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10-Feb-2007, 06:51 AM #1261
Your Welcome .. Heres a tip.

Open Foxit by clicking on the file "Foxit Reader.exe" and select view and uncheck "advertizement" then close Foxit.

Do this about 5 times .. Then ..

Click your heels together and say "The Space Cowboy Rules"

And Wa La .. no more advertisement banner ..

Have Fun
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10-Feb-2007, 03:50 PM #1262
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Your Welcome .. Heres a tip.

Open Foxit by clicking on the file "Foxit Reader.exe" and select view and uncheck "advertizement" then close Foxit.

Do this about 5 times .. Then ..

Click your heels together and say "The Space Cowboy Rules"

And Wa La .. no more advertisement banner ..

Have Fun
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10-Feb-2007, 09:19 PM #1263
Listing and links to last Freeware applications before converting to Shareware:
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/index.html
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16-Feb-2007, 01:15 PM #1264
Freeware Alzip will decompress 36 formats, compress 8 formats, self-extract. Simple to use.

http://www.altools.net/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
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19-Feb-2007, 05:21 AM #1265
G'day guys, I don't know if you have all heard of this or not, but you might like it. Some good Aussie Freeware that lets you download/keep undated your favorite web sites. Being a newbie i dont know if this link will work or not but i can only try. If somebody does try to link off it can you please let me know if it worked or not.




http://www.webaroo.com/
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19-Feb-2007, 07:41 PM #1266
The good news is the link worked, From what I can tell the WebAroo is a type of browser that updates all your favorites, when you connect to the internet, so you can view them later...
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19-Feb-2007, 07:53 PM #1267
Cool, I am glad it worked. Yes i probably didnt explain myself properly. It is more for laptops that don't have mobile internet connection. Anyway i thought i would throw a bit of Oz into the mix. Thanks for letting me know that i did the link ok
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24-Feb-2007, 01:29 AM #1268
Great thread, Went through all the 85 pages. Thanks to all who gave information.
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24-Feb-2007, 12:06 PM #1269
...but why end it now?

For the Astronomy Buffs-

Stig's Sky Calendar - http://www.skycalendar.com/download/index.html
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24-Feb-2007, 12:15 PM #1270
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Originally Posted by Space Cowboy
Your Welcome .. Heres a tip.

Open Foxit by clicking on the file "Foxit Reader.exe" and select view and uncheck "advertizement" then close Foxit.

Do this about 5 times .. Then ..

Click your heels together and say "The Space Cowboy Rules"

And Wa La .. no more advertisement banner ..

Have Fun
:Clicking heals together:

5X exactly for me. Awesome, thanks SC!
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25-Feb-2007, 12:07 AM #1271
Screen savers
I wanted some high end graphix screen savers, I found a few nice ones, But I want something more,, Something amazing, I got tired of searching, If anyone knows of something thats WELL above the average for screen savers, please list it. A COOL fish tank..

Here is the link to the one of the better ones that I found, But its still not that impressive..

http://www.planestate.net/
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25-Feb-2007, 09:25 AM #1272
I have collected these over time, I just grabbed some out of my System32 folder and uploaded them in ZIP format-you might be interested, I think they're pretty good

http://www.filesend.net/download.php...9b2b8eeb0ae7f0
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10-Mar-2007, 09:38 PM #1273
Process Monitor

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Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.
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11-Mar-2007, 07:28 PM #1274
VLC-IMHO the best media player available
Mozilla- very convinient and fastworking browser
SpeedFan- had some overheating issue since that day monitor temperatures everytime using this prog
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11-Mar-2007, 07:43 PM #1275
Does anyone know a freeware program that will automatically set/reset computer clocks? I have WinMe on another comp and no update for DST.
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