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General Software Discussion / Re: Replace Windows Explorer [SOLUTION]

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2008, 02:33 PM »

   I am quite sure Lashiec do not have a job i the service sector...



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http://blogs.msdn.co...004/03/24/95235.aspx and
http://apipes.blogsp...s-api-can-break.html

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 3 TuneUp 2008 for $40

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2008, 10:32 AM »

As time has gone by I have come to really dislike words like "Fully-automatic clean-up of your PC" - so No, I don't use TuneUp. I have the one from Ashampoo, but I don't use that one either. I don't even dare to use the combination from WreckedCarz!

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General Software Discussion / Re: HowTo change global hotkey?

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2008, 10:18 AM »

Really nice program, Darwin. However, I very much dislike that the $20 Mophy Accents will occupy every AltGr+ combinations - I mean, don't we all have some combinations occupied by other programs? I certainly have!

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is your boot time?

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2008, 08:40 AM »

I usually light up a cig and hit the start button, then I most likely leave my appartment, not closing the door, and stand on the gallery, watching the city, until I can hear Skype is logging on to my account. By then I will have finished my cigarette, so the hole of the procedure must have taken about 8 minutes. Other than that I am using Statup Delayer with extreme headroom, 10 seconds for each program, so my startup procedure is: 30 seconds for initial boot and side-page defrag, 90 seconds for XP, 30 seconds for programs starting before Startup Delayer, making it 2½ minute before I can use the machine..--..but then 4 more minutes plus a lot of launching time for the rest of the company, making it a total of some 7 or 8 min. 


I launch my XP several times a day, so I do smoke a lot... 

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2008, 05:42 AM »

3500

Darwin is giving praise to some wacom in his post number 3500:



Keep posting, Darwin! 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals

« Last post by Curt on February 02, 2008, 05:06 AM »

Maybe we could have a fixed thread a la "Did you try and can you recommend today's offer?"

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online/CompuTech (my) programs

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 07:37 PM »

Edited:

Hope you solve it out!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Macro Scheduler + Direct Access

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 07:14 PM »

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We are glad to announce two important promotions for you and your friends.

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1. Macro Scheduler on Software Deal of the Day, - Monday, 4th February 2008 - 45% discount

Our good partner Marcus Tettmar of Mjtnet is offering his excellent macro automation software Macro Scheduler at 45% off. This is a great software that can automate almost any operation and save you a lot of time. Mjtnet has recently released v.10 of Macro Scheduler which sports some amazing new text capture functions and a super fast image recognition.

But hurry up, this offer is available only on Monday, the 4th February.

Even if you already own a copy of Macro Scheduler, you may be wanting a second copy. Or perhaps a friend or colleague at work would like a copy and this is their chance to grab a copy of Macro Scheduler Home, Standard or Pro for a huge savings.

With 45% off Macro Scheduler Home is only $32. Macro Scheduler Standard would be only $63 and the Professional version only $133!

These are amazing offers which happen very, very rarely, so if you know someone who is interested please forward them this newsletter now.

To get your copy or learn more about Macro Scheduler, go to http://www.mjtnet.com?ref=nagarsoft and use coupon code SDOD550802 when placing the order.

 

2. Direct Access on Software Deal of the Day, - Thursday, 7th February 2008 - 50% discount

Software deal of the day is a new site which offers an amazing discount on a different item of software every day. On February 7th, Direct Access will be available at a huge 50% discount, only on Software Deal of the Day for one day only.

Even if you already have purchased a copy, you may want to get another one for a envious coworker or forward this email to friends or colleagues who could benefit of the offer.

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Found Deals and Discounts / 3 TuneUp 2008 for $40

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 06:57 PM »

This offer is for subscribers only, so please forgive me and tell if the link doesn't work for you
- but the listed price is $150, giving a theoretical saving on $110, so I simply had to tell! 

Powerful hard drive defragmentation * Optimum start-up * Internet, and Windows acceleration * Quick and extensive clean-up for hard drives * Effective elimination of junk data * Fully-automatic clean-up and improvement of your PC * Extensive clean-up of the registry * Effective help in solving standard Windows problems * Secure data recovery and data elimination * Simple custom Windows configuration * Individual Windows styling

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General Software Discussion / Re: Maxthon 2.0.8 beta supports IE/COM plugins

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 11:24 AM »

I tried Maxthon 2 (not beta) just a month ago but still like 1.6 better. However, it is clear to me that most of the new addons and plugins are being written for version 2 only, so one day soon I will be bound to give up on the Classic anyway. I just hope for Maxthon 2 to be faster than so far, and to give me back my Maxthon Start Page in the way that I want it to be. Also, I must be able to add any search engine.

But I didn't try it for long and I didn't take notes on my experience, so maybe I have forgotten or just didn't figure out all of the options and it can already do what I am asking for? Hmm... I better remember to try the next version! You will remember to tell when the stable version with these new features have been launched? Yes, of course you will, Darwin. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: ThunderBird users, read here

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 10:56 AM »

SPAMfighter is right now writing a version for Thunderbird.
Beta release date yet unknown.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What are your favourite Outlook plugins?

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 10:52 AM »

My favourites are SPAMfighter, ...

-Curt (March 20, 2007, 04:48 AM)

This post just to inform that SPAMfighter right now is writing a version for Thunderbird.

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 08:37 AM »

200 tsaints!!

tsaint posted his # second hundred post today:

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals

« Last post by Curt on February 01, 2008, 08:16 AM »

Welcome to DC iconico

-Darwin (February 01, 2008, 07:25 AM)

a rather late welcome?    :

-iconico (March 20, 2007, 01:34 PM)

But he is offering an impressive amount of programs:

Cardio Calipers - Cute Context Menu - Data Extractor - DiskAnalyzer Pro -Easy Sweeper - Email Extractor - Extraction Pack - HTML Text Extractor - Quick Runner - Screen Calipers - Screen Compass - Screen Protractor - Screen Tracing Paper - Sleepy - WebTools Pro

- I wonder if he wrote all of them himself? 

However, Screen Measurement Pack (Screen Calipers, Screen Protractor and Screen Compass) was mentioned in his first post almost a year ago. I for one would sure like to see this bundle offered at Bits du Jour again! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?

« Last post by Curt on January 31, 2008, 03:02 PM »

Thanks for the headup, Darwin, but No, I removed the folder at once when I uninstalled the program, and besides, I am using a startup manager.

But I too will like to make it clear that I found Online-Armor to be quite a good firewall, only, I had this one or two items...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer

« Last post by Curt on January 31, 2008, 09:56 AM »

Adjust for best performance-*Background services*.

-cmpm (January 31, 2008, 08:44 AM)

- this helped!  Things are happening a little faster now!  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer

« Last post by Curt on January 31, 2008, 01:37 AM »

- yes, I was trying version 2.0, and I only clicked the two options, Optimize Harddisk and Processor ("By removing limits and disable useless checks to make full use of your harddisk and your processor") and Optimize Applications ("By removing limits and disable useless checks to make full use of your harddisk and your applications").


 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2008, 05:01 PM »

Really, stay away of these auto optimizers.

-Lashiec (January 30, 2008, 02:01 PM)

Maybe it would be appropriate to distinct between this, these and some.

I installed and ran it on my test machine and it made a good difference.

-cmpm (January 29, 2008, 12:21 PM)

BTW:

- and with option to restore.

-Curt (January 30, 2008, 01:59 AM)

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Will check it out some more after work or tomorrow.

-cmpm (January 29, 2008, 12:21 PM)

I, for one, will be anxious for your report and findings on this.

-BigJim (January 29, 2008, 10:01 PM)

- me too, cmpm.
How big a difference do you think it made? How many and which options did you activate? 

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2008, 11:58 AM »

The only two problems I have found after the first 24 hours of using Online Armor Free are 1) ....-And 2) that Online Armor is too intrusive when I want to uninstall some program. Why on earth must it know if it is okay that I am running an uninstaller?

-Curt (January 29, 2008, 05:28 PM)

This mis-feature turned out to be too much for me. The final nail was when I wanted to remove IconBee and had to confirm 3 times that I really wanted to remove the thing! Online Armor is way too intrusive for IT testers.

Online Armor too has left the building... 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Laplink (PCMover) 30% off

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2008, 10:14 AM »

January 16' has come and gone, so the price for Laplink Gold 2008 is once again $90, but I have come to realize that Gold 2008 includes both Acronis Tru Image 10 ($50) and Lavasoft File Schredder ($30), so even $90 for the lot seems an attractive price, I think.


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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2008, 09:27 AM »

Toohsje has left the building

- because it crashed both itself, my startup manager, and XP. Bye bye!

    

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2008, 07:47 AM »

But what would make the difference between such a thread and the one we already have? Doesn't Found Deals and Discounts say what it should say?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer

« Last post by Curt on January 30, 2008, 01:59 AM »

I really should have looked more carefully - the answer was of course given at the homepage:








- and with option to restore. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer

« Last post by Curt on January 29, 2008, 05:52 PM »

none of the "more info" links on that page work

-tomos (January 29, 2008, 02:19 PM)

- you already were at the "more info" page. 


Edit: But I need to know if one can choose which features to activate, or if they all are implemented at once?? I really don't want my XP to look like some Win 95   just in order to make it faster...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals

« Last post by Curt on January 29, 2008, 05:41 PM »

I don't like the idea about sticky links. When 'we' post about some giveaway / offer it is because we have an opinion abouth the program being offered and we want to tell that THIS giveaway / offer is different from all the others.