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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 02:37 PM »

Update

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-Asudem (June 05, 2016, 03:24 AM)

Did you request the documentation?  You might be able to appeal it.

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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits

« Last post by wraith808 on June 05, 2016, 02:35 PM »

I should hopefully have my CHIP with HDMI soon.  I'll let you know how that is.  I was disappointed with the Onion- mostly because I couldn't get it to turn on because of their quality problems with the power switch.  Hopefully this will be better.

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Circle Dock / Re: Help? Download link is down :(

« Last post by wraith808 on June 03, 2016, 08:45 PM »

There's not really a reputable source.  The reputable sources have been down for a while, as you have seen.  You'd just have to be careful what you install at this point.

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Developer's Corner / Re: HockeyApp

« Last post by wraith808 on June 03, 2016, 03:39 PM »

...and here I thought this was going to be an app about hockey.  Damnit.   

-skwire (June 03, 2016, 03:30 PM)

Admittedly, I didn't know what to make of it when I right clicked on my solution to build it, and there was an "Upload to HockeyApp" entry.

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Developer's Corner / HockeyApp

« Last post by wraith808 on June 03, 2016, 02:18 PM »

https://www.hockeyapp.net/

HockeyApp - The Platform for Your Apps

The world's best developers develop the world’s best apps for iOS, Android, OS X, and Windows on HockeyApp. Bring Mobile DevOps to your apps with beta distribution, crash reporting, user metrics, feedback, and powerful workflow integrations.

It is apparently an app distribution platform recently acquired by Microsoft.  I found out about it when I went to build in VS2015.  Anyone have any experience with and/or knowledge of it?

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 03, 2016, 01:50 PM »

Oh the hack is very real. Someone logged into my computer at about 6am and went to eBay and bought themselves $400 in iTunes giftcards and then tried to buy $200 in PlayStation giftcards from amazon.

-Asudem (June 03, 2016, 01:36 PM)

Why are you continually running it?

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Circle Dock / Re: Help? Download link is down :(

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 10:35 PM »

I think it says there that its developers were Rainmeter (https://www.rainmeter.net), so you could probably look in Wayback for that URL to see the relevant history and maybe also download the software from there.

-IainB (June 02, 2016, 08:57 PM)

That's incorrect.  The developer was Markham, who continued the work of VideoInPicture, who disappeared from the site.  Also, Sarge helped with the support and PR, but I think gave up trying to support it with no developer behind it.  There have been others who have taken the code and done other things with it- including loading it with adware and such.  As it is licensed, the source has to be included/available to download, which is one of the reasons it is abandonware now.

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Circle Dock / Re: Help? Download link is down :(

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 07:58 PM »

This software has indeed been abandoned.  It is not affiliated with DonationCoder- the developer just used DC for support.  But that time has passed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Tips

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 07:49 PM »

I started having a process called System and Compressed Memory spiking in RAM and CPU usage (3GB and 90%+ respectively).  I found out that it's caused by Superfetch.  Superfetch is actually useful- when it works correctly.  But one of the recent windows 10 updates (TH2) that they force down your throat made it not work correctly on many installations.  You can safely disable it- but it does remove the caching mechanism, which, as I said, when it works well, is actually useful.

Ok, with that out the way, to disable Superfetch:

• Press Windows Key + R to open the Run Dialog box.
• Type services.msc and press Enter.
• In the list of services find Superfetch
• Right click it and open properties.
• Click on Stop.
• Also set its startup type to "Disabled".

This is provided for information for others that might be affected, as it corrected my RAM usage problems that I've been having since late last year.  It is up to you to do root cause analysis to see if this is better or worse for your case.  As it's completely reversible, you can try this to see if it corrects your problem, and if not, change it back.  Also note that the link I gave above shows some of what it does, and how it can be a false positive for your case- you have to take note of what kind of memory usage you're seeing (process monitor or the built in resource monitor are good for this purpose).

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 03:15 PM »

For what reason do you assume that? Good faith?

-Tuxman (June 02, 2016, 02:03 PM)

I assume it because (a) I'm not using it, (b) it would make sense to do so, and (c) I'm too lazy and don't care enough to check it.  Mostly (a), but really (c).

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 01:56 PM »

There is no sane reason to use TeamViewer which, by defaults, routes your shared desktop over U.S. servers.

-Tuxman (June 02, 2016, 12:37 PM)

I'm assuming that traffic is encrypted (though I don't use it, I recognize that it's a useful tool for some)

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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Connect - DRM-free access to your Steam library

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 01:55 PM »

Surgeon Simulator 2013

-Deozaan (June 02, 2016, 01:00 PM)

That didn't really look like a game to me.  Do you like it?  (A bit OT I know... but was curious when you said that)

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General Software Discussion / Re: What website has the fewest files?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 01:51 PM »

There's some paradox with writing my own HTML.  I my well go down that path, but as I'm learning, won't I be producing some junky code?  And if my whole thing is to use it on my site...  Well you get the idea.

-kunkel321 (June 02, 2016, 01:08 PM)

That's the reason you use tools meant for it to help you, then clean the HTML if necessary.  That gives you a framework for learning, and a safety net.

In particular, that https://html-online.com/editor/ link has a clean function built in, so you can paste code into it, and then clean it of any irrelevant tags that might be put in.  There's also htmlkit that is a good, free editor for beginners.  The latest version now costs money, but you can still download the free version at http://www.htmlkit.com/download/.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TeamViewer hacked?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 11:03 AM »

The "careless use" disclaimer strikes me as a bit disingenuous when it's rather obvious someone is working their block quite hard. However that being said, I have long loathed the idiotic habit of 3rd party "Support" personnel installing remote access app X on everything from workstations to servers and then just orphaning it leaving people exposed by its then ongoing connection opportunity.

Any access hole poked into a network must be sealed the instant it is no longer absolutely necessary ...Period.

-Stoic Joker (June 02, 2016, 06:53 AM)

I was calling work for support while I was at home.  I access the work network by using mstsc through a portal to contact my work laptop instead of taking it home.  The support personnel said "can I install on your machine (whatever remote control they use).  I promptly said no.  Especially as the evidence I'd given them was more than enough to point to the true problem- something going on with the portal.  But even if it had not, I would have said no.  What they do with their own property is their business.  But the crap this stuff installs- from join.me (which has started to try to install when used) to omnijoin (the same) is really annoying for the use its put to, and this is a good example of why I feel that way.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: GOG Connect - DRM-free access to your Steam library

« Last post by wraith808 on June 02, 2016, 10:58 AM »

Didn't take an unreasonable amount of time- Mine are done, and I got 9 games from it.  I put my request in late last evening, so it's not too crazy.  As far as the throttling, it's not for this specific instance.  The steam API is normally throttled for use, as most APIs are.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What website has the fewest files?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 01, 2016, 08:35 PM »

There are also a couple of good online HTML generators.

https://html-online.com/editor/
http://www.quackit.c.../online-html-editor/

And a good reference that has specific references to codes and such for beginners.

http://www.html.am/

If you're making a simple one page site, if you send me the text I can mark it up into a simple file.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What website has the fewest files?

« Last post by wraith808 on June 01, 2016, 05:01 PM »

And I urge him to stop.

-Tuxman (June 01, 2016, 04:52 PM)

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Developer's Corner / Re: Hi, first post in the developers section

« Last post by wraith808 on May 29, 2016, 08:54 PM »

Well, that's good!  The highlighting might not be working, but the code formatting is working, which is one thing.  I guess we should ping mouser about the highlighting.

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General Software Discussion / Re: svchost /k netsvcs [Problem on Win.7]

« Last post by wraith808 on May 29, 2016, 08:52 PM »

it's not clear/shown which service is acting up (or do you know a way?)

-tomos (May 29, 2016, 03:15 PM)

The way I determine is to right click on the service, and choose go to service(s).  Then I stop the ones that are there one by one.  That has helped me to winnow out misbehaving services.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Hi, first post in the developers section

« Last post by wraith808 on May 29, 2016, 02:15 PM »

We have code highlighting format that can make it even more useful.  There's a drop-down above the post area that has formatting for many different languages.  Visual basic is there.

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General Software Discussion / Re: VB.NET Log to file code

« Last post by wraith808 on May 29, 2016, 11:25 AM »

There's the area Developer's Corner on the forums.  I think it would be totally OK to post it there.

And welcome to the site!

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Living Room / Re: Zip Drives revisited

« Last post by wraith808 on May 28, 2016, 03:39 PM »

I remember them well.. That was a product that really filled a need and felt very solid.

-mouser (May 27, 2016, 05:06 PM)

I didn't get into Zip drives, but I used Jaz drives quite extensively.  The use of the SCSI interface with removable media really shook things up in the illustration and 3d modeling realm.

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Living Room / Re: Need a new Keyboard - advice?

« Last post by wraith808 on May 25, 2016, 02:22 PM »

Do you use the numeric keypad?  What about the function keys?  There are some affordable options on amazon that are mechanical, and would be useable.  I found that recently, evaluating my own typing.  I use the arrows and function keys and page up/page down and such pretty rarely.  so I picked up a keyboard that didn't have those- a Pok3er with cherry browns (and tried clears too).  It's a bit more expensive than what you're talking about, but the Qisan keyboards are pretty nice for the price.

http://www.amazon.co...cforce/dp/B01872MCIA

The browns are more for some reason... the blacks and blues are a lot less.  On this particular keyboard, you're giving up the function row (which can be accessed using the function key) and the numeric keypad.  It's a good tradeoff.

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

« Last post by wraith808 on May 24, 2016, 08:54 PM »

Red Fang- Wires

Best music video ever!

Bonus points for appearance by Brian Posehn!

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Living Room / Re: Freelance Programming/Upwork discussion thread

« Last post by wraith808 on May 24, 2016, 06:58 PM »

He might even give you a tip...!

-wraith808 (May 19, 2016, 07:36 PM)

No, but he did leave this textless, 1-star review to which I replied:
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-Asudem (May 24, 2016, 06:48 PM)

Unfortunately, most people don't read the replies.  There's a reason that they have an aggregate review scale on most of these places.