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General Software Discussion / Re: Excellent RSS reader

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 24, 2008, 07:10 AM »

lol, funny you should mention google reader. That is what I use. I also used to install readers, but I finally switched.

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General Software Discussion / Re: [How To] Control your computer by voice commands

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 23, 2008, 10:35 PM »

So how does either of those programs compare to vista's speech recognition (outside of games), because in the past, I have had good results from vista's speech recognition. Though I may still download shoot and play with it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unlocker 1.8.7 released - 01/05/2008

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 23, 2008, 10:30 PM »

So why would I want shortcuts to ebay to be installed with unlocker anyways? I really don't think unlocker can interact with the ebay website in any way... oh well

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General Software Discussion / Re: POP Mail checker

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 20, 2008, 08:31 PM »

Its a bit much, but digsby will do that, along with managing im clients and social networks like facebook and twitter
last I check, it was only for windows (right now)

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General Software Discussion / Re: looking for...a wiki?

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 13, 2008, 01:04 PM »

If your office has google accounts, then you can use  url=http://sites.google.com]sites.google.com[/url]. That way when ever someone leaves, they can update their status where ever they are at.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Magic Jack Phone ?

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 13, 2008, 12:55 PM »

I don't see why the computer would need to run all day. My brother has MagicJack. It's just a little usb device that you plug in to your computer, and then you can make calls. I guess the only reason you would have to leave your computer turned on all the time is if you are stupid and ditch your home phone service to use this instead. I wouldn't recommend using any voip service as your main service, especially if you have suddenlink! suddenlink has problems with randomly being slower then dial-up (BAD for voip), and I also have problems with randomly loosing my internet connection completely. I guess that is the only reason you would need to leave your computer on at all times with this. BUT anyways, like I said, my brother has MagicJack, and he says it works perfectly.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Cody Cellphone theme for SE 128x160

« Last post by nite_monkey on September 11, 2008, 04:22 PM »

Prepare to be amazed! I currently don't, and never have had a cell phone or a laptop. As a bonus, for about 10 days I won't even have a desktop computer (aside from the crappy one in the living room, and this one in the kitchen). I had to ship off my mobo because the soundcard went out on it, and I am too cheep to buy a decent soundcard.

With random offtopicing aside, If I did have a mobile/cell phone, I would so download that theme, it looks awesome!

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AutoHotkey / Re: Transparent windows with AHK what am I doing wrong?

« Last post by nite_monkey on August 30, 2008, 08:59 PM »

You know, that might be the problem. I will have to do that. Your explanation would make sense as to why it is doing that.

Edit: I do believe that fixed the problem. I can't get it to mess up on me anymore. Thanks 

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AutoHotkey / Transparent windows with AHK what am I doing wrong?

« Last post by nite_monkey on August 30, 2008, 03:01 PM »

I'm trying to make an AHK script that will let me change how transparent a window is.
This script works, but it randomly decides to mess up.

CapsLock & WheelDown::
{
WinGetActiveTitle, cwindow
WinGet, tp, Transparent, %cwindow%
tp := tp-10
WinSet, Transparent, %tp%, %cwindow%
Return
}

CapsLock & WheelUp::
{
WinGetActiveTitle, cwindow
WinGet, tp, Transparent, %cwindow%
tp := tp+10
WinSet, Transparent, %tp%, %cwindow%
Return
}

Rwin & LWin::
{
WinGetActiveTitle, cwindow
WinSet, Transparent, Off, %cwindow%
Return
}

That is my script.
The problem is sometimes when ever I change active windows and then push the capslock and scroll down, it makes the active window completely transparent.
I just want it to drop the transparency by 10.
Is there a different way I can do this to make it work better?

What I am wanting to achieve is:
When I hold down the capslock and scroll down, decrease the transparency of the active window by 10.
When I hold down the capslock and scroll up, increase the transparency of the active window by 10.

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Living Room / Re: using 2 mice - can I have different settings for each?

« Last post by nite_monkey on August 20, 2008, 04:08 PM »

I wasn't sure if it would or not, I haven't used the software in a long time. Would there be some way that you could make an AHK program that would send the left mouse click when you physically right clicked, and vice verso

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Living Room / Re: Guitar Hero 3 joystick question

« Last post by nite_monkey on August 20, 2008, 04:02 PM »

one of my friends has GH 1 and 2 for the ps2 and said you could play with the regular ps2 remote, so you could probably play it with the console's regular remote with any of the games, I don't know, I don't have any GH games.

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Living Room / Re: using 2 mice - can I have different settings for each?

« Last post by nite_monkey on August 19, 2008, 09:03 PM »

I know that the cd that came with my keyboard/mouse combo (that logitech claims doesn't exist) allows me to configure the mice separately I believe. it would detect the mouse plugged into the ps/2 port, and when I plugged in my wired usb mouse it detected it and asked if I wanted to configure it, so I am guessing that each one would have different button configs. The software that came with my combo is itouch (keyboard media keys), and mouseware.

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Living Room / Re: DVD Drive eject issues

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 27, 2008, 06:21 PM »

If you can't get it to fix, have you tried opening my computer, and right click on the drive and click eject instead of opening a different program? Unless the other program opens faster than my computer, because I have had programs that open way faster then my computer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to prevent Win+S from sending the system to sleep?

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 20, 2008, 09:26 PM »

create an autohotkey script that uses the win+s shortcut.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Dynamic shortcuts

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 10, 2008, 07:40 PM »

I have created a very basic AHK script that should work

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FileCreateShortcut, %A_WorkingDir%\test\test.exe, %A_Desktop%\test.lnk

just make a new ahk script in the root of the usb drive, and put that in it.
replace test\test.exe with the program you want to make a shortcut to
replace test.lnk with the name of the program
compile the script, and you are good to go.
you can also copy that code several times in the same ahk script for multiple shortcuts

then just create an autorun file that will run the ahk script when you stick in the usb drive, when you are done, unplug the drive, and delete the shortcut from the desktop.

example: FileCreateShortcut, %A_WorkingDir%\Apps\PortableFirefox.exe, %A_Desktop%\Portable FireFox.lnk

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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 08, 2008, 09:10 PM »

I wish I had mousers new computer setup, I only have 2 monitors, and one is a 27" tv.
(had to post this picture, it is my new setup)

wow, my webcam takes crappy pictures

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Living Room / Re: Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser?

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 08, 2008, 08:59 PM »

I stay away from png images because of how they don't work in ie 6. I try to use gif images instead

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Living Room / Re: McAfee SiteAdvisor

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 03, 2008, 02:11 PM »

I've noticed that also. A couple of months ago, I tried to download low to sleep, but avast kept flagging it, so I had to download the ahk version and compile it myself.

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General Software Discussion / Re: In need of a "system startup manager"

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 02, 2008, 11:28 PM »

I guess I could put them in a folder and start them that way.
I wanted to start them manually, because delaying them doesn't always work, because everything else that starts up might take longer to start than normally, and then delaying the cpu hogs would start up at the same time as the other programs.

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General Software Discussion / In need of a "system startup manager"

« Last post by nite_monkey on July 02, 2008, 05:55 PM »

That is about as good of a name I can think of for it.
I am looking for a program that will run at startup, and that is the only thing that runs at startup.
This program would then open a window and show all the programs that are supposed to run at startup, and let me manually open them.
The reason I want this, is so that I can let all the programs that start quickly to open, and then I can open the other programs that take for ever to open.
The closest program I can find is r2 Studio's startup delayer, because I can make the programs that take forever to load start several seconds after my system starts, that way the other programs have time to load.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Webcam Signature 1.0 - My Submission for the DC Programming Contest

« Last post by nite_monkey on June 30, 2008, 02:47 PM »

For a while, I couldn't get it to work, but then I used one of those green usb to ps/2 converters that comes with usb mice, and it works 100%!

-nite_monkey (June 25, 2008, 04:28 PM)

For your webcam? In the program, I'm using a DirectX wrapper to connect to the webcam. Maybe your webcam has an issue with DirectX?

-VideoInPicture (June 25, 2008, 07:21 PM)

lol, no, I got the program working perfectly, I couldn't get it to track a pen though, but I could get it to track the usb to ps/2 converter perfectly

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Living Room / Re: Picking the right mouse for gaming - suggestions?

« Last post by nite_monkey on June 29, 2008, 09:35 AM »

I know I am going to get a bunch of people disagreeing with me here, but In my opinion, a mouse is a mouse. You don't need an over priced mouse with so many buttons and configs that you need a third hand just push all of them. I use a simple cheap wireless keyboard/mouse combo for games, and it works perfectly.

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Living Room / Re: Accessing the contents of another computer's hard drive

« Last post by nite_monkey on June 26, 2008, 04:08 PM »

So if both computers are on the same network in the same house, and the computer you want to access has windows xp on it,

why can't you just open my computer, right click on the c drive, click sharing and security, and then share it, and check the box beside "allow network users to change my files"

Doesn't need a password if you have simple sharing on, and sure it isn't a good idea to do that security wise, but hey, you have had your current setup for a while now and haven't had a problems with people breaking into your network have you? So how is it different just because you are sharing your entire c drive?

I may be missing something here, but that is what I would do.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Webcam Signature 1.0 - My Submission for the DC Programming Contest

« Last post by nite_monkey on June 25, 2008, 04:28 PM »

For a while, I couldn't get it to work, but then I used one of those green usb to ps/2 converters that comes with usb mice, and it works 100%!

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Living Room / Re: DC Forum Members -- Tell Us About Your Website

« Last post by nite_monkey on June 21, 2008, 07:44 AM »

Just Plain Super Its more or less just a personal site that I update with random things that I find interesting, and it has a forums page for people to just hang out.