[Stiffex]

No I will be reverting back myself; after using the firewall for so long and being so impressed with it how could they have got it so wrong with the latest version?

So I should add a proviso that if anyone wants to try this firewall they should navigate to the bottom of the page and download version 2.4 and steer well clear of version 3

My last link didnt work so heres a new one

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.c...untry=GB<br />

And heres a bonus........ Nero micro a free music and data burning software http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...oad-48758.html

[guitar]

http://www.filehippo.com/download_sandboxie/

[WhitPhil]

Snag It

Also available, Camtasia Studio

[BluxMax]

For those of you who have never tried a keyboarding productivity tool, there are a few freeware packages available but I would like to tell you about AutoHotkey. I think it's just great!

Autohotkey helps you to automate keyboard functions and mouse clicks.

It's real easy for novices to set up hotkeys so that if you type some name often, you can create a hotkey like (ALT+F1) to do it for you. For example, if you type "Tech Support Guy" a lot, here is how you would create the hotkey "ALT+F1" to do that for you just by pressing ALT+F1:

!F1::Send Tech Support Guy

The exclamation mark before F1 represents the ALT key. The following keys are used to represent the modifier keys:

! is used to represent the ALT key. ^ is used for CTRL. + is used for shift. # is used for WIN.

If you use one program or document quite often, you can create a hotkey to do that. Suppose you often open Internet Explorer. Here is how you could derine the hotkey CTRL+I to do that just br pressing the single key CTRL+I:

^I::Run "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

Suppose you open a MS Word document named "report.doc" often. Here is h ow you could define the hotkey ALT+SHIFT+R to do that:
!+r::Run report.doc

Experienced programers can program very sophisticated programs too. AutoHotkey has its own language that is very easy to use. You can use it to create excellent bot programs (robots). So you can have your bot program perform functions on the web automatically while you do something else.

You can learn about AutoHotkey and download it from:

www.Autohotkey.com

It has its own user forum at www.AutoHotkey.com/forum

It has its own file storage network too. I've tried many many keyboard productivity tools and AutoHotkey is the best by far.

[xico]

I use Foxit for reading PDF files. But Foxit wants 99 bucks for its advanced program to be able to add and alter PDF files. Does anyone know of a freebee for that kind of a program?

Thanks,

Xico

[Ariesjill]

Originally Posted by xico

I use Foxit for reading PDF files. But Foxit wants 99 bucks for its advanced program to be able to add and alter PDF files. Does anyone know of a freebee for that kind of a program?

Thanks,

Xico

I may B missing sumthihn....is Adobe just too uncool? Every build available all over the net.

[JohnWill]

Adobe is a bloated pig, that's the usual objection to it. It also keeps wanting to be updated and install extra programs for each update.

[ChuckE]

Yes, you are missing something.
What is available all "over the net" is Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is used to read the PDF (Portable Document Format) files that Adobe Acrobat creates (that is NOT the Reader).

Adobe, creator of the PDF format and the business idea of it, showed everybody that a transportable document format that was usable on all computing platforms (PCs , Macs, Unix boxes, etc.) that also allowed for those files to be seen and printed nearly identical across all those platforms was a VERY VALUABLE commodity. They then give people the free Reader, and charge you plenty for the tools to create the useful PDF files.

Since then, there have been other companies to come out with PDF creation tools, and many times those are free. They may not be as good, or as flexible as Adobe tools, but in most cases, the free PDF creation tools are adequate.

[Ariesjill]

Originally Posted by ChuckE

Yes, you are missing something.
What is available all "over the net" is Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is used to read the PDF (Portable Document Format) files that Adobe Acrobat creates (that is NOT the Reader).

Adobe, creator of the PDF format and the business idea of it, showed everybody that a transportable document format that was usable on all computing platforms (PCs , Macs, Unix boxes, etc.) that also allowed for those files to be seen and printed nearly identical across all those platforms was a VERY VALUABLE commodity. They then give people the free Reader, and charge you plenty for the tools to create the useful PDF files.

Since then, there have been other companies to come out with PDF creation tools, and many times those are free. They may not be as good, or as flexible as Adobe tools, but in most cases, the free PDF creation tools are adequate.

I appreciate yr fillng in the blanks. I only read/print out PDF files. If evah I need to write one....I shall take all this good info into consideration!

[Ariesjill]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

Adobe is a bloated pig, that's the usual objection to it. It also keeps wanting to be updated and install extra programs for each update.

Eeew. Sounds like VISTA. Or Symantec.

No "This little piggy went to market...this little piggy stayed home"? But as per above....until I need to write PDF files....I don't mind this little reader piggy at all. I guess it's case-specific.

R U the John Will also active on another tech site? If so.,...it's all good, right? Well....maybe not all.

[BluxMax]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

Adobe is a bloated pig, that's the usual objection to it. ...

You've met my wife?

Most people usually describe her as "A Dopey". But I suppose her Mexican relatives might call her "A Dobey". I know that when she was in high school, a lot of the kids called her "A Doggie". But I think that was because she liked to howl at the moon. It used to be amusing but I've grown tired of it.

[Ariesjill]

Originally Posted by BluxMax

You've met my wife?

Most people usually describe her as "A Dopey". But I suppose her Mexican relatives might call her "A Dobey". I know that when she was in high school, a lot of the kids called her "A Doggie". But I think that was because she liked to howl at the moon. It used to be amusing but I've grown tired of it.

Is this ripe with esoteric references I am ignorant of, an HBO Comedy Special....or do we need an intervention?????

[kodyleonard]

CutePDF is another PDF reader/creater that's free. Very handy to convert any documents into a PDF file for free!


http://www.cutepdf.com

[Ariesjill]

Originally Posted by kodyleonard

CutePDF is another PDF reader/creater that's free. Very hand to convert any documents into a PDF file for free!


http://www.cutepdf.com

I LUUUUV LEARNING! Nevah having needed to convert....I had NO CLUE.

[CrazyComputerMan]

Originally Posted by Ariesjill

I LUUUUV LEARNING! Nevah having needed to convert....I had NO CLUE.

Agree that adobe a hog memory.. too much graphic. i like basic