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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini Review of jAlbum web site creator.

« Last post by 4wd on March 19, 2018, 01:11 AM »

I used it years ago, (5+, when it was free), to create a simple website which I then butchered for the genealogists in the family, needed a site to display a journal transcription.

The last free version is still available here.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easy way to rename a file using the contents of a text file in batch or script

« Last post by 4wd on March 18, 2018, 07:35 PM »

I was hoping to find a way to use the contexts of the text file to rename the jpg file ...

-questorfla (March 18, 2018, 12:46 PM)

It's there:

Code: Text [Select]

1. set /p name=<whose.txt
2. move /Y photo.jpg %name%.jpg

set reads the contents of the text file into a variable, move renames the file to the variable value with .jpg as the extension.

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Living Room / Re: Booting Linux from USB thumbdrive - Linux Explorer

« Last post by 4wd on March 17, 2018, 07:25 PM »

Considering the OP wanted to delete the contents, (implying all the contents), I would have thought any one of the partition management programs available and just quick format in EXT3, eg. AOMEI, EASUS, MiniTool, EASSOS, etc.

Free with no time limits.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on March 17, 2018, 01:42 AM »

it will create folder named blablabla

-dcwul62 (February 28, 2018, 01:55 AM)

SetFolDate <- Modifies dates of folders, DOES NOT create folders

You need to be explicit because I don't use the program, you're probably the only one who does, I want to know exactly how you're using it.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by 4wd on March 16, 2018, 07:06 PM »

Windscribe's application installer:

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Finally: PORTABLE Revo Uninstaller on sale!

« Last post by 4wd on March 14, 2018, 08:58 PM »

I have however not been able to find any mentioning of launching a new version for PC?

-Curt (March 14, 2018, 05:58 PM)

It was under the comments for the previous deal:

Tihomir Hinchev @Mario Demi Our current estimations for Revo Uninstaller Pro 4 are for the third quarter of 2017. Still these are not exact dates but the new major version will not be released in the next 6 months. The development of version 3 is not stopped and there will be more free minor updates until the release of version 4
Nov 18 2016 at 12:25am

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Finally: PORTABLE Revo Uninstaller on sale!

« Last post by 4wd on March 13, 2018, 09:46 PM »

merely 14 hours left

-Curt (March 13, 2018, 11:51 AM)

I wonder when v4 is due since their original estimation was 2017, 3rd quarter ... ie. 6 months ago.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easy way to rename a file using the contents of a text file in batch or script

« Last post by 4wd on March 13, 2018, 06:35 AM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. set /p name=<whose.txt
2. move /Y photo.jpg %name%.jpg

But if the txt and jpg files have no such matching pattern, like in your whose.txt and photo.jpg example, then I guess the only option is a script that accept two files (the txt and jpg) as input. You'd then manually run that on each txt/jpg pair you have. If you can remember which txt belongs to which jpg that is 

-Nod5 (March 13, 2018, 05:54 AM)

Given @questorfla's previous requests it's likely to be an automated/timed script that only has to do one thing, (probably something to do with internal website generation), and this is just one step in it.

My guess anyway 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: So you've been to Mars and thought 'meh' ...

« Last post by 4wd on March 08, 2018, 10:09 AM »

Just one, Sunblock 5000:

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Found Deals and Discounts / So you've been to Mars and thought 'meh' ...

« Last post by 4wd on March 07, 2018, 05:55 AM »

... well get out your asbestos undies because this time it's going to be somewhere warmer ...



Yes, that's right, you can send yourself to the Sun on board the Parker Solar Probe!

Just put your name down here for a front row seat to the hottest show in the solar system.

You only have until April 27, 2018, to join the trip of a lifetime.

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Living Room / Re: How to copy data from an M.2 SSD card with M-key configuration?

« Last post by 4wd on February 24, 2018, 07:39 PM »

Have a look at the Orico range, I use their external HDD/SSD enclosures and a friend uses their external USB3.1 M.2 and PCIe M.2 RAID adapters, never had any problem with them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I need a simple, POP-Up reminder and send to email also, programe ( Windows 7 )

« Last post by 4wd on February 23, 2018, 08:59 PM »

... but now will NOT send to email ..

-screenshot1 (February 23, 2018, 12:12 PM)

More info, ie. what email provider are we talking about?

eg. If it's Google you might need to lower access restrictions: Let less secure apps use your account or enable 2FA and Sign in using App Passwords, (what I do for Thunderbird).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: 70% OFF! Get 2018 Best DVD Video Converter + (possibly)win a Huawei P10 Lite!

« Last post by 4wd on February 21, 2018, 09:26 PM »

Says here that the heads of FBI, CIA, and NSA recommend not using use Huawei phones.

-Midnight Rambler (February 21, 2018, 02:32 PM)

Conspiracy theorists would say it's really because the FBI, CIA, and NSA have no access to them.

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Living Room / Re: Thread on 3d Printing Cody Model

« Last post by 4wd on February 14, 2018, 05:29 PM »

Are there any 3d modeling experts who could make a seriously accurate cody?  Are there places we could *hire* someone to do it?

-mouser (February 14, 2018, 01:37 PM)

Don't know about other countries but here you can go to certain Officeworks stores, (national office supply chain), get 3D laser scanned (or an object), and get the 3D file for printing.

Could scan Baby Cody if he's not on holiday and is up to taking a chance on laser incineration.

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Living Room / Re: Peculiar windows problem

« Last post by 4wd on February 14, 2018, 05:19 PM »

Check/clone the drive as Shades suggests then do an In-place Upgrade, Windows will be reinstalled keeping all current settings, programs, etc.  The only things likely to get munged are AV/AM and anything that uses a virtual driver, (eg. DaemonTools), just uninstall those programs first and reinstall after.

Do a backup before doing it to be on the safe side but I've yet to have an In-place Upgrade screw up, (unlike System Restore).

Probably have to have all the Windows updates reinstalled after or use WSUSOffline to create a Windows 7 update disk.

BTW, you didn't mention whether you had booted into Safe Mode and tried Facebook, would at least remove some things from the equation, eg. if it now works it's unlikely to be the HDD.

EDIT: If you can, swap in a known good PSU - probably the first thing to try.

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Living Room / Re: Thread on 3d Printing Cody Model

« Last post by 4wd on February 14, 2018, 04:27 AM »

Nice find!

-Deozaan (February 14, 2018, 01:37 AM)

Actually, is that the right one?

I notice earlier in the thread a link to another blender file but it's 404.

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Living Room / Re: Thread on 3d Printing Cody Model

« Last post by 4wd on February 14, 2018, 12:53 AM »

I'm pretty sure that at one point in time Gothi[c] made a 3D image of Cody in Blender. ..... I think I may have it archived somewhere on my HDD, but I won't have access to my PC for a few days.

-Deozaan (February 01, 2018, 07:01 PM)

https://www.donation...83.msg98713#msg98713

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018: Clicador- A simple and fast free auto clicker

« Last post by 4wd on February 13, 2018, 04:32 PM »

I didn't see any point in having it clicking away while I'm trying to do something else with the mouse

-4wd (February 13, 2018, 12:19 AM)

I'm guessing that you're unfamiliar with a genre of video games that goes by one of three names: idle, clicker, or incremental.

-Deozaan (February 13, 2018, 01:19 PM)

You would be correct, pretty much an FPS type of person

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DC Gamer Club / Dead Space available *FREE* at Origin

« Last post by 4wd on February 13, 2018, 04:24 PM »

Via OzBargain (also mentions some fixes for PC annoyances here)



Dead Space Standard Edition

You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense between the remaining living crew and deadly reanimated corpses. The undead have become Necromorphs; horrific zombie-alien hybrids that won't succumb to traditional means. Fortunately, your offense is equally unique, as the high-powered mining tools at your disposal provide the means to fight against the threat.

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Living Room / Re: [Solved] Looking for a specific youtube video...

« Last post by 4wd on February 13, 2018, 01:16 AM »

FWIW: Google Search

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018: Clicador- A simple and fast free auto clicker

« Last post by 4wd on February 13, 2018, 12:19 AM »

I assume that returning to the original point is so you have the luxury of still using your mouse and moving it around while it's clicking furiously elsewhere.

-Deozaan (February 12, 2018, 11:17 PM)

Return cursor to original point - I read that as it returns after performing the click-fest.

I didn't see any point in having it clicking away while I'm trying to do something else with the mouse, I would probably end up breaking something as it would annoy the crap out of me ... it's bad enough being unable to silence Windows' various annoyances without trying to introduce more. 

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018: Clicador- A simple and fast free auto clicker

« Last post by 4wd on February 12, 2018, 06:48 PM »

If I have "Return cursor to original point" enabled, then it will usually click at the original point instead of at the fixed point I have configured.

-Deozaan (February 12, 2018, 05:45 PM)

Worked fine for me.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for a specific youtube video...

« Last post by 4wd on February 12, 2018, 06:09 PM »

Maybe:

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General Software Discussion / Re: No video after resuming from sleep - Windows 10 Anniversary Edition

« Last post by 4wd on February 09, 2018, 07:55 PM »

There you go, this problem seemed to have been fixed in some MS update at some point since it hadn't occurred on my machine since a couple or so months after the initial Anniversary Update.

Have now upgraded the HD6850 to a RX560 and it's back ... terrific 

Machine is totally unresponsive trying to wake from sleep mode sometimes which then needs a push of the reset button.

Time to dive into the Eventlog and Google again.

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Living Room / Re: Time lapse video (thread)

« Last post by 4wd on February 07, 2018, 08:30 PM »

Not so much a video but a article I ran across while searching for Hyperlapse: Google Street View Hyperlapse

The article is from 2013, the original website (Teehan+Lax ceased business) no longer works but the source is hosted on GitHub. (ADDENDUM: Loaded the code into a VM web server and it worked.)

I was thinking of trying to get it to work for my drive around Ukraine last year since I GPS logged it, that would bring it back a lot better than static photos.

From the Internet Archive: Teehan+Lax Labs
Hyperlapse - Archive of the Hyperlapse creation page

There's a couple of other sites where you can do the same thing but using a GPX file:

GPX Hyperlapse - works but rather limited
Hyperlapse GPX - couldn't get it to work