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So a year after people start making cinemagraphs, I discover them. I'd love to have some of these in rotation for desktop wallpapers but Windows 7 doesn't have active desktop and doesn't display gifs. I've been looking at some media players to do it. VLC has a desktop mode but for some reason doesn't want to display the gifs and desktop mode disables Aero, which sucks. Any other recommended software?
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Mar 2, 2012 14:32
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It's funny, because Vista had that feature, videos as wallpaper, in Ultimate. I guess they thought it was useless, bloated garbage and never shipped it for 7.
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Mar 2, 2012 14:42
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It's possible to get that on 7, but it only supports mpg and wmv files. I guess I could convert gifs to that, but I don't want it bad enough to bother. Stardock has a program called Deskscapes that is suppose to do something similar, but they don't even do gifs. All well.
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Mar 2, 2012 15:19
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HalloKitty posted:I'm doing research on AV right now, and it's true that it seems Forefront and Security Essentials don't score in the upper echelon of AV suites. I use av-comparatives.org to see which AV is best. This table is quite telling.  It's almost as good as most paid AV suites, but not perfect. Like you said, perfect for home users who aren't willing/don't want to pay for an AV program.
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Mar 2, 2012 15:52
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Kaspersky is so dominating. I guess the origin of a lot of the Earth's malware, Russia, would also have some of the best defense, huh?
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Mar 2, 2012 17:13
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NihilCredo posted:Incidentally, who replies to automated expiration reminders? That's the thing that shocks me the most
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Mar 2, 2012 17:30
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CHARLES posted:That's the thing that shocks me the most Yeah, it was the third one I got asking/begging me to renew. Should have spammed it but I guess work has me brainwashed with "REPLY TO EMAIL" syndrome. 
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Mar 2, 2012 17:34
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Dodoman posted:I use av-comparatives.org to see which AV is best. This table is quite telling. Been using Kaspersky for years 
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Mar 2, 2012 19:31
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Is Kaspersky as light weight as NOD32? Back before MSE and I was a cheap rear end, I would run NOD32 trials and reinstall after they expired, but I never gave Kaspersky a chance. Now I'm curious after seeing that chart.
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Mar 2, 2012 20:53
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After moving some file around today I ended up with a drive in this situation: Is there any reason or me to try to fix this? The D: drive reports the proper size, so it looks like it is treating this all as one drive. This just isn't what I expected to see.
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Mar 4, 2012 00:41
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clayburn posted:After moving some file around today I ended up with a drive in this situation: Aeoli Partition Manager has served me well recently for merging partitions without data loss, if you can see past a bit of Engrish. Can't guarantee how it would deal with this situation, though.
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Mar 4, 2012 02:41
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What is a good dedicated podcast software? Foobar is great for music but the podcast plugin isn't great. And I can't stand iTunes.
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Mar 4, 2012 08:07
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fookolt posted:What is a good dedicated podcast software? Foobar is great for music but the podcast plugin isn't great. And I can't stand iTunes. It's not really dedicated to podcasts only, but the Zune software works very well for podcasts.
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Mar 4, 2012 16:41
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Install Gentoo posted:It's not really dedicated to podcasts only, but the Zune software works very well for podcasts. I tried running it but all I got was a black screen  Time to try something else!
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Mar 5, 2012 03:39
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fookolt posted:What is a good dedicated podcast software? Foobar is great for music but the podcast plugin isn't great. And I can't stand iTunes. I used to use a program called Juice, it worked pretty well I guess. There hasn't been a new version in about six years now, but the most recent one is still available.
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Mar 5, 2012 11:05
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stubblyhead posted:I used to use a program called Juice, it worked pretty well I guess. There hasn't been a new version in about six years now, but the most recent one is still available. Thanks for the suggestion; I'm using Miro and it's pretty good!
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Mar 5, 2012 18:36
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What's a good alternative for windows search? I'm using windows 7 and want something that'll only index when I tell it to.
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Mar 5, 2012 21:06
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WastedJoker posted:What's a good alternative for windows search? Everything Locate32
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Mar 5, 2012 21:10
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WastedJoker posted:What's a good alternative for windows search? Just let it run.
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Mar 5, 2012 21:10
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AlexDeGruven posted:Just let it run. It often literally never gets the results; I find the indexing unreliable. Just to toss the one I use into the ring: http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?type=agentransack&page=home
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Mar 5, 2012 21:58
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If you must absolutely micromanage indexing, just use "net stop wsearch" and "net start wsearch".
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Mar 5, 2012 22:05
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What's a recommended freeware sound editing utility? I've liked Goldwave in the past, but is there anything better now?
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Mar 6, 2012 08:58
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Fuschia tude posted:What's a recommended freeware sound editing utility? I've liked Goldwave in the past, but is there anything better now? Audacity?
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Mar 6, 2012 09:59
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I used to know a command that would help you troubleshoot why a computer or display wasn't going to sleep automatically even though it was set to in power settings, but I can't remember what it was now. Anyone have an idea?
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Mar 6, 2012 15:37
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Anyone got a suggested macro program that will work on windows 7?
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Mar 6, 2012 15:50
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Thermopyle posted:I used to know a command that would help you troubleshoot why a computer or display wasn't going to sleep automatically even though it was set to in power settings, but I can't remember what it was now. I haven't tried it but I saw Sleeper posted. However, the command is code:Intrepid00 posted:Anyone got a suggested macro program that will work on windows 7?
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Mar 6, 2012 16:19
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I personally always use AutoIt, and it comes with a program that generates code from actions, just like you'd expect macro recording to work; but AutoIt capabilities extend far beyond that. AutoHotKey is effectively an old fork of AutoIt anyway, so I guess it's all good.
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Mar 6, 2012 16:21
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HalloKitty posted:I personally always use AutoIt, and it comes with a program that generates code from actions, just like you'd expect macro recording to work; but AutoIt capabilities extend far beyond that. AutoHotKey is effectively an old fork of AutoIt anyway, so I guess it's all good.
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Mar 6, 2012 17:53
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Something small that's been bothering me for a while. When I want to open a folder from the Explorer sidebar in a new window, I right click on it, and the option to "Open in a new window" is buried six items down under useless poo poo I never ever use like "Restore previous versions", "Include in library", "Add to Windows Media Player list", "Play with Windows Media Player". Is there any way to:
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Mar 7, 2012 00:07
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My company uses Outlook 365 for all of their email, and I've been trying to find out is there a way to set up a sort of "common" group of contacts? What I mean is I'd like to set up a group of users for HR, Accounting, Sales, etc. and I'd like to be able to "publish" this group so that everyone in the company can utilize it, rather than having to make their own group. That way it can be maintained from one central place. I can't seem to find any sort of global options to let me do such a thing.
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Mar 7, 2012 17:03
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We have a whole mess of Dell PowerEdge and PowerVault servers. Right now, most are running Windows. Is there some program that will read the temps from these systems so we can easily view them on a webpage? (without logging into the Dell OpenManage program on each individual system)
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Mar 7, 2012 18:14
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Xenomorph posted:We have a whole mess of Dell PowerEdge and PowerVault servers. Right now, most are running Windows.
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Mar 7, 2012 18:17
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It's now called Dell OpenManage Essentials as of Feb 27th, 2012.
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Mar 7, 2012 18:48
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IT Guy posted:It's now called Dell OpenManage Essentials as of Feb 27th, 2012. I guess I'm not too familiar with all the features of the program, right now when we use it, it's like this: - Open remote connection to Server1, load web browser, log into OpenManager, navigate to temperature, read C and convert to F. - Open remote connection to Server2, load web browser, log into OpenManager, navigate to temperature, read C and convert to F. - Open remote connection to Server3, load web browser, log into OpenManager, navigate to temperature, read C and convert to F. - Open remote connection to Server4, load web browser, log into OpenManager, navigate to temperature, read C and convert to F. etc ... It's quicker for me to get up and walk through two buildings to get to our data center and just stand there with a thermometer in my hand. I was hoping to have the process more like this: - Open web browser, log into monitoring page, view temperature of Server1, Server2, Server3, Server4, Server5, Server6, etc. DONE.
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Mar 7, 2012 19:08
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Can't you configure alerts to email you if a temp get's higher than such and such? That's how it works with HP servers.
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Mar 7, 2012 19:11
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Having never used OpenManage Essentials (yet), I can't say for sure that you can check the temps on every server. However, OME is supposed to be the central administration tools Dell provides. I do know for sure that it can alert you if monitored servers go over certain temps.
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Mar 7, 2012 19:29
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How to stop xp from autoconnecting to a corp wifi network? I have an old retired xp laptop at work that I'm using for some testing on a new wifi network. It's a wpa2 network for now. The laptop has something built in to the image making it connect to our regular prod leap or peap corp wifi all the time, I've deleted network from 'order of preferred networks', also thought I deleted its certs and I reinstalled the wifi adapter but it just keeps coming back and auto-connecting to our prod one. Problem's not worth me installing xp by hand from a cd, I can change networks easy enough that I don't want to put 2 hours into doing that, but it is bothersome enough that I'll do a bit more than I have already if anyone has any ideas.
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Mar 7, 2012 22:06
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If you just bought Windows 7 what programs would you install on it? My friend moving from a MAC to Win 7 has no idea what's available and the OP is hideously outdated.
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Mar 8, 2012 01:24
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bowmore posted:If you just bought Windows 7 what programs would you install on it? My friend moving from a MAC to Win 7 has no idea what's available and the OP is hideously outdated. Maintenance and security: - CCleaner - Spybot Search and Destroy - Microsoft Security Center (an absolute must) - Maybe MalwareBytes if they want to go that extra mile to protect from harmful software. Tools: - 7zip (the native Windows archive manager is pretty poo poo) - Irfanview Uh, not sure what else comes to mind that is a must-get. I find they really improved the packaged software with Windows 7 over Vista. If your friend is using a 64-bit system and likes Firefox, they might be interested in the optimized 64-bit Windows-specific fork: Waterfox.
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bowmore posted:If you just bought Windows 7 what programs would you install on it? My friend moving from a MAC to Win 7 has no idea what's available and the OP is hideously outdated. What are you looking for? I can tell you most of the goon recommended utilities. Actually, Ninite has most of them. http://ninite.com/ Burning Images (not pictures): Imgburn Burning Music: Infra Recorder Browser: Chrome or Firefox Playing Music: CCCP Codecs + Media Player Classic Home Cinema Anti-Virus: Microsoft Security Essentials PDF: Adobe Reader or Foxit Unziping: 7Zip Picture Library: Picasa (so awesome) Let me know what you're looking for.
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