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Found Deals and Discounts / AFB Home portable: $2

« Last post by Curt on May 12, 2011, 02:06 AM »

At least 10 buyers are needed. Restricted number of licenses.

Edited:
I reserve that softbuy may have misunderstood if this really is the portable version. According to the homepage there is both (either) a 'USB'-portable version and (or) a 'Home'-installation version.

Highlights:

• Realtime automatic file backup
• No set up,
• auto save and backup
• make your everyday tasks more efficient

http://www.softbuy.com/afbhome-103.html

Only $2 for $29 worth of software-AFB-Home, auto-save and backup current working files from all drives your pc. Limited offers!!

Edited:
Program's homepage: ITsoul AFB (Realtime Automatic File Backup).

PowerPoint.ppt: AFB_20110320.ppt.zip (776.24 kB - downloaded 269 times.)


.PPT-slide #5 (click to enlarge to 1024x768 pixels):

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: doPDF (pdf creator) - Freeware

« Last post by Curt on May 11, 2011, 07:28 AM »

http://www.clickandshareit.com/nJn6zia

hope that link works, thats new to me too-beta at this time

-cmpm (May 11, 2011, 07:00 AM)

-cool! Clearly a site to remember: http://www.clickandshareit.com 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Dr. Explain @ Bits du Jour: 60% off

« Last post by Curt on May 11, 2011, 02:32 AM »

Normal listed price: $165 (!!)
Today's offer is 60% off: $66
for yet another 20½ hours...
http://www.bitsdujour.com/


Program's homepage is http://www.drexplain.com/

Dr.Explain
An Amazing Automatic Documentation Authoring Tool

...

What if I told you that there's help authoring software that will write help documentation for you? That all you needed to do was to introduce this app to your software interface, and the app would automatically create topics that you could simply flesh out?

Dr. Explain is an automated help authoring tool that produces your choice of output formats - CHM, HTML, online manuals, and even printed documentation. Dr. Explain analyzes the structure of your software's screens and forms and automatically generates numbered annotations for each GUI element - every button, icon, field, menu, and toolbar.

As the help author, your job just got a lot easier. All you need to do is add the descriptive text to each annotation to explain each function. Dr. Explain condenses hours of work into just a few minutes!


English Deutsch Français Español Italiano Português Русский Svenska Nederlands

Help authoring tool : Dr.Explain - software for help file authoring & making

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: doPDF (pdf creator) - Freeware

« Last post by Curt on May 10, 2011, 12:32 PM »

-but what went wrong? Your video "stopped" for 1½ minute, (the video was still running but nothing was happening), before the printing. It took me approx 10 seconds to print the same (6) page(s) to pdf and open the file in a reader.

doPdf's end result is fine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by Curt on May 09, 2011, 12:25 AM »

-that would explain the Japanese homepage domain... ".jp" 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by Curt on May 08, 2011, 01:01 PM »

I have been struggling with RESTARTers... because I wanted a Restart button both above and below the browser window, and it wasn't possible. No matter what combinations I tried, the second button would always overwrite the first one, so I only had a single button. Finally I've manage to have them both at the same time: Some normal English button, like https://addons.mozil...start-firefox-10749/ , together with the (nice) Chinese button 再起動ボタン 0.1.5 will give you two Restart buttons.

Hotkey fans may want to use Alt+F + R

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anti-Virus that allows EASY reporting of false positives ?

« Last post by Curt on May 07, 2011, 04:35 PM »

I don't believe any AntiVirus / Malware-Scanner ever will offer the option to "report false positives". The simple reason being the risk of evil software authors abusing the system. Instead I expect the normal procedure must be as it is today: "let us "extra-test" if your file is okay or not".





Edited:
The couple of times that I have used this service, the response was given later on the same day, and on both occasions Agnitum updated their filter, to acknowledge the file in question.

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General Software Discussion / Windows 7 Power Users Guide.pdf

« Last post by Curt on May 07, 2011, 03:11 AM »

from http://www.thewindow...guide-ebook-now-free

MVP Mike Halsey’s 180 page Windows 7 Power Users Guide is now completely FREE to download and own as an eBook. Mike is the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out, and he has now made this eBook free for all to download!

The book is meant for Windows 7 users of all technical ability from complete novices to IT Pros.

The guide contains 16 chapters on everything from installing and configuring Windows 7 to using it in your home and work life. It also includes guides to all the new features and Step by Step tutorials to help you through a wide range of tasks. The whole book is also in full colour with screen shots and diagrams on every page.

Says Mike:

• A book for people who use Windows 7 at home or at work and know it can do more for them, but who don’t know how. The Windows 7 Power Users Guide contains helpful how-to’s, full colour pictures and quick tips to guide you through everything from using the Start Menu and Taskbar to backing up your documents and identifying and fixing problems.

Download 23.8MB >Windows 7 Power Users Guide eBook.PDF<

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brilliantly Simple Programs, that's what I'm looking for

« Last post by Curt on May 06, 2011, 04:23 PM »

-eh... actually this kind of programs also gets updated. CintaNotes even gives you the choice between single-click or double-click, to open links.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to make Firefox Not Open PDF Files

« Last post by Curt on May 06, 2011, 10:10 AM »

deleted, as I now realize Kurios was talking about something else

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Official Announcements / Re: 2011 Fundraiser Giveaway Extravaganza - WINNERS POSTED

« Last post by Curt on May 06, 2011, 09:17 AM »

My Optimus Maximus keyboard .... The rather unexpected but thrilling good news is, they didn't charge me a dime!!

-Curt (April 27, 2011, 03:17 AM)

-but UPS did! I feel it a little strange, but when I asked the UPS driver/delivery man about the cost, he said there was no bill. Well, he was right, he didn't say it was free, just that there was no bill - yet. But I mis-interpreted his words, thinking it would be free  as in free beer... Today the bill came, not from any tax office, but from UPS itself: $70. More than a dime, but still a fantastic bargain. I am most grateful.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Zoner 13

« Last post by Curt on May 04, 2011, 04:52 PM »

@edbrop, Who is listed as Help > About... > License owner? I guess it is not your name? A third party name would make it difficult to upgrade the key, to you.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Zoner 13

« Last post by Curt on May 04, 2011, 02:23 PM »

-discounted versions are more expensive to upgrade.

To be eligible for special upgrade prices, you need to own a previous version of a Zoner Software product.

To see the upgrade prices from other products and all your available options, please enter your licence code in the box below...

@tomos - regarding a photo organizer. I have never used any other program than Explorer itself, to manage my photos. But if I really had to use something, I would probably first test Zoner Pro 13. Three tabs: Folders, Catalogue, Favorites. I guess the Catalogue tab is the more important one for this:





But I don't use this myself, and I don't know the differences between Home and Pro.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on May 04, 2011, 09:31 AM »

Let me guess: They still can't see a reason to provide lifetime updates?

-Tuxman (April 30, 2011, 10:24 AM)

Yes. Bummer.

I paid $50 for Windows 3.1 sometime back in the 19th century. It is outrageous that Bill Gates asks me to pay again every time he breathes on Windows.

Why did he ask me to pay for 98, ME, XP, Vista, Win 7? He probably did the upgrades while eating lunch at McDonalds.

-michaelkenward (May 03, 2011, 04:20 PM)

I guess it was in the 20'th century, but other than that I know this feeling. My brother purchased a Volvo. Later on Volvo launched a new version of the model, and he wanted it, and guess what, he had to pay once more!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brilliantly Simple Programs, that's what I'm looking for

« Last post by Curt on May 04, 2011, 08:59 AM »

I guess I could list most of the programs that I have placed in Start... my little square brains are only capable of so much ;-) As an example, I have several screen capture programs, including Snagit 10, but I always end up using FastStone Capture, because it is so easy and simple to use.

http://www.faststone.../FSCaptureDetail.htm edited: $20 with lifetime license!

ByTheWay, it was just updated:

FastStone Capture Version 6.8 (April 26, 2011)

    Improved the "Capture Scrolling Window" tool. Now it is compatible with the latest version of popular web browsers: Internet Explorer 9, FireFox 4, Chrome 10, Opera 11 and Safari 5.

Another example would be Flashnote (that I have pleaded for several times here at DC's forum). After several years I am still on my FIRST note!! because I want Flashnote to stay absolutely basic and simple. Hit the hotkey, Type/paste your text, and it is already saved!, and hit the hotkey (or Esc) again. End of story! ;-)

http://softvoile.com/flashnote/ freeware

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bundlelytic, Nitro PDF Professional, Sticky Password PRO, Zoner Photo Studio

« Last post by Curt on May 04, 2011, 07:47 AM »

-totally worth the price!      

Nitro Pro alone is more than worth this.

100% of the proceeds goes to the Japanese Red Cross

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Found Deals and Discounts / GAOTD: EASEUS ToDo Backup Pro

« Last post by Curt on May 04, 2011, 02:34 AM »

Today, Wedn. 4' May 2011: Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily. EASEUS ToDo Backup Professional - EASEUS ToDo Backup Pro is Advanced Fast Backup and Recovery Software!

The program is available for $29, but it will be free today for our visitors as a time-limited offer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Pirated Software and Viruses? Ahem... No. I don't want to help you...

« Last post by Curt on May 02, 2011, 01:50 PM »

Regarding the thread's subject.
I think Renegade reacted well - I disapprove very much with pirating.

Nevertheless I am in theory willing to adopt a pirated version of an abandoned program that is no longer for sale.

------

I was just thinking about this the other day:
I'm not allowed to video record a concert of my favorite signed artists and post it, even if ...

-superboyac (May 02, 2011, 12:52 PM)

I guess this problem is bigger in USA (and England) than elsewhere. The American music industry has made an enormous effort to make new laws created. The old law did of course not include digital copies, but was strictly for analogue media. All over the world we could enter a second-hand shop and purchase books, cassette tapes, or LPs, without anyone but the shop owner making money on the deal. Personally, I don't see any difference between a (one) low density YouTube music video or an (one) old LP - but the real difference is no longer the age or quality of the media, but the Internet. One copy is no longer one copy, but in theory a zillion copies. Tricky.

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General Software Discussion / Re: corrupt office 2003 file

« Last post by Curt on May 02, 2011, 07:34 AM »

$99 (home), $119 (institutions): PowerPoint Repair Tool - Repair & Recover Corrupted PPT File

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on May 01, 2011, 04:16 PM »

and what is this with placing C:\Program Files\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\dopusrt.exe to always start with Windows? I can't even delay it! I am already beginning to hate this program!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on May 01, 2011, 04:04 PM »

-thanks, Carl.

This is just about the dumbest procedure I have even seen. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on May 01, 2011, 01:34 PM »

my version 9 key (from the Bits du Jour offer 28FEB/01MAR 2011)
is not accepted by version 10.

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on May 01, 2011, 01:06 AM »

Anyone know are they going to do that again this time around, where the 40% upgrade price is only for a limited time?

-tomos (April 30, 2011, 05:07 PM)

For a limited time, ...

-Curt (April 30, 2011, 04:27 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by Curt on April 30, 2011, 04:27 PM »

For a limited time, registered Opus 9 users can upgrade to the latest version 10 at a significantly discounted price.

----------------
Registered users of older versions are entitled to a discounted upgrade to Directory Opus 10:

    If you purchased Opus 9 after 31st December 2010, your upgrade is free
    If you purchased Opus 9 prior to this date, your upgrade discount is 40%
    If you own an earlier version of Opus, your upgrade discount is 10%
    You can add extra licences when upgrading and receive the same discount on the extra licences

I don't know if you are allowed to also subtract DC's rebate.

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Found Deals and Discounts / DVDFab DVD Copy

« Last post by Curt on April 30, 2011, 02:49 AM »

not a giveaway, but a discounter offer on Bits du Jour, coming "SOON":

DVDFab DVD Copy PC Software with a 50% off Discount Coupon Code - Make a Backup of Any DVD Disc

Can also be used to shrink DVD content into other formats.

-Curt (April 27, 2011, 02:18 AM)

-today! http://www.bitsdujour.com/