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Could you maybe suggest some areas where I could poke around to check up on the output?

The best check is, of course, a fully functioning system.  If it appears to be working OK and your installed programs, (especially things like AV and virtual devices, if you have any), work OK then I'd say it's working fine.
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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Last post by 4wd on November 26, 2013, 03:00 AM »
There's still suggested edits sitting in the last Google Doc we were using that never made it into either the print or electronic versions, AFAIK.

Maybe K can give you access and you can mix'n'match.
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Living Room / Re: Help Proofreading a submission
« Last post by 4wd on November 26, 2013, 01:23 AM »
You did read the last part, didn't you?



Sorry, when you went on hiatus for a while there it kind of passed me by.  You should of given me a figurative 4x2 over the head when I didn't say anything.  :-\

... and then hoping as soon as I get rejection to start on a rework to an entire novel.

Always good to aim high ... but honestly, I can't wait until you turn it into a full novel  :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Last post by 4wd on November 25, 2013, 07:34 PM »
I guess I've been given my DCM then.


 :P



DCM: Don't Come Monday
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Living Room / Re: Help Proofreading a submission
« Last post by 4wd on November 25, 2013, 07:18 PM »
@wraith: Inquiring minds and all that ... what happened?
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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Last post by 4wd on November 25, 2013, 07:15 PM »
No matter how hard Perry and I tried, he always managed to sneak a few in.  :P

There's still a few in the final copy AFAIK.

But more to the point ... where's volume two?
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^Oh yeah, that  :-[

No. That seems to have been just a coincidence. But the ATI driver does seem to be crashing a lot then. It has given me 21 events only today (and I'm only counting the events occurring at different times, as I had 13 events at 23:29:40 alone), even though I haven't noticed anything unusual happening.

So what has the .NET Framework got to do with all this (ATI driver crashes)?

The .NET Framework is used by the ATI CCC, (Catalyst Control Panel - or whatever it's called, it's changed name since then).

Aside from what Target mentioned, (trying Safe Mode), I'd be tempted to remove iTunes, the ATI drivers, and the .NET Framework.
Optional: Use Driver Sweeper to remove any trace of the ATI graphics drivers and the .NET Cleanup Tool.

Then reinstall .NET and the latest ATI drivers for the card and see how that goes for a while.

As before: Do a BACKUP before you do the above.
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UPDATE: v0.0.0.2
  • Added: Now does Firefox or anything based on it, (eg. Pale Moon, Waterfox, Thunderbird, etc - anything with a MozillaWindowClass).
  • Added: Check for .ini file - just in case.
  • Added: 64 bit version - use it if you have a 64 bit OS.
2684
@IainB: You don't mention whether or not the cloning process required that it be done with OS offline, (like many of them do due to locked files), ie. it rebooted the system and then started the cloning.
2685
If you just want a quick list of shutdown events try uptime.exe with the /S switch.

DOH!  Forgot about that but I'm not sure that it's going to be 100% accurate, eg.

2013-11-26 00_16_05-Computer Management.png

The above Critical event is due to a power outage, when I ran uptime /s it crashed and terminated when it got that event:

2013-11-26 00_16_38-Administrator_ C__Windows_system32_cmd.exe.png

And the time was way off, (~9 hours).

Of course, it could have crashed due to something it didn't like on my system but then again ...

Look at the Event Logs

Thanks for that. I found two unusual events (see screenshots below).

SJ suggested the Event logs originally  ;)

Firstly, in the ECEEventLog (whatever that is), for the last 5 days I have 743 events, and they all seem to relate to  ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP, which seems to point to my ATI Radeon graphics card. Is that bad?

The ATI graphics driver restarts itself whenever it suffers a critical problem, IIRC.

More interesting:

Secondly, under Administrative Events, I have 2374 errors (out of 2,445 errors in total) for the last 7 days, produced by Apple's Bonjour Service. I imagine this is for syncing with iCloud (which I don't really use), and checking whether I have the latest iTunes (which I don't really use). Is this something bad enough that it would be better for me to block this somehow?

These events are happening one minute before the ATI driver has a hernia.  Can you check to see if that trend is followed with prior events, (the sample on the captures is rather small) ?

The Bonjour service is used to discover any other Apple devices on the local network and setup communication with them, (IIRIR).  If you don't use iTunes I'd be sorely tempted to remove it and every trace of it, including Bonjour.
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I can't answer your specific questions but I am running VMLite XPMode, (rewrapped version of VirtualBox), on W7HP x64 using Microsoft' XPMode image.

The install defaulted to a virtual HDD of 127GB, (of which only 1.56GB is in use - the 127GB is quite generous considering the physical HDD was only 60GB :) ), and 512MB of RAM.  I'm not likely to change the virtual HDD size but changing the RAM is just a matter of moving a slider in the VM settings.

Didn't need to worry about activation because the image is already licensed.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 screen stretches like taffy
« Last post by 4wd on November 25, 2013, 01:03 AM »
I think you should change the Topic to IE 11 screen stretches instead of scrolls  ;)

First time I've ever heard of that happening, is it just IE or does the whole display do it?

And, is it the IE 11 window or just the contents in it?
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You mean like this:

2013-11-25 14_03_22-Error sending message.png

If so:

Naturally, you'll need to allow it through your firewall.

And don't forget:

The .ini needs to be in the same folder as the executable and have the same main name, eg. IEAE.exe = IEAE.ini

Otherwise, I'm going to need a lot more info.

Or, just create a free GMail account to use for sending since I know it works fine with them.
2689
Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately
« Last post by 4wd on November 24, 2013, 09:01 PM »
This evening, The Europa Report.

You may like The Last Days On Mars - lots of similarities to Europa Report, Alien, Creature, Doctor Who's The Waters of Mars, and quite a few more but I found it to be a good film in it's own right.

tldom.jpg

A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 screen stretches like taffy
« Last post by 4wd on November 24, 2013, 07:33 PM »
OK, I'll bite ...  :huh:
2691
Does Win 7 still record the 6008 event in the system event log? That would at least tell you if the shutdown was unexpected.

Event ID 6008 - Looks like it still does.

I'll tweak my filter a little and see if I can catch all shutdown/startup events.

Edit: Here we go, I don't know if it will catch software crashes but it should let you see that any event that says whether the system shutdown cleanly or not so you can search for other near-time events.

See here.
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Look at the Event Logs/Reliability History, the reason it shut down should be supplied along with the event.  However, if it was a spontaneous event, (eg. power removal - non-UPS backup, catastrophic software failure, etc), then you'll probably never have an idea as the system dies before anything can be written.

eg.

2013-11-25 11_18_40-Computer Management.png

If you want a filter for the Event Log for startup/shutdown events, see here.
2693
...which is...? (sorry, you'd need to spell it out for me, I'm not much of a hardware guy either...)

See here
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General Software Discussion / Re: CryptoLocker and CryptoPrevent
« Last post by 4wd on November 24, 2013, 05:45 PM »
It helps if you never receive HTML email, (I never have nor will I ever accept it), makes links a little harder to hide ;D

phish.png

I see your signature reads 'Four wheel drive: Helping you get stuck faster, harder, further from help....
Just as a quickie post in an aside, here's a fix-a-flat idea for you that might amaze a few people (like it did for me).  ;D

I've seen that, unfortunately it doesn't tell you how you fix the the 3" hole in the side of the tyre from where you staked it on a branch.
Answer: If you haven't got a spare tyre/tube, pack it with grass/clothes/etc and drive out.  ;)
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Living Room / Re: Your tax dollars at work: Now FDA proposes to ban a brand of cookie?
« Last post by 4wd on November 24, 2013, 05:32 PM »
The ABC's Catalyst program just recently aired a two part series called Heart of the Matter which was based on the subject of the decades long war against cholesterol.

You can download it from: Catalyst Video Downloads (not geo-locked)
2696
Hmm, more intermittent faults ... time for the Shotgun approach?  ;D
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General Software Discussion / Re: CryptoLocker and CryptoPrevent
« Last post by 4wd on November 24, 2013, 04:50 PM »
Also, if you send the spoof email to your financial institution's fraud department, extract and send the full headers as well.
They're not normally sent if you just forward the email and they may help track down the phisher.
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IE Address Emailer (IEAE)

Edit the .ini file to use your SMTP server and details, there's an example .ini for SSL, (eg. Google), and non-SSL servers - the only difference is the port and the SSL flag.  The .ini needs to be in the same folder as the executable and have the same main name, eg. IEAE.exe = IEAE.ini

Works with Internet Explorer, (only tested with v11), and Firefox, (only tested with Pale Moon/Thunderbird), and doesn't require an email client to do it's dirty work.

You can run it by clicking on it's icon, through the CLI or assign it to a hotkey, (note: it doesn't set or use any hotkeys itself).

By default it looks for Internet Explorer, if you want to use it with Firefox add a parameter starting with f, eg.

IEAE.exe firetruck

When run, it finds the IE/Firefox window, grabs the title and the URL, sends the email, and then exits.  The only time a window is opened is if there is an error sending the email.

For Firefox, the browser will be brought to the front and the URL copied to the clipboard before being emailed, (easiest way to do it).

Subject gets truncated to 70 characters + ...

Naturally, you'll need to allow it through your firewall.

IEAE.png

Source is included just so you know I'm not stealing your email addresses

UPDATE: v0.0.0.2
  • Added: Now does Firefox or anything based on it, (eg. Pale Moon, Waterfox, Thunderbird, etc - anything with a MozillaWindowClass).
  • Added: Check for .ini file - just in case.
  • Added: 64 bit version - use it if you have a 64 bit OS.
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If it's IE we're talking about:

2013-11-24 16_11_20-.png

When it's in your Favourites, right-click on it and select Properties:

2013-11-24 16_24_47-fyi-ie Properties.png

2013-11-24 16_14_48-mobilemind_fyi-bookmarklets @ GitHub - Internet Explorer.png

That should work so that the next time you click the link it will insert your email address - I can't test it as IE is neutered, it requires you have a default email client set on the system, which I don't.

EDIT: Current page is held in JavaScript document property, eg. if you create the following bookmark and then click it a window will open with the URL.

2013-11-24 16_36_39-Properties for _Browser window position reset_.png
2013-11-24 16_44_39-DonationCoder.com - Internet Explorer.png

I will close with one final request for Help!  This is affecting numerous people here and is really getting to be a nuisance.  CONDUIT!

Apart from a piece of pipe, what is it?
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Why not a bookmarklet?

eg. FYI

Just add your email address into it, (this is the Firefox version):
javascript:var%20r='%250A',t=encodeURIComponent(document.title),g=window.getSelection();location.href='mailto:%25s?subject=fyi:%20'+t+'&body='+t+r+location.href+r+(g?'---'+r+encodeURIComponent(g)+r+r:r);void'2.6ff'

Change to:
javascript:var%20r='%250A',t=encodeURIComponent(document.title),g=window.getSelection();location.href='mailto:[email protected]?subject=fyi:%20'+t+'&body='+t+r+location.href+r+(g?'---'+r+encodeURIComponent(g)+r+r:r);void'2.6ff'

It'll open in your default email client with address, page title as the subject, with the URL and any selected text in the body.

2013-11-24 12_34_52-Write_ fyi_ mobilemind_fyi-bookmarklets @ GitHub.png
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