used to find all the encrypted files on the local drives.

Make sure you use the /N parameter.

See here too.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on May 20, 2015, 07:36 AM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. (.*?\d{4})(?:.*)|(.*?)(?:([-\s]\d[-\s\d]*\.\w+)|\.\w+)$

You'll have to modify the first part to make sure it doesn't match names that would fall under the second RegEx alternative.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on May 20, 2015, 03:24 AM »

Have you thought of having more than one button since your file naming conventions are so diverse?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on May 20, 2015, 12:19 AM »

^(.*?\d{4})(?:.*)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on May 19, 2015, 10:39 PM »

You're not talking about SetFolDate, you're talking about a script that incidentally calls it.

Still works fine here, what does the output log show?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft "Hyperlapse" tech is finally available to play with

« Last post by 4wd on May 19, 2015, 09:47 PM »

^ I enjoyed that drive

-tomos (May 19, 2015, 04:53 AM)

Thanks, now that I've got a camera that can do FHD I'm thinking I might have to do it all again 

Unfortunately the various park authorities have closed/repositioned the more interesting tracks since I started 4wding more than 30 years ago.

And very apt music :-)

It was a choice between B.T.O. or Jethro Tull's 4.W.D.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on May 19, 2015, 04:49 AM »

I'm not sure what you're trying to get at here since SetFolDate only affects the dates of folders, it has no effect on any other attribute nor does it have any effect on files.

Didn't this get answered in another thread?

I suggested using DOpus to rename them into new folders.

https://www.donation....msg369918#msg369918

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft "Hyperlapse" tech is finally available to play with

« Last post by 4wd on May 18, 2015, 08:01 PM »

http://bgb.4x4aus.net

Top video has an audio track so was timelapsed to match the length of it, considering the footage was recorded on a handheld MPEG2 camcorder, (ie. the original is very stability challenged), the Hyperlapse version turned out very smooth.

In case anyone is interested, the data on the bottom of the top video comes from a GPS data logger, (you can see it hanging from the mirror at around 1:20 - easier in the Hyperlapse version), which I exported in GPX format and then converted to a .srt file to mux into the video.

The track is called Billy Goat Bluff Track, it drops ~1200m over ~7km - unfortunately the camera battery went flat about 500m from the end of it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft "Hyperlapse" tech is finally available to play with

« Last post by 4wd on May 18, 2015, 01:32 AM »

Guess I'm going to have to wait until they fix it, currently I can't get it to load anything.  It grabs >30% CPU, becomes unresponsive, and just keeps chewing memory until the system complains, then I have to kill it with Task Manager.

EDIT: And here's the answer:

Here are two things to check:

    Have you ever run Windows Media Player (WMP) on your system before?  Hyperlapse Pro uses components from WMP, and you need to run WMP at least once and accept the license agreement.
    Are you running over Remote Desktop Connection?  If so, check out the "Known Issues" sticky at the top of the forum for instructions on how to make video preview work over remote desktop.

Never used it, never had it installed - honestly, you think they could mention it in the requirements.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Not-so-mini review of CrashPlan backup software

« Last post by 4wd on May 17, 2015, 09:51 PM »

I also recently started using iDrive, I still have an account with Backblaze which I'll let expire when it comes up, (the Backblaze "we'll delete your data if your computer doesn't log in within 6 months" policy is a real killer since I've been OS for 6 months or more at a time every two or three years).

Installed the iDrive program a few weeks ago, I'm only backing up ~270GB (which is still uploading) so memory usage of the three components is ~30-40MB.  It also means I'm only on their standard plan, (1TB), but it only cost US$14.95 for the first year which I got by registering for a free account and installing the software.  Less than 24 hours later I get an email offering the discount so I thought I'd try it until I find something better/else.

Accessing my files is pretty easy using their Android app or via a browser, plus I can back up all my devices to the one account without paying any extra: 3 computers; 2 tablets; 1 phone - (the total is still well under 1TB).

The big plus compared to Backblaze is that I choose which files I want to backup, not some idiot sitting in another country.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft "Hyperlapse" tech is finally available to play with

« Last post by 4wd on May 17, 2015, 07:23 PM »

http://research.micr...s/ivm/technology.htm

There's also an updated version of the Image Composition Editor available.

Have to try it on a 25 minute 4x4 video I made, I sped it up ~6x to get it down to the music length .

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General Software Discussion / Re: Bargain Watch software?

« Last post by 4wd on May 17, 2015, 07:14 PM »

You could create an account at OzBargain and then set to receive emails in the category you're interested in.

Since a lot of them trawl other software websites looking for bargains then post them there, you could think of it as a bargain aggregator.

There might be a similar site in other countries.

Otherwise I've used Google Alerts in the past to keep watch for a particular piece of hardware being on sale.

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General Software Discussion / Re: sharepoint question

« Last post by 4wd on May 13, 2015, 08:09 PM »

And does your admin also stop you from running programs not installed on the computer?

There are plenty of rename utilities available, eg. Bulk Rename (no install) <- download link

Powershell?

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.url" | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace '.url','.htm' }

Tell your admin to do it?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on May 13, 2015, 07:36 PM »

Am using this sooo many times. 

-dcwul62 (May 13, 2015, 03:20 AM)

Perhaps I should of included that per use royalty routine ...


Glad you're getting some use out of it. 

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by 4wd on May 13, 2015, 07:33 PM »

You could make your own cookie crack: Make Cookie Butter at Home with Four Ingredients

Counteracting some of the evil by recycling stale cookies ... although after you dip them in your coffee it doesn't really matter if they were stale to begin with 

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General Software Discussion / Re: ON/OFF TaskBar button for Automatic log-on and connect to Internet.

« Last post by 4wd on May 13, 2015, 06:59 PM »

More moggy mayhem:

Use netsh to remove your gateway IP, this will let you still talk to other computers on the LAN, (if you have a router).


@OP, as app103 has said, how you log into to your ISP is not likely to be the same for everyone when you consider that you have:

• ISP supplied modem with or without the facility to change log in details;
• user supplied modem with it's attendant web setup;
• user supplied modem in bridge mode with the log in details either handled by a router or a computer;
• connect via WiFi;
• some other hardware/software/combination.

Given that this seems to be for more than just yourself then it's almost impossible to create a program that will do what you want since there's no way to cater for all the possible scenarios.

The only easily implemented options are to disable the internet connection at the computer using one of the above methods or something similar.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by 4wd on May 13, 2015, 01:17 AM »

I believe they mean cookie "batter" not "butter"

-Arizona Hot (May 11, 2015, 02:32 PM)

The container in the video says Speculoos Cookie Butter.




... now I gotta go look up what "cookie butter" is.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Paste As File SALE!!

« Last post by 4wd on May 12, 2015, 07:40 PM »

Surely that should be Paste As Fire SALE!!

 

Upgraded, thanks Chris!

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General Software Discussion / Re: ON/OFF TaskBar button for Automatic log-on and connect to Internet.

« Last post by 4wd on May 11, 2015, 10:37 PM »

Sounds like all you need to do is set it up as a dialup account using your ADSL modem - but this relies on how your hardware is set up.

ie. ISP -> ADSL modem -> computer

No router, the modem is set up as a bridging connection and all the handshaking is done by the computer, (I still have an old D-Link USB ADSL modem that works this way).

Personally, I think the easiest way would be to set up your internet connection and then use something like InternetOff, (free).

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Living Room / Re: Multiple Catastrophic Failure Logic...

« Last post by 4wd on May 10, 2015, 07:18 PM »

Yikes! Perfect Storms and George Clooney's!

-TaoPhoenix (May 10, 2015, 02:20 AM)

Perfect Storm?

I would think that Ren has just become the new poster child for Murphy's Law.

@Ren: I wish you a happy journey and the best of luck carting a Microserver through security