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Member since January 19, 2007

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  1. Review - Norton UAC Tool

    2008.1.0.11 Beta (Oct 10, 2008)

    myboy: x86 and x64 versions are downloadable direct from Norton, just follow the link on this page.

  2. Review - Windows Service Commander

    1.0.500.2008 (Sep 22, 2008)

    czekar: You've actually tried the wrong program (as I did at first)! Seems the Simtel mirror for Codestuff Starter (http://codestuff.tripod.com/products_starter.html) is wrong and points to a completely different program! Try one of the other mirrors instead. However, seems development stopped in 2006 and doesn't mention Vista compatibility.

    Windows Service Commander, on the otherhand, does just what it states. Simple enough to use. Not hugely different to the built-in Windows tool though (services.msc) so slightly at a loss as to why you'd use it.

  3. Review - Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

    9.0.0.1011 (Aug 5, 2008)

    Oddly this version (9.0.0.1011) isn't available from the Intel site/Download Centre yet! That's still showing the latest release as 9.0.0.1008.

    Wonder if it's a leak? And for that matter, what's changed?

    Update: Well it is available, but not from the chipset section rather under certain Intel Desktop motherboards. Direct link: http://downloadcenter.in...%20Systems&lang=eng

    Unfortunately, no release notes are posted.

  4. Review - Xerox Global Print Driver

    5.79.9.0 (Jun 11, 2008)

    Looks like you need a Postscript/PCL compatible printer, ie. many lasers, not most inkjets. System req's page states:
    * Industry Standard PostScript (Level 2 & 3)
    * Industry Standard PCL5c/5e
    * Industry Standard PCL6 (2.x, 3.x)

  5. Review - DVD Decrypter

    3.5.4.0 (Nov 13, 2007)

    Works fine on Vista for me.

    Suggest problem 'might' be if you've installed the program to "C:\Program Files\...". Vista protects software installed in this directory, and know this sometimes causes problems.

    Try uninstalling and then reinstalling to a custom directory eg "c:\Programs\DVD-Decrypter".

  6. Comment - Adobe to Debut Photoshop 'Extended'

    3.5.4.0 (Mar 9, 2007 - 4:54 AM)

    Is that a joke?

    Picasa is completely different to PS Elements, it's a photo album with retouching features added, not a full graphics prog. (Not questioning it being good in it's own right).

    Paint.Net or GIMP are free alternatives to PSE.

  7. Comment - Adobe to Debut Photoshop 'Extended'

    3.5.4.0 (Mar 8, 2007 - 3:41 PM)

    Doh, what's Photoshop Elements then (now on version 5) if not a "Home" version?

  8. Comment - MS Open XML, ODF Converter Finished

    3.5.4.0 (Feb 10, 2007 - 6:19 AM)

    IMO a 'standard' has to take into account what already exists in the marketplace.

    Using your example, say the dominant fire hyrant used was made by one company to their design (Microsoft/"doc" files). Thus, the other companies around at the time decided it was best to copy the designs, rather than continue 'ploughing their own field' (achieved by observation rather than access to the blueprints). All worked 'fairly' well.

    A few years later the competitors started dying off.

    A new group established itself (OpenOffice) and decided to define a fire hose 'standard'. It knew it needed some level of compatibility to break into the market, and so provided such: a way to get 'most' hoses connected to 'most' hydrants.

    However, he's the crux of the matter, it doesn't work all the time. Imagining the outcome, who's to blame?

    Furthermore, the dominant company who make by far most of the hydrants decide to introduce their own 'standard'. They publish the specs. Yet the 'standards' company (OpenOffice) doesn't want to co-operate, believing their 'standard' the better. Surely, isn't this considered arrogant?*

    (*: yes I know Microsoft is rather arrogant in most matters, but it does appear, to the layman, that in this case it is making the right steps, unlike OO).

  9. Comment - MS Open XML, ODF Converter Finished

    3.5.4.0 (Feb 3, 2007 - 6:12 AM)

    zridling & KingMotley: IMO there's some truth in what you both say, but also half-truths and lies (zridling).

    Great though open-source software is, there is the mentality sometimes of 'I'm better than you, if it dont work it's your fault'.

    In this case Microsoft is trying to 'meet the customer where they are at': providing backwards OpenXML compatibility, and ability to load/save OpenOffice's ODF.

    What have the developers of OpenOffice done?
    Answer=Nothing (Novell are only working on it since Microsoft have paid them)

    Why doesn't the OpenOffice project try and tackle the issues?
    Answer=their mentality shown above (they have 'good enough' support for doc/xls to get people to try OO, so they no longer care - adopt our standards, why should we be compatible with yours)

    zridling: Why post over at FileForum at well? That looks like fanboy behaviour.

    sumone: yeap, Microsoft still have a long way to go! I'm just glad they now do seem to be trying.

  10. Comment - LG's 'Prada' Re-branding Enables Apple iPhone Comparisons

    3.5.4.0 (Jan 19, 2007 - 5:22 PM)

    Mobile from large telco (3) with Skype installed (unlimited use) has already been launched in the UK!

    See here: http://www.three.co.uk/xseries/index.omp