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Echmanoid said:
There is a very good browser, a copy of Google Chrome But it is easier and has more functions
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What's it called? No good without the name.
 
Steam
 
I'll just mention this again: Alwaymousewheel is magical. Allows scrolling without having focus on the window being scrolled.
 
Frick said:
I'll just mention this again: Alwaymousewheel is magical. Allows scrolling without having focus on the window being scrolled.
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How does that work when you have multiple tabs or windows out of focus then? I'm intrigued, a little at least :)
 
Vayra86 said:
How does that work when you have multiple tabs or windows out of focus then? I'm intrigued, a little at least :)
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you can scroll in any window. It's a few dozen KB's, try it.
Edit: It should be noted that some of this behavor already exists in Win10, but not with all applications.
 
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Great effort by OP and those that follwed but would be nice to get the OP edited so that one wouldn't have to scroll thru 10 pages on each visit; hopefully entropy will pop in after a few more pages. But I have a few additions that I didn't see

FBackup ... out of this world, ... literally, .... used on International Space Station
http://www.fbackup.com/

Edit HWiNFO32 to maybe HWiNFO32/64

NVCleaninstall ..... TPUs own deserves to be here

BatteryCare ... very useful for lappie owners ... battery status, battery maintenance and other info
https://batterycare.net/en/index.html

Belarc Advisor ... if for nothing else, getting all your OS and software licenses in one place and safely stored
https://www.belarc.com/products_belarc_advisor

Pontifex - How many times have ya said ... stoopid engineers, I bet I could do better, try it. I found it fun to play with back in last millenium. Now there's a charge and a few more modern apps, they have a freedemo for each one ... but my copy precedes the shareware cost
http://www.chroniclogic.com/pontifex.htm

Random Burper - Can't really say this is a "recommended app" as it can be a nuisance with certain AVs. I have had the same problem with a few vendors for some In Game Apps that I helped develop. It's a just for gags thing that I grabbed back in the mid-late 90s. Back then my kids got a kick out of this one when put it on wife's new box that we gave her one mother's day .... "Mom, that's gross"..... "it's not me, i swear, i don't know where it's coming from". Was just looking thru the Download\utilities folder and came across it, so I mention it more fpor nostalgia than anything else ... hasn't thought of it in maybe 20 years. Your AV program may flag this as a "joke program" but is in no way dangerous. As i recall, you just have to move mouse to corner of screen to disable it.
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/support/faq/sa.cfm?q=21&n=46

Here's an article from one of my fav developers Nirsoft, on the the false AV indications
http://www.nirsoft.net/blog/2009/05/antivirus-companies-cause-big-headache.html

And yes, Nirsoft tools are a great edition to your utility tool kit
http://nirsoft.net/
 
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lynx29 said:
heya @W1zzard just letting you know your all in one runtime is out of date

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/visual_c_redistributable_runtimes_aio_repack.html updated april 24, 2019

and yours is october 2018

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Latest Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes All-in-One Mar 2025 Download

This archive contains the latest version (Mar 2025) of all VCRedist Visual Studio C++ runtimes, installable with a single click by running the includ
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Just have to edit the bat file, easy to update plus the newer redistributable installers.
 
biffzinker said:
Just have to edit the bat file, easy to update plus the newer redistributable installers.
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yeah but @W1zzard posted somewhere about this before and that if we saw any updates to it, to let him know. but i forgot what thread that was in so I posted it here for him.

he just likes to keep some things up to date from time to time I think.
 
I'll update it, still on holiday in China. Remind me late next week in case I forget :)
 
pagezipper, drag it into the toolbar. Click it the pages become 1/ how ever many pages there are, sort of like a pdf does.
 
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qubit said:
What's it called? No good without the name.
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I bet its vivaldi which is based on chrome, theres a tab sleep ap thats a must also
 
lynx29 said:
heya @W1zzard just letting you know your all in one runtime is out of date

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/visual_c_redistributable_runtimes_aio_repack.html updated april 24, 2019

and yours is october 2018

www.techpowerup.com

Latest Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes All-in-One Mar 2025 Download

This archive contains the latest version (Mar 2025) of all VCRedist Visual Studio C++ runtimes, installable with a single click by running the includ
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Updated, and added 2005, too.
 
EaseUS is running a 15th-anniversary daily prize draw and I just won Partition Master Pro which is worth $60.
All you have to do is spin the wheel, come up with a slogan and supply your email address.
I'm not affiliated to EaseUS in any way...

EaseUS 15th Anniversary

EaseUS 15th Anniversary. EaseUS provides professional data and backup solutions to you to keep your data safe.
www.easeus.com www.easeus.com
 
Splinterdog said:
EaseUS is running a 15th-anniversary daily prize draw and I just won Partition Master Pro which is worth $60.
All you have to do is spin the wheel, come up with a slogan and supply your email address.
I'm not affiliated to EaseUS in any way...

EaseUS 15th Anniversary

EaseUS 15th Anniversary. EaseUS provides professional data and backup solutions to you to keep your data safe.
www.easeus.com www.easeus.com
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That is nice I am going to try that when I get home
 
i won todo backup home
 
Gamepr190 said:
Recommend:
Skype
Winamp
sharpkeys
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SharpKeys

Rearrange keys on your keyboard!
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Google Sky Map
Notepad++

Notepad++ v7.7.1 - Current Version

Download Notepad++
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Windows password reseting

WinPWD Windows Password Recovery - Best Windows Password Recovery Tool in 2020

WinPWD Windows Password Recovery is one of the most effective tools to reset password for Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8. The locked computer can be unlocked in less than 1 minutes!
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Always On Top Maker
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Winamp has been uninstalled from computer by me,sometimes it doesn't work and I don't know why it does.
 
W1zzard said:
Updated, and added 2005, too.
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The 2005 x86/x64 version included in the all-in-one has a exploit that was patched in 2011. There's also a minor update to the 2015-2019 runtime.
Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.visualstudio.com

Download Visual Studio Tools - Install Free for Windows, Mac, Linux

Download Visual Studio IDE or VS Code for free. Try out Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise editions on Windows, Mac.
www.visualstudio.com www.visualstudio.com
 
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