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Thank you; great find. These are the kind of things I used to have time to look for but don't any more. I've been looking for something to brush up on German and learn some Spanish. Now all I have to do is find the time.

Thank you, very much, for sharing.

I can't say that I had any real problems with Steam being on my computer, but I have to agree; I'm just not sure that I want it back in my system, but Swarm does look kinda cool, but there's always a catch isn't there. Must have had a bunch of us jump ship on em, at the same time, for em to do this; I'm thinking.

I'm not an artist by any stretch of the imagination, but this is a fun program to mess with. I mean it, even if I learn what all those tools do I could never make some of the things these guy are making, but I think it's fun to play with.

I made a sunny side up egg; hey, I really did. Well, that's not what I started to make, but that's what I ended up with. I guess you could say I laid an egg.

Give it a try.

Sorry! I found TrapIt to be completely useless, but I'm gonna give DuckDuckGo and ixquick a try; thanks!

Did not have the same problem with XP Pro. I just checked the site and it is still showing the same "key" I copied and saved with my clipboard magic and later pasted into "mp4 to mp3 converter".

I did not have the same problem. While it does not say registered anywhere it is not asking me to register as it did after install.

Check the "key" you have and make sure it has no leading or trailing spaces and that the letters and numbers match the "key" exactly. Copy and Paste is the best method, but you have to be careful that you don't get leading or training spaces when copying.

Great Find, at least for me; Thank You!

Another Visual Word Aid I use is "Visuwords"; it is referred to as an "online graphical dictionary": http://www.visuwords.com. When it first opens up it grabs a word randomly and displays it to demonstrate it's basic capabilities. But, if you take the time to look at all the different connecting lines you will find that they all mean something different and when you figure out what all the different lines mean it becomes quite useful and does operate a bit like a Thesaurus itself.

The gray matter ain't what it used to was and so sometimes I need a little help remembering a word and "GraphWords" and "Visuwords" together will help a lot towards this end.

Thank you, again.

http://clock.msurma.net is up and showing local time; in my case Eastern.

Makes one wonder what motivates them to do this? Money? Who's payin em?

Definitely different.

Oh Please . . . . . . . ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Come . . . . . . . On . . . . . . . Maaaaann !!!!!!!

Perhaps someone can help me. I've been using JavaRa for a long time on an XP system and have never had a problem extracting the .zip files to any folder of my choice; usually one I created in "Program Files".

But, my wife's laptop is a Windows 7 system and I guess I'm not to smart about it. And since JavaRa comes zipped with it's own folder I did the same thing on her W7 machine that I would do on my XP desktop; I extracted, or tried to extract, the folder to "Program Files (x86)" (that would simply be "Program Files" on my XP machine lest there be any confusion. But the system would not allow me to extract any files there; it gave me an error message, "unable to open source file" or something like that and points to the installer.

I have a file on my computer and her's titled "UnZip" and it extracted all the files to that location just fine, but will not allow me to extract file to either the "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)".

What's even more maddening is that I had created a "JavaRa" folder in "Program Files (x86)" and then eventually deleted it, but then when I attempted to extract files there one more time it is telling me that some of the files already exist and that folder is locked.

Why is something so simple now so hard? Can anyone help or offer suggestions? This is why I HATE Microsoft.

In other words; I need to think outside the box; thank you! I actually thought of that, but I have been dealing with XP so long I just couldn't allow myself to think outside the box.

Your comment helps a lot; thank you, very much!

Works by Johann Sebastian Bach; For Free? I'm in.

I imagine that many don't realize the influence Bach and other composers had and have on modern day musicians; in other words your favorite rock groups.

In my day the Beatles and Rollings Stones music was heavily influenced by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss and many others. Yes, ole Liver Lips influenced by classical music; go figure.

Today's musicians and artists are influenced not only by the Beatles and Rolling Stones (old liver lips), but the old composers too.

Good stuff. Give it a listen you might like it.

New Online Weather Service:

As many sites have updated and improved their web sites I have been less and less impressed. It's harder to find the information one is looking for (links and information used to be neat and all in one place and now its spread out and a lot more scrolling is necessary, navigation stinks, things run more slowly, and yes, things are prettier than they used to be, but improvements are not always improvements. NASCAR is one popular destination I can use as an example; what a mess they've made of this site.

And so, I was pleasantly surprised by this new weather "Forecast" site. I watch the weather quite closely on NWS, Accuweather, and sometimes Wunderground, mostly to check to see if I need to walk my dogs earlier than usual, but for some other reasons, as well. And so, I do have a bit of weather watching experience under this fat belt.

I have to admit that this new weather "Forecast" site does Impress. It impressed me, just plain works, and passed all my security. The only thing left to determine is how accurate it will be.

I was about to recommend "Total Uninstall" before I read "Peter's" comment; I have to agree. How I missed the inclusion of "ZSoft Uninstall" and "Total Uninstall 2" the last time I perused this listing is beyond me; must have really been in a hurry that day.

I currently have "MyUninstaller" and "Revo Uninstaller" installed on my system. I like both of these for different reasons. "MyUninstaller" because of the information it gives me about the installation, and "Revo Uninstaller" because of the graphical layout of installed programs and it's ability to get rid of more of the stuff left behind, but neither has the unique abilities that either "Total Uninstall" or "ZSoft Uninstall" possess.

I have used "Total Uninstall" before and was very impressed with it, however, it is a paid program in version 5 (5.2.0). If I could have afforded it I would have purchased it. I had no idea that version 2 was released as a free program. With that said I'm glad I didn't purchase it. Here's why.

I have never used "ZSoft Uninstall", because I didn't know it existed, but as a result of your question and "Peter's" comment I read about it on -Gizmo's- "Best Free Program Un-installer" page and as a result of that and a little research I have downloaded it and will give it a spin. Without having tried "ZSoft Uninstall" the biggest difference I can see is that "ZSoft Uninstall" is FREE and "Total Uninstall" is NOT.

I'm encouraged by a couple things though before I install "ZSoft Uninstall"; first that Gizmo rated "ZSoft Uninstall" ahead of "Total Uninstall" and second both files are listed on "FileForum" and "ZSoft Uninstall" is also rated ahead of "Total Uninstall" by the users of "FileForum" by a full 1.1 points, and only 0.4 points from the highest rating "FileForum" has; pretty impressive for any program, paid or free, but especially impressive for a free program.

I stay pretty busy, but I will try to remember to come back and let you know what I think of ""ZSoft Uninstall".

  Wild Weasel Keeper

Hi Will,

I certainly understand about limited income, been there, done that, still doing it. However, despite that it will benefit you to upgrade your on board memory as much as you can; it can make a significant and noticeable difference in overall system performance. If it were me I'd wipe my drive and reinstall whatever you had on there in the first place, but it's not me. I do not like Windows 8 in any way, fashion, shape, or form. To me Windows 8 is nothing more than an OS for mobile apps, with lots of problems thrown in, but that's my opinion.

But, no matter which OS you end up with you really need to upgrade your memory; you will never be sorry you did. Buying system memory is another article all in and of itself and so I will simply say make sure you know what you are doing and what you are buying before you do it. If this info is redundant to you then I most sincerely apologize.

I have been a member here way back to the days when it was called "SupportAlert" and it was a paid membership; it has always been my favorite Tech site, and one of my all time favorite sites overall. With that said, with tongue in cheek, there are other tech sites I frequent, depending on what it is I'm interested in. At the risk of getting my tonsils torn out (yes, I still have them) and committing heresy my second favorite tech site is "dotTech"; it is also free to join, and I'm betting that many of the members here are members there, as well. I mention dotTech because they've been doing a series on Windows 8 apps, games, and tips and tricks. I only know this because I get at least one article a day in my RSS feed which I promptly delete because I have no interest in Windows 8.

I hope this helps you and that others here will see your post and be able to help as well. One last thing about Windows 8; take note that in any discussion about Windows 8, other than games, any software is referred to as an "app" not as a program.

Great initiative guys, a daunting task but admirable.

For my 'mum&dad' answers, I was advised Avira, SAS and XP FW.
Pretty spot on.

An intermediate level (2-2-1-1, Y-N-N-Y) gave me Avira, DriveSentry and XP FW.
Is DS the standard for IDS/BB or is ThreatFire a possible alternative? (it hasn't come up yet in any config)

'My' answers got me to Avira, SAS and Comodo/OA ( I use free Avira, free MBAM and paid OA) so also pretty spot on.

Question; Are ThreatFire and Malwarebytes'Antimalware also possible recommendations or will these always be presented as alternatives to your preferred apps?

Remark; when a user answers he dl's cracks and programs/games from torrents, he shouldn't be given advice to never install programs from a torrent site.
He should be warned that crackz/warez/whateverz can negate all security measures/render his setup useless and that you expect/recommend the use of imaging sw or something similar perhaps.

Again, a great initiative!

I would recommend to use only the Outpost Free for Firewall and Intrusion Protection.Once set up this combination with Avira etc. is easy on resources,free,secure and easy to use.I use this on my relatives machines.
There is one important thing:The Outpost Free should be first set up by an experienced user(I do for my family members) and the firewall policy should be enabled as ''Block Most''.

Pretty cool. Very informative.

I would suggest adding more prominent wording for the adoption and use of computer imaging and data replication solutions; especially now that data backup comes standard with all versions of Vista and Win7. Computer imaging is also provided by Microsoft (free btw...) in premium versions of the same OSs (Business, Enterprise, Professional, and Ultimate).

For data replication you can emphasize the native Windows options but you could also recommend things like Karen's Replicator or other similar programs that have been upgraded for Vista/Win7 compatibility. Security is not just about detection/blocking/removal...

To me, option 1 of installing Linux is the best option for Win95 users, although problematic, if high level of security is needed then it is the best free solution. If the user is experienced or willing enough, I would suggest that they research on Linux for a while and choose a distribution that can provide them with what they need the most.

Option 2 is sufficient for users not involved in high risk activities but I would suggest using backups and images. If it is possible, create backups and/or images regularly about once a few weeks and reinstall Win95 occasionally about once a few months in case there are malwares hidden somewhere in their system that they are unaware of.

Unfortunately, Win95 is very outdated and backups/images/reinstalling are the best I can come up with aside from switching to a different OS.

Safety.net (last update was '07) free firewall is still being developed (I think) and it's 95/98-compatible.

http://www.netveda.com/consumer/safetynet.htm

Syagate has some proxy issue and is very old. But still a robust firewall. Tell them to uncheck 'act as server' except for messengers, p2p applications, etc. Old versions of Zonealarm also work.

K-meleon 1.5.3, the latest I think is compatible with 98. It also supports adblock and noscript.

Avast 4x will be discontinued next year. The free Rising still supports 98.

http://freerav.com/

There has been a report that Bitdefender Free 8/10 works on 98 and real-time shields can be installed and used!

Add winpatrol, spybot (for immunisation), peerguardian for 98 (for the lists) also.

I'll try to list other software soon. Win 98 can be secure as the user wants it to be. HTH. Thanks for this! This will surely help a lot!

Ask if they are using 98 FE or 98 SE. Most software support SE than FE. To install flash/usb drive drivers:

http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

Disable autorun also. There's a reg hack somewhere.

using avira, superantispyware but as firewall i use pctools firewall

windows 7 x64

Can't log in

could you please tell me why my post was removed (sunlitgreen photo manager)is there is a problem with this software?
if not why my post was unacceptable so i do not make the same mistake in the future

thankyou
Mark

no problem Tony I assure you i wasn't trying to sell you a handbag or a party dress:)and i agree it did look rather misleading at first glance

scratch the editor it puts promitional text on your images but the manager is ok

Hi all i think this merits a mention here

Imagina virtual lightbox is an advanced editor and viewer with a wealth of features, with raw editing ,advanced colour management,Curve Transformations Intelligent Noise Reduction ,Precision Pixel Processing Bing and Google maps support for images with embedded GPS plus tagging and slideshow all looks very slick indeed,if you are are into cutting edge advanced editing and colour management this will certianly interest you
check out all the features here
http://www.planetimagina.com/about_all.html
please let us know your thoughts

pop up icon for removable drives
desktop media http://www.ianandmonica.com/desktopmedia/

I downloaded LightBox Image Editor but when I opened it, the program covered my entire desktop, including the task bar. From then on every program I opened covered the entire desktop. I did a system restore to fix the problem -- but I can't use Lightbox. I wonder if anyone else has had the problem or knows how to fix it?

Firefox 4?

Paying for weather reports?

When I saw the title, my first thought was "Is Karen developing software from beyond the grave?"

Incredible find!
I have other programs that can do similar things, but this is so much lighter on resources and the batch processing will literally save me hours of work.

Thanks!

Is Easy Cleaner too old, and should I replace it. Win XP

I like Windows 7, but not the Windows Explorer.
Microsoft isn't flexible to users who want to change the layout of the Windows Explorer.

I like this program.
Using it now for 1 day and it makes me happy.

What more can i say.

Thanks FrankO but that didn't work either. This time the message was "ShellExecuteEx Code 5 Error! Access denied." I recently formatted my hard drive & reinstalled Win7 & have been having installation issues which is a drag because the clean install was supposed to make my life easier. With some other programmes I have to tell it to run as administrator in order to install. Up a gum tree at the moment!

I used inSSider before & it's great.However, I reloaded it after formatting my hard disk & reinstalling Windows 7 & now when I try to run it an error window appears telling me that my WLAN auto configure requires turning on. The problem is that The WLAN auto configure IS turned on & although I've refreshed it, the error message keeps reappearing preventing me running this fine piece of software. Any suggestions?

I guess I'm kinda dumb but I'm unable to find the exe. file in order to run this program. Any suggestions?

I agree with Dennis, this is just more clutter clogging up your hardware with few benefits. My bookmarks are just fine without it, thanks.

Short version:
Scrapbook Plus addon for Firefox is the perfect solution for me.

Long version:
Today, I spent hours redownloading the same website with each of the recommended solutions above, but they all failed for one reason or another. To the Anonymous poster below that recommended Scrapbook for Firefox, thank you! I decided to try the Scrapbook Plus addon after reading more about it.

Here was my criteria for a successful solution:

1. Webpage must be available offline, looking exactly that same as the Online version.
2. Only make the content I visit available Offline.
3. Allow me to clear my browser cache, while retaining the offline version.
4. Easily move the Offline pages I create on my workstation, to my laptop.
5. Streamlined capture process. Capturing pages must not add too much overhead over normal web browsing.

Scrapbook does all of that by design:

1. It works that way by design.
2. It works that way by design.
3. It works that way by design.
4. Allows me to specify where data must be saved. Then I simply copy that folder to the equivalent location on my laptop, and I'm done.
5. Allows me to capture all open tabs with one option "Capture All Tabs".

Today has been a major frustration, trying to find a solution that works, but thanks to a comment from two years ago, I found my perfect solution.

There isn't a best free Notepad Replacement category, so I am going to post here instead.

Short version:
Akelpad is the clear winner for notepad replacement.

Long version:
Each of us have our favourite editor, but I want to let people know that I instantly converted to Akelpad after using it. Here are my reasons for choosing it as the best Notepad replacement:

1. Opens and loads files as fast as Notepad.
2. Tabbed interface (available, but not switched on by default).
3. Column selection of text.
4. Portable.
5. Code Folding (available, simply switch plugin on).
6. Syntax highlighting (available, simply switch plugin on).
7. Always on top option.
8. Large file support.
9. Read DOS/Unix/Mac files and retain correct newline formats.
10. Unicode support.
11. Small size (584Kb with all plugins). There are many other plugins.

Give it a try.

Please note that your License Type of Unrestricted freeware for Kingsoft Office Suite is false.

Please read their EULA:

the "Product" is a personal edition software, it shall be used only in personal computers, and shall not be used in the computers of legal persons or other organizations (including but not limited to government agencies, companies, enterprises, other organizations, etc.; regardless of the organization is an economic organization or not; regardless of the organization's usage is for profitable purpose or not).

Therefore, if you run a company from home, and are looking for a free office suite, it can't be used. Unfortunately, it can only be used in your personal capacity.

Subsequently, I don't think it deserves your Top Pick award.

Yeah very good solution, but as u have seen most of blogger earn some money for their informations. Novadays nothing is for free, you have to pay almost for everything!

need to read - I mean menus, menu items, properties settings...

Thanks didn't know any of that before

now pdf-xchange is prompting for ask.com toolbar!!!!! went to their website today to download it, unchecked all the boxes so it would not download it, unlike foxit does

They hijacked my start page too. Really annoying and makes me wonder what else they did as I am fairly new to all this. Can't get rid of it. Can anybody give me tip as to how I can get back my own start page? Thanks in advance.

yWriter

I write my novels using notebooks and a fountain pen. Index cards easily keep track of who's who and what's what.

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