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Living Room / Re: Buy a new harddrive, get a virus
« Last post by lanux128 on November 13, 2007, 12:23 AM »
i remember one time when i returned a defective hard-disk to be replaced by a "brand-new" one which contained accounts reports generated by a SAP program.. :o
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: BruteKill hotkey
« Last post by lanux128 on November 11, 2007, 07:32 PM »
Windows has an internal shut-down command.. Put a shortcut on the desktop and assign a shortcut key..

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]
        No argsDisplay this message (same as -?)
        -iDisplay GUI interface, must be the first option
        -lLog off (cannot be used with -m option)
        -sShutdown the computer
        -rShutdown and restart the computer
        -aAbort a system shutdown
        -m \\computernameRemote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
        -t xxSet timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
        -c "comment"Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
        -fForces running applications to close without warning
        -d [u][p]:xx:yyThe reason code for the shutdown
• u is the user code
• p is a planned shutdown code
• xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
• yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

some examples:
shutdown -s -f -t 10 -> shutdown forcefully in ten seconds
shutdown -a -> abort shutdown
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 11, 2007, 07:21 PM »
Okay, I think I'm sold.
wow, you can spot an evil sprite miles away.. ;D
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Post New Requests Here / Re: [REQ] Keyboard locale auto-switcher?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 11, 2007, 07:20 PM »
thanks Armando, i'm glad that you find it useful plus it is very nice to start the day with such a compliment.. :)
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 11, 2007, 06:50 PM »
I use a widescreen monitor, and desite this not a single game out of all that I own are streched. How? Nvidia graphics cards scales non-widescreen resolutions while respecting the aspect ratio so you'll just get black borders on the left/right if you prefer that. The games that does do WS natively on the other hand, looks great and feels much better than what a 4:3 monitor can offer.

and if nVidia fails, check out the excellent link to wide-screen gaming that nudone posted further up in the thread.. they even have Gothic3 in their database!.. :)

but there is help at this website that is all about widescreen gaming http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/ they have a list of games and also talk about methods to force games to be widescreen. many times someone will have wrote a little util to induce the correct aspect ratio.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you use Desktop Widgets?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 11, 2007, 06:32 PM »
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 08, 2007, 08:20 PM »
when i encounter all those toolbars & sidebars, i normally hide them or set it to appear on-demand but with Dirhael's idea, i'm thinking that maybe it's worth the width of a wide-screen.. :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: split PDF files - context menu program?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 06, 2007, 08:34 PM »
good work-around, Frank but it won't work for PDFs that are restricted from printing.. :)
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 06, 2007, 08:30 PM »
Jeff links to this nice LCD buying guide:

http://www.xbitlabs....lcd-guide-f2007.html

thanks nontroppo, via this link i found a review on Samsung 931BW.
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Living Room / Re: PLEASE STOP POSTING
« Last post by lanux128 on November 06, 2007, 06:21 PM »
"Unread Topics" is listing 25 threads I am supposed not to have read, but I know for sure that I have read 5 of them. It seems not to be too accurate.

maybe your cookies are disabled or some programs like web-washer is running in the background.. :-\
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 06, 2007, 01:16 AM »
i froogled for dvi cables and it doesn't seem that expensive.. maybe i should get one for better viewing quality..
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General Software Discussion / Re: Virtual Desktop suggestions?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 06, 2007, 01:05 AM »
there is a similar discussions here..
Need Virtual Desktop software recommendations

also check out this mini-review by Edvard..
Virtual Window Managers

or mouser's favourite: VirtuaWin
my favorite free (open source even) virtual desktop tool
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 06, 2007, 12:11 AM »
thanks to Deozaan & Google image, now i know that D-Sub is VGA.. ;D in that case, there's no way to mix them up. but i'm still wondering about Samsung's reasoning behind NOT shipping a DVI cable when the model supports it.. :-\

dsub_small.jpg


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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 10:55 PM »
A DVI-VGA adapter will work to get it to plug in properly, but you still lose the benefits of DVI (DVI is digital, VGA is analog), and thus don't have the nicer picture quality. It's like recording a vinyl record album to mp3. Sure, it's playing as a digital mp3, but that doesn't improve the audio quality beyond the original vinyl record.

so that means i'll be better off buying a DVI cable separately.. since i'm still finding my feet here, i'm going to google some pics on both type of cables..
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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you use Desktop Widgets?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 10:20 PM »
i'll have to take a look at his system.. most probably he'll be using on his desktop that is optimized for business, i.e shared memory & skimpy RAM (around 512mb).. :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you use Desktop Widgets?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 09:24 PM »
Darwin, i was just thinking of recommending Yahoo! Widgets to a colleague but after reading of your account of 'horror' performance, i think i'll have to look for an alternative.. :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: best clipboard program
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 09:09 PM »
kalos, there is somewhat similar discussion here.. maybe a program like this more suitable to your needs?

Emsa Save My Work
Emsa Save My Work is a simple personal keylogger, that is not aimed at snooping, but rather to keep track of everything you are typing. If you have ever experienced a program crash and lost the content of a letter or email you had just typed, then this program can be of help. It automatically logs everything you type and allows you to review the log and also save it to a file. The program runs in the system tray and can be enabled/disabled as needed.

Source: http://www.snapfiles...y_Work/emsasave.html


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General Software Discussion / Re: split PDF files - context menu program?
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 09:04 PM »
yes, welcome back! it's been exactly 6 months between your posts.. :)

ws-brotherS-1.png
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Living Room / Re: PREY trailer - looks funky
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 08:56 PM »
sometime last year, i received my PCGamer with the CD contained a demo version of Prey but never got around to install it.. :) btw, Prey has had an interesting history as it was developed at the same time as Duke Nukem Forever.. of course, now the Duke has become the standard bearer of vapourware..
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Living Room / Re: PLEASE STOP POSTING
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 08:47 PM »
are we talking about this link at the top? here's screenshot of my unread posts.. obviously checking every 5 minutes does help to keep down the pages.. :)

ws-unread-1.png
Show unread posts

if that's not enough, there's always Wordzilla's DC Forum Post Notifier Lite to keep you updated.. :)

DC Forum Post Notifier Lite

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Living Room / Re: Multiple monitor setup - need some guidance
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 08:32 PM »
that shouldn't be a problem, your card will just run at 2x speed.. i've once had a 8x AGP running on a 2x AGP P3 mainboard.. :)
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Living Room / Re: PLEASE STOP POSTING
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 08:25 PM »
huh? :-\ trying to keep-up with a forum is equivalent to this: :wallbash:
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 08:15 PM »
i also checked out the DVI part and from the table i saw in the specs part (pic), i guess i'm covered here..
Source: http://www.samsung.c...?page=Specifications

Be sure to notice that that monitor doesn't come with a DVI cable to connect your monitor to your PC! Just a VGA (D-Sub) cable.
in that case, will a DVI-VGA adapter work?
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Living Room / Re: To wide-screen or not to wide-screen
« Last post by lanux128 on November 05, 2007, 06:33 PM »
thanks guys for all the comments & suggestion. i'm glad that Samsung looks to be the favourite here in DC. the dual-screen idea is very tempting but it's slightly out of my budget. i have been thinking of getting one now and another one six months down the road but i'm afraid that model might not be available by then..

i also checked out the DVI part and from the table i saw in the specs part (pic), i guess i'm covered here..

ws-dvi-1.png
Source: http://www.samsung.c...?page=Specifications
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Living Room / Re: Multiple monitor setup - need some guidance
« Last post by lanux128 on November 04, 2007, 10:39 PM »
get a graphics card with dual dvi.. see accompanying pic (not an endorsement).. :)

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