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Found Deals and Discounts / A-Data USB 3.0 32 GB flash drive

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 23, 2011, 06:09 PM »

I bought this drive when newly released priced in the $60 range. I just spotted it for $43 with free US shipping at SuperMediaStore:

http://www.supermedi...;max=15&offset=0

Even plugged into a USB 2.0 port I get 24 MB/s write speed with this.  Plugged into a USB 3.0 port I get writes in the 35 MB/s range. The only "flaw" I've found so far is if you absolutely have to see flashing LED, this isn't for you.

I very much like that it's solid body. No "sliding guts" design.  The cap pops off but you can snap it onto the tail end.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: MakeMKV beta 1.6.15

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 23, 2011, 05:55 PM »

MakeMKV beta 1.6.15 released.  Still in "free beta" mode.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Toggle Touch Screen

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 22, 2011, 05:11 PM »

Good find, MilesAhead.  If it turns out to be as simple as starting and stopping a service, that would be a piece of cake to code.

@ebennetthill: Could you please check your services control panel (Start, Run box, services.msc) list for a Touch Input service of some sort?  I don't have a Win7 tablet so I'm not sure of the exact name you'll be looking for.  Once you've found that, stop the service and check your functionality.  Then start the service again and see if the functionality returns.  Let us know what you find.  Thanks.

-skwire (September 22, 2011, 04:55 PM)

I should have saved the url, but I was looking for the applet name.  Iirc the person said he had to first set the service to Manual before he could toggle it off and on. Don't know why that would be.  I don't have one to try it myself.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Toggle Touch Screen

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 22, 2011, 03:00 PM »

This sounds like a really good idea to me.  Maybe you can try to find if the control panel item has any documentation somewhere that would explain WHAT it actually does when it disables touch screen interaction.

-mouser (September 22, 2011, 01:28 PM)

I looked in the usual lists of control panel applet names.  Nothing for touch screen.  I see skwire found the registry setting though.

I did see on one board somebody setting the touch screen service to manual.  Supposedly then it could be stopped and started.  In that case sc.exe service control may be all that's needed to toggle it.  Of course the machine is needed to try it.  Still may need to send the notification msg if the system doesn't do it for you.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 21, 2011, 03:41 PM »

I've heard from a bunch of people on various forums that it works on their machines.  But I've tried it on both my machines and not found it stable.

I don't really understand why they try to lock away the Explorer background color setting.  To recover from an emergency, like some dude setting the text and background color the same, all they'd need is a panic button on the ToolBar to reset those colors to default. Not exactly rocket science.

In fact in the theme settings for dialogs you can set background and text color the same.  They don't stop you from messing it up there.  No rhyme to the reason that I can see.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 20, 2011, 06:29 PM »

I tried those folder background apps. To get a flat color you need to use an image.  One I did that looked pretty good was a paper texture from Photofiltre.  But it won't put it in root directory of a drive, and it goes in and out. I haven't found one that's stable on my systems.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 20, 2011, 03:14 PM »

I'm using Apophysis7X.

Your details view looks good.
I also found I could set background generally for apps such as editors and browsers, globally using this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors

in the right pane set
"Window" to the RGB value

But of course in their wisdom MS didn't extend that to explorer.  Would have avoided a lot of hacked systems as I think the thing most people want to change in the Explorer background color.  Bright white bites!

I tried changing some of my Explorer launching code to allow specifying a 3rd party file manager that is more configurable.  Trouble is since Explorer is already in memory and designed to be cloned it's way faster off the dime than 3rd party file manager apps when you ShellExecute it.  Throws all the timing off to the point it's not worth it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 19, 2011, 04:56 PM »

Speaking of QTTabBar, I use fractal flames with black background as wallpaper.  The contrast with the Explorer white background produces a "glare effect" that's annoying.  I've tried themes with the shell dll, folder background changer apps etc.. None have been satisfactory for me(if they produce a nice result they are usually not stable. Log off = Aero gone etc..)

I got this effect using QTTabBar 1.5.0.0 Beta 2, with details view grid lines background color. btw the color I used is Cornsilk 2 (RGB 238-232-205)

The limitation is it only works for details view.  Tiles view when you open Computer to see your drives the white glare is there.



I've been lobbying on SourceForge to add another background button to allow coloring of the intermittent white lines.  But they either cannot do it and don't want to say so or just don't want to hear it.  But at least this is stable for me and reduces the "glare" quite a bit.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chromium cookie control

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 19, 2011, 03:33 PM »

The only problem I have with Incognito mode is that it doesn't remember my cookies so I have to login all the time.

-Deozaan (September 19, 2011, 03:47 AM)

That was probably it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chromium cookie control

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 18, 2011, 05:08 PM »

Maybe I'm being daft, but what about Incognito mode and Ghostery?

-Deozaan (September 18, 2011, 02:01 AM)

I haven't tried those except in cursory fashion. All I'm looking to do is avoid picking up lame cookies. The way I have it now seems to work fairly well.  I tried to log in to sites that don't work well with LastPass AutoLogin and let them save the permanent cookies.

Then I switched to save for session only, and white listed a bunch. I think I tried Incognito for about 10 seconds as it gave me hassles right away.  Don't remember exactly as it was a month or so ago.

From what I hear the author of WinPatrol is going to switch from cookie filters to white listing and blocking everything that's not in the white list.  The tracking cookies change name too often for the filters to be effective.  But I guess he's still sorting out difficulties produced by Hurricane Irene.

LastPass AutoLogin works well for most sites.  Now and then places like AutoIt3 Forums have a funky login dialog that defeats it. For those sites I create the permanent cookies.

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General Software Discussion / A couple of free Gui front ends for XCopy

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 18, 2011, 04:28 PM »

Links to a couple of free Gui front ends for XCopy.

The first is in AutoIt3

http://www.autoitscr.../page__fromsearch__1

Each check box has the description rather than the actual switch.  All the action takes place in the Gui. (Edit: not quite.  Shows a progress bar for setting the options then generates a command prompt. I tried it once and it seemed to work. It does check the target for sufficient space before copying.)


The second is an .hta script

http://www.sevenforu...a-93.html#post656362

I recommend the modification I noted on that thread.  It provides BrowseForFolder with the edit line rather than forcing you to click down the tree.  This is the Tech Republic .hta script. The check boxes show the actual switches.  But mouse hover gives tooltip explanations.  It generates an XCopy command line rather than showing progress in the Gui.

If you only use xcopy occasionally you may find them useful.
A bit easier to read the switch descriptions than off the command line help display.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Hall of Fame

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2011, 04:29 PM »

I don't remember the name of the word processor that came with my Leading Edge XT Clone. But it made heavy use of the Function Keys.

-MilesAhead (September 16, 2011, 03:30 PM)

Wasn't that WordPerfect 5.1? It was controlled by functionkeys almost 100%

-Ath (September 16, 2011, 03:43 PM)

It wasn't a name brand. Just some no-name Dos word processor. They may have thrown it in because we bought a dot matrix printer at the same time.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Hall of Fame

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2011, 03:30 PM »

There's a certain retro charm that older wordprocessors possess - the wordprocessor that always springs to mind is the one Peter Coyote used in Bitter Moon. I remember searching for it on the Intertubes, with little luck.

-nosh (September 16, 2011, 04:31 AM)

I don't remember the name of the word processor that came with my Leading Edge XT Clone. But it made heavy use of the Function Keys.  Being an XT Clone, the 10 Function Keys were on the left side. I could sneak my left pinky over and hit the keys without moving my hand from "home row."  I like getting the dedicated arrow and number pads. But I hate the Function Keys being on top.  There's no way to press 'em without losing hand position on the keyboard. Well, if you're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar then maybe.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Simple "overlay" to CHM (Help) file which allows highlighting, annotation

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 16, 2011, 03:24 PM »

One virtue of .chm is it is compiled html pages.  You can use free Html Help Workshop to decompile into html pages.  You can then use whatever tools will work on html. Change images or annotate them, etc..  Then recompile to .chm help.

One nice thing lost in the switch from .hlp help was the .hlp compiler let you create hot spots with tool tips. You could hover the mouse over a section of an image and get tooltip help.  But Html Help has its advantages too.

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General Software Discussion / Chromium cookie control

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 15, 2011, 08:58 PM »

I'm wondering if anyone has figured out chrome/chromium cookie control?

Here's my dilemma. If I set Content Settings: allow local data to be set,
then I end up with tracking cookies. I tried WinPatrol to filter them out,
but the names keep changing to circumvent the filter.

I have LastPass set to AutoLogin for sites I use all the time.  But that is still annoying.

If I try to defeat the tracking cookies by using Content Settings: allow local data for this session only, and have a white list of the sites I use all the time, most of them will still trigger LastPass to AutoLogin every time I restart the browser.  They have permanent cookies, but they won't see them because of the "this session only" setting.

Seems I'm damned if I do and between a rock and a hard spot if I don't.  Aaarrggg!!!

Somebody someplace must know the work-around?

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General Software Discussion / Re: FavesSoft Site Stream-lined

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 13, 2011, 05:59 PM »

Looks better streamlined.

Although I still think you should consider something like the Website Baker CMS, which a few DC members use, like skwire and justice.

-mouser (September 13, 2011, 05:02 PM)

I have the whole thing as a PsPad project. It's easy to maintain. I don't really see the value of making it look like other sites. It's work for no gain for one thing.

I'm not familiar with that tool but other "wysiwyg page editors" I've tried tend to insert about 800 "&nbsp"s into the source. I'd rather just do it long hand.

Another consideration is many people download via Softpedia or other sites and never even see the page. They click the download button or use "Check For Updates" from the Tray Menu and the zip is fetched from my site. Seems like wasted effort to put much into it esp. since I have no ambitions as a web developer. I've yet to see another site that looks like it, good or bad.  Maybe if something is uniquely bad it's "art?"  heh heh

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General Software Discussion / FavesSoft Site Stream-lined

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 13, 2011, 04:58 PM »

If you visit my site you may want to hit the refresh button a few times or flush your cache. I got rid of the superfluous horizontal navigation bar. I removed some obsolete titles. I also left a few because I'm lazy today.  But anyway, one vertical nav bar does it all now.  The only link that sort of "hangs off" is for Wallpapers.  None of my stuff rivals DeviantArt anyway.  I'll just let it hang for now.

http://www.favessoft.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: software that erases all unused xp files.............

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 11, 2011, 12:38 AM »

It would be complicated to automate since there's not really a documented list of dependencies that I know of.  A different approach may be to create a stream-lined installer.  This site may be of interest:

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

If you hunt around you can find forums with custom scripts and help configuring them to your liking. I believe it depends on your particular set up if you can create a complete installer just from the files on your system partition.  Some OEMs put all the system files you need and some don't.

But check forums for particulars.  I did it once just to strip out games to make an installer for a Virtual Machine.  If you don't try to strip out too much stuff then it's not too difficult to get a working installer that's lean.  If you get too ambitious removing things you can end up with an install that doesn't function.  I'd recommend against trying to remove Internet Explorer from the install.  Too many things expect it to be there including the OS installer.

You may find it easier just to let it install, then remove it later. Of course if you are an avid IE user then it's moot.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Transpose 2.1.5.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 09, 2011, 09:56 PM »

Transpose 2.1.5.0 Added EditPadLite 7 to "EditorsGroup."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fairware: an interesting experiment in getting paid for Open Source

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 09, 2011, 09:53 PM »

"Do what you love and the money will follow"

Well, it worked for Willie Sutton.

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General Software Discussion / Re: New Folder 2 2.1.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 09, 2011, 09:20 PM »

New Folder 2   2.1.0.0 Added Change Hotkey command to Tray Menu.

See the Readme for link to AHK hotkey format reference.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FolderCache 6.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 08, 2011, 01:56 PM »

FolderCache 6.0.1.0 Fixed bug closing mouse handler when main app closes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FolderCache 6.0.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 07, 2011, 11:42 PM »

FolderCache 6.0.0.0 Added Tray Menu Option to middle mouse click on Desktop to open the PopUp Window. (Recommend left clicking mouse on Desktop first to insure Desktop is the "active" window.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: New Folder 2 2.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 06, 2011, 06:31 PM »

I'd tried an older version, before the hotkey handler.  Ran fine, but I probably only tested it on the desktop... can't recall for sure.
 
In any case, it's all good now.

-nosh (September 06, 2011, 05:05 PM)

The old version used a "trick" suggested in AutoIt3 help. It disables the hotkey, uses Send to send the key, then enables again.  Turns out it doesn't work correctly when programs like editors that have accelerator keys, have the focus.

It touched of a discussion about how to accomplish the equivalent of AHK #IfWinActive in AutoIt3. Turns out there's a user written hotkey library that handles class situations but I still don't think it has the Mouse hotkey support that AHK does.  AHK must do it themselves in the base engine because every time I tried the Hotkey WinAPIs from C++ nothing to do with the mouse ever worked.

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General Software Discussion / Re: New Folder 2 2.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on September 06, 2011, 04:47 PM »

The best is a decent filemanager, but MilesAhead's solution is decent for those who stick to explorer.

+1 - though it's not very convenient if you don't have your file manager running and want to create a quick folder on the desktop. I've written an AHK script using the same shortcut I use within X2 (F12), that only runs when the focus is on the desktop or the taskbar/start menu. I pass the current date+time as the default folder name.

BTW, Miles, your program ran fine on XP.

-nosh (September 06, 2011, 04:42 PM)

Thank you.  Part of the fun of the hotkey stuff is fixing little oversights. Like when I got Vista pre SP1 Control-Enter did not open selected folder(s) in a new window like XP.  Drove me nuts.  Easy to fix with a hotkey.