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General Software Discussion / Re: I hate False Positives and need help correcting one

« Last post by wraith808 on March 08, 2018, 08:13 AM »

Didn't work  That screen grab was from an admin aacount. And it always gave me some error related to the fact that there was no owner, than an access denied. I tried takeown, accesschk, takeown as the system user, icacls, some tool that I downloaded and forget the name of- in other words I did all of the obvious things.

Thinking on it from tge perspective of a developer, what is the one thing you can do to always give an access is denied message- put a lock on a file.  Then no one can change the file unless you remove the locks, and I didn't think to check that.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I hate False Positives and need help correcting one

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2018, 10:53 PM »

Is the Admin account on your system not capable of changing ownership of files and/or folders?  This account is by default disabled, but enabling it is done in a second or so.

-Shades (March 07, 2018, 09:40 PM)

Again, they had removed (or apparently changed to an account that they created) the ownership.  The admin account couldn't access it either, as all rights had been removed.

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Living Room / Re: Windows 10 S and Surface Laptop

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2018, 05:22 PM »

Apparently Microsoft is backing off of Windows 10 S:

https://www.engadget...t-windows-10-s-mode/

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2018, 04:09 PM »

Interesting...

https://www.engadget...ocurrency-investors/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mind mapping software

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2018, 02:37 PM »

^ Same here.  Got it for $0.99 on sale, and it works as advertised.  So far, I like it.  Easy to create, relate, annotate (with text and images), and categorize data points.  Also has the ability to export, and a selling point to me, is that one of the export options is a plain text HTML document, optionally with images.  I can work with this.

If i need to get the
maps on the other device, i just save these to "onedrive" and i'm good to go...

-YannickDa (March 07, 2018, 01:07 PM)

I'm of the same opinion.  I'm even trialing it now in a folder in dropbox, and it seems to work fine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I hate False Positives and need help correcting one

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2018, 11:26 AM »

You should just be able to take ownership of the file and then renable inheritance (and/or assign whatever permissions you like/need) for it.

-Stoic Joker (March 07, 2018, 11:12 AM)

Nope.  The owner was set to nothing, and since there was no owner and I didn't have permissions, I couldn't take ownership.

I did keep going as this was pretty critical and figured it out with the help of Malwarebytes techs.

I disabled antiransomware, and it restored the permissions.  Then I was able to enable it, and with the exclusions in place it didn't detect it.  With that work around in place, it makes it a lot less questionable what they did, but it did almost give me a heart attack.  I was up until 2 AM my time trying before I gave up.

Also for anyone interested, the logs are there- they just don't show up in the protection log.  You have to look in C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\MBAMService\ArwDetections to see if it's there.  If it's not, it's in the mbamservice.log located in C:\ProgramData\Malwarebytes\MBAMService\LOGS

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General Software Discussion / I hate False Positives and need help correcting one

« Last post by wraith808 on March 07, 2018, 10:23 AM »

First a disclaimer: I run malwarebytes.  I don't really think that given my habits its a necessity, but I do it anyway.  Mostly for ransomware as my server got hit with it a while ago, though it wasn't user error, rather an exploit of RDP.  That was a real nightmare, so I continue to run it.

I was installing some things in msys2 and hadn't thought to exclude my dev tools directory.  MB incorrectly identified Pacman.exe as ransomware, and removed all rights from the file, and changed the owner to noone.  I have now added an exclusion, but is there a way to reverse the actions of MB, i.e. make pacman accessible?  Deleting it wouldnt' have been worse than this. 

I really don't want to start from scratch with a new installation of msys2.  Does anyone know of a way to regain access to a file that's been locked down like this?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: MINICAP - HOW TO DISABLED ERROR MESSAGE BOX.

« Last post by wraith808 on March 06, 2018, 07:43 PM »

Can you post the source for your batchfile?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Chocolatey install for ScreenShot Captor?

« Last post by wraith808 on March 05, 2018, 07:30 PM »

Have you tried to contact the maintainers?

https://chocolatey.o...captor/ContactOwners

They might be able to correct the issue rather than creating a new package, especially if you're not as familiar with the platform.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by wraith808 on March 03, 2018, 08:57 PM »

Are you sure it's not your connection or something transient?  I tried it for Star Wars Rebels and received the correct results.

Update: I get it.  You don't mean for the series information or anything within the application- you mean the uri when you go to https://www.thetvdb.com/.  The whole site appears to be down, so I don't think he's going to be able to do anything about it.  Perhaps it will come back up, or he might change providers possibly.

Update 2: It seems to be a problem with the site.  There's a thread about it on their forums: https://forums.thetv...t=39984&start=20

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017 Release: sLyrics

« Last post by wraith808 on March 03, 2018, 08:56 PM »

Are you sure it's not your connection?  It works fine for me.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by wraith808 on March 01, 2018, 09:40 AM »

Just wanted to make sure from the poster, as it could refer to other blogs in this reviews index.  That seemed pretty non-specific, so wanted clarification of their meaning.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2018, 09:06 PM »

Whatever the merits of the foregoing, it's crystallised something about this blog for me.  Whoever writes it is very prolific, and tends to offer uncritical announcements.  Getting a heads-up on something I didn't know about has value, but I'd rather have deeper analysis, and especially discussion of the relative merits of different programs that do more or less the same thing.

-rjbull (February 28, 2018, 04:01 PM)

What blog?

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2018, 09:04 PM »

Please Stand By (58% on Rotten Tomatoes as of posting.)

Saw it on Vudu when we were looking for a movie to rent.  It said "In Theatres" and it appears to be, though in very small distribution as an indie film.

It was a great movie, and had a lot to which I could relate.  Recommended.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sChecklist

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2018, 04:05 PM »

Hi guys . I liked the program and it works on windows 10. I really want the author to improve the program.
1) I often help people, neighbors, relatives. I install and set up a computer for them. Operating system, settings, installation of programs. This program is useful, you can write down on a flash drive and work as a check checklist reminder.
2) Also sometimes I help people on the .Team viewer and there too, I have to conduct many similar actions. On computer diagnostics. It is important not to forget what you did and what did not.
3) I also have to do SEO sites.

So, the conclusion. It's ideal to make folders. Under checklists. Windows, SEO and so on.
Also it would be possible to make checklists with 1 hierarchy tree down. And the possibility of linking the attachment of a text document. Thank you .

-reifwp (February 28, 2018, 01:12 PM)

I think sChecklist means Simple Checklist.  I'm sure he'll answer, but I will quote the guiding principles from the front page:

Like most of my apps, I wrote this because I couldn't find a simple checklist app that suited my needs.  What I'm talking about is off-the-cuff, ad hoc types of lists.  The ones that, in the course of your (work) day, you find yourself wanting a quick way to set up a checklist, especially one that can be easily used over and over.  Just rows of text entries and a checkbox for each.  No B.S., no time tracking, and no crazy wizzbang features.  In other words, this app is not a time tracker nor is it meant as a full-blown project tracker.  There are plenty of extremely well done apps that already do this.  Task Coach, MyLifeOrganized, & ToDoList are but three that I'd recommend.

-skwire (June 07, 2014, 08:25 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: I suggest. Mini utility. Name Indicator of life. Simple time tracker.

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2018, 04:01 PM »

Anuran from skwire does this, though not exactly as you've said.

From the page: Anuran is rotating, automatic-prompting personal text log.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by wraith808 on February 28, 2018, 03:57 PM »

You're very good at that at least.   

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Official Announcements / Re: DonationCoder.com - Our Favorite Websites

« Last post by wraith808 on February 27, 2018, 09:37 AM »

No I suppose not, except in my heart 

-mouser (February 27, 2018, 06:45 AM)

Should this thread be checked and updated at certain intervals?  Or just left for posterity?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Links to Reviews and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by wraith808 on February 27, 2018, 09:36 AM »

I don't see any reason to be so harsh on them -- it's a short little review with one confusing sentence.

-mouser (February 26, 2018, 09:14 PM)

I call a spade a spade.  You should know this of me

-Stephen66515 (February 26, 2018, 09:16 PM)

hmmm,
a simple bald statement of the problems with the text would have been more in that line.
You got emotionally involved -- and harsh, as mouser says -- that's different from simply telling things how they are.

-tomos (February 27, 2018, 05:36 AM)

 
Agreed.  And it has other unintended consequences.  It's obvious you are a supporter... what impression does this leave on people about those who support SC and DC?  And does it make them less likely to even try in the future.  Education and understanding are the approach that I would think does the most good.

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 24, 2018, 10:33 AM »

Interesting article on bitcoin and the resistance/obstacles it now faces.

Bitcoin’s Final Boss

“Bitcoin ought to be outlawed.”

Those were the ominous words of economist Joseph Stiglitz in an interview with Bloomberg last week.

He’s not the first to say it and he certainly won’t be the last.

more at link: https://hackernoon.c...al-boss-22e2a52f9c7d

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General Software Discussion / Re: any bug tracking tool suggested?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 24, 2018, 10:23 AM »

Redmine - http://www.redmine.org/
Bugzilla - https://www.bugzilla.org/
Trac - https://trac.edgewall.org/browser
Mantis - https://www.mantisbt.org/

We evaluated them years ago, but the company decided to just use VSTS and it's integrated tools, which is also what I migrated to since with my MSDN subscription, I get a free license.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: StackNotes

« Last post by wraith808 on February 24, 2018, 10:19 AM »

@Shades : "BLAT cli" can be a little bit confusing at first, some switches uses are "cryptic" and building a valid command line can be tedious. So, i went through the whole process step by step and had success in the end. I suspect this might have been done on purpose by the developers to avoid "Blat" beeing used by lame spammers. But i can't be sure of that.
I took a look at "CMail" : seems robust and has a lot of options too. I'm going to use "BLAT" and may add an option to use "CMail" later on...

-YannickDa (February 24, 2018, 06:15 AM)

We used to use it at work, and had similar issues with BLAT, and someone at the company even made an option to use a BLAT DLL.  It seems that was adopted by the community, and they offer a way to directly use BLAT that I think was his code- not sure if it's really there as I was going by his word.  I do have a link to the latest version of his DLL if interested that he sent me when I was trying to track it down.  The reason that we moved away from it is .NET has a direct option to mail.  If the archive doesn't have it, let me know if you're interested.

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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately

« Last post by wraith808 on February 20, 2018, 09:59 AM »

It was as good as the hype.  It is my top MCEU movie, tied with Winter Soldier.  What both of those have in common is that they are not Superhero movies, they're just good movies.  I'd say that WS is a movie that heralds back to the Espionage/Cold War type movies.  Black Panther is more of an intrigue type movie.

Definitely recommended.

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Living Room / Re: Why doesn't DC make its own browser?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 19, 2018, 03:35 PM »

I don't see anywhere that it uses Chromium, so I'm curious.

https://github.com/minbrowser/min

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Note: Min uses an older version of Chromium, which may be missing security fixes from later versions. More Information

-highend01 (February 19, 2018, 03:25 PM)

Ah, I didn't notice that there.  It's sort of misleading however.

https://github.com/m...suecomment-338080554

Min doesn't directly use Chromium.  It uses Electron, which uses Chromium.  So everything using Electron has that problem.  Slack, Atom, and anything on this page: https://electronjs.org/apps

I don't personally think that Electron is made to create a web browser on top of it.  But, as they are using a webview to render pages, I don't think it's as much of a security concern as it may seem.

I did continue research and find this: https://github.com/m...suecomment-340968572

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Living Room / Re: Why doesn't DC make its own browser?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 19, 2018, 03:11 PM »

And uses an outdated (missing security fixes) version of Chromium... Why on earth should somebody use such stuff?

-highend01 (February 19, 2018, 07:15 AM)

How did you find out it was using an outdated version of Chromium?  Did you download it and try it?  I don't see anywhere that it uses Chromium, so I'm curious.