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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: FREE Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009

« Last post by Curt on April 13, 2010, 03:47 AM »

-I am surprised by your experiences. Yes, Rainer Lesani (AND MrReg AND more addresses) is much too keen on hitting the Send -button several times a week, but also his (their) mails includes the usual line that you could respond to:

If you no longer wish to receive this Service Letter (to: _curt_ @ xxxx.dk) please click here.
Ashampoo® will not give your e-mail address to any other companies.

-it worked for me.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: FREE Ashampoo Burning Studio 2009

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2010, 05:33 PM »

As someone may have noticed, I am not a fan of Ashampoo's any more. But still their offers are tempting to me. As an example this new one; Ashampoo® Burning Studio 9 for $9.99 !! I mean: the program is brand new, (almost. I have a copy), but they are already selling it out as if version 10 is to be launched next week!! (Is it?)

MAYBE the offer is only for registered customers, I am not sure. I haven't checked because I would really like to WARN you against Ashampoo! Their updating speed is so rapid that it is as if you are merely subscribing. Their programs SEEMS to be cheap, but in reality they aren't. Ashampoo is expensive!

- and then there is this totally annoying advert for MyAshampoo Toolbar. Every time you open Burning Studio a pop up will tell you about MyAshampoo Toolbar, ..and will you believe: there is no option to remove the advert! Oh, I hate it! I have purchased a license for the Burning Studio program, so how dare they turn my program into adware??!!! If you protest, they will tell you that you can get rid of the advert by installing (and disabling) their toolbar!!!!!!!!
 

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Official Announcements / Re: How to punish DonationCoder if you are angry at being nagged to donate

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2010, 09:53 AM »

I donated as a thank you to the excellent forums and community information rather than the programs itself. Reading the forums is what I have mostly benefitted from. In fact, I don't use any of the programs here regularly though I try them out whenever new versions are released.

-icekin (July 25, 2007, 07:34 AM)

- this post could have been written by me ;-)

---

I just came across this on Fast Picture Viewer Pro's homepage:

"What happened to the free version?"
(...)
... , and most would give a few bucks (or more) to support the effort! At least, that was The Plan...

To make a long story short, it did not work. Web traffic did surge and people did love the codecs, but after 106,661 downloads from our server (and 117,738 hits on the post-install web page), only about 0.2% of the downloaders actually donated anything: one fifth of a percent of all users is a disappointing figure at best.
 ...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Office 2010 discount

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2010, 09:10 AM »

-do you ward off the registration?


http://www.noveloffice.com/
http://www.novell.co...op/features/ooo.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: updating Firefox plugins sucks!

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2010, 07:36 AM »

Thanks, Miles. Because of your post, I am trying Iron right now. Hadn't even heard of it before. But Iron really is fast - except when I am trying to understand where to find the features I am looking for! But if I recall right, I had the same problem when I first was trying out IE 8 and Office 2010 and..., so I expect I will learn how to handle this one as well ;-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Helicon Filter won't work on my computer!

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2010, 02:52 AM »

@cyberdiva
You say that there were two exe files at the same time. But Helicon only runs one exe at a time, so this proves that the first one didn't close properly before you started the second one; Hence the freeze. Remove them both thoroughly (REVO > "moderate") and try out version 5.0 again.

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General Software Discussion / Re: updating Firefox plugins sucks!

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2010, 05:35 PM »

Gents! I am afraid we may be talking different languages, or is this turning into a battle on words?

jojo99; I am so sorry that I only provided a direct link to the exe instead of a link to the thread in which the file was introduced. My reason was that is was a rather lengthy thread, but now I see that you have not read it so you cannot have an idea of what it all was about:
1) https://www.donation...94.msg57870#msg57870
2) https://www.donation...94.msg58218#msg58218
3) https://www.donation...94.msg58324#msg58324


f0dder, I agree.
??

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General Software Discussion / Re: updating Firefox plugins sucks!

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2010, 01:51 PM »

There is something strange going on inside yo.. ehhh...  ...something strange going on! Oh yes, AFOM works very well indeed. With one tab open (this page) my Firefox will use around 78 MB, up to 100 MB, but then AFOM will lower the memory usage to just 10MB, and Firefox will start building up memory usage again, and AFOM will wait a while and then do its job again... I have not cared to study how long it will wait. And oh yes, TrimAll works very well. Maybe the problem is the methods you are using, (which I really don't care to comment further on), or maybe you just didn't get the purpose of the program? When a memory leak has been recovered, the programs will at once start to build up memory usage again. To see this, you will need to watch the total memory usage of your computer, activate the TrimAll.exe, while still watching the memory usage, and you will see it. Long-term effects doesn't exist here. Just maybe we are not trying to pull your legs?

TrimAll really has very little to do with Firefox.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Nitro PDF Pro v6 US $40

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2010, 01:15 PM »

http://cgi.ebay.com/...?hash=item19baf7bf1e

This not the one with OCR built in, but for a good PDF program, it's a good deal.

-cmpm (April 09, 2010, 09:35 PM)

I would say the deal is (almost) awesome! Nitro is so much better quality than any other pdf editor you can have for $40.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Video Editing software - Any recommendations?

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2010, 12:55 PM »

1)-Did you pay for the software?

1) that is none of your concerns :-)

-IQLover (April 10, 2010, 08:55 PM)

The question may have been misunderstood or at least poorly formed. On the homepage I see no other way to get the Video Editor than to buy ("subscribe to") the hole package, $59 (plus VAT)(or $39 for a year); so I think the question in question could be: is it really worth all that money, this AVS Video Editor? Or did you "subscribe to" a stand-alone version that maybe is cheaper?

Secondly, it is perfectly okay to question that particular site, as they for several years have had the one and same advert  as they have now: "70% Off! Final Offer! In April only!" Only the name of the month has ever been changed...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2010, 12:12 PM »

... I just feel that the thread was moving away from Sagelight ...

-Dormouse (April 11, 2010, 10:08 AM)

- you're of course right, Dormouse.

I have also tried out Sagelight, of course, and was very impressed. The main reason I gave praise to Helicon was that while it took me an hour to get a fine result in Sagelight the very first time I used it, it literally took me less than a minute to get a similar result in Helicon. On the other hand I know from experience that it would take me much longer with some of the other respected editors. Is Sagelight difficult to operate? No, it is dead-easy! However, it took me an hour to figure it out, because of too many buttons in sight.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2010, 02:17 AM »

one simple example of what I like about the Helicon:

The very first time I was trying Helicon I found this dark and dull demo original:

1920x1280 pixels:




Within in a minute, still the very first time I tried the program, I made this version:





There may be (many?) programs better than Helicon, but few  if any  as easy to use!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2010, 03:51 PM »

too many questions to answer... Helicon can be trialed for 30 days without any limitations. The version from BdJ is 5.0 beta. Version 4.93.2 is FREE :-)


http://www.heliconso...ilter_downloads.html

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2010, 05:41 AM »

I am happy with my six dollar Sagelight :-) but after trialing Helicon Filter 5 I am certainly going to take the offer on Monday, as well. What an easy way to make fine pictures!  

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Office 2010 discount

« Last post by Curt on April 09, 2010, 02:27 PM »

SoftMaker Office 2010 for Linux is shipping now!

***

Some good reasons for SoftMaker Office 2010:

1. Excellent filters for DOCX and XLSX files, making data exchange
seamless with Word 2007 and Excel 2007.

2. Document tabs like in Firefox

3. PlanMaker offers impressive charts in presentation quality.

4. Integrated into KDE, Gnome, and CUPS

5. Supports all the world´s languages, now including Arabic and Farsi.

6. New spell checker in 20 languages (adding Russian, Greek, and Arabic)

7. TextMaker lets you view and edit multiple pages side by side.

8. Import and export wizards in TextMaker and PlanMaker

9. PlanMaker comes with formula auditing, scenarios, and external
references.

10. Strong graphics features such as mirror, soft drop shadows, and
image manipulation

Find out more:
http://www.softmaker.com

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: EVEREST Ultimate -30%

« Last post by Curt on April 08, 2010, 04:22 AM »

- and now it is spring time, so now the code is WhatsInside

You can use the coupon code 'WhatsInside' within the Lavalys Online Store to receive a 30% discount on any of our products. This is a limited-time offer so catch it while you can! Offer Expires: Friday, April 30th 2010

EVEREST v5.50 is here and it's a special one for us because it marks the first stable release since the engine that operates under the hood has reached complete support for more than a 100,000 unique hardware devices. Be sure to give it a try today and here's to another 100,000!
 
-The Lavalys Team

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General Software Discussion / Re: true launch bar 4 is out today

« Last post by Curt on April 08, 2010, 04:16 AM »

True Launch Bar v4.4.7 beta released

What's new:

* Minimum menu width/height in the Customize menu dialog box
* Add the shortcuts to the Recent Items on double click of the menus
* Add Expand Folder option for the top level virtual folders
* Add the skinning for columns separators
* Exclude the "User Pinned" system folder from the backup/restore

Fixed:

* Hang after selecting the menu caption buttons
* The separator colors are ignored when WindowBlinds is used
* Incorrect menu size when the option "Flat menus" is turned off
* White border around the Standalone TLB when WindowBlinds is used
* Incorrect scrollbar handling
* Incorrect text color on Windows XP
* My Network Places shows the desktop content (XP)
* The caption text overlap the caption buttons (XP)
* Incorrect icon position of the plugins
* TLB don't saves Expand Folder option for buttons
* Some minor bugs fixed

Download: http://download.true...aunchbar447-beta.exe
Home page: http://www.truelaunc....com/beta/index.html

-Yuri Kobets

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Living Room / 12 FREE brand new MP3 tracks; folk, blues, roots, and country

« Last post by Curt on April 05, 2010, 06:46 PM »

Go to http://www.linusentertainment.com/share/ and listen to twelve brand new wonderful pieces of music. Free 192 kbps MP3 downloads.

Madison Violet, Martin Sexton, The John Henrys, Bruce Cockburn, Catherine MacLellan, Downchild, Mindy McCready, Barney Bentall, Lynn Miles, James Keelaghan, Colin Linden, and Le Vent Du Nord.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by Curt on April 05, 2010, 09:26 AM »

a VERY fine offer
Thanks for telling!
 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Audio Comparer - duplicate MP3 finder for Windows

« Last post by Curt on April 02, 2010, 11:01 AM »

... not free, it is shareware.
A little tip: use coupon code EB2E75E4 during checkout to save 10%

-maxic (March 31, 2010, 08:08 AM)

An even better deal would be to bundle it with Image Comparer; the set's normal price is $70 but this way it is $50 -10% = $45

https://secure.avang...DS=1743711&QTY=1 + EB2E75E4

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General Software Discussion / Re: Audio DVD software?

« Last post by Curt on April 02, 2010, 09:44 AM »

you might (also) try:

$50 Ashampoo Burning Studio 9
+
$15 Ashampoo® Burning Studio 9 Theme Pack
_____
$65

http://www2.ashampoo...uct_2_2210___USD.htm
http://www2.ashampoo...uct_2_2810___USD.htm

- but the resulting price may make you want to look elsewhere.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Icon Viewer

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2010, 01:28 PM »

I don't think such a program even can exist. To my understanding the 'icons' you see in the taskbar and the systray are not actual icons but bitmap pictures of the icons. Meaning that you will have to go to each of the represented programs' folder, and extract or copy each icon.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How long is 'temporary'?

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2010, 04:18 AM »

   sorry, morons.  

I closed my pc and went to bed a little too quick. I should of course first have acknowledged here that REVO Uninstaller did the job without any problems.

No, Chris, the version available from the homepage was newer but couldn't install because it insisted first to remove the older one. But as I said, REVO didn't care about such trifles.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Vista: tool for hiding program icons from the task bar wanted

« Last post by Curt on March 31, 2010, 04:06 AM »

does it disappear (by itself) or is Vista hiding it?

I have PS Tray Factory and AnVir Task Manager Pro, and have set Vista not to hide inactive icons from the tray. This way icons behave like I want them to.

I have not tried Process Manager for Windows  on Vista.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How long is 'temporary'?

« Last post by Curt on March 30, 2010, 06:00 PM »

morons, all of you 

---

Can I delete the lot?
- yes of course, but will I most likely loose something important like uninstallers, etc?
The folder is hidden, and there must be a reason.

-Curt (March 28, 2010, 04:53 AM)

If you delete a file with the extension .msi you cannot remove that program later on, because the msi contains the uninstaller.