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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by Ath on May 03, 2018, 06:32 AM »

If you are aiming for a Nokia, I'd opt for the Nokia 6 (~ €200,-) or Nokia 6.1 (aka Nokia 6 2018) (~ €300,0), that have a much better processor (Qualcomm 6xx instead of 4xx) and screen (1920x1080 instead of 1280x720), as well as a better camera (back: 16 mp instead of 13 mp, front: 8 mp), and also, the Nokia 5 is lacking a notification-led, for some reason (just like the Motorola G5/s/plus series), AFAICS.
I also do like that the Nokia 6.1 comes with Android One, ensuring often and soon updates by Google, but that should also be the case for the Nokia 5 as it has stock-Android.

OT: I'm leaning toward the Nokia 6.1 64 GB to replace my aging Nexus 5, I just haven't ordered it as my supplier doesn't provide a book-case cover, yet...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Launchbar Commander Menu - Make Right Click require a password before continuing

« Last post by Ath on April 30, 2018, 12:40 PM »

Well, as I said in the other thread, I'm 'leaving the floor for mouser to come with a solution' (iow, won't touch it with a pole...), but somebody seems to expect that to happen within a week. And, IMHO, it's not even feasible to stop them from opening/messing with the settings if you can still edit the ini file with a plain editor from Explorer..., or at least that's the next 'workaround' I expect users to take if the settings pane is blocked

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Password for Launchbar Commander Preferences / Options

« Last post by Ath on April 25, 2018, 01:55 AM »

Anyone interested in attempting a code snack on this topic? 

-kimbriki (April 24, 2018, 02:07 AM)

You could probably post a request in the coding snacks area, and see if anyone bites.  They might not see it here.

-wraith808 (April 24, 2018, 03:35 PM)

Well, I thought about it and decided to a) leave some room for mouser to come up with a solution as suggested by the OP (though that may take a little time) and b) it should be handled at the root of the 'problem', not trying to 'solve' it by symptom suppression.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Quickly developed web application or slowly developed actual application?

« Last post by Ath on April 21, 2018, 11:09 AM »

Depends heavily on the purpose/goal of your application...

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Password for Launchbar Commander Preferences / Options

« Last post by Ath on April 19, 2018, 01:12 AM »

As a short-term alternative, you could set the ini file to read-only... though that would probably result in errormessages when someone tries to change settings

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Bat! advice needed

« Last post by Ath on April 18, 2018, 12:57 PM »

Free external spamfilter with imap support, including ssl/tls: www.spamihilator.com
Nb: No connection of mine, just a happy user.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scroll capture - Errors and Home button

« Last post by Ath on April 16, 2018, 12:53 PM »

A 32 bit application, like Screenshot Captor, can allocate a max of about 1.5GB memory, so setting it to 12GB isn't probably gonna help much...
(unless, ofcourse, mouser added memory handling for > 2GB per process)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: New Software Suggestion

« Last post by Ath on April 15, 2018, 03:48 AM »

A simple google query found a lot of results, I'd try these suggestions: https://windowsrepor...nder-software-tools/

IMHO, no need to 'invent' another popup reminder tool.

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Living Room / Re: Have I Been Pwned? Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

« Last post by Ath on April 12, 2018, 01:21 AM »

They need to strip out all the irrelevant characters before checking, both from the input address and their lookup lists.

-4wd (April 11, 2018, 10:37 PM)

AFAIK, that's only applicable for @gmail.* and gmail provided (undetectable as they can have any domain name, I presume) e-mail addresses, and not for 'regular' e-mail providers , unless you know of other e-mail providers that follow the same policy/structure?

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Official Announcements / Re: Fundraiser 2018 Discounts and Giveaways Discussion Thread

« Last post by Ath on April 11, 2018, 01:18 PM »

Another winner here! Thanks to all involved, and the special selection process, for picking me my optimum prize

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Double error

« Last post by Ath on April 09, 2018, 03:28 PM »

BTW, when replying using either Quick-Reply or Quote, neither appears to offer a means of attaching an image (or other file). I had to use Reply, which doesn't include quotes.  Is that by design?

-rjbull (April 09, 2018, 03:15 PM)

You can use Quote first, then click Preview to further edit your reply and add attachments as desired.

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ProcessTamer / Re: Subfunction from Process Tamer

« Last post by Ath on April 04, 2018, 04:08 PM »

Thnx.

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ProcessTamer / Re: Subfunction from Process Tamer

« Last post by Ath on April 03, 2018, 01:58 PM »

Would you mind publishing here what you eventually created out of all suggestions? Names can be changed to protect the innocent

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General Software Discussion / Re: Script to set read+write permissions to folders for users based on foldername

« Last post by Ath on April 02, 2018, 03:03 PM »

tl;dr;
You really should get the cause fixed, not clean up the mess afterward.

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ProcessTamer / Re: Subfunction from Process Tamer

« Last post by Ath on April 02, 2018, 07:47 AM »

Well, I don't use XP any longer, so no clue, but you can use NirSoft's wmi view tool to try and find another, similar, attribute that works with XP. Also check the query using Win32_PerfRawData_PerfProc_Process instead of Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process, maybe that does hold data?

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Coding Snacks / Re: Update Timestamp of file based on time in filename

« Last post by Ath on April 02, 2018, 04:35 AM »

What tool/script do you already have for updating the dates?

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ProcessTamer / Re: Subfunction from Process Tamer

« Last post by Ath on April 02, 2018, 04:07 AM »

Just to get you started, have a look at these pages:
AHK fetches stuff from WMI : Autohotkey forum
Query WMI for process attributes: Microsoft Social forum (Check the answer)

You'll have to call that repeatedly (few times per second ? ), so you'd probably best limit the 'select *' to something like 'select PercentProcessorTime from Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process where Name=<yourprocessname>'
('where' clause does support Name like 'firefox%' etc.)

Use NirSoft's Simple WMI View to determine the Name (or IDProcess) used by your process, and desired attributes to form a comma-separated list instead of just PercentProcessorTime (and improve response time).
NB: Using WMI from AHK through COM will perform (much) better than exporting to text file from SimpleWMIView and processing that text file...

Edit:
Use WMI Explorer (Free for non-commercial use) to test your queries.

Edit 2:
WMI Explorer with this query:

[Select]

select Name,PercentProcessorTime ,IDProcess,ElapsedTime,VirtualBytes,WorkingSet from Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process where Name like '%firefox%'

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Living Room / Re: Thread on 3d Printing Cody Model

« Last post by Ath on March 28, 2018, 01:04 AM »

What about the bottom? That could have a nice/fun design for an extra treat to those who pick up the coin+Cody and take a look at the underside.

-Deozaan (March 27, 2018, 10:21 PM)

Or give it some mirrored text&image so it can be used as a stamp?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Is there an alias I can use in Windows 10 to bring the desktop to the front...

« Last post by Ath on March 22, 2018, 02:19 AM »

Win-key + M does the closest: Minimize all applications.

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Living Room / Re: Booting Linux from USB thumbdrive - Linux Explorer

« Last post by Ath on March 17, 2018, 07:36 AM »

Did you read the 'crippleware' notice after 10 day of use for the free version? It'll significantly slowdown in transferspeed. But I guess it'll still be usable for your occasional use, or you could buy a license. It is quit generous that the free version keeps working, albeit a tad slower.

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Living Room / Re: Booting Linux from USB thumbdrive - Linux Explorer

« Last post by Ath on March 17, 2018, 03:16 AM »

Just edited my post above, no need to boot in Linux.

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Living Room / Re: Booting Linux from USB thumbdrive - Linux Explorer

« Last post by Ath on March 17, 2018, 03:05 AM »

Is that a one-time task or repetitive?

Edit: Try this http://www.paragon-d...s.com/extfs-windows/
As advertised it allows full access to a Linux-formatted (thumb-)drive from Windows.
Disclaimer: No connections to the product or manufacturer and haven't tried it (yet).

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Bug: Posting to or reading a thread redirects to non-HTTPS site.

« Last post by Ath on March 14, 2018, 12:23 PM »

@Deozaan, your logo links to a non-https image, could that be the cause of your issue?

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General Software Discussion / Re: How can i add text or a Jpg image to 'Explorer' pane , see Example Below

« Last post by Ath on March 10, 2018, 03:18 AM »

I was thinking of Stick a Note by our member anandcoral, with a small note window showing the desired label (not a jpg though). It has some restrictions I just filed feature requests for.

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: Stick A Note (Enhancement)

« Last post by Ath on March 10, 2018, 03:13 AM »

Anand,
After using SaN lightly and evaluating it for a while, I have a few feature requests:

• Note window smaller than the current minimum of 200x200, 50x50 or even less would be nice (I understand you need some space for the edit, settings and X links/buttons, but shortening to a single letter and adding a tooltip would help achieve that)
• Change text size, it's no problem for me if all text is set to that size, rtf-capability would be nice and also handle the next request
• Text color changeable, like change text size, no problem for me if all text is set to that color
• Optional transparent background, so the content behind the note is, at least partially, visible, now it is often blocking important content or UI features (buttons) of websites, and after hiding it I often forget to show it again
• Configurable display-location, so it can be moved to a less-important-content corner

I hope you can realize some of this before next NANY...

TIA!