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Best Firewall / Re: agnitum outpost v3 - the horror?

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 04:06 PM »

after a day of struggle and a few days of confusion, i have uninstalled v3, and made a frustrated and sad post to agnitum forum, you can read here:
http://outpostfirewa...?p=113723#post113723

i've also updated our review warning people not to buy v3:
https://www.donation.../Firewall/index.html

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Living Room / Re: Browser Tray Switch

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 03:49 PM »

it will refuse to change browser if it doesn't find the backups were created properly.

you could try running the BackupCurrentBrowserSettings.bat batch file yourself in the BrowserBackup directory and see if you get any errors; perhaps you don't have permissions to access registry, or maybe there is something with sp2 that's causing that backup script to fail to export the registry keys?  i'll try to test it on an sp2 machine if you can't make progres. let me know.

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General Software Discussion / symantec kills free sygate firewall

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 10:35 AM »

http://www.theinquir...r.net/?article=28000

THE POPULAR Sygate Personal Firewall and the Pro version are to kick the bucket at the end of this month, news.com reports.
Symantec bought Sygate earlier this year, but according to the report customers will be offered upgrades from the software to its own Norton Personal Firewall.

The big difference is that Sygate Personal Firewall was free, and the upgrade to Pro was what cost.

A rep told news.com that the products "overlapped" in the consumer market.

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Cheat Sheeter / Re: Any progress here?

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 09:12 AM »

well if its going to use wiki engine it will probably drop down to 70% done ..

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Site/Forum Features / Re: non-users can't view added images

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 07:52 AM »

our new server is doing 4gb of bandwidth a day, i wouldnt worry about picture links taking up too much bandwidth

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Living Room / Re: Unknown service (can't find relevant info on the web)

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 07:42 AM »

hahahahahaha.

so ironic - the apps designed to detect trojans are looking more and more like trojans themselves, and its hard to tell which is which.

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Best Dialog Extender / Yeah but... which one should I buy?

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 05:44 AM »

someone recently sent me a message asking me if for advice on which one of the dialog extenders they should buy.

Here is my answer:
I would not buy any of them without experimenting for a while on my computer.


We do these reviews to help you understand what these programs do and why you might want one; the reviews are meant to be a starting point, and the next step is to TRY THE PROGRAMS FOR YOURSELF!

That's what's so nice about shareware.  read our reviews, see which programs look like they might suit you, and then try them out for a couple of weeks.

RESIST the urge to make an immediate purchase after 1 hour of use, give yourself a few days or a week to get used to the program and see it's strengths and weaknesses, and then make your decision.

You might not have the same needs or tastes as the reviewer, so it's essential that you try these programs for yourself (and then feel free to post any disagreements you might have with the review).


I do think that every power user should have one of these tools, but choosing which one is going to require some experimentation on your part.  you'll never go wrong by choosing from one of the best-in-class apps, but if you really want the best tool suited for your use, you'll have to do some experimenting of your own, and don't just limit yourself to the ones we rated best.

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Living Room / TipMonkies - nice site like boingboing+lifehacker

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 04:57 AM »

http://www.tipmonkies.com/

nice site; going to add it to links page

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General Software Discussion / comparison of blog hosting software

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 04:55 AM »

http://www.sitepoint...are-smackdown-review

good comparison of movabletype, wordpress, and textpattern(?)

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Living Room / Make movies using videogame engines - Machinima

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 03:48 AM »

a long time ago i posted some music videos made with star wars galaxies engine; seems there is a whole underground scene making movies with video game engines.  personally i think this is the future of movies and it's pretty darn cool:

http://www.machinima...icle.php?article=186

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Living Room / Re: Unknown service (can't find relevant info on the web)

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 03:47 AM »

i suppose the other thing to consider is it could be one of your many tools you are using to protect you doing this stuff on purpose - since im not familiar with some of those tools i suppose it could be one of them.

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Cheat Sheeter / Re: Any progress here?

« Last post by mouser on November 29, 2005, 03:31 AM »

cheat sheeter actually got 85% finished; the real holdup is that i need to cut back on the programs i have out there that need a lot of development; once the others like chs get more polished i'll bring cheat sheeter back.  the other thing holding it up is i'm trying to decide some major questions about it, like whether to move it to using an internal wiki engine, which i'm strongly considering.  the project is not dead, it's just on hold a little - thanks for the encouragement.

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Living Room / Re: Unknown service (can't find relevant info on the web)

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 07:45 PM »

i wouldnt do a complete reinstall just yet, but
i would if i couldn't track down those files and satisfy myself they are harmless.

maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling the recent apps that required a reboot, and try to find those files again before rebooting.

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Living Room / Re: Unknown service (can't find relevant info on the web)

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 07:43 PM »

when you say you discovered "two new unknown services" what exactly do you mean?
do you mean real registered services as in windows services..
or do you just mean programs that were set to run on reboot, which could in fact be what you say, temporary files run as part of an install or uninstall procedure.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Bug Issue v1.05.02

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 07:32 PM »

regarding balloons, do you have any other programs that display balloon information so you can be sure its chs and not that you have balloon text turned off on your windows (some people do); also remember that the main chs window should be closed when you activate the count function.

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Living Room / Re: Unknown service (can't find relevant info on the web)

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 07:23 PM »

it does sound like you might have a trojan creating these..

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Best Dialog Extender / Re: Thanks for review!

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 07:13 PM »

thanks so much for posting jeff, and for the generous discount to our members!  And welcome to the site !

codesector (www.codesector.com) has been so nice as to give donationcoder.com members a 50% discount on Direct Folders (wow!).  I've posted information in the members only section of the forum:
https://www.donation...index.php?board=18.0

as i have said many times before, a developer who is willing to take the time to ask for suggestions and listen to users makes such a huge difference in the value of program.  Direct Folders was actually one of the very few programs that actually has a forum:  http://www.codesector.com/forum/

welcome again and congratulations on a great program.
-mouser

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Bug Issue v1.05.02

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 06:11 PM »

chs is one of the newer and more complex programs on the site - the bug reports are very much appreciated and will be treated very seriously.  as i've said before, anyone taking the time to report bugs deserves to have these bugs fixed.

i will respond to these in the next couple of days as i have a chance to test them all and report back; i'm worried that part of the problem with the program not keeping your settings is related to it not starting minimized - namely that it may not be saving its values properly.  maybe it's being run as non-administrative account or doesnt have permissions to save a file in its folder?

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Living Room / Why does 'BETA' period last so long - good article

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 04:25 PM »

http://online.wsj.co...61128.html?mod=blogs

Betas also have become a marketing device in a fiercely competitive industry, allowing software and Internet firms to release new products or services sooner and cultivate early buzz. Betas, which once had been quietly distributed, are trumpeted in press releases and at news conferences.

"I deplore it as a consumer; I admire it as a marketing professional," said Peter Sealey, a marketing professor at the University of California at Berkeley and former chief marketing officer at Coca-Cola Co. "I can't come up with anything else in the entire marketing world where marketers knowingly introduce a flawed or inadequate product [and] it helps grow your user base."

[linked on slashdot]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free paint program for kids

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 03:59 PM »

bumping this up, new release today (http://www.newbreeds...ftware.com/tuxpaint/)

i'd like to see more posts about children's software.

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Best Dialog Extender / Re: Hello world!

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 02:34 PM »

hi wasker,

first, thank you for taking the time to post here.

second, i have said this before and i'll say it again, id rather spend my money on a program with an active developer who is interested in making their program better and listening to users than to spend it on a program that might have a few more features but is no longer being maintained.

quickfolders has already some fans on our forum (https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1626.0) and is sure to get more with a developer with such a good attitude towards improving the program.  we look forward to hearing about new developments from quickfolders

btw alex has offered a super generous discount for donationcoder.com members:
QuickFolders (www.ByteGems.com) for $10.95.  hard to beat that!!

discount info will be posted shortly in the members only section here:  https://www.donation...index.php?board=18.0

thanks alex!


ps.
make sure you also check out the other fun programs at www.bytegems.com.  the name of this one gave me a good laugh:
http://www.bytegems....ethiskeydeluxe.shtml

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA - Timer to run a program at a random time within a given period each day

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 12:44 PM »

by the way here is the download for MS .NET2 runtimes:
http://www.microsoft...5&DisplayLang=en

these could be useful for other programs so definitely worth installing.

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Official Announcements / New Review 11/28/05 - Dialog Box Extenders

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 12:34 PM »

The new review on dialog box extenders is up:  https://www.donation...Extenders/index.html

It's a short one, but if you don't use one of these tools, I definitely recommend you read it and try a few.  We'll try to get some discounts on some of these in the upcoming week.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Limited Time Offer: $20 (33%) off MSGTAG ... offer expires on 30th November 2005

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 12:20 PM »

i too would like to know more about the method..
as fodder points out, return-receipt stuff is built into existing email protocol.  does this work differently and how.

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FlipSuite and Flipbook Printer / Re: error on start: "2.0 is not a valid floating point value" ?

« Last post by mouser on November 28, 2005, 11:58 AM »

yay!
thanks very much for the report manucoloma.