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Factor Mystic posted:You can invert the locations, if you really really want to. Eg, put the actual files in Skydrive and symlink the old location to the skydrive location. This assumes that whatever apps that are going to use those files don't also rely on file update notifications. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I deleted the symlinks, moved the folders and recreated the symlinks in the opposite direction in about 5 minutes, and now syncing appears to be working well. I just tested and synctoy seems to be tolerant of the new symlinked structure without modification as well. I ended up using junctions /j but I don't know if they're preferable to /d. Thanks.
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EdEddnEddy posted:A can of air in the vents hasn't helped any? (Or a replacement fan if that need be the case?) Laptop heating issues can be fixed pretty easy these days. Like I said, it has no battery and the cord is damaged all to hell. It's almost certainly a power issue.
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Factor Mystic posted:Have you seen HUD Weather? I'm looking for something with at least a few days of forecast.
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mowhonic posted:I'm looking for something with at least a few days of forecast. I use the Weather Underground gadget (http://www.wunderground.com/download/vista.asp), if you expand it down it will show the next three day's forecast (and it stays that way over reboots)
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Anyone know what program this icon is part of? I recognize it as being something useful that someone I know uses, but I can't remember who or what. No results from tineye or reverse GIS.
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Apr 26, 2012 23:08
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Anything good out there that would help me catalog my DVD collection? Maybe use IMDB some how to get genres or something?
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Apr 27, 2012 00:42
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What software do I use to clone my old 80GB SSD to my new 240 GB SSD?
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I have Windows 7 x64, and lately, using Skype makes the volume for foobar in the mixer go down, even after closing Skype. I know that lowering the volume of lower-priority programs is a thing in Windows now, but is there a way I can make it revert the volume after closing Skype, or barring that, make it just not lower foobar's volume (since I pause it anyway)?
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Apr 27, 2012 08:18
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hooah posted:I have Windows 7 x64, and lately, using Skype makes the volume for foobar in the mixer go down, even after closing Skype. I know that lowering the volume of lower-priority programs is a thing in Windows now, but is there a way I can make it revert the volume after closing Skype, or barring that, make it just not lower foobar's volume (since I pause it anyway)? Sounds like this is what you're looking for: 
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I run Windows 7 Professional at work. Does anyone know how I can schedule a task to close a certain application? Basically I lock my machine when I leave at 3PM, and at 4PM every day I'd like it to kill pidgin.exe. Looking in task scheduler I only saw ways to start an application - not close it.
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Apr 27, 2012 15:16
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Figure out how to use taskkill to kill pidgin, and then run that command from the task scheduler.
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Apr 27, 2012 15:19
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Anjow posted:I run Windows 7 Professional at work. Does anyone know how I can schedule a task to close a certain application? Basically I lock my machine when I leave at 3PM, and at 4PM every day I'd like it to kill pidgin.exe. Looking in task scheduler I only saw ways to start an application - not close it. Make a scheduled task to do this: "taskkill /f /im pidgin.exe"
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Ace, thanks muchly.
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I am planning on updating from xp-32bit to 7-64bit tomorrow, but before I do I have some questions about my plan. My processor IS 64-bit. My plan: Buy new 2tb hard drive and disconnect the other 2 hard drives. Connect new hard drive and boot with installation disc in. Install Windows 7 on the new 2tb hard drive. Install 16 gb of ram that I buy tomorrow. Reconnect my old two hard drives and set the hard drive that windows xp was installed to as slave drive instead of the master. Will I run in to problems booting the computer with the old xp install on it if the drive isn't the master drive anymore? The old XP is installed on a partition labelled C:/. The new Win7 will be installed to the new drive and labelled F:/ if I can do that from the Win7 install screen. If I can't rename the new drive, will windows automatically rename the old drive when it is reinstalled? Thanks
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Apr 29, 2012 00:10
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Rashomon posted:What software do I use to clone my old 80GB SSD to my new 240 GB SSD? clonezilla is a good choice if you've got a spare flash drive laying around. windows backup with the "include system image" option checked will also work.
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Looking for a decent utility to create some ipad friendly files, I assume Handbrake is still the tool to use?
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Brekelefuw posted:I am planning on updating from xp-32bit to 7-64bit tomorrow, but before I do I have some questions about my plan. I can't think of any reason you can't do this with all the drives installed the whole time. Install Win7 where you want it, boot into it, and remove the XP installation from the boot settings in msconfig. Edit: should I take the master/slave talk to mean that you're still using PATA drives? Toast Museum fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Apr 29, 2012 |
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Toast Museum posted:I can't think of any reason you can't do this with all the drives installed the whole time. Install Win7 where you want it, boot into it, and remove the XP installation from the boot settings in msconfig. Maybe I am mis-using the terms. I mean boot drive and non boot drives. These are normal SATA drives.
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I have a large amount of media on my server. My find wants me to catalogue it. What is the best program to do this? Ideally the output should be in csv or ppv or xls etc.
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Steakandchips posted:I have a large amount of media on my server. My find wants me to catalogue it.
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I'm trying to find a screensaver/slideshow program that works with multiple monitors. The problem I'm having is finding something that will let me have a different source folder for each monitor AND will automatically update when changes are made to the contents of the folders. Also need the images to fit to fullscreen without any text or transitions. Any ideas? Edit: There are two monitors.
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Apr 30, 2012 04:21
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Check out DisplayFusion or Ultramon, they're not free but they both have 30 day trials.
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I'm trying to figure out an easy way to see which video files have subtitles, and preferably, for which languages. Using the shell/explorer would be easiest, but if there's some media browser that does it out there too, that would work I guess. Any thoughts?
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This is vague but somewhere around here someone recommended an MD5 tool for windows that added a quick md5 calculator to the right click/context menu. Anyone know what that is/recommendations?
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Sylink posted:This is vague but somewhere around here someone recommended an MD5 tool for windows that added a quick md5 calculator to the right click/context menu. http://implbits.com/HashTab.aspx
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May 1, 2012 19:56
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Hashcheck, hashtab, hashjustaboutanythingreally
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Hashcheck, hashtab, hashjustaboutanythingreally Also HashTools  http://www.binaryfortress.com/HashTools/
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Barnsey posted:Anything good out there that would help me catalog my DVD collection? Maybe use IMDB some how to get genres or something? I use DVD Profiler, and it works amazingly well. Just type in the UPC and it adds it, along with images and a ton of info.
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Hey everyone! I need some software advice for a friend who runs an appraising company. He has the need to label google maps screenshots a LOT but typically with the same kind of labels (sale 1, sale 2, etc). He has been using snagit but it takes a really long time since he has to create and label an arrow every time. He's looking for something where he can just drag and drop an object, like you would do in excel or powerpoint. I even suggested he use one of those two; however, he has a few pretty computer challenged underlings who experience a great deal of difficulty moving their objects, instead often resizing them and getting really frustrated. Any advice, folks? I'm at a loss beyond telling him to find someone to make a program from scratch. I've tried searching around quite a bit on google but I fear I may not know enough to be searching with the right terms. Thanks in advance!
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Medullah posted:I use DVD Profiler, and it works amazingly well. Just type in the UPC and it adds it, along with images and a ton of info. Check out Media Center Master. That program is awesome for getting movie info and such. Just make sure you have some reasonably accurate names on the files before you start the process or it may find something completely off the wall.
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Venetir posted:Hey everyone! I need some software advice for a friend who runs an appraising company. He has the need to label google maps screenshots a LOT but typically with the same kind of labels (sale 1, sale 2, etc). He has been using snagit but it takes a really long time since he has to create and label an arrow every time. He's looking for something where he can just drag and drop an object, like you would do in excel or powerpoint. I even suggested he use one of those two; however, he has a few pretty computer challenged underlings who experience a great deal of difficulty moving their objects, instead often resizing them and getting really frustrated. google earth with the 'marker' tool? not arrows, though... paint has an arrow icon tool, I"m not sure how much simpler you can make the process.
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What is a good walkthrough for imaging and/or cloning (or rather, which one is more preferable?) a Windows installation from an old SSD to a new SSD in the same computer? I have a (gasp) OCZ drive and would like to upgrade to a more reliable Intel model.
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Anyone else had Bing Desktop show up as an optional update in Windows Update? It's pretty gross, I even fired off an email to MS who decided to reply with a form letter telling me to contact the Windows Update department about technical problems.
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J33uk posted:Anyone else had Bing Desktop show up as an optional update in Windows Update? It's pretty gross, I even fired off an email to MS who decided to reply with a form letter telling me to contact the Windows Update department about technical problems. You can uncheck the box that says "check for new optional Microsoft software", if you don't want to see it. 
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Factor Mystic posted:You can uncheck the box that says "check for new optional Microsoft software", if you don't want to see it. Lovely stuff! Thanks for that, although it's still pretty gross that Windows Update is getting used for stuff like this. I mean with the whole herd immunity ideal surely you'd want to keep WU as clean as possible.
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J33uk posted:Lovely stuff! Thanks for that, although it's still pretty gross that Windows Update is getting used for stuff like this. I mean with the whole herd immunity ideal surely you'd want to keep WU as clean as possible. It's actually a part of Microsoft Update though I'll admit even pointing this out is kinda pedantic. Anyway, you (or whichever administrator configured your system) opted into this by going to the Microsoft Update site and checking the box and accepting the UAC prompt. I don't think OEM's even turn this on by default, but I may be mistaken. The point is, it's opt-in and you or your agent opted at some point in the past.
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It also updates any other Microsoft applications you might have installed, like Office, or any Visual Studio stuff (including Visual Studio redstributables that come with a lot of games) and other such useful stuff. It's optional, so just don't install it and call it a day. But it is still kind of lovely.
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FISHMANPET posted:It also updates any other Microsoft applications you might have installed, like Office, or any Visual Studio stuff (including Visual Studio redstributables that come with a lot of games) and other such useful stuff. You can also hide stuff you aren't interested in so it will quit bugging you about it.
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Factor Mystic posted:It's actually a part of Microsoft Update though I'll admit even pointing this out is kinda pedantic. Anyway, you (or whichever administrator configured your system) opted into this by going to the Microsoft Update site and checking the box and accepting the UAC prompt. I don't think OEM's even turn this on by default, but I may be mistaken. The point is, it's opt-in and you or your agent opted at some point in the past. Oh I'm sure I did, it's just there's usually enough useful stuff in there (like HID driver updates and little things like that) that the optional updates have been pretty useful before.
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Nate RFB posted:What is a good walkthrough for imaging and/or cloning (or rather, which one is more preferable?) a Windows installation from an old SSD to a new SSD in the same computer? I have a (gasp) OCZ drive and would like to upgrade to a more reliable Intel model. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3137721&pagenumber=394#post403110373
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