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why the f doesn't windows photo viewer (windows 7) play animated gifs?.. pretty sure this is the defualt program for viewing pictures on W7.. whats a good alternative picture viewer?

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12-04-2010 , 07:42 PM

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Joseph Hewes

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IrfanView: http://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/3...-10021962.html

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12-04-2010 , 09:55 PM

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thunderbolts

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Originally Posted by Joseph Hewes

IrfanView: http://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/3...-10021962.html

+1

I love IrfanView.

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12-14-2010 , 04:16 PM

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destro

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I uninstalled Pidgin a little while ago after it kept crashing on me. I'm now using Digsby and I think its much better. Now I can initiate group chat and it does audio and video too. You have to create an account that then lumps all your IM accounts and it even has some hooks into facebook and twitter. Good Stuff.

For PDF creation I use PDFCreator It installs as virtual printer like other similar pdfcreators.

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12-16-2010 , 09:17 PM

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loK2thabrain

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So I just bought a new laptop and I has McAfee Security Center on it.

This guy at work who fancies himself the next bill gates almost threw a tantrum when he saw that I hadn't removed it from my computer yet and got something else. (oddly enough he didn't have any advice as to what else I should get)

I believe I have a 6 month free trial with McAfee. Is it okay to use that until the trial runs out and then get something else?

Of should I get something else right now? Any advice is much appreciated. I'll wade through this thread tonight at work when things die down and maybe I'll find my own answer but figured I'd post it here in case I strike out.

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12-16-2010 , 09:27 PM

#231

Joseph Hewes

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I use the free version of Avira.

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12-18-2010 , 02:48 PM

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wcaseyb

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Originally Posted by Joseph Hewes

I use the free version of Avira.

me too.

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12-19-2010 , 11:42 PM

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F. McSimmons

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Originally Posted by loK2thabrain

If McAfee isn't bothering you no use worrying about it right now. Switch to Avira Free or Microsoft Security Essentials when it McAfee starts begging you to buy.

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12-23-2010 , 12:39 AM

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loK2thabrain

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Originally Posted by F. McSimmons

If McAfee isn't bothering you no use worrying about it right now. Switch to Avira Free or Microsoft Security Essentials when it McAfee starts begging you to buy.

Okay, thank you.

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12-28-2010 , 02:02 PM

#235

brendons31

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Best free online storage? For 50 gigs or so of stuff (like photos, poker hh's)

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12-28-2010 , 10:41 PM

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BeaucoupFish

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Originally Posted by brendons31

Best free online storage? For 50 gigs or so of stuff (like photos, poker hh's)

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/48...e-pics-872235/

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12-29-2010 , 11:03 PM

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retep

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Originally Posted by funkyworms

There is a much more elegant approach than any of the advice mentioned so far, but I don't believe this discussion belongs in a thread dedicated to good free software for Windows.

Can you please tell me what it is because I was just trying to think of a way to do this. Thanks.

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12-30-2010 , 01:11 PM

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brendons31

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Originally Posted by BeaucoupFish

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/48...e-pics-872235/

Thanks, Windows Skydrive looks like a good service.

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12-30-2010 , 11:16 PM

#239

ducatiboy

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Just found this (was reading about in the Video Games forum) and it works a treat on the eyes if you're on your computer for a while each day/night

flux

F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day

Last edited by ducatiboy; 12-30-2010 at 11:26 PM. Reason: will also work on a mac

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01-02-2011 , 04:46 PM

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Ron Burgundy

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Looking for free software to extract and mount iso files, any recs?

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01-02-2011 , 05:21 PM

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Suigin406

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Daemon tools lite (or whatever the free version is), can mount the isos and in the process, create virtual drives that, for me, make the process easy.

WinISO can extract them (though so can winRar if you tell it to), but I'm not sure sure if WinISO mounts.

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01-03-2011 , 01:30 AM

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Ron Burgundy

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Daemon tools Lite gave me the blue screen of death during install. WinISO is not free, the trial version is limited to 3mb file size for extracting, which is pretty much useless.

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01-03-2011 , 05:26 AM

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BeaucoupFish

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I use Virtual Clone Drive for mounting iso's - the one with the sheep icon

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01-03-2011 , 03:41 PM

#244

Banzai

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Does anyone have any recommendations for Ghost / Backups?

I need to ghost a Linux HDD soon, any recommendations out there?

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01-03-2011 , 07:52 PM

#245

Ron Burgundy

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Originally Posted by BeaucoupFish

I use Virtual Clone Drive for mounting iso's - the one with the sheep icon

I got this message during install:

"The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Continuing with the installation may impair or destabilize your system."

wtf? It says it's compatible with XP on the Cnet download site.

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01-03-2011 , 08:45 PM

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Joseph Hewes

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Is Windows updated Ron?

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01-03-2011 , 11:33 PM

#247

Ron Burgundy

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Originally Posted by Joseph Hewes

Is Windows updated Ron?

I just went to the Windows update site, it said I have all the important updates.

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01-03-2011 , 11:46 PM

#248

Joseph Hewes

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Try this or this.

Maybe the installer you have is corrupt; compare file sizes or Google the MD5.

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01-04-2011 , 02:57 AM

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Ron Burgundy

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ok thx I'll try the suggestions in those links. But in the first one, the guy is basically saying you should change a setting so the error message simply gets auto-ignored right? I should note that it gave me the option of ignoring the message and going ahead with the installation. I chose to stop installation because it sounded a little scary and I'd never seen that error message before. Do you think it would be ok to just ignore it?