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Living Room / Re: Google Photo: Query/s re related info
« Last post by ayryq on January 23, 2018, 11:14 AM »
ExifTool might do this automatically? I haven't tested it but see the following thread:
http://u88.n24.queen...dex.php?topic=8154.0

And get the executable from:
http://owl.phy.queen...u.ca/~phil/exiftool/

To clarify: What the command-line ExifTool will do is read the description from the json file(s), and write it to the metadata attached to the picture(s). Then you'll have to find another program that lets you view them together (though this should be easy).
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UrlSnooper / Re: Help finding stream URL link
« Last post by ayryq on January 22, 2018, 01:45 PM »
Try these:

94.9:
http://17253.live.st...m:3690/WOGGFMAAC.aac

104.3
http://17603.live.st...orld.com/WOGIAAC.aac

103.5
http://17603.live.st...ld.com/WLYIFMAAC.aac

92.1
http://17253.live.st...ld.com/WKPLFMAAC.aac

99.3
http://17603.live.st...ld.com/WPKLFMAAC.aac
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General Software Discussion / Re: Need some (security/virus-related) advice.
« Last post by ayryq on December 11, 2017, 03:22 PM »
Do you think a windows 10 "refresh" would accomplish this?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Need some (security/virus-related) advice.
« Last post by ayryq on December 11, 2017, 11:54 AM »
Actually I think he'll be served perfectly well with a notebook with passwords written down. I love KeePass but I don't see my Dad dealing with such a system.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Need some (security/virus-related) advice.
« Last post by ayryq on December 11, 2017, 10:33 AM »
Hope you're right, Jesse.

Eric
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General Software Discussion / Re: Need some (security/virus-related) advice.
« Last post by ayryq on December 11, 2017, 10:15 AM »
Just talked to Dad, expressed my concerns. He's still not worried - it's been a few months and nothing bad has happened -- no weird charges or anything. He did pay $100 to get his computer "fixed" and he didn't recognize the company that showed up on his credit card bill. I asked if he could recall what happened while the scammer was logged in to teamviewer and he couldn't remember anything other than "it took awhile".

Dad kept all his passwords for things in a file probably called passwords.doc or something. So the scammer definitely has his credit card, name, phone number, and might have his login info for literally every account he has (though not his SSN unless they got it through a keylogger or something)

I told him to print the passwords file, delete it, and then change his passwords, but I won't be able to look at his PC until Wednesday.

Hopefully the $100 was all they were after - although I'd really like to know what they were doing in teamviewer for "awhile"

And I can't get Dad to feel any sort of concern about this! It's "no big deal," ancient history, no problem.

My brother suggested he put some recipes in his passwords.doc file. Maybe save his passwords in recipes.doc. That'll foil them!
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General Software Discussion / Need some (security/virus-related) advice.
« Last post by ayryq on December 11, 2017, 07:15 AM »
Hi everyone.
I was visiting my parents house last week and noticed an icon for "Teamviewer" on my dad's desktop. I asked him about it and he said that he had called support after his computer froze a few months ago, and they had him install it so they could fix his computer. Did he call Lenovo? I asked, and he said no, he thought it was Microsoft. What number did he call? the number that came up on the screen when it froze. He was dismissive (embarrassed?) and said not to worry about it.

But I'm still worried about it. My hunch is that his "locked up" computer was really just a full-screen website and he was taken in by somebody. I didn't ask if he gave anyone money for this...

My question for you: if I have the opportunity to check out his computer, what should I check for? This is Windows 10 and additionally he has Malwarebytes installed. What might someone have done while having complete access to his computer (via teamviewer) and how can I find it?

Nervously,
Eric
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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?
« Last post by ayryq on December 10, 2017, 07:13 AM »
Possibly vaguely related:

I tried PDFXchange a couple of years ago, and found no shortcuts for getting various views of a page. Adobe Reader isn't super in that direction, but does have
  • Ctrl+1 for page width
  • Ctrl+3 for content width (margins removed from view)
  • Alt+LeftArrow for previous 'view'
  • and still mainly supports mouse zoom: Ctrl+Spacebar[+Alt] Click and drag for zooming in and out
It no longer uses Ctrl+0 to show full page (edit// I may be wrong there but pretty sure they had that as the full-page view shortcut)

But, certainly in the past, none of the aternatives gave much keyboard support for view/zoom-level
-tomos (December 10, 2017, 06:44 AM)

PDF Xchange (viewer v2.5) has similar shortcuts
Ctrl-0 Actual Size
Ctrl-1 Fit Page
Ctrl-2 Fit Width
Alt-Right/Left next/previous view This is documented but doesn't work for me.

Additionally PDF-XChange allows custom keyboard shortcuts for every command in the program via the "Customize Toolbars" window including e.g. zoom levels

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General Software Discussion / Re: So, what pdf reader app is your fav?
« Last post by ayryq on December 08, 2017, 11:39 AM »
I use PDF Xchange like many of you. Am I the only one that, every year or so, finds an entry somewhere (Program Files, Registry, Add/remove...) for "Tracker Software" and freaks out a little bit?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommended Windows 10 app - "Dynamic Theme"
« Last post by ayryq on November 14, 2017, 03:47 PM »
Copy elsewhere and rename all to *.jpg to save/use/view normally.
-Stoic Joker (November 14, 2017, 03:38 PM)

I happened upon that page while trying to solve this problem--it's pretty worthless, only describing how to switch from Windows Spotlight to using your own pictures. You've found a way to relocate the lock screen pictures to use them as a slide show. The app I've just found does that same thing, automatically, and continually downloads and displays new images.

I'm no fan of doing anything at all through the Windows Store, nor of having programs running all the time. However this one seems to work really well, with minimal fuss and with minimal overhead (currently using .1 MB RAM and no CPU).
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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommended Windows 10 app - "Dynamic Theme"
« Last post by ayryq on November 14, 2017, 11:22 AM »
I don't believe either of your apps do anything to the lock screen, or I'd switch :)

I just found another feature, if you like the photography: Dynamic Theme lets you scroll back through past "Spotlight" images to find any you'd like to save, even if you missed them.

And I wanted to direct-link the author's website (in French)
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General Software Discussion / Recommended Windows 10 app - "Dynamic Theme"
« Last post by ayryq on November 14, 2017, 08:39 AM »
I found this app today and thought I'd share it here.

The problem which I was trying to solve was the removal of the click-bait captions on the Windows 10 lock screen pictures. Windows downloads these (often beautiful) images for the lock screen but then covers them with these little spammy captions/links like "You'll never believe where this island is..." and baloney like that. I thought i might find a registry key or something to get rid of these, but I failed—it seems the only option was to stop using Spotlight, instead choosing my own pictures for the lock screen.

Until I found the app (I'm using the shortened word intentionally) "Dynamic Theme". It's available, free, from the Windows App Store. It has no ads or anything.

What this app does is download (from somewhere...) either the Bing or Windows Spotlight image each day, and set it as your lock screen or desktop background. So it acts as a normal picture (indeed if you check in the windows settings it is set to "Picture") This means no more silly captions; the ability to set these pictures to the desktop wallpaper is a nice bonus that I've enjoyed. The program will also archive the downloaded pictures in a folder of your choice, if you wish.

You can try it by searching in the windows store (or just typing "Dynamic Theme" in the start menu), or by going to its page on microsoft.com.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Use Batch Script to create an acronym from a variable
« Last post by ayryq on July 30, 2017, 08:06 PM »
OK, I've got to ask... what are you looking for? What's your desired input/ouput format? And if I can be nosy, what's the purpose of these odd acronyms?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Organize files using virtual folders
« Last post by ayryq on July 16, 2017, 06:24 AM »
For the specific case of files on the windows desktop, Stardock Fences does some of the things you want.
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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: FCalc v1.12 (Mar 25, 2015)
« Last post by ayryq on July 12, 2017, 08:52 AM »
FCalc is built on muparser; see the built-in functions here:
http://beltoforion.d...hl=en&p=features

I guess you want atan()? This gives results in radians. You can get degrees with the built-in "_pi" constant like
fc atan(1)*180/_pi

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General Software Discussion / Re: Use Batch Script to create an acronym from a variable
« Last post by ayryq on July 11, 2017, 08:44 AM »
Now updated to accept multiline input. Still no errorchecking or anything.
http://ericandchar.com/dc/acronym.html
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General Software Discussion / Re: Use Batch Script to create an acronym from a variable
« Last post by ayryq on July 06, 2017, 04:23 PM »
Quick and dirty:

http://ericandchar.com/dc/acronym.html
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Way to Embed Excel Worksheet in Word Doc
« Last post by ayryq on July 06, 2017, 02:58 PM »
OK, here's some tips that might help you on the way to a solution. I'm using LibreOffice and I do not have access to Word or Excel; I'll be using "Writer" and "Calc"

First, you can embed a spreadsheet in a Writer document. This is done by "Insert → Object → OLE Object" in Writer, it's probably similar in Word. This embedded document may be "full" which will appear as a table might, or it can be an icon which when clicked will open in Calc.

Second, you can embed a specific cell from a Calc file into a Writer document (whether or not the files are linked as above). This is done by copying the cell in the Calc document (or embedded table) and then pasting it into the Writer document using "Paste Special…", then chosing "DDE Link". The resulting text will be live-linked to its source in the spreadsheet.

Hopefully these two tidbits will help you.
Eric
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General Software Discussion / Re: Software for planning wood bookcases/cabinets/tables etc?
« Last post by ayryq on December 16, 2016, 06:19 AM »
I'm afraid it will take me too long to do, cost too much, and that I will struggle getting the drawers to fit again.
-mouser (December 12, 2016, 12:50 PM)
It will almost definitely be all of those things. Is woodworking a hobby that brings you enjoyment, or just a means to an end? For me, it usually comes down to when I need the furniture in question. I just bought a pair of bunk beds for my sons that I definitely could have made myself. But I had them "done" in one weekend by buying them, instead of a month (or two) and in this case that was more important. I would disregard cost, by the way. The one you build will almost certainly be better materials and construction than the one you buy. If you want to compare cost, price some furniture made in Amish country—it'll make you feel better about the cost of birch plywood :)

I am now seriously considering building my second piece of "fine" furniture, a large chest of drawers/armoire.
-mouser (December 12, 2016, 12:50 PM)
Remember you will always regret it if you do not build secret compartments.
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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: All new posts being sent to RSS?
« Last post by ayryq on November 15, 2016, 09:14 AM »
Before yesterday, the last post was 14 months old. Since yesterday I've had about 50 posts show up, including (eventually) this one.

I have three DC feeds set up; this one had been dormant; the other ones work fine. I'm going to just delete the broken feed but I thought I'd let you know first.

Here's the DC feeds I've got in feedly right now:

Official announcements:
[Select]
http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?action=.xml;board=48;limit=20;sa=news;type=rss2

Forum (was dormant, now showing every post)
[Select]
http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=.xml;limit=10;sa=blogs;type=rss2

Forum ("promoted" posts from www.donationcoder.com/blog/)
[Select]
http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?action=.xml%3Blimit=10%3Bsa=blogs%3Btype=rss2
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DC Website Help and Extras / All new posts being sent to RSS?
« Last post by ayryq on November 15, 2016, 06:50 AM »
I've been getting, I think, all posts and replies pushed to my RSS feed reader (feedly). This is new, started about a day ago.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: ALT key problem
« Last post by ayryq on November 13, 2016, 08:27 PM »
Also, this whole thread (and a couple others) got pushed to rss, one post at a time. Kind of weird.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: ALT key problem
« Last post by ayryq on November 13, 2016, 08:24 PM »
Do you have something else using right alt? Many systems use it as a modifier for accented characters; I think windows may be able to use it for certain accessibility options as well. I run a utility (WinCompose) which captures right-alt (I use only left-alt for launching farr, and typically numpad for launching programs).
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Living Room / Re: What other forums do you participate in?
« Last post by ayryq on September 28, 2016, 06:46 AM »
Just guessing he meant https://www.reddit.c.../mechanicalkeyboards
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Living Room / Re: What other forums do you participate in?
« Last post by ayryq on September 27, 2016, 03:37 PM »
I'll start. Once upon a time, a child got a new pencil for his first day of school. He didn't have a pencil sharpener, though, so he located a pair of scissors...
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