Alfaclock

[Not MickG but another one]

Hi All,

Could someone have a look at this please. It's the
free version of Alfaclock. It's supposed to be free,
but mine has started saying that my 30 day evaluation
period has expired.... I've been running it for over a
year ?????????

http://www.alfasoftweb.com/alfaclock/

Could someone install it and let me know if you get the
same evaluation message ????

Mick

[Nancy]

Not MickG but another one <2fin...@spam.com> wrote in
news:59rbasF...@mid.individual.net:

http://www.alfasoftweb.com/support/

Quote:
Technical support

If you do not find an answer in the help, write to
sup...@alfasoftweb.com.

Please include:

* The problem, and how it can be reproduced (if applicable).
* The product name, version number and build number.
* Your registration name.
* Your Operating system (Windows 95,98,Me,NT,2000 or XP).
* Computer information (Pentium, Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium
II etc.).
* Any other information you think may be helpful.

[jon]

Yep. Nasty little thing. No mention that I can see on the site that it
is a 30 day trial. No mention at the licensing screen at the beginning
of the install. But at launch the 30 day nag screen. I wonder if you
updated your copy? Or if it autoupdates behind your back?
Universal Extractor will not unpack the thing.
Thank God for Total Uninstall.

[George]

I installed Alfa Clock and found the same thing. If you don't need a
talking clock that announces the time and don't need to display your
CPU usage next to your clock, I found TClock Lite works well and has
other features that I like, such as countdown timers, other timers and
you can change the appearance of your Windows Start button. With
these exceptions, TClock Lite can do the same thing as Alfa Clock.

You can get TClock Lite here:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclocklight/index.html

The file to download is: tclocklight-040702-3.zip. It requires no
installation. The help on the web site leaves something to be desired
but it is pretty intuitive to use.

George

[Not MickG but another one]

Looks like it updated in the background, without
asking...grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I've got rid of the rotten thing...

[Not MickG but another one]

Thanks George, I'll have a look at that, I wanted
Alfaclock because it syncs my clock and customises the
system tray clock at the same time, now I use two apps
Dimension 4 and TClockX to do the same job.

[Noip]

"Not MickG but another one" <2fin...@spam.com> wrote in message
news:59rbasF...@mid.individual.net...

Mick --

The reason for your problems is that the site you visited is actually a
rip-off of the real and original Alfaclock by Yaroslav Mironov. His site is
at

http://www.alfaclock.com/default.html

There you will find AlfaClock Free v. 1.90 which is true freeware. No nags,
no time restrictions, just plain free. I used that for quite a while with no
problems.

You can also find on that site a new version he is testing now called,
appropriately, BetaClock, aka AlfaClock2. It is now in Beta 16 build 156,
which you can also get from the same website. I have been using BetaClock
beta builds for a few months now. They are very good, very stable, do what
you are looking for, and add new features to AlfaClock.

Whatever you do, avoid the "alfasoft.com" site like the plague. Stick only
with Miranov's site which I gave you above. Try the REAL AlfaClock. You'll
like it.

Hope this helps.

[Not MickG but another one]

Wow !!! Thanks for that info. I cant believe someone
would blatantly rip off Alfaclock like that.

What worries me is that I remember I downloaded
Alfaclock from the site you posted above, and had used
it for months, but suddenly it was hijacked by the
phony version. I have no idea how ?????? and this is
very worrying

What also worries me, is what else has the phony
version installed on my PC ?????, and now I also feel
very guilty because I asked people in the group to try
the phony version. Sorry to anyone who installed the
phony version, I had no idea that it was phony.

[George]

> Thanks George, I'll have a look at that, I wanted
> Alfaclock because it syncs my clock and customises the
> system tray clock at the same time, now I use two apps

> Dimension 4 and TClockX to do the same job.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Actually "TClock Lite" will do time sync also but you will need to
manually enter the following NTP Server if you live in the US:

time-a.nist.gov

Be aware there is also a "TClock2" available (differennt version) that
I don't like.

George

[George]

On May 2, 2:16 pm, "Noip" <nob...@nothing.com> wrote:
> "Not MickG but another one" <2fing...@spam.com> wrote in messagenews:59rbasF...@mid.individual.net...

When you go to the AlfaClock Free v. 1.90 site that you reference and
click on on the link to download it, you get redirected to
"download.com" which is where I think I downloaded my copy. I didn't
install the beta version which appears to dowload from the authors
site.

[jon]

George wrote:

>When you go to the AlfaClock Free v. 1.90 site that you reference and
>click on on the link to download it, you get redirected to
>"download.com" which is where I think I downloaded my copy. I didn't
>install the beta version which appears to dowload from the authors
>site.

Download.com gives you 1.9 - Alfaclock Free - which appears to be pure
freeware. The d/l from Alfasoft Research labs gives 1.83 - Alfaclock
Classic - which is sneaky trialware.
Both are the same app, same licence, same in all respects.
The betaclock is clearly a bit of a rewrite/upgrade.

My guess? Alfaclock's author - Yaroslav Mironov - worked
for/with/was(?) Alfasoft and his work got 'owned' by them. They had a
bust up, Yaroslav walks out, releases 1.9 as a cosmetic upgrade to
allow him to regain copyright in some sort of sense and say this in
whatsnew.txt:

>version 1.90 - July 4, 2005
> [!] AlfaClock is now FREEWARE
> [!] We have opened new domain: http://www.alfaclock.com
> [*] other minor fixes and improvements

Both builds of alfa appear to be copyrighted to Alfasoft and the beta
is copyrighted to Yaroslav.

Looks like a family bust up to me.

[Lispo]

I uses Free Desktop Clock
http://www.drive-software.com/freedesktopclock.html

or try advanced version
http://www.drive-software.com/atomicalarmclock.html

[Dan Goodman]

Lispo wrote:

> I uses Free Desktop Clock
> http://www.drive-software.com/freedesktopclock.html
>
> or try advanced version

That one's not freeware!

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[Krazee Brenda]

On Thu, 03 May 2007 06:43:36 -0700, BoB wrote:

> You can't get any simpler, smaller or faster than Neutron.
>
> BoB

DSClock

[George]

I guess my memory does not serve me well. The version of AlfaClock
that I installed was 1.83 which expired after 30 days (file download
was named "alfaclock_free_edition.exe"). I verified the version that
is available at "download.com" is version 1.90 (file download is named
"AlfaClock_Setup.exe").

Hope this clears this up.

George

[Not MickG but another one]

"alfaclock_free_edition.exe" version 1.83 is the phoney one

"AlfaClock_Setup.exe" version 1.90 is the genuine one

[Krazee Brenda]

On Fri, 04 May 2007 05:15:49 -0700, BoB wrote:

> Neutron cannot compete with an 800K PIM.
> Neutron is a 9K exe clock sync, which uses an ini file.
>
> BoB

Bigger is better, trust me.