Freeware

BBox
definitely sounds interesting, thanks for the heads up. I've been meaning to try out Tabbles ($ware), and I wonder how BBox compares. ... 23 Jul 2010 11:22

SUPERAntiSpyware 4.41.1000
Scanning only, no real time protection.  What good is it? Er, it scans.I use Avast for the one, & SAS & Malwarebytes as added security.If your system should become infected, going to Safe Mode & scanning with these things can solve the problem, provided you keep them updated. ... 23 Jul 2010 10:15

alt.comp.freeware links at Fri Jul 23 21:20:01 2010
On 7/23/2010 19:20, Mark Carter wrote: Here are the latest links on alt.comp.freeware Thanks -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.34.1 ^ ^ 19:49:01 up 12 days 3:50 1 user load average... 23 Jul 2010 08:03

Macrium Reflect FREE Edition v4.2.2733
Macrium Reflect FREE Edition v4.2.2733 - 25568 KB The fastest disk imaging software is now available as a free edition. Absolutely free! No strings! The only free XP, Vista, Windows 7. 32 and native 64 Bit compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options. - Create a disk image whilst r... 26 Jul 2010 18:15

TBird 3 Newsgroup junk filtering
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:54:25 +0000, Bear Bottoms wrote: <snip> When I tested Tbird's junk filtering I couldn't see any of my posts. Surprise, surprise. -- ox·y·mo·ron n. pl. ox·y·mo·ra or ox·y·mo·rons A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in Mic... 24 Jul 2010 12:18

Capture few minutes from streaming video ?
Hi, I just would like to save a good song (and video) from a movie in streaming mode, is it possible ? Thx, L ... 24 Jul 2010 19:52

Help with freeware DVD - MP3 ripper
I have various DVDs of musical shows. I needed to rip the MP3 from them, so I can listen to them on my mp3-player when I go beddy-byes. After trying various adware/crash-producing/antivirus-alerting stuff I came across the little button in VLC that allows you to rip to very acceptable 192kps gogo mp3's. But th... 25 Jul 2010 08:38

DVDFab HD Decrypter requires administrator privilages to install on WinXP
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:21:46 +0000 (UTC), Glenda Copeland wrote: How can I find what/where the administrator account even is? Or, how can I give administrative privilages to my existing account? To be clearer, I already looked in the WinXP control panel "User Accounts" applet. All it had was "glenda" (Comp... 24 Jul 2010 09:04

DVDFab HD Decrypter
My last version of WinXP DVDFab HD Decrypter freeware (version 5.2.3.2) did not require administrator privilages to install. But this newest version of DVDFab HD Decryptor (version 7.0.8.2) gives the error: You must be logged in as an administrator when installing this program. I've never, in all my years wit... 23 Jul 2010 09:09

ImgBurn freeware reports verification error but the disk seems fine (how to find the problem)?
When ImgBurn fails verification, how do we know which FILE it failed on? I use ImgBurn freeware to burn DVD backup data disks (documents mostly). ImgBurn often fails in the verification step - but - get this - the files "seem fine" when I open them. Of course, there are tens of thousands of files on any one ... 9 Aug 2010 13:25