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

« Last post by tomos on January 26, 2016, 06:04 AM »

Couldn't resist all those lovely thumbnails
tsaint @444

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by tomos on January 25, 2016, 12:05 PM »

In a typical country town in western Victoria, Au
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-tsaint (January 25, 2016, 12:50 AM)

an especially nice photograph

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Living Room / Re: Does anyone here use Bitcoins?

« Last post by tomos on January 24, 2016, 11:01 AM »

It seems foolish to me, (a little odd too), that Hearn proclaimed the demise of bitcoin in his article.
In ways, it allows people to respond by simply saying -- but look, it's not dead -- without directly addressing his complaints.

Can't get to link.  At least, not without disabling ad blockers.

-wraith808 (January 24, 2016, 10:02 AM)

I got through (w. uBlock origin) but it wants email address after looking at a couple of pages

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Living Room / Re: Forbes forces users to disable ad blockers, promptly serves malware.

« Last post by tomos on January 24, 2016, 06:10 AM »

^ just one of those addons should do you fine

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General Software Discussion / Re: Use a flash drive as memory in Windows XP?

« Last post by tomos on January 22, 2016, 03:51 AM »

As mwb says: this about the paging file.
The paging file is a file on your HD that gets used when memory is low -- it is slow (much slower than RAM) and will be even slower if on a usb stick.
The only advantage would be if you were very short of space, removing the paging file from the C drive would free up a little space.

My Gateway TA6 laptop (freebie with no documentation/paperwork) is already maxed out with 2GB ram, and I have a spare 2GB thumb drive to experiment with, and I wonder if there is a way to combine and get 4GB usable ram?

-holt (January 21, 2016, 11:37 PM)

no,
that's not possible.

If you want to speed up the machine, you could try installing some version of Linux OS. I did that (dc link) on an old Win. 2000 laptop (with just 128MB ram!) and it worked quite well -- but you would need to get advice about it.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2016, 04:44 PM »

XF 100MP Camera System  Phase One

-Arizona Hot (January 05, 2016, 12:43 PM)

oddly enough they dont have a 4k version of this video

The XF 100MP Camera System in the hands of Tim Kemple

EDIT// if you scroll down this page (phase one website) there are some samples at full resolution.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2016, 04:04 PM »

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The Promise and Confusion of USB Type-C

-Arizona Hot (January 21, 2016, 03:23 PM)

interesting
here's it from the source:
https://techpinions....-of-usb-type-c/43152

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Official Announcements / Re: Forum Upgraded August 30, 2015 - Report issues here

« Last post by tomos on January 20, 2016, 03:19 AM »

I can't find how to ignore certain topics.

-Deozaan (January 20, 2016, 01:00 AM)

Profile >Modify Profile >Ignore Boards Options

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Screenshot Captor / Re: SC: Discussion of Scanning Functions

« Last post by tomos on January 19, 2016, 10:27 AM »

Damnit, i missed it

thanks mouser

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Screenshot Captor / Re: SC: Discussion of Scanning Functions

« Last post by tomos on January 19, 2016, 10:04 AM »

^ wanted to say how good the SC scanning solution is
Most scanning software I've come across is a nightmare. SC on the other hand has all the important stuff there easy to access, and it works a treat, including multi-page PDF creation.


Oops, there was one minor thing: on scanning, it inverts the colours.
I've checked SC options, also the scanner default settings, and dont see anything there. I normally use Vuescan for high-quality scanning -- that does not invert colours either.
So it seems to be an SC thing -- anyone else with that problem?

Win.7 x64
SC v4.16.1

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Hard Disk Sentinel Standard : 100% Off at BitsDuJour

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2016, 04:46 AM »

Standard 100% off for personal use.
Pro @ 50% off ~US$15

http://www.bitsdujou...in=todays-deals-home

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General Software Discussion / Re: Give yourself at least another 26 unique hotkey combos with Microsoft's remapkey

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2016, 04:05 AM »

Great idea
will have to check out MS's remapkey

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Windows 10 a trojan?

« Last post by tomos on January 15, 2016, 02:56 PM »

^thanks, I had thought it was a separate requirement

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is Windows 10 a trojan?

« Last post by tomos on January 15, 2016, 05:20 AM »

I also disable OS upgrades (not Windows Update).

-Carol Haynes (January 14, 2016, 02:01 PM)

hi Carol,
anyone know how ^this^ is done?

On this machine I only see 'Windows Update' (no relevant settings), and 'Windows anytime Upgrade' (which has no settings at all).
Note: on this and on my other Windows 7 machine I'm not getting any update to windows 10 messages, (possibly because I mostly only ever install security updates).

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General Software Discussion / Re: gateway ta6 laptop

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2016, 07:00 PM »

^ 

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Official CMS Migration Progress Thread - September 2017

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2016, 06:37 PM »

Y'all owe me beer for this...

-Stephen66515 (January 14, 2016, 06:27 PM)

trade secret: beer is potions ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: gateway ta6 laptop

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2016, 06:32 PM »

I royally dread advance purchase agreements like that, especially compulsory ones, and most especially surprise compulsory ones. NEXT time, I will know what to expect, and I don't think I will be purchasing McAfee no matter how nice their product is. I do not like that kind of sales approach.

-holt (January 14, 2016, 05:52 PM)

Yeah, ironically, you need to be even more careful of the big names, than of the smaller ones...

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Official CMS Migration Progress Thread - September 2017

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2016, 05:59 PM »

I think I'm gonna need to buy some potions

-Stephen66515 (January 14, 2016, 04:34 PM)

P-o-o-o-o-tions for sale!
P-o-o-o-o-tions for sale!
P-o-o-o-o-tions for sale!
...
then again,
can you give a reference?

EDIT/Oups, sorry got my wires crossed -- of course you dont need any references when buying potions ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Winkey g Google Search ahk quickie

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2016, 05:28 PM »

is it easy to change the hotkey combination?

-Curt (January 14, 2016, 04:40 PM)

what do you want to change it to?



^This^ is the bit you need to change -- I always forget (I *think Ctrl='^'), and need to look up the AHK site.
I know from the screenshot that:
# = Winkey
and that's it....

so,
only half a solution -- or maybe just a quarter ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: gateway ta6 laptop

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2016, 03:49 PM »

My AV (Symantec) just gave a warning about it containing OpenCandy, but that's relatively harmless. I tried the ImgBurn provided mirror, btw, maybe other mirrors trigger the warning based on their hostname?

-Ath (January 14, 2016, 01:35 AM)

Thanks. After I install ImgBurn, I'll just run Malwarebytes and a few other anti-pup scans to do a general pup cleanup.

-holt (January 14, 2016, 12:02 PM)

when installing, just be careful:
read each dialog window carefully, make sure to avoid installing any additional toolbars or software (sometimes it can be done/phrased sneakily). Generally, that's enough (with opencandy at any rate).

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

« Last post by tomos on January 13, 2016, 01:40 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by tomos on January 13, 2016, 05:37 AM »

Tried again (update now) and it went to Windows Update and offered 10 -- is now updating

-tomos (January 12, 2016, 05:18 AM)

well, that didnt work in the end. I tried again today with download and update later and now have Windows 10 running (yah!)
It's only just installed, so cant say a lot, but:

# I didnt see any option given during install to delete files -- it kept (almost) all software but seems to have removed some user data:
PaleMoon bookmarks are gone, but History is still there

# OS build is 10586.63

# I cant AltTab to the desktop

# I think it looks great

[edit] I'm pretty sure Windows said I would need to download a new language pack (it was originally a German lang. Win.8 that I had changed to English). But it remained in Englsih [/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by tomos on January 12, 2016, 05:18 AM »

On second thought, I think I needed to install some .NET updates from Windows update before the GWX updater would work for me without just closing immediately. But this was on a fresh Windows 7 install. I'd expect Windows 8.1 to have most of the more recent .NET packages/updates.

-Deozaan (January 11, 2016, 04:41 PM)

Does it for me on one of my Windows 8.1 Pro machines.  This machine I previously upgraded to 10 Pro but then found that a USB TV Tuner didn't work, so restored an image of the drive.

Now that I have a solution for the hardware I told it a few times to Start Download, Upgrade Later but all it ever does is go to Windows Update and grab the latest Defender definitions - no sign of it downloading the upgrade at all.

I'll probably have to upgrade it via ISO.

-4wd (January 11, 2016, 06:37 PM)

I didnt check what NET is installled, but threw everything windows update had to offer at it (except the malicious tool :p).
Tried again (update now) and it went to Windows Update and offered 10 -- is now updating

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2016, 03:59 PM »

David Bowie

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Pasting enlarges image. Is there a fix?

« Last post by tomos on January 11, 2016, 03:16 PM »

I'll update, but this issue has persisted for me for several versions/years (different hardware too), I just put up with it. Not blurry images, they are just enlarged slightly when pasted into another app.

-starkiller (January 11, 2016, 02:16 PM)

ah, I thought you meant pasting within SC (reading too quick again). But, update anyways (there's not much point in making a bug report with an older version...)

What you're talking about is going to be dependent on what you're pasting into. I believe this was discussed a while back...
cant find the thread I was thinking of but this might help:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=8892.0
=>
they having opposite problem (smaller images), but the solution could be the same (changing dpi in SC)