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General Software Discussion / Re: Someone MUST make a new PowerMarks program.

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 10, 2009, 05:50 PM »

Hi Folks,

About a week or two ago I wrote with the same request, since I agree that the default search should be about words, not strings.  (I was looking up an author named Oosterzee and the boosters and the roosters were crowing.  And there are many simpler examples.  In addition I was having a problem with the way to do a word search itself, using a prefix character. although I have not retested that.)   The toogle-choice suggestion would be the most elegant solution possibility.

No discussion with Linkman yet, but some other concerns were addressed (especially a problem in the Powermarks data which needed extra tweaking on the import to Linkman.  Powermarks internally expanded the @ sign .. which is used in the Google books links.  Linkman had to contract the Powermarks internal expansion, probably in the Powermarks programming language the @ character had a special meaning and thus needed an awkward string to be represented).

We all agree on auto-completion being more nuisance than help. (Although again a toggle or configuration possibility comes to mind.) I noticed also that sometimes the query words do not simply stay in the query field, although it is in the "completed searches" history group, ready to be put back and modified.  I would prefer always seeing the last, current search in the field, I'm not sure what causes that sometimes to blank out.  (That one I had not yet mentioned to Thomas.)

Overall, though, I have found the Powermarks-->Linkman move to be very satisfactory.  And quite helpful for anyone who views Firefox as the browser of choice..  And I'm looking forward to printing enhancements and some additional usages.

Shalom,
Steven

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 10, 2009, 10:03 AM »

Hi Folks,

  Oh, there is also the genre of search and replace programs, since they are likely to have a find file program as part of their function.

  One seems to fit the above list quite well, I actually used it a while back.  Even though it was developed years ago, its usage was quite solid and pleasant.

InfoRapid Search and Replace - Ingo Straub (Germany) - Last Update - 2003 - no forum
http://www.inforapid...ml/searchreplace.htm
Free for non-commercial use

  On top of the 17 freebies (any missed of significance ?) you have:

File Managers

  Perhaps a few of those are fast and strong, I mentioned Total Commander is slow, Xyplorer might be fast.  One of the reasons for this summary was that for most of us the file managers will be chosen on other criteria.  However if a few are truly top-notch on "find files" it would be worth a note. Personally I would be more likely to switch to that file manager. 

Next:

Search and Replace programs, Disk Catalog programs (often designed for CD's) Dup File Finders and File Compare programs and general file utility programs.

   None that I have seen (usually just the screenshot and short discussion) so far seem have the clarity of the search programs, where the issue is simply finding all instances of a file name .. fast.  (And perhaps doing basic functions on the file .. viewing, executing, etc.) 

Except.. mentioned above p.12

BareGrep (free w/startup splash screen) & BareGrepPro - Bare Metal Software (Australia) 2006 last ver-no forum
http://www.baremetal...m/baregrep/index.php

DocFetcher - Open Source - Freeware (p. 18 in thread and lots of good discussion with Qforce)
http://docfetcher.so...net/screenshots.html
Forums
http://sourceforge.n....php?forum_id=702423

AutoFocus - (Netherlands) Open Source - Freeware
http://www.aduna-sof...ofocus/overview.view

rexCrawler - Todd Boyd - free for personal use - no forum (p.21 in thread)
http://sites.google.com/site/rexcrawler/

That can be #18 & 19 & 20 & 21 for freeware-file-name-find consideration.

  And as mentioned in the intro, the heavy-weights multi-function desktop searches are a different puppy. Since they tend to be overkill for the simple function.

  And any rate these are major freeware full-desktop-search programs.  Not the programs like Archivarius and the direct X1 and dtSearch ($200)

Copernic Desktop Search Home (Free, Professional $50 per license) - no forum
http://www.copernic....arch/home/index.html
Compare Versions
http://www.copernic....rch/cds-compare.html

Yahoo Desktop Search (X1)
http://pro.x1.com/?source=Yahoo
Forum
http://forums.x1.com/viewforum.php?f=27

Google Desktop Search
http://desktop.google.com/
Forum
http://www.googlecom...ty.com/forum-33.html

Ask Jeeves (browser-style) - No Forum
http://sp.ask.com/en...sktop/overview.shtml

Microsoft Windows Search 4.0
http://www.microsoft...psearch/default.mspx
Forum
http://social.msdn.m...psearchhelp/threads/
Windows Search 4.0 & Windows Desktop Search 3.01 downloads & updates (Add-ons)
http://beqiraj.com/w...ows/search/index.asp

   Users could indicate whether they are too bulky for the simple tasks, or maybe one or two are totally competent. 

Well, while we are here, some of the paid version best-by-test. 
And for X1 the free version will be acceptable to many.

X1 Professional Client - $50 - 30-day trial then restricted version, probably ok for many
(PST Archive discussion above p.3 - PST = Outlook )  Is X1 Limited == Yahoo X1. Identical ?
http://www.x1.com/products/xds.html
Forums
http://forums.x1.com/
Blog
http://blog.x1.com/

Archivarius 3000 - Likasoft - $40 - no forum
http://www.likasoft.com/

dtSearch - 30-day evaluation $200
http://www.dtsearch.com/
Yahoogroups - (also one for developers, one for news)
http://tech.groups.y...;sec=group&slk=1
Page 10 and later -- discussion.

  The next mention is a few of the paid search tools that might be worth a look for some even for the simpler searches. And you can find a few above where there are both professional versions and freeware versions.

Master Find - Rose City Software - shareware - $15 - no forum
http://www.rosecitys...ware.com/MasterFind/

Search GT - Isatech - shareware - $20 - no forum (discussion starts p.11)
http://www.search-gt.com/index.html

FindOnClick - 2BrightSparks - shareware - $30 for group of utilities (p.15 favorable post for full search and response)
http://www.2brightsp...com/onclick/foc.html

LookDisk 2.95 - Vincenzo Iuorno - Singapore (2006 freeware)
http://www.fxsearch.com/ldw_eng/
LookDisk - Iconico - Shareware $30 - ver 4.2
http://www.iconico.c.../LookDisk/index.aspx
Forum
http://www.iconico.c...geList.aspx?forum=33

Sowsoft - Effective File Search - 30-day trial version - $30
http://www.sowsoft.com/search.htm
Instand Document Search - $30
http://www.sowsoft.c.../document-search.htm

File Search Assistant - Aks-labs - $70
http://www.aks-labs....sa_home/download.htm
Forum
http://www.aks-labs....B2/viewforum.php?f=4
Disk Search Assistant -Aks-Labs $40 (not on main site)
http://www.disk-search.com/

Desktop Find Professional (Italy) $80 - $125 - no forum
http://www.finddesktop.com/

PowerGrep - JG Soft (Just Great Software - Thailand) $150 - 15-day trial - no forum
http://www.powergrep.com/

Now we go into Enterprise-land.  Note this first one has a free version.

SearchInform Desktop (Free, Standard $49, Professional $200)
http://www.searchinf...hinform-desktop.html

ISys Search Software - Desktop 9 - 14-day trial, price undisclosed, resellers, enterprise
http://www.isys-sear...ysdesktop/index.html
Forums
http://forums.isys-search.com/phpbb2/

Gaviri Digital Home SearchOS - $40 (NJ - USA) also Professional, Enterprise, OEM - no forum
http://www.gaviri.co...network-searchos.php

Some more might be findable from the Goebel Group articles (they sell a Google gadget, some database tools, etc).

Desktop Search Tools Matrix
http://www.goebelgro...om/desktopmatrix.htm
Search Appliance Matrix
http://www.goebelgroup.com/sam.htm
Compare Microsoft Live Search Products
http://www.goebelgro...search_portfolio.htm

And there might be more in the 25-pages above.
Ok, now all skimmed, a few additions made.

And another interesting read with an auxiliary product to Microsoft search.

Evaluation of desktop search applications - Michael Lowe
http://www.kalio.inf...p_Search_Comparison/
Visual Desktop Search - freeware
http://www.kalio.inf...sual_Desktop_Search/   

Shalom,
Steven Avery

953

Living Room / Re: adding memory to my Dell Precision 380

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 10, 2009, 03:56 AM »

Hi Folks,

Crucial's scan tool, followed by recommendations, was very good.  They confirm that anything above 4 gigs (ie. 3.5) is simply lost to Windows 32-bit OS (one Dell salesman thought otherwise, as if the applications could address what Windows did not see !).  They also make it clear that I can leave in my 512s, which I did not realize. And put in a pair of 1 gigabyte additions for a bit over $30 -- totaling 3 gigs, or I can put in a pair of 2 gigabyte additions totaling about $50.  (Actually Dell would be a smidgen cheaper on this last one, the extra accuracy and knowledge and help of Crucial leans towards them.  Close call, since the puter is Dell, the fact that one fella actually recommended 8 gigs is a Dell- strike.)

Then there is the possibility of loading a 64-bit Linux .. will that work on my CPU ?  Apparently the Pentium 4 is 64-bit, so that might be .. conceivably, a future advantage of having the extra memory, if I do intensive Linux -- Real Soon Now.  Anyway the difference from usable 3 gig to 3.5 on XP probably justifies the $20 (less if Dell memory).

The last question is how much would a downgraded Vista (running XP) cost these days new. My favorite downgrade boxes have been PowerSpec, and I can pick up a discount from the returns at MicroCenter.  (Did that instead of Dell for my work puter less than a year ago, worked fine.) Example (assume it has the downgrade, ie. Vista-legal yet loaded with XP)

http://www.powerspec...phtml?selection=B700
PowerSpec® B700
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E7200
# 4GB DDR2-800 RAM

And I assume that is quite a bit quicker processor (and larger disk, faster video card, L2 cache etc) than my current system.  Well actually the gigahertz is technically lower, however the Duo Processor should be a decent speedup.  (Although most wait time is Internet or memory swap, not processor speed, since I am not a gamer.)

So it is probably time for a $500-600 upgrade, making my Dell the 2nd system. XP limitations (stacks and such as well as 32-bit) will be unchanged, everything else will be faster.  Or wait for Windows 7.  Or see if the current Vista-dog barks.

Oh, yeah, I would also check Dell's deals du jour before such a purchase.  
Anybody else ?  Here is my shopping-store list.

PowerSpec at Microcenter returns (they have a stack with other companies too, PS tends to be their best deal)
Dell deals
Tiger Direct - e.g Systemax VXQ2

Other web bargains
Craigslist (especially for the extras that can come with a slightly used system).

Used I find good for $100-150 puters for friends, not so much for newish ones, since the sellers often did not get a very good deal, nor do they realize how quickly the tech changes.

Anybody else to add to my shopping list for my new #1 system ?  
On my XP box, do I care much if it is Intel or AMD ?

PowerSpec and Dell have both given me good support over the years, surprisingly enough, on about two puters each.  (Even HP was good, however that was many years back.) I wouldn't mind trying a box like Systemax, if I get a good box at a comparable price, I didn't realize that they connected with Tiger Direct.  ZDNet mentions others of the smaller size also like Cyberpower, Polywell, iBuyPower, but if they don't have a connection like Systemax-->Tiger Direct the price will probably be significantly higher. (I checked some of these when I did my last PowerSpec.) Some are more gamer oriented.  Anybody have a Systemax quality and support report ?

(Hey, I am hijacking my own memory thread .. going into computer purchase !)

Shalom,
Steven Avery

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Living Room / adding memory to my Dell Precision 380

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 09, 2009, 04:26 PM »

Hi Folks,

I just realized (sometimes I'm a little slow) that my Dell Precision 380 only has one Gigabyte of memory, and Eudora, Firefox and Linkman crash that out to smithareens (swap out anyone) -- before the eye blinks -- with the XP op sys. Even before Web development and database stuff that wants to be loaded and worked on.

So I want to expand the memory, some questions arise.

Even if I buy a hotter machine, and this becomes #2, I can see memory worth about $100, for better usage for the next year or two. This sys is 3 Gigahertz Pentium 4 and 160 gig disk.

Dell has an interesting auto-scan upgrade tool, but it gets bogged down thinking of Vista, and forgets to offer memory.  It offers me disk and a faster video card, yet does not think memory, even after giving a notification that more memory often helps performance ! 

Then I got one of their chat-meisters.  He says that the system will address 8Gb for applications, while another had said no.  Who is right ?   

1) Should I do it myself ?  I know it is fairly simple, and I've done it once or twice, but still .. if I can buy the memory local, installed cheapo, is that better, safer ?  Or definitely just buy on the Net and install myself.  (GeekSquad at BestBuys would charge $40 for the install, and the BestBuy memory might be a smidgen more than the net, so that is an example of too much extra.)  However what if I only pay $10-20 more, schlepping the puter to Joe Memory a mile away. 

2) Should I go for 4 Gigabyes instead of 2 ?  Supposedly the 4th gig is not addressed.  The extra cost is about $40, but that third gigabtye might come in real handy I think.  So far, I figger, go for 4, your thoughts ?  (This morphed into a question of 8 vs. 4, since the price is lower, see below.)

3) If only 4-gig is used, then I wonder .. does it really matter if I dual-channel (4 1-gigabtyes versus 2 2-gigabtyes). They talk of better performance, but probably just a smidgen and you lock yourself into a max of 4.

If I go 8 gigabtyes all channels are filled, and if it is cheap enough, I may do that, if it is confirmed that it helps over 4gig on a busy system.

4) Do you have a favorite store ?  Memorystock came up with a fine page for my puter, so right now they are in the lead if I buy on the Net.  This was pretty impressive.

http://www.memorysto...nWorkstation380.html
Memory Upgrade for Dell Precision Workstation 380 Computer

However Dell was just as cheap, maybe cheaper.
Only $21 for 2-gig units ! Wow.   So there we go.  Home-install.

Ok, so far I am going non-ECC, (non-parity) since that is what I have now, Dell even recommended it sort of.  And the techies seem to indicate that memory parity is more for the server-delicate mentality.  Makes sense to me.  Also I am not too concerned about the brand name.

Your thoughts ?

Main question .. 4 gigs is probably much better than 2, right ?
Does 8 gig help at all ? 
Should I just put it in myself.  Carefully, delicately, not while eating.

Shalom,
Steven Avery

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 09, 2009, 11:40 AM »

Hi Folks,

Limiting it to the file and folder name searching, and to freeware.  The last months I have used the slow Total Commander search recently and will return to one of these programs. 

For this generally we will want programs that are not Lite versions of Pro, although in some cases the Pro may be extra features like Network drive (Ava Find) support -- so that understandably is extra.

Some of these may (e.g. Astrogrep, Locate32) search inside or give the actual matches inside or may even emphasize search-and-replace. And I am not including some heavyweights (e.g  Google Desktop, Copernic, Lookout) that are primarily designed for x-ray search and have lots of ink above.

There are about 20 major features and platforms to consider, so that is not addressed here. Note that FreewareGenius has done a good job on reviews.

FARR has a Locate32 plugin and probably fits in here somewhere as well.

Gizmo's discussion.
http://www.techsuppo...nt-discussions.htm-1

The following should help someone who might want to do a fuller comparision.
It looks like leaders are:

======================================================

Everything - Voidtools (David Carpenter) - NTFS only - fan favorite, excellent - no forum, good FAQ
http://www.voidtools.com/
FreewareGenius review
http://www.freewareg...ram-for-ntfs-drives/

SearchMyFiles - Nir Sofer - Nir does excellent software - new 02/2009 - no forum
http://www.nirsoft.n...search_my_files.html

Extra Search Free - Crave Worldwide - India - nice interface, active development
http://www.craveworl...com/extrasearch.html
Forum
http://www.craveworl...=posts&m=585#585

Locate32 - Janne Huttunen - Source Code C++
http://locate32.webhop.org/
Forum
http://locate32.webhop.org/

Astrogrep - Open Source - last release 09/2007 - shows lines (programmer oriented)
http://astrogrep.sou...rge.net/screenshots/
Forums
http://sourceforge.n....php?forum_id=184597

DK Finder - Denes Kellner (Hungary) - reasonably active - await DKF3 - no forum
http://www.dkellner.hu/freeware/finder/
Freeware Genuis review 08/2008
http://www.freewareg...desktop-file-search/

Index Your Files -  J. Rafael Castro Imbernon (Spain) - LastUpdate 12/2007 - No forum
http://www.indexyourfiles.com/

Super Finder XT - FreeSoftLand - Donationware
http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearch.html
Screens
http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearch3.html
Forum
http://fsl.sytes.net/forum/

Seeker - Veign (Chris Hanscom SC, USA) - no forum, blog, link to DC
http://www.veign.com...cation.php?appid=104

ScanFS - Saleen Software - related FilePro and Synchronizer freeware
http://www.saleensof...ware.com/ScanFS.aspx
Forum
http://www.saleensof...ware.com/ScanFS.aspx

Filehand Search 3.0 - (NH, USA) now free, Professional-Enterprise versions in process. Good review pg. 1 for light full search.
http://www.filehand.com/

StopKa - Vitali Yemialyanchyk - (Belarus) - no forum (p. 22 - dubious)
http://www.stopka.us/en/screenshots.html

XSearch - EaseXP - no forum
http://www.easexp.com/xsearch/

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Agent Ransack - Mythicsoft (Oxford, England) - lite version of FileLocator Pro - no forum
http://www.mythicsof...ro&page=features

Ava Find - "Think Less Do More Software" - free version of Ava Find Professional - no forum
http://www2.think-le...do-more.com/avafind/

Exalead Desktop - (France w USA) Free version of Professional - Enterprise emphasis - no forum
http://www.exalead.c...ucts/desktop-search/
Discussed around pg. 6-7 as full-blown indexing tool.

=====================

http://www.winhelpon...rty-search-tool.html
How to replace Windows XP Start menu Search with a third-party search tool
(work with classic now ?)

So those were the 16 I found, the top ones are known to be leaders, yet you may find gems further down.  Feel free to do a 20-point matrix comparision chart in your spare time .

Shalom,
Steven

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General Software Discussion / Re: Acrobat bug can lead to malware installs without even opening an infected file

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 08, 2009, 10:51 AM »

So you really do need to uninstall AR, and do it completely

-f0dder

Good advice. And taken.

Especially easy since we know the alternatives work much better for regular, simple daily use.  I really like viewing the PDFs in Firefox and having the bookmarking of Firefox and the loading quickness of PDF-XChange.

I had stumbled by removing the entry in Revo instead of uninstalling .. so after a reinstall it showed up again, allowing a full enough uninstall.

Shalom,
Steven

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General Software Discussion / Re: Acrobat bug can lead to malware installs without even opening an infected file

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 08, 2009, 03:35 AM »

Hi Folks,

My normal PDF method is PDF X-Change Viewer, working as a window in Firefox 3.  Also use the PDF Download extension, although I generally just say "Bypass" which opens the new Tab with the PDF. (Sidenote: Linkman opening urls seems to bypass the PDF Download extension, which is fine by me.) Looks real good, when I tried Foxit it did not seem quite as strong, I think it was weaker on viewing and maybe some cut-and-paste issues.  I know PDF-Xchange does my pops CPA tax forms fine.

So I am undecided about uninstalling Acrobat. I hardly use Windows Explorer, and it is unclear .. perhaps it can cause harm just en passant ?

(Added note: Revo didn't do much, apparently it uninstalled from its list .. but it still opens up.  A bit of a puzzle.  Maybe will try a reinstall followed by uninstall.  It also has a security update entry, and there are lots of other Adobe entries.)

Hmm.. my Opera is still opening the Adobe reader.
So Tools-Preferences-Advanced-Download

So I made some changes there .. apparently there is an Opera Plug-in to see the PDF-Xchange inline, but opening in the PDF-Xchange program is good too (biggest disadvantage.. you cannot immediately Linkman bookmark).  Anyway, the Opera plug-in may not really exist yet.

Also I opened PDF X-Change and had it change my system-wide file association to take over.

So now the clunky Adobe reader is probably fully out of the picture ?  Is it still necessary to kill it more ?  Granted that might be a nice finish.

==========================

This is a well-done view of PDF X-Change

http://homepage.ntlw...tml/pdf-xchange.html
PDF-XChange - Free PDF Viewer

Yes, I know Fox-It is a great program too, and leaner and quicker in some ways.  So it gets full respect also.

Shalom,
Steven

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easus Partition Manager Pro - good partition manager - Free today (feb 27, 2009)

« Last post by Steven Avery on March 01, 2009, 02:48 AM »

Hi Folks,

Damien placed it in Dropbox and it downloaded perfectly first time.  Says for a limited time, possibly most of today ?  (Sunday)

http://maketecheasie...ours-only/2009/02/27
"I must apologize. The developer haven’t replied to me regarding the dead link. For those who have not downloaded the file, or got a corrupted file, here is an alternative link. It will only be available for a limited time."

Easeus had said to me
"According to the link you supplied, the download link is not supplied by us officially."

Which is understandable.  Maybe look at this as a bit of an ad hoc promotion/giveaway for the semi-techies, however they did not want to make any official efforts (remember they have lots of customers who have paid for the same product and used it in the past months and may buy it tomorrow, so it has to be non-official).  Looking at the comments at Make Tech Easier it would be a bit frustrating for solid intentions to lead to any ill will.  I'm glad to have the extension and link corrected now.

Conceptually, perhaps partition managers are better not run from Windows, run closer to the machine .. however I am sure that is a matter of debate and style and generally Easeus is considered solid with their program and many of the popular programs do .. understandably .. run from Windows.

Shalom,
Steven Avery

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General Software Discussion / Re: Easus Partition Manager Pro - good partition manager - Free today (feb 27, 2009)

« Last post by Steven Avery on February 27, 2009, 10:20 PM »

Hi Folks,

I had trouble getting a full download, four times I only got partial.  Reading, I was not the only one with that difficulty.

Then they closed the page early.   I came back a bit after 11 PM EST and poof, no more.
"THE PAGE CANNOT BE FOUND:

Shalom,
Steven

960

General Software Discussion / Re: Someone MUST make a new PowerMarks program.

« Last post by Steven Avery on February 25, 2009, 08:37 AM »

Hi Folks,

Twinkler, like cyberdiva I found the dictionary system quickly irrelevant.  The way I remember a keyword (beyond short ones like "Biz" for business contacts or "Addy" for an address book and peoples initials for their category if more than one person has an addy book) is to stick the "dictionary" word in the subject in caps in a couple of items. Then I "remember" the dictionary pretty easily. Similarly I never tried the powermarks macro feature. True the dictionary is a nice feature for some, so you might take that up with Linkman.  When I would do this for Powermarks I would have to put stuff in two places, the subject line and the keyword, in Linkman you can have the subject line work in keyword searches as well (rather a major help, that was a PM deficiency).

Linkman says they are leaving freeze.com for the free installation very shortly.  Actually I cannot recommend the free install until that is done, install the 30-day professional and usb version.  Most of the people here will probably use one or more of the pro features anyway.  Freeze.com is a bit of a disaster, hopefully Linkman's new install group will be clean as a whistle. They say the arrangements are made, pending iminent implementation.

I still would like to see if the AutoHotkey could work in Firefox 3 for powermarks.  In a couple of days I'll likely send you a private thing going over the details, unless I decide that it is 100% moot (ie. I do not plan to add any urls to Powermarks even if I use it as a PIM.)  For all the benefits of Linkman, and the compatibility only uphill to Linkman (well maybe there could be a 2-step very limited import into Powermarks losing keywords) Powermarks still has a couple of niceties. The scrunch-font mode of (for me) 45 or so on a page is kewl, the speed may still have a small notch ahead, maybe.  And I am very used to using it as my address book and database with the scrunch-mode.

Linkman is making the printing function more usable.  For me that is a major plus (right now there is no sort).  With Powermarks I would use multiple print keys, a bit of a kludge.  Since I use my bookmarks as a multi-Pim this will be a major plus.  Hopefully this will combine with the user-defined fields and sorting by those fields (let them be states or card#s or publication dates, in fact one user-defined field can do multi-duty in some cases) to allow very neat printouts.  At that point a lot of stuff that is done in Alpha 5 or Ultra Recall or nowhere become even more Linkman capable.  If I add one voice to this discussion, it is to think in terms of Linkman being your PIM and research tool as much as a bookmark manager.

And of course Linkman has ongoing support and improvement and is a very solid program as is and has other really neat features, like the export stuff and USB and syncing through that web backup site (Powermarks sync had great limitations).

Shalom,
Steven Avery

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General Software Discussion / Re: Another System Explorer

« Last post by Steven Avery on February 22, 2009, 10:06 AM »

Hi Folks,

Another company who used to bundle their products together - Extensoft - now has unbundled some to make a "Free Task Manager" and a Disk Space Analyzer and a Screen Capturer and a Video Converter.  A couple of reviews of their products look favorable.  The Task Manager may not be as hefty as the one above, yet still may be nice. The Disk Space Analyzer may lack the graphics of WinDirStat and JDiskReport, but may have some other advantages.  I am doing a spot of checking.  The web site is simple to navigate.

http://www.extensoft...?p=free_task_manager
Free Extended Task Manager

Shalom,
Steven

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General Software Discussion / Re: Someone MUST make a new PowerMarks program.

« Last post by Steven Avery on February 21, 2009, 04:38 PM »

Hi Folks,

Thanks.

Yep.  I agree now.  I was able to make it into a Powermarks-style minimalist interface by maximizing the query field and hiding (covering or eliminating) the (at left originally) full-tree window.  That helps tremendously.  Even can knock out the edit area at top, getting that by clicking when needed, since I almost always do that upon adding. Also by using the task bar you have quick load, no refresh time. Zap .. like powermarks, with added functionality.  (Probably I don't even use the button bar, simply the drop-downs.) Okay the font is bigger, however that aspect is covered by the next:

Especially helpful is the "Print" option.  That was a major Powermarks lack.   I found myself taking printkeys of my query search results. 

The boolean searches will probably help.

Also the user defined fields..maybe (hmm.. they should be added to print output !)

I asked Linkman to try to get that Powermarks "date" option working on import, the date format was unusual, maybe it was EBCIDIC not ASCI .. hmmm. Is that possible ?

   " Powermarks date looks something like this (in the file): 48DFD8CB" .

Nope, I am familiar with EBCIDIC character and packed, does not look familiar.  Maybe somebody here is data-type helpful.

And I learned that the add and launch buttons are all reasonably fine at this point, a Firefox single-button would be nice (rather than right-click "Add to Linkman and edit") -- however all is reasonable as is for working with Firefox and Opera and more.

The settings are quite flexible.  I think I can mostly retire Powermarks after a bit of trial.  The speed looks sufficient. Especially interesting was his saying that he has folks with 1 million urls.

One item I asked him to improve. If you are not allowing dups, then if you add a dup it should simply bring up the record in an edit window -- for adding keywords and such.  Right now a request to add (anyway) comes up..and editing the existing is not a dialog option.

And going upthread -- I understand the gripe about the "free" program trying to do 3rd party stuff (remember I was the one who held Trialpay to the fire because they don't care about partnering with programs "registry optimizers" .. often scams .. and "reg opts" seems to be one thing the 3rd party here was pushing).  This is a factor to consider, I think we can just encourage Linkman to think about this more for now.  I haven't loaded any free versions so it is early on my end.

There are some other niceties to discuss or try or use, but basically once we have then general excellent Powermark functionality, Firefox 3 (!) and printing (!), all is fine. Also boolean, user-defined fields and comments functionality, superior query field flexibility. And the better export types and templates and stuff. Yep.

Link-checking, can't hurt.  I usually just research google for the text. Or try or find it in archive.org if important.

What would be nice .. saving many pages to the disk here in Surfalator fashion or to my own specified folder. Perhaps the person doing Surf-Linkman integration could discuss this.  Oh, and having the new place linkable from Linkman. Ahh.. that is a dream of sorts. Even if the page vanishes, an alternate link to my own disk finds it.

Can Linkman do much with my C: drive as is now, or would I have to do a complex cut-and-paste of "C:\My Saved Pages\Sample.html" (is that the syntax from within ?). I never tried that with powermarks.

(Not sure if the drop basket and desktop toolbar will be used, the dropbasket is good as a large easy-use tray icon. The desktop toolbar essentially tries to accomplish in a limited space what I like full-screen in powermarks-style minimalism, so probably is not a factor.)

Probably a bit more, especially for those in stone-age folder thought.  (Launching a special window-full of tabs from a folder might be nice.)

Query-speed. So far not powermarks quick, but quite fine, maybe some Process Tamer type of priority tweaking there. Adding URLs should be faster and better, now that I no longer need duplicate information in the Name and Keywords (since Linkman handles that in search check-field flexibility.)

Multiple instances of Linkman might be used, however more simply I would like to see some saving of former search (what did I have up before this one, I want to go back to that) with either a pop-up of previous and/or browser-style back-and-forth buttons.

And active development and support.  I suggested an email forum or web forum.  Does Donationcoder host that for 3rd-party products ?  Wilders I think hosts a number of security software forums in a special place.

Just look for the discount .. and buy as the long-term replacement.  Trialpay .. generally I avoid, for the reasons mentioned here. Rather buy direct. 

Thank you Powermarks for many years of good service. 
Thank you Linkman for taking over where Powermarks left off, and more.

Shalom,
Steven

963

General Software Discussion / Re: Someone MUST make a new PowerMarks program.

« Last post by Steven Avery on February 19, 2009, 11:03 AM »

Hi Folks,

Since I accidentally upgraded to Firefox 3.0 I was forced into some emergency considerations.

The AutoHotkey approach didn't do what it was supposed to for me, it didn't seem to have the focus for the right window,  or it did nothing and/or it did funny stuff to the actual new bookmark. Anybody using that on a daily basis with Firefox and Opera opened ?  It seemed fast enough, I just could not get it to work properly.

As a sidenote: I found out that you can have a pretty good Navigator 9. == Firefox 2.0 as an extra browser on your system, with the Firefox incremental search.  However Powermarks did not recognize it fully in my case.  Powermarks would open a Netscape tab/window, but the "Add from Netscape" bookmark feature did not work, the bookmark is ready to enter as new - blank.

The key Firefox 2.0 --> Powermarks integration is the wonderful "Install Firefox Toolbar" which is gone on 3.0.  Checking the net, I was able to have Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 on my system, change the path in Powermarks for my new 2.0 in a new directory and sucessfully install the Toolbar without touching 3.0.  Kewl.  (This involves a smidgen of Firefox Profile manipulation, which I was happy to learn about anyway.)  Apparently the differing profiles e.g. "Firefox2" can be in the same directory, you can have the question come up at startup, and one profile can be associated with 2.0 and another with 3.0.  Something like that.  So far, so good.

Can 2.0 and 3.0 be running at the same time ?  Dunno yet, somebody said no on the net, but I am happy to have all my 2.0 functionality back without uninstalling 3.0 and feeling I am locked totally into the stone-age of 2.0 forevermore.

Now to PowerFavorites and Linkman.  Power Favorites looks clean and more minimalist (in the Powermarks fashion) .. less agile, powerful .. however it seems like it may be using programming tools that are slower, such as for accessing data or screen redraws. That could be a concern for heavy usage, bookmark-as-PIM 50K plus, although likely not for 95-99% of the users.. Also when I imported the file, and then deliberately crashed-closed for a reboot -- the imported file was gone.  Thus it probably needs some manual saves or automatic saves which I did not check yet. No damage, but the fact that a big file was simply gone concerns me. (I scanned for all the .xbel files on the disk, only find the demo/default).  On the other hand Power Favorites brought forth the Powermarks original opening date, Linkman started everything today.  A better import, when you save the data .

Powermarks small font and mimimalist approach and speed still makes it, so far, the PIM-bookmark favorite.  I was very impressed with Linkman. It looks like neither other program has fully matched some of the simplicity of Powermarks such as: 

1) Firefox toolbar for one click and small window pop-up adding/editing.
2) Small font, lots of rows on the screen, few windows, great for pseudo-PIM, super-speed.
3) Flexibility in opening a link in the browser of your choice, not just the current default browser.

Linkman does seem to have solid additional features that may make it the way to go shortly anyway, it looks like I should start to use it with my 3.0 Firefox and test it out. And it may be possible to do the equivalent of most of 1-2-3 ..  just thought I would mention where I am .. today. Have to do some other stuff, now that Firefox 2.0 is back !

Shalom,
Steven

964

General Software Discussion / Re: Someone MUST make a new PowerMarks program.

« Last post by Steven Avery on December 23, 2008, 11:14 AM »

For everyone interested in a Powermarks replacement, Power Favorites is really close.  That's my official word.

-superboyac (October 23, 2008, 06:09 PM)

Today I did the download and the import of 50K bookmarks, that went really nice.  The speed is definitely acceptable, I think a smidgen slower than Powermarks, overall fast enough and better than expected.

Here is a suggestion. Since I end up using this as a multi-database as well, how about a few user defined fields ?  The ability to add a spot of specialty data and then sort on it as well would be very nice. Even if you had 3 to 5 such fields they might be used in 20 or 50 different ways (taking advantage of the fact that the keyword brings down like records).  I use my bookmark program as a database program and research assistant. (Clump 20 bookmarks together under my own recognizable keyword and open them up when it is time to work on the project.  Something as simple as a Bible verse number might be the keyword.) 

Any support/web/email forum around, where we can chat, or should we use Donationcoder threads for all this type of stuff, at least for the forseeable future ?

One feature I do not see is the ability to decide when opening a URL is which browser and whether you are opening a new window or new tab.  The "which browser" especially is used a lot, I realize you can go in and temporarily change the default browser but that is not elegant.  Am I missing something, or maybe this is coming soon ?

Impressive.  I will consider bypassing the AutoHotkey ideas for Powermarks (or staying with Firefox 2.0).  And simply doing the Power Favorites move.

Hopefully, more shortly.  Just wanted to give the preliminary response.  Impressed on the ease of setup and import with my existing 50K bookmarks.  And having the full key-by-key search capability that a Powermarks user must have in a new product, with decent speed..  With that working, and the program is alive and enhanced and solid and moving along, this could be exactly what the Bookmark doctor ordered.

Shalom,
Steven

965

General Software Discussion / Re: Someone MUST make a new PowerMarks program.

« Last post by Steven Avery on December 11, 2008, 12:15 PM »

Hi Folks,

Nice thread, been off-forum a bit.  I also use Powermarks, one of the 50K users, and it is my defacto PIM, password manager, research assistant and soup kitchen as well.  I would definitely keep Firefox in the 2.whatever rather than lose Powermarks functionality.  I just tried the 3.0 upgrade at work and saw the loss of the toolbar.

(Ironically the Firefox toolbar was a Powermarks workaround that turned out to be a lot better than the normal Opera and IE Powermarks add and so I hope to follow suggestions here for creating similar functionality in Opera). Btw, SeaBiscuit, oh wait, SeaMonkey also failed in an earlier try, but nobody cares much about that.  I think I tried to fake it out to be Netscape but it only worked in one direction (two directions = opening web pages and adding bookmarks, the 2nd is the critical one.)

So I will try to try the suggestions here in the next days, getting the autosuperduperhotkey kludge button working on Firefox and also PowerFavorites or Linkman or whatever might do the job.   I doubt that my full functionality will be maintained in the newbies but it is worth a try.  And I might end up with two tools.

It is nice to at least see that a number of people know that this is the most superb, clean program around, with Fineprint a nice second.   Maybe, maybe .. somebody will take the idea and run even further, as I can see all sorts of potential enhancements, if anybody could ever get up to the standard Powermarks functionality.

Oh, 50K bookmarks, working as a PIM is .. FAST.  Using the task booster (maybe the one from here) helped with the only one slowdown problem, that the first keystrokes can be slow on loading when the program is asleep, perhaps swapped out by Windows.  Once the program is awake, 50K bookmarks is twiddles.

The programmer was responsive to a question or two, helping with the registration issues when he was retiring the program, perhaps like with Keynote the problem of tools and code and data files changing too much became a burden not worth the small income.  Or personal and life things may have simply changed direction.  It would be nice if he would share with a smidgen more, however either way thanks for a program that has helped make my years of Internet browsing and research much smoother and neater. 

(On forums where I post sometimes other posters seem a bit surprised at how well I can find information .. little do they know that I bookmarked the basic sites two years ago or five years ago in Powermarks with a couple of simple keywords.  Once you learn the keyword methodology and become comfortable you simply develop your own systems, whether for signons or research or this or that.)

Shalom,
Steven Avery

966

Found Deals and Discounts / Bits - ActMask - Drive Encryption - problems in encyption claims

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 10, 2008, 07:40 AM »

Hi Folks,

ActMask has a product on Bits Du Jour today.

Drive Encryption - Protect Your Removable Media!
http://www.bitsdujou...e/driver-encryption/

The posts by Keith Anderson have brought into question whether the product actually encypts the drive, or just the FAT.

The developer, Thomas Lee, has already acknowledged:
"The DriveEncryption encrypts the File Allocation Table for FAT format drive only."

This alone would be enough to deep-six the product, if it is not clearly indicated on the website.
Keith then reports he then found the same problem on the NTSF volume.
Kudos to Keith for doing extra homework.

Strange.  Why would an encryption product actually encrypt the FAT and not the drive ?  Why risk a stable of products on one that doesn't do what is advertised ?

Notice pidgin English in a company with a San Diego addy.
"Almost support all kind of Removable, Fixed, USB storage drive and Memory Card"
"It has ability to encrypt for each Logistic Disk"

Did a software middleman in San Diego get fooled by some Chinese (or others with limited English) software developers ?

Should we recommend to Nick to withdraw this Bits ? 

Your thoughts ?

Shalom,
Steven

967

Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-review: Agenda at Once

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 09, 2008, 07:58 PM »

Hi Folks,

Agenda at Once is definitely a strong competitor in this field.  The base should be integration of ToDo with calendar, PIM contacts is secondary (e.g Time & Chaos has fine PIM, weak To-Do).

Nobody is perfect, I found that out quickly, although ToDoList (AbstractSpoon) is nice and MLO, with some calendar lacks and weaknesses if I recall right. And Priorganizer too, although it has no blog entries since Sept 2006. Quick ToDo was pretty, but lacks hierarchal tasks.

One basic is sub-tasks, and Agenda has that nicely.  Similarly recurring tasks. And the ToDo is very nice in a couple of ways, easy to move the view fields around, and both a Category and an Assignee (you tend to want to have multiple groupings, I would even like one more, user defined.. e.g. "where"  so you could group together by another conceptual basis).The Notes implementation related to Tasks is simple and clean.  Thinks like priority and sorting by various ways looks very nice, I think that is partly a function of solid programmers seeking out good toolkits and mixing them together (that is also the difficulty of this whole genre, nobody can easily pick up these programs if they are ever put down, as occured with Keynote.  However if the program is good enough, then you don't mind so much, and you hope it will be lasting).

As mentioned above there could be better ToDo-Calendar integration.  Time & Chaos had a wonderful drag and drop of a contact into the scheduler.  Stuff like that is really kewl. If feels so efficient, they would even bring the phone# in ! 

And the contacts in Agenda is a bit shallow, it looks like a more recent add-on, and needs the type of field flexibility that the To-Do list has in viewing. Anyway it is nice that there is something there to build on, some good ToDos have nothing.

I don't think you can move the tree of To-Do around, e.g. - make a task into a sub-task.  That becomes real helpful if you working with your structure and some of the ToDo programs have that nicely (probably Abstract Spoon and MLO).

One area I have not tested yet is printing.

Anyway, overall I'm impressed.  Despite my harping on some needs and weaknesses, it is strong enough to be a keeper at this time.  And give it real use time (bought under Bits).  It seems like the developer is working hard on improvement.  Very good, and I do not know another program that is better on the overall view. Hopefully they can implement tree/subtask manipulation and better integration.  If that is in the works in the months ahead, then all is fine and the birds are chirping.

Shalom,
Steven

968

Developer's Corner / Re: Questions...Before I get in legal trouble, I'd better ask around

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 09, 2008, 01:16 PM »

Hi,

As a contrast, there is an example of a gray-area program that works in the security realm but is not so careful about open source and/or approvals.

Hitman Pro
Here is one of the better discussions of where they are now.
http://www.surfing-s...pyware/hitmanpro.php

It sounds like you are doing everything properly.  Possibly you put a notice that this is not to be sold ? (you may already have that) .. anywhere you make this available. 

Shalom,
Steven

969

Post New Requests Here / Karen's ShowStopper - reliable forced reboot

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 08, 2008, 09:16 AM »

Hi Folks,

Just a quick note, without all the techie aspects.
When I wanted a real "forced reboot" program I found that a lot of them got snagged.

Karenware's freeware has been close to 100% reliable in truly forcing a shutdown.
(There are a number of other options as well.)

Showstopper
http://www.karenware...rtools/ptstopper.asp

http://www.karenware.../2003/2003-01-28.asp
Newsletter   
* Shutdown Types
* Show Stopper Extras
* Scheduled Shutdowns

I highly recommend this for the no-nonsense reboot.  I put a shortcut
easy to get to on my start menu, about the only program that I stick
there. (Other stuff else is in categories.)

Shalom,
Steven

970

General Software Discussion / Re: Your fav' audio CD burner?

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 07, 2008, 10:34 AM »

Thanks, Curt.  That is simply one type of posting.  I figger if I managed to wade through a few sites and claims I can put a good set of links together (and folks here know what is really important, like forums and comparisons and what is really freeware vs. what is pseudo-freeware).

Yet a lot of times I learn much more from one good review, or the folks here who get the pics on board (is that generic or do we have special skills ?) and the discussions.

That is why I like DonationCoder, the folks here are solid techies, thinking out of the envelope, and they share what they know.  When I have sloshed through a bunch of software I will try to get the basics online, it makes it easier for me as well, rather than when they are cramped up in my Powermarks bookmarks.  By putting them online here I felt more responsible, so I check the sites, find the forums, and clean up some loose ends.  However it was not much extra effort.

Shalom,
Steven

971

General Software Discussion / Re: Schedulers - Automatize, JIT, Smooth Program, Advanced, Hi-Base

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 07, 2008, 08:55 AM »

Hi,

Thanks folks.

So far I have downloaded JIT Scheduler from Gibin on one system. Good product, more for the home user, simple solid and crisp.

Now on system 2 I downloaded Carol's suggestion from Splinterware.  Neato, the freeware version is even free for biz usage. Looks a bit more robust in many ways, has the pro version upgrade later, looks excellent.  And I just gave it a try on my anti-virus, popped up the scan, I may have to forward a keystroke or something, but it nicely has that versatility. (When I try to do it with Windows XP scheduler, I don't even see a parameter setting, do you actually have to create a separate .bat file or something to pass a parameter ?). Anyway, System Scheduler will probably be my normal main scheduler keeper, ready for later purchase of pro version, and recommended to Donationcoder and Bits Du Jour discount researchers.

Also downloaded nncron.  Looks a bit more techie/programming/script oriented, so when I'm in that mood I'll look at it more.

Thanks for the feedback.  I really think this is a nice software niche.  Folks don't use the Windows XP scheduler much, even though it is decent, you want real ease-of-use and visibility and more robustness. And I would much prefer to schedule from one easy-use external program than internally here and there.  Good suggestions.

Shalom,
Steven

972

General Software Discussion / Re: Your fav' audio CD burner?

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 07, 2008, 01:40 AM »

Hi Folks,

  I don't burn CD's much, but I needed one for a backup of a minicomputer access utility. 
So I looked for freeware and ended up with :

InfraRecorder  (open source, fully freeware)
http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/ : and it worked fine.
Forums
http://sourceforge.n....php?forum_id=603122 (not super-active)

This was one review article I used,
Recommended CDBurnerXP Pro or DeepBurner, doesn't mention InfraRecorder
http://pc-hacks.blog...urning-software.html
Best Free CD Burning Software - Oct 25, 2007

  Others I considered were

CDBurner XP (fully freeware, no $ product)
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Forums (very nicely set up, as is FAQ, and website)
http://forum.cdburnerxp.se/

Deepburner (uses Starburn engine - pro version $25)
http://www.deepburner.com/index.php
Forums
http://www.deepburner.com/forum/
Comparison Pro and Free
http://www.deepburne...er&prr=provsfree

Starburn (Freeware, Network Product $500)
http://www.rocketdiv...wnload_starburn.html
Forum
http://www.rocketdivision.com/forum/

Express Burn (Freeware, Plus does DVD, Bluray, about $30)
http://www.nch.com.au/burn/
Forums
http://nch.invisionz...dex.php?showforum=15

BurnAware Free Edition (Home Edition $30)
http://www.glorylogi...m/overview-free.html
Forums
http://glorylogic.com/forums/

Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 released for free - Donation Coder (Rel 7 is $40)
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=12997.0
Apparently no forums

Burn4free was said to be adware

  I also ended up with MagicISO (MagicDisk) for the freeware virtual ISO disk I wanted.
http://www.magiciso....gicdisc-overview.htm

  Recommended above
J River Media Center - ($40)
http://www.jrmediacenter.com/
Forums
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/

Shalom,
Steven

973

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Recentx at Giveawayoftheday

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 06, 2008, 02:21 PM »

Hi Folks,

Well I keep things pretty organized, and bookmarks are smartly handled with Powermarks, but there could be some navigation/remembrance/launching help here.  Looks like a good company with decent products (not always the case with GAOTD software  ).

A lot of folks like it, but 3-4 folks on different forums report it as a potential resource hog.

Considering this is a limited function utility, that is a concern, although Process Tamer will help.
Anybody checking CPU ?

Shalom,
Steven

974

Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: MiniReview of Linkman URL Organizer and Search Tool

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 04, 2008, 07:39 AM »

Hi Folks,

  Great thread.  I will download Linkman and give it a spin.  Here are my pre-download thoughts.

  I am a little unusual because I use my Powermarks bookmarks as a PIM and research grouping assistant, and I have no interest in folders, since my whole system is carefully designed on keywords.  (I place the link-group keyword in the visible part of the text so I can always find the brother and sister links, I don't even use the Powermarks group category capabilities.) And I have 10's of thousands of links.  I kicked up the priority (Process Tamer) to try to avoid any swapping out of memory and it works virtually instantly.

  So therefore I will have to see if there is Powermarks import (perhaps two-step) and how well it works.

  I will have to see if the keyword functionality in Linkman (or any other program) is truly up to snuff.

  And I am surprised that there was a lack of a Firefox toolbar, Powermarks actually did that by necessity (they never got one for Opera) because of Firefox interface lacks, and it turned out to be fantastic.  The Linkman situation is almost the reverse.

   MagicSpeller - Synchronization with Powermarks does not really require NetSync either (which may not take real huge files, not sure) since there is a built-in merge that works fine.  I haven't checked how it handles two different versions of the same bookmark (e.g. last modify date) but that is almost irrelevant anyway, it is the new adds that count.  If Linkman doesn't have good merging that it is a concern, albeit not insurmountable.  You can always carry the latest version on a USB, or auto-FTP to here or there. However I would like to know the status of that on Linkman, I have grown fond of the Powermarks merge.

   I agree with the Linkman idea that their own browser would be superfluous (maybe the only part of the excellent review that left me puzzled) and I personally do not want my bookmark program checking for website 'changes' at the expense of overhead.  The whole world changes, ads change, minor text changes, this and that happens, it just is not a factor for me, although I can understand in some cases of monitoring it could be helpful.

   Powermarks has no internal encryption capabilities, so that could be a plus.  It has some features I never tried out, like URL Macro, and I barely use some of the fields.  And it is very nicely configurable and well-behaved.  Linkman sounds a little bit more untamed, at least at first, but that will take time to try and see.

   (Oh, I am not concerned about the end-of-life of Powermarks for some years at least.  I encouraged the developer but it does not seem like the code or design is going elsewhere, at least for now.)

   Hmm. I could not even find the forum that you have to register to read.  Hidden support forum ?

   The pic on the website (url at top post on this page) meant to be humorous, I see as tacky and unprofessional, and I actually hesitate now on the download. (As might 100 other people who won't tell you .. who may think that animal house humor might be the video choice of some but out-of-place in their fav shareware recommendations.)

Shalom,
Steven

975

General Software Discussion / Schedulers - Automatize, JIT, Smooth Program, Advanced, Hi-Base

« Last post by Steven Avery on May 03, 2008, 03:34 PM »

Hi Folks,

Looking for a scheduler, fun to use, reasonably versatile.
Almost no reviews on the Net.

Ok, granted I could probably use various scripting language tools.
What if you want a dedicated simple scheduler that is more robust
than what comes with XP ?

Here is what I have found, before loading any, have you used any of these ?
Or recommend another.

======================================
Freeware

Automatize
http://argentesoftwa...Automatize%201.6.0.4

JIT Scheduler
http://www.gibinsoft...gipoutils/scheduler/

*** UPDATE 8-23-2011 Web of Trust has negatives about Gibin Software ***

Smooth Program Scheduler
http://www.xemico.com/scheduler/

======================================
Shareware

Advanced Task Scheduler - $40
http://www.advscheduler.com/index.html

Hi-Base Task Scheduler - $30
http://www.dbf2002.com/scheduler/

======================================

Shalom,
Steven