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Living Room / HP distributes keylogger infected audio drivers

« Last post by wraith808 on May 11, 2017, 12:57 PM »

https://www.modzero....io_driver/index.html

TL;DR: HP distributed an update for Conexant audio driver that also included a keylogger. The drivers were correctly signed and this keylogger has already existed on HP computers since at least Christmas 2015. It's unclear who's responsible for this situation.

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Living Room / Re: "Privacy" violation at GmailHelpForum

« Last post by wraith808 on May 11, 2017, 07:23 AM »

Thank you and I hope this is non-obfustigated, as I have to confess to a vocabulary malfunction in my brain on that one:

https://productforum...zFCyj59_c/discussion

-6DecadesOld (May 11, 2017, 12:22 AM)

I think he meant non-obfuscated (or perhaps was making a riff on that?), so you didn't miss anything.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Long Path Fixer

« Last post by wraith808 on May 10, 2017, 05:07 PM »

They keep spamming this forum over and over again  We just remove the spam posts so you don't see them.


[In fairness -- the program is relevant to this discussion so it wouldn't be so bad to have one relevant post about it here with an explanation from the poster.  But they keep making multiple spam posts about the tool in various inappropriate places on the forum and that needs to stop.]

-mouser (May 10, 2017, 05:08 AM)

Sounds like it's time to use the banhammer. Leave the one post here if you want, but ban the spammer to prevent further spam. That's what I'd do.

(And IMO, a spammer doesn't deserve the benefit of leaving one post behind advertising their product or whatever they're shilling.)

-Deozaan (May 10, 2017, 12:20 PM)

I'm pretty sure he does ban the users, but It's not the same user

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General Software Discussion / Re: On software pricing

« Last post by wraith808 on May 08, 2017, 04:55 PM »

A small suggestion; don't use the subject as part of your post.  Leave it as it is, unless you're truly changing the subject.  Makes for an easier to understand read.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Apple re-invents the wheel again - what about general use again (Windows!)?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 08, 2017, 02:19 PM »

I personally don't want context sensitive in the way of the touch bar, and wouldn't use such a feature.  Give me a programmable mechanical keyboard, and the ability to customize the application any day.  Add to that the lack of feedback (like typing on a glass screen), and it's a swing and a miss for me.

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: CSearcher - A simple and fast free non-indexing search program.

« Last post by wraith808 on May 08, 2017, 08:56 AM »

CSearcher has had some relative success, I've had thousands of downloads on my site and until today I only received one donation. It was something I expected but it is still a bit of a disencouraging and leaves me with little motivation to continue to evolve into more complex features.
I need to find this motivation (and some free time) to be able to implement these features.

Despite this I made another version 

Version 1.5.1.0 (May 8, 2017)
[new]   New option (menu Option) to limit Max number of results
[new]   New option (menu Option) to Keep results on new search
[new]   New option (menu Edit or shortcut key Alt+F) that copies to clipboard the folder of selected results
[fix]   Fixed a couple of bugs in keyboard shortcuts
[fix]   Fixed small layout bugs on main form

Downloads:
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.zip Compressed archive.
·http://www.hnsoft.pt/Repository/CSearcher/CSearcher_1.5.1.0.exe Self-Extracting file.

-hugo nabais (May 08, 2017, 08:23 AM)

From personal experience, you have to find your reasoning to do it for it's own sake, and out of some sort of fulfillment other than money.  Whether it's the number of downloads, or the fact that people ask for you to do things (which means that they see value) or something else.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need Chrome Help: How to auto-open new tab from Address bar?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 07, 2017, 09:04 AM »

@wraith808

Thank you for your message.

I now spent quite a while reading these posts only to find out that everyone there says my objective could not be achieved.

Would it not have been much more productive to say: "It can't be done" than to make your readers go through all those lengthy posts in the hope of finding a solution to the problem raised in this thread?

Or: If you did find a solution and I overlooked it, maybe just simply post it here how to do it?

-brahman (May 06, 2017, 03:28 PM)

I was trying to find some avenues for you to look.  That first one that I linked had some that were said to be alternatives to tabmix plus, and someone else said it was tabmix plus.  And the second one (the direct post I linked to) had what someone coming from tabmix plus had cobbled together to get an approximation to the functionality of tabmix plus.  If you expected me to do the sampling of them in order to give you a solution, then I'm sorry you were misled.  I don't personally care about the address bar opening a new tab.  So I wasn't going to personally do that.  You've been here a while, you should know that people try to help, even if it's to give a clue.  I'm sorry if you found my contribution less than helpful.

In order to link the specific content that I linked to for others that might find it useful and/or want to try the extensions in the specific post's solution:

Ok so far while not ideally the way I would like it to be, that being everything in one tab extension. But these do an ok job. Here is what I have in extensions so far for the things I had listed:

New Tab Redirect: Opening a new tab with new tab button loads www.google.com

TabsPlus: Opening a new tab opens a new tab next to the current tab being viewed

TabsPlus: Open selection from history or bookmarks in a new tab next to current tab being viewed (vs opening in the current tab)

I need a link of this kind to test: Open links that open a new window in a new tab instead

Not covered yet by extensions added: Switch to newly opened tab for all new tabs opened from all sources except for from links

Sexy Undo Close Tab except the restore to original position: Undo closed tabs with a very large closed tab history of at least 100 and restore the tab in it's original position

Vertical Tabs: An all tabs list where I can tap/click on button to scroll through a vertical list of all the tabs currently in the window

No working solution to this one yet the Enable Stacked Tabs in chrome://flags/ might work for some but not for me: Scroll the tab bar by drag left and right or by scroll buttons (chrome appears to have drag and drop move tabs so not sure how both would work)

On the tabs themselves nothing yet but a possible alternative for some would be Tabs Outliner with color options for saved, opened, and active tab in the extensions tab list window but not the tabs in chrome window. About half of this feature of TMP: Highlight unloaded tabs, unviewed tabs, and any other tab other than current one that doesn't fit either of those two descriptions using user defined color and style for text and tab background for each of the 3 types for me this is all tab background color same but unloaded tabs are red italic text, loaded but unread tabs are red not italic text, and ones that fit as other are black text, and current tab is bold black text

I haven't looked for one for this: Lock, protect, and auto reload would be nice but I can live without as I don't use very much. Also display small icon on tab indicating these states

Nothing yet on this feature which sort of ties in with the scroll-able tab bar feature needed: Tabs are of a fixed width and height defined by the user (oh my how I hated tabs shrinking as more were added) I need to be able to read the tab title enough to know what page the tab is

Not sure if it is from the extension but there is an undo closed tab right click on tab in tab bar and Sexy Undo Closed Tab covers the closed tab list: Tab context menu has undo closed tab, undo closed tab list, and lock, protect, reload, auto reload tab; lock, protect, and auto reload feature I can live without

FooTab might be the only possible working solution for not loading tabs that aren't the active tab or later become the active tab during the sessions. I just added this extension prior to posting this so it is untested to see if it provides the desired functionality. With that covered here is the list of all the extensions I currently have added in my attempt to make chrome a complete replacement for the current state of what Firefox does for me:

Adblock Plus
FooTab
New Tab Redirect
Session Buddy (I haven't thoroughly tested this one)
Sexy Undo Close Tab
Tabs Outliner (This one is nice for hierarchy organization of tabs kind of user I'm not sure I will keep this one)
TabsPlus
VerticalTabs

Thanks for your helpful(?) feedback, and I will try to gauge whether the person would like any leads on finding their solution, or would just rather nothing if it's only a lead.  Somehow.  Someway.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Lemon - Encrypted, Distributed, Decentralized Email

« Last post by wraith808 on May 07, 2017, 09:00 AM »

When I visit their site it says "price of one pizza a month." 

Smarta** comment
If I correct their website English, well I found only 2 errors on the home page, will I get a discount?

-rgdot (May 06, 2017, 02:13 PM)

Maybe a Smarta** already corrected them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: anything better than Object Dock 2 Plus?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 07, 2017, 08:57 AM »

If I'm understanding you correctly, you can do that in LBC already..  They are just nodes that are pointed to directories.. But perhaps the conversation is best continued in a separate thread..

-mouser (May 06, 2017, 05:06 AM)

The launch bars can be integrated into the task bar instead of the other way around?  You don't really tout OS integration (other than being able to take bits into your bars like the start menu or the task list) in any of your features or videos.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need Chrome Help: How to auto-open new tab from Address bar?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 06, 2017, 05:02 AM »

http://alternativeto...atform=google-chrome

https://productforum...TKPXjeI/zEb3EQOIwo4J

A couple of things on replacing tabmix plus.

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General Software Discussion / Re: anything better than Object Dock 2 Plus?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 06, 2017, 04:31 AM »

I wouldn't mind being reminded about what those are.

-mouser (May 05, 2017, 08:54 PM)

Look at the image above.  That bar (all of the yellow folders) is a normal quick launch bar.  And I can create multiple ones.  They're actually a part of the OS UI, rather than being a separate window/dock/whatever.  That feature is important to me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: anything better than Object Dock 2 Plus?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 05, 2017, 08:51 PM »

TrueLaunchBar is a good program.
A very similar alternative tool is my LaunchBar Commander program. Also good, if I do say so myself.

-mouser (May 05, 2017, 08:40 PM)

Yeah, the main reason I use TLB instead is that it has its own shell integrated bars

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6 tablet Cmd keys?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 05, 2017, 01:06 PM »

I think the model of the tablet isn't as important as the model of the case with included keyboard.

My guess is that it's a generic case meant for a variety of devices, including iPads, so they provide a generic keyboard that can work with a variety of OSes.

-Deozaan (May 05, 2017, 12:48 PM)

Those tablets seem like they come with the keyboard, and are made for them, looking at the marketing, but I could be wrong.  It's billed as a 2-in-one, not a tablet with a case.

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General Software Discussion / Re: anything better than Object Dock 2 Plus?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 05, 2017, 07:37 AM »

I've used Winstep Xtreme, Object Dock, Fences, Tiles, and various Start Menu replacements.  In the end, I've stuck with TrueLaunchBar.  I have no compatibility issues, it's relatively cheap, and it's very configurable.

My current configuration:



The best part of that for me is that all of those folders are just folders on my hard drive.  I made a folder, then several folders inside of it, then links in those.  And it just works.  The others are a bit more flashy and configurable, but in the end, I spent more time configuring than using- trying to get them just right.  And the fact that I have access to them all the time, rather than having to go back to the desktop like Fences is a bonus too.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6 tablet Cmd keys?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 05, 2017, 07:23 AM »

You could ask a question on the Amazon page:

https://www.amazon.c...hable/dp/B0174AX43I/

You could also download the manual and see if it says:

https://rcaav.com/ta...droid/10-viking-pro/

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Living Room / Re: Windows S and Surface Laptop

« Last post by wraith808 on May 04, 2017, 06:26 AM »

[sarcasm]Offering the choice of browsers between Edge, Edge, and of course, the Edge, I can already see what a huge success it will be.[/sarcasm]

-eleman (May 04, 2017, 02:03 AM)

And Bing, Bing, and of course Bing.

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Living Room / Re: Beware Google Docs Phishing Scam Today and How to Fix

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 10:04 PM »

It has been corrected already.

https://www.reddit.c...ndetectable/dh36pv2/

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6 tablet Cmd keys?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 09:09 PM »

What kind of device?  Lots of Android devices out there.  Without that information, no one is going to be able to really help you much, I don't think.

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Living Room / Re: Windows S and Surface Laptop

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 09:07 PM »

Pathetic though this may be...

I have a Surface Book and am strangely pleased not to have been upstaged by a Surface Book 5.

 

-cranioscopical (May 03, 2017, 09:00 PM)

I'm actually quite happy with my Surface Pro, and didn't really need new hardware, so maybe I should just take my wins where I can like you.

 

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Living Room / Re: Windows S and Surface Laptop

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 05:40 PM »

If Google's goal was for the Pixel to be a symbolic leader to make Chrome OS a success, then it succeeded, as Chromebooks now dominate US classrooms, are the best selling laptops, and possibly the only traditional laptop category that is still growing.

-dr_andus (May 03, 2017, 05:24 PM)

Certain Chromebooks succeeded despite themselves.  The Pixel definitely wasn't one at $999.  Price was one of the big selling points, just like netbooks.  And Chromebooks are also being driven by an active App store.  Windows doesn't have that advantage to even drive it that far.

And I think that the reason that sales have accelerated is because of the lower end products, and the fact that Google listened to the customers with offline mode and the availability of Apps.  Microsoft doesn't have the offline mode to get past (at least I don't think so), but they do have the downside of the availability of apps.

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Living Room / Re: Windows S and Surface Laptop

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 01:25 PM »

If overpriced meant automatic failure then few companies would exist these days. Not to say I think this will be a success but it won't be because of price it would be because of the differences like brand recognition and app store quality.

-rgdot (May 03, 2017, 01:03 PM)

There's still the word 'relative' on pricing.  You can get a comparable laptop for that price that is not hobbled.  You can get one for a lot less, in all honesty.  That's what the Pixel's problem was, by all indications.

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Mouser's Zone / Re: Bug report: automatic screenshotter stops

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 11:30 AM »

Have you checked the Event Viewer to see if there might be some other information there?

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Living Room / Windows 10 S and Surface Laptop

« Last post by wraith808 on May 03, 2017, 11:28 AM »

So, Microsoft launched the Surface Laptop with Windows S.  The Surface has needed to be updated for years (Microsoft's financials show this).  The Book and Pro have given them a good name in the hardware market, but new people entering the market has really diluted their market share, and people are doing a good job of emulating what they've done, and catching up to them.

So, their plan?  Release Windows S, which is another failed attempt at Windows RT.  They just don't have the app support to try do do the things that the Pixel does (and that's not particular a smashing success, considering Google is abandoning the Pixel Laptop).  And then they sully the Surface name with the Surface Laptop, which seems to fit in the product line in name only.

It's very subpar:

128GB SSD
4GB RAM
Intel® HD Graphics 620

All that priced at $999?

What are they thinking?  And it seems they know it, as until the end of the year, they'll offer an upgrade to Win10 pro for free, and after that, they'll offer an upgrade for $50.  Like they already knew it would fall flat on its face.

Other perspectives:

https://www.theverge...ing-system-confusion

https://www.theverge...e-specs-release-date

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Living Room / Re: Can somebody buy me SimCity 4 on GOG (I return money with DonationCredits)?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 02, 2017, 08:08 AM »

(But I don't do it on Steam anymore after they locked down my account until I promised not to.)

-Deozaan (May 02, 2017, 01:24 AM)

What?  What happened there?

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android Raindrop.io or alternative

« Last post by wraith808 on April 28, 2017, 08:25 AM »

I use xmarks and pinboard to sync up between all of my devices.