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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: VMware Valentine's Day Sale

« Last post by Innuendo on February 15, 2014, 11:14 AM »

It's still overpriced, given that VirtualBox is available for free, but I personally find Workstation the far better experience.

-xtabber (February 13, 2014, 02:42 PM)

Oh, it definitely is, at least in my experience. Running the same OS on Workstation vs. VirtualBox wasn't even close to being the same experience. Workstation made it a much more pleasant, productive experience. And, if one is interested in such, Workstation can be easily altered to support OS X VMs.

However, like others have said, it's just too expensive. Their normal price should be about 50% what it is now and then run their sales with 20% off.

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Living Room / Re: What Google Plus is all about

« Last post by Innuendo on February 15, 2014, 11:05 AM »

First sentence being false makes me not want to read the rest.

-rgdot (February 15, 2014, 09:41 AM)

Maybe the NY Times writer has no friends?

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Security Suites (2013/2014)

« Last post by Innuendo on February 15, 2014, 11:02 AM »

Neil actually did go review Outpost after this initial roundup, here: http://www.pcmag.com...,2817,2430088,00.asp

-mouser (February 13, 2014, 09:45 AM)

Neil's verdict is grossly different than everything else I have ever read about this product, especially the firewall. Agnitum's firewall is one of the best in the business as rated by independent tests.

Agnitum's new AV engine is starting to get a lot of notice as well so I wonder what Neil did wrong in his tests.

Furthermore, he says Outpost does a mediocre job blocking malware and exploits. I can tell you from first-hand experience this is not true as I sometimes frequent the darker corners of the internet & Agnitum's product hasn't failed me yet.

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General Software Discussion / Re: HotSwap! A very cool free utility that most if you don't need

« Last post by Innuendo on February 15, 2014, 10:53 AM »

HotSwap! has not been updated since June 2012, and USB-SR not since March 2013
- can one only assume maintenance? 

-Curt (February 14, 2014, 02:57 AM)

Can't speak for HotSwap!, but USB Safely Remove is only updated once per year, if that. The developer spends all his time on Zentimo, USB-SR's bigger brother and all new features will be put into Zentimo. However, it seems that these programs only have a certain, logical scope so I'm sure he's running out of features he can implement without bloat starting to creep in as he starts putting in features that are beyond the programs' realms of design.

[Statement of full disclosure: 1) I'm a registered Zentimo user. 2) I got it at a greatly discounted price. 3) I haven't bothered to install it on my system in a long time.]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Beware the Samsung rootkit

« Last post by Innuendo on February 15, 2014, 10:46 AM »

I had already decided not to go with Samsung for my next phone. This news just tells me that I was right in my decision.

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Living Room / Re: Has anyone here used Novicorp WinToFlash?

« Last post by Innuendo on February 12, 2014, 09:45 PM »

The best I have found is an early version of Josh Cell Software's WinUSB, but his later versions removed features & with the latest version it's just a mess, unfortunately.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Listary 4 released - tons of new features

« Last post by Innuendo on February 12, 2014, 09:33 PM »

Thanks, a kind user sent me a link to the latest 3.x version & I'm going to use that as a starting point this weekend, hopefully. If that works I may get brave and ask you for one of those versions.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: again: lifetime key for Outpost Security Suite Pro

« Last post by Innuendo on February 09, 2014, 05:55 PM »

^ you're right, and I was wrong; Once a year is frequently.

-Curt (February 09, 2014, 04:57 PM)

How funny, Curt....I could easily say you're right, and I was wrong; Once a year is *not* frequently. 

Regardless, I hope Agnitum repeats this offer for those who missed out on it this time. OSS v9 has behaved perfectly on my system & usually I have a couple niggles each release.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Listary 4 released - tons of new features

« Last post by Innuendo on February 09, 2014, 05:53 PM »

Or maybe revert to an older version that does work?  If any do?

-rjbull (February 09, 2014, 02:27 PM)

That might be an option...if I still have any old installers around to screw around with. Going to school full-time while working full-time sorta, kinda cuts into how much free time has during a given week.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: again: lifetime key for Outpost Security Suite Pro

« Last post by Innuendo on February 09, 2014, 11:55 AM »

-no, they don't; this was only the second time in four years. The frequent offer is merely for the firewall.

-Curt (February 09, 2014, 07:31 AM)

Looks like I was misremembering. I had it in my head that they had brought the offer back over the summer.   Looks like they might be starting a Christmas tradition, though. They offered the lifetime deal on the suite this past Christmas & the Christmas of 2012.

For those just looking for a firewall, their firewall product is top-rated as well.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Revo Uninstaller Pro at Bits Du Jour

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 10:52 PM »

Just in case anyone missed the fine print on this one, there is online activation keyed to your hardware. If you want to install it on a new PC or reinstall it after a Windows reinstall you'll have to email the developer to get your key reset.

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 10:50 PM »

It's *REALLY* a shame that widescreen monitors seem to be the only format being made these days -- I find it distinctly unhelpful.  27" widescreen is just too wide.  a square shaped 27" diagonal monitor would be great.

-mouser (February 08, 2014, 04:39 PM)

You can minimize the problem by getting a 16:10 monitor rather than a 16:9 one, but 16:10 monitors are becoming more rare than hens' teeth.

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General Software Discussion / Re: hubiC, DropBox like service with interesting pricing

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 10:47 PM »

Honestly, how is replicated data ensuring confidentiality?

-4wd (February 07, 2014, 06:53 PM)

Well, copy a TrueCrypt container 100 times and you're still looking at the same level of security as you were with having only 1 copy.

I have no idea how well they secure the data you upload to their servers, but data replication is not necessarily a degradation of confidentiality.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Listary 4 released - tons of new features

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 04:57 PM »

Listary 4 is conflicting with something on my PC. With Listary installed the PC refuses to come out of hibernation after an undetermined amount of time. Uninstalling Listary causes the problem to disappear. Reinstalling Listary and it's back.

Unfortunately, I'm at a time in my life where I can't devote a lot of time to troubleshooting so I'll just have to live without Listary for now.

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Living Room / Re: tip: check your mouse before going to red alert.

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 04:53 PM »

it's the left button micro switch. i thought these switches were meant to last forever - i've had the mouse two years and it was an expensive logitech one at the time so i see no excuse for poor quality parts.

-nudone (February 25, 2008, 02:21 PM)

You may want to try contacting Logitech about it. I've heard they are very good at replacing defective mice & often don't even require one to send back the bad one.

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 04:35 PM »

Anyone use a rotated monitor in portrait mode for coding?

-mouser (February 04, 2014, 03:04 PM)

I've heard that if you take a 27" monitor in landscape and flank it with 2 24" monitors in portrait mode the bezels line up near perfectly.

Always glad to help you spend money, mouser!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: again: lifetime key for Outpost Security Suite Pro

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 04:28 PM »

Agnitum offered the lifetime option a bit longer than advertised but it seems like it's gone now...   

-ACall (February 08, 2014, 11:56 AM)

Be patient...they seem to bring the offer back frequently.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configuring Directory Opus for Fun and Profit

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 04:19 PM »

Quite stable, haven't had it crash or cause any damage yet, (been using it since beta 3, I think).

-4wd (February 07, 2014, 08:12 PM)

Been using it since the first beta myself & 15 minutes after loading that first beta I decided it's going to be a day one upgrade for me. Just like you I haven't had any crashes or weirdness with it, either. Mr. Potter does good work.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unchecky: automatically unchecking unwanted offers, while installing software!

« Last post by Innuendo on February 08, 2014, 04:06 PM »

This one caught my attention a couple months ago, but I've been waiting for it to mature a bit before I try installing it on any of my computers. I can't afford to have any down-time right now.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by Innuendo on February 02, 2014, 10:32 AM »

Deping has taken us into Android territory.

-twinkler (February 01, 2014, 04:12 PM)

That's a whole new ball game. For the longest time I've used File Expert. I used it when it was free and jumped on the pro license when it went live the first day for $2.00. I'm not sure I like the direction they've been going with development so I've been meaning to try something new. However, I really love having root exploring, wireless FTP access, and wireless HTTP access all within one app.

I'm also prone to using WiFi Explorer Pro which I nabbed as an Amazon Free App of the Day a long time ago. It has a very nice browser interface on your desktop to access your phone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by Innuendo on February 02, 2014, 10:26 AM »

When I moved from Power Desk, when it became abandonware, I switched to Directory Opus, the most used file manager here, after Explorer. Some years on, the more I use it the less I know.

-michaelkenward (February 01, 2014, 09:50 AM)

Unless one is constantly doing new tasks that they've never done before that's not much of a problem. Let's face it, most of us are creatures of habit and that carries over into our file management tasks as well. I suspect most people, like I have, just set things up the way they want it when they first start using their file manager and barring any little tweaks here and there from time to time most people's configurations stay static.

But it does have a reactive support forum that does not poor scorn on dumb questions.

DOpus has a wonderful forum. It's better than Total Commander's by a long shot. TC's forums are populated by people who are dead-set on doing things the way they have always been done. This is one of the reasons I moved from TC to DOpus as TC's user base won't let the author try anything too radical or new & therefore progress is being stifled.

My guess is that they all steal from one another on the front. If one does something neat, the others will follow.

File managers have been around for a very long time. I would daresay that most of the innovation that comes in that market comes in new ways to present data rather than new ways to process data.

My only advice is to not put too much stock in first impressions. Often the screen that greets you when you first run that new file manager for the first time can be tweaked quite a bit to make it very different than what you first encounter. This is especially true of Total Commander and Directory Opus and they are both things that the more you put in towards learning their abilities the greater your reward will be.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by Innuendo on February 01, 2014, 09:06 AM »

Hello, i didn't want to start a thread, i just want some info on Total Commander.
I am giving it a shot. It all feels good and ok.
I am not getting a hands on its Multi-renaming tool (Usually opens after Ctrl + M).

-hulkbuster (January 28, 2014, 10:25 AM)

Although Total Commander looks like a very simple program that's easy to use when you first run it, appearances are deceiving. It's one of the most powerful programs you will ever use, but it can also be one of the most complicated you'll ever use as well. Those who master its secrets will never fear a file management task ever again, but the journey can be a difficult one.

Total Commander's Multi-Renamer has a lot of options that a lot of people would never need. A good way to becoming familiar with its abilities might be to just dump copies of some files into a test directory and start playing with the different options to see how the renaming plays out. Once you get a feel for what each button does you'll feel more comfortable tackling the more advanced tasks.

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Living Room / Re: Breaking madden - fun video game experiment

« Last post by Innuendo on February 01, 2014, 08:52 AM »

Every game that lets you tweak the settings to that extent can be 'broken' quite horribly. A really good example of this is Bethesda's Elder Scrolls games. While very entertaining, a determined person can 'game' the system and then you've got an over-powered character running around in the game environment.

I can see how this would be fun for all of five minutes. Once the novelty of 'Hulk smash!' wears off I think I'd become bored very quickly.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: again: lifetime key for Outpost Security Suite Pro

« Last post by Innuendo on January 31, 2014, 09:45 PM »

Joe, my pleasure to help someone out. My personality type demands I research everything to death so I am usually very well-informed long before I click that "Buy Now" button and I'm always glad to pass that knowledge along to those who either don't have enough time or enough patience to dig up all the facts.

And we'll be looking forward to hearing your impressions of the software later.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for iTunes alternative (WMP? or other?)

« Last post by Innuendo on January 26, 2014, 06:11 PM »

I came in here prepared to recommend Music Bee. Looks like you've got it all under control.