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General Software Discussion / Re: Can I uninstall .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 ??

« Last post by Curt on December 19, 2008, 03:08 PM »

apropos the thread's subject:

Remove or Reinstall .NET Framework

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:12 PM PST
Copyright © 2008 CyberNet | CyberNet Forum |





The other day I was having troubles with one of my machines regarding the .NET framework. As you probably already know many Windows applications require that you have a specific version of the .NET framework installed (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, etc…) in order for them to function properly. Unfortunately Microsoft doesn’t make it very easy to repair or reinstall the .NET framework should it decide to go haywire on you.

The first thing I tried to do is uninstall .NET through the add/remove interface with the hopes of reinstalling it again once that completed. Those hopes were quickly dashed once the uninstall process failed miserably, and left me with a half-installed product that didn’t work. To make matters worse I couldn’t reinstall the .NET framework since the computer was saying that it was already installed, and repairing it was never offered as an option.

I began searching around the Internet to find out that I was far from the only person finding themselves in this little crisis. While looking for a solution I stumbled upon a handy little tool created by a Microsoft employee that will cleanup any .NET installations you have on your machine. It removes both both files and registry settings that .NET creates when it is installed on a computer, but it is recommended that you try to use the standard add/remove programs interface before resorting to this.

What makes this tool so nice is the fact that you can have it remove one specific version of .NET, or remove all of them at once. Just select the corresponding option from the drop-down menu, and you’ll be on your merry little way.

Not everyone may have the same problem I did, but it’s obvious that issues like this are fairly widespread. Maybe Microsoft will fix this in future releases of .NET, but this is one tool I’ll always keep handy.

Download .NET Framework Cleanup Utility for Windows

Copyright © 2008 CyberNet | CyberNet Forum |

-CyberNet

There are a couple of very important caveats that you should read before using this tool to cleanup .NET Framework bits on your machine:

   1. This tool is designed as a last resort for cases where install, uninstall or repair did not succeed for unusual reasons.  It is not intended as a substitute for the standard uninstall procedure.  You should try to perform an uninstall from Add/Remove Programs before using this cleanup tool.
   2. This cleanup tool will delete shared files and registry keys used by other versions of the .NET Framework.  If you run the cleanup tool, you will need to perform a repair or reinstall for all other versions of the .NET Framework that are on your computer to get them to work correctly afterwards.

-Aaron Stebner

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on December 19, 2008, 02:47 PM »

- I would certainly expect the "1 GB/Hour" to be 1 GB indexed documents, not hard disk space!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Gizmo gives us Titan Backup for free

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 07:06 PM »

 

or I could pay them back the difference, and keep the remaining $14 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 07:05 PM »

hmm... are not this two different things - reading the drive, and reading the content of documents? Doesn't the indexer sort of has to open each and every document, before being able to read it? This thought was why I was thinking that it actually COULD be fast, because I have no clue about what it takes to index the content of documents.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 06:30 PM »

Thanks, f0dder, but...  Of course I must first pardon me for having used the wrong words, indexing and scanning are not the same. Sorry! And then I ask: How fast is this "indexing speed: 1 GB per hour", compared to other documents'_content indexers (if there are any)?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Never again will I purchase that shampoo! (or will I?)

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 05:00 PM »

For example the image manager is no ACDSee but it is pretty nice and easier to use for a novice

-iphigenie (December 18, 2008, 02:11 PM)

Yes, Photo Commander 7 really is nice and easy, and its quality in general is fine. However: Some months ago I was on a major hunt for a program to use to add frames to some images, and on this hunt I also came across my own Photo Commanders, version 6 and version 7. Because I had both, I know for a fact that they have not added a single frame or framing feature, when they upgraded version 6 to 7. But still this particular part of the otherwise nice and capable program, is a total embarrassment to the company! How on earth did the programmer get the bizarre idea that it is the photo that must fit the frame and not the frame that should fit the photo??!!! The framing part of Ashampoo Photo Commander is not even a bad joke, it is merely an insult to the user!
  

Edited:
I just realize WHY they temporally have abandoned this part of their program:
They are trying to give me a reason to upgrade to version 8 with many useful frames!!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 04:29 PM »

I was reading about the features, when I saw this:

Indexing speed:
1Gb per Hour (this value can be influenced by Computer performance)

- and my interest disappeared...

-Curt (December 18, 2008, 04:14 PM)

On second thought, I realize that it is the content of documents, it is scanning at 1 GB per hour, so maybe the indexing speed really is okay? What do "you" think? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 04:14 PM »

The best or not, I don't know, but coming up Tuesday 23 DEC ‘08, Find Desktop Professional is on (a modest) sale at Bits du Jour: Deal Price: $62.50 You Save: 50% List Price: $125.00

http://www.bitsdujou...esktop-professional/

http://www.bitsdujou...professional/notify/

-Curt (December 18, 2008, 09:15 AM)

I was reading about the features, when I saw this:

Indexing speed:
1Gb per Hour (this value can be influenced by Computer performance)

- and my interest disappeared...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 09:15 AM »

The best or not, I don't know, but coming up Tuesday 23 DEC ‘08, Find Desktop Professional is on (a modest) sale at Bits du Jour: Deal Price: $62.50 You Save: 50% List Price: $125.00

http://www.bitsdujou...esktop-professional/

Find Desktop Professional

Create a Searchable Archive of All of Your Documents

(blah blah)...  But, with a little help from Find Desktop Professional , you'll be able to distill all of your documents, both electronic and hardcopy, into one easy-to-use, searchable archive.

With Find Desktop Professional, you'll be able to conduct lightning-quick searches (even using Boolean operators) through the text of all of your electronic documents, including Word, Excel, PDF and ZIP archive files. Find Desktop Professional will index all of your email messages and attachments and include them in the query results, highlighting your search terms (and their synonyms) for easy reference. Find Desktop Professional even operates across a network!

If you have a large archive of hardcopy paperwork, Find Desktop Professional will save you from the torture of a thousand papercuts! Find Desktop Professional works with your TWAIN-compatible scanner to scan your hardcopy documents into electronic form, and automatically uses OCR to make every page searchable! You can even add annotations to scanned documents! Plus, everything that comes up in a Find Desktop Professional search result can be copied and pasted into any Windows application.

Find Desktop Professional not only eases your path to a paperless office, it opens the door to a whole new way of performing research in your documents archive!

-Bits du Jour

http://www.finddesktop.com/Features.htm (flash)

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General Software Discussion / Re: New Resplendence freeware: WhoCrashed

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 07:08 AM »

- and:

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Announcing Undelex
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We are working on a classic undelete utility. It works similar to the Windows Explorer recycle bin but it will protect files deleted by any program. And it will allow you to set rules on the type of files you would like to have protected and which not. Also it will protect files deleted on remote network drives.

We know there are already quite a few of such utilities but we found none of which we think they work the way they are supposed to work.

This product is not yet ready, but we have released the driver source code of its core component.



As always, you can get notified about every major and minor product release through our RSS feed.
Visit http://www.resplendence.com/news.xml to subscribe

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Living Room / Re: Gizmo's Tech Support Alert Newsletter Merges with Windows Secrets

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 07:02 AM »

For new subscribers only, and for merely 3 months:

In celebration of the holiday season, we're letting you send all of your friends the paid version of the Windows Secrets Newsletter absolutely free for the next three full months.
Here's how our holiday giveaway works:

    * Step 1. Send the following URL in the text of an e-mail message to everyone you'd like to give, as a free gift, the paid version of the newsletter:

      http://WindowsSecrets.com/holidaygift

      You can include any text you like that will explain to your friends that they can get the paid version of this newsletter absolutely free as a gift. Please don't spam a bunch of strangers — just send your message to your friends, people who regularly receive e-mail from you.

    * Step 2. The holiday gift is only for people who've never had a subscription before.

    * Step 3. People who visit the link and enter a valid e-mail address by Dec. 31, 2008, will receive a confirmation message. They must click a link in that message to verify their address and begin their subscription

-Windows Secrets Newsletter

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Gizmo gives us Titan Backup for free

« Last post by Curt on December 18, 2008, 05:23 AM »

e-mailed to me today:

Dear Titan Backup User,

When we've launched Titan Backup, we've made the backup process easier than ever. This winter Titan Backup is closer to you and your friends with a special offer.

You can receive $44 just by recommending Titan Backup:

   1. You recommend TB to two of your friends, colleagues or family members

   2. They will get it for just $29.95 (regular price $39.95) using this link:

   http://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=7810-8&ss_coupon=NEOB-J3J7

   3. You receive from us $44

After your friends buy Titan Backup you have to send us a message at [email protected] with their names, email addresses and your PayPal info (this is how you will receive the money from us).

Terms & Conditions

Your friends must buy Titan Backup using only the special link mentioned above.
Each person is eligible for a maximum of 5 prizes (total of $220).

Best regards

Your friends from Titan Backup,

Neobyte Solutions,
Boerderijstraat 30, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
http://www.titanbackup.com

I find this to be a problem. Because if tghey really are my friends, which they seem to have to be, well, Maybe they won't stay my friends, when they hear about my scam? I mean, if you go to the link Shades is displaying, you will see this:

Titan Backup: Special Promotional Offer
Tue, 06/17/2008 - 22:57 — gizmo.richards

Sorry - the free offer has now expired! However Titan is now offering our site visitors the full product for $15 rather than $40.  This is a really sharp price made possible by Titan's generosity and the fact that this site  takes no commission. Full details here:

http://www.regnow.co...;ss_coupon=NEOB-PTM0

Why would I want my friends to pay twice the price, if they really are my friends? 
 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Wow! Goodbye SnagIt

« Last post by Curt on December 17, 2008, 11:49 PM »

Regarding the headline, "Goodbye SnagIt": it is no longer possible to download SnagIt. It literally is gone for ever! Read the full story about Snagit at TechSmith's.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Never again will I purchase that shampoo! (or will I?)

« Last post by Curt on December 17, 2008, 11:10 PM »

... but consider it a waste of money... I also have WinOptimizer 5 installed but, like you, rarely, if ever, use it. I have nothing particularly damning to say about it other than that I don't really trust the tweaks it offers to make on my Vista system...

-Darwin (December 17, 2008, 07:19 PM)

Yes, they were right not to call the new Uninstaller for Platinum, so now you know what their next program will be: Uninstaller 3 Platinum...
What goes for WinOptimizer version 6: Have you been offered an upgrade? Because I haven't -  and it puzzles me. So much in fact that I wrote the company and asked why! Of course not because I want to upgrade (? ha!) but because I was miffed. Having Yiggles-Status: GOLD (like you, or have you already joined the next upper club?) I would expect to be offered an upgrade even before the official launching.

Another thing is, that I don't understand how you can be so patient as to actually USE their Uninstaller. All that scanning got on my nerves, and I lost my temper and removed it.

---

I have replaced their Office packet with the original from SoftMakers.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Never again will I purchase that shampoo! (or will I?)

« Last post by Curt on December 17, 2008, 06:15 PM »

Usually when a company produces upgrades that often they are not adding that much into the versions. I doubt if there is a world of difference between ver 5 and ver 6. Just say no!

-edbro (December 17, 2008, 05:51 PM)

No!

Well, it actually is becoming a quite diverged but still also a quite capable program. I have nothing really bad to say about their programs. They are not all that great, but they are somehow still quite good at the same time. Simple high tech for the common man, if ever there was such? But I certainly agree with you, on their marketing strategy!

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General Software Discussion / Never again will I purchase that shampoo! (or will I?)

« Last post by Curt on December 17, 2008, 05:44 PM »

I am not too sure when I installed my first version of Ashampoo WinOptimizer, but I made the first upgrade to version 4 19-September-2007 when it maybe was no longer all new, I don't remember exactly. But I do remember that I upgraded to a brand new version 5, 02-April-2008. Today's updated version is 5.10, but now, December 2008, precisely eight month later, they have launched version 6! Really!! I am outraged (I must clarify that a license is "major version limited"). This is simply the same as to take a pi** on their customers!!! (You can, though, keep using version 4 or version 5 as you please).

The "funny" part is that I never use the program. I just purchase any new version in order to have it as updated and capable as possible! Yeah, I know - the fool is me, isn't it. I hate this company. But somehow I expect I soon will be the owner of WinOptimizer 6, and then forget about it until version 7 calls, by the end of next summer!

  

Do you have some sort of comparable disease? 

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General Software Discussion / New Resplendence freeware: WhoCrashed

« Last post by Curt on December 17, 2008, 06:16 AM »

New Resplendence freeware is WhoCrashed:

WhoCrashed reveals the drivers responsible for crashing your computer

Whenever a computer running Windows suddenly reboots without displaying any notice or blue screen of death, the first thing that is often though about is a hardware failure. In reality, most crashes are caused by malfunctioning device drivers and kernel modules. In case of a kernel error, most computers running Windows do not show a blue screen unless they are configured to do so. Instead these systems suddenly reboot without any notice.

WhoCrashed shows the drivers which have been crashing computer with a single click. In most cases it can pinpoint the offending drivers which have been causing misery on your computer system in the past. It does post-mortem crashdump analysis and presents all gathered information in a comprehensible way.

Normally, debugging skills and a set of debugging tools are required to do post-mortem crash dump analysis. By using this utility you do not need any debugging skills to be able to find out what drivers are causing trouble to your computer.

Note

Note that WhoCrashed cannot be always 100% sure about the drivers which are responsible for crashing your computer. Because all kernel modules run in the same address space, a kernel module is able to corrupt another. Also, a driver may be able to cause problems to another driver which runs in the same device stack. So keep in mind this software is not guaranteed to identify the culprit in every case but most often it does.

WhoCrashed relies on the Windows Debugging Package (WinDbg) from Microsoft. If this is not installed, WhoCrashed will download and extract this package automatically for you.

Click thumb:



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Almost new Resplendence €25/$30 payware is SanityCheck 1.01:

SanityCheck Introduction

SanityCheck is an advanced rootkit and malware detection tool for Windows which thoroughly scans the system for threats and irregularities which indicate malware or rootkit behavior. By making use of special deep inventory techniques, this program detects hidden and spoofed processes, hidden threads, hidden drivers and a large number of hooks and hacks which are typically the work of rootkits and malware. It offers a comprehensible report which gives a detailed explanation of any irregularities found and offers suggestions on how to solve or further investigate any situation.

Resplendence has a mighty fine registry tool kit, Registrar, - also with a free "lite" version.

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General Software Discussion / Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Release Candidate)

« Last post by Curt on December 12, 2008, 08:51 AM »

Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Release Candidate)

Maybe some of you guys will be able to take advantage this brand new bundle installer from Microsoft.

The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user interface, you can choose to install either specific products or the entire Microsoft Web Platform onto your computer. The Web PI also helps keep your products up to date by always offering the latest additions to the Web Platform.

By clicking install now you agree to the terms of use for the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. This installer will contact Microsoft over the internet to retrieve product information.

System requirements

    * Supported Operating Systems are:
        Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
    * You must have administrator privileges on your computer to run Web Platform Installer
    * .NET 2.0 Framework
    * Supported Architectures: x86 and 64-bit

RTM = Released To Market, or Released To Manufacturers

You can of course decide yourself which programs you would want to get, if any, but be aware that the entire offer exceeds 800 MB if you choose so.
http://www.microsoft...atformInstaller.aspx

File Name:     wpilauncher.exe
Version:     release candidate
Date Published:     Nov 21.08
Language:     English
Download Size:     600kb

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General Software Discussion / Re: need to move mouse horizontal or vertical only

« Last post by Curt on December 12, 2008, 04:03 AM »

I thank you very much, Sarah, for the detailed direction.   
However, this feature is for a TouchPad on a Notebook only. It is not a standard feature in general, and I don't have it (yet) on my "stationary".

No, tomos, it wasn't skrommel's DragLock I had seen, but it does exactly what I was asking for, doesn't it, so why go to the end of the world when the answer is to be found in my backyard! THANKS, tomos, and THANKS, skrommel!     

Edited: No, sorry, that was not the FINAL answer to my wanting. It is not possible to change direction in the middle of a movement, as skrommel's version leaves you with Either horizontal OR vertical. I honestly *imagine* that what I saw allowed the user to go both directions without letting go, so it could be used to drag and drop, which skrommel's version really can't. But I was not in a position to ask, so MAYBE I was deluding...  Edited again: Yes, it can!: keep the mouse pressed  while letting go + pressing the hotkey again.

 

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General Software Discussion / need to move mouse horizontal or vertical only

« Last post by Curt on December 11, 2008, 10:45 PM »

Some weeks ago I noticed a small program which (when hotkey was activated) would let the user move the mouse horizontal or vertical only. Normally I would grab such a program without hesitating, but I wasn't at home. Now I need such a feature, but can't remember anything at all about the name or place. Do 'you' know about such an application (for Vista), please?


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General Software Discussion / HowTo set columns in Explorer Vista?

« Last post by Curt on December 11, 2008, 10:52 AM »

Question:
How do I apply the same columns to all folders in the Music directory (only)?  tellme

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Finally my new Vista was up and running, and now it was time to listen to some music! Now, where do I want to start? Hmm..., what is that: "Genre", "Classification" (rating)? I don't want those two columns! But I do want to also see the lenght (duration?) and the file size. Okay, done. Hmm... How to make it happen to all folders in 'My Music'? Maybe if I do it in the Music directory, like this:



- and remember to click "add to sub folders"?

No, wrong! The sub folders all show it the same old "wrong way" (including Genre and Klassification):
(I prefer "længde"+"størrelse" over "genre"+"classification")



Damn it, it can't be true, can it? Am I to manually make this setting in 2500 folders? No, of course not; even Microsoft cannot be that stupid - the stupid one must be me! I managed to ALMOST make it happen, only to realize that I had applied the same "musical" setting to all folders on the entire computer! We can't have that!

Question: How do I apply the same columns to all folders in the Music directory (only)? 



I thought I knew the answer, but Vista has been showing me that I didn't. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google 411: USA yellow pages & fast forward: 1-800-goog411

« Last post by Curt on December 11, 2008, 07:31 AM »

- fine,

but it does include a 10 seconds advert, and doesn't help you to first get the number.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Music files 101

« Last post by Curt on December 11, 2008, 06:21 AM »

- double entropy, I guess. If we rant loud enough - and the manufacturers listens, and they try to set up a solution - they cannot agree on the best solution. So in the end the result of our ranting make things even more complicated!!!

   sorry, I couldn't help it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook & 2GB PST limit

« Last post by Curt on December 11, 2008, 06:12 AM »

,this tool helped me not once

-zlatan24 (December 10, 2008, 10:07 AM)

hmmm...
@ zlatan24, did'nt you mean something like "helped me (not only once but) several times"?

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General Software Discussion / Re: create fill in the blank in PowerPoint

« Last post by Curt on December 11, 2008, 05:05 AM »

http://www.sameshow....om/quiz-creator.html will do it all, I assume, but it is $130

But why does he say is must be PowerPoint? There are plenty of quiz makers out there!
- even some, I expect, that will offer to convert the final quiz into PPT or similar.