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    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by dbam987, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Another way to scrobble Slacker to Last.fm: Link
     
    Jayayess1190, Sep 19, 2009
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    facadegeniality Notebook Consultant

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    thanks dbam!
     
    facadegeniality, Sep 20, 2009
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    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    Vinyard Notebook Evangelist

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    Vinyard, Sep 20, 2009
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  5. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    This may be of interest to Vista Home users…

    OK! The free WD branded version of Acronis True Image worked for me to make a working clone of my three partition drive.

    Seagate users get the same program from your respective site.

    I’m using Vista SP2 32 bit, no raid, in my ageing Gateway. I continue to make file backups, however if my 250 Gig drive goes south, it’s really nice to pop in spare $40 drive with all programs/games tweaked and ready in 5 minutes! Boot CD not required..Yes!!

    I used am old Passport drive and my Thermaltake Drive Dock using eSata cable. 234Gig clone required 5 hours from start to finish. Acronis uses easy Windows interface but reboots into DOS for actual cloning.

    YMMV! Check Acronis site for Vista 64 bit or Windows 7 for issues.
     
    hydra, Sep 20, 2009
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    royski007 Notebook Consultant

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    does anyone know of a free software that enables you to mount image files that can be read and written to?
     
    royski007, Sep 21, 2009
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  7. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    From post 1:

    Clone Drive Light-weight ISO mounter. The website says it's supported up to XP only, so be wary of running on Vista.
     
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  8. royski007

    royski007 Notebook Consultant

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    CloneDrive mounts the image but the files in the image are read only.
    Im actually looking for one that mounts a virtual drive which is an image on the HDD.
    Something like what Virtual PC uses (.vhd) but that they could be mounted as a regular drive. Not a virtual CD drive.

    thanks for the reply by the way :)
     
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    royski007, Sep 22, 2009
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  9. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    DetlevCM, Sep 22, 2009
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  10. Meetloaf13

    Meetloaf13 fear the MONKEY!!!

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    Anyone know of any good free PDF-to-text converters out there?
     
    Meetloaf13, Sep 22, 2009
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Jayayess1190, Sep 22, 2009
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  12. royski007

    royski007 Notebook Consultant

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    So far ive only found windows 7 having that feature built in. plus the option to actually boot to an image.
    Thinking of getting Windows 7 Loaded on here if i cant find anything...
     
    royski007, Sep 23, 2009
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  13. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    kobe, Sep 26, 2009
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    ilordvader Newbie

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    ilordvader, Sep 27, 2009
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  15. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, the Lite version does. :)
    Freeware Wallpaper Cycler 3.6.0.180 Lite (5.6 MB)
    LINK
     
    kobe, Sep 27, 2009
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  16. Convoluted

    Convoluted Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a suggestion. It's called 'My Lockbox' ( http://www.fspro.net/my-lockbox/). It allows users to lock a folder with a password. Once the folder is locked, it is hidden and cannot be accessed until it is unlocked. Very very easy to use program, and its free!
     
    Convoluted, Sep 27, 2009
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  17. efrain_lopez

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    efrain_lopez, Oct 7, 2009
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  18. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This is a long list...

    I didn't see it scanning through - I have no idea how good or bad it is, but its mentioned as imaging software in a German newspaper - it may be of interest.
    http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
     
    DetlevCM, Oct 9, 2009
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  19. chrisavann

    chrisavann Notebook Guru

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    chrisavann, Oct 9, 2009
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  20. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    Indeed it is a long list, and is still expanding! One thing I'm working on is reorganizing the list to make finding applications easier. I hope to have it (finally) done within the next few days.

    For all the people that posted new items in the past month or so, I will be updating the list this weekend with the new entries. Thanks to everyone's contributions!
     
    dbam987, Oct 9, 2009
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  21. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    akadoublej, Oct 9, 2009
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    kobe, Oct 11, 2009
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  23. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    Is there freeware that I can install which shows the real time progress of the start up tasks on a machine?

    I dislike just sitting and waiting until start process appears to be finished.
     
    akadoublej, Oct 13, 2009
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  24. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    A Media Manager that may be worth adding to the list:

    DoubleTwist
     
    MidnightSun, Oct 18, 2009
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  25. sitontheedge

    sitontheedge Notebook Geek

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    Here's a little app I find useful. It's simply called "ReNamer" (available from the developer here: http://www.den4b.com/projects.php).

    It's a simple, light weight program that allows you to quickly define rules for batch renaming files (cutting characters, changing extensions, serializing, etc.). It also lets you save previously defined sequences of changes as presets so you can apply them often. I've yet to find anything that fulfills the same functions with so many options with so little complication.
     
    sitontheedge, Oct 19, 2009
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  26. kobe

    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Starburn Disc burning utility Free edition. I've tested this, and it's good.


    LINK
     

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    kobe, Oct 20, 2009
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  27. grayman19

    grayman19 Notebook Enthusiast

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    grayman19, Nov 10, 2009
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  28. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    I just installed it on my Macintosh so far it has been working great. I haven't installed it on my PC yet, been using PeaZip which has been working fine too.
     
    akadoublej, Nov 11, 2009
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  29. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What's wrong with he built in zip function in XP, Vista and Win7?
    (If you only need zip that is)
     
    DetlevCM, Nov 11, 2009
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    voltaire Notebook Consultant

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    Looking for something to burn dvix or avi files to disc, something like Nero Vision but free and windows 7 64 bit compatible. Any ideas or suggestions?
     
    voltaire, Nov 11, 2009
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  31. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    Infrarecorder
     
    akadoublej, Nov 12, 2009
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    voltaire Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the info. Just found out that Win7 dvd maker may do the same thing.
     
    voltaire, Nov 12, 2009
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  33. grayman19

    grayman19 Notebook Enthusiast

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    the built in zip is great, until you run into something that is not a zip file (such as a .rar). Zipeg has worked on every archive format I have found without a hitch.
     
    grayman19, Nov 21, 2009
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  34. Sahugani

    Sahugani Notebook Consultant

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    just askin but why does the daemon tools page display russian text? was it made it russia?
     
    Sahugani, Dec 11, 2009
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    Jayayess1190, Dec 11, 2009
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  36. Sahugani

    Sahugani Notebook Consultant

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    i went to the site just a little while ago and it was russian but now its in english. maybe the link finds the russian site by mistake which has happened to me a few times.
     
    Sahugani, Dec 11, 2009
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    Anyone running XMB Media Center and if so how does it compare to Microsoft Media Center?
     
    akadoublej, Dec 11, 2009
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    arjunned Notebook Deity

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    Is there a free app to convert pdf files to jpeg images?
     
    arjunned, Dec 12, 2009
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    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Boxee ( beta) should be on the list, especially since it just got a new interface change from the alpha.

    So should VMware Player. I find it runs virtual os's faster and easier to set up virtual os's in than in Virtualbox. Plus, it supports eye candy like aero interface.
     
    Jayayess1190, Dec 12, 2009
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  41. akadoublej

    akadoublej Notebook Evangelist

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    XNView should do it. If not you can add the PDF extension to OpenOffice then open the document with Draw and export it in JPEG format.
     
    akadoublej, Dec 13, 2009
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    MidnightSun, Dec 13, 2009
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  43. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    Does anyone know of a "download video" extension/addon for IE8? I used downloadhelper in firefox. I tried orbit downloader, but that was a awful experience.
     
    Darth Bane, Dec 15, 2009
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  44. akadoublej

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    Do you mean to download streams? RealPlayer SP will do it for you.
     
    akadoublej, Dec 15, 2009
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    How can Adobe Reader Lite be "Editor Pick" and Foxit Reader not. Adobe Reader Lite is indeed smaller and faster than the original Adobe Reader but it is still way bigger and slower than Foxit Reader,
     
    banzemanga, Dec 22, 2009
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  46. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well, size and speed aren't always key points - there are other things like ease of installation (tends to be painless nowadays - but sometimes you need to watch out for junk toolbars...) and ease of use etc.... functionality...
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 22, 2009
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    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    Does anyone know of any memset alternatives for changing memory timings?
     
    Darth Bane, Dec 23, 2009
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    First off... nice avatar Bane, ready for 4.0...

    now for the question:
    I know what my options are and have used many of the Chat clients listed, but after a fresh install, im having trouble deciding which to use (AIM, Digsby, Trillian, Pidgin, etc). i would like peoples' opinions on which program they think is the best and why i should choose it. Im looking for something thats not resource heavy, but at the same time offers a decent amount of customization. any PM's/replies would be appreciated :)
     
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  49. TeeJay 44

    TeeJay 44 Notebook Deity

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    Here is a tested (on XP) utility that allows you to monitor your Internet usage/bandwidth. Previous versions of this work, but are buggy.

    Version 1.5.2873 is the link I am giving and the proper download page.

    FreeMeter is difficult to find on the Net ( proper Internet usage one) with links that still work.

    I have been using this little utility now for around 48 hours and I can confirm that it is bang on with it's stats. I am very impressed...especially cause it's free and works really well.

    Here is the linky:

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/fre...er_v1.5.2873/FreeMeter_v1.5.2873.zip/download

    Click direct link to download.

    Compressed file size is around 48KB only.

    Enjoy :D :) :cool:
     
    TeeJay 44, Jan 9, 2010
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  50. de.1337

    de.1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    On that note, one might also add NetLimiter Monitor 2. I've been using it on XP Home SP3 and it's been pretty cool and stable. You can see what processes are eating bandwidth at this very second and also look at a stat view by various time periods (hourly, daily, monthly, etc).

    I haven't tested uninstallation and I don't know the status of Vista or 7 compatibility.
     
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