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4526
- is this ALL true? To my (lack of) understanding, if I press Close, MPC will merely close the file, and stay in position on screen, not Close-and-minimize-to-systray. But of course, MPC also has hundreds of keys and settings, I might not have reached the proper combination yet.
4527
SPlayer keeps getting better all the time! It now turns out that the Close on 'Exit' is called "BossKey". The key was different ("Ctrl+`"), but I simply changed this to "Esc", and Exit to "Ctrl+Esc".


Now I will have to use my imagination if I am to come up with more wishes.  

- hmm..: No! The BossKey has a side effect; the player doesn't pop up, when a video is double-clicked.
Argh! For a moment I thought everything was perfect.
And now WordWeb will no longer close on Escape!!
Sorry I was applauding to soon!
 :(
4528
- yes, you are so right about the options interface, the design is really awful. So, one reason I am keeping SPlayer is that it took me so long to do the settings, that I can't defend to my time manager to make it wasted time!

Maybe I was calling SPlayer the more advanced version because of the Home Theater part, but I don't like that part either. However, all this is not about 'The Best' player, but about which video player is the fastest to use... once the settings have been done!
4529
... I would gladly have a hundred hotkeys less, in exchange for these minor changes.

Turns out that the only option missing is to minimize on Escape button, all the other features requested are already present!  :up:

But one has to search here and there and everywhere to find the relevant settings!

I am keeping SPlayer!  :up:
4530
In Vista and 7 when dragging the player is immediately displayed behind Windows Explorer. This is very annoying when watching tutorial series which consist of many smaller videos, Alt+Tab'ing all the time.

In MPC-HC, try right-click on the window and choose: View->On Top->While Playing

- and this will then be the same way to do it in SPlayer...


As far as I can or can't see, SPlayer and MPC-HC is one and the same program.

I guess SPlayer is the more advanced version
4531
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Office 2010 discount
« Last post by Curt on December 10, 2009, 05:34 PM »
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Seeking beta testers for SoftMaker Office 2010 for Linux
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We will start non-public beta testing of SoftMaker Office 2010 for Linux
and are looking for users interested in participating in the beta test.

If you wish to take part, please send an e-mail to [email protected]
and mention your forum user name at www.softmaker.com/forum -- all beta
discussions take place in the forum.
-SoftMaker
4532
General Software Discussion / Re: Another System Explorer
« Last post by Curt on December 10, 2009, 04:26 PM »
System Explorer 2.0 released.

- well, that was a convincing way to prove me wrong! :

... I am somehow not convinced that the author can take his program much further.
:-[

I am off to get & test.  :up:


System Explorer is available in three major versions. Version 2.0 has brand new interface and it's compatible with Windows 7. Many features were improved and bugfixed. Version 1.5 has "Task Manager" interface and works good on Windows XP/Windows Vista. Version 1.4 works on Windows 2000. Version 1.5 and 1.4 are no longer supported and maintained.

System Explorer is available in two major distributions. Installer version contains installer wizard which help you to easy install and setup the System Explorer on your system. Second distribution is Portable, which is one zip file containing all necessary files. Portable version can be extracted to any directory, flash disk, burn to CD/DVD. Portable version runs in special mode and do not make any footprints to operating system (by default).
4533
I'm not sure what the obsession is with speed, though. I'll gladly give up a second or so in launch time for the sheer humongous amount of tweaking/tuning options KMPlayer gives me.
No you wouldn't!  
 :o

Sorry for telling you what you would like, I have no right to do so. But superboyac did not ask for features or user-friendliness, or anything else than speed - in order to stop wasting time when he's walking through a collection of video files in Explorer, searching for the right one. There is no substitute for speed in such a case. If it furthermore is okay to wait another second or two, when you want to somehow edit or otherwise manage a file, then there is no need at all to have your favourite player set to also be the default player - you can merely right-click the file and make your choice.
4534
As far as I can or can't see, SPlayer and MPC-HC is one and the same program.

 :tellme:

I won't keep any of them.
4535
SPlayer has a MSN account. Its [email protected].
- thanks!  :up:
I mailed him this:

Thank you for making the fine SPlayer, and even more for offering it for free!

Feature requests:
Option to 'Close (not exit) to sys-tray, on Escape-button'.
Option to 'Do not create a playlist'.

(...)

Kind regards,

Now we will just have to wait and see. [hint] But of course the chances will grow tremendously if more people will write him[/hint]
4536
At first I was excited by/with SPlayer, but now I am reluctant... It does almost every thing, but to me it's not quite the right thing! It will not allow me to close it to the sys-tray, but will closeclose = exit. The played files are added to a playlist, and I have not yet found a way to make SPlayer 'play&forget' without this playlist being created. If I minimize to sys-tray the playlist will be remembered, meaning that I'll have to clear it all of the time.

I would gladly have a hundred hotkeys less, in exchange for these minor changes. I wonder if it will make any difference to write these people? The non-Chinese part of the potential market doesn't seem to have their interest.
4537
Superboyac: What do you want to configure in Splayer that you can't do?
Mouse button customization.  Most of these programs have options to assign functions to left-mouse, right-mouse buttons.  Also, program double-click function, etc.

SPlayer's hotkey settings includes the mouse, but is only available via Splayer HomeTheater:



hotkeys.gif






mousekey.gif
4538
post deleted, I said it wrongly
4539
...I kind of figured you meant SPlayer, ..., you might want to check it out:
http://www.splayer.org/index.en.html

- really good and fast :-)
SPlayer is only almost as fast as Light Alloy, but more stable / agile.

I am however confused / disappointed that the huge number of hotkeys SPlayer comes with  doesn't come with a common and easy to use disable button, but each hotkey must be clicked several times in the settings, in order to merely disable it. You cannot use the rest of the computer when SPlayer Home Theater is running. Even characters like "A" or "H" are hotwired per default! But maybe I didn't notice the relevant button? Or maybe the secret is to learn to differ between the two versions the user actually gets (at installation it puts two shortcuts (SPlayer and SPlayer HomeTheater) on the quick launch bar)?

4540
... Light Alloy is still slowly being developed.  However, they are doing it all in Russian.  

Have you (anyone) figured out what font the Light Alloy user will need, in order so see the proper Cyrillic characters in the program (not the site)? The titles are easy to read, but the mouse-over texts makes no meaning.
4541
General Software Discussion / Re: help needed: IE7 won't go online!
« Last post by Curt on December 07, 2009, 05:07 AM »
Problem solved!  :)

Thanks to all of you. In the end of the day, Stoic Joker hit the nail. "Always use standard connection" was clicked, but it should have been "never dial anything". So, a very special Thank You donation to the stoic Joker!  :up:
4542
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Curt on December 06, 2009, 04:42 PM »
- your electricity seems to be steady..., or is it Crisis, jumping?
4543
General Software Discussion / Re: help needed: IE7 won't go online!
« Last post by Curt on December 06, 2009, 04:31 PM »
First, I clicked Reset all settings to default (*awful*!!),  :down:
then, delete all old settings and configure a new connection,  :down:
and finally, Outpost Scan for malware.  :down:

I have found no reason why IE would want to dial, but if I am an IT-illiterate in general, I am an complete ignorant on this subject.

Had it been IE8, I could at least have uninstalled the bugger. But it is IE7 and came with Vista; there is no 'uninstall'. And if I install IE8 on top of it, it will adopt the same (wrong) settings, I assume.

I really don't know how to handle this situation.  :tellme:

and Yes, "BredbÄndsforbindelse" means 'broadband connection'.

I have tried both with and without "register settings automatically"
 :tellme:
4544
General Software Discussion / help needed: IE7 won't go online!
« Last post by Curt on December 06, 2009, 09:56 AM »
Problem solved  :)

-----
I know, I know: Don't touch any important settings when you're stressed or tired, Curt. But somehow I did. I have no memory of which setting I may have changed, but the bloody result is that my Internet Explorer 7 won't connect to the Internet. And following IE, also Outlook and a lot of other programs are refusing to do their jobs. Furthermore it is impossible to install any giveawayoftheday-programs; my defaults are Firefox and Thunderbird, which both are working fine, but most programs going on-line seems to follow Internet Explorer's settings.

The problems begin with this box I never have seen before, popping up. Somehow it makes me think that my IE wants to become airborne and go wireless !?? But I have a fixed connection, always on-line.

Unfortunately I can only show you the Danish text boxes:

001.gif


002.gif


Vista knows that I am on-line:

003.gif


004.gif


005.gif


006.gif



If needed, you must ask me for specific settings, as I know next to nothing about this subject.
Anyone, please?  :tellme:
4545
Living Room / Re: What annoys you to no end?
« Last post by Curt on December 04, 2009, 10:00 AM »
 ;D
4546
Does Carol or anyone else (still) use SoundTaxi ? My reason for asking is that the Suite will be on Bits du Jour & Daily Deals on Monday December 07 2009 for $24 instead of $60, but I am quite busy the next couple of days so I might not have the time to test it. It seems to want to compete with AudialsOne, which I like, but does it work all right?

http://www.soundtaxi.info/
SoundTaxi editions comparison table: http://www.soundtaxi.../select_edition.html


http://www.bitsdujou...undtaxi-media-suite/
http://daily-deals.i...undtaxi-media-suite/
4547
Is it the 'Save as...' box only or the entire Firefox that will close on you?
4548
Found Deals and Discounts / True Launch Bar on sale
« Last post by Curt on December 04, 2009, 03:02 AM »
email from Yuri Kobets:


True Launch Bar at 50% Discount

We're excited to announce that Tordex will soon ( TODAY and tomorrow! ) be featuring True Launch Bar on Bits du Jour, a 'deal-of-the-day' website that offers fantastic, one-time discounts on a variety of great products.  Bits du Jour will be offering True Launch Bar on Friday 4 December, 2009 at the dramatically reduced price of $9.95. The normal purchase price for True Launch Bar is $19.90!

If you have any friends or family members who might be interested in True Launch Bar please let them know about this sale. We can't afford to offer this kind of discount often, and it will only be available on Bits du Jour for 2 days only. Just tell them to visit http://www.bitsdujour.com on Friday 4 December, 2009 to get True Launch Bar for $9.95.

http://www.bitsdujou...are/true-launch-bar/

---

I have been told it will work on Windows 7 as well
4549
- then your Spanish must be as good as my English  ;D
4550
General Software Discussion / Re: ProcessMonitor 1.1 released by SysInternals
« Last post by Curt on December 03, 2009, 03:28 AM »
Process Monitor is now at version 2.8. I have not been able to find what changes have been done, from 2.7.

Runs on:
    * Client: Windows XP SP2 and higher.
    * Server: Windows Server 2003 SP1 and higher.


Introduction

Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.

Overview of Process Monitor Capabilities:

Process Monitor includes powerful monitoring and filtering capabilities, including:

    * More data captured for operation input and output parameters
    * Non-destructive filters allow you to set filters without losing data
    * Capture of thread stacks for each operation make it possible in many cases to identify the root cause of an operation
    * Reliable capture of process details, including image path, command line, user and session ID
    * Configurable and moveable columns for any event property
    * Filters can be set for any data field, including fields not configured as columns
    * Advanced logging architecture scales to tens of millions of captured events and gigabytes of log data
    * Process tree tool shows relationship of all processes referenced in a trace
    * Native log format preserves all data for loading in a different Process Monitor instance
    * Process tooltip for easy viewing of process image information
    * Detail tooltip allows convenient access to formatted data that doesn't fit in the column
    * Cancellable search
    * Boot time logging of all operations

The best way to become familiar with Process Monitor's features is to read through the help file and then visit each of its menu items and options on a live system.

http://technet.micro...bb896645(en-us).aspx
http://majorgeeks.co...s_Monitor_d5553.html
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