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General Software Discussion / Re: Helicon Filter won't work on my computer!

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 11, 2010, 06:40 PM »

Thanks, John, for your encouraging response.  I've now joined the forum and sent a message, but apparently it has to be approved by someone, and so far it hasn't appeared.  Since the BitsduJour offer is tomorrow, I hope I'll hear back soon.  I'm eager to know whether the program will work on my computer and is worth buying.  Of course, I can always reinstall the free version if I can figure out why I'm having problems. 

Right now, I think I'll use a restore point from earlier today to purge my computer of any remnants of both programs.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Helicon Filter won't work on my computer!

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 11, 2010, 04:26 PM »

Thanks, tomos, for your quick response.  Yes, perhaps I will report it.  I wish I understood what caused it to happen.  I doubt that most people have such an experience with the software.  On the other hand, I haven't had such an experience before, so....

I was thinking of uninstalling with Revo, but since I happen to have set a restore point earlier today, perhaps I'll use that instead, just in case something I did between then and now has contributed to this problem.  However, I honestly can't imagine what.

Oh well...  Thanks again.  Perhaps I'll wait a little while to see whether anyone else responds before using the restore point.

Again, many thanks.

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General Software Discussion / Helicon Filter won't work on my computer!

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 11, 2010, 03:35 PM »

Having read some enthusiastic remarks about Helicon Filter on DC, and knowing that BitsduJour is about to offer a 50% off deal tomorrow (Monday, April 12), I downloaded both the last free version and the beta of version 5 (that will be offered on BdJ tomorrow) to try them out.  To my dismay, I can't get either of them to work on my computer.  I first tried the free version, but after the splash screen appeared, nothing else happened.  I couldn't get the program itself to show itself or do anything except close.  I uninstalled it and installed the version 5 beta.  That one is just as bad.  It apparently has a transparent splash screen that WILL NOT DISAPPEAR from the screen.  I think the only way I will be able to get rid of it is either to kill the process in task manager or just delete the entire program.  I can't imagine why this is happening.  I just took a screen shot of what it looks like as I'm typing this message.  

I should add that my computer runs WindowsXP Pro with SP3.

Has this happened to anyone else?  Any idea what's going on?  I can't recall ever having such a problem before.

Thanks in advance for any help.   Added note: I went to kill the process with Task Manager and saw to my surprise that there were TWO Helicon Filter.exe files actively running.  I can't imagine why.  I killed them both, and that got rid of the transparent splash screen that was blocking my view of everything else.  Still, I'm not sure how to proceed.  Uninstall and reinstall?  Scream at my computer?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 10, 2010, 05:22 PM »

Thanks very much, Curt and Tomos.  Tomos, I'm a pretty basic user, I think.  Curt, thanks for pointing out that there's a free version as well.  I've now downloaded both the free version and the one from BdJ.  Not sure which one I'll try first.  Ah, so many options, so little time. 

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Living Room / Re: Leveraging what Google has to offer

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 10, 2010, 03:09 PM »

The Living Room is beginning to feel a bit schizophrenic. I just finished reading this thread here:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=22379.msg201232

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 10, 2010, 03:03 PM »

I am happy with my six dollar Sagelight :-) but after trialing Helicon Filter 5 I am certainly going to take the offer on Monday, as well. What an easy way to make fine pictures!  

-Curt (April 10, 2010, 05:41 AM)

Curt, what do you like about Helicon Filter 5 that you really want but can't get with Sagelight?  I took advantage of the Sagelight offer, and now you've got me curious.  I think this forum is turning out to be hazardous to my bank account   .

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Sagelight Image Editor - pay what you want promo (Apil 2010)

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 04, 2010, 10:52 AM »

Wow!  What a great find!  I've just downloaded the program and quickly tried it out.  I'm sold!
I take lots of photos, but most of them would benefit from editing that I don't know how to provide.
I sometimes muddle through with an old version of Photoshop that was bought for me years ago at work,
but this program looks as if it will be considerably easier for an uninformed user like me to handle.

Thanks VERY much, lanux, for the heads up. 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ad Muncher On Sale at Bits duJor Wednesday, March 31, 2010

« Last post by cyberdiva on April 01, 2010, 03:16 PM »

I thought for a minute that mwb1100 was wrong about Outpost not offering the lifetime license now on the Security Suite, but I just checked and he's right.  There is a special offer for 1- and 2-year licenses for up to three PCs for $39.95 (1 yr) and $59.95 (2 yr), but with any luck that's NOT a lifetime  .  They are again/still offering lifetime licenses on Outpost Firewall Pro--1 computer for $39.95 and 3 computers for $59.95.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ad Muncher On Sale at Bits duJor Wednesday, March 31, 2010

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 31, 2010, 08:58 PM »

Well, I decided that I wasn't at all ready to pay a substantial amount of money for a program I hadn't even tried, and one whose sales practices seem a bit dodgy to boot.  So I instead bought the basic version with 1 year of updates, though it wasn't so easy to do that, since I was all set to pay and realized I was being charged for the premium version.  I caught that in time and changed to basic.  I'll now have a year to see what I think.  If it's 3/4 as good as some of you say it is, I'll be happy. 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ad Muncher On Sale at Bits duJor Wednesday, March 31, 2010

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 31, 2010, 06:47 PM »

Thanks, Superboyac.  I'll take a look later tonight.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ad Muncher On Sale at Bits duJor Wednesday, March 31, 2010

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 31, 2010, 02:44 PM »

Where does it say anything about a lifetime license?  All I saw was the Premium and the Regular (or whatever it's called), both for 12-month periods.  I'm not sure I really need this program, since my browsers are the primary places where I see ads, and AdBlock or the equivalent freeware seem to do a reasonably good job in Firefox and Opera, but I still find myself a bit tempted.  But if I have to keep paying every year, I'm less tempted.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol PLUS at 50% off until April 7

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 30, 2010, 09:37 AM »

Fine program. Interesting how he is offering this rebate exactly two months after he gave it away for free; though only for that day, 29-01-2010. Don't get me wrong; I am not implying anything negative; on the contrary, I am impressed with his lack of greedy ;-)

-Curt (March 30, 2010, 05:59 AM)

I guess he's trying to find ways to promote the program.  IIRC, he decided that the one-day offer is one he won't repeat.

WinPatrol cannot run together with Outpost Security Suite.    I have both 

I have Outpost Firewall Pro rather than the entire Security Suite, and I haven't had any problem running the firewall together with WinPatrol PLUS. 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol PLUS at 50% off until April 7

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 29, 2010, 03:31 PM »

Oops, my bad.     I thought I had pickup up the URL from Bill's blog, but instead I simply used my RSS feed URL.  I think I'll change my original posting so that people don't scratch their heads wondering what's going on.  Thanks, Carol, for catching this error.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Stop Forum Spam

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 29, 2010, 01:35 PM »

IWhilst the stopspam site is a good idea, it slows down the registration process for new users and/or creates a lot of work to keep on top of the list.

-tanis424 (March 29, 2010, 08:43 AM)

The forum on which I serve as cleaning woman  doesn't use the SFS site as part of the registration process.  I used to use SFS a lot to check my gut instincts about the people who have supposedly subscribed (and are therefore entitled to post).  In theory, there were requirements for joining, but in fact lots of people succeeded in bypassing those requirements and just hacking in.  I developed a pretty good sense of usernames that looked suspicious, and I would check them (and the IP # they used to "join") against the listings in SFS.  Fortunately, I no longer have to do that, since the forum has developed better ways to identify those who have joined illegitimately.

I like the modified captcha process you describe.  I've always hated the image identification model--heck, sometimes *I* can't even tell what the letters are.  I don't know whether the forum I'm associated with uses any sort of captcha--my responsibilities come after someone has ostensibly joined.

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Found Deals and Discounts / WinPatrol PLUS at 50% off until April 7

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 29, 2010, 01:20 PM »

Just found this offer in Bill Pytlovany's blog: http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/.  I think VERY highly of WinPatrol PLUS--it's one of the first programs I install on any Windows-based computer.  Also, once you've bought the PLUS version (which at 50% off is $14.95, I think), you have a license for life.  You never have to pay for upgrades.  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Stop Forum Spam

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 29, 2010, 08:36 AM »

Yes, I agree that it's a very useful site.  I'm helping the head of another forum keep that forum spam-free, and for a while I was checking with Stop Forum Spam a lot.  I no longer do that, in part because the forum has apparently put measures in place that have reduced the amount of spam, and in part because checking with SFS was taking time I no longer have.  But it is a very good site. 

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Best Firewall / Re: How Does Your Firewall Rate? - Outpost, Comodo, Jetico, ...

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 28, 2010, 04:54 PM »

+1 for Online Armor. It provides very effective protection without excessive nagging.

-sajman99 (March 28, 2010, 01:49 PM)

It's interesting how different our impressions and experiences can be.  I got a free license for Online Armor and was thrilled--until I installed it.  It slowed my computer to a crawl, caused BSODs, etc.  Other people reported similar experiences.   I quickly got rid of it and moved to Outpost, first the free version, finally a lifetime license for the Pro version.  I've been pretty happy with it, though I still miss Sygate.

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General Software Discussion / Re: updating Firefox plugins sucks!

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 28, 2010, 09:27 AM »

Opera is looking better and better - if only the developers there weren't so damned elitist.

-J-Mac (March 27, 2010, 10:59 PM)

+1 

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General Software Discussion / Re: StreamTransport: Free Stream (youtube,hulu,etc) Downloading Tool

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 24, 2010, 09:29 AM »

Thanks for the additional information.  I'm now thinking I'll not bother with Stream Transport.  There are lots of programs that will do similar things without triggering Malwarebytes warnings.  And the spam connection PhilB mentioned concerns me as well.  It may be that Stream Transport is fine, but I don't need it enough to run any risks.

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General Software Discussion / Re: StreamTransport: Free Stream (youtube,hulu,etc) Downloading Tool

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 23, 2010, 11:44 AM »

Thanks, Curt.  That's good to know.  But how come DNSInspect didn't list streamtransport.com among those who use that IP number?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: MiniReview of Linkman URL Organizer and Search Tool

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 23, 2010, 11:31 AM »

I might just add that I am using Linkman 7.9.0.18 with Firefox 3.6.  I'm having no problems with Linkman's integration with Firefox, and I'm delighted with a new feature that I think was added to this new Linkman version: if I click on one of the four Linkman icons on Firefox when Linkman isn't open, clicking on any of these icons will also automatically open Linkman.  This is a great improvement for me, since I do not have Linkman starting at Windows startup (I try to keep the startup menu limited to those apps I know I will need right away).  Until now, if I clicked on one of the four icons when Linkman wasn't open, I'd just get an annoying message telling me that Linkman wasn't open.  Many thanks to Outertech for changing this.  It has made one of my very favorite programs even better!

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General Software Discussion / Re: StreamTransport: Free Stream (youtube,hulu,etc) Downloading Tool

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 23, 2010, 09:03 AM »

I went to download Stream Transport and found the site blocked by Malwarebytes Anti-Malware's IP Protection feature.  It claimed it was protecting me from malicious IP 95.211.13.68.  This apparently is the IP for Stream Transport; my guess is that it shares this IP number with some unsavory sites.  In the past, when questions have been raised in the Malwarebytes forum about seemingly innocent sites being blocked, the answer has been that if a site shares an IP address with malicious sites, there's nothing to prevent the malicious site from doing its evil on your computer when you seek to go to the innocent site, since the site is reached by IP number, not domain name.

I turned off Malwarebytes' IP protection to go to the site, downloaded Stream Transport, installed it, turned IP Protection back on, and tried to use Stream Transport, but again Malwarebytes blocked it.  So unless I'm willing to trust that IP number enough to put it on Malwarebytes' Ignore List, I won't be able to use Stream Transport.  Does anyone have any further information or advice about this?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Undelete utilities?

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 20, 2010, 04:07 PM »

Innuendo, I assume it would have recognized that it couldn't find where the program was installed and would have asked me to supply the path.  For now, though, I guess it will have to remain one of Life's Unanswered Questions 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Undelete utilities?

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 19, 2010, 10:08 PM »

Wonder what would have happened if you had answered yes to that question while the flash drive was not plugged in...

-Innuendo (March 19, 2010, 09:31 PM)

The flash drive on which I installed it wasn't plugged in when I tried to install the program on my hard drive.  I assume that the Setup program recognized simply that it had already been run once.

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Living Room / Re: moving outlook express to a new computer

« Last post by cyberdiva on March 18, 2010, 03:41 PM »

Tbird definitely supports POP3! In fact IMAP is the less common use, as far as I understand. And it's fine for "average" uses I guess. But if you have say 20,000 messages in a folder, it really bogs down.

-JavaJones (March 18, 2010, 02:32 PM)

I'm using IMAP, and I'm afraid I too have found TBird3 really bogs down if confronted with a lot of folders, even if they don't each contain anything like 20,000 (or even 2000) messages.  TBird2 didn't seem to have a problem, but I really can't recommend TBird3.

Now back to our regularly scheduled topic.