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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 23, 2009, 07:58 PM »

That Network Clipboard does actually work! What I needed was a cue to let me know I got all the hotkeys pressed and it actually got the copy or paste signal.  I wrote a quick and dirty ahk script to play wav files on copy and paste and just pass the hotkey on to Network Clipboard.

-MilesAhead (May 23, 2009, 04:34 PM)

Actually, for the Copy side wouldn't it be better to have the script watch the shared folder and then play a sound when a new file, (clip), is detected?

-4wd (May 23, 2009, 07:39 PM)

Not for me.  I use a kvma switch.  The only sound comes from the currently active PC.

The source is there if you want to modify it for yourself.

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 23, 2009, 04:34 PM »

That Network Clipboard does actually work! What I needed was a cue to let me know I got all the hotkeys pressed and it actually got the copy or paste signal.  I wrote a quick and dirty ahk script to play wav files on copy and paste and just pass the hotkey on to Network Clipboard.

The wav files must be named copy.wav and paste.wav and be in the same folder as the script.
Works fine once you get the cue to know you actually did the operation.

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;
; Script ChimeCopy.ahk
; Play .wav file when Network Clipboard does copy or paste
;
;   Requires wav files copy.wav and paste.wav in home folder
;
; Author: MilesAhead

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.


~^!C::
SoundPlay,copy.wav,Wait
Return

~!^!V::
SoundPlay,paste.wav,Wait
Return

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred @ $99 ($100 discount) till 30 May 09

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 23, 2009, 01:54 PM »

Hmmmmm, I shoulda' copyrighted the phrases "blah blah blah" and "yadda yadda" to get royalties cuz there's gonna' be a lot of 'em in printed documents.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 23, 2009, 01:06 PM »

Or put a shortcut to the shared folder where ever you want it. For different types of files. As well as a dedicated shortcut/s to a specific file type and name.

NetworkClipBoard uses a shared folder. I don't know how that would work between two networks though.

-cmpm (May 23, 2009, 12:28 PM)

I'm not using on separate networks.  Just a workgroup. Network Clipboard I did get to work.  Unfortunately I don't get any sound on the Vista64 side.  So there's no cue to tell me if it copied to clipboard.  I have to go over to the other machine and try paste.  I'm using a kvma switch so that's a pita if it's not reliable.  Plus I don't really like triple hotkey combos.  It would be nicer if they gave a choice of hotkeys.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Gold Wave Editor Pro-Today Only

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 23, 2009, 12:27 PM »

The main reason I used GoldWave in the past was the batch mode.  TMPGEnc would be finicky about videos with some types of audio(for instance .ac3 it did not at all if you didn't buy the extra plugin.)  With GoldWave you can open the batch window and drag & drop a bunch of .avi files and it will output .wav files with the same basenames(or .mp3 or other supported audio type, but I used .wav for TMPGEnc.)

I don't use TMPGEnc much anymore.  But for free I figured I'd install GoldWave and check it out after all this time. It installs and comes up in Vista64 so I'm assuming it works on 64 bit.

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 23, 2009, 12:08 PM »

Thanks cmpm.  For all I do it may be easier just to use Mouser's screenshot thingy and move the file to a shared folder.  Then have some dedicated shortcut that opens Clipboard1.jpg or something.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Announcement: ReOpen - Folder Cache, only betterer

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2009, 08:00 PM »

Link to change log:

http://www.favessoft...ges.html#FolderCache

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2009, 05:41 PM »

I didn't check that box 'disable receiving clips'.
I just now noticed it, but I'm running a backup on my other computer right now,
so I can't test it again at the moment.
But I will over the weekend and post the results of Ditto and nclip.

I do have Synergy installed and clipx, both running.
So, a fair test would mean shutting down those two I think.

-cmpm (May 22, 2009, 11:50 AM)

I suspect Ditto doesn't like Vista64, cuz I did all the same stuff you did and got nuthin'

Now I read something by an Irfanview user who claims he can do remote screen shots with Irfanview.  But I haven't been able to find out anything more about it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange encrypted key in my registry

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2009, 05:35 PM »

Did you try googling the keys?  If it's an encrypted name of a popular copy protected software it may come up.

It's probably left over from some trial ware.  Many authors use software that does the copy protecting instead of trying to think it up themselves.  So they don't even know how it works themselves sometimes.

If you are scanning clean with a few packages like Malware bytes then I wouldn't worry about it.

If you keep deleting it and something keeps putting it back, then I'd try harder to find out what's up with it.

edit: btw before you post anything encrypted like that I would at least put it through ROT13 to make sure you're not posting your name address ss # and credit card info on the internet!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2009, 03:05 PM »

Hmmmm guess I'll try some others until I find one that knows how to make a chime on Vista64.  Either that or gives some visual cue.  Too annoying otherwise.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Create simple installation file.

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2009, 11:26 AM »

Seems in this case the only "install" part is creating a folder under Documents. Assuming a zip with instructions to "unpack to a folder of your choice" is sufficient for that part, then in AutoIt3 it would be

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If Not FileExists(@MyDocumentsDir & "\MyFolderName") Then
  DirCreate(@MyDocumentsDir & "\MyFolderName")
EndIf

;then use FileCopy to copy any files to the folder

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 22, 2009, 11:15 AM »

cmpm, what did you do to get ditto to work?

At least the info I found shows network clipboard as a feature with absolutely no instructions how to work it.  Is it database as shared folder scheme?  Also it has a line for a password and my Lan is not password protected.  I just use the default shared folders.

For me screenshot transfer would be the most important aspect.  For web pages I just use deskCut.  I don't have much call for just copying a paragraph of text.

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2009, 11:51 PM »

this is for the same network clipboard sharing-

http://lifehacker.co...work-with-beyondcopy

but in the comments was this and it might be what would work
i'm going to try it myself

http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/

-cmpm (May 21, 2009, 10:30 PM)

Hmmmmm, tried Ditto.  Couldn't get it to do anything across the network.  Network Clipboard was easier to use, but it didn't work every time and played no sound on Vista64 so I don't know if it's going to paste until I kvma to the other PC.  Since I have to open an app anyway, I might as well just save to a file and double click it. Seems that at least for me, both of these are more hassle than they save.

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General Software Discussion / Re: copy paste between 2 computers on separate networks?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2009, 06:59 PM »

Network Clipboard - Use network clipboard to instantly copy files, texts, images, internet adresses between different computers!  Press Copy on one computer and go to different PC and press Paste. The contents go with you.

Control-Alt-C to Copy
Control-Alt-V to Paste

Standalone executable, just specify a shared folder on a machine somewhere.

It installs a shortcut into Startup when run, wrap it in a batch/AutoIt(HK) file if you don't want this.

-4wd (May 17, 2009, 03:07 AM)

This looks cool.  Call me moron but I can't figure out how to send an image without using Prnt-Scrn.  I press control-alt-c and nothin' happens unless I have something in the clipboard already.

edit: ok, guess it depends on what the app will do when you press ^C.  Highlighted text works in just about everything.  Irfanview seems pretty good about copying the image.  Guess I can figure it out.  Seems better than saving images as files.

Edit2: only other thing I notice is I get the sound effect in W7 32 bit, but not in Vista64. Esp. where you don't get any visual cue it would be nice if I could fix the sound.

Nice little app though.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: [IDEA] easily change last modified date to current date

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2009, 06:25 PM »

There used to be freeware utilities named "touch.exe" that did that one function. Command line would probably be the most efficient.  All the files on the command line get touched.  Then you can run it in batch files or just drag & drop a bunch of files on it.

Just searching "Touch" on softpedia.com comes up with a bunch

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General Software Discussion / Re: Create simple installation file.

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2009, 04:11 PM »

Try Softpedia.com for simple free setup creators.

Usually there will be some macro for the Documents folder or you can get it using the %personal% environment variable.

edit: also if you go to AutoIt3 forum I'm sure there are installers with source code.  You can probably use one as-is to do this job or just add a few lines to the source.  This task is so simple you could really do it with batch scripting.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Create simple installation file.

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2009, 03:16 PM »

I suggest you to take a look to InnoSetup: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php

-argv (May 21, 2009, 08:40 AM)

I second that.  You can even skin the resulting Setup file for free using ISSkin.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Invalid password errors?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 21, 2009, 12:26 PM »

The latest Minefield seems to log in ok again.  When you go back to regular FF you notice that tiny lag after clicking if you don't have Jit.  We become jaded so easily.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: 4 Free On Internet dot com

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 05:34 PM »

Thank you for the suggestion MilesAhead.

We already got a similar system ( not quite the same ) but this is a very good idea.
I have added you on our giveaway wishlist with Disk Write Copy 

Thank you again!

Marc - 4 Free Team

-4FreeTeam (May 20, 2009, 04:56 PM)

You're welcome. I'll have to scope out the site in more detail.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Company audited my computer. Found many "unauthorized" software. Lol.

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 04:34 PM »

I'll have them fly me out first class to personally install it on each pc, since end users cannot be trusted to run the setup program themselves.

-mouser (May 20, 2009, 02:38 PM)

And of course a consultant must be present on-site.  When a user wishes to invoke the program, he hits a pager and a fellow with a beret and white gloves is dispatched to hit the Pause key.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: 4 Free On Internet dot com

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 02:40 PM »

I got a promotional idea. Have a subscription list, so you can put in dibs.  If such and such a software package pops up as a freebie, you get an email notification!!

I know I'd like a copy of Disk Write Copy for free since Sandboxie won't work on 64 bit.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Company audited my computer. Found many "unauthorized" software. Lol.

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 02:37 PM »

Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler

-rgdot (May 20, 2009, 02:26 PM)

What you tttt-talkin' about?  That's mmm-mmm-mmm my stapler!!

Wish they'd keep sendin' me the paycheck after I was fired though.
Some people have all the luck.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Company audited my computer. Found many "unauthorized" software. Lol.

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 02:23 PM »

lol! Reminded me of those guys from Office Space who were in charge of the layoffs.

-nosh (May 20, 2009, 01:47 PM)

One of my favorite flicks.  Doing nothing has been my ambition since I can remember.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Invalid password errors?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 02:10 PM »

Doesn't happen to me, FWIW (and I deserve it much more  than you do  )

-cranioscopical (May 19, 2009, 06:47 PM)

Who was it said "no good deed goes unpunished?"  heh heh

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Invalid password errors?

« Last post by MilesAhead on May 20, 2009, 02:10 PM »

Hmmmmm, it's happening on 2 different machines.  So if it's on my end it must be something in Minefield nightly builds. Maybe I should go back to FF non beta.

edit: so far that seems to be working.