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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for: Stability - System - Stress Test to run in Windows

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 12, 2009, 08:04 PM »

Claus of Grand Stream Dreams reviewed System Stress Testing Suites earlier this year. Here's a quick rundown:

Bart’s Stuff Test 5 – (freeware) -- for heavy stress testing of storage devices.

Memtest86 - (freeware) –- for off-line booting of a system and memory checking of installed RAM.

Memtest86+ - (freeware) –- the other bootable memory tester system.

Inquisitor – (open-source) -- for hardware testing and certification system, suitable for both enterprise and home use, customizable, modular and available in both serverless Live CD/DVD format and server-controlled network boot production system.

Phoronix Test Suite - Linux Testing & Benchmarking Platform - (freeware) –- the Test Suite is the most comprehensive testing and benchmarking platform available for the Linux operating system. This software is designed to effectively carry out both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks in a clean, reproducible, and easy-to-use manner.

Phoronix Test Suite LiveCD – Still a work in progress and may not match the current release version of Phoronix proper.  Should allow the curious to experiment with the features safely before deciding if they want to go to the full local installed package.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Desktop Teleporter

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 12, 2009, 07:40 PM »

Try MoveOut v1.2.

-skrommel (April 07, 2007, 12:09 PM)

ghacks.net wrote about skrommel's MoveOut in Move Files Automatically.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Sort files into folders based on type

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 12, 2009, 09:48 AM »

ghacks.net wrote about ILikeToMoveIt. Read Sort Files Folders Automatically.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Liberated Games..

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 10, 2009, 09:17 PM »

underdogs has been my favorite for old games:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/

-jpfx (August 13, 2005, 07:09 PM)

Link changed to http://www.hotud.org/

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Living Room / Re: crisis of credit visualized by Jonathan Jarvis

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 10, 2009, 08:34 PM »

what about those of us who are already well into being incredibly angry?

-mouser (April 10, 2009, 11:09 AM)

Many are already... see nationwide protest. Planned Demonstrations by State here

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Living Room / Re: Conficker - The Facts

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 10, 2009, 08:26 PM »

Conficker  is also downloading a fake antivirus named SpywareProtect2009. More @ http://www.viruslist...g?weblogid=208187666

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free support ends for Windows XP and MS Office 2003

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 10, 2009, 07:38 PM »

Day 2: still waiting for a reply. Second e-mail sent.

-40hz (April 10, 2009, 12:05 PM)

For better service, please pay a Bill at the pearly gates.

-cranioscopical (April 10, 2009, 02:22 PM)

 

I guess support ended way long before April 8, 2009.

The gates are closed for maintenance, look for a Gateway.

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: keydb

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 10, 2009, 05:59 AM »

Keydb is now a try before you buy shareware linited to 10 records. New Websire is @ http://www.softsoup.com/.

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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: Does GridMove Work With Windows XP x64?

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 10, 2009, 02:37 AM »

^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

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Living Room / Re: Start Menu Misbehaving (Or: Another Stupid Question From Daniel)

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 11:51 AM »

Okay, I've noticed something else. Whenever I mouse over a window it automatically focuses on that window. When I move it away, the focus leaves. I haven't made any mouse changes except for its speed. What now?

-siouxdax (April 09, 2009, 11:43 AM)

Do you have TweakUI installed?

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Living Room / Re: Start Menu Misbehaving (Or: Another Stupid Question From Daniel)

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 11:50 AM »

Start, Run, type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll, and press OK and the same for this command regsvr32 ole32.dll (you may have to restart to see if that fix the problem.)

-PhilB66 (April 09, 2009, 10:40 AM)

Okay, I ran both of those, but still have the same issue.

-siouxdax (April 09, 2009, 11:29 AM)

A restart might help.

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Living Room / Re: Start Menu Misbehaving (Or: Another Stupid Question From Daniel)

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 11:13 AM »

Executing the commands will re-register shell32.dll and ole32.dll. You may backup but it's not really necessary as these dlls were installed with Windows.

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Living Room / Re: Start Menu Misbehaving (Or: Another Stupid Question From Daniel)

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 10:40 AM »

Start, Run, type regsvr32 /i shell32.dll, and press OK and the same for this command regsvr32 ole32.dll (you may have to restart to see if that fix the problem.)

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Living Room / Re: Start Menu Misbehaving (Or: Another Stupid Question From Daniel)

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 09:53 AM »

Did you check "Enable Dragging and Dropping" Option in your start menu properties?

Scratch that.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA : sort files within folder/subfolder for later burning on DVD

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 04:44 AM »

Also check out SizeMe (mentioned before on the forums but can't find the thread)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA : sort files within folder/subfolder for later burning on DVD

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 09, 2009, 04:41 AM »

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=12649.0

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Sort files into folders based on type

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 08, 2009, 11:44 PM »

Note: Dekstop Teleporter link is down atm..

-lanux128 (April 08, 2009, 11:32 PM)

A mirror download link @ http://www.softpedia...Download-100095.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free support ends for Windows XP and MS Office 2003

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 08, 2009, 11:35 AM »

Not entirely correct... Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 is until July 2010

more @ http://support.micro...efault.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];lifesupsps


Support for the following will end on April 14, 2009:

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86) Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86) Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86) Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86) Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86) Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86) Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition Service Pack 0
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition Service Pack 1
System Center Essentials 2007 Service Pack 0

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 10:11 PM »

I think I found him... nsfw

Spoiler

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Living Room / Re: Misbehaving Tray Icon

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 06:47 PM »

It's a .reg file on line 54. Just right click on it and then "save as.." to your desktop. Just backup the registry before running the scripts and merging the information in the .reg file if it makes you feel at ease.

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Living Room / Re: Misbehaving Tray Icon

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 06:23 PM »

PhilB66: I'm not sure I follow you. But then, I'm in dire need of some sleep. I think I'll wait and tackle this issue tomorrow if it's all the same to you.

-siouxdax (April 07, 2009, 06:14 PM)

Was just trying to ease your concern about running the scripts.

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Living Room / Re: Misbehaving Tray Icon

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 06:09 PM »

PastIconsFlusher (scroll down to bottom of page) does the same as "Remove Past Items From Notification Area" script.

PastIconsFlusher is a tiny open-source program which quickly and effectively clears the Past Notifications Area in the Customize Notifications area in Windows XP and Windows Vista. It does this by deleting two registry keys and restarting Windows Explorer; this is done in as safe a manner as possible.

The second script will hide/unhide "Inactive Icons" in the "Notification Area"

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Living Room / Re: Misbehaving Tray Icon

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 05:28 PM »

http://www.kellys-ko...xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (download and run both scripts on line 53, when done, restart explorer and run the "Save Settings on Exit" script from line 54)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: MouseLocater - automatic highlight cursor when mouse is moved again

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 07:09 AM »

MouseMark

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to help you quit smoking?

« Last post by PhilB66 on April 07, 2009, 02:16 AM »

http://www.google.co...e=utf-8&oe=utf-8