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General Software Discussion / Re: Any app to auto-replace Notepad ??

« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 04:32 PM »

ConText does it, if i recall.

-iphigenie (February 28, 2007, 03:58 PM)

Wow; that conTEXT sure is some fine editor!

But it may be a hole lot more than what I am seeking - and too advanced for me.

Three things I really liked about Metapad was the speed (the setup.zip is only 46 KB), the right-click option "Open with Metapad" - and the simplicity dispite many features. The only feaure I have been missing is the abillity to handle binary files (and that auto-replacement thing...). Other than that, it was perfect to me.

But that 'auto-replacement thing' has become important to me. And for some reason I also find it important that it will handle binary files (even though I wouldn't know what to do with such a file...), so I am looking for something alike Metapad that will auto-replace Notepad, handle binary files, is speedy and both simple and more advanced than Notepad, at the same time, and free and good looking as well.  

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General Software Discussion / Any app to auto-replace Notepad ??

« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 03:39 PM »

For five years or so, I have been using Metapad, and think it is fine. Now my old PC with Windows 2000 is dead, and I am looking for a replacement for Notepad for my new PC with XP Home. When I read what I did many years ago, when installing Metapad, my stomack gets uneasy and my heart pumps extra hard: did I really do all this, just to replace Notepad, back then? And now, using XP, it has gotten even more difficult! :

[28] - Windows XP

Q:  How do I replace notepad under Windows XP?

A:  System File Protection is in full effect.

You can try the following to get around System File Protection. Be very quick or XP will replace the file and it won't work. Make sure you don't have the WinXP CD-ROM in your drive!

Copy metapad renamed as Notepad.exe to the clipboard.
Go to C:\WINDOWS\System32\dllcache (NB: in XP SP2 this has changed to C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386)
Paste the file there.
Go to C:\WINDOWS\System32 (using Backspace)
Paste the file there.
QUICKLY! Go back to C:\WINDOWS (another Backspace) and paste the file there.
If you have done this correctly, a message should pop up saying that a bad version of a Windows System file has been installed. Make sure you select 'Keep this file' or a similar option. If it doesn't work, keep trying, because it will. Just do the three pastes very fast.

A variation on the method above follows (submitted by Samutz):

I found another way to replace notepad with metapad that doesn't require you to work too fast. I made a copy of metapad.exe called notepad.exe, then made a batch file with the following commands:

    copy /-y notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\dllcache
    copy /-y notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
    copy /-y notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32
    copy /-y notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS
   
Then I saved it as copy.bat and ran it. It prompts for overwrite for each file, but all you have to hit is Y and Enter a few times. I find it much easier than trying to flip through folders as fast as I can to paste it before Windows replaces it.

- for now, this is too confusing to me!

I know there are many editors to replace Notepad, but someone must have written some kind of auto-replacement feature as well??? 

  Speak up, please!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 35% off Spyware Doctor

« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 03:09 PM »

As you probably know by now Beta of any program is a RISK.

-Clint7 (February 28, 2007, 03:00 PM)

Yeah; now I know it for sure. But you know; when you have done something many times, and it always turned out well, then after some time you are not likely to really expect any risk at all. Well, in the end this miscalculation got me a new PC with a new OS...
 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 35% off Spyware Doctor

« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 09:46 AM »

the best Spyware Program on the market.

-Clint7 (January 05, 2007, 11:22 AM)

Spyware Doctor BETA ruined my PC BIG time. Dozens of files were corrupted. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any 'print as printerfriendly page' automatizer?

« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 09:11 AM »

GoGoTools - http://www.gogotools.com/gogoprint.html

-patteo (February 28, 2007, 03:10 AM)

Nice! I like the set up; a small toolbar at the menubar:



However; I am a little un-easy with the procedure. It seems to me that I have to up- and down- load the page, I wanna print, before printing. Maybe it is not so, but it seems that this is the way.. ?? Well, maybe I am seing spooks and ghosts 

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General Software Discussion / Re: limiting memory

« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 08:47 AM »

... it can get up to like almost a gig of virtual memory, and like 7 or 8 hundred mb of regular memory, and I wanted to limit this, ...

-nite_monkey (February 27, 2007, 10:27 PM)

700 - 1000 MB??!! I too would like to 'limit' such a powersucker; I would never run it! (I don't even have that much RAM.)

If you really wanna keep such a millstone around your neck, my penny would be that you change the Priority in Windows Taskmanager to Below Normal. It won't bring you more RAM, but should give the other apps a chance to do their work anyway, I guess.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook and my new XP

« Last post by Curt on February 27, 2007, 02:09 PM »

When you run Outpost (Outlook), is there an icon in the system tray and the button on the task bar?  If so, right click on the icon in the tray and look for an option about hiding when minimized.

-cthorpe (February 27, 2007, 11:43 AM)

So easy... Thanks a lot!

Evil Microsoft... They bought Agnitum!

-Lashiec (February 27, 2007, 01:10 PM)

- or was it Agnitum who bought MS.. ??

 

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General Software Discussion / Outlook and my new XP

« Last post by Curt on February 27, 2007, 09:30 AM »

[Headline and post changed because of confusion about correct names]

I made a terrible mistake last Friday   and had to buy a new PC Saturday morning   

But it has been more than 3 years since I last tried to install Office 2003, so now I'm confused - I cannot remember what I did almost 4 years ago. Please forgive me in advance; I might ask a lot (more) of beginner's questions in the time to come!

Does Outlook (the icon "Indbakke - Microsoft...") really take up all this silly space when it should be minimized to the Notification Area? On my old Win2K it would always minimize to 'sys-tray' - without the use of any third party program.



Beginner's question, number one:
How do I make Outlook minimize to Sys-tray / Notification Area - without the use of any 3'rd party app?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Needed: Send Shortcut to (select folder here)

« Last post by Curt on February 27, 2007, 04:42 AM »

another choice would be Send To Toys.

-lanux128 (February 26, 2007, 09:54 PM)

I installed SendTo Toys, and it is just perfect for the job. Thanks for telling! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any 'print as printerfriendly page' automatizer?

« Last post by Curt on February 27, 2007, 03:25 AM »

.. printer manufacturers themselves provide tools that simplify those right-margin printing.. like Lexmark Toolbar or Canon's Easy-WebPrint

-lanux128 (February 26, 2007, 09:34 PM)

Thanks a lot, to tsaint and lanux128 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any 'print as printerfriendly page' automatizer?

« Last post by Curt on February 26, 2007, 07:53 PM »

1) IE 7 is supposed to be vastly improved over IE 6 in avoiding cutting off the text on the right margin.

2) An IE add-in called 'Printer Friendly' is supposed to do exactly what you want: http://www.antair.co.../content/view/16/44/

-mwb1100 (February 19, 2007, 08:44 PM)

I upgraded (from IE 6) to IE 7 just a couple of hours before I read your post....

.. the current version of Printer Friendly 1.4 is optimized to work best with Internet Explorer 6. Upcoming releases of Printer Friendly will be optimized for Internet Explorer 7.

But I do find it expensive. $15 may sound cheap, but it will only grant you upgrades for a year.

... all customers of Printer Friendly 1.4 receive free upgrades for one year.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Needed: Send Shortcut to (select folder here)

« Last post by Curt on February 26, 2007, 07:29 PM »

I could use a utility that would let me send a shortcut to anywhere I choose.

-Nighted (February 26, 2007, 12:13 AM)

Every context menu should have "Send shortcut to Start (Start > Programs > Start)" 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ripoff Britain strikes again ... this time with Vista Pricing

« Last post by Curt on February 22, 2007, 11:05 AM »

According to the newspapers, Vista Ultimate costs 600€ here in Spain. And I thought it was too much money for a SO, but $728 is insane...

-Lashiec (February 02, 2007, 05:39 AM)

   You might want to use Firefox and ViewMyCurrency...

Firefox screenshot of your post:

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General Software Discussion / Re: free Vista incl. bonus

« Last post by Curt on February 22, 2007, 10:38 AM »

Maybe it is a false claim.

---

I now realize this thread should have been a single post in the thread "Ripoff Britain strikes again...". Will someone move it, please?

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General Software Discussion / free Vista incl. bonus

« Last post by Curt on February 22, 2007, 10:06 AM »

Get Vista for Free - Includes Free Bonus Trojan!

This BBC article sent to me (= Gizmo Richards) by (his) subscriber Brett Shand makes some very interesting observations about the number of computers now harnessed in Botnets but to me the most sobering point was the observation that "about 50% of all pirated Windows programs came with Trojans pre-installed on them." Most of the trojans of course would be stealthed so you could never detect them with security software.

Still interested in one of those Chinese copies of Vista floating around the P2P networks?

http://news.bbc.co.u...business/6298641.stm

- from "Gizmo's Support  Alert Newsletter Issue 142, Free Edition, 22nd February, 2007"

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General Software Discussion / Re: Virtual PC 2007 Final

« Last post by Curt on February 21, 2007, 11:16 AM »

Virtual PC 2007 ready for debut time. (...) You can find more information about it here

-Lashiec (February 21, 2007, 07:11 AM)

I was so impressed. This Virtual PC stuff is close to being genius! Like having virtual desktops, only with Operating Systems... Watch the Application compatibility demo, at this page.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Singing the anti-spam blues

« Last post by Curt on February 21, 2007, 10:35 AM »

So... what do I do?

-f0dder (January 15, 2007, 05:33 PM)

Well, that's a question I cannot answer 

Five years ago I wrote some guy and told him something. He liked my letter so much that he published it on his site, but included my e-mail address..     I wrote him several times and begged him to remove it, but he never responded. For two years my inbox was over-crowded with spam.

Then I learned about filtering, and I found SPAMfighter  They live just around the corner to me, but I and some 3 million other users think SPAMfighter might be the best solution for Outlook and Outlook Express. But maybe you won't use any of those clients at home - the Bat may be a better choice??
Why do you prefer the Bat? 

http://www.spamfighter.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: New First-ever Streaming Flash Video and MP3 recorder

« Last post by Curt on February 21, 2007, 09:27 AM »

A bit pricey,but you'll have that ($39.95)

-tinyvillager (February 21, 2007, 05:48 AM)

If you have the money it may be more economical to go for the big suite bundle.
Bought one by one the price is some $220, but the bundle is $100



Audio Video Streaming Capture Suite:

Record thousands of radio shows.
Capture video from Online TV stations.
Instantly convert your recordings to many popular formats, including several iPod options.
Download streaming video clips from Windows Media™, Real™ and Flash™ formats.
Download audio archives.
Copy Podcasts to your PC or MP3 Player.
Save Podcasts or Radio shows as bookmarkable files on your iPod.
Make MP3 files or CDs from any captured audio.
Record from radios or any other device attached to your PC.
Record Sirius™ and XM™ Radio.
Record playlists from Digital Music Services, and save each track as a separate MP3 song file or CD with artist, album, title and genre information.
Pause, rewind, fast-forward and record live Web radio.
Trim, chop, split and join MP3 files.
Make screen capture videos.
Record Skype calls.
Convert captured Windows Media™ and Real™ into MP3 files.
Record and pause recording from the microphone, and save to high quality MP3 files.
Skip over the ads when listening to recorded radio shows.
Make recordings from SlingBox™ devices.
And more!

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General Software Discussion / Re: global warming vs. local cooling

« Last post by Curt on February 21, 2007, 08:57 AM »

Okay, I'm a cynic

-f0dder (February 21, 2007, 08:46 AM)

Maybe not.

In Copenhagen we can address the power supplyer's office and borrow a divice to meassure any 230 Volt app's power consumption. But LocalCooling is XP only, so I cannot test if all this is a PR stunt only, or if it actually does what it says. But I sure am curious to know the answer.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: global warming vs. local cooling

« Last post by Curt on February 21, 2007, 08:27 AM »

... iirc there were links in the about box. Nothing blatant, though.

-f0dder (February 21, 2007, 03:30 AM)

No, they wouldn't need to do it a blatant way, would they, when their declared "goal is to introduce 100,000,000 PC users into the Local Cooling community." 100 million machines, each with a link to Uniblue - now that is Marketing, with a big m!

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General Software Discussion / Re: global warming vs. local cooling

« Last post by Curt on February 21, 2007, 01:07 AM »

(...) The site doesn't have much info, (...)

-f0dder (February 20, 2007, 05:50 PM)

No; they don't tell a lot. In fact they tell very little with the frequent use of big words.

I wonder what their agenda is, and how they plan on making money.

-f0dder (February 20, 2007, 05:50 PM)

I imagine their agenda may be okay; to do something some will find important and honourable, but of course they may also want to promote their company, Uniblue. I can't test the program, sinse it is XP only, so I'm asking: Is there a link to at least one of Uniblue's other programs, inside LocalCooling??

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General Software Discussion / global warming vs. local cooling

« Last post by Curt on February 20, 2007, 01:31 PM »

An extremely easy and very political correct way of saving energy has emerged from Uniblue: LocalCooling (XP only). Install the free program and save energy! According to the company it is quite a lot of energy 'we' are waisting.

Download the 100% Free LocalCooling Application and it automatically optimizes your PC's power consumption by using a more effective power save mode. You will be able to see your savings in real-time translated to more evironmental terms such as how many trees and gallons of oil you have saved.

Our goal is to introduce 100,000,000 PC users into the Local Cooling community. If just 100 million of us optimize the efficiency of our computers’ energy consumption, we could prevent over 300 billion kg of CO2 gas emissions, equivalent to over 1.8 billion gallons of oil, in just the first year alone.

LocalCooling.com is a non-commercial website and is not a selling platform. It is malware free, carries no advertising, political content or bias in any way. It has been developed specifically to help in the fight against global warming; to demonstrate that individuals can take action and make a real difference to an issue of global importance. By joining the LocalCooling.com Community, PC users can work together to bring about a positive, noticeable change to the future of our planet.

   

Direct download link - Beta version:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is it so hard to find a decent image organizer?

« Last post by Curt on February 19, 2007, 07:18 PM »

60 days Starter trial (110 MB download..):

-Curt (February 19, 2007, 06:01 PM)

I gave it a go, and installed the Starter (250 MB required..), but during install process it told me that the English versions of both Internet Explorer 6 AND Outlook Express was going to be installed as well...  .. my versions are of course localized; Danish. But then the installation was aborted and a popup told that it was not possible to install Internet Explorer, and so Image Suite could not be installed ???!!! This is outright dumm. Encredibly silly.     

Right now I am ...(censored)...   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is it so hard to find a decent image organizer?

« Last post by Curt on February 19, 2007, 06:01 PM »

I kinda like Microsoft's Digital Image Suite 2006. (...) I dunno if it can still be purchased though, I remember it was a bit hard finding it even at www.microsoft.com .

-f0dder (February 19, 2007, 03:55 AM)

FUI:

Compare Microsoft Digital Image Suite versions.




Mail-in rebate offer:
Microsoft® Digital Image Suite Anniversary Edition, $50
Microsoft® Digital Image Suite Plus, $100

[edit]:

60 days Starter trial (110 MB download..):

Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 version 11.1 has all the high-quality, easy-to-use tools you need to create, organize, enhance, and share family memories – whether you're an advanced shutterbug or just getting started in the world of digital photography. This 60-day downloadable trial contains features available in the full retail version of Microsoft Digital Image Suite Anniversary Edition, which will de-feature to minimal functionality once your trial period has ended.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone know of a freeware frame accurate Quicktime (Mov) editor

« Last post by Curt on February 19, 2007, 02:04 PM »

Does anyone know of a freeware alternative to do that, preferably without having to re-encode.

-patteo (February 19, 2007, 10:15 AM)

No, I don't know of such an app. But maybe you would like to convert the files into another format, say AVI, where there would be a handful of free editors. You could try Super C (scroll almost all down), or maybe do it online at Media-Convert