Qihoo 360 was removed from av-comparative, AV-TEST and Virus Bulletin because they were cheating. You can googled for the news. I'm going to share the link, but when trying to post my comment, it was blocked.
Cloud services like Dropbox are not mentioned here, but they kinda provide you data backup (the capacity is limited of course). "Several external hard drives" is like... outdated.
It won't help you. Think about it: no one is going to find out your password by guessing, there are simpler ways (I'm talking about phishing, etc.). And changing password now and then ain't gonna help. So if someone really needs your account, you will not know it by checking "recent activity". You'll end up just being unable to log in.
The only reasonable part of this tip is the one about 2-step verification.
Reminds me of how I didn't manage to try Microsoft Office 360. When I went through all the pain of registration and sumbitting and agreeing and what else, I couldn't start Word. And I couldn't start Excel, either. Both gave me server errors. When I contacted support, they told me that I hadn't turned something on. So I gave up.
Yed is an amazing free that's made a few appearances in the techsupportalert pages over the years.
It can do Business processes (BPMN), organisation charts, network diagrams, flow diagrams, UML, entity relationship and organisation trees etc etc etc. It's also is easy to use, supports custom icons and has superb export options.
I've been using it for over 5 years after trying to find something I can use to quickly create diagrams that allow me to change nodes around without losing the links or spending ages formatting.
So much quicker than Visio to create and prototype diagrams giving you the power to shape your brain dumps.
Added bonus is the layouts. Where it automatically makes your diagrams look good.
It's particularly good at BPMN with swim-lanes
I have Visio at work, but if I need to do a quick diagram that others don't need to edit I'll always go for Yed.
Underneath the diagramming is graph data so if you need you could import a large excel document to model thousands of interconnecting nodes. Each Node and edge can have properties that can be used to set the visual properties.
Visual Studio Dev Essentials is a great resource. Especially the dev version of SQL server 2016 and PowerBI. Event though I use MS dev tools for my job I can play with some of these tools to keep my skills up to date and try things that can often take a long time to get off the ground at work.
Thanks. Nice and quick. It's similar to my fav web page tester https://www.webpagetest.org/ .This tool provides screen shots of different browsers from many parts of the world and a nice waterfall of the load element times.
I've not noticed any mention of Freeplane. I've been using this excellent mindmapper for many years. It's open source and still being updated with new features. It's similar to freemind but with lots more features.
https://www.freeplane.org
Wikipeadia has a decent comparison list of mind mappers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software
My computer kept waking up automatically once I put it to sleep. After researching this in great detail, I came across your website and notice the heading "Stop a network card from waking up the PC". So, I followed your instructions and voila! My computer is now working as it should and I can now put it to sleep (where it will stay asleep) until I am ready for it to wake-up. Thanks for everything.
Mr Midnight Cowboy. I appreciate your feelings towards some people who 'Could Not be Bothered' Please understand though, there are also people like me who though fairly intelligent, somehow find it difficult to grasp a lot of 'Techy' stuff, and sort of lose track when trying it, mainly because they perhaps - like me - have missed out on simple basic stuff.Believe me, i wish i could, but some of it just 'passes me by'
Yes I saw that - but I think you missed my point entirely. Your article advocates updating passwords at infected sites - I'm saying that's a catch22 if they are affected by the bug because there's a chance you'd have your password stolen due to the bug. Not only would you then have to change it again when they do fix the bug you may also have lost your access.
I thought you wanted to end this thread and no doubt will delete this before it gets seen.
However - the issue was that you sidestepped what I said, then added to your original article with the comment rather than either agreeing with me or completely disagreeing (I'm a big boy, I can handle someone not agreeing).
I suspect it was a case of you rushing your answer rather than just (dis)/agreeing that this is the case and then pointing out the link, etc ...
Still - I guess this will get deleted as you have been rather heavy handed with moderation. And I thought gizmo's was all about discussion ... I'm sure Ian wouldn't have shut this conversation down....
Thank you. I'll accept your POV about the response but for my part I saw it as side-stepping or declining to answer the point asked.
As to unfair. I don't think so. I'll simply refer you to the opening sentence of your article. Let's face it, many folks simply scan articles and will rarely get past fully reading the first sentence - which is why they are always considered so important.
I have tried Auslogics but I am not sure of it end of run interface seems limited. On the matter of speed or performance I run a number of "boxes' none of them the latest But I dont think it may matter much as file seaching by exact bits particuly large image or video files have to be by the very nature indepth and precise and this does take time over a large number of files Stuhindl
For TV shows -
- http://www.tvsubtitles.net/
- https: // www[DOT]tv-subs.net/home[DOT]html [Edit: Red-rated WOT site obfuscated]
Often times, the subtitles from these sites are not synced with the video you have. Many of the quality media players can correct for this. An alternative is the subtitle Tools website. There are many tools to edit your newly downloaded subtitle.
I want to donate so badly, but alas, the liberal policies prevent that. So as the left likes to chant, I'm going to resist... until common sense prevails. Kinda betting your prediction "In the end it may even result in the site shutting down." will come to pass first though. Just ask geekomatic.
The textual info at the bottom is nice and the page is loaded with tons of charts and graphs filled with all the same info found on the Johns Hopkins dashboard. Otherwise, even with a basic popup blocker running, the site is riddled with ads. And rather than be convenient and tidy, the informational charts and graphs are spread out on a long scrolling, bright white page. The aesthetics alone are a huge turn off for me. But, the more options we have to find this information, the better in my opinion.
Thank you for this.
Working great on both Chrome and Brave browsers for me. I suspect where people are running into issue may be they are copy-pasting the entire...
‘Chrome://flags’ and/or ‘Context menu show full URLs’
...using the apostrophes ( ' ) still attached. They simply need to leave them out and they should be successful.
I am trying to picture a scenario where one has a file needing unzipped, but without any sort of device access. I'm fairly certain even that seven-zip program has a free portable version. sounds like a good story. However, I had never even considered the possibility of an online unzip utility, so thanks much for these. Can always count on you to provide good free workarounds.
I use Feeddemon to actually add and read feeds. However, the best thing about GoogleReader was the ability to share and/or comment on feeds (in FeedDemon) and share to subscribers via GoogleReader share. GoogleReader deleter the share feature for new users some time ago, but the oldsters still got to share.
So, what will replace sharing feeds with others? (via an RSS)?
Del.icio.us dumped my previous library and accounts when they became delicious.com. Connotea is no more.
Sharing to those specific sites means someone has to have an account to see the article shared. Will any provide an open feed to the shared content, like GReader used to? I would post the shared feed to my websites and folks could subscribe from there or in their own reader to my shared reads.
Feeddemon allows sharing by email which means a Wordpress or Tumblr could provide the library location (post by email) and those have feeds of tagged posts.
That might explain how I got rude pictures without even seeing them the first time. Actually, I have no idea where they were from, except a local scenery. They were uploaded automatically to G+. Fortunately, I have that set to private only.
WordPress either free or hosted is pretty good at showing you what has permission from elsewhere.
LinkedIn app is one of the worst. It doesn't need permission once installed on your phone or tablet to start telling you to connect to your long-dead grandmother.
I have searched the entire internet to find a notes organizer with the following features:
- Search as you type (find all word instances just like in CintaNotes and ResophNotes)
- Rich Text support including images
- Flagging
- Alarms/Reminders like in Pnotes
- Re-arranging of notes in a list using shortcuts or dragging
- Category folders (could be in a folder tree)
- create notes from clipboard
- offline
- portable
The closest is Evernote but with their enforced cloud approach it won't work for me.
If ResophNotes could store images, I would be set. I find ResophNotes much better than CintaNotes since ResophNotes just works. For instance, try searching in CintaNotes for a repeating word in a large note. It displays the found instances in the preview but once you open the note, you only see the first found instance. A huge bug!
If you know anything that has similar features, please let me know.
Agreeing with Zenegog, really need an update of top freeware and paid AV, preferably those truly clean and without added nonsense such as registry cleaners, etc.
To a good week,
Gizmo's, the recommended app is buggy as hell from users comments, many reporting identical issues. WHY recommend if it's instability, and buggy nature is in detailed in "comments"? Great ideas only great if not harmful. Seriously.
It diminishes value of your guidance. I want to feel I can track down a Gismo's offering, without discovering it's problematic when I get there. Truly curious.
Thanks.
I don't understand. Firefox updates regularly. Why are you suggesting I DOWNLOAD FF, to my PC? What is that? Benefit? Is it malware/virus free? Why a DL, rather than UPDATE as usual from Mozilla?
Thanks! (I think the editor can hear you well enough without the unnecessary use of capital letters. MC - Site Manager).
Gizmo is fantastic. I'm happy to support with $5 to keep recommendations unbiased and honest. If I could, it would be more. Keep up the great work!
Ron
Well written instructions that improved the performance dramatically. Particularly for large size files the improvement was spectacular! Job well done.
I think VPN is a must yeah things might be different with various brands but for me, I have been using Express VPN and it seems to be best for me
https://technoidhub.com/security/pros-cons-vpn-android-phones-need/7757/
My name is Suhas, currently working in Mysore, India.
I would request you to let me know whether is there is any Messaging App, in which its possible to Create Folders / Sub-Folders like Inbox / Sent Items / any other customized folders, so that I can organize messages accordingly to different folders.
Now, I am using Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 mobile and please let me know if you come to know about the App, which allows to create folders in Messages
I need to reinstall Windows 7 on my PC. My personal folders (My Music, Desktop, My Documetscs, etc) were moved to drive D:. Now the question is how to tell reinstalled Windows 7 where these default folders are in order to gain acces to them.
Hello every one
I have stuck in one problem since last week. I have forgotten my Admin account password for my Windows 8.1 PC. But i have access to guest account and i can Login in to pc using guest account. I want to reset my Windows 8.1 Admin account password . I have tried lots of solution but nothing worked so if any body has solution please share it.Microsoft is suggesting to re install windows 8.1 in my condition so please help me guys.
Thanks in advance
When you say "Windows' sort of clumsy basic method...", are you referring to the Snipping Tool? In Win10, it has matured a bit and allows delayed screenshots.
does this work on windows 10. I live in a 55 and older cond. We have a clubhouse that is too small. I would like to figure a way of maybe making it a bit larger. I am 82 yrs old and have exposure to cad.
Using Firefox for about 3-4 years now, very good.
But, what really disappointed me is that Firefox always hang when Flash contents are loaded. Flashblock can no longer block Youtube on latest Firefox 21 beta.
Internet Explorer is a very good option, with its deep integration with Windows 7, and is the first browser that I had ever used and know, and seems most friendly with screen readers.
But, IE has limited number of add ons, and I need to use third-party programs to back up my profile!
Chrome looks interesting, but screen reader, particularly Jaws, does not work too well with it, but at least it does not hang when Flash contents are loaded, and like FF it has dozens of extensions, the combined address and search box is very cool (IE has it too), the sync feature rocks, and starts up very fast.
Now I don't know whether to remain using Firefox or go back to IE. I will have to leave Chrome out until screen reader support has improved.
Oh wow, it worked! Thanks very much for this tip! I didn't even know that this feature was there!
Mozilla should make it visible to normal users though, since normal users would probably not bother with about:config thing; rather, they will probably look under Firefox options window.
I would agree on those points, but I think the reason for Firefox's slow startup is because it have to load its components, while with IE some components of the browser is already loaded along with Windows.
Now I'm using IE, and I like its Windows intigration features, but too bad few sites took advantage of it.
I do still like Firefox for its customization and no rebooting the system when installing, and also of its huge add on directory, and also its rapid development cycle compared to that of IE.
Also, IE have 1 very annoying problem, and that is it loads some unnecessary iFrames and adds, even with the 'do not track' feature enabled, while Firefox didn't and so thus loads a bit faster.
After my try with Avira, I am now considering whether I should change my AV. I like MSE for its non-intrusiveness, but the new versions rarely get released. Avira, on the other hands, has new versions more often, but it may have some annoying popups that I may not like too much.
I'm on a core I5 with 8GB RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate X64, and MSE didn't seem to eat too much resources, but I've heard from some of the comments that Avira doesn't use up as much resources as MSE.
Rocketdock is great, but after I reformatted my PC, I felt too lazy to install it, Windows 7's superbar is great with jumplists similar to OSX's dock (although less customizable). For me the Windows 7 taskbar is more than enough, the higher your screen resolution is, the more that can fit on the taskbar.
I have to agree with those points. Rocketdock is indeed the greatest, as I've seen it featured in almost all Windows - Mac transformation packs/tutorials.
Also one unique feature is that I can pin specific files to Rocketdock while the Windows 7 taskbar can't!
Although, I may decide to install Rocketdock later, if I feel that I want something cool for my desktop.
One question, are any of these still in development? Rocketdock I think has no updates for several years and it kinds of becoming outdated.
The statement that Foobar 2000 cannot convert files is not true. I've tried and I was able to convert .m4a files into .mp3 ; although you need the Lame binaries though for it to work, but it's very good - it preserves embedded album images when converting, unlike NCH Switch Sound File Convertor.
Good idea,
But what about those visually impaired? They can't physically write things down; me included. Using Keepass is good idea, but if they, like me, have long passwords and they need to show the actual password to let screen readers read to them, then that's not safe, since everyone in the room can hear the actual password being read out loud.
Google Keep is also good, most important for me is to keep notes across all devices, I just keep random notes, copy web snippets, reminder, alarm, etc. don't need editing, so Keep is perfect for me.
PS This is the BEST site, the absolute best site, for just about anything & everything I could ever need in my computer's and/or my life! The information is always correct & well sourced. If I follow the reviews, recommendations & instructions on this site, I am guaranteed to be one very happy customer. Thank you all for all your hard work :)
Anyone planning to run the above on a Win 7 64bit or higher machine needs to download an updated DLL file in order for it to work. I couldn't find much on it other than an obscure post by the developer himself.
After installation the current "dc_lic.dll" needs to be replaced with the updated one.
Download the above named file & then paste same into the Mobysaurus directory which will replace the origional 32bit dll. After that it should work fine.
am having a really bad time with page nest, pc freezes, there are no step by step instructions [yes ive read the instructions] .
can anyone suggest a dedicated forum of some clear instructions ......getting desperate to copy my site before my subscription runs out, if u can help pls dont delay
which one will best post an ad on the Gumtree website. i have to copy and paste text into a box, copy and paste a photo, enter address, preferences etc, but no captha security code
I just want to get rid of the windows 8 that Microsoft FORCED me to get. I think i deserve windows 7 for free for the bull that windows 8 has put me through.
Oh, YES! I did not like the 'new' window! I had no idea that, 1) it could be changed, and, 2) how on earth to change it - I wouldn't have even known what to look up!
I, too, like to use the 'Recently Closed' feature. I'll see something just as I click the 'X' to close the tab. Without that feature, I was lost! LOL
Pixabay is the go to photo stock place for me! The images are high quality and free to use! I find different photographers I like and follow them. That way, I get photo updates each time these photographers post any new images. Many of my peers in design are on to Pixabay, too! I think it is an awesome site!
Su
Thank you for all you do to help this 'non-tech savvy' granny on a near daily basis. One thing I recognized early on was that you folks can help weed out the bad, offer cool ideas and site links to helpful software and offer help to those of us who don't particularly understand web stuff. You have been in my e-mail for forever and it's because I appreciate what you do!
Here's to another year, 2017! May it be prosperous and bring much happiness to each of you and each and every reader/subscriber!
Blessings,
Su
I use Windows 7 on a PC. I have Defender turned off because I use Essentials. Would I need to activate Defender and update it? I would appreciate any help, please?
Su
Well, gosh! I think I have commented two times, but, I read these all the time! I have received some great advice!
I'm sad. LOL
May you always be happy!
Su
HI I have downloaded this extension for OpenOffice but I am damned if I can get it to do anything with a .pdf. I downloaded it an installed it, closed and opened Open Office again, then went to extension manager, and it seems it is indeed installed (although I didn't get a chance to "enable" it...but when I open Draw and try to "Open" my .pdf document (that I want to edit, in that I want to take text from it and put it into a WORD document), it gives me a a document with a number of pages in it that contain complete gobbledygook for the first few lines and then leave the rest of the page blank, and the document contains a number of pages like this. The original .pdf document is quite long. How can I correct this, is this plug-in not supposed to just open the .pdf document in "OpenOffice Draw"? What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks.
Thanks for your consideration Kyengineer, and I understand the timeline to review.
Yes Conformal Systems is the software developer, and at this point Cyphertite is their flagship multi-platform software. They have other open source software available to the public as well, focused on web security and tracking.
I am really sorry to say that i found this article really poor, there's not any observation about the use of resources for each of these browsers, nor about the actual performance of each in comparison with others, all was in an anecdotal level and then there's not much anecdote either. I was happy when I found this article but got quite disappointed with the actual content.
"Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition" has a serious problem, I tested it on three different computers running Windows 7 x64, and on each one the program/installer was in Romanian and the option to change the language was greyed out, this issue has been there ever since it came out and I never managed to find a solution for it.
Also, I'd like to know your thoughts on "ZoneAlarm® Free Antivirus + Firewall 2015" I've used it in the past and my experience with it was quite positive.
Thanks for pointing that out, I will check the other article.
One more thing, I'm curious as to why "MSE" isn't included in that list? From my experience it's an excellent set-and-forget antivirus and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it has been integrated in Windows 8 and higher.
I am still curious as to why "MSE" isn't included in that list? It remains to this day one of my favorites and from my experience it proved to be an excellent set-and-forget free antivirus.
Also, could you state which antivirus require yearly (free) registration (such as Avast) in order to continue to function? Because the "set-and-forget" is an important factor for me since I tend to install AV on several PCs.
Thanks for the clarifying that, it's good to know.
What about my second question? It's really crucial for my choice process.
"Also, could you state which antivirus require yearly (free) registration (such as Avast) in order to continue to function? Because the "set-and-forget" is an important factor for me since I tend to install AV on several PCs."
I tried it today briefly but it was disappointing. During the initial scan it stated that it found and cleaned 16 infected files which is highly unlikley considering the semi-empty PC I was testing it on, but even when I opened its log, it was empty. Also, the fact it has no options to speak of leaves a lot to be desired.
You stated that "Ninja Download" doesn't support IE, but according to the download page, it supports IE out of the box.
In any case, I tried briefly but it was disappointing. It has several flaws, some of which you mentioned already, but there are two particular flaws that were a deal breaker for me.
1) The automatic categorization for downloads seems to be broken, more often than not it would give me the category of "None" regardless of the extension of the file I'm downloading.
2) The integration does not work unless "Ninja Download" is running in the background. If you close it, then the integration either doesn't work or gives you an error. I shouldn't have to keep it open 24/7 in the background, I certainly don't need to do that with FDM.
In any case, it looked promising, but FDM remains my favorite still.
Tixati "attractive interface"? I know it's a matter of taste but I personally find it absolutely hideous.
As for me, I'm still using uTorrent 2.2.1 and haven't had a problem with it so far. I imagine that there will come a time when I have to upgrade, but not today.
None taken, by the same logic your statement "attractive interface" is equally meaningless?
In any case, I was referring to the interface design. The use of "Buttons" for almost everything, the large bland icons, the colorfully vague logo design. It all reminds me of applications that was made with VB5/6 for Windows 9X back in the day.
I tried it and from what I could tell, you can't really change anything about the interface design. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but you can change colors and fonts, but the icons and ultimately the overall design remains the same.
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Qihoo 360 was removed from av-comparative, AV-TEST and Virus Bulletin because they were cheating. You can googled for the news. I'm going to share the link, but when trying to post my comment, it was blocked.
Cloud services like Dropbox are not mentioned here, but they kinda provide you data backup (the capacity is limited of course). "Several external hard drives" is like... outdated.
It won't help you. Think about it: no one is going to find out your password by guessing, there are simpler ways (I'm talking about phishing, etc.). And changing password now and then ain't gonna help. So if someone really needs your account, you will not know it by checking "recent activity". You'll end up just being unable to log in.
The only reasonable part of this tip is the one about 2-step verification.
Reminds me of how I didn't manage to try Microsoft Office 360. When I went through all the pain of registration and sumbitting and agreeing and what else, I couldn't start Word. And I couldn't start Excel, either. Both gave me server errors. When I contacted support, they told me that I hadn't turned something on. So I gave up.
Hope this one is easier to try.
"Everything" was recently updated (beta but stable) to skip the UAC problem and they now have 32 and 64 bit versions. Excellent now.
Yed is an amazing free that's made a few appearances in the techsupportalert pages over the years.
It can do Business processes (BPMN), organisation charts, network diagrams, flow diagrams, UML, entity relationship and organisation trees etc etc etc. It's also is easy to use, supports custom icons and has superb export options.
I've been using it for over 5 years after trying to find something I can use to quickly create diagrams that allow me to change nodes around without losing the links or spending ages formatting.
So much quicker than Visio to create and prototype diagrams giving you the power to shape your brain dumps.
Added bonus is the layouts. Where it automatically makes your diagrams look good.
It's particularly good at BPMN with swim-lanes
I have Visio at work, but if I need to do a quick diagram that others don't need to edit I'll always go for Yed.
Underneath the diagramming is graph data so if you need you could import a large excel document to model thousands of interconnecting nodes. Each Node and edge can have properties that can be used to set the visual properties.
It's also free for commercial use.
Visual Studio Dev Essentials is a great resource. Especially the dev version of SQL server 2016 and PowerBI. Event though I use MS dev tools for my job I can play with some of these tools to keep my skills up to date and try things that can often take a long time to get off the ground at work.
MS have also an ebook giveaway
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2017/07/11/largest-free-microsoft-ebook-giveaway-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepo/
Thanks. Nice and quick. It's similar to my fav web page tester https://www.webpagetest.org/ .This tool provides screen shots of different browsers from many parts of the world and a nice waterfall of the load element times.
I've not noticed any mention of Freeplane. I've been using this excellent mindmapper for many years. It's open source and still being updated with new features. It's similar to freemind but with lots more features.
https://www.freeplane.org
Wikipeadia has a decent comparison list of mind mappers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software
Can I also recommend this excellent course on Machine learning by Andrew Ng.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning
It's got plenty of detail, but is still explained in a way that doesn't require a maths degree.
Great for coders and and data scientists.
It used to be free unless you wanted a certificate. Not sure if the full material is more limited now without paying.
Microsoft Edge has these functions natively. Works well.
My computer kept waking up automatically once I put it to sleep. After researching this in great detail, I came across your website and notice the heading "Stop a network card from waking up the PC". So, I followed your instructions and voila! My computer is now working as it should and I can now put it to sleep (where it will stay asleep) until I am ready for it to wake-up. Thanks for everything.
Mr Midnight Cowboy. I appreciate your feelings towards some people who 'Could Not be Bothered' Please understand though, there are also people like me who though fairly intelligent, somehow find it difficult to grasp a lot of 'Techy' stuff, and sort of lose track when trying it, mainly because they perhaps - like me - have missed out on simple basic stuff.Believe me, i wish i could, but some of it just 'passes me by'
Surely with the way the bug works that it actually makes sense to hold off changing until the affected sites confirm they've fixed the bug?
If you change now you run the risk of being caught out by the bug... It's a catch22 situation really.
Yes I saw that - but I think you missed my point entirely. Your article advocates updating passwords at infected sites - I'm saying that's a catch22 if they are affected by the bug because there's a chance you'd have your password stolen due to the bug. Not only would you then have to change it again when they do fix the bug you may also have lost your access.
I thought you wanted to end this thread and no doubt will delete this before it gets seen.
However - the issue was that you sidestepped what I said, then added to your original article with the comment rather than either agreeing with me or completely disagreeing (I'm a big boy, I can handle someone not agreeing).
I suspect it was a case of you rushing your answer rather than just (dis)/agreeing that this is the case and then pointing out the link, etc ...
Still - I guess this will get deleted as you have been rather heavy handed with moderation. And I thought gizmo's was all about discussion ... I'm sure Ian wouldn't have shut this conversation down....
Thank you. I'll accept your POV about the response but for my part I saw it as side-stepping or declining to answer the point asked.
As to unfair. I don't think so. I'll simply refer you to the opening sentence of your article. Let's face it, many folks simply scan articles and will rarely get past fully reading the first sentence - which is why they are always considered so important.
I have tried Auslogics but I am not sure of it end of run interface seems limited. On the matter of speed or performance I run a number of "boxes' none of them the latest But I dont think it may matter much as file seaching by exact bits particuly large image or video files have to be by the very nature indepth and precise and this does take time over a large number of files Stuhindl
You can use regex expressions in NotePad++.
To add to your list of places to get subtitles...
For Movies -
- http://www.yifysubtitles.com/
- https://www.subtitledb.org/
For TV shows -
- http://www.tvsubtitles.net/
- https: // www[DOT]tv-subs.net/home[DOT]html [Edit: Red-rated WOT site obfuscated]
Often times, the subtitles from these sites are not synced with the video you have. Many of the quality media players can correct for this. An alternative is the subtitle Tools website. There are many tools to edit your newly downloaded subtitle.
- https://subtitletools.com/
I want to donate so badly, but alas, the liberal policies prevent that. So as the left likes to chant, I'm going to resist... until common sense prevails. Kinda betting your prediction "In the end it may even result in the site shutting down." will come to pass first though. Just ask geekomatic.
The textual info at the bottom is nice and the page is loaded with tons of charts and graphs filled with all the same info found on the Johns Hopkins dashboard. Otherwise, even with a basic popup blocker running, the site is riddled with ads. And rather than be convenient and tidy, the informational charts and graphs are spread out on a long scrolling, bright white page. The aesthetics alone are a huge turn off for me. But, the more options we have to find this information, the better in my opinion.
Firefox Send is awesome. Here's the link...
https://send.firefox.com/
Thank you for this.
Working great on both Chrome and Brave browsers for me. I suspect where people are running into issue may be they are copy-pasting the entire...
‘Chrome://flags’ and/or ‘Context menu show full URLs’
...using the apostrophes ( ' ) still attached. They simply need to leave them out and they should be successful.
Another similar site...
https://www.hiclipart.com/
I am trying to picture a scenario where one has a file needing unzipped, but without any sort of device access. I'm fairly certain even that seven-zip program has a free portable version. sounds like a good story. However, I had never even considered the possibility of an online unzip utility, so thanks much for these. Can always count on you to provide good free workarounds.
Lib propaganda, hard pass and no thanks!
http://www.quickmalware.com/rat-computer-virus/ that article is really nice you can check have many thing that will help you to learn
Requesting you to please check the updated version 4.5.2 build 474.
@Reviewer: Thanks for Testing XDM.
I use Feeddemon to actually add and read feeds. However, the best thing about GoogleReader was the ability to share and/or comment on feeds (in FeedDemon) and share to subscribers via GoogleReader share. GoogleReader deleter the share feature for new users some time ago, but the oldsters still got to share.
So, what will replace sharing feeds with others? (via an RSS)?
Del.icio.us dumped my previous library and accounts when they became delicious.com. Connotea is no more.
Sharing to those specific sites means someone has to have an account to see the article shared. Will any provide an open feed to the shared content, like GReader used to? I would post the shared feed to my websites and folks could subscribe from there or in their own reader to my shared reads.
Feeddemon allows sharing by email which means a Wordpress or Tumblr could provide the library location (post by email) and those have feeds of tagged posts.
Sounds like a hassle...
me, too.
That might explain how I got rude pictures without even seeing them the first time. Actually, I have no idea where they were from, except a local scenery. They were uploaded automatically to G+. Fortunately, I have that set to private only.
WordPress either free or hosted is pretty good at showing you what has permission from elsewhere.
LinkedIn app is one of the worst. It doesn't need permission once installed on your phone or tablet to start telling you to connect to your long-dead grandmother.
http://community.linkedin.com/questions/15556/how-did-linkedin-get-my-ad...
Any suggestions for sneaky connections?
I have searched the entire internet to find a notes organizer with the following features:
- Search as you type (find all word instances just like in CintaNotes and ResophNotes)
- Rich Text support including images
- Flagging
- Alarms/Reminders like in Pnotes
- Re-arranging of notes in a list using shortcuts or dragging
- Category folders (could be in a folder tree)
- create notes from clipboard
- offline
- portable
The closest is Evernote but with their enforced cloud approach it won't work for me.
If ResophNotes could store images, I would be set. I find ResophNotes much better than CintaNotes since ResophNotes just works. For instance, try searching in CintaNotes for a repeating word in a large note. It displays the found instances in the preview but once you open the note, you only see the first found instance. A huge bug!
If you know anything that has similar features, please let me know.
Agreeing with Zenegog, really need an update of top freeware and paid AV, preferably those truly clean and without added nonsense such as registry cleaners, etc.
To a good week,
Gizmo's, the recommended app is buggy as hell from users comments, many reporting identical issues. WHY recommend if it's instability, and buggy nature is in detailed in "comments"? Great ideas only great if not harmful. Seriously.
It diminishes value of your guidance. I want to feel I can track down a Gismo's offering, without discovering it's problematic when I get there. Truly curious.
Thanks.
I don't understand. Firefox updates regularly. Why are you suggesting I DOWNLOAD FF, to my PC? What is that? Benefit? Is it malware/virus free? Why a DL, rather than UPDATE as usual from Mozilla?
Thanks! (I think the editor can hear you well enough without the unnecessary use of capital letters. MC - Site Manager).
Gizmo is fantastic. I'm happy to support with $5 to keep recommendations unbiased and honest. If I could, it would be more. Keep up the great work!
Ron
FastStone Capture is best, most comprehensive capture tool I've ever used. Frequent updates and easy as can be to use. Competes nicely with Snagit.
Well written instructions that improved the performance dramatically. Particularly for large size files the improvement was spectacular! Job well done.
MX player is best of all. However, I also use QuickPic for a casual playing of the video. It is good also.
I think VPN is a must yeah things might be different with various brands but for me, I have been using Express VPN and it seems to be best for me
https://technoidhub.com/security/pros-cons-vpn-android-phones-need/7757/
laurie its really great updated information....
sometime this safe scan take long time ........
Why should anyone want to get rid of importance markers? It has really helped me, to keep my inbox organized.
Hi All..
My name is Suhas, currently working in Mysore, India.
I would request you to let me know whether is there is any Messaging App, in which its possible to Create Folders / Sub-Folders like Inbox / Sent Items / any other customized folders, so that I can organize messages accordingly to different folders.
Now, I am using Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 mobile and please let me know if you come to know about the App, which allows to create folders in Messages
My Email-ID is: [removed by moderator]
Thanks,
Suhas
I would appreciate very much you help:
I need to reinstall Windows 7 on my PC. My personal folders (My Music, Desktop, My Documetscs, etc) were moved to drive D:. Now the question is how to tell reinstalled Windows 7 where these default folders are in order to gain acces to them.
Sully
Hello every one
I have stuck in one problem since last week. I have forgotten my Admin account password for my Windows 8.1 PC. But i have access to guest account and i can Login in to pc using guest account. I want to reset my Windows 8.1 Admin account password . I have tried lots of solution but nothing worked so if any body has solution please share it.Microsoft is suggesting to re install windows 8.1 in my condition so please help me guys.
Thanks in advance
When you say "Windows' sort of clumsy basic method...", are you referring to the Snipping Tool? In Win10, it has matured a bit and allows delayed screenshots.
does this work on windows 10. I live in a 55 and older cond. We have a clubhouse that is too small. I would like to figure a way of maybe making it a bit larger. I am 82 yrs old and have exposure to cad.
Using Firefox for about 3-4 years now, very good.
But, what really disappointed me is that Firefox always hang when Flash contents are loaded. Flashblock can no longer block Youtube on latest Firefox 21 beta.
Internet Explorer is a very good option, with its deep integration with Windows 7, and is the first browser that I had ever used and know, and seems most friendly with screen readers.
But, IE has limited number of add ons, and I need to use third-party programs to back up my profile!
Chrome looks interesting, but screen reader, particularly Jaws, does not work too well with it, but at least it does not hang when Flash contents are loaded, and like FF it has dozens of extensions, the combined address and search box is very cool (IE has it too), the sync feature rocks, and starts up very fast.
Now I don't know whether to remain using Firefox or go back to IE. I will have to leave Chrome out until screen reader support has improved.
Oh wow, it worked! Thanks very much for this tip! I didn't even know that this feature was there!
Mozilla should make it visible to normal users though, since normal users would probably not bother with about:config thing; rather, they will probably look under Firefox options window.
I would agree on those points, but I think the reason for Firefox's slow startup is because it have to load its components, while with IE some components of the browser is already loaded along with Windows.
Now I'm using IE, and I like its Windows intigration features, but too bad few sites took advantage of it.
I do still like Firefox for its customization and no rebooting the system when installing, and also of its huge add on directory, and also its rapid development cycle compared to that of IE.
Also, IE have 1 very annoying problem, and that is it loads some unnecessary iFrames and adds, even with the 'do not track' feature enabled, while Firefox didn't and so thus loads a bit faster.
After my try with Avira, I am now considering whether I should change my AV. I like MSE for its non-intrusiveness, but the new versions rarely get released. Avira, on the other hands, has new versions more often, but it may have some annoying popups that I may not like too much.
I'm on a core I5 with 8GB RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate X64, and MSE didn't seem to eat too much resources, but I've heard from some of the comments that Avira doesn't use up as much resources as MSE.
Rocketdock is great, but after I reformatted my PC, I felt too lazy to install it, Windows 7's superbar is great with jumplists similar to OSX's dock (although less customizable). For me the Windows 7 taskbar is more than enough, the higher your screen resolution is, the more that can fit on the taskbar.
I have to agree with those points. Rocketdock is indeed the greatest, as I've seen it featured in almost all Windows - Mac transformation packs/tutorials.
Also one unique feature is that I can pin specific files to Rocketdock while the Windows 7 taskbar can't!
Although, I may decide to install Rocketdock later, if I feel that I want something cool for my desktop.
One question, are any of these still in development? Rocketdock I think has no updates for several years and it kinds of becoming outdated.
What about Bitcomet? I had not tried it, but it seems to be a clean install without toolbars, according to my latest install in Sandboxie.
Oh I see.
The statement that Foobar 2000 cannot convert files is not true. I've tried and I was able to convert .m4a files into .mp3 ; although you need the Lame binaries though for it to work, but it's very good - it preserves embedded album images when converting, unlike NCH Switch Sound File Convertor.
Good idea,
But what about those visually impaired? They can't physically write things down; me included. Using Keepass is good idea, but if they, like me, have long passwords and they need to show the actual password to let screen readers read to them, then that's not safe, since everyone in the room can hear the actual password being read out loud.
Google Keep is also good, most important for me is to keep notes across all devices, I just keep random notes, copy web snippets, reminder, alarm, etc. don't need editing, so Keep is perfect for me.
Can I please just mention that both links to the Malware download sites, in this article, are both broken at the moment (being 30 Mar 2013).
It is of course available on Softpedia
(http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware.shtml)
(I hope I was allowed to post that link?)
:)
PS This is the BEST site, the absolute best site, for just about anything & everything I could ever need in my computer's and/or my life! The information is always correct & well sourced. If I follow the reviews, recommendations & instructions on this site, I am guaranteed to be one very happy customer. Thank you all for all your hard work :)
Re Mobysaurus
Anyone planning to run the above on a Win 7 64bit or higher machine needs to download an updated DLL file in order for it to work. I couldn't find much on it other than an obscure post by the developer himself.
After installation the current "dc_lic.dll" needs to be replaced with the updated one.
Download the above named file & then paste same into the Mobysaurus directory which will replace the origional 32bit dll. After that it should work fine.
Link to the developer's note is here : http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=18066.0;wap2
Link to the updated version of said file is on the page.
[Moderator's note: Link to direct download of file edited out. Not allowed]
Copy & paste the new "dc_lic.dll" into :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mobysaurus Thesaurus
Cheers
Check out Open Location Codes, brought to us (with very little fanfare) by one of the folks at Google:
- https://github.com/google/open-location-code
am having a really bad time with page nest, pc freezes, there are no step by step instructions [yes ive read the instructions] .
can anyone suggest a dedicated forum of some clear instructions ......getting desperate to copy my site before my subscription runs out, if u can help pls dont delay
thanks
pls explain what u mean by that
thanks but i tryed first choice, even harder to use, ive invested so much time in this one im sticking to it and slowly learning
which one will best post an ad on the Gumtree website. i have to copy and paste text into a box, copy and paste a photo, enter address, preferences etc, but no captha security code
anyone know if Minus will generate html code for use in ebay listings [makes a link to ur pix]
aDrive has been working for me great for the last 3 years. just the adds on my androids app is a bit annoying.
I just want to get rid of the windows 8 that Microsoft FORCED me to get. I think i deserve windows 7 for free for the bull that windows 8 has put me through.
Oh, YES! I did not like the 'new' window! I had no idea that, 1) it could be changed, and, 2) how on earth to change it - I wouldn't have even known what to look up!
I, too, like to use the 'Recently Closed' feature. I'll see something just as I click the 'X' to close the tab. Without that feature, I was lost! LOL
Thank you so very much!
Su
Pixabay is the go to photo stock place for me! The images are high quality and free to use! I find different photographers I like and follow them. That way, I get photo updates each time these photographers post any new images. Many of my peers in design are on to Pixabay, too! I think it is an awesome site!
Su
Aside from the download location, has anyone used it yet? There is where my curiosity lies.
Thank you!
Thank you for all you do to help this 'non-tech savvy' granny on a near daily basis. One thing I recognized early on was that you folks can help weed out the bad, offer cool ideas and site links to helpful software and offer help to those of us who don't particularly understand web stuff. You have been in my e-mail for forever and it's because I appreciate what you do!
Here's to another year, 2017! May it be prosperous and bring much happiness to each of you and each and every reader/subscriber!
Blessings,
Su
I use Windows 7 on a PC. I have Defender turned off because I use Essentials. Would I need to activate Defender and update it? I would appreciate any help, please?
Su
Thank you very much!
I use Windows 7 and there were two updates just this week, both on updating the protection.
Thank you for the heads up, though!
Su
Well, gosh! I think I have commented two times, but, I read these all the time! I have received some great advice!
I'm sad. LOL
May you always be happy!
Su
Very cool, thanks for keeping such up to date reports like this.
http://eyebrowthreadinginfo.com/
up to date
HI I have downloaded this extension for OpenOffice but I am damned if I can get it to do anything with a .pdf. I downloaded it an installed it, closed and opened Open Office again, then went to extension manager, and it seems it is indeed installed (although I didn't get a chance to "enable" it...but when I open Draw and try to "Open" my .pdf document (that I want to edit, in that I want to take text from it and put it into a WORD document), it gives me a a document with a number of pages in it that contain complete gobbledygook for the first few lines and then leave the rest of the page blank, and the document contains a number of pages like this. The original .pdf document is quite long. How can I correct this, is this plug-in not supposed to just open the .pdf document in "OpenOffice Draw"? What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks.
Hello kyengineer,
Would you mind taking a look at Cyphertite? It is a highly encrypted / zero knowledge backup, with 8GB available for free.
www.cyphertite.com
Thanks for your consideration Kyengineer, and I understand the timeline to review.
Yes Conformal Systems is the software developer, and at this point Cyphertite is their flagship multi-platform software. They have other open source software available to the public as well, focused on web security and tracking.
SVTMarkB
I am really sorry to say that i found this article really poor, there's not any observation about the use of resources for each of these browsers, nor about the actual performance of each in comparison with others, all was in an anecdotal level and then there's not much anecdote either. I was happy when I found this article but got quite disappointed with the actual content.
"Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition" has a serious problem, I tested it on three different computers running Windows 7 x64, and on each one the program/installer was in Romanian and the option to change the language was greyed out, this issue has been there ever since it came out and I never managed to find a solution for it.
Also, I'd like to know your thoughts on "ZoneAlarm® Free Antivirus + Firewall 2015" I've used it in the past and my experience with it was quite positive.
I always download it from Bitdefender's official website: http://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html
Thanks for pointing that out, I will check the other article.
One more thing, I'm curious as to why "MSE" isn't included in that list? From my experience it's an excellent set-and-forget antivirus and correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it has been integrated in Windows 8 and higher.
Not possible, all three computers I tested this issue on they are in English.
I also just tested right now on my own laptop (running Windows 8.1 x64) and I'm having the exact same issue.
Screenshot (before): http://i.imgur.com/JZInEn8.png
However I managed to find a workaround for this issue here:
http://forum.bitdefender.com/index.php?s=062f69887726794a3d52beac180a072...
Screenshot (after): http://i.imgur.com/aaOoAgd.png
Indeed, I wanted to try it several times but was unable to due to that problem.
In any case, I'm glad I could help.
I am still curious as to why "MSE" isn't included in that list? It remains to this day one of my favorites and from my experience it proved to be an excellent set-and-forget free antivirus.
Also, could you state which antivirus require yearly (free) registration (such as Avast) in order to continue to function? Because the "set-and-forget" is an important factor for me since I tend to install AV on several PCs.
Thanks for the clarifying that, it's good to know.
What about my second question? It's really crucial for my choice process.
"Also, could you state which antivirus require yearly (free) registration (such as Avast) in order to continue to function? Because the "set-and-forget" is an important factor for me since I tend to install AV on several PCs."
I tried to download Qihoo's 360 Total Security to test it but I got this warning message from Comodo SecureDNS:
http://i.imgur.com/EFZh4aa.png
Any idea what's this all about?
I tried it today briefly but it was disappointing. During the initial scan it stated that it found and cleaned 16 infected files which is highly unlikley considering the semi-empty PC I was testing it on, but even when I opened its log, it was empty. Also, the fact it has no options to speak of leaves a lot to be desired.
Will do and you're welcomed.
I thought you should know that it has gone worse, now Comodo SecureDNS completely blocks access to Qihoo's English website: http://www.360safe.com
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/RzL2fTp.png
It's worth noting that this didn't happen before, it was only blocking the download.
The download link for "Panda Cloud Antivirus" is outdated, it's not working. I got it through the official website.
You stated that "Ninja Download" doesn't support IE, but according to the download page, it supports IE out of the box.
In any case, I tried briefly but it was disappointing. It has several flaws, some of which you mentioned already, but there are two particular flaws that were a deal breaker for me.
1) The automatic categorization for downloads seems to be broken, more often than not it would give me the category of "None" regardless of the extension of the file I'm downloading.
2) The integration does not work unless "Ninja Download" is running in the background. If you close it, then the integration either doesn't work or gives you an error. I shouldn't have to keep it open 24/7 in the background, I certainly don't need to do that with FDM.
In any case, it looked promising, but FDM remains my favorite still.
Anyone aware of a file manager that supports reading from and writing to MTP devices?
I can't use "Windows Explorer" it fails to copy the data and gets stuck at "calculating time".
Tixati "attractive interface"? I know it's a matter of taste but I personally find it absolutely hideous.
As for me, I'm still using uTorrent 2.2.1 and haven't had a problem with it so far. I imagine that there will come a time when I have to upgrade, but not today.
None taken, by the same logic your statement "attractive interface" is equally meaningless?
In any case, I was referring to the interface design. The use of "Buttons" for almost everything, the large bland icons, the colorfully vague logo design. It all reminds me of applications that was made with VB5/6 for Windows 9X back in the day.
I tried it and from what I could tell, you can't really change anything about the interface design. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but you can change colors and fonts, but the icons and ultimately the overall design remains the same.
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