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Living Room / Impressive juggler

« Last post by MerleOne on February 08, 2010, 06:53 AM »

Hi,
I usually don't pay much attention to juggler performances, but this one catched my attention (seen in a Best of Youtube Selection) :
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=RQimgPVXE1o

This guy is really talented (unless he has a friend who is a CGI wizard).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Macrium Household license pack (4 PC)

« Last post by MerleOne on February 07, 2010, 12:42 PM »

It's on https://www.regnow.c...ell.cgi?item=17447-5 (50% discount)

About Macrium licensing policy, I found on their support forum that one get free updates for all minor versions (4.x), and that the next major version will be free if the purchase of the current version occurs three months before or less.

Version 5 was supposed to be released by the end of 2009.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)

« Last post by MerleOne on February 07, 2010, 08:29 AM »

No, there isn't (at least from Boot Snooze).  There are several ways to auto-login to your computer, though.  TweakUI is one...but that decision is up to you.

-skwire (February 07, 2010, 08:21 AM)

OK, thanks for the clarification.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)

« Last post by MerleOne on February 07, 2010, 04:13 AM »

Hi, I have a question : when I activate BootSnooze, after reboot, my XP Home PC stays on the logon screen and doesn't hibernate.  Its only when I log on that the bootsnooze window opens and hibernation starts after the set up delay. Is there a way to still get the hibernation without logging on ?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: PuranDefrag V7 now free for home use

« Last post by MerleOne on February 05, 2010, 04:13 AM »

Hi,

Could you clarity what you mean by "CrystalMark likes it" : you perform a before defrag /after defrag comparison and check for differences in the benchmark result ?  Or is it something else ?  Thanks.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by MerleOne on February 05, 2010, 01:48 AM »

v1.0.2 - 2010-02-04
    + Added configurable delay before hibernating/standby.
    + Added configurable delay before rebooting.  (Thanks, MerleOne)
 (see attachment in previous post)

-skwire (February 04, 2010, 09:19 PM)

Thanks for making it real !

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by MerleOne on February 03, 2010, 07:49 AM »

Sure, it's possible.  Could you give me a scenario where this would be necessary, though?  What I mean is...this app is meant to be used when you're done with everything and ready to reboot.

-skwire (February 03, 2010, 06:51 AM)

For instance, when I leave home in the morning, I put my XP desktop in hibernation, it wakes up just before I get home.  This morning, I had a huge download to perform, and had either to stop it and hibernate OR to leave it running.  With BootSnooze, I could have asked for a reboot/hibernate in 3 hours time, then, when coming home, my PC would just resume from hibernation and the download would have been complete.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by MerleOne on February 03, 2010, 06:20 AM »

would it be possible to add a timer so that the reboot (then the hibernation) only starts after a given time ?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software support - am I losing my mind?

« Last post by MerleOne on February 01, 2010, 09:33 AM »

Ummm... time for a new password manager? 

-wraith808 (January 28, 2010, 04:30 PM)

Tk8Safe ?  http://www.tk8.com/safe/

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by MerleOne on January 29, 2010, 01:23 PM »

could it be cause you're only supposed to get one license per person?
When I got it it, after making payment, it asked me to fill in name again in order to get the plus key. It then said there was a problem with cookies & that it couldn't figure out was I looking for winpatrol or the Taskcatcher and gave me a page where I could choose.

-tomos (January 29, 2010, 11:13 AM)

Nope, Bill has changed his offer and now it's up to 2 licenses / user.  And I used a different PC.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by MerleOne on January 29, 2010, 11:09 AM »

I had a strange issue when ordering my 2nd license : I got a TaskCatcher license instead.  Bill sent me manually the correct license when I notified him.  I did the order process another time, more slowly, and guess what : another TC license...

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Found Deals and Discounts / PuranDefrag V7 now free for home use

« Last post by MerleOne on January 29, 2010, 07:28 AM »

It's on http://www.puransoft...Defrag-Download.html (seen first on Raymond.cc). I highly recommend it.

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Living Room / Re: External harddisk broken?

« Last post by MerleOne on January 27, 2010, 08:41 AM »

You may try to recover files using Atola PFM : http://findandmount.com/

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Found Deals and Discounts / DeadDiskDoctor : pay what you want

« Last post by MerleOne on January 27, 2010, 08:35 AM »

It's on http://www.deaddiskdoctor.com/

DDD is a file recovery software that aims at recovering data from damaged media (HDD, CD, DVD).  There is a trial version available AFAIK.  Also, note that the software locks itself onto the hardware for which you have ordered the license (you generate your H/W ID with the software, send it to the developer and get your license key).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by MerleOne on January 26, 2010, 01:38 AM »

I just hope Bill's server won't overload...

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Found Deals and Discounts / WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by MerleOne on January 25, 2010, 06:07 AM »

Goto http://billpstudios....e-experiment-of.html ((Seen on Raymond.cc forum)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: IsoBuster on Bits du Jour on 23d Jan. 2010: Recover Files From Damaged CDs

« Last post by MerleOne on January 23, 2010, 03:42 AM »

Actually is goes beyond file recovery.  You may also extract files from .iso images (not a unique feature, but still useful).

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General Software Discussion / Re: AVAST! 5 released

« Last post by MerleOne on January 22, 2010, 08:23 AM »

<Run Mcafees uninstaller http://service.mcafee.com...Document.aspx?id=TS100507 after add/remove session. Or run it instead, not sure what is most correct. Either way, Mcafee must be completely gone.>

Thanks for the uninstaller link !  Unfortunately it yields to : http://service.mcafee.com/Error.aspx

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bioshock 2 with free Bioshock

« Last post by MerleOne on January 22, 2010, 06:11 AM »

I bought Bioshock V1 for 5€ during Xmas, but just to realize that my graphic card is totally unable to display it...

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General Software Discussion / Re: AVAST! 5 released

« Last post by MerleOne on January 22, 2010, 06:09 AM »

Hi,
Does it work well with Win7 ?  I have to remove an expired McAfee version and I am considering either this new Avast or Avira Free Edition.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help back the Registry of this particular GOTD.

« Last post by MerleOne on January 21, 2010, 08:30 AM »

I think the registration is within the GAOTD installer itself.  But that's just a guess.  So you may have to install it today on all the PC where you want it.  Or wait for the next GAOTD, or find an equivalent like Glary's.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Collectorz.com... again!

« Last post by MerleOne on January 21, 2010, 02:06 AM »

It relies on Amazon databases.  The webcam bar code scanner is working really well, but for just a few input, I prefer to type the barcode, it's quicker than installing my webcam.

You can very easily add your own scans (I prefer to look into google images and pick the one that suits me, when possible).

When you buy it, you get a license for 2 PCs (it requires online activation).  Manual data entry is sometimes a bit strange, but when you get past that, it's really very efficient.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Collectorz.com... again!

« Last post by MerleOne on January 20, 2010, 08:47 AM »

 I switched to Mediaman a while ago, that handles all (physical) media (books, DVD, CD, games, cartoons) in a very nice way.  If you want to change, just try it.  The barcode scanner that can be used with a simple Webcam is a plus when you have tons of media to index.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: IsoBuster on Bits du Jour on 23d Jan. 2010: Recover Files From Damaged CDs

« Last post by MerleOne on January 20, 2010, 08:45 AM »

I bought a license a while ago and it's one of my favourite tools.  I use it mainly for transfering video files burned on my video recorder onto a DVD-RAM to my PC.  Burned DVD have usually a few errors, and a regular copy fails.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« Last post by MerleOne on January 18, 2010, 09:14 PM »

Found this in a PC Mag :
http://www.inkgard.com/?_pe_=5