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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: A shortcut/hotkey to switch between audio devices?

« Last post by wr975 on April 13, 2006, 02:31 AM »

Then please post the full code here for others to easily see it

Here's the working AHK script. Four people wrote on it, thanks to everyone involved! 

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SetTitleMatchMode, Slow

Run, RunDll32.exe shell32.dll`,Control_RunDLL mmsys.cpl`,`,2
WinWait,ahk_class #32770

IfWinActive, ahk_class #32770,RealTek AC97 Audio
     send, {alt down}d{alt up}s{enter}
else
     send, {alt down}d{alt up}r{enter}

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Post New Requests Here / Re: A shortcut/hotkey to switch between audio devices?

« Last post by wr975 on April 12, 2006, 07:01 AM »

I think the script can act as toggle without ini. What do you think of this? (Untested).

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SetTitleMatchMode, Slow

Run, RunDll32.exe shell32.dll`,Control_RunDLL mmsys.cpl`,`,2
WinWait,ahk_class #32770

IfWinActive, ahk_class #32770, RealTek AC97 Audio
     send, {alt down}d{alt up}s{enter}
else
     send, {alt down}d{alt up}r{enter}

303

Living Room / Re: Can some one put me out of my misery - prog to expand words as you type

« Last post by wr975 on April 12, 2006, 06:34 AM »

Found another one (freeware):
http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/

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Living Room / Re: Can some one put me out of my misery - prog to expand words as you type

« Last post by wr975 on April 12, 2006, 06:29 AM »

Perhaps this one (but it's shareware):

http://www.flashpeak.com/icomp/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Luu Tran's wry philosophy of programming

« Last post by wr975 on April 11, 2006, 02:16 AM »

>Xnews is under development again?!

Just minor bugfixes. I've used it for many years until I switched to some other newsreader. Luu stated, the code is a mess and he'll never make it open source.

I think as plain text newsreader Xnews is still one of the best.

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Living Room / Re: TyperA - test your typing skills

« Last post by wr975 on April 10, 2006, 03:36 AM »

somehow i get the feeling that these speedy typers would be just as fast, relatively speaking, at this task

I always thought I can type pretty fast, but once I watched a die-hard secretary typing a letter. It was like 130 wpm with 100% accuracy... 

I'd say most people who type pretty fast, also add in a lot of errors (like I do). So always going back and correcting errors is taking more time, than just slowing down a bit and writing it correct in the first place.

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Living Room / Re: TyperA - test your typing skills

« Last post by wr975 on April 10, 2006, 03:30 AM »

Tried 100% accuracy (typing a bit slower). But it's very difficult. I recognized the errors already while typing, but the site wouldn't let me change them, as I already started the next word. 

Your score: 522 keys per minute ~ 104 words per minute
Language/mode: en
Ranking: Very fast.
Comparison: 3% of registered TyperA users using this language have typed a better result; 97% have a lower or equal result.

You typed: Expansion means complexity; and complexity decay. For him neither the rule of human nor the rule of divine will exists as an independent cause of naturla events. Catsup and Mustard all over the place! Oh, among some poor souls, including even intellectuals in fields of high scholarship, science is frequently misperceived. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers. Now whip them to maintain a constant pace and rhythm as they stand in even staves. He is a man capable of turning any oclour into grey. Satire is what closes Saturday night. Natural laws have no pity. Nothing recedes like success. Never test merely a subnet distribution when the whole net can be done. When it's dark enough you can see the stars. Evelyn, will you go into the auto-suggestion booth and take your regular place on the psycho-prompter couch? I know not with what weapons Wolrd War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Grab it and run. Now he is a tinpot pope in the Coca-Cola b

Mistakes: naturla(natural), oclour(colour), Wolrd(World)

Well done!

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General Software Discussion / Re: what kind of keyboard you use?

« Last post by wr975 on April 08, 2006, 04:20 PM »

Further inspection shows that it has some good features.  MS Natural Keyboard users should especially take note of

{snip}

to avoid manual registry changes.

-noth(a)nk.you (April 06, 2006, 01:03 PM)

This site offers registry files to import (just double-click).

http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html

The F Lock key on the Microsoft Keyboards is a relatively new concept facility for Microsoft Keyboards. Introduced with the Office Keyboard and used in later keyboards, it essentially allows keys to do more than one operation. The F Lock key, depending on its state, will allow either a function key's "normal" operation or a new "enhanced" operation. The initial state of the F Lock key is "off", and in this state, the function keys use their "enhanced" operation.

The F Lock key is a hardware switch in the keyboard. Its state cannot be controlled programmatically. Its default condition is "off". As a result, whenever the keyboard is reset, or loses power, the F Lock key will always be in an "off" state.  Do note that with the MSFT keyboards released after September 2004, the keyboard will retain F Lock status through a reboot.

For some, this is not a desirable default; some people want "normal" function key operation.

While there is no way to control the F Lock key state programmatically, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 provide a method whereby keys can be remapped by using the Scan Code Mapper. The Scan Code Mapper can be used to change the functions of the function keys. Unfortunately, this functionality is not available for earlier Windows versions.

With the application of that knowledge, the two zip files below contain registry files that will alter the key mappings after Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 is started up. When F Lock key is in the "off" position, the function keys will have their "normal" function, and when the F Lock key is in the "on" position, the function keys will have their "enhanced" function.  Note that these files will only alter the functionality of your function keys (for those who have Natural Multimedia Keyboard, Multimedia Keyboard, Wireless Optical Desktop Keyboard, Wireless Optical Desktop Pro Keyboard, Basic Wireless Optical Desktop Keyboard or Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard, the function(s) of the PrtScn/Insert & Pause/ScrLk keys will not be changed

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Living Room / Re: TyperA - test your typing skills

« Last post by wr975 on April 08, 2006, 04:01 PM »

First try:

Your score: 481 keys per minute ~ 96 words per minute
Language/mode: de
Ranking: Very fast.
Comparison: 2% of registered TyperA users using this language have typed a better result; 98% have a lower or equal result.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: calcr - perform calculations online *including* virtual tape!

« Last post by wr975 on April 05, 2006, 07:38 AM »

Nice find. Thanks! 

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite Soundtracks or Scores to listen to

« Last post by wr975 on April 03, 2006, 06:52 AM »

My favorite score from my collection is without a doubt

Basil Poledouris - Conan The Destroyer

Christopher Young's score for Hellraiser 1 + 2 is also very nice. Also like scores for The Rock, Gone in 60 seconds, Con Air,...


My favorite soundtrack is probably

"O Brother, Where Art Thou".

I also like OSTs from Disney movies like Lion King, Tarzan, Brother Bear, Home on the Range.... And - I guess that's pretty weird - I really like the OST for Team America World Police. 

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Finished Programs / Re: MOVE: Quick Serial Number Copy

« Last post by wr975 on March 31, 2006, 07:11 AM »

Why re-invent the wheel twice? Everything you ask for is already available in Keepass in a function called "auto-type".


Short example: (considering Keepass is launched and sitting in the task tray).

A website or application installer needs a password.
You hit the global auto-type shortcut.
Keepass checks if the title of the current window is a.) the title of a record or b.) configured in a record as "auto-type-window".
If there is more than one hit, a pop up appears, asking you to select the proper record
Keepass sends "auto-type" or - if not configured - USERNAME TAB PASSWORD ENTER.

You can of course also open Keepass, search your record and let "auto type" execute (on the last active window).


Auto-type is just like any macro language allowing to send any key + comes with some extra commands like

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[Title field {TITLE} or %TITLE%
Username field {USERNAME} or %USERNAME%
URL field {URL} or %URL%
Password field {PASSWORD} or %PASSWORD%
Notes field {NOTES} or %NOTES%
{VKEY X} Sends the VKEY of value X.
{BEEP X Y} Beeps with a frequency of X and a duration of Y milliseconds.
{DELAY X} Delays X milliseconds.
{DELAY=X} Sets the default delay to X milliseconds for all following keypresses.
{APPACTIVATE WindowTitle} Activates the window "WindowTitle".
{APPDIR} Will be replaced by the current application directory path.
{CLEARFIELD} Clears the contents of the edit control that currently has the focus.

I think even complicated commands (like for nVidia Pure Video) should be possible.

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Official Announcements / Re: MARCH SOFTWARE DRAWING RESULTS - POSTED!

« Last post by wr975 on March 30, 2006, 08:17 AM »

Thank you!!  

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General Software Discussion / Re: what kind of keyboard you use?

« Last post by wr975 on March 28, 2006, 03:04 PM »

IBM clicky keyboard

Hmm... loved those. Used to have one at work.

Right now I use MS Natural Keyboard Multimedia. It was the only ergonomic keyboard I could find in any store.  Good: Ergonomic layout, quite large, heavy. Bad: F-lock keys (thanks someone made a registry patch), layout for home, end, del,...  Don't use the multimedia keys at all.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Ad Muncher: keeps the brain intact while surfing the Net - beats AdBlock!

« Last post by wr975 on March 24, 2006, 03:51 PM »

Hi,

I've just tried the leak test from http://www.majorgeek...ownload.php?det=2847 and it failed to connect. Kerio reported "leaktest" wanted to access the Internet (port 80). AdMucher running, "leaktest" in Filter Targets/Programs that made connections. I've also tried leaktest in stealth mode and renamed it to thunderbird.exe. Same result.

Perhaps you can try the same test on your system. It would be interesting to know if leaktest can connect with/without Admuncher running.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Ad Muncher: keeps the brain intact while surfing the Net - beats AdBlock!

« Last post by wr975 on March 24, 2006, 07:19 AM »

The other thing with Admuncher is that it comes with a default list of 20 to 40 processes that it intercepts.  It intercepts their winsock calls and reissues them on their behalf, so your firewall would report admuncher.exe is trying to access the internet instead of the originating process.  If you create a firewall rule to always grant internet access to admuncher.exe, you are essentially granting internet access to all processes that Admuncher intercepts as well without knowing it.

I don't think Admuncher comes with a default list. It just adds any application acessing Internet as "filter target".

About AdMuncher to allow Internet access... Could you test this behavior on your system?

I've Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall and Admuncher installed. AdMuncher is allowed to do "code injection" and Internet access.
Kerio still intercepts any process trying to access Internet (even those who try to get access via IE, like LeakTest or Google Video Player).

all local proxies work this way

AdMuncher is not acting as a proxy, like AdSubtract or Proxomitron.

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Finished Programs / Re: Move Window without it gaining focus?

« Last post by wr975 on March 14, 2006, 07:37 AM »

Guess there's a better solution somewhere, but I use a always-on-top toggle for such situations. Any keyboard shortcut application should offer such function. Here's the one I use in my Autohotkey shortcuts script:

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#a::
WinGet, ExStyle, ExStyle, A
if (ExStyle & 0x8)
{
   WinSet,AlwaysOnTop,off,A
   ToolTip,Disabled
}
else
{
   WinSet,AlwaysOnTop,on,A
   ToolTip,Enabled
}
Sleep,2000
ToolTip
return

Press WIN+A to toggle always-on-top on/off.

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General Software Discussion / Re: WebBuilder - Even I Could Use It!

« Last post by wr975 on March 13, 2006, 04:57 PM »

cool - i'll pass this on to the person preparing the webpage editing tool review.

Another one (quite expensive): Thundersite Deluxe.

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General Software Discussion / Re: free anything to pdf printer

« Last post by wr975 on March 11, 2006, 05:55 PM »

Here's one I like. 100% free, no nags, banners, watermarks,.... Also free for commercial use. I'm especially fond of printing/joining different documents into one pdf.

FreePDF XP

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mp3 catalog/database programs

« Last post by wr975 on March 07, 2006, 03:06 AM »

Guess I'm the only person who likes using Winamp.

I use the freeware Album List for Winamp to organize my MP3 albums. It isn't that fancy or powerful like some commercial organizers, but it's enough for me + I like the album search.

While am writing, another plugin I like a lot Toaster.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Text file to list correct drive free-space under XP

« Last post by wr975 on March 06, 2006, 02:10 PM »

There's no DOS in XP but some tools still work. You can try XSet to enhance your command scripts.

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-disks-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISKFREE   Free disk space          DiskFree    C:             16939008
DISKFREEK  Free disk space K        DiskFreeK   C:                16542
DISKFREEM  Free disk space M        DiskFreeM   C:                   16
DISKSIZE   Disk size                DiskSize    C:             33419264
DISKSIZEK  Disk size                DiskSizeK   C:                32636
DISKSIZEM  Disk size                DiskSizeM   C:                   31
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

You could also move on and use Authotkey or Autoit for your scripts.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Single Application Instance

« Last post by wr975 on March 03, 2006, 03:46 PM »

Until mouser or skrommel come up with some better solution, you could just use a custom Authotkey script to start your application. Just change PROCESSNAME and PATH/APP.EXE.

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process,exist,PROCESSNAME
if errorlevel = 0
    run,PATH/APP.EXE
else
    WinActivate, ahk_pid %errorlevel%

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Remap keyboard press value for -one- application

« Last post by wr975 on March 03, 2006, 03:00 AM »

A simple AutoHotkey Script could do it for you.

In this example applications "Slimbrowser" and "Whatever" will get a comma if you press NumpadDot. All other applications still get a dot.

Just adapt this example, or wait if someone codes something better... ;-)

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NumpadDot::
IfWinActive, ahk_class SlimBrowser MainFrame
{
     send,,
     return
}

IfWinActive, whatever
{
     send,,
     return
}

send,.
return

Used commands for reference:

http://www.autohotke...com/docs/Hotkeys.htm
http://www.autohotke...ands/IfWinActive.htm
http://www.autohotke...cs/commands/Send.htm
http://www.autohotke.../commands/Return.htm

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General Software Discussion / Re: Extend your keyboard/mouse, software?

« Last post by wr975 on March 01, 2006, 05:26 AM »

>The MS software has the "repeat delay" and repeat rate" settings, but it´s not exactly what i am looking for

What else are you looking for?


>extends the capabilitys of the keyboard/mouse

I love using StrokeIt to create mouse gestures. I've like 10 mouse gestures for browsing and some for SubtitleWorkshop (like auto-correcting + saving). FWIW, I've to agree with you: SubtitleWorkshop is a great program.

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What's the Best? / Re: Anti-Virus Package

« Last post by wr975 on February 27, 2006, 06:39 AM »

>Antivir 7
>shows nag/splash screen during update process.

There's a little trick to disable the splash screen in Windows XP Pro (not Home) and Windows 2000.

Problem: I can't explain, because my system is in German. The attached screenshot explains pretty much what to do. Perhaps someone can post English instructions.