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Living Room / Re: search nearby

« Last post by 4wd on August 25, 2013, 07:31 AM »

A couple of ideas:

Yellow Pages

Put laboratory for business and the postcode, it'll get you out to about a 10 mile radius.  You can try and narrow down the business specifics.

You could also try Google Maps and enter medical laboratory within 50 miles of xxxxx, united kingdom - change xxxxx to the town/city.  Use the Royal Mail Postcode Finder to get it if you don't know it.  Click the Find an address tab, enter the postcode, then click the Find an address button.

Otherwise, if you know specifically what type of laboratory you're after, there's probably a registry that keeps records, (eg. Dental Laboratories have the Dental Laboratory Association in the UK), and you may be able to contact them for a list.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on August 25, 2013, 06:56 AM »

Oh, by the way, I started with Commodore C64 ....

-dcwul62 (August 25, 2013, 06:15 AM)

Bah! 64k RAM? Too easy.

Vic20 for me and only AU$1500 for the C1540 Floppy drive - OMFG, what a lot of money I've wasted on computers  

Anyway, back to the topic in hand....

SetFolDate v0.3.0.6

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General Software Discussion / Re: One-drag video conversion?

« Last post by 4wd on August 25, 2013, 02:51 AM »

VidCoder

1) Install it.
2) Run it.
3) Select an output directory.
4) Make sure Preset is set for Normal, (default).
5) Drop files on window.
6) Hit Encode.



It'll save the settings for the next time it's run, so you'll only have to drop files on it and press Encode next time.

You're unlikely to save space on 3gp files since they're already MP4-AVC/AAC usually.  As for AVI and MKV it depends what codecs the contents are encoded with, if it's already MP4-AVC then space saved will be minimal.

For DAT, should save a bit since they're normally MPEG2.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on August 25, 2013, 02:27 AM »

NOTE: This is all redundant due to new version.

By the way, would it not be possible to rightclick on a folder, run setfoldate.exe /n from the contextmenu?
i.e. avoiding running from the dos-prompt?

-dcwul62 (August 25, 2013, 02:00 AM)

What is it with you young people?

Don't you like typing?

 

Code: Text [Select]

1. REGEDIT4
2.  
3. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Adjust Timestamp Newest]
4. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Adjust Timestamp Newest\command]
5. @="\"x:\\xxxxxxxxxx\\SetFolDate.exe\" \"%1\" /n"
6. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Adjust Timestamp Oldest]
7. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Adjust Timestamp Oldest\command]
8. @="\"x:\\xxxxxxxxxx\\SetFolDate.exe\" \"%1\" /o"

Save the above as SetFolDate.reg and then edit it to point to where you've put SetFolDate.exe, for example:

@="\"x:\\xxxxxxxxxx\\SetFolDate.exe\" \"%1\" /n"

becomes

@="\"C:\\path\\to\\SetFolDate.exe\" \"%1\" /n"

if SetFolDate.exe is in directory C:\path\to

DO NOT change anything other than the drive and path and take note that any \ within the path needs to become \\ as per example.

Save the changed SetFolDate.reg and then double-click on it, when it asks if you want to merge the key, click Yes.

You now have two new context menu items for directories.



I've updated the archive to include the .reg file.

Got an idea for another version.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: change system volume to a desired level (like 20% OR 30%) on system start.

« Last post by 4wd on August 24, 2013, 11:07 PM »

There's also a UDF available for AutoIt.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on August 24, 2013, 10:53 AM »

It's attached to my first post in a 7zip archive.

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Living Room / Re: Query re FIND [..foldername] problem in Locate32 (and Windows Explorer)

« Last post by 4wd on August 24, 2013, 10:41 AM »

If it's searches you do often, you may want to check out Everything's bookmark feature and set one up for that particular search.

eg.

Entering apf: (Audio Personal Family) would limit to specific folder, filetype and sort method.

You could then enter apf: meet to get any file in a particular folder, of a particular type with meet in the name.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Folder Properties Auto-Update....

« Last post by 4wd on August 24, 2013, 09:23 AM »

I've got it displaying the latest file in real time but need to iron out a couple of things.

Hopefully get it done in a week after other jobs have been got rid of.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on August 24, 2013, 09:17 AM »

No longer valid, see here.

Open a CLI, (DOS prompt), and use the executable, (in the attached archive).

eg.

C:\> SetFolDate.exe R:\test /n

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on August 24, 2013, 08:58 AM »

SetFolDate v0.3.1.5

• Fixed: Wasn't properly migrating date when recursion was active.

There are two executables in the archive, one for Windows Explorer, (SetFolDate.exe), and one for file managers, (SetFolDateFM.exe) - they are not interchangeable.

To install the Explorer version, copy SetFolDate.exe it where you want it to reside and run it.  Click Install and it will be added to the context menu for folders - Done!
If you choose Install (No GUI), then an extra context menuitem will be created that when chosen does NOT open the GUI - it will use the last saved options.
To uninstall, run it again and choose Remove.
NOTE: You may need to use Run as Administrator if you have UAC enabled.

The file manager version accepts the following arguments: SetFolDateFM.exe [/r] <source path> <folder 1> <folder 2> ... <folder n>
Where: [/r]               = Tells it to run without showing the GUI
           <source path> = parent folder of the selected folders
           <folder n>      = list of folders, (sans parent path), separated by a space, (quoted if needed)

eg. Parent folder:     C:\Windows
     Selected folders: Help inf Logs "Offline Web Pages"

If you copy it somewhere and run it, it will generate a DOpus User Command on your Desktop which you can import into DOpus.

See dcwul62's post on adding to the DOpus filetypes so that it won't show up under Explorer.

Interface is self-explanatory:



Left side is the date you want to set for the folder, right side is the date to use from either the oldest or newest file in that folder.  You can choose to recurse through the folder in which case the sub-folder date will be set from the appropriate file within that sub-folder.

Date Limit tells it to ignore files that have a date earlier than 01-Jan-1980 which Explorer can't display but other file managers can.

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Living Room / Re: Query re FIND [..foldername] problem in Locate32 (and Windows Explorer)

« Last post by 4wd on August 23, 2013, 10:43 PM »

Everything seems to handle .xxx and ..xxx OK, listing those folders and whatever is in them.





I'm using the latest beta which has yet to give any problems on my machines.

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Living Room / Re: Intel Rapid Storage Technology, hard drive problem.

« Last post by 4wd on August 23, 2013, 10:29 PM »

need to:
2) Identify make and model of drive
3) Which chipset you have. (utility here)

-40hz (August 23, 2013, 05:00 PM)

Might also help to know make/model motherboard and exactly which port the OS drive is plugged into.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Folder Properties Auto-Update....

« Last post by 4wd on August 23, 2013, 01:16 AM »

OK, just tried it on my machine and it froze at 16709 files, I also noticed that the same filename seemed to keep reappearing on the statusbar - which is weird.

And when I started it off again, that same filename kept turning up again.

EDIT: I might just disable the statusbar and see if that makes a difference.

EDIT2: OK, it looks like it's linked to the statusbar - more directly, due to using 'dir' to get the last file created.  So I'll just disable it until I can find another way to get the latest file.

Archive up there.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by 4wd on August 22, 2013, 10:19 PM »

I'll send the last one to my sister who had her birthday yesterday - I didn't get a reply to the email I sent on her birthday.

If I don't get a reply to this one I'll know it's true and inform you.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Autographed Paperback copies of Kyrathaba Rising novel available

« Last post by 4wd on August 21, 2013, 10:58 PM »

4wd, yours will have to come from the next batch of books I order.

-kyrathaba (August 21, 2013, 07:37 PM)

No problem, how do you want payment?

Can I use up some DC credits?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome’s insane password security strategy

« Last post by 4wd on August 21, 2013, 10:42 PM »

On the whole I'm not all that bothered about Chrome's lack of password security primarily because I think even the significantly better security in Firefox is insufficent. I mean it's reasonably good all the way up until you use it and from then until you close it not so much.

-Vurbal (August 21, 2013, 02:51 PM)

Which is why anybody who uses Firefox' Master Password feature should at least be using the Master Password+ addon to at least give you auto-logout/lock capability, (but most of all to stop multiple simultaneous "Enter Master Password" prompts).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome’s insane password security strategy

« Last post by 4wd on August 20, 2013, 11:40 PM »

Aaaand it's in Chromium too.  Damn.  And it was such a fast browser...  

-Edvard (August 20, 2013, 09:20 PM)

Just had a look and Comodo Dragon does implement a Master Password:



Appears to work the same as Firefox's.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Autographed Paperback copies of Kyrathaba Rising novel available

« Last post by 4wd on August 20, 2013, 07:56 PM »

I should receive six paperbacks about Thursday 22nd or Friday 23rd.

* one of superboyac
* one for Perry Mowbray
* one for local library
* one apiece for two fellow church members
* one for a neighbor of my parents

4wd, do you want an autographed copy?

-kyrathaba (August 20, 2013, 03:37 PM)

Why not, any idea what the postage to non Nth America was going to be?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Replacing the Control Panel

« Last post by 4wd on August 20, 2013, 07:25 AM »

If you know of one that is missing, let me know and I will research how to add it.

-Josh (August 20, 2013, 06:53 AM)

Advanced User Accounts - netplwiz.exe (Win 7) or nusrmgr.cpl (Win XP)

For Windows 7, see here - for Windows XP, see here.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: What Android apps do you use to read digital books?

« Last post by 4wd on August 19, 2013, 09:43 PM »

Some of the stuff I read isn't exactly mainstream, and I don't think I'd like to be profiled for it.

-Renegade (August 19, 2013, 06:57 PM)

I would have thought that anarchy had become mainstream in recent years.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: H. P. LOVECRAFT Bundle! Pay what you want!

« Last post by 4wd on August 19, 2013, 05:54 AM »

Do you have any links for Usenet? (I never use Usenet, and the last time I did was probably 15 years ago.)

-Renegade (August 19, 2013, 05:10 AM)

Check PM

Usenet version comes with subtitles also.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: H. P. LOVECRAFT Bundle! Pay what you want!

« Last post by 4wd on August 19, 2013, 04:26 AM »

You've joined the throng saying the same thing on Vodo.

Suggestion: It's on Usenet, I don't have a problem getting it this way since I've paid for it.

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Living Room / Re: Google Goes Dark for Two Minutes. Panic Ensues.

« Last post by 4wd on August 19, 2013, 12:53 AM »

I was thinking of loading my hosts file into an editor and adding the various DNS names that seemed to be causing my browser to stall to resolve to localhost or something, but I figured it would be more effort than just waiting out the problem.

-mwb1100 (August 18, 2013, 11:49 PM)

I use the hosts file from MVPS which has a lot of Google stuff in it - I've used it for almost a year and it doesn't seem to have affected normal browsing.

(I've now implemented it into my router so it applies to anything that connects to the internet in my house.)

Excerpt

# [Google Inc]
127.0.0.1  domains.googlesyndication.com #[Parking Service]
127.0.0.1  pagead2.googlesyndication.com #[Google AdWords]
127.0.0.1  video-stats.video.google.com
127.0.0.1  ssl.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1  google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1  www.google-analytics.com #[Google Analytics]
127.0.0.1  4.afs.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1  pagead2.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1  partner.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1  www.googleadservices.com
127.0.0.1  apps5.oingo.com #[Microsoft.Typo-Patrol]
127.0.0.1  www.appliedsemantics.com
127.0.0.1  service.urchin.com #[Urchin Tracking Module]
# [Google][AS15169][108.170.192.0 - 108.170.255.255]
127.0.0.1  bec.px.invitemedia.com
127.0.0.1  conversion-pixel.invitemedia.com
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][173.194.0.0 - 173.194.255.255]
127.0.0.1  dp.g.doubleclick.net
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][209.85.128.0 - 209.85.255.255]
127.0.0.1  analytics-api-samples.googlecode.com #[Google Analytics social tracking]
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][64.233.160.0 - 64.233.191.255]
127.0.0.1  m1.2mdn.net #[a509.cd.akamai.net]
127.0.0.1  rmcdn.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1  rmcdn.f.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1  n339.asp-cc.com
127.0.0.1  ads.cc-dt.com
127.0.0.1  clickserve.cc-dt.com
127.0.0.1  creative.cc-dt.com
127.0.0.1  clickserve.dartsearch.net
127.0.0.1  clickserve.eu.dartsearch.net
127.0.0.1  clickserve.uk.dartsearch.net
127.0.0.1  doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.doubleclick.net #[MVPS.Criteria]
127.0.0.1  ad-g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad2.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ae.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ar.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.at.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.au.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.be.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.br.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ca.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ch.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.cl.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.cn.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.de.doubleclick.net #[Tracking.Cookie]
127.0.0.1  ad.dk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.es.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.fi.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.fr.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.gr.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.hk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.hr.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.hu.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ie.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.in.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.jp.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.kr.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.it.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.nl.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.no.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.nz.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.pl.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.pt.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ro.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.ru.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.se.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.sg.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.si.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.terra.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.th.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.tw.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.uk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.us.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.za.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.n2434.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad-emea.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  creatives.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  dfp.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  feedads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  fls.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  fls.uk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  googleads.g.doubleclick.net #[pagead-dclk.l.google.com]
127.0.0.1  ir.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  iv.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  m.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  motifcdn.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  motifcdn2.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  n4052ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  n4403ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  n479ad.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  paypalssl.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  pubads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  s2.video.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  survey.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  doubleclick.ne.jp
127.0.0.1  www3.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  www.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  doubleclick.com
127.0.0.1  www2.doubleclick.com
127.0.0.1  www3.doubleclick.com
127.0.0.1  www.doubleclick.com
127.0.0.1  tpc.googlesyndication.com
# 127.0.0.1  www.youtube-nocookie.com #[affects various videos]
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][66.249.64.0 - 66.249.95.255]
127.0.0.1  ad.rs.doubleclick.net
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][72.14.192.0 - 72.14.255.255]
127.0.0.1  affiliate.2mdn.net
# 127.0.0.1  s0.2mdn.net #[affects video stream]
# 127.0.0.1  static.2mdn.net #[affects Youtube]
127.0.0.1  clickserve.us2.dartsearch.net #[www3.l.google.com]
127.0.0.1  ad-apac.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.mo.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  adclick.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  gan.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  googleads2.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  n4061ad.hk.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS15169][74.125.0.0 - 74.125.255.255]
127.0.0.1  ad-ace.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  ad.bg.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  cm.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  stats.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  fls.au.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1  log2.quintelligence.com
# [Google / DoubleClick][AS6432][216.73.80.0 - 216.73.95.255]
127.0.0.1  www.destinationurl.com
127.0.0.1  doubleclick.shockwave.com
127.0.0.1  www3.webhostingtalk.com #[ad.3ad.doubleclick.net]

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: H. P. LOVECRAFT Bundle! Pay what you want!

« Last post by 4wd on August 19, 2013, 12:06 AM »

Thanks for the heads-up Ren.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome’s insane password security strategy

« Last post by 4wd on August 18, 2013, 12:27 AM »

This isn't really that new, people have been asking for a Master Password feature, (ala Firefox), in Chrome since about 15 minutes after it obtained the ability to store passwords.

Google's response has always been the same: not interested.