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General Software Discussion / Re: how do I disable FF Synch or whatever it is?

« Last post by 4wd on February 02, 2015, 08:35 PM »

I see 'Mozilla Firefox 35.0.1 (x86-en-US)' and 'Mozilla Maintenance Service' in my Control Panel\Programs\Uninstall or Change a Program window, and I wonder if it's doing this.

-bit (February 02, 2015, 08:16 PM)

You have Firefox installed also?
Sounds like you might have Automatically install updates set in one of the portables - not a good idea.

If you don't use it, uninstall it.

At a guess, all your portable versions are picking up the profile folder for the installed version - therefore, changes in one appear to be propagated to all.  Whereas, they're all just pointing to the same profile folder.

BTW, your computer is a mess  

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General Software Discussion / Re: how do I disable FF Synch or whatever it is?

« Last post by 4wd on February 02, 2015, 07:27 PM »

Maybe I need to rename the backup copies something harder for Sync to find.

-bit (February 02, 2015, 07:01 PM)

You just said Sync isn't set up, that means that Firefox Sync isn't your problem.

Simple test:
1) Run one of your Firefox Portable iterations, change something, then exit.
2) Disconnect your internet connection.
3) Start one of your other Firefox Portable iterations - did the change appear there also?

This is not good; Mozilla itself admits that it could jeopardize passwords in a lost cellphone; I've also found a comment that Sync is no longer removable in newer versions of FF.

IIRC, it never was removable, (it's part of the Firefox codebase), you could either use it, (enable it), or not use it, (don't enable it).

I no longer use it, (even though I have my own Sync server), and never had a problem with things randomly changing across whatever versions of Pale Moon, Firefox, etc, across all my computers.

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B on sale now. Lots more for the same $35

« Last post by 4wd on February 02, 2015, 06:56 PM »

Now if they could have added h.265^w decoding in silicon ...

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General Software Discussion / Re: how do I disable FF Synch or whatever it is?

« Last post by 4wd on February 02, 2015, 06:52 PM »

Unless you run Firefox from your backup copy location, (rather than restore it), Sync will have no effect on them.

Otherwise:

Menu->Options->Sync

If it looks like:



it's not set up.

Otherwise hit the Unlink this device link if it's there.

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Living Room / Re: server 2008r2 x64 VPN to Windows 8.1 Home Premium x64 for remote access

« Last post by 4wd on February 01, 2015, 06:35 PM »

If you only want to use Windows native VPN to allow access from remote places, an SSTP based VPN is possibly the way to go for maximum availability since it uses port 443, (HTTPS), which almost all internet access points are going to allow.

Third party: OpenVPN you can set for port 80 or 443 to also bypass overly restrictive internet access.  I'm currently using SoftEther VPN on all my VPSs since it is simple to setup, multi-protocol (PPTP, L2TP, SSTP, OpenVPN, SoftEther), can remote manage the VPNs, provide configs for the clients, even bypass some Captive Portal setups via VPN over DNS/Ping requests.

BTW, what about your router hardware - a lot of them these days usually have some form of VPN server - it would save screwing around with the Windows server.

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

« Last post by 4wd on January 28, 2015, 10:40 PM »

An old slate mine from my recent weekend away:

~3.96MB

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Quick list of 7 FOSS Cloud Storage Products for Self-hosting

« Last post by 4wd on January 26, 2015, 09:45 PM »

Ooooo! This looks pretty good. Looking through, the ownCloud software looks like what I'd want to run. I'll need to check it out when I get home.

-Renegade (January 25, 2015, 05:48 AM)

If you want to try it in Windows without installing anything, see my post here.  (Recommend it's extracted to a fast HDD/SSD rather than a flash drive.)

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Living Room / Re: wireless networking and wifi printer help

« Last post by 4wd on January 23, 2015, 03:34 AM »

Shame I don't have any black ones left. Both printers did take the same #45 Black.

-app103 (January 23, 2015, 12:12 AM)

AU$13 for a pair of #45s from China, (including postage), isn't going to break the bank.

A store has just advertised new HP MFPs for $18.  I could buy one to use and another dozen for spare cartridges, the whole printer is cheaper than a single compatible cartridge

Happy to help you out with this (reducing clutter is clearly one of your new years revolutions)

-Target (January 23, 2015, 12:28 AM)

More like, maximising space available for the acquiring of more worthy "junque".

BTW, don't expect a reply to a PM before Tuesday - I'm going bush. 

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Living Room / Re: wireless networking and wifi printer help

« Last post by 4wd on January 22, 2015, 09:14 PM »

In the interest of getting the thread back on Target

@Target:

Yours if you want it:



Brand new in box, (for the last 2 years), got it cheap as a spare for 'justin' but it's highly unlikely I'd ever go back to a 100Mb switch.

Let me know what the ethernet MAC of the printer is and what IP you'd like it to have and I'll set up the static DHCP as well as WLAN+WPA2.

It'll give you a WiFI AP with a printer hanging off that phones/laptops/PCs/PVR/dogs*/etc should be able to access.


* Sony Aibo only.

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Living Room / Re: wireless networking and wifi printer help

« Last post by 4wd on January 22, 2015, 08:23 PM »

I know you are not in the US but I would consider shipping it to you if you can use it, rather than throwing it in the trash.

-app103 (January 22, 2015, 07:03 PM)

Thanks for the offer but mine uses a #78 tri-colour. 

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Living Room / Re: chrome browser is so nasty

« Last post by 4wd on January 22, 2015, 06:10 PM »

It's running fine here; installed in portable mode, did not select SecureDNS, and then ran it, (typing in it now) - Win8.1Pro x86

Just copied the entire folder to WHS2011 (x64) and it ran fine also.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Urgent request for informatioon regarding time stamp in Windows 8

« Last post by 4wd on January 22, 2015, 04:37 PM »

This I have located in the PHP.ini but cannot find a  corresponding in MY.ini and the program looks to me as though it is looking to MySql for these timestamps, not to the php software.

-questorfla (January 22, 2015, 03:30 PM)

Apache/website would be using PHP to access MySQL for both reading/writing information would it not?

May be useful (or not): How To Synchronize Your PHP and MySQL Timezones

That's from 2011 but since you're using an old version of MySQL it may still be relevant.

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Living Room / Re: wireless networking and wifi printer help

« Last post by 4wd on January 22, 2015, 03:08 PM »

Then HP (of necessity) got into home/consumer-grade products...and the results are what we live with today.

-40hz (January 22, 2015, 02:21 PM)

Still got a Deskjet 932C that churns out mono prints, (colour cartridges too expensive to replace, otherwise it would be printing in colour), after ~12 years.

Occasionally eats a sheet of paper but apart from that it doesn't seem to want to die ... which is annoying as it's getting a bit harder to find black cartridges now, (thank the stars for China and ebay ).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: sort a directory listing of full paths by the value in the 3rd subdirectory

« Last post by 4wd on January 21, 2015, 09:08 PM »

Import into a spreadsheet with \ as the delimiter, sort on the requisite column, then export as text with \ as the separator.

So goes the theory, (which works here).

You'll probably get a few lines with trailing multiple \ which can be easily removed by loading into an editor, (eg. Notepad2-mod), and doing a RegEx Search/Replace:

Search: ^(.*?)(\\+)$
Replace: \1

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Living Room / Re: chrome browser is so nasty

« Last post by 4wd on January 19, 2015, 10:27 PM »

If Chrome works for you, by all means be happy with it. It isn't a bad browser at all.

-Shades (January 19, 2015, 07:54 PM)

I don't use it because of all the "We're watching you" stuff it comes with, just pointing out anything associated with Google, (Picasa, Google Earth, etc), is going to install that updater service.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Create a list of duplicate files in a group of folders but not remove anything

« Last post by 4wd on January 19, 2015, 10:16 PM »

Duplicate File Finder by Rashid Hoda - a bit old now but still works fine.





It's also portable if you copy the files somewhere after installation, and then uninstall it.

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Living Room / Re: chrome browser is so nasty

« Last post by 4wd on January 19, 2015, 07:25 PM »

Sure you can disable or delete it with 'autoruns' (outstanding systinternals tool), but after Windows reboots you have a second google update entry that is active. Rinse and repeat...

-Shades (January 19, 2015, 03:09 PM)

Perhaps try:

Code: Text [Select]

1. sc stop gupdate
2. sc stop gupdatem
3. sc delete gupdate
4. sc delete gupdatem

Seemed to do the trick here, (was installed by Google Earth plugin).

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Living Room / Re: "Secure Email As a Potential Terrorist Indicator" ??!

« Last post by 4wd on January 19, 2015, 05:07 PM »

What about kiddie pr0n?

-CWuestefeld (January 19, 2015, 10:48 AM)

But does that actually fall under the umbrella of "free speech" ?

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Living Room / Re: chrome browser is so nasty

« Last post by 4wd on January 19, 2015, 04:25 PM »

There's also Comodo Chromium Secure and Dragon, both based on Chrome - and IceDragon based on Firefox.

Dragon and IceDragon don't require third-party packaging for a portable installation, just select the option using the normal installer.  With (Ice)Dragon you also have the option to use Comodo's SecureDNS servers, (either for the application, the whole computer, or not at all).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Syncfusion Essential Studio Suite *FREE*

« Last post by 4wd on January 19, 2015, 12:14 AM »

Via OzBargain:

One for the developers

v That's a direct link. v

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What's included?

All products available in Essential Studio Enterprise Edition and Syncfusion Plus are included. This comprehensive offering includes over 650 components across 12 platforms, an easy-to-use big data platform, and much more. Support and updates are also included.

FAQ

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Individual developers or up to five users at companies with annual gross revenue below $1 million USD.

Can the products be used to build commercial applications?

Yes.

How long are the licenses valid ?

The community licenses do not expire. You will continue to receive support and updates for new versions.

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General Software Discussion / Re: flashplayer fix - is this safe?

« Last post by 4wd on January 18, 2015, 11:07 PM »

Wow, actually, the flashplayer for all my other browsers works okay, but not on this one browser, which is a separate, special use copy of Seamonkey Portable.
I'm really hesitant to uninstall flashplayer for the entire OS when it might just be a gliche in the one browser.

-bit (January 18, 2015, 09:57 PM)

It'd really help if you put this sort of information in your first post.

Does the Flash plugin show up if you go to the about:plugins page in the browser?

If it doesn't, then try reinstalling the browser.



BTW, are we talking about an x86 system or x64?

If reinstalling the browser doesn't work, then try the following:

Search for NPSWF32*.dll on your system - it will either be in C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash (x86 OS), or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash (x64 OS).

Copy the NPSWF32*.dll and FlashPlayerPlugin*.exe to <path to>\SeaMonkeyPortable\Data\plugins.

Restart the browser.

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General Software Discussion / Re: flashplayer fix - is this safe?

« Last post by 4wd on January 18, 2015, 07:29 PM »

Registry errors are often a leading cause of Flash Player problems. It is highly recommended that you scan your PC using PC Cleaner. It will fix problematic registry entries that can cause Flash Player to malfunction and will prevent new errors from occurring.

Automatically tells me it isn't.

Why don't you just uninstall and then reinstall Flash Player ?

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Living Room / Re: No Purpose

« Last post by 4wd on January 17, 2015, 05:42 PM »

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Living Room / Re: No Purpose

« Last post by 4wd on January 17, 2015, 04:42 AM »

I don't. 

-4wd (January 17, 2015, 12:49 AM)

Contrarian!

-Renegade (January 17, 2015, 03:23 AM)

No I'm not! 

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Living Room / Re: No Purpose

« Last post by 4wd on January 17, 2015, 12:49 AM »

I don't.