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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 24, 2010, 05:23 AM »

I'm learning lots but still not getting there. I'm on XP home techidave.

I set new admin accounts on each pc, both with the same password but that didnt work either...
It seemed to take a lot longer to think about it when I tried to access it but in the end the message was that it couldnt find...

At this stage I'll probably give up, and in future I'll avoid tweaking sh!t (I dont even know if tweaking is the cause of the problem, but it makes the possible causes just too much in terms of narrowing things down, and not having to spend the whole week rebooting)

Thanks again for all the help people!

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 23, 2010, 11:23 AM »

Lanux, Stoic, Target, thanks for all the help - I'm sure I could figure it all out (with your help!) but it's just taking too much time (having absolutely no clue here makes it that much more of a struggle for me) - I'm just going to go for what I hope and pray is an easier solution (below)

-tomos (August 23, 2010, 09:10 AM)

I had one last go. I have:

• Enabled Shared folders for "C" partition
• Activated Guest account on target computer
• I now disabled Windows Firewall
• I'm logged into Admin accounts on both computers (neither uses a password)

Tried to access with variations on these address:
\\Computer name\FolderName\ where  FolderName = Folder in Root of C
\\Computer name
\\IPAddress\FolderName\
\\IPAddress\

I usually get a message to say the address cant be found or that the address is incorrect.
I've enabled all services that have *anything* to do with networks....
- Just wanted to let you know that I'm not giving up after not having had a good go at it ;-) (hard to let go of it all the same!)

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 23, 2010, 09:10 AM »

Unfortunately the Trinity Rescue Disk didnt recognise the usb keyboard on bootup so I wasnt able to change the boot options...
If I dig up another non-usb keyboard somewhere I'll try again...

Lanux, Stoic, Target, thanks for all the help - I'm sure I could figure it all out (with your help!) but it's just taking too much time (having absolutely no clue here makes it that much more of a struggle for me) - I'm just going to go for what I hope and pray is an easier solution (below)

2tomos
For TC solution I recommend special USB cables like:
http://www.ghisler.com/cables/index.htm

I am using this solution for connecting my work laptop with home PC (both XP) and it works great.

Even if you can't find such cables there are plenty of USB cables which are not "Windows Easy Transfer" compatible but still offer nice PC-PC connection. Each PC treats them like standard USB disk with small application on it which manages all transfers.

-fenixproductions (August 23, 2010, 02:57 AM)

might try something like this (same idea as suggested by rjbull & jdd) - the cables shown in that TC link seem to be focused on copying stuff from older pc to newer one - in fact at least one of them seem to simply start copying stuff automatically according to an amazon review. They all work with their own software - OK, I found the TC FAQ page
http://www.ghisler.com/efaqusb.htm

Q: Each time I plug in the cable, Windows wants to start the Easy Transfer software! Can this be changed?
A: Yes, please start the tool TcUsbRun.exe once. It registers Total Commander as a handler for the USB connection. Each time you plug in the cable, you will then be asked whether you want to start Total Commander as a client or as a server. On one side you need to start it as a server, on the other as a client.

I can manage that I reckon ;-)  (I hope, lol)

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 22, 2010, 01:02 PM »

OK thanks for all the tips.
Computer Browser Service is now enabled (wasnt on older pc) but still no joy. There wasn't anything else as far as I could see that would be causing a problem.

Actually if you grab a copy of the Trinity Rescue Disk, and boot the target machine to that, you can select Samba No Security from the boot options menu and have free access to the target machine without any configuration changes. I don't remember if TRD supports APIPA but if it doesn't give itself an address it'll prompt you for one. APIPA range is 169.254.x.x/16

-Stoic Joker (August 22, 2010, 08:31 AM)

I might give this a go cause I'm just at a loss with all the other stuff (I just have too many questions questions - absolutely no former experience in this direction...).

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 22, 2010, 06:44 AM »

Okay, when I wait for a while both computers say they're connected.
I presumed I would find the other computer under 'My Network places' - is that correct?

From one machine I can find nothing
From the other, if I go to Entire Network >MS Windows Network >Mshome I get a long delay and then:

---------------------------
Microsoft Windows Network
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Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available
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OK  
---------------------------

Now I suspect this might be my fault - I tweaked the other (older) machine a bit too much, partly because it was running out of space and memory etc. (& partly just because )
IIRC I may have disabled some network related services - I'm going through them now on both machines & comparing in the hopes I can track down the problem (if that is it)
If you think it's something else, do shout!

FTR they both XP Home older one is SP2, newer SP3. Edit / both Admin accounts

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Post New Requests Here / Re: I Want; I Pay - Metasystems, Databases, Search Engines & "Delegators"

« Last post by tomos on August 21, 2010, 04:53 AM »

eh,
you've posted this before

I Need, I Pay

edit/ I see App got there ahead of me

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: iCare Format Recovery v2.0-Free until June 16 2010

« Last post by tomos on August 20, 2010, 04:25 PM »

Those who want a full version of iCare Data Recovery Software (which includes several modules including Format Recovery) can go here for the download and registration code.

Note: I am aware the site indicates this offer expired on July 15th, but I am telling you that it still works.

Regards 

-sajman99 (August 20, 2010, 11:59 AM)

Avira AntiVir doesnt like that page (I've been burnt lately so I'm extra careful at the moment)

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General Software Discussion / Re: dotTech Exclusive: Free Vectorian Giotto ($89.95 value)! [24-hours only]

« Last post by tomos on August 20, 2010, 04:59 AM »

wow, what a name
ahh,
I see now, 'Vectorian' is the company:

Giotto is a Flash animator; but it isn't just any animator. As put by the people at Vectorian themselves, "Giotto is made for you to design, not to code."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Raster to Vector imaging software

« Last post by tomos on August 20, 2010, 03:11 AM »

I hope it didn't mess up your work app103.
Sorry about it's failure to perform.

-cmpm (August 19, 2010, 06:28 PM)

No apologies necessary. It was worth a shot...anything is worth a shot at this point, since I can't find any volunteers willing to design a new logo for the app, and the original is too small to work with (32x32), and looks really bad when enlarged. (and I don't have Adobe Illustrator to try that, can't afford it)

I have been trying to redraw it in Paintshop Pro, as a vector, but my hand has been very unsteady lately and I just can't do it. It just ends up looking a mess.

-app103 (August 19, 2010, 11:15 PM)

depending on what format you want that in, I could do it.
I sent you a PM

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 9

« Last post by tomos on August 20, 2010, 03:08 AM »

I like DOpus a lot but I'm still pretty disillusioned by their approach to upgrades in the past:
they gave a fair upgrade price for a limited timed after the new version is released. After that time the upgrade price was increased to around 90% of the full price.

-tomos (August 19, 2010, 06:22 PM)

FWIW, the time limit (before the upgrade discount was reduced) was 2.5 years after the previous purchase, which doesn't seem too bad to me.

I dont think this is a very nice way to treat your customers....

If you haven't bought something from someone for 2.5 years, are you really still a customer of theirs?

-Nudel (August 19, 2010, 08:45 PM)

I take your points but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth (and yes I stand by my definition of an upgrade: "I think an upgrade price should be just that - a fixed price to upgrade from one version to the next."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 9

« Last post by tomos on August 19, 2010, 06:22 PM »

I like DOpus a lot but I'm still pretty disillusioned by their approach to upgrades in the past:
they gave a fair upgrade price for a limited timed after the new version is released. After that time the upgrade price was increased to around 90% of the full price. I dont think this is a very nice way to treat your customers....
I think an upgrade price should be just that - a fixed price to upgrade from one version to the next. It's fair enough to give a lesser reduction (or none) from an older version again.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Raster to Vector imaging software

« Last post by tomos on August 19, 2010, 06:12 PM »

As far as its benefits, I used to design heavily using Autocad, and stuff like this would often come up.  We'd get an old blueprint, scan it, and trace over it to get the vectors in Autocad files.  So if it worked well, it could save drafters a ton of time.  Unfortunately, they don't work that well at all, at least not the ones I tried.  Even if it "looked" ok, the amount of tweaking you'd have to do to finalize it is almost more work than doing it from scratch.  It's something that I just couldn't efficiently insert into my workflow.

-superboyac (August 19, 2010, 05:44 PM)

Pretty much the same experience here. I used to use Adobe Streamline: it was discontinued at some stage and, as you say, incorporated into Illustrator (haven't used it there). But for technical work (or simply trying to produce clean vector line-drawings) it wasnt much good. I've seen some graphic work done with 'posterized' photos which were then converted to vector images. I cant really think of much other uses for this kind of thing...
There's a website where you can convert images http://vectormagic.com/home - ooups - it used to be free, now is outrageously priced

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Living Room / Re: Should I buy a tablet pc, ipad, netbook, or other?

« Last post by tomos on August 19, 2010, 04:29 AM »

IPS is a big deal IMO - well, the difference between IPS (or comparable) and a regular screen is a big deal.
It just looks great from most viewing angles. Personally I'd prefer a matt display though...

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by tomos on August 19, 2010, 04:14 AM »

New update with big improvement to the speed at which FARR displays/wakesup from minimized state

-mouser (August 18, 2010, 08:44 PM)

yes, it is a big improvement, thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Tab Candy will change the way I use a browser for good

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2010, 10:49 AM »

I typically have around 50 tabs loaded.  Using TabMix Plus, I have them on the bottom of the browser in rows of 8.  Then I use this auto tab bar hide CSS styple (http://userstyles.org/styles/4435) so that the tab bar is out of the way.

-jojo99 (August 14, 2010, 11:06 PM)

well I'm trying this & like it so far (it would drive anyone crazy with the tabs on top so I moved them down as well).
I see you made a request there asking about toggling it - did you have any success with that?

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2010, 08:04 AM »

thanks for all the help
someone stole my only other functioning keyboard so this is going to have to wait a little while (my main keyboard is not usb so a pain to swap)

will report back again - probably with more questions!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

« Last post by tomos on August 17, 2010, 07:58 AM »

I have Xara, and I will not recommend it.

-Curt (August 16, 2010, 08:12 AM)

I dont have it but I'm curious - why do you not recommend it (maybe you've said elsewhere?)

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 16, 2010, 12:01 PM »

Assuming the XP defaults of DHCP & APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing) both machines will self assign IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x network range when the cross-over cable is connected between them (time-outs being what they are, this tends to take a while 5-10min) This should work fine for your (quick-N-dirty) purposes.

-Stoic Joker (August 16, 2010, 11:21 AM)

thanks Stoic - I did try that way but didnt wait very long. Will have another go.

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by tomos on August 16, 2010, 10:17 AM »

if you can find a crossover cable, then you can connect the 2 PCs directly..

• http://www.home-netw...p.com/crossover.html

-lanux128 (May 19, 2010, 07:05 AM)

I'm only getting to this now
that page says I need to assign an IP address to each computer, and links to this page for XP:
How to Set IP Address and Other Network Information in Windows XP

Now, both computers are currently setup to 'Obtain an IP address automatically'
It is not clear to me how to proceed from there -
(1) do I still assign the IP address manually? or
(2) do I assign an IP address manually on the 'alternative tab' ? or
(3) do I create a new lan connection? (the older PC already has two lan connections)

my main worry is that #1 & 2 would affect my internet connection - I know I could just try it & undo after but thought it best to ask first
thanks for any help!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

« Last post by tomos on August 16, 2010, 09:11 AM »

I have Xara, and I will not recommend it.
Besides, Xara was Corel was Xara; they are siblings / cousins.

Next stop: Adobe!

-Curt (August 16, 2010, 08:12 AM)

have fun...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

« Last post by tomos on August 16, 2010, 07:29 AM »

Corel draw doesnt get good press (see Carol's post above)
I did read somewhere lately (c't magazine) that Corel is still used professionally (only) by designers of cutouts (? "schnittvorlagen") for signs, t-shirts & car-signage.

At that price anyway it seems like Xara would be a better option for most users...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: USB Safely Remove, 50% discount on January 17th

« Last post by tomos on August 15, 2010, 11:05 AM »

USB Disk Ejector works fine too and is freeware.

-Midnight Rambler (August 14, 2010, 05:38 AM)

USB Safely Remove does more than just eject.  Samples:
[...]

-rjbull (August 15, 2010, 10:46 AM)

and just in case anyone missed it:
Mini-Review and Discount (Sep 2010): USB Safely Remove and Zentimo

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Living Room / Re: On the Web: Google net neutrality stance gives Net’s future to corporations

« Last post by tomos on August 13, 2010, 01:43 PM »

The only way to make money is to get people to buy your product. People are only going to buy it if it's something that they want [1], at least to the degree that they value it more than the money that they're paying. Thus, someone making, say, a million dollars is prima facia evidence that they have provided value to others of at least a million dollars.

Of course, you might say that there are ways they could have built their product better, such that it would have been even more valuable to their customers. This is true, but in this case they would also be charging more, extracting, say, two million from customers now because that's how much the improved product is worth (i.e., how much value it provides to customers).

-CWuestefeld (August 13, 2010, 09:16 AM)

I'm curious how you see this aspect of it:-
there is often demand for things, e.g. iPhones where you can change network provider (or whatever you call it over there) but people dont get it because the company doesnt want to give it. Fair enough, you'd think some competition would come along and pull the rug from under, but instead, now, it looks like they're joining the club.
We cant force someone to provide something, but OTOH it seems you think it's okay to allow them to rig the game any way they like (and no, I'm not asking for regulation - I'm still trying to get my head around all this stuff...) So, as I say, I'm curious how you see that and how you might imagine things developing in the future. I mean do you think there will be real competition at some stage - or do you think, that is *real* competition now ? (I know: vague questions! I'm trying to get an overview without maybe knowing, or even understanding enough of the details)

Talking about competition, that often doesnt work (I'm not saying I know anything better). It hasn't worked with graphic design software - you could say Adobe more or less has a monopoly. That's the fault of their competitiors really... Here's maybe a better example:
In Germany there's only four or five big electricity suppliers. They are artifically keeping the prices high (highest in Europe, or in EU at least). People are saying it's not enough competition, but also to do with apathy of the people. Same with gas prices here (and there's even a 'green' tax on top of that). I dont know what it is. Are people supposed to march for 'real' competition or what?! (or maybe it really is that you simply get what you accept.)

So I for one know I'm *not* getting value for money with these last two examples... so I certainly wouldn't agree your second paragraph above. If people get away with it they'll charge as much as the market can handle - again fair enough, but dont be painting it with a 'value' brush [edit] I note that my last two example are really things I *need* so maybe it's not appropriate to compare fully with people buying things they want but I think the mobile phone example could be somewhere in between [/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileHamster - auto incremental file monitor/backup as you work - and free!

« Last post by tomos on August 13, 2010, 04:09 AM »

Funny you should ask that; At one time we were building a plugin to support that but we just never finished it...

Once we had finished the ftp plugin there were services already comming out that allowed folks to simply map a drive to that service and some of our existing users were using a combination of FileHamster technology ( features in the replication plugin and script plugins ) to accomplish the same thing so the emphasis on completing that was dropped.

Hooking that up to work like the ftp plugin would not be very difficult using the FileHamster SDK.

-Mogware Support (August 12, 2010, 06:41 PM)

I've got my own solution now but I'd say there would be interest in it - if it was available I'd certainly try it out..

Nowadays with apps like Cloudberry S3 Explorer (dc thread) and the online Amazon S3 Console (same thread link) we're able to easily see what's there on S3. I used to have JungleDisk which is good too and shows S3 as a drive, but at some stage you gotta wonder how many backup apps you want to have running in the tray - I had three (including FH) but I decided to remove jungledisk when Super Flexible File Synchronizer introduced direct to S3 backup

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileHamster - auto incremental file monitor/backup as you work - and free!

« Last post by tomos on August 12, 2010, 12:24 PM »

You can also have the ftp feature in FileHamster include a "SendFtp" upload button in the bubble so you still get the revision locally but then make a contious decision when you want the file to be uploaded to the ftp.

To enable this, simple configure your ftp settings but set the 'AutoUpload' option to false and you will begin to see the additional "SendFtp" button in the bubble.

-Mogware Support (August 12, 2010, 12:01 PM)

I know nothing about ftp myself but was wondering can FileHamster use that to upload directly to Amazon S3 ?