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General Software Discussion / Re: Foxit Reader (fast pdf reader alternative)

« Last post by lanux128 on April 04, 2006, 01:21 AM »

Thanks.  I downloaded the extension, restarted Firefox, went to the extension options and told it to use Foxit to open PDF's.  Adobe still opens them.  I may have to uninstall Adobe after all.

i think you ought to uninstall Adobe after all... man, these guys are fast becoming the MSIE of online documents... one can't even make a simple switch of pdf readers.

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Site/Forum Features / Unsubscribing a topic...

« Last post by lanux128 on April 04, 2006, 01:08 AM »

is there a simpler way to unsubscribe a topic while being on the forums' pages, instead from the email that we receive?
i have something like this in mind, as used in mozillazine forums... you can also "watch" topics without replying to it.

P.S. found it...  . now how do i delete this redundant post..?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Foxit Reader (fast pdf reader alternative)

« Last post by lanux128 on April 04, 2006, 12:35 AM »

I'm afraid that didn't work.  Maybe I need an exorcist to get rid of this thing...

-Betsy (April 04, 2006, 12:19 AM)

what browser do you use? if you're using Firefox, try this extension: PDF Download

btw, if you don't need Adobe Reader then try uninstalling it and see if that solves your problem...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Foxit Reader (fast pdf reader alternative)

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 11:59 PM »

I guess I didn't explain my problem very clearly.  I have checked the "Make Foxit the default" option in the Foxit help menu, but Adobe is still coming up when I try to open PDF files.  What could I have done wrong?

try to uncheck this option in Adobe: "Display PDF in Browser". then your browser will prompt you to open or d/l the pdf, you can choose 'Open' to view the file.

Adobe preference window:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Foxit Reader (fast pdf reader alternative)

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 10:40 PM »

So which one is the "install" version?  It's probably obvious, but I'm not real savvy.

-Betsy (April 03, 2006, 10:14 PM)

my mistake, 
i've changed the url to point to the installer version...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need app to find album cover art?

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 09:50 PM »

I use Foobar2000 :/, but thanks for trying.

-moerl (April 03, 2006, 09:35 PM)

no problem.. i'm in the google mood anyway, so here you are:

• Album Cover Art Panel
• Album Cover Art Downloader

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Keyboard Layout/Language Setting Question

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 09:39 PM »

...I've never used AHK though.. so I suppose there's going to be some figuring out to do..

-moerl (March 30, 2006, 02:05 PM)

i'm glad that AHK solves your problem... If you hadn't already done so, you can go over to AHK's forum for more ready-made scripts plus info on using AHK...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need app to find album cover art?

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 09:32 PM »

if you use winamp, then you can always search at its website for plugins...
e.g. http://www.winamp.com/plugins/browse.php?search=yes&filter=C&query=Album+Cover+Finder

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Living Room / Re: for the dual monitor dudes

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 08:50 PM »

i'd just plug 'em in if i were you, i'm sure you'd have it all working within a few minutes.

-nudone (March 30, 2006, 03:03 AM)

tks, nudone for the info. but i'd like ask an additional question, if i plug-in two video cards - one into agp the other, pci - which will be Window's main card? this is what bothering me because the other card (pci) is quite low-end...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Foxit Reader (fast pdf reader alternative)

« Last post by lanux128 on April 03, 2006, 08:31 PM »

I usually see a notice on alt.comp.freeware or fileforum.betanews.com

-mrainey (March 30, 2006, 02:34 PM)

or you can also check at filehippo.com

btw, i observed something about the downloads at foxit's homepage. there are two versions of the download:

• http://www.foxitsoft...ader/foxitreader.zip -> Zip version
• http://www.foxitsoft...oxitreader_setup.exe -> Installer version

one is the no-install version which isn't updated regularly while the other is an installer version which is updated frequently as seen on filehippo's foxit page.

[edit]fixed links to the installer[/edit]

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Living Room / Re: for the dual monitor dudes

« Last post by lanux128 on March 30, 2006, 01:55 AM »

what's the actual problem, lanux128?

-nudone (March 30, 2006, 01:25 AM)

actually i haven't started yet, therefore i want to have a handy reference before taking the plunge...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Adding ID3 Tag info to MP3 Based on folder name

« Last post by lanux128 on March 30, 2006, 12:22 AM »

Any respectable MP3 tag program should be able to do both things you want. I can say for sure that The Godfather can.

-Hirudin (March 29, 2006, 11:48 PM)

agreed. my favourite -> Mp3 Tag Tools

some of the features:

• Tag mp3s even while playing them
• Mass ID3 tagging
• Write ID3 tags from Filenames using Custom Filename Format
• Rename Filenames From ID3 tags using Custom Filename or Directory Format
• Remove All ID3v1.1 or ID3v2.x tags
• Remove All Non-ID3 tags
• Create ID3 tags using Directory Formats
• Create Directories and organize mp3s from ID3 tag info
• Selectively Copy or Synchronize ID3v1.1 & ID3v2.x tags

slightly outdated but worth a try...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Keyboard Layout/Language Setting Question

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 11:33 PM »

you can try either AllChars or AutoHotkey. both works for me... 

AllChars provides a quick, easy-to-remember way of creating accents like é Ü ç î æ and special characters like ƒ ² ‰ © £ ± ß ° 1/2 ¿ « » ™ „ in most Windows programs.

-AllChars

A sample script from AHK:
Yet another American keyboard remapper for German Umlauts

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General Software Discussion / Re: SuperFast Shutdown

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 09:24 PM »

From that warning, it makes me think it's about the same thing as unplugging your computer--or hitting the powerbutton when powerbuttons were power cutoff rather than windows>shutdown

-allen (March 29, 2006, 09:13 PM)

i thought of that too but when i switch on the pc there is no scandisk/chkdsk prompt. maybe the program tells the registry that it's being shutdown normally then pulls the plug...
if only winXP doesn't take ages to shutdown, i wouldn't be wondering about these kind of apps.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: some options needed

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 09:07 PM »

[NOTE TO SELF]: have been inserted in the feature request system --> https://www.donation...king/view.php?id=190

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General Software Discussion / SuperFast Shutdown

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 09:01 PM »

Does anyone use this program: SuperFast Shutdown?

Have you ever wished there was a faster way to shutdown your Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer system? I mean instantly shut it down! Now you can! Just install Super Fast Shutdown and click on one of the desktop icons created to reboot or shutdown instantly.

Warning: Superfast Shutdown is extremely powerful! Use at your own risk! Although it has never been reported, regular usage could possibly cause disk corruption.

-web-site

With this app, Windows does shutdown immediately but i'm curious as how it achieves this. From the disk corruption warning, i assume that it bypasses cache writes to the hard-drive but i'd would like to know from others as well. Any ideas on this?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mcafee security suite...4 thumbs WAY down

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 08:45 PM »

just google for mcafee errors and you'll get a whole lot of case-studies... here's a recent one. 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: GMail (Google Mail) backup

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 07:54 PM »

That link looks broken.. Possibly the site is no more. Still, i found it on google's cache: http://www.google.co...d=1&client=opera

-jgpaiva (March 29, 2006, 07:36 PM)

that's strange, jgpaiva because i can access it without any problems, as you can see below. anyway, it's a good thing that we have google cache...

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Living Room / Re: for the dual monitor dudes

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 07:47 PM »

sorry off-topic, can someone point me to a web-site with a good guide for setting-up a system with two monitors, with Geforce cards... i know i should be asking in a geforce forum but i've become so complacent with the friendly and helpful folks here...

ok, end off-topic...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: GMail (Google Mail) backup

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 07:16 PM »

here is a list containing many Gmail related tools. haven't used it myself but would come in handy for Gmail aficionados...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Foxit Reader (fast pdf reader alternative)

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 07:03 PM »

yes, i'm having the same problems as f0dder but with each updates it is becoming more robust eventhough now & then it chokes on pdf files with embedded quicktime movies but credit to the author, he's constantly upgrading the program despite having other commercial programs on his hands...

in short, worth a shot...

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General Software Discussion / Re: a light-weight alternative to Print Shop Deluxe?

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 02:39 AM »

You didn't answered if you need the help o f the "wizards" ?

-AbteriX (March 29, 2006, 01:17 AM)

actually, i don't need wizards that much... but i'll have a look at ZonerDraw and let you know...

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General Software Discussion / Re: a light-weight alternative to Print Shop Deluxe?

« Last post by lanux128 on March 29, 2006, 12:51 AM »

I use CorelDraw! for such projects. Even the version 7 (5-10€ @eBay) is good enought and you get an good graphic editor too (PhotoPaint).

A freeware non-wizard tool is e.g. OpenOffices Draw.

"Print Shop Deluxe" or such i see often on magazin -cd's for 5-9€

-AbteriX (March 29, 2006, 12:33 AM)

I didn't had a look at CorelDraw! previously because Corel looks like an overkill. Basically what i want to do is just create flyers, banners and some greeting cards... OpenOffice's Draw comes in a suite so that is certainly not in the light-weight category.

maybe i'll just have wade thru' bargain-bins to find a cheaper, less than new version of PSD...

tks anyway, AbteriX

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Best E-mail Client / Re: [The Bat!] How to change displayed email address?

« Last post by lanux128 on March 28, 2006, 09:40 PM »

sorry off-topic, but can this be done with Courier email as well?

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Living Room / Re: what happened to "Old Requests"?

« Last post by lanux128 on March 28, 2006, 09:00 PM »

a'ah now i see it, "Fulfilled or Rejected or Abandoned Requests"...
less clutter...