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General Software Discussion / Process Explorer 14

« Last post by Curt on November 17, 2010, 06:10 AM »

What's New (November 16, 2010)

Process Explorer v14 http://technet.micro...6653%28en-us%29.aspx

This major update to Process Explorer adds a slew of enhancements and new functionality including network and disk monitoring, an improved multi-tab system information dialog, additional memory statistics, a new column that shows aggregate CPU usage for a tree of processes, improved DLL scanning performance and accuracy, command-lines in process tree tooltips, support for more than 64 CPU systems, and more.

Runs on:
    * Client: Windows XP and higher (Including IA64).
    * Server: Windows Server 2003 and higher (Including IA64).

-Windows Sysinternals

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Hurry up: PIM Giveaway - All My Notes Organizer

« Last post by Curt on November 17, 2010, 02:56 AM »

To those who (unlike siouxdax) came in time:
remember the extraordinary upgrade offer is ending soon:





Sorry, Daniel ;-) There will be others!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 Deluxe with Antivirus!

« Last post by Curt on November 17, 2010, 02:30 AM »

Sure, Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 Deluxe is heavily bloated, and will put unnecessary entries in start, and have this and that annoying behaviour, and is to be replaced by version 9 very soon, but it is still well equipped and very potent. And now it (kind of) comes with Antivirus! It is even cheap; October's offer repeated and further amplified just for today:

https://www.cleverbr...p;enablecoupon=false

(please tell if this link didn't work for you)

Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 Deluxe

Powerful video editor that enables you to achieve professional results. Special promotional price during October, including free Romance Pack (normally $30)! Extra content and media supplied with this Deluxe Edition of PowerDirector.

Deal of the Day (today):  A$35.95 (=US$ 28,53)

RRP: A$110.00
Saving A$74.05

BitDefender Antivirus Pro 2011 [1-PC, 1-Year] includes 1-PC, 1-Year license. Worth $24.95, but FREE when you add Extended Download Insurance (+$5) to your order (of this Cyberlink 8 Deluxe)!

-PC Authority Downloads

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: BrotherGiveaway

« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2010, 06:09 PM »

Brothersoft is offering more than 200.000 files, mostly "Free Mobile Software & Games - Download Mobile Applications Free". You will have to search very very hard to ever find the two (2) files that Norton classified as keyloggers. Measured in risk percentage, Brothersoft is safe! Of course I cannot and will not promise that Brothersoft is all safe, but I believe they are trying to become/stay clean. The company is worth half a billion $, with 1 million visitors per day, and have 542.490 external links! And.. ehh.. >"It has been listed as containing 43 pieces of malicious software."<, just how old are those Wikipedia informations? Of course the two (2) files most likely were bad, and shame on Brothersoft for not finding and blocking them. But you are aware that several programs from DonationCoder have been classified as malware, right? Honestly: two (2) out of more than 200.000? It is such a microscopic percentage that it makes me think the Wikipedia article is over-exaggerating in an untrustworthy way, if you know what I mean.

2 out of 200.000 http://safeweb.norto...name=brothersoft.com

Edited:
WOT is hard to trust. People can say whatever they want without proving anything.

Edit#2: http://www.brothergiveaway.com/ is located in USA.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: BrotherGiveaway

« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2010, 02:32 PM »

I don't know what their current status is,

-cthorpe (November 16, 2010, 02:24 PM)

 


http://www.siteadvis...ites/brothersoft.com 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Please recommend a good "shopping cart" website widget

« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2010, 02:24 PM »

hmm... in a a poor mood today? We have seen the same situation several times on giveawayoftheday. Nothing 'bizarre' in it. Here, a (very) small business is personal, obviously.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Please recommend a good "shopping cart" website widget

« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2010, 01:09 PM »

Today's Giveaway on http://www.brothergiveaway.com/ for another 10 hours and 50 minutes:

Bizbox DIY 5

Unzip and run, self-customizable, all-in-one business manage, integrated emails This system is specifically designed to help you to manage the Customers, Suppliers, Products and/or Service Items, Purchasing, Cash and Banks, Invoicing, Receipts, Emails and Mail Merges. Plus, the build-in "FieldDesigner" gives you the "DIY" capability to customize/enhance the system to fit your needs 100%.   

http://www.brothergiveaway.com/

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Found Deals and Discounts / BrotherGiveaway

« Last post by Curt on November 16, 2010, 01:03 PM »

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BrotherGiveaway
BrotherGiveaway was started on 2nd November and till now they have given 7 softwares for free. So, people have started to notice the power of giveaways and how they’ll help expand their business. And that’s what we need. Come on people keep freebies rolling on and on….

Visit BrotherGiveaway now and grab today’s freebie: http://www.brothergiveaway.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: teracopy: copy your files faster

« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2010, 02:30 PM »

FastCopy 2.06 is ready

FastCopy is the Fastest Copy/Delete Software on Windows. It can copy/delete unicode and over MAX_PATH(260byte) pathname files.

Automatically, after whether the copy origin and copy destinations are HDD according to same physical HDD or is judged, it operates as follows.

Diff HDD: Reading and writing are done with the MultiThreading in parallel.

Same HDD: Using big buffer, reading until the buffer becomes full, and writing in bulk.
Because Read/Write doesn´t use the cache of OS at all, other processes (application) do not become heavy easily.

Read/Write performance is a near the limit of the device. Include/Exclude Filter (UNIX Wildcard style) can be specified.

It operates lightly because MFC is not used, and it makes it only from Win32 API.

Because all source codes have been opened to the public in the BSD license, you can modify this software.

http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en

Version history:

v2.06   Fix exception at verify mode(v2.05 only).

v2.05   Fix not to save settins in Win98. Enable to select writing ACL/AltStream errors to the log.

v2.04   Enable drag & drop in admin mode on UAC. settings dialog and misc refine.

v2.03   Fix "Elevate" menu item didn't work in English UI.

v2.02   Release x64 native version. Store fastcopy.ini and logfiles in \Users\(USER)\AppData\roaming\FastCopy, if installed in \Progmram Files in Vista or Win7(UAC on/off is unrelated). Misc refine/fix.

v2.01   Fix not to finish "move" in same HDD rarely. Restore not to require absolute path.

v2.00   Add simple compare function("listing" with CTRL button). Store fastcopy.ini and logfiles in \Users\(USER)\AppData\roaming\FastCopy, if UAC is enabled and installed in \Progmram Files. Enable manual settings of Physical Drive group. Enable 32bit shell extension in 64bitOS. Fix exception when deleting Job.


v1.99r4   Adjust destination filename to source filename when both upper/lower case are different (except "overwrite all" mode). Fix showing no detail error.

v1.99r3   Fix automatically decision of HDD mode problem.(v1.99r2 only) Improve to estimate complete time.

v1.99r2   Add detail filelog option(/filelog). Enable filter in move mode. Speed up starting (Replace API's inifile access by original routine.) Affect filter for the files those are specified direct in Source EditBox. Modify /srcfile option when using MBCS in srcfile contents. Additionally, refinement

v1.98   Add Extended (filesize/timestamp) filter. ("Option" -> "show extended filter")

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General Software Discussion / Re: remove objects from photos

« Last post by Curt on November 15, 2010, 12:06 PM »

CPSSoftware has the $15 Instant Wire Cleaner, made just for removing wires. Most of the wires in a picture are automatically highlighted with red. Paired with Easy Selection Tool – specially designed to select dark linear objects like wires with only a few clicks - this is a very easy way to do the job.






They also have InstantMask Pro, which I use for larger objects.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Slash your windows boot time

« Last post by Curt on November 14, 2010, 06:19 PM »

I and several others have had problems with Soluto not working at all. Maybe I've found an explanation to this. It *seems* (to me) that Soluto has to be in contact with the company's server during PC start. They wrote the following, in August:

Our current version has several known bugs. Most issues boil down to one single problem, namely, Soluto simply not being able to run on the user’s PC. Some of the issues have to do with the amount of users running Soluto, and as more users join-in – existing users may suffer.

The best interest of our users must always out-weigh the quantity of downloads. So:

We’ve been working on a version that resolves most of our scaling issues. It’s taking us longer than we’d like because we’re constantly context-switching between: 1) fixing actual specific scale problems on our servers and; 2) writing the new version.

-August

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General Software Discussion / Re: Vector Clock Designer

« Last post by Curt on November 14, 2010, 11:44 AM »

The same company also has a very fine $30 screen capture program, CrossGL SnapDraw 3 which is *almost* a competitor to Snagit !! I won't use it every day, because FastStone Capture is simply too fast not to use for simple jobs. But for the advanced jobs, SnapDraw is really fine and really advanced. The SnapDraw Annotation Tools Library with 326 extra tools is almost awesome!
 


Unfortunately the 30 day trial is bugging the user to purchase now.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: a programs last used date in xp

« Last post by Curt on November 13, 2010, 05:06 PM »

I cannot remember right now any program with this feature.

The following tip fetches the info from XP's Start Menu shortcuts (not the Desktop shortcuts):

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

I just noticed that the Last Used Date shown for programs in the Add/Remove list does not always agree with what I know to be the case.

-question

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)
 
The "Last Used" info is made of a guess work. See what Raymond Chen [MSFT] states:

In order to get the "Last Used" and "Frequency" values, Add/Remove Programs needs to know the name of the EXE so it can ask the Start menu "Hey, how often did the user run this program, and when was the last time it happened?"

Notice that there are no clues in the registration above as to the identity of this EXE file.

So Add/Remove Programs starts guessing. It goes through all the programs on your Start menu and compares their names with the display name of the uninstallable item. It looks for Start menu items which share at least two words with the words in the DisplayName.

-Chen

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general  

..., you can force an update by deleting this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppManagement\ARPCache

General registry editing warning applies. Be sure to have valid backups before deleting the key.
--
Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

I followed your tip and the 'last used' list is now updated and makes good sense

-user

-answer

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nitro updating is too clever for me

« Last post by Curt on November 13, 2010, 12:17 PM »

"always up to date", yes, many sites are using such tactics in order to save on traffic. It WILL eventually tell you about the new version, but it will wait for quite some time.

And Thank You, yes, my problem was solved; they gave me a new license key.

About having problems when removing Nitro: Normally there are no leftovers worth mentioning; the problem usually comes from Word and other products with a Nitro addon. Nitro's uninstaller really should tell the user about this.

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Curt on November 13, 2010, 12:05 PM »

keep 'em coming! tomos :-)

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Found Deals and Discounts / TwistedBrush 30% off

« Last post by Curt on November 13, 2010, 11:55 AM »

Buy TwistedBrush Pro Studio now through the end of November for just $70 (USD) at the secure Pixarra On-line Store when using the discount code EXWOW777

http://www.pixarra.com

They also have a free version, TwistedBrush Open Studio 17.20 (Free Edition) with most of the features of TwistedBrush except for brush editing and with just a handful of fine brushes.

I hope your extended trial of TwistedBrush Pro Studio 17 has been going well. As an added bonus now until the end of November you can purchase TwistedBrush Pro Studio at 30% off! It doesn't get much better than this.
 
At 30% off you are buying TwistedBrush Pro Studio 17 for the incredible price of  $70 (USD).
 
To remind you, here are some of the great new features in version 17.

    * New Brush Control feature. This allows extremely easy brush tweaking without needing to understand anything about creating brushes. This is the new direction for future brushes and will result in the long term reduction in the total number of brushes making it easier to find and use what you need.
    * New Page View panel so you can always see the entire page even when zoomed in and you can use this view for quickly and easily panning to different areas of your image.
    * Most of the natural media brushes have been updated and improved and use the new Brush Control system.
    * New professional Clip brushes, Image brushes and Image Shape brushes.
    * New Image Array brushes for easily painting with groups of images you can create yourself.
    * Support for reading camera raw files.
    * New Pro ArtSet for photo editing including the new Pro Fix series of brushes.
    * New and improved noise reduction solutions.
    * Bright Light series of solutions for some excellent photo enhancements.
    * Other fixes and enhancements as well.
    * As always the continuous flow of new features and enhancements.

Buy TwistedBrush Pro Studio now through the end of November for just $70 (USD) at the secure Pixarra On-line Store when using your discount code!
 
Code: EXWOW777

Thank you!
 
Ken Carlino
Pixarra Inc
http://www.pixarra.com

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nitro updating is too clever for me

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 03:54 PM »

-wow, Firefox even remembered my login; so evidently I have been there before. Thanks, cmpm, I am downloading the proper OCR version right now :-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nitro updating is too clever for me

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 08:29 AM »

.. Nitro will not update itself through it's own update command.

-cmpm (November 12, 2010, 08:17 AM)

Mine would, so I guess you may have a collision with your anti-malware settings?

--

So, I have a Nitro account page? Okaaay... I will have to go and look for it!  

--

Maybe I owe to some readers to tell that Nitro is charging for support. One will have to search their forum for answers.

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General Software Discussion / Nitro updating is too clever for me

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 08:02 AM »

Sometimes I get the feeling certain software authors don't use their own programs!

Example:

1) Feature: auto-updating
2) Updating file is downloaded to hidden temporary system folder
3) Program must be removed before updating!
> =
How the x-rated am I supposed to update?

The present sinner is Nitro:









Such updating procedure is too clever for me!
-so now I am running a (updated) Nitro without the OCR that I've paid so much for!  
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Filter directory tree by file type?

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 07:35 AM »

Is there any program that can take a file type and return a list of directories that contain files of that type?

-JennyB (November 07, 2010, 07:33 PM)

Except for all the special programs already mentioned, I will like to remind you that Explorer does this per default. Just type .TheFiletype in Explorer's search box, when you are in a top directory, and the result will include all relevant files in every sub-folder in that directory. The speed of the result depends on whether you have indexing turned on or off.

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Living Room / Re: The conflict of interest that is Google

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 07:08 AM »

Hmm... I don't care too much how it all works. I mean, $20 billion from advertising, is how it works... they're not going to change anything unless they'll make at least the same profit.

What is frustrating me the most is, the limited number of search results (and a consequence of this limit). I can become so infuriated when I first read something like "1.234.567 results", but then they NEVER show you more than approx 1.000 results. And the page I was looking for, was not part of these 1.000 because the subject was just a little too popular for my not-quite-so-popular site to be among the listed results.

This is the exact same path that has been taken by YouTube and so many others. You cannot search for whatever you like, unless you 1) already have visited the wanted page / file before so you maybe can remember what terms to use to narrow the search, or 2) will settle with what answer is already the most popular.

Catch 22, I think.

One consequence is  that too often we can only know what is popular
-and that is an extremely dangerous path for the future!

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Living Room / Re: 404 - Page Not Found

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 05:56 AM »

... how about TurnOffTheInternet...

[ Invalid Attachment ]

-Edvard (January 11, 2007, 05:10 PM)

Created by an impressive imagination 

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General Software Discussion / Re: After re-installing XP - what?

« Last post by Curt on November 12, 2010, 03:18 AM »

Giveaway of the Day - TODAY November 12, 2010: http://www.giveawayo...ial-edition-english/
Paragon Virtualization Manager 2010 for VirtualBox Professional Special Edition (English)

Benefits of Paragon Virtualization Manager 2010 for VirtualBox:

    * Supports Oracle VirtualBox
    * P2V Migration. Migrate a physical system to a virtual machine or convert a backup image to a virtual disk
    * P2V Adjust Recover the OS startup ability after an unsuccessful virtualization by a 3rd party tool
    * P2P Adjust Recover the OS startup ability after a system migration to a different hardware platform
    * V2V Migration Migrate from one virtual environment to another
    * V2P Migration Migrate a virtual system to a physical environment
    * File transfer from/to virtual disks Exchange data between your physical environment and the virtual one or between a virtual disk and its snapshots
    * Smart Driver Injector Makes the process of adding new drivers smooth and easy
    * Virtual Disk Map Preview changes before they are applied on a handy disk partitioning map


Please see more features, usage scenarios and detailed product information at Paragon Virtualization Manager 2010 for VirtualBox website.


Technical Support:
During the Giveaway period Paragon Software provides technical support at http://twitter.com/paragonsoftware. Please, post your questions if you have any troubles while downloading, registering and using the software. Paragon Software’s support team will reply you as soon as possible.

The program is available for $69.95, but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer TODAY November 12, 2010.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple specialized sites

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2010, 09:25 AM »

would a site like http://www.guitar-museum.com/ qualify, or will you like the sites to be about more seldom, almost obscure subjects?


I really like the stapler one. Good find! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple specialized sites

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2010, 08:56 AM »

superboyac's Please recommend beautiful websites with simple, elegant designs.