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Screenshot Captor / Re: trying to print with Screen Captor to no avail
« Last post by x16wda on January 06, 2013, 03:17 PM »
Right click on the Screenshot Captor icon in the tray and choose Explore at Screenshot Directory, then go up one level and you should see the .ini file.
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Excel files don't open
« Last post by x16wda on January 06, 2013, 12:30 PM »
In the meantime, Shades, I'd be glad to see the Powershell scripts you've come up with if you want to post them.

Powershell seems to me like anti-bash.... lots of power and easy to chain results (including objects) through many steps like a shell, but designed with the intent of using the longest possible command names (including semi-random dashes) instead of the shortest possible...
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Screenshot Captor / Re: trying to print with Screen Captor to no avail
« Last post by x16wda on January 06, 2013, 12:06 PM »
Works fine on my Win 8 machine with a Lexmark x7675 AOI.  After you click File, Print Screenshot, click the Print Setup... button in the middle and you can select a printer and settings in the normal dialog.
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General Software Discussion / Re: "We changed your language to German"
« Last post by x16wda on January 05, 2013, 08:10 AM »
See www.mybrowserinfo.com/detail.asp for a quick list of what your browser tells about your PC.  Or Browserspy.de separates everything in nice pages for you.

In IE you could go to Internet Options, on the General tab, and click the Languages button to modify the settings.  Will this work for you?
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Happens to me often.  I find it difficult to resist downloading utilities that have been recommended by reasonable people, or that address an issue I've seen (even peripherally), or that just sound neat.  Or ones that do the same thing I already have a utility for but maybe have an interesting feature.  And since the landscape changes constantly I sometimes revisit topics that I've spent too much time on already (how many times have I looked at text editors?).  Most of it gets installed and tried out and I get excited about it, but then something else comes along...

Happens less often with purchased products, but still happens.  I can buy software based on an awesome demo but later find the workflow doesn't fit, or buy a product and the developers take it somewhere I don't like as much.

I think anyone who's willing to take a chance on finding a better way should see this happen now and again.

(btw, anyone want a copy of UltraEdit with lifetime updates?)
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General Software Discussion / Re: HowTo repair Win 7's zip?
« Last post by x16wda on January 04, 2013, 06:29 PM »
Much easier to just make 7-zip the default program for ZIP files and not worry about it. ;)
Yeah... remediate or mitigate, fix or work around... it's always a question of which wins.  In this case I vote the same as 40hz, especially since I could always dig into it later.

That said, Curt, does Windows handle zip files from other sources ok?  Can you create a zip in Windows (or in 7-zip) and open it successfully in Explorer?
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Living Room / Re: The Internets makes me laugh
« Last post by x16wda on January 04, 2013, 06:09 AM »
I always get a chuckle from Curt's sig... hits too close to home :D:

Remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Divide a txt file according rules
« Last post by x16wda on December 29, 2012, 09:17 AM »
Take a look at the Windows ports of Gnu Coreutils.  The Split command may do what you want:

C:\$DATA\$installers\copy-into-winnt>split --help
Usage: split [OPTION] [INPUT [PREFIX]]
Output fixed-size pieces of INPUT to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default
PREFIX is `x'.  With no INPUT, or when INPUT is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
  -a, --suffix-length=N   use suffixes of length N (default 2)
  -b, --bytes=SIZE        put SIZE bytes per output file
  -C, --line-bytes=SIZE   put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file
  -l, --lines=NUMBER      put NUMBER lines per output file
      --verbose           print a diagnostic to standard error just
                            before each output file is opened
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

SIZE may have a multiplier suffix: b for 512, k for 1K, m for 1 Meg.

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Beet Box
« Last post by x16wda on December 27, 2012, 07:57 PM »
Don't that beet all!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Acronis Backup
« Last post by x16wda on December 23, 2012, 10:56 AM »
Eesh, Acronis.  I wonder how many different commercial backups programs we have all used and discarded over the years?  Acronis, Macrium, GoBack, Back Up My PC, etc etc.

FWIW I've been using Paragon software for years, personally and for work, both backups and full restores, and its various releases haven't failed me yet.  Biggest score was getting a free upgrade to the server technician license just before they started making them expire.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Tool for re-formatting text
« Last post by x16wda on December 20, 2012, 06:28 PM »
Dolphin Text Editor...
I really like Dolphin, but I think what Child wants is a little different than what DTE offers.  DTE lets you select text and modify its structural formatting in situ in many ways (like sorting, changing case, etc), but to me the request sounded like Child would like to copy a snippet in Eras Bold 15pt and paste it back out somewhere else in Tekton 12pt.
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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Recursive Search and Replace in Nested Folders
« Last post by x16wda on December 18, 2012, 08:20 PM »
If you can stand a command line, the C-style option below might work.  I've used this one and gsar.exe both in various batch processes, can't recall offhand now why I needed both of them... maybe one of them didn't want to replace in place?  hmm... <walking off muttering to himself...>


Code: Text [Select]
  1. Find And Replace Text  v1.99b                         by Lionello Lunesu
  2.  
  3. Usage: FART [options] [--] <wildcard>[,...] [find_string] [replace_string]
  4.  
  5. Options:
  6.  -h, --help          Show this help message (ignores other options)
  7.  -q, --quiet         Suppress output to stdio / stderr
  8.  -V, --verbose       Show more information
  9.  -r, --recursive     Process sub-folders recursively
  10.  -c, --count         Only show filenames, match counts and totals
  11.  -i, --ignore-case   Case insensitive text comparison
  12.  -v, --invert        Print lines NOT containing the find string
  13.  -n, --line-number   Print line number before each line (1-based)
  14.  -w, --word          Match whole word (uses C syntax, like grep)
  15.  -f, --filename      Find (and replace) filename instead of contents
  16.  -B, --binary        Also search (and replace) in binary files (CAUTION)
  17.  -C, --c-style       Allow C-style extended characters (\xFF\0\t\n\r\\ etc.)
  18.      --cvs           Skip cvs dirs; execute "cvs edit" before changing files
  19.      --svn           Skip svn dirs
  20.      --remove        Remove all occurences of the find_string
  21.  -a, --adapt         Adapt the case of replace_string to found string
  22.  -b, --backup        Make a backup of each changed file
  23.  -p, --preview       Do not change the files but print the changes
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Living Room / Re: Yep, got bored...made Cody video.
« Last post by x16wda on December 13, 2012, 06:10 PM »
Thank you - I really needed that.  Very calming after a stressful day.  Looks like Cody cooperated with you pretty well, too.   :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: The Most Bizarre Link...
« Last post by x16wda on December 12, 2012, 06:44 PM »
Hey, I didn't realize the NSA had a Kids Page! ;D
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Living Room / Re: Happy 12-12-12~!
« Last post by x16wda on December 12, 2012, 05:17 AM »
Let's wait and see if someone celebrates March 14, 2015
-fenixproductions (December 12, 2012, 05:04 AM)

But first let's see if anyone celebrates December 22, 2012!  :P
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General Software Discussion / Re: Are you going to wait for Windows 9?
« Last post by x16wda on December 01, 2012, 06:34 PM »

Glad to hear their strategy still got a leg to stand on ;)

Ouch!  :P
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Living Room / Re: What will be your next computer?
« Last post by x16wda on November 25, 2012, 10:51 AM »
Missing Noun Alert! Your five year old dropped dead on his/her birthday and you salvaged the parts?!

Oh, did I forget to mention the bathtub of ice water? ;D

Those dratted nouns, people always ask questions when they go missing...  :P
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Living Room / Re: External DVD Writer
« Last post by x16wda on November 25, 2012, 09:47 AM »
How pretty must it be?  Just pull out an old internal writer and hook it to one of those ubiquitous usb/ide/sata converters.  When the converter's power dongle chokes (anywhere from a day to a year later) yank out the power supply from your old desktop and short the green and black wires together.  My Frankenwriter has served me well.  :P
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Living Room / Re: What will be your next computer?
« Last post by x16wda on November 25, 2012, 09:42 AM »
Coming late to this thread too, out of necessity... my "next" computer was bought yesterday when my 5 year old (to the day!) dropped dead.  (At least I can salvage some parts...)

I needed one now so all I can say is thanks for Black Friday sales ;D

Ended up with an HP with an AMD A10, 8gb, and usb 3.  Suits my needs and snappier than my old box.

Oh yes, of course it came with Win 8 preinstalled.  With no previous experience I could muddle through most of what I had to have, although some of the decisions really seemed obstructive.   Like no easily discoverable way in Legacy Desktop to find your installed programs :huh:... it may be there, but rather than dig I supported a small software author by springing for Start8 ($4.95).  I will play with not-Metro on and off as I have time and inclination but as long as the desktop works I know I can do what I need done.  So far.  :P
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Living Room / Re: Gadget Fridays
« Last post by x16wda on November 16, 2012, 06:56 PM »
I'm partial to Gerber but I also had a Leatherman Micra....

I use my Micra all the time!  It lives on my keychain, along with the flashlights, tape measure, usb stick, and my emergency supply of Xanax...
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Living Room / Re: ~$300 Laptop/Netbook recommendations
« Last post by x16wda on November 13, 2012, 07:11 PM »
Last year about this time we bought my 10 year old a Lenovo G575 for $268.  It was an impulse buy on my part but worked out well, I haven't seen a comparable bargain since then and didn't have to fight Black Friday crowds.  It has 3gb of ram and a 1377x768 screen, an E350 AMD dual core 1.6ghz cpu and a 500gb drive.  My daughter does her school work, Powerpoints, all that fancy web stuff they have kids do these days (Prezi or whatnot), and at least one or two Youtube feeds going all at once and haven't had a problem.  (Win 7 64-bit... no plans to go with 8 without a touchscreen at least!)

When I am asked for a recommendation I always say go for a 7200rpm drive if possible, you WILL notice a speed difference.  Some of the cheap models have not 5400rpm drives, but even lower 4200 rpm!  And get as much memory as possible.

And I'll echo Mouser's recommendation to look at the circulars and sales.  A closeout deal on a Win 7 box would be a double win.  :P
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by x16wda on November 12, 2012, 07:27 PM »
The most awesomest clock face ever.
 (see attachment in previous post)

Neat!  But for the 5-spot, it looks like they pictured "(sqrt(9!))" when it ought to be "(sqrt(9))!".
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General Software Discussion / Re: Accessing the world from China?
« Last post by x16wda on November 11, 2012, 07:29 AM »
I would guess Logmein and Gotomypc type services might be "moderated".  But you could download a trial of ScreenConnect and run your own private service on your PC, that would last 30 days.  It's good stuff too, last time my company trialed it we were happy except that it didn't support remote printing.  Wide OS support (http://help.screenco...t.com/INFO-0008.ashx) so you ought to have enough flexibility there.  (Cheap too, from a corporate point of view - we would have saved money switching from 100 seats with the Big Guys to an unlimited in-house solution.)
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Living Room / Re: You thought those cheap no-name USB/Phone charger were safe?
« Last post by x16wda on November 02, 2012, 05:23 AM »
Opening it up... black. Completely charred.
Spoiler
That's what happens when they send the self destruct signal to the stealth microphones.

:P

Seriously though, those ubiquitous cheap little power things crap out constantly, although usually mine don't fry anything.  The ones that come with those little USB/SATA/IDE drive adapters are the worst, I usually get about 6 months out of one if I'm lucky.  I finally pulled out an old power supply and shorted the green and black wires together, and that has enough power to spin up drives that wouldn't work with the included cheapie adapter.
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Do you know Horst Schaeffer's freeware utilities

They work great, there are several that can tart up a batch file very nicely.  Wbox, wfile, wbusy - almost anything you want! :P
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