[-MaDcOw-]

Originally Posted by Space Cowboy

Didn't I just read that Microsoft bought this company?

Where'd ya read that?

[Space Cowboy]

Here

[-MaDcOw-]

Nice april fools joke

[Muffy7]

Hey there, i remember quite a while ago in this forum there was something posted that removed and cleaned up fonts because they "made your computer slower" well, after installing 4,000 fonts they have definetly made it harder for programs like Word, Paint, Photoshop, and so on. I searched through and through on this forum but i couldn't find it again! Can someone please tell me that program?

[Muffy7]

Well, after a quick search on google i found exactly what i was looking for

Font Frenzy
http://www.fontfrenzy.org/default.asp?id=5929

[JohnWill]

Originally Posted by Simus1

JohnWill, DriveImage XML looks to be an interesting imaging and restore product of drives and partitions. I'm going to keep a note of it even though I have been planning on purchasing Acronis True Image.

The backup freeware (or open-source program) I am looking for, however, is more to backup individual folders in close to real-time. For example, I would like to make backups to my flash drive of my Desktop folder every 10 minutes or so while one of my word processors is running (which normally completely "locks" the read & write rights of its files stored in the Desktop folder). This way, in case of an unexpected freeze/shutdown, I would only have to reconstruct at maximum 10 minutes worth of work. The same applies to any other very regularly changed/updated file from programs which do not have an automatic backup feature configurable for short time intervals.

I tried a package that did "realtime" backups, but it was somewhat of a PITA. It would run into open file conflicts and I'd have to respond to them.

When you think about it, do you really need to backup every 10 minutes? Is your environment really that unreliable that you need that kind of security? I think I'd fix the problems and stick with daily backup, it's sufficient for me.

[Muffy7]

Finally i thought of something that i could mention that hasn't been listed before, at least not where i could find in this forum!
i feel like, well i use this forum all the time, i should be able to help out to them....


soo here it is.

Foxytunes
http://www.foxytunes.org/firefox/.

"Any Firefox user who listens to music while browsing the Web should definitely give this simple but quality extension a test drive...." -CNET Download.com

Features

* Multiplatform - works on MS Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
* Supports many popular media players, will support more players in future versions
* Also supports the Mozilla Suite and Mozilla Thunderbird.
* Position anywhere in the browser - on the status bar or on one of the toolbars
* Volume controls
* Seek Slider
* Configurable keyboard shortcuts
* Currently playing track information
* Customizable and collapsible
* Auto-hide
* Skinnable and localizable.
* Automatically launch your player when needed
* Pop up and hide the player window with a click
* Correctly shows track information encoded in any language, supports Unicode
* Alarm Clock and Sleep Timer
* No third-party controller applications and plugins - everything is done efficiently by the FoxyTunes extension

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Song bird!
http://www.songbirdnest.com/

"Songbird can do everything you'd expect a media player to do. Play music from your computer, as well as from the Web in one integrated user experience. If you run a music service, you can leverage Songbird's APIs to create deeply integrated stores and user features."
Music...

Web...


Thanks!

[Simus1]

SAMURIZE is an awesome desktop enhancer. Because I already use Yahoo! Konfabulator (which currently has more well-developed widgets), I use Samurize only for its customizing and skinning features. Freeware but, after using it for some time, you will feel like donating. Windows 2000/XP/2003.

Info & download page:
http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/
Wikipedia entry for Samurize: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurize

Available graphics & skins organized from highest to lowest rated:
http://www.samurize.com/modules/mydo...rderby=ratingD

Available graphics & skins organized from most to least hits:
http://www.samurize.com/modules/mydo...&orderby=hitsD

[Simus1]

A virtual desktop manager like the one which I heard will be included in some versions of Vista. The best free (registerware) virtual desktop manager I know of is Virtual Desktop Toolbox http://www.r2d2-software.com/

Note that because it is so feature-laden it takes a while to learn it, but it is worthed to increase your productivity.
The very detailed tutorial page is at http://www.r2d2-software.com/VDT/Tut...ault/index.htm
Its forum is at http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=38157

[hewee]

No there is also a program called "Vista Transformation Pack 3.0" but it is BAD so stay away from it. People were getting it from http://www.softpedia...com/get/Syste...ion-Pack.shtml I kiiled the link with the added .. before the .com so no one can click on it.

Also www .softpedia.com is flagged by SiteAdvisor as a bad site.
http://www.siteadvisor.com

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/softpedia.com#

So watch out going there. Or better yet go to another site that is safe to download from.

[stantley]

This is a cool little program called pserv.cpl that I use instead of Windows Services to enable, disable, start services, etc. What I like is that it's color coded so you can tell at a glance which services are running, enabled and disabled. Here's the description:

pserv.cpl is a Windows NT/2000 Control Panel Applet that

Allows you to control all NT services and devices
Allows you to uninstall applications (new in 2.6)
Allows you to (at least partially) replace eventviewer (new in 2.4)
Allows you to (at least partially) replace task manager (new in 2.4)
Allows you to connect to remote machines
Has many features your Windows 2000 MMC doesn't offer you
IT IS FAST.
I wrote it partly because of being annoyed with that dreaded piece of badly designed crap called Windows 2000 MMC.

Used as a replacement for the services applet: services, devices and properties.
Used as a replacement for the Windows Uninstaller: uninstaller.
Used as a replacement for the Task Manager: processes and modules.
Used as a replacement for the Event Viewer: events.

http://p-nand-q.com/download/pserv_cpl.html

[craigwp]

I've been a Picassa user for a long time and recently came across this program which has been recently updated and is a winner.


http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm


Enjoy

[xico]

Originally Posted by craigwp

I've been a Picassa user for a long time and recently came across this program which has been recently updated and is a winner.


http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm


Enjoy

Thanks, craigwp! I'm trying it. Let you know later what I think.

[Higgy]

TreePad Lite has been updated to version 3.0.
It is a very intuitive, small yet powerful personal database program.

It allows you to store all your notes, emails, texts, hyperlinks, etc. into one or multiple databases. With the look and feel of the familiar Windows explorer, editing, storing, browsing, searching and retrieving your data can not be easier!

TreePad can be run directly from a floppy, if necessary, including data. To find any article you previously created or imported, you can browse the tree, in the same way as you browse directories/folders in the Windows explorer. You can also use the internal search engine.

Home Page
Direct Download

[Space Cowboy]

When Nero is just to much of a hog. I use this on older computers that have limited resources. One file .. no install and seems to do everything I need.

SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/Audio Burner