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T-bone
11-28-2005, 11:57 AM
We have a thread for hardware and firmware but no software? Here we go!
I'll start it up.
I'm looking for a good, easy shopping cart for a client of mine. It doesn't have to be free but it should be easy to install and use and let them keep the license.
Anyone?
Whitesaber
11-29-2005, 12:57 PM
Have you checked to see if his web host or domain host provides e-commerce for him already? I know places like GoDaddy and Yahoo! lets you make online stores. I'm not sure about the control they give you with the shopping cart or certificates, though.
EDIT: After a quick Google, I found a free shopping cart here: http://www.nopdesign.com/freecart/. They give a demo of the software at work. I'm actually somewhat impressed. You might want to check the support forum to check if it does what he needs it to do.
X-Cart is another name that I've seen pop up in my Google searches. Check them out too: http://www.x-cart.com/. Apparently, it's an easy to install program. It's not free.
T-bone
11-29-2005, 01:59 PM
much obliged, sparky.
Whitesaber
11-30-2005, 09:21 AM
In the area of software, Microsoft's Paint .NET is out of beta. You can download it here.
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
It's supposed to be their replacement to the Paint program that comes with Windows normally. It'll come with Windows Vista.
You need the .NET Framework installed on your computer for this program. You can get it through Windows Update.
Kaken Osmex
11-30-2005, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by Whitesaber@Nov 30 2005, 08:21 AM
In the area of software, Microsoft's Paint .NET is out of beta. You can download it here.
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
It's supposed to be their replacement to the Paint program that comes with Windows normally. It'll come with Windows Vista.
You need the .NET Framework installed on your computer for this program. You can get it through Windows Update.
You know I was about to go off on a 'if it ain't broke' rant until I went and looked at it. I am going to try this out for sure! Thanks for the linkage Whitesaber.
Filoviridae
11-30-2005, 04:13 PM
I grabbed it and it looks pretty nice actually. Haven't had time to screw around with it but I think it will be a nice improvement for Vista users.
Grand Admiral Thrawn
08-08-2006, 07:34 PM
Hey, does anyone know of any freeware MP4 to MPEG/AVI/WMV converters? And I don't mean "free trials".
Ithorian guy
08-08-2006, 09:50 PM
Hey, does anyone know of any freeware MP4 to MPEG/AVI/WMV converters? And I don't mean "free trials".
I've tried many diffrent video converters and never really found a good one that is freeware. I've tried many shareware programs, though. Most of the unregistered versions of diffrent conversion programs leave really annoying watermarks, so to get a good one you should really fork out the cash and buy one (or if your a little thief go get a crack or warez patch). I would suggest one by ImToo.
Master Cephus
08-09-2006, 08:50 AM
I don't know, I have used autoGK (auto Gordian Knot) for some video conversion and it worked well. It's free. Do a google search and see what you think.
Streen
08-09-2006, 02:08 PM
Gonna be getting a new Windows OS pretty soon, as they are phasing out 98. Which should I buy?
Master Cephus
08-09-2006, 02:41 PM
Dude, you use Windows 98?
Welcome to 2000 :)
Really though, if it's soon, I would get XP Pro. It's totally different, but a rather robust OS.
*Key someone saying Linux....*
Master Magnus
08-09-2006, 03:22 PM
Gonna be getting a new Windows OS pretty soon, as they are phasing out 98. Which should I buy?
Depends on your machine (what are the specs?). You could get XP or wait for Vista (will be released in January).
Ithorian guy
08-09-2006, 07:25 PM
Gonna be getting a new Windows OS pretty soon, as they are phasing out 98. Which should I buy?
Wow! I didn't know there were people that still use Windows 98 on their main computers. If your machine uses 98 (which I'm assumming that was the OS that came with the computer), it probably wouldn't run Vista when it comes out, so you should probably get a new computer with Vista when it comes out or upgrade to XP, but if your machine can't run XP either, than try to find Windows Millenium Edition or Windows 2000.
Ithorian guy
08-09-2006, 07:37 PM
By the way, about two weeks ago, one of my computers overheated and parts of the motherboard were completely melted. I had a lot of .pdf files that I had bought over the Internet on that computer, and to open the .pdf files, Adobe Reader had to varify if that was the computer you bought them on. So right now I have some useless .pdf files that won't open on any of my other machines. So, does anybody know of any good freeware .pdf decryptors that would crack the .pdfs and let me view them on my other computers?
EDIT: The program must be able to handle files encrypted with "eBook Exchange 128-bit security v.4"
stormtrooper9
08-09-2006, 08:34 PM
Wow! I didn't know there were people that still use Windows 98 on their main computers. If your machine uses 98 (which I'm assumming that was the OS that came with the computer), it probably wouldn't run Vista when it comes out, so you should probably get a new computer with Vista when it comes out or upgrade to XP, but if your machine can't run XP either, than try to find Windows Millenium Edition or Windows 2000.
Go with 2000 Theres a reasion why Windows Millenium Edition is also know as Windows Mistake Edition. If you want to get out of the windows "world" there the new mac OSX version coming out in Spring of 2007 looks nice..you would just need to get use to some changes, Linux is another option :p
Streen
08-10-2006, 12:27 PM
I'll proably get XP. Which version should I buy, I heard there was 2 of them? Also, what does Vista do that XP doesn't?
Ithorian guy
08-10-2006, 12:46 PM
I'm pretty sure that one version of XP is better for home use and one is better for businesses and networks.
If you want to learn more about Vista here is a link to the official website:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/
Streen
08-10-2006, 05:36 PM
^Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll be getting XP. Question though, is it backwards comp. with 98?
Ithorian guy
08-10-2006, 07:28 PM
yes.
huttslime
10-18-2006, 08:08 PM
I'm having problems debugging microsoft ASP .NET applications. It says cannot debug on server.
huttslime
10-18-2006, 08:17 PM
can somebody help me if you view this?
Master Cephus
10-19-2006, 08:43 AM
Are you using Visual Studio 2005 or 2003?
If you are using 2005, why not pull down your code onto your local machine and create and then when you are finished, publish it to a server? That way you can do all the debugging you want.
There is also a way to turn remote debugging as well, but I can't remember where it is. I am sure you can do a goodle search and find out.
huttslime
10-19-2006, 07:22 PM
I am using the 2003 version.
Master Cephus
10-20-2006, 02:29 PM
If you have your XP disc, I would just install IIS and take the code and work at on your machine and then publish to the server when you are ready. It might be that your host won't let you turn on remote debugging. I would look at their policy.
huttslime
10-20-2006, 04:00 PM
I already have IIS installed
huttslime
11-30-2006, 10:44 PM
does someone have an answer to this
PLEASE
huttslime
11-30-2006, 10:45 PM
And does anyone know about a m4a merger (merges iTunes files)?
Master Cephus
12-01-2006, 09:53 AM
Post what your web.config looks like.
huttslime
12-01-2006, 07:34 PM
this is what my Web.Config file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<!-- DYNAMIC DEBUG COMPILATION
Set compilation debug="true" to insert debugging symbols (.pdb information)
into the compiled page. Because this creates a larger file that executes
more slowly, you should set this value to true only when debugging and to
false at all other times. For more information, refer to the documentation about
debugging ASP.NET files.
-->
<compilation defaultLanguage="vb" debug="true" />
<!-- CUSTOM ERROR MESSAGES
Set customErrors mode="On" or "RemoteOnly" to enable custom error messages, "Off" to disable.
Add <error> tags for each of the errors you want to handle.
"On" Always display custom (friendly) messages.
"Off" Always display detailed ASP.NET error information.
"RemoteOnly" Display custom (friendly) messages only to users not running
on the local Web server. This setting is recommended for security purposes, so
that you do not display application detail information to remote clients.
-->
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" />
<!-- AUTHENTICATION
This section sets the authentication policies of the application. Possible modes are "Windows",
"Forms", "Passport" and "None"
"None" No authentication is performed.
"Windows" IIS performs authentication (Basic, Digest, or Integrated Windows) according to
its settings for the application. Anonymous access must be disabled in IIS.
"Forms" You provide a custom form (Web page) for users to enter their credentials, and then
you authenticate them in your application. A user credential token is stored in a cookie.
"Passport" Authentication is performed via a centralized authentication service provided
by Microsoft that offers a single logon and core profile services for member sites.
-->
<authentication mode="Windows" />
<!-- AUTHORIZATION
This section sets the authorization policies of the application. You can allow or deny access
to application resources by user or role. Wildcards: "*" mean everyone, "?" means anonymous
(unauthenticated) users.
-->
<authorization>
<allow users="*" /> <!-- Allow all users -->
<!-- <allow users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
<deny users="[comma separated list of users]"
roles="[comma separated list of roles]"/>
-->
</authorization>
<!-- APPLICATION-LEVEL TRACE LOGGING
Application-level tracing enables trace log output for every page within an application.
Set trace enabled="true" to enable application trace logging. If pageOutput="true", the
trace information will be displayed at the bottom of each page. Otherwise, you can view the
application trace log by browsing the "trace.axd" page from your web application
root.
-->
<trace enabled="false" requestLimit="10" pageOutput="false" traceMode="SortByTime" localOnly="true" />
<!-- SESSION STATE SETTINGS
By default ASP.NET uses cookies to identify which requests belong to a particular session.
If cookies are not available, a session can be tracked by adding a session identifier to the URL.
To disable cookies, set sessionState cookieless="true".
-->
<sessionState
mode="InProc"
stateConnectionString="tcpip=127.0.0.1:42424"
sqlConnectionString="data source=127.0.0.1;Trusted_Connection=yes"
cookieless="false"
timeout="20"
/>
<!-- GLOBALIZATION
This section sets the globalization settings of the application.
-->
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" />
</system.web>
</configuration>
Master Cephus
12-02-2006, 10:12 AM
A couple of things. First, If you have IIS running on your machine at home. Develop there This way you can debug easiery. Second, when you get to where you want to publish, just go into VS and tell it to publish and it will do it for you.
If you are getting general application errors on the server, change the:
<customErrorsmode="RemoteOnly"/>
Part to:
<customErrorsmode="Off"/>
huttslime
12-02-2006, 08:16 PM
how do I tell it to publish?
I am not very experienced with Visual Studio, especially ASP. I got it about half a year ago
Master Cephus
12-03-2006, 09:39 AM
I don't have VD2k3 with me, but if you look in the build menu, you should see something that says publish site?
Wait, there might not be a publish, because that version of visual studio has to have IIS running on your machine....
huttslime
12-03-2006, 01:42 PM
by the way, do you know how to set up a intranet site over a wireless-g network?
huttslime
12-03-2006, 04:00 PM
and how do you make a rollover type of image in Visual Basic .NET (non web design) maybe using an image list?
do you know how to make a class that can download files or do you know an already existing class that downloads files?
Tovor
08-24-2007, 10:32 PM
Impressive, most impressive.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1772009
Trilogist
08-26-2007, 12:29 AM
Software?
I found this awesome app; can't believe I hadn't stumbled upon it before. To all you writers out there, this is THE all in one solution. And it's free.
Windows? Mac? Linux?
Yes.
Celtx (http://www.celtx.com/)
Master Magnus
08-26-2007, 01:27 PM
^Hmm, that will come in handy when I start to write my screenplay which is sure to win an Academy Award... :P
Seriously though, it's good to see that open source is beginning to spread to more and more areas.
Master Magnus
11-16-2008, 03:47 PM
*Serious bump*
I've used a certain commercial anti-virus and firewall package for a few years now and an upgrade is looming. Instead of continue to use my current AV-suit, I'm considering (but have not yet decided) moving to a freeware solution. I've considered Avast!, but is there a good freeware solution which includes both AV and a firewall? What are your experiences?
Darth Massacrus
11-16-2008, 04:54 PM
*Serious bump*
I've used a certain commercial anti-virus and firewall package for a few years now and an upgrade is looming. Instead of continue to use my current AV-suit, I'm considering (but have not yet decided) moving to a freeware solution. I've considered Avast!, but is there a good freeware solution which includes both AV and a firewall? What are your experiences?
Please don't tell me you've been using Norton or McAfee....
anyways, it's interesting you've asked this question, because there's some good news you'll want to read from PCMag.com
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334774,00.asp
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Check Point Software (http://www.pcmag.com/topic/0,2944,t=Check%20Point%20Software%20Technologies%2 0Ltd&s=1489,00.asp) will offer the ZoneAlarm Pro (http://www.pcmag.com/topic/0,2944,t=Zone%20Labs%20ZoneAlarm&s=1489,00.asp) software package for free for 24 hours, in celebration of Check Point's 15th anniversary, a company spokeswoman said Friday. ZoneAlarm Pro, which contains a firewall, antispyware, and ID protection service (including credit monitoring) normally costs $39.95. The download location for the free ZoneAlarm Pro package (http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/sum/index.html) will go live at 6 AM PDT on Tuesday morning.
The free offer includes a one year's subscription. Check Point charges the price of the software ($39.95) for a year's subscription.
"This is in celebration of Check Point celebrating its 15th anniversary when it created Firewall-1 for the enterprise," the Check Point representative said.
In honor of the birthday celebration, customers will be able to access additional details at Check Point's Innovation Store, including a 50-percent deal on the Aerovation Checkpoint Friendly laptop bag.
Editor's Note: Check Point says the time the URL will go live is 6 AM PDT.
Basically, it's what you'll need, but for free. If you don't like the idea of a commercial porduct, there's plenty of free options, but they really depend on What specs does your machine have? What OS are you using?
Some recommendations:
Firefox browser, with the following extensions:
NoScript (prevents any sort of malicious or harmless Java, Flash, Silverlight, ect sort of script from running on every webpage except for those scripts you choose to allow. NoScript and Firefox, when used properly, consitute an 'Internet condom' for all intents and pruposes)
Stealther (allows for private browsing to thwart ad tracking and other monitoring)
McAfee SiteAdvisor (displays safety and security info on all sites you visit, plus on search results)
Objection (removes Flash Local Shared Objects (LSOs))
Key Scrambler (encrypts everything you type for security and privacy)
Customize Google (allows you to customize Google and it's services for easy use, privacy, usefullness, ect)
Anti-virus:
AVG Free 8.0 (includes anti-spyware as well)
Avast! 4.8 free edition
Avira AntiVir Personal 8.0
NOD32 (this is actually a commercial product, but it is the best money can buy,IMO)
Threatfire 3.5 (this is a behavioral based security app, and does the job well)
Firewall: Comodo Personal (it's as good as any for-pay firewall)
Master Magnus
11-17-2008, 12:35 AM
^Well, you certainly gave me something to think about... I'm sure PCMag will require that you reside in the U.S. to be able to download though. I'm using XP.
Thanks DM! :)
Darth Massacrus
11-17-2008, 05:26 PM
^Well, you certainly gave me something to think about... I'm sure PCMag will require that you reside in the U.S. to be able to download though. I'm using XP.
Thanks DM! :)
umm, the download is from CheckPoint's own site. PCMag just put up the article with the proper links to get the word around. You should be able to get the ZoneAlarm suite for free even if you aren't in the US. :)
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