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SEKCobra: Feb 28, 2011; Hi
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I've bought nothing but OEM licenses for the PCs I've built, I don't need a pretty box.

# ¿ May 16, 2015 07:09

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 01:12

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TopherCStone posted:

Have you seen the picture captchas they do now? They're basically crowdsourcing the training of their neural net or whatever so it can analyze images and know what is cute, what is a cheeseburger, etc.

The new captcha photos are actually taken directly from Google Photos to be tagged, they are basically using everyoen as turks! :tinfoil:

# ¿ Jun 4, 2015 14:09

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I have a very specific need for a very small tool that hooks into Windows, and since I have no idea how hooking into Windows works, I hope maybe someone else had this need and already made it.
I want to log the title of a program's window (it conveys some info, and the changes are so abrupt because it isn't functioning correctly, but I also need that info to fix it) whenever it changes.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2015 09:48

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HalloKitty posted:

Knocked something up, I could expand on it if it's not enough (it's pretty basic) - if you need it to log to a file I can add that. I thought I'd share something to start with in case it was urgent, I'm not sure of the exact use case.

The interface should be pretty obvious. Click the "select window" button and then.. click on the window you want to log the title changes for. It's easy to test with your browser; for example, select that and then switch between tabs.

If you're familiar at all with AutoIT, the exact code that has been compiled is also in the zip, so you're welcome to expand on it.

Woah, that's very generous of you, this is exactly what I needed. I am trying to figure out why POCSAG decoding isn't working, and PDW shows that it is actually decoding *something* everytime I receive a signal, but it doesn't add it to the result list, so now I can figure out what it decodes and move on to figuring out why it doesn't 'write' anything down.

# ¿ Jun 7, 2015 14:15

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ItBurns posted:

Are there any good free options for a fan speed controller on windows 8? Right now I have the software that came with my motherboard, A-tuning.

speedfan used to be all the rage, but I never really thought it was that great, Mobo tools usually work best anyway.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2015 05:20

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Medullah posted:

LastPass got hacked so alot of people stay away from them now, and go with KeepPass + Dropbox or Google Drive. But honestly any online service could be hacked, if you want to use a cloud password manager it's the risk you take. I stick with lastpass and randomly generated passwords, personally.

Lastpass got hacked? Why did they not disclose this to me?

# ¿ Jul 9, 2015 15:24

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Oh, whatever, that doesn't really matter.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2015 15:49

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You could send the audio to tow virtual audio cards, then mix them to the real one with one goi g left the other right. Still a retarded idea tbh.

These guys have everything you'd need:
http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Voicemeeter/banana.htm

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 11:50

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ryan_woody posted:

Performed a Windows 10 clean install a couple days ago as part of a new build, and I'm having trouble getting anything to use DTS or Dolby Digital. I've got an ASRock H97m Pro4, and am connected via optical cable to a set of Logitech Z-5500s.

I can get windows to test the setup properly (shown below), the tests are working fine but I can't get any other applications to push DTS or DD signal (I think). Any ideas on what has gone wrong?

Well do you have a DDL soundcard or are you trying to use an already encoded signal (video)?

# ¿ Aug 4, 2015 09:35

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Here's an odd one: I'm trying to scrape dropbox links from web chats like twitch's and log them to a file. I was thinking just some sorta tool to run and somehow interface with the browser window, I'm sure something like that has to exist.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2015 22:13

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My Toshiba had that in the same software they offered for changing the trackpad behavior.

# ¿ Apr 24, 2016 10:25

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I have an Exchange 2013 issue:
I am tasked with finding out which email accounts are forwarded or delegated, not being used as normal AD logins. I've started by finding out when the AD lastlogon was, but I have no clue how to check for delegations or if the account is really forwarded without being used.

# ¿ May 10, 2016 08:31

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Dubstep Jesus posted:

Does anyone know of a way to set specific IMAP inboxes in Outlook to not mark an email as read when the user reads it? I know there's an overall setting for this, but the user really just wants it for a couple of shared email accounts.

I suppose I could switch them to POP, but they also want to be able to see sent mail on these accounts. Is that doable with that email protocol?

I don't think that setting can be changed per inbox.

POP and IMAP don't influence the sending of email, that is done via SMTP.

# ¿ May 12, 2016 05:06

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Pretty much any macro program.

# ¿ May 14, 2016 19:00

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Read posted:

Because you're missing part of the equation here. The illegal part is the fact that VLC uses libraries which fall under patents controlled by MPEG LA and Dolby or whoever.

Of course you can (and people do) discuss the merits of the patents in question, but the general principle is fairly clear. You can't just do whatever you want with patented technology if it's against the wishes of the patent holder.

But software patents aren't a legal thing in most of the world i thought?

# ¿ May 22, 2016 12:38

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dpbjinc posted:

The cost is actually split. It costs $0.03 per movie, plus $2.50 per receiver.

That being said, violating patents isn't illegal, but you can get sued if the patent holders think that you're costing them money (you aren't, so they won't). What's illegal is violating the DMCA, which protects the DRM on DVDs. That said, it's still not illegal to distribute software that violates the DMCA; it's illegal to use it in ways that violates it. For instance, using VLC so that you can screen capture a copy of a DVD for documentary is acceptable, but using it to screen capture an entire copy for backup is not. Here's the list of acceptable uses for 2015-2017 (in bold; starts on Page 22). (I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.)

This is bogus, private people can't violate patents. You can reproduce any patented thing privately. At least it is the way here, and considering the idea behind patents is about that, I'd assume it's like that even in the US.

# ¿ May 22, 2016 19:00

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Vulture Culture posted:

Whether a patent holder would ever actually care is a wholly different story, of course.

That seems strange. What are the exceptions it mentions?

# ¿ May 22, 2016 20:41

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Robo Reagan posted:

Is there a function/program for Windows 7 that lets the mouse perform one action on clicking the mouse and another on releasing? I've gotten used to something similar from games and I'd like something that will right click on press and release, preferably able to recognize programs and swap accordingly. There's going to be something like this but googling brought up a bunch of help articles on how to click the mouse.

Most Macro programs, jitbit macro recorder can, autoit can...

# ¿ May 24, 2016 09:46

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Windows 10 has tons of little issues like sticky corners on multiscreen, but to me the forced increased mouse travel and complete splintering of where settings are hidden as well as mixed metro interface are the biggest issues.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2016 11:11

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Can anyone recommend a software for room layouts? I'd prefer something local.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2016 16:59

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Massasoit posted:

I upgraded to Windows 10 but was an idiot and didn't extract my office 2010 key so I'm without office for now.

I checked my work email and it allegedly qualifies for HUP but I can't find any information about it from it/hr. If I used the benefit does the company know? Any other downsides to using HUP?

HUP usually requires you to give ~15$ to the company and get a key from them.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 13:15

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GreenNight posted:

I manage HUP here, your work has poo poo to do with it. We just give people the MS HUP url and they have at it. We don't get notified if anyone buys it or what the key is.

Admittedly it has been a long time since I've seen anyone use HUP.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 14:03

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Arsten posted:

JPG has a lossless option, too.

Besides, 100 on the slider loses almost nothing. Nothing you'd be able to see, anyway.

You realize that if you set quality to 100 on a reencoded picture it will probably get bigger in size, right? Also this is still a stupid loving suggestion you don't reencode something to remove metadata.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2016 10:07

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Guys I'm about to sell my boss on PDQ Deploy. Is there any other tool I should consider first? My Boss mentioned he'd really like a system where we can set it up so when we add a new PC to a OU it automatically get all the programs defined for that OU. I'm pretty sure that's not possible with PDQ, but I don't know if there's any other software that can do that (as well as everything else)?

# ¿ Aug 26, 2016 10:10

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So I still don't know if I should use 7zip or WinRAR to store my porn??

# ¿ Aug 29, 2016 08:35

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HalloKitty posted:

Store it the real way - a bunch of nested directories under system32

Can't I just add it to my %PATH%?

# ¿ Aug 29, 2016 08:48

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Honestly my favorite photo viewer is Picasa, it just works as you'd expect, but isn't bloated with features like ifranview. Too bad it doesn't have animated gif support.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 09:16

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Read posted:

Honeyview is pretty good if all you want is an image viewer (not an organizer, editor, etc), I haven't found anything better. Good feature set, uncluttered ui, customizable.

Doesn't choke on folders full of large images:

Looks very different on my system. Also would like Up/Down to zoom.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 19:07

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PRADA SLUT posted:

Looking for a small Win7 tool like resource monitor that I can leave open on the side/corner of a screen or in a toolbar or something to show me some general resource stats (cpu/memory usage, etc)?

rainmeter

# ¿ Oct 20, 2016 19:05

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Slash posted:

I use rainmeter with this skin: http://win10widgets.com/

Very cool, thanks for the suggestion.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2016 09:46

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Edmond Dantes posted:

Dumb audio question:

How does Windows 'decide' how to output sound? My motherboard has the standard 4 outputs: LR, Center/Bass, Rear LR, Side LR. I'm currently only using LR since I have crappy 2.1 desktop speakers (which don't have a dedicated bass connector, so I'm guessing the .1 happens because of the speaker response?). I'm guessing Windows is only outputting 2 channels and mixing the rear left/right into the front left/right when 5.1 info is available? Or is it being output and I just can't hear it since I have nothing hooked to those outs?

Now, if I were to hook this up to a 5.1 that has all 3 connectors for LR/Center/Rear LR, will Windows detect this and start outputting 5.1 audio (when available), or do I need to configure that somewhere? I've been poking around the sound panel but can't find any way of toggling a particular set of speakers on or off inside the speakers device.

This is normally a feature of software and your audio driver. I can take a screenshot when I get home.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2016 15:39

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doctorfrog posted:

I'm looking for multiple desktop freeware for Windows 7. I'd like hotkeys to be able to not only switch between desktops, but also send windows to next desktop. Strongly prefer hotkeys to mouse controls. Like, if I move my mouse to the edge of the screen, and it switches desktops, that I would disable immediately. Nothing super fancy, no Mac-style Expose, just 2-4 virtual desktops with no added crap.

Honestly, at this point you should switch to Windows 10, it's not something Windows 7 does very well.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2016 08:08

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mindphlux posted:

totally misread the context / his post!

thanks for the shout on ShareX, hadn't come across that before. Looks good.

ShareX is the defacto standard.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2017 09:25

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eames posted:

Perhaps a strange question but is there a way to completely lock a disk from any read/write access in Win10 without unmounting it? Or perhaps some type of application level firewall that asks me for permission before a program can access data on a certain disk?

background: I have a Win 10 VM and a secondary disk image mounted inside it as a physical disk. The secondary disk image is on a NAS.
Anytime Windows 10 does a tiny access to it, my NAS spins up all 5 disks.
To my surprise this keeps happening even though there shouldn't be anything accessing it.

No, that would be the point of unmounting it, if you want to have it mounted it will be accessed every time you access it.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 08:17

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Read posted:

Do you know what the word hearsay means? Perhaps you heard the definition from someone else and took it on faith?

Sounds like hearsay to me.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2017 08:36

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Depending on your position I would press for your immediate removal upon discovering your attempt to circumvent security. There is no reason for anyone to attempt this without referring to IT. If there is a business reason for it, GPOs will be adjusted.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2017 20:38

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Khablam posted:

I'm the 99% of management who won't be convinced this is gross negligence and won't risk a wrongful termination suit.
I'm the 99% of management who thinks its neat and does the same thing because IT never answer low priority requests and have to 'review' procedures before looking at this.

There's not a small business anywhere who would care about this; not everyone is working somewhere with possible outside foot traffic and needs it as policy, it's usually just an unchanged default.

It's not about size or foot traffic, it's about the data you handle. If any of it is important you better implement and follow proper procedures.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 17:24

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I think lastpass is very insecure and the security problems far outweigh the the convenience. Talking as someone who has migrated from LastPass to KeePass, I have barely lost any convenience but definitely and measurably gained security.

# ¿ Mar 1, 2017 09:53

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baka kaba posted:

Lastpass fucks up often enough (with new/updated passwords) that I don't feel comfortable recommending it to non-technical people, security issues aside. The convenience is great until you have to janitor it

Keepass on Android means you have to trust some random third-party app, which doesn't feel secure at all. But a lot of security-conscious people seem ok with it

Better than a webapp that can man in the middle you at any moment.

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 01:12

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Michael Scott posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LastPass#Security_issues

That said, I still recommend it despite the concerns of some in this thread. Most of us are not Iranian nuclear engineers, no one gives a gently caress what we do online and no one's going to hijack our computer to switch out the plugin. The people who have problems with using LastPass are often people who refuse to use Google and use DuckDuckGo instead.

This shows a huge misunderstanding about the actual issue. No one needs to attack the plugin on your computer. All they need to do is hijack the lastpass session, switch out the web 'client' that gets downloaded to your browser for one that gives them your key and bam. And that's just one of many ways lastpass could be exploited.
Also, I'd think people have figured out that some of their online accounts are actually important these days. (Not to mention that most people probably have one if not most of the following: Healthcare, Banking, Debt management, Employment, Insurance -Logins)

# ¿ Mar 3, 2017 08:16

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