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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by tomos on January 31, 2010, 04:11 AM »

Tomos, does the same thing happen with both the .ahk and the .exe?

-skwire (January 30, 2010, 02:30 PM)

that was with the AHK
will try out the exe now, but I'm heading out shortly - so if you dont hear from me shortly that will hopefully mean it was successful

-tomos (January 31, 2010, 04:05 AM)

Working so far with the exe - timer is at 7 minutes and counting 

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by tomos on January 31, 2010, 04:05 AM »

Tomos, does the same thing happen with both the .ahk and the .exe?

-skwire (January 30, 2010, 02:30 PM)

that was with the AHK
will try out the exe now, but I'm heading out shortly - so if you dont hear from me shortly that will hopefully mean it was successful

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by tomos on January 30, 2010, 01:59 PM »

It should pop up a countdown window after restarting.  Do you run any programs that would block the ability to place a shortcut in your startup folder?  I have code in place to check for a problem when creating the shortcut but if something deletes it afterward, I can't know.

-skwire (January 30, 2010, 01:55 PM)

sorry, I forgot to say -
the same 'window' showed after restart - with the choice of Restart with Hibernate or Standby

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart

« Last post by tomos on January 30, 2010, 01:51 PM »

Latest version...includes ability to hibernate or standby on next restart.  Countdown timer should work more reliably than previous version.

Download (source/binary included)

-skwire (January 30, 2010, 11:43 AM)

I tried the Script Skwire.
- chose Restart & Hibernate -
it restarted but didnt hibernate & I didnt see any timers - am I misunderstanding?
Does it wait until all is quiet or should it just popup a countdown timer after restart ?

edited for clarity (hopefully)

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Living Room / Re: HTML...In Britsh?

« Last post by tomos on January 30, 2010, 12:53 PM »

I too used to think the early Americans

-Eóin (January 30, 2010, 11:31 AM)

I was more thinking of modern day American's.  I get a little irritated how most (not all) choose to call their version of 'English' the original, when it clearly is not, also, how they choose to drop letters from certain words just because they cannot pronounce/will not learn how to pronounce it correctly (IE: Aluminium becoming Aluminum)

-Stephen66515 (January 30, 2010, 11:51 AM)

it's interesting that many American words (and pronunciations) are the those that would have been used in England in the 17th/18th centuries - it was England that changed from e.g. Fall to Autumn. Of course it works the other way around too..
I'm not a fan of the spelling changes either, but suspect we might be totally appalled by the spelling of the future if certain spelling habits catch on (like as in txtng ur messge - although maybe predictive text will ward that one off!)

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General Software Discussion / Re: WinPatrol Plus - 99 Cents today

« Last post by tomos on January 29, 2010, 11:17 AM »

being discussed here in the 'Living room'. I got it this morning but is def. overloaded now...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by tomos on January 29, 2010, 11:13 AM »

I had a strange issue when ordering my 2nd license : I got a TaskCatcher license instead.  Bill sent me manually the correct license when I notified him.  I did the order process another time, more slowly, and guess what : another TC license...

-MerleOne (January 29, 2010, 11:09 AM)

could it be cause you're only supposed to get one license per person?
When I got it it, after making payment, it asked me to fill in name again in order to get the plus key. It then said there was a problem with cookies & that it couldn't figure out was I looking for winpatrol or the Taskcatcher and gave me a page where I could choose.

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Living Room / Re: Optimus Maximus

« Last post by tomos on January 29, 2010, 06:56 AM »

Those 10 function keys on the left side...

I'd love to have a keypad full of them, separate from my keyboard...with at least 100 of those keys. Throw in a row of number keys*, so I can have "pages" of them and expand that 100 to the functionality of 1000. 

^{*Scratch that...forget numbers, just make them customizable "category" keys.}

-app103 (January 29, 2010, 05:21 AM)

sounds like that scary taskbar of yours

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General Software Discussion / Re: Make XP look like Win7

« Last post by tomos on January 29, 2010, 06:45 AM »

Is there a guide to making Win7 look like Win2000 and behave like XP?

Because I am very happy with my XP system with classic theme, and I'd rather not upgrade if I am going to end up forced to look at a bunch of eye candy that I'd rather not, and lose functionality with all the crap they changed.

-app103 (January 29, 2010, 05:12 AM)

I use xp with classic (but I've changed the icons and made the colours nicer - for my taste at any rate) -
I had always been a bit envious of flash looking Vista/Aero screenshots though.
Anyways,
lately I was messing around with a Win.7 laptop and I was really suprised how *little* I liked Aero. I presume it can be tweaked (I was too busy struggling with other eh aspects) but, out of the box I found it ugly and those ginormous icons! they looked ridiculous on a 15.6" screen at any rate...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: WinPatrol Plus @ $0.99 on January 29th

« Last post by tomos on January 29, 2010, 05:00 AM »

Bump - 29th today

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Living Room / Re: Simple app/method to store contacts & create invoices for same?

« Last post by tomos on January 28, 2010, 05:50 AM »

If you set it up for him, I'm sure he'll be able to use IQ. I've got customers with very little computer knowledge using IQ on a daily basis.

-PPLandry (January 27, 2010, 02:34 PM)

Pierre,
maybe we could do the first german version ?!
[/quote]

ooups, I see it's available in German already 

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Living Room / Re: Best trackball?

« Last post by tomos on January 28, 2010, 02:56 AM »

Yeah, it's a bummer the trackman doesnt come for left handers - it's the best design I've found so far for your wrist/arm/shoulder.
Your wrist is at it's natural angle, plus the arm doesnt have to move. But it's not that great for accurate work I've found.

Re the one you're looking at, I wonder if it might actually be a strain to use - it looks like you're meant to move the ball with your fingers (although you could possibly rest your hand on the table beside the mouse and use your thumb, which would be less stressful for the hand & wrist).

Would you be interested in this 'vertical mouse' ? https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=14541.0
Pros:
~ very good position for wrist
Cons:
~ not good to use if you have any shoulder problems (cause with the wrist in it's 'proper' position, the mouse has to be moved from the shoulder)
~ again, not so accurate

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Living Room / Re: Simple app/method to store contacts & create invoices for same?

« Last post by tomos on January 28, 2010, 02:26 AM »

I use Billing Boss.  In the words of the gecko, "easy peasy, lemon squeezy".

-wraith808 (January 27, 2010, 02:46 PM)

that looks good -
do you know are you also easily able to printout invoices &/or save them locally in some usable format ?

If you set it up for him, I'm sure he'll be able to use IQ. I've got customers with very little computer knowledge using IQ on a daily basis.

-PPLandry (January 27, 2010, 02:34 PM)

Pierre,
maybe we could do the first german version ?! [edit] see below [/edit]

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Pre-release: FenixContacts

« Last post by tomos on January 27, 2010, 06:46 AM »

there's seems to have been a secret update yesterday
 

0.9pre4.zip     01/26/2010 10:24 pm     617.9 KB

http://redmine.dcmem.../fenixcontacts/files

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 9

« Last post by tomos on January 26, 2010, 03:30 PM »

wonder is version 10 around the corner . . .

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Living Room / Simple app/method to store contacts & create invoices for same?

« Last post by tomos on January 26, 2010, 04:30 AM »

I'm trying to help someone who plans to start off own business/self-employed.
He is a very basic computer user (can email, surf, and do basic stuff in word-processor)

Is there one app (remember, simple!) where you can

• store contact details
• easily create an invoice for one of the contacts, preferably with selected contact details filled in automatically

~ ideally one would be able to add details of work done to the app & these could also be added to invoice simply
~ ideally the app would be available in a german version

Personally I use InfoQube for this sort of thing but I dont think he'd manage that...
Thanks for any help!

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Living Room / Re: The Third & The Seventh - Beautiful CG short film

« Last post by tomos on January 25, 2010, 06:09 AM »

It is a very beautiful film, thanks

I'm still confused about what exactly was 'real' and what not. From one comment I got the impression the buildings are real, but the author says "-I think i must make it clear. There are a few non-CG elements in the shortfilm: photographer (shot on greenscreen), pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, flying airplane and sky backgrounds." Ironically some of the real things were IMO the weakest parts of the film (photographer just too arty & cliched, pigeon & flowers a bit kitchy). I feel a bit callous being critical of such a wonderful piece of work though

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Living Room / Re: I hate Valentine's Day!

« Last post by tomos on January 24, 2010, 03:45 AM »

I lived in US (New England) for a year with an american family - on valentines day they made cards (no bought cards!) for parents & grandparents (& possibly for friends as well - it was years ago so no longer 100% sure) - I thought it was really nice & presumed it was typical for over there, but reading this thread that doesn't seem to be the case...

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran

« Last post by tomos on January 22, 2010, 03:09 PM »

Currently, Anuran has to be running at the time of scheduled archive.  In other words, if your computer is off or hibernated, it won't archive.

-skwire (January 22, 2010, 02:09 PM)

I hadn't realised that Skwire - sorry for pestering you!

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran

« Last post by tomos on January 22, 2010, 01:21 PM »

I want to archive log daily, It's currently set to:-
Archive logs every: [1] [day(s)]
Does that archive then: 24hrs after the first entry, or at midnight (the latter doesnt seem to be the case here so I will have to wait till later to check the former*)

-tomos (January 21, 2010, 03:30 AM)

It will archive 24 hours after you click OK.  You would be better off using the second option where you can specify a daily time to archive.

-skwire (January 21, 2010, 04:19 AM)

I'm afraid it's not archiving here if computer is shutdown or hibernated at scheduled archive time... settings "Archive daily at:" (hibernated last night & tried again today via shutdown)
Version 1.0.21 build one - oh I see newer versions (but none that relate to this problem?)

I've updated & will report back in the next couple of days


[edit] forgot to say I did a test earlier & it archived okay when pc running [/edit]

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2010, 12:07 PM »

Bug: several times a day, Anuran popup text field is blank upon popup even though previous entry was not blank.

-jdmarch (January 21, 2010, 07:10 AM)

I noticed that earlier today - i.e. with last but one version:

Website | Download
v1.0.22 - 2010-01-20
    ! Trailing newlines are now stripped from notes before saving.

Give this version a shot, folks, and let me know if the "extra lines" issue is resolved.

-skwire (January 20, 2010, 05:33 PM)

wasnt using previous version so cant say...

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General Software Discussion / Re: AVAST! 5 released

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2010, 04:52 AM »

the version 5 free version just says it is free and as far as I can find makes no mention of non-commercial restrictions.

-Carol Haynes (January 21, 2010, 03:57 AM)

ooohh that would be nice

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2010, 04:50 AM »

here's a minor problem with the viewer

I right click an archived log. Context menu shows.
I then right-click any other log.
The app uses 100% cpu (well, one full core) for a few seconds, and only then shows the context menu for that item

XP SP2 home

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2010, 04:32 AM »

It will archive 24hrs after you click OK.  You would be better off using the second option where you can specify a daily time to archive.

-skwire (January 21, 2010, 04:19 AM)

gotchya  thanks Skwire

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran

« Last post by tomos on January 21, 2010, 03:30 AM »

I'm just getting back to using this now (well, as of yesterday evening)

I want to archive log daily, It's currently set to:-
Archive logs every: [1] [day(s)]
Does that archive then: 24hrs after the first entry, or at midnight (the latter doesnt seem to be the case here so I will have to wait till later to check the former*)

I hibernate evenings btw - yes yes my computer I mean :p    
I should probably better use the second option (Archive logs daily at:) but thought I would follow this up as I found it confusing...


* will report back later if that works