ABXZone Computer Forums - General Software http://www.abxzone.com/forums/ Discuss any application, system or programming software here. But if it is Mac or Linux turn to our sub-forums where you can get more detailed information. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:35 GMT vBulletin 1 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/images/element/misc/rss.jpg ABXZone Computer Forums - General Software http://www.abxzone.com/forums/ Office 2010 out. http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/office-2010-out-119646.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:58:37 GMT Office 2010 public beta out. http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx should be ok to link I hope another admin please let me know lol I assume its fine since its a microsoft site. Enjoy Office 2010 public beta out. http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx should be ok to link I hope another admin please let me know lol I assume its fine since its a microsoft site.

Enjoy ]]> General Software Sylar http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/office-2010-out-119646.html System Slow After Vacuum Blow Cleaning The Cabinet http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/system-slow-after-vacuum-blow-cleaning-119606.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:05:39 GMT Hi Guys, I just opened my workstation and used an 800 watt portable vacuum cleaner to blow out the dust in the cabinet, and there a was quite a lot even though not apparently visible. Also there was a lot of dust in the psu unit which came out thru fan fan vent area. But now when i reconnected my system. It was performing erratically. programs would open with a large paused delay even before the splash screen of each program. Then when i opened up my NLE software some of the files on the timeline seemed to have unrecognized frames. And the video would lock up at those positions etc. So i ran a windows diskchk scheduled during reboot and durig stage 4 of 5 in the test it named a few of the video files on my hdd (which included the problem files and said windows replaced bad clusters in file those files). What could have sparked these problems ? Is it a bad idea to blow clean the interior of the cabinets with a vacuum blower ? Also the air generated is somewhat warm but not too hot. I was very pleased as my system looked fresh and clean inside and i thought it would only do good for the system to be dust accumulation free. The psu fan etc was just covered in globs of dust but now looks clean as new. What mustve sparked these bad clusters suddenly ? Any thoughts on what would have caused this and ideas to prevent bad clusters would be helpful ? Thanks Hi Guys,

I just opened my workstation and used an 800 watt portable vacuum cleaner to blow out the dust in the cabinet, and there a was quite a lot even though not apparently visible. Also there was a lot of dust in the psu unit which came out thru fan fan vent area.

But now when i reconnected my system. It was performing erratically. programs would open with a large paused delay even before the splash screen of each program. Then when i opened up my NLE software some of the files on the timeline seemed to have unrecognized frames. And the video would lock up at those positions etc. So i ran a windows diskchk scheduled during reboot and durig stage 4 of 5 in the test it named a few of the video files on my hdd (which included the problem files and said windows replaced bad clusters in file those files).

What could have sparked these problems ? Is it a bad idea to blow clean the interior of the cabinets with a vacuum blower ? Also the air generated is somewhat warm but not too hot. I was very pleased as my system looked fresh and clean inside and i thought it would only do good for the system to be dust accumulation free. The psu fan etc was just covered in globs of dust but now looks clean as new.

What mustve sparked these bad clusters suddenly ?

Any thoughts on what would have caused this and ideas to prevent bad clusters would be helpful ?

Thanks ]]> General Software plainman007 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/system-slow-after-vacuum-blow-cleaning-119606.html NEXTag is a trustworthy site for buying software ?? http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/nextag-trustworthy-site-buying-software-119604.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:02:24 GMT Hello all, In search for a reasonable price of Adobe Acrobat, I saw a site called NEXTag where there is Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, OEM, at around $104; while it is about $299 at Amazon. I am not sure IF: 1. There is an OEM version of Adobe Acrobat. Is this true or false? 2. Is NEXTag a website which we can buy online without scams, bogus shops? Thank you in advance for any information. Hello all,

In search for a reasonable price of Adobe Acrobat, I saw a site called NEXTag where there is Adobe Acrobat Pro 9, OEM, at around $104; while it is about $299 at Amazon.

I am not sure IF:

1. There is an OEM version of Adobe Acrobat. Is this true or false?

2. Is NEXTag a website which we can buy online without scams, bogus shops?

Thank you in advance for any information. ]]> General Software maxidius http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/nextag-trustworthy-site-buying-software-119604.html Looking for a tool to convert flash animations to MOV for Quicktime? http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/looking-tool-convert-flash-animations-mov-119601.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:45:30 GMT hello,friens, my friend created some flash animations for me as a gift, they play well in flash player of my friend, but no work in my quicktime.
I'm looking for a tool to convert flash animations to mov for quicktime, anyone can suggest a good one? Thanks in advance!:bowdown: ]]> General Software keikai http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/looking-tool-convert-flash-animations-mov-119601.html Mozilla SeaMonkey FINALLY hits 2.0 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/mozilla-seamonkey-finally-hits-2-0-a-119584.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:36:16 GMT This may be of particular interest to those looking for a free, easy-to-use, wysiwyg ("what you see is what you get") web-page composer/editor program.
Today (October 27, 2009), the SeaMonkey project released version 2.0. Yeah version 2.0. We've got IE 8, Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4 which are all 'younger' projects in many ways, but SeaMonkey is at version 2.0, go figure....

Just like the Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Suites (that I personally relied on for many years), SeaMonkey includes a web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing capabilities.

With SeaMonkey 2.0, the project has now moved to a Firefox 3.5.x base for the underlying web browser.
Mozilla SeaMonkey FINALLY hits 2.0 - InternetNews:The Blog - Sean Michael Kerner
]]> General Software ctal http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/mozilla-seamonkey-finally-hits-2-0-a-119584.html OCR programs? Freeware? http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/ocr-programs-freeware-119529.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:22:34 GMT Microsoft Word used to come with an OCR program but it doesn't anymore. Does anyone know of a good OCR program that is hopefully freeware or at least affordable ($10-$30)?

I can operate either in Mac OS or in Windows...

I thought there used to be an Adobe OCR program that worked well but I couldn't locate it online. ]]> General Software jschneier http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/ocr-programs-freeware-119529.html Microsoft Security Essentials ~ Free http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/microsoft-security-essentials-free-119509.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:48:33 GMT Microsoft Security Essentials MS has finally offering the free virus software. I have been using it since yesterday with Vista 64 and all is well. http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ Image: http://chuckbam.com/Post2/MsvirusCapture.PNG Microsoft Security Essentials

MS has finally offering the free virus software. I have been using it since yesterday with Vista 64 and all is well.




http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/





]]> General Software chuckbam http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/microsoft-security-essentials-free-119509.html * Want a free funya desktop * http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/want-free-funya-desktop-115582.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:36:55 GMT This is a wild and fun desktop the program is free.. Give it a try its wild....:yes: BumpTop (http://bumptop.com/download.php) This is a wild and fun desktop the program is free..
Give it a try its wild....:yes:
BumpTop ]]> General Software Sir Skully http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/want-free-funya-desktop-115582.html How to: Multiple ISOs on a bootable USB stick http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/how-multiple-isos-bootable-usb-stick-115563.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:47:43 GMT I discovered this when I needed a bootable USB stick with Acronis True Image (TI) on it, for use on my netbook, which does not have an ODD and found that it is useful for so much more. So, I thought I'd share it.
Problem: You have multiple utilities on multiple bootable CDs and you don't have an ODD in your PC, or you just want a simpler, faster and more elegant solution for using your bootable utilities.
Solution: Using Grub4DOS to Create a Bootable Drive
I used the ISO option and initially just put TI on the USB stick and in the menu. It worked great! At boot, I got a simple menu, where I could choose TI or restart.
So, I thought: Why not add Disk Director and Memtest ISOs to the USB stick and edit the "menu.lst" file to include those? I did and it worked GREAT! I now have one bootable USB stick with TI, DD & Memtest on it that I can use on my netbook (no ODD) or my PC. I can choose any one of these utilities from a simple menu after boot.
You can use this method for putting as many ISOs as you want on a USB stick.
This is very cool! :magic: Enjoy! ]]> General Software PeterT http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/how-multiple-isos-bootable-usb-stick-115563.html Solved the IE 8 Tab Hanging Issue ---I Think.... http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/solved-ie-8-tab-hanging-issue-115551.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:24:26 GMT Run as Administrator -> Type or copy/paste regsvr32 actxprxy.dll -> OK (this one is a common fix recommeneded throughout the net). 5. Did a disk cleanup with everything checked. 6. Downloaded the latest version of CCleaner---ran it and the registry cleaning portion. Ran the regclean portion 3 times before it stoipped finding little issues. 7. Rebooted It's been several days now of nightly heavy surfing----and I have yet to re-encounter the issue..... If it pops up again----then obviously I did not fix it----but so far----so good.]]> If you are like me----and actually LIKE Internet Explorer 8 but you are constantly annoyed with trying to open a new page----or a new tab and IE 8 sometimes just "hangs"----says it is loading the page and it just goes on forever.

Then you are coming in contact with the infamous "Tab Hang in IE8 Issue" that when you search on with google----the information is endless....

The problem is BIG.....

But it seems after looking through some of the Microsoft forums....They don't even want to ADMIT it is a problem with their flagship browser. The advice given is always so mundane as to be ridiculous.

And----this is one of those issue that "happens to some----but not others"....

Well----I think I fixed it on my brand new Win 7 Ultimate Upgrade machine. But it was multiple steps---which one did the trick----who knows----maybe it was a combination. But I have put IE8 through it's paces for several days now without the issue reappearing.

If it comes back----I will update this post but here are the steps I took:

1. Did a complete cleaning of all cookies, temp files and history in IE8, tools---Internet Options.

2. Did Manage Add-Ons in IE8 and disabled all add-ons that I really did not need or use----ESPECIALLY the Add-On for AVG-Free as there were a lot of posts I found doing research that blamed this add-on for the issue in IE8.

3. Opened AVG Free and disabled the three functions under "Link Scanner" as once again----many people claim that this is what is causing Tab Hang. Plus----I'm not sure "Link Scanner" does anything for me anyway....

4. Reregistered a .dll: Open a Command prompt -> Run as Administrator -> Type or copy/paste regsvr32 actxprxy.dll -> OK (this one is a common fix recommeneded throughout the net).

5. Did a disk cleanup with everything checked.

6. Downloaded the latest version of CCleaner---ran it and the registry cleaning portion. Ran the regclean portion 3 times before it stoipped finding little issues.

7. Rebooted

It's been several days now of nightly heavy surfing----and I have yet to re-encounter the issue.....

If it pops up again----then obviously I did not fix it----but so far----so good. ]]> General Software johnrr6 http://www.abxzone.com/forums/f168/solved-ie-8-tab-hanging-issue-115551.html