Karen's Power Tools

[Susan Bugher]

Karen's Power Tools
http://www.karenware.com/

Many of you know that Karen Kenworthy died on April 12, 2011. Her web site is still up. 32 programs are available.

Some general notes and snippets re the programs:

(Donationware) (free for personal non-commercial use)

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

except: LAN Monitor (Windows (Not 95); 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008)

Downloads sizes are fairly small (all are less 2 MB, many are under 1 MB)

<snippet from an ACF post>
"most or all of Karen's programs are CABs in self-extracting RARs and don't actually need to be installed"

Note: Universal extractor is here
http://www.legroom.net/categories/Software

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp
"Note: You should use Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet to remove the old version, before installing a new version of a Power Tool."

"Note: Be sure to install the Visual Basic Runtime v6.0 before installing your first Power Tool. It's required by all the Power Tools, and must be installed first. You can download a copy of the Visual Basic Runtime v6.0 installer, vbrun60-setup.exe, from any of the pages where you download the Power Tools themselves, or from my special Runtimes Page."

Visual Basic Runtime v6.0 (1 MB)
http://www.karenware.com/progs/vbrun60-setup.exe

Below is an alphabetical list of the programs:

Alarm Clock
Autorun.inf Editor
Calculator
Clipboard Viewer
Computer Profiler
Cookie Viewer
Countdown Timer II
Directory Printer
Disk Slack Checker
Drive Info
E-Mailer
E-Mailer II
Font Explorer
Hasher
LAN Monitor
Net Monitor
Once-A-Day II
Power Toy
Print Logger
Recycler
Registry Pruner
Registry Ripper
Replicator
Show Stopper
Snooper
Time Cop
Time Sync
URL Discombobulator
Version Browser
WhoIs
Window Watcher
Zone Manager

I plan to do follow-up posts in this thread with more information about the programs. Please add your comments. (I had a few "I didn't know it could do THAT! moments today when I read some of the on-site info.") ;)

Susan
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[Carin]

Did you see anything as good as Ad Muncher in freewares? I want a
free Ad Muncher,or an equivalent. Thanks.

[Quaalude]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:33:04 -0500, Susan Bugher wrote:

> Many of you know that Karen Kenworthy died on April 12, 2011.

R.I.P freeware pioneer.

[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

> Alarm Clock
> Autorun.inf Editor
> Calculator
> Clipboard Viewer
> Computer Profiler
> Cookie Viewer
> Countdown Timer II

Program: Karen's Alarm Clock
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptalarm.asp
v 3.0.5 (Nov 9, 2008 ) 1,170,416 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptalarm-setup.exe

"Turn your $2,000 computer into a $20 alarm clock! Set up to five different alarm times. Wake up to a beep, any wave or MIDI file, even a track from your favorite audio CD. Great for travellers, or the executive who likes to sleep on the job. :)"

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Program: Karen's Autorun.inf Editor
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal non-commercial use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptautorun.asp
v 1.4 (Mar 13, 2001) 903,576 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptautorun-setup.exe

"Easily create the Autorun.inf file that allows programs on CD run automatically when the CD is inserted! Now the CDs you create can automatically display a web page, text file, navigate the user's web browser to a support web site, launch a setup program, and more."

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Program: Karen's Calculator
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcalc.asp
v 1.2 (Jun 19, 2007) 1,248,935 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptcalc-setup.exe

"Karen's Calculator is a high-precision calculator. Unlike ordinary calculators, it returns completely accurate results, even with operands containing thousands of digits. If you're patient, operands and results containing hundreds of thousands of digits are possble too! Most calculators are only accurate when dealing with numbers containing a few digits -- usually 16 to 32. When asked to calculate using larger numbers, they either fail (displaying an error) or return results that are only approximately accurate.
Karen's Calculator can easily handle numbers and results containing many thousands of digits with complete accuracy. It also includes an on-screen "tape" -- which can be saved to disk -- versatile memory features, and more!"

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Program: Karen's Clipboard Viewer
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptclpvue.asp
v 2.2 (Dec 3, 2002) 673,048 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptclpvue-setup.exe

Peek inside your Windows clipboard. See what's waiting for your favorite application, in any of four different data formats (TXT, BMP, WMF and DIB). This handy tool can also erase the clipboard. New with version 2.0: Now runs from the Windows System Tray!

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Program: Karen's Computer Profiler
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprofiler.asp
v 2.5.3 (Oct 20, 2007) 822,952 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptprofiler-setup.exe

Learn more than 200 interesting facts about your computer. Details about your CPU, memory, operating system, even your computer's power source, are all displayed. You can also copy the information to the Windows clipboard, and paste it into a document for permanent storage.

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Program: Karen's Cookie Viewer (Cookie Viewer)
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal non-commercial use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcookie.asp
v 3.6 (Jun 19, 2007) 853,208 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptcookie-setup.exe

Discover the information that web sites store on your computer. This Power Tool automatically scans your computer, looking for "cookies" created by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Netscape's Navigator and Mozilla Project's FireFox web browsers. It can then display the data stored in each one. It can also delete any unwanted cookies stored by these browsers.

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Program: Karen's Countdown Timer II
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptcount2.asp
v 3.5.9 (Apr 2, 2008) 1,146,680 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptcount2-setup.exe

Second generation of the original Karen's Countdown Timer. Makes use of Microsoft Agent technology to add animation and speech synthesis. Can also play WAV files and send e-mail reminders. Keep track of important events. Karen's Countdown Timer II continuously monitors future events, and reports how much time remains before they occur. Don't let another meeting, anniversary, deadline or new year catch you by surprise! Note: E-mail notification feature requires Karen's E-Mailer II.

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[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

> Directory Printer
> Disk Slack Checker
> Drive Info
> E-Mailer
> E-Mailer II
> Font Explorer
> Hasher

Program: Karen's Directory Printer
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp
v 5.3.2 (Nov 5, 2009) 1,295,704 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptdirprn-setup.exe

No more fumbling with My Computer or Windows Explorer, wishing you could print information about all your files. Karen's Directory Printer can print the name of every file on a drive, along with the file's size, date and time of last modification, and attributes (Read-Only, Hidden, System and Archive)! And now, the list of files can be sorted by name, size, date created, date last modified, or date of last access.

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Program: Karen's Disk Slack Checker
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptslack.asp
v 2.5.1 (Mar 29, 2005 )1,033,440 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptslack-setup.exe

Because of the way Windows allocates disk space, almost every file is given more disk space than it needs. This extra space is sometimes called "slack". In most cases, the amount of slack, or wasted, space increases with drive size, especially when the drive is formatted with the FAT16 filesystem.
How much of your disk space is being wasted? Karen's Disk Slack Checker will let you know. You'll also discover which filesystem is used on each of your drives, and the drive's "cluster size", or smallest unit of disk space allocation.

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Program: Karen's Drive Info
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdinfo.asp
v 2.3.1 (Mar 28, 2005 )1,017,056 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptdinfo-setup.exe

Learn the hidden secrets of your disk, CD, and DVD drives. Are your files compressed? How big is each drive? Does the drive support Long File Names (LFN)? Karen's Drive Info reveals all this and more.

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Program: Karen's E-Mailer
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptmailer.asp
v 1.4 (Jun 25, 2002) 950,272 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptmailer-setup.exe

Note: This has been replaced by Karen's E-Mailer II. New users should download and install that version instead of this older E-Mailer.

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Program: Karen's E-Mailer II
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptmailer2.asp
v 1.3.1 (Apr 4, 2008) 904,048 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptmailer2-setup.exe

Instantly notify a co-worker, friend, or others of an important meeting or event. Even send reminders to yourself. This program allows you to define several "canned" e-mail messages. Later, you can send any of those messages by just double-clicking a shortcut icon, or entering a simple command at the DOS command line. This Power Tool also allows you to add e-mail notification to any script or macro you've written.
Note: Karen's Mailer II adds e-mail notification features to two other Power Tools: Karen's Countdown Timer II and Karen's 'Net Monitor.

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Program: Karen's Font Explorer
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptfonts.asp
v 2.0.3 (Jan 21, 2003) 1,247,096 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptfonts-setup.exe

Learn your font facts. What devices support fonts? Which fonts do they support? What do those fonts look like? Karen's Font Explorer answers all these questions. Plus, it can print a complete specimen (sample of all characters in normal, bold, italic and bold + italic) for any single font, or for all fonts supported by a device!

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Program: Karen's Hasher
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/pthasher.asp
v 2.3 (Jun 19, 2007) 1,225,792 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/pthasher-setup.exe

Compute and verify the MD5, SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 or SHA-512 Hash Value of any text string, disk file, or group of files!
A Hash Value is a sort of digital fingerprint, uniquely identifying each text string or file. If two strings or files have the same Hash Value, then they are virtually guaranteed to be identical.

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[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

> LAN Monitor
> Net Monitor
> Once-A-Day II
> Power Toy
> Print Logger
> Recycler
> Registry Pruner
> Registry Ripper
> Replicator

Program: Karen's LAN Monitor
Author: Karen Kenworthy
Windows (Not 95); 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptlanmon.asp
v 1.4.4 (Dec 21, 2009) 968,336 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptlanmon-setup.exe

Karen's LAN Monitor starts by displaying important information about every network adapter on your computer. These details include the adapter's speed, IP address(es), DHCP Lease information, and more.
Next, the program shows all current connections between your computer and others on the local network, and on the Internet. You'll see the name and IP address of the remote computer, and the type of connection (HTTP, POP3, FTP, etc) that's being made!
The LAN Monitor also displays real-time traffic statistics, including bytes sent and received, transmission errors, and network connection load factors.
Note: The LAN Monitor requires features that are not included in Windows 95. As a result, Windows 98, or later, is required.

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Program: Karen's Net Monitor
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptnetmon.asp
v 3.6 (Aug 3, 2008 ) 1,384,600 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptnetmon-setup.exe

Monitor your Internet connection! This Power Tool perodically tests the web servers and e-mail servers of your choice, and attempts to download a specific page. It can also test connections to any computer on the local network, or on the Internet! It reports any errors that occur, so you can take corrective action.
New feature! The 'Net Monitor can now send e-mail notifications of failures at monitored web sites and e-mail servers. Note: E-mail notification feature requires Karen's E-Mailer II.
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Program: Karen's Once-A-Day II
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptoad.asp
v 1.2 (Nov 16, 2009) 993,968 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptoad-setup.exe

Have a job that should be run exactly once each day? Karen's Once-A-Day II is just what you need! The program lets you specify progams, web pages and files. Each will be run or opened automatically, the first time Windows starts each day, or the first time a particular user logs on each day. Start Windows, or log on, more than once in any given day and the programs, pages, and files will not be re-opened!

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Program: Karen's Power Toy
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/pttoy.asp
v 2.6 (Dec 11, 2002) 907,640 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/pttoy-setup.exe

Just right for the child in your family, or the child in you. Make your favorite MS Agent character (available free, below) talk, sleep, fly, and more. Speech feature requires free text-to-speech software (available below).

News: Visit the new Power Toy Script Gallery for sample Power Toy scripts contributed by readers of "Karen's Power Tools Newsletter"!

Free Microsoft Agent Software (required for animation feature). Note: You do not need to install this if you are using Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Me operating systems.
http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/agent2/MSagent.exe
392 KB

Free Microsoft Agent Characters (at least one required for animation feature).

Download Microsoft Agent Peedy 3.3 MB
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/f/5/af572f68-b83e-4e2c-8b0f-fd5fadf588e7/Peedy.exe

Download Microsoft Agent Genie 1.6 MB
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/0/c/00cde5f8-321d-4325-baae-eb27f1bde85f/Genie.exe

Download Microsoft Agent Robby 2.2 MB
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/b/9/2b904bbb-c0b1-4840-b332-ba0615d1041e/Robby.exe

Download Microsoft Agent Merlin 1.8 MB
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/d/b/1dbee406-9b5f-48c5-b901-dd1a3f3c4669/Merlin.exe

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Program: Karen's Print Logger
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprnlog.asp
v 2.5 (Jun 19, 2007) 906,904 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptprnlog-setup.exe

Know what documents you print, when and where you print them. Karen's Print Logger records each completed print job in a special log file. The log file can be viewed, sorted, and imported into your favorite spreadsheet or word processor.

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Program: Karen's Recycler
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptrecycler.asp
v 1.1 (Apr 2, 2003) 878,080 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptrecycler-setup.exe

View information about each drive's Recycle Bin, including number of deleted files, space occupied by deleted files, and free space. empty manually, and automatically (using other programs such as Karen's Show Stopper and Karen's Countdown Timer II).

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Program: Karen's Registry Pruner
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptpruner.asp
v 2.5 (Jun 7, 2000) 816,312 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptpruner-setup.exe

Clean up your Registry's SharedDLLs key. Orphaned entries can cause install and uninstall programs to misbehave. And can even trigger bogus Registry Corrupted error messages. The program can also removed "ghosts", entries in the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs list that remain even after a program has been uninstalled.

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Program: Karen's Registry Ripper
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptregrip.asp
v 1.2 (Mar 13, 2000) 876,952 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptregrip-setup.exe

Copy selected Registry entries to a .REG file, for easy importing into another Registry. Move Registry entries from one computer to another, or make selective backup copies of your Registry data.

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Program: Karen's Replicator
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use) (source code included)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
v 3.6.9 ( v 3.6.8 site info is wrong per an ACF post) 2,030,472 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptreplicator-setup.exe

Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen's Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network. Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions. New features allow you to specify which files should not be copied, and also which days a job should be skipped!

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[Susan Bugher]

Susan Bugher wrote:

> Show Stopper
> Snooper
> Time Cop
> Time Sync
> URL Discombobulator
> Version Browser
> WhoIs
> Window Watcher
> Zone Manager

Program: Karen's Show Stopper
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptstopper.asp
v 2.1.3 (Aug 16, 2007) 784,544 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptstopper-setup.exe

Shutdown, Power Off, Reboot, Log Off, Suspend or Hibernate -- all from a desktop shortcut or command line! Karen's Show Stopper allows you to create shortcut icons that quickly Shutdown, Power Off, Reboot, Log Off, Suspend or Hibernate your computer. You can also run the program as a small icon in Windows System Tray, and shutdown Windows by right-clicking on this icon. Another option allows you to shutdown Windows from the Show Stopper's main window. You can even run the Show Stopper from a command line, and specify your type of shutdown via command-line parameters! And now, you can specify one or more tasks (programs) to be run automatically just before your computer is shutdown, powered off, logged off, etc.!

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Program: Karen's Snooper
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptsnoop.asp
v 1.4 (Dec 5, 1999) 284,856 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptsnoop-setup.exe

Keep track of the programs your computer runs, even when you're away. This Power Tool runs invisibly, and creates a log file (snoop.log) that records the starting and stopping of every program. The program can be used to detect tampering, or just to track the time spent using each program.

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Program: Karen's Time Cop
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/pttimecop.asp
v 1.2 (Sep 11, 2002) 456,056 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/pttimecop-setup.exe

No more meetings running overtime! Teachers, time your exams! Cooks, time your favorite recipes! Whether you're studying, excercising, or just taking a nap at work, you need Karen's Time Cop. :) Karen's Time Cop displays a large (up to full-screen) clock that shows the time remaining (or elapsed time) for a user-selected period. Once the selected amount of time has passed, your message is displayed, and your .wav, .mid, .mp3 or .avi file is played.

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Program: Karen's Time Sync
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptsync.asp
v 2.0.2 (Nov 9, 2008) 1,382,472 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptsync-setup.exe

Stay on time! Now you can synchronize your computer's clock to one of the many ultra-precise time servers available on the Internet. You can schedule periodic automatic updates, or adjust your clock on demand any time you choose.

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Program: Karen's URL Discombobulator
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptlookup.asp
v 1.9.1 (Jul 30, 2007) 701,480 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptlookup-setup.exe

Lookup the IP address(es) associated with any valid domain name. Or lookup the domain name associated with any IP address (if the owner of the IP address has added the corresponding PTR record in the DNS server authoritative for the IP address range). As a bonus, the program generates alternate "shrouded" URLs for any web site, and can display the ASCII Code table.

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Program: Karen's Version Browser
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal non-commercial use)
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptbrowse.asp
v 4.0.5 (Oct 15, 2008) 1,593,288 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptbrowse-setup.exe

Identify those mystery files on your hard disk. Find out who created them, why, and when. File information can be displayed on-screen, printed, or saved to disk. A disk file of information can then be imported into your favorite spreadsheet or word processor!

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Program: Karen's WhoIs
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptwhois.asp
v 2.6.6 (Aug 30, 2008) 1,485,320 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptwhois-setup.exe

Query the 200+ top-level domain registries and Regional Internet Registries around the world, and returns information about Internet sites. Information available includes owner of domain name, and often owner's mailing address, email address, phone number, and fax number.

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Program: Karen's Window Watcher
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptwinwatch.asp
v 2.2.1 (Sep 23, 2003) 1,165,824 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptwinwatch-setup.exe

Do you know what's running on your computer? Maybe not. The Window Watcher tells all, reporting every window created by every running program, whether the window is visible or not. You might be surprised to learn exactly what your computer is up to ...

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Program: Karen's Zone Manager
Author: Karen Kenworthy

Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008

Ware: (Donationware) (free for personal use)

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptzone.asp
v 1.4.3 (March 18, 2010 ) 1,488,496 bytes
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptzone-setup.exe

Take control of Windows' Time Zones! Now you can create a desktop shortcut to any time zone, allowing you to switch between zones with just the double-click of your mouse. You can even create your own custom time zones, enabling or disabling settings such as Daylight Saving Time. When you change zones, your computer's clock is adjusted automatically. Or, at any time, the Zone Manager can synchronize your computer's clock to one of the ultra-precise Internet Time Servers!

http://www.karenware.com/newsletters/2004/2004-04-27.asp
<snippet>
When creating a new time zone, you're in charge. You choose the zone's Standard and Daylight Time bias. The dates Daylight Saving Time starts and stops, or whether DST is observed at all, are entirely up to you too.

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[Kurt Steinhauser]

Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:9nj19r...@mid.individual.net:

> Susan Bugher wrote:
>
>> Show Stopper
>> Snooper
>> Time Cop
>> Time Sync
>> URL Discombobulator
>> Version Browser
>> WhoIs
>> Window Watcher
>> Zone Manager
>
>

Thank you, Susan. Many very useful applications.

--
Cheers,
Kurt

[Zak Hipp]

On 16/01/2012 00:33, Susan Bugher wrote:
> Karen's Power Tools
> http://www.karenware.com/
>
> Many of you know that Karen Kenworthy died on April 12, 2011. Her web site is still up. 32 programs are available.

Good to see you outputting again.

Sticking to lurk mode: just an acknowledgement.


Zak Hipp

[Nicodemus]

>
> I plan to do follow-up posts in this thread with more information
> about the programs. Please add your comments. (I had a few "I didn't
> know it could do THAT! moments today when I read some of the on-site
> info.") ;)
>
> Susan

I was not aware.

Many Thanks To Karen, and a Blessed Thought

[Susan Bugher]

She was a great one. Truly R.I.P.

[Bjorn S.]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:07:03 +0000, Zak Hipp wrote in

+1 :-)

--
All the best,
Bjorn S. - I only post via <news.individual.net>
4fun: Eddie Izzard's "Dress To Kill" 1999
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIE0FJUBRoI>

[Nicetameetya]

[Default] On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:06:39 +0100, Bjorn S.
<bsus...@hotmail.com> told us in complete confidence:

>On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:07:03 +0000, Zak Hipp wrote in
>
>>On 16/01/2012 00:33, Susan Bugher wrote:
>>> Karen's Power Tools
>>> http://www.karenware.com/
>>>
>>> Many of you know that Karen Kenworthy died on April 12, 2011. Her web site is still up. 32 programs are available.
>>
>>Good to see you outputting again.
>>
>>Sticking to lurk mode: just an acknowledgement.
>
>+1 :-)

+2

[Susan Bugher]

<someone claiming to be>

Susan Bugher wrote:

> She was a great one. Truly R.I.P.

Dunno who wrote the post I'm responding to but it was NOT me.

"She was a great one"? I have no idea what that's supposed to mean.
Great programmer? *I* am not qualified to judge.
Great person? *I* didn't know her.

I *am* grateful that Karen made her programs available for free. (I have used Karen's Directory Printer for years and I like it a lot.)

[Susan Bugher]

Zak Hipp wrote:

> Good to see you outputting again.
>
> Sticking to lurk mode: just an acknowledgement.

Hi Zak,

Nice to know you're still lurking. I'd do a poll to see who else is but (by definition) nobody would respond. :)

Susan (mostly lurking)

[Richard Steinfeld]

On 1/16/2012 11:58 AM, Susan Bugher wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2012 "Quaalude"<Quaa...@hushmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:33:04 -0500, Susan Bugher wrote:
>>
>>> Many of you know that Karen Kenworthy died on April 12, 2011.
>>
>> R.I.P freeware pioneer.
>
> She was a great one. Truly R.I.P.
>
> Susan

Hi, Susan.
Yes. I agree.
There have been a few truly great programmers, who gave us tools
of excellence, tools that worked well at their tasks and had
brilliant interfaces that were very high on the scale of
usability. Such software is rare, even in the commercial world.
Proxomitron comes to mind. I've forgotten the name of the coder.

Even though it was shareware, I have to put in a plug for Bob
Wallace, who cobbled his word processing masterpiece: PC-Write.
Written in assembler, it ran with blazing speed and unparalleled
usability for writing and editing. It offered more than 300
customization switches, most of which were suggested by users,
incorporating magnificent features for people with handicaps. He
invented, in this program, our familiar Windows "sticky keys,"
and the "visual beep" for people who are deaf. It doesn't get
better than this.

These three people are no longer with us, and I wish to, here,
honor their memories. I'm a musician, and it's hard for me not to
think of these people as artists.

[Ron May the Forger]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:42:40 -0800, Richard Steinfeld <rsteiTAKET...@sonic.net>
wrote:

>Hi, Susan.

Tee hee.

[Ron May]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:21:39 -0500, Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Zak Hipp wrote:
>
> > Good to see you outputting again.
> >
> > Sticking to lurk mode: just an acknowledgement.
>
> Hi Zak,
>
> Nice to know you're still lurking. I'd do a poll to see who else is but (by definition) nobody would respond. :)
>
> Susan (mostly lurking)

<grin>

--
Ron May - may...@hotmail.com - Ubuntu/Vista Dual Boot
Registered Linux User #511161 - Ubuntu User #33236 (11.10)
ACF "Silver Lining": http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7365303/ACF/SL.html

[Ron May]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:06:13 -0500, Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Dunno who wrote the post I'm responding to but it was NOT me.

"frell.theremailer.net" in your References: line idicates it was one of our
resident forger/trolls. Those who filter anonymous/rogue servers didn't
see it. LARTs won't help, but there is another solution. Email me if
you're interested.

[Quaalude]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:42:40 -0800, Richard Steinfeld wrote:

> There have been a few truly great programmers, who gave us tools
> of excellence, tools that worked well at their tasks and had
> brilliant interfaces that were very high on the scale of
> usability. Such software is rare, even in the commercial world.

Sorry that has been your experience, it stands in direct contrast to
mine. I would suggest that you associate less with the incompetent.

[alvey]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:21:39 -0500, Susan Bugher wrote:


>
> Nice to know you're still lurking. I'd do a poll to see who else is but (by definition) nobody would respond. :)
>
> Susan (mostly lurking)

Dear Ms Mostly-Lurking,

remember; don't let the cretins grind you down.



alvey

[Poôh the Cat]

Another great contribution from alvey. Post some freeware. Surprise us.

--
Look behind you. Boo, it's Pooh!

[Quaalude]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:21:39 -0500, Susan Bugher wrote:

> Susan (mostly lurking)

Who isn't?

[hummingbird]

Why lurk Quaalude? Come out of the closet like me. No one's surprised to
see a perverted old queer nowadays.

hb
(the REAL hummingbird)
--
"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed,
and third, it is accepted as self-evident"
(Arthur Schopenhauer)

I use many posting servers to keep ahead of being detected.
I might use Astra. Sometimes I use ES. I use Giganews and
I like Individual. I rarely use Plusnet.

[Quaalude]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:48:11 -0000, hummingbird wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:27:40 -0500, Quaalude wrote :
>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:21:39 -0500, Susan Bugher wrote:
>>
>>> Susan (mostly lurking)
>>
>> Who isn't?
>
> Why lurk Quaalude?

If you are not posting 7/24/365+, you are lurking.

[Bob_Villa]

On Jan 16, 3:42 pm, Richard Steinfeld

<rsteiTAKETHISOUTnf...@sonic.net> wrote:

>
> Hi, Susan.
> Yes. I agree.
> There have been a few truly great programmers, who gave us tools
> of excellence, tools that worked well at their tasks and had
> brilliant interfaces that were very high on the scale of
> usability. Such software is rare, even in the commercial world.
> Proxomitron comes to mind. I've forgotten the name of the coder.
>
> Even though it was shareware, I have to put in a plug for Bob
> Wallace, who cobbled his word processing masterpiece: PC-Write.
> Written in assembler, it ran with blazing speed and unparalleled
> usability for writing and editing. It offered more than 300
> customization switches, most of which were suggested by users,
> incorporating magnificent features for people with handicaps. He
> invented, in this program, our familiar Windows "sticky keys,"
> and the "visual beep" for people who are deaf. It doesn't get
> better than this.
>
> These three people are no longer with us, and I wish to, here,
> honor their memories. I'm a musician, and it's hard for me not to
> think of these people as artists.

I'm sure there a dozens of generous freeware programmers. Here are
the few I know of and appreciate their work. Mark Russinovich, Irfan
Skiljan, Neil Reubenking, and Dino Nuhagic.

[Ron May]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:59:35 -0800 (PST), Bob_Villa <pheeh...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm sure there a dozens of generous freeware programmers. Here are
> the few I know of and appreciate their work. Mark Russinovich, Irfan
> Skiljan, Neil Reubenking, and Dino Nuhagic.

Forgot about Neil Reubenking. Until ZDNet went to a paid subscription
service, Reubenking was a major freeware utilities resource.

[Poôh the Cat]

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:16:19 -0600, Ron May <may...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:59:35 -0800 (PST), Bob_Villa <pheeh...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I'm sure there a dozens of generous freeware programmers. Here are
>> the few I know of and appreciate their work. Mark Russinovich, Irfan
>> Skiljan, Neil Reubenking, and Dino Nuhagic.
>
>Forgot about Neil Reubenking. Until ZDNet went to a paid subscription
>service, Reubenking was a major freeware utilities resource.

Let's not forget the tens of thousands of programmers currently or otherwise involved in
all the drivers, utilities, daemons, networking services, kernel, window managers,
distro's blah just on Linux.

Then there's all the other OS's, and freeware on other platforms, and freeware prior to
the introduction of the PC as well.

[John Corliss]

Ron May wrote:

> Bob_Villa wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure there a dozens of generous freeware programmers. Here are
>> the few I know of and appreciate their work. Mark Russinovich, Irfan
>> Skiljan, Neil Reubenking, and Dino Nuhagic.

I think Bob may have missed that Richard was praising DEAD programmers.

> Forgot about Neil Reubenking. Until ZDNet went to a paid subscription
> service, Reubenking was a major freeware utilities resource.

And don't forget that in the eyes of many of the -then- regulars of this
group, Russinovich went over to the "dark side" when he signed a
contract to work for Microsoft.

--
John Corliss BS206. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share,
spy, time-limited, trial or web wares, OR warez for me, please.

Freeware- legally obtainable, local install computer programs which you
may use at no cost, monetary or otherwise, for as long as you wish.

Because of Googlespam, I block almost everything from Google Groups. I
also usually block as much as possible from anonymous remailers and
feeds, and other such rogue services because forger-trolls use them:

aioe.org
alt.net
anonymous (look for it in the Path header)
datemas.de
dizum.com
ecn.org
frell.theremailer.net
mail2news <-----NEW! (look for it in the Path header)
mixmaster.*
mixmin (in the Path header)
octanews.net
open-news-network.org
Pooh or any of its variants (look for it in the Subject or From headers)
reece.net.au <-----NEW! (look for it in the Message-ID header)
remailer (look for it in the Path header)
rip.ax.lt
tioat.net
usenet4all.se
xsusenet.com
x-privat.org
etc. (as they appear)

P.S. I don't reply to complaints about my signature file length. It's
laid out this way so that it's easier to see the individual rogue services.

[Poôh the Cat]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:54:00 -0800, John Corliss <q34w...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>And don't forget that in the eyes of many of the loonies in this

>group, Russinovich went over to the "dark side" when he signed a
>contract to work for Microsoft.

Yeah, another of your predictions of impending doom...

[Ron May]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:54:00 -0800, John Corliss <q34w...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Ron May wrote:
> > Bob_Villa wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm sure there a dozens of generous freeware programmers. Here are
> >> the few I know of and appreciate their work. Mark Russinovich, Irfan
> >> Skiljan, Neil Reubenking, and Dino Nuhagic.
>
> I think Bob may have missed that Richard was praising DEAD programmers.
>
> > Forgot about Neil Reubenking. Until ZDNet went to a paid subscription
> > service, Reubenking was a major freeware utilities resource.
>
> And don't forget that in the eyes of many of the -then- regulars of this
> group, Russinovich went over to the "dark side" when he signed a
> contract to work for Microsoft.

Very true, John, but he still turns out the best "under the hood" Windows
utilities around. Every so often, I download a .zip copy of Sysinternals
Suite for personal archival purposes in case they (like ZDNet) cease to be
available as freeware. Sysinternals EULAs do not permit redistribution,
and AFAIK, they never have. They have to be downloaded from the source,
which now is M$, and they could go unavailable for future download at any
time, including current versions as well as updates, unless you already
have a copy squirreled away somewhere.

Nir Sofer only rivals Russinovich for the top spot because his utilities
cover a far wider range of tasks. Karen (IMHO) completed the top trio
before she passed.

BTW, the latest version of Sysinternals Suite was updated January 12, 2012.
The 13.3 MB .zip file (and list of included utilities) is available here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062

[MiniMouse]

Ron May <may...@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:2frnh7h5koo9lgbrg...@4ax.com:

>
> BTW, the latest version of Sysinternals Suite was updated January 12,
> 2012. The 13.3 MB .zip file (and list of included utilities) is
> available here:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062
>

Hi Ron.

That's the kind of information that I like to see coming from you. It's
helpful and polite. Stick to that and IMO you are welcome to continue
posting here.

Have a nice day.

[Poôh the Cat]

He was though agreeing with Corliss, and spreading totally groundless aspersions against
Mark Russinovich. That's not polite. Neither of those two are fit to wipe his arse, but
nevertheless they choose to try and smear him because he took a well paid job with
Microsoft.

Those two stupids are beyond contempt. Really. They make me sick. Don't just denigrate
them, spit at them. Their dumb arsed attitudes have dragged this newsgroup down for years.
It's about time they grew up, and engaged in some adult debate. Not that either of them
will, because they'd get their sorry arse's kicked every time they come up with this kind
of despicable tittle tattle.

[Richard Steinfeld]

On 1/22/2012 1:54 AM, John Corliss wrote:
> Ron May wrote:
>> Bob_Villa wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sure there a dozens of generous freeware programmers. Here
>>> are
>>> the few I know of and appreciate their work. Mark Russinovich,
>>> Irfan
>>> Skiljan, Neil Reubenking, and Dino Nuhagic.
>
> I think Bob may have missed that Richard was praising DEAD
> programmers.
>
>> Forgot about Neil Reubenking. Until ZDNet went to a paid
>> subscription
>> service, Reubenking was a major freeware utilities resource.
>
> And don't forget that in the eyes of many of the -then- regulars
> of this group, Russinovich went over to the "dark side" when he
> signed a contract to work for Microsoft.
>

Actually, I don't mind Bob's additions, even though the people
are alive. They're good. I'll add that Bob Wallace's PC-Write was
"honorary freeware," in that the program could be used
indefinitely without payment. You got some goodies if you paid,
but there were no pulled features; the distro even included
thorough documentation, and the table of custom switches was
dizzying: there were over 300 tweaks included. I had a paid copy
(therefore, printed documentation). I'd be using it today as a
text (not programmer's) editor except that the program never
allowed adequate room for a large subdirectory string.

Like Irfan, his program was so delightful that it was an honor to
send him some money.
As a musician, I want to honor software that's so well crafted
that when I'm writing, the tool is so much like an artist-grade
musical instrument that my fingers can fly almost as fast as my
brain can come up with the words. By contrast with PC-Write, Word
Perfect and Word were agonies of sluggishness and
counter-intuitive commands. XyWrite, however, was like PC-Write
in pure speed and handling, but outdid it in desktop publishing
thoroughness.

John, Russinovich didn't really go over to the "dark side." He,
in fact, came from there in the first place. The first time that
I saw his name, he was working for IBM. As an IBM employee, he
donated some nifty freeware to the universe. He was really a good
guy. generous with his time. Unfortunately, I don't remember what
it was. We're talking DOS here.

Even IBM donated great freeware to us. They had an excellent
spell-check program, which after a short time, they made free. In
fact, IBM published a printed directory of all the freeware
written by their staff. As I remember, some of it was made on
company time, some was a volunteer effort. But the company put
all of it into the book, and there was some easy way to get the
programs (I don't remember how this worked).

Let us never forget that gifted programmers have to eat, too. We
are blessed with their donated time and efforts, but let us never
hold against them the fact that they will have to work for their
livings. We often have them for limited periods in their unpaid
efforts. Although our board here is about freeware, let's not
demonize the people. Please.

[chevym...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 6:33:04 PM UTC-6, Susan Bugher wrote:
> Karen's Power Tools
> http://www.karenware.com/
>
> Many of you know that Karen Kenworthy died on April 12, 2011. Her web site is still up. 32 programs are available.
>

> Some general notes and snippets re the programs:
>
> (Donationware) (free for personal non-commercial use)
>
> Windows 95; 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008
>
> except: LAN Monitor (Windows (Not 95); 98; NT4; ME; 2000; XP; Vista; 7; Windows Server 2003; 2008)
>
> Downloads sizes are fairly small (all are less 2 MB, many are under 1 MB)
>
> <snippet from an ACF post>
> "most or all of Karen's programs are CABs in self-extracting RARs and don't actually need to be installed"
>
> Note: Universal extractor is here
> http://www.legroom.net/categories/Software
>
> http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp
> "Note: You should use Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet to remove the old version, before installing a new version of a Power Tool."
>
> "Note: Be sure to install the Visual Basic Runtime v6.0 before installing your first Power Tool. It's required by all the Power Tools, and must be installed first. You can download a copy of the Visual Basic Runtime v6.0 installer, vbrun60-setup.exe, from any of the pages where you download the Power Tools themselves, or from my special Runtimes Page."
>
> Visual Basic Runtime v6.0 (1 MB)
> http://www.karenware.com/progs/vbrun60-setup.exe
>
> Below is an alphabetical list of the programs:
>
> Alarm Clock
> Autorun.inf Editor
> Calculator
> Clipboard Viewer
> Computer Profiler
> Cookie Viewer
> Countdown Timer II
> Directory Printer
> Disk Slack Checker
> Drive Info
> E-Mailer
> E-Mailer II
> Font Explorer
> Hasher
> LAN Monitor
> Net Monitor
> Once-A-Day II
> Power Toy
> Print Logger
> Recycler
> Registry Pruner
> Registry Ripper
> Replicator
> Show Stopper
> Snooper
> Time Cop
> Time Sync
> URL Discombobulator
> Version Browser
> WhoIs
> Window Watcher
> Zone Manager
>
> I plan to do follow-up posts in this thread with more information about the programs. Please add your comments. (I had a few "I didn't know it could do THAT! moments today when I read some of the on-site info.") ;)
>
> Susan

> --
> Posted to alt.comp.freeware
> Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online):
> http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=+group:alt.comp.freeware
> Pricelessware & ACF: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
> Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained)

I really hate to revive such an old post but her website has no content at this time and I am seeking the source code for the replicator program. I'd really like to look into adding a couple things to the interface. I'm hoping someone has it out there and will be willing to send it to me in whichever method preferred (email, direct HTTP, FTP/SFTP, etc... Doesn't matter to me).

[Shadow]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:04:07 -0700 (PDT), chevym...@gmail.com
wrote:

>I really hate to revive such an old post but her website has no content at this time and I am seeking the source code for the replicator program. I'd really like to look into adding a couple things to the interface. I'm hoping someone has it out there and will be willing to send it to me in whichever method preferred (email, direct HTTP, FTP/SFTP, etc... Doesn't matter to me).

When a site disappears, try archive.org

http://web.archive.org/web/20130927021057/http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

Source code is open-able with 7-zip.
[]'s
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012

[Larry Stark]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:04:07 -0700 (PDT), chevym...@gmail.com
wrote:

Found this. Maybe it will be of help to whoever.

http://download.cnet.com/windows/karenware-com/3260-20_4-10025295.html

[Larry Stark]

http://download.cnet.com/windows/karenware-com/3260-20_4-10025295.html

[Shadow]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:14:36 -0400, Larry Stark <krau...@yahoo.com>

I think the OP wanted the source code. Archive org has it.

[chevym...@gmail.com]

Fantastic!! Thank you both so much. I never remember to look at archive.org for some reason. It's not too often that I hunt down old websites though either.

[John Corliss (ES)]

https://web.archive.org/web/20130925174644/http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp

--
John Corliss BS206. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share,

spy, time-limited, trial or web wares. No warez for me either please:
just freeware -which I define as legally obtainable, local install or
portable computer programs that can be used indefinitely at no cost,
monetary or otherwise. I filter out anything coming from Google Groups.

[Bob]

Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
complete with some malware

[Bob]

[Shadow]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:35:41 -0400, "Bob" <uh-...@someplace.com>
wrote:

>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
>complete with some malware

From which site ?

[Saint Gregory the Illuminator]

On Tuesday, 31 March 2015 23:44:43 UTC-6, Ken1943 wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:59:09 -0500, G. Morgan
> <seal...@osama-is-dead.net> wrote:

>
> >Bob wrote:
> >
> >>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
> >>complete with some malware
> >
> >

> >Bullshit
> >
> I got Repilicator from Major Geek's and it was clean. Tested with Eset,
> Malwarebytes and Superantispyware. Just have to know where to get stuff.
>
>
> KenW

Cut-throat advertising makes downloading a task best done while secured by a tank division. However, I hacked around the Internet and found a nice site equipped with safe references to safe foss/freeware. Please read into this site and use it. I know all the references, they appear to be very safe:
"http://cybercoyote.org/software/google-custom.shtml" If you are assaulted and battered by malignant adverts, be sure to raise a ruckus at ACF. We want to hear about the criminal sites.

[John Corliss (ES)]

John Corliss (ES) wrote:
> Shadow wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:04:07 -0700 (PDT), chevym...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I really hate to revive such an old post but her website has no
>>> content at this time and I am seeking the source code for the
>>> replicator program. I'd really like to look into adding a couple
>>> things to the interface. I'm hoping someone has it out there and will
>>> be willing to send it to me in whichever method preferred (email,
>>> direct HTTP, FTP/SFTP, etc... Doesn't matter to me).
>>
>> When a site disappears, try archive.org
>>
>> http://web.archive.org/web/20130927021057/http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
>>
>>
>> Source code is open-able with 7-zip.
>> []'s
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20130925174644/http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp

Sorry Shadow. Your link is more direct.

[Shadow]

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 01:23:45 -0700, "John Corliss (ES)"
<q34w...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>John Corliss (ES) wrote:
>> Shadow wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:04:07 -0700 (PDT), chevym...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I really hate to revive such an old post but her website has no
>>>> content at this time and I am seeking the source code for the
>>>> replicator program. I'd really like to look into adding a couple
>>>> things to the interface. I'm hoping someone has it out there and will
>>>> be willing to send it to me in whichever method preferred (email,
>>>> direct HTTP, FTP/SFTP, etc... Doesn't matter to me).
>>>
>>> When a site disappears, try archive.org
>>>
>>> http://web.archive.org/web/20130927021057/http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
>>>
>>>
>>> Source code is open-able with 7-zip.
>>> []'s
>>
>> https://web.archive.org/web/20130925174644/http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp
>
>Sorry Shadow. Your link is more direct.

What's a click between friends ?
;)

[Larry Stark]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:54:15 -0600, Ken1943
<ke...@no295no.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:34:08 -0400, "Bob" <uh-...@someplace.com> wrote:
>
>>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
>>complete with some malware
>>
>

>You have to know where to download it from. You go to a shit site and you
>get shit.
>
>
>KenW

[Larry Stark]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:34:08 -0400, "Bob" <uh-...@someplace.com>
wrote:

>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
>complete with some malware
>

[Larry Stark]

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:44:32 -0600, Ken1943
<ke...@no295no.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:59:09 -0500, G. Morgan
><seal...@osama-is-dead.net> wrote:
>
>>Bob wrote:
>>

>>>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
>>>complete with some malware
>>
>>

>>Bullshit
>>
>I got Repilicator from Major Geek's and it was clean. Tested with Eset,

>Malwarebytes and Superantispyware. Just have to know where to get stuff.
>
>
>KenW

[Shadow]

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:11:23 +0000, Stormin' Norman
<nor...@schwarzkopf.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:20:15 +0200, FredW <fr...@ninmule.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:59:09 -0500, G. Morgan
>><seal...@osama-is-dead.net> wrote:
>>>Bob wrote:
>>>

>>>>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
>>>>complete with some malware
>>>

>>>Bullshit
>>
>>
>>ALL downloads from CNet.com are suspicious.
>>It is no longer a reliable download site.
>
>Downloads from any site should be treated with caution; scanned, sandboxed and
>scanned again.
>
>Can you provide a citation that supports your specific assertion about CNET?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download.com#Adware

[Mark Warner]

On 4/1/2015 9:11 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:20:15 +0200, FredW <fr...@ninmule.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> ALL downloads from CNet.com are suspicious.
>> It is no longer a reliable download site.
>
> Downloads from any site should be treated with caution; scanned, sandboxed and
> scanned again.
>
> Can you provide a citation that supports your specific assertion about CNET?

CNET/Download.com is a cesspool. Has been for some time.

--
Mark Warner
...lose .inhibitions when replying

[Nil]

On 01 Apr 2015, Stormin' Norman <nor...@schwarzkopf.invalid> wrote
in alt.comp.freeware:

> I do not utilize the Cnet "installer" but instead simply download
> the software being offered and I have never experienced a problem.

You cannot always avoid the installer. Cnet wraps many of their
offerings in their own installer and that's the only way you can get
it.

> If you cannot provide a citation, can you provide specific
> examples?

There are many first-hand reports here and elsewhere. I am one of them.

[Nil]

On 01 Apr 2015, Stormin' Norman <nor...@schwarzkopf.invalid> wrote
in alt.comp.freeware:

> Anecdotal reports can be valuable, but as I download at least one
> package per week from CNET and have never shared your experiences,
> I am at somewhat of a loss to explain why our experiences would
> differ so greatly. I have never considered myself to be "lucky".

Just to be clear, what's bundled in with the Cnet downloads are not
"trojans" per se, but PUPs, junkware offers like Chrome and toolbars.
You can avoid them if you're careful, but they obviously count on lots
of un-careful people. For a while they were big on OpenCandy which I
have heard did sometimes host real malware due to their lack of
screening. I think Opencandy, when caught, apologized and promised to
do better.

[Bob]

I didn't mean to make my post as a stand-alone subject but it was meant to
be under the original subject "Re: Karen's Power Tools". But anyway...

The CNet site mentioned is the site in question. I already have several of
Karen's tools from her original site but was interested in others.

I can't post a screen grab here but my AV states on every download I tried,
statements similar to the following:
.....................................................
ptdirprn-setup-32819359.exe
Threat name: Suspicious.Cloud.9

Discovered: May 22, 2013Updated: May 24, 2013 1:45:21 PMType: Trojan,
VirusSystems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows 98,
Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows
Vista, Windows XP

Suspicious.Cloud.9 is a detection technology designed to detect entirely new
malware threats without traditional signatures. This technology is aimed at
detecting malicious software that has been intentionally mutated or morphed
by attackers.
....................................................

Could be false positives or PUP's as others have said. Fact is, they were
labeled as a Trojan by my (pay for) AV software.

I did updates again tonight and went back to the CNet site and it got hit on
as before. Turned off my AV and downloaded it to the desktop (226KB) so I
could submit it to www.virustotal.com and got the following results on the
one file I submitted:

AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150401
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Downloader 20150401
DrWeb Adware.Downware.10477 20150401
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/WinWrapper.A potentially unwanted 20150401
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150401

That’s 5 out of 56 online scanners available that hit on it. If you still
think it's bullshit, then submit it yourself.

And CNet has gone to hell as noted by others. If you want to use their
software - fine. Just be aware you are probably infected with *something*
whether it be a PUP to something more nefarious - like scanning your system
for personal info like credit cards etc..

Bob S.

[Bob]

"G. Morgan" wrote in message
news:foumhaljjhe3n3kcq...@Osama-is-dead.net...

Bob wrote:

>Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
>complete with some malware

Bullshit

.................................

Gotta love a one word reply that is so informative and well thought out.

And just what did you do to test the files "G. Morgan" ? Obviously nothing.

Read my new follow-up post above, test them yourself and then before you
make another brilliant observation - engage brain first.

Bob S.

[Mike Easter]

Bob wrote:

> ptdirprn-setup-32819359.exe
> Threat name: Suspicious.Cloud.9

> AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150401
> AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Downloader 20150401
> DrWeb Adware.Downware.10477 20150401
> ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/WinWrapper.A potentially unwanted 20150401
> VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150401

As another data point that I don't know how to interpret:

http://karen-s-directory-printer.software.informer.com/download/
Karen's Directory Printer is potentially unsafe!
Check results for:
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptdirprn-setup.exe

Aren't her tools just visual basic?

--
Mike Easter

[Bob]

"Mike Easter" wrote in message news:co3fk2...@mid.individual.net...

Mike,

That is interesting. Most of the scanned dates shown are for Feb and Mar
2015 so others obviously have submitted these for verification. Her tools
are written in VB6 and I've modified several in the past and never found any
bad code. So these are add-on's, wrappers or injected dll's added to her
original software.

Good data point....

Bob S.

[Shadow]

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:08:32 -0700, Mike Easter <Mi...@ster.invalid>
wrote:

Yes, but you can format a hard drive with VB ;)


http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/2457f8016280a96c47be727922c0419e85aff2e8

ptdirprn-setup.exe 1295704 bytes
Filetype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows,
Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5: 87216853f1931e66c92dc974f72d4919
SHA1: 32b01e89abb15951b5de883fc7e9dccec6484691

ZERO flagged it as malware.
Maybe someone hosted malware on Karen's site after it came
down.

[FromTheRafters]

Bob explained on 4/1/2015 :

[...]

> AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150401
> AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Downloader 20150401
> DrWeb Adware.Downware.10477 20150401
> ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/WinWrapper.A potentially unwanted 20150401
> VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20150401
>
> That’s 5 out of 56 online scanners available that hit on it.

That's a pretty low hit rate, and mostly all generic "guesses".

[Bob]

"Shadow" wrote in message
news:ei2phatcpttvjle9v...@4ax.com...

.................................................................
And I got this with the file I downloaded and submitted to virus total and
here:

http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/7960f99ff8b4b01e0ae9c5102669e94a0cf7d973/af241d5a503ea0fbccd6471b5417f447edd58340

Bob S.

[Shadow]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 20:39:55 -0400, "Bob" <uh-...@someplace.com> wrote:

>http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/2457f8016280a96c47be727922c0419e85aff2e8
>
>ptdirprn-setup.exe 1295704 bytes
>Filetype: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows,
>Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
>MD5: 87216853f1931e66c92dc974f72d4919
>SHA1: 32b01e89abb15951b5de883fc7e9dccec6484691
>
>ZERO flagged it as malware.
>Maybe someone hosted malware on Karen's site after it came
>down.

>.................................................................
>And I got this with the file I downloaded and submitted to virus total and
>here:
>
>http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/7960f99ff8b4b01e0ae9c5102669e94a0cf7d973/af241d5a503ea0fbccd6471b5417f447edd58340
>
>Bob S.

Yours is obviously not the real file. It's 232208 bytes, 1/6
of the size of mine. It's probably a datamining trojan downloader,
IOW, it "exchanges" your data for the real download.
I got mine from Wayback

http://web.archive.org/web/20140530022759/http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptdirprn-setup.exe

[Mike Dee]

Bob wrote:

> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3555.308
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[...]

> --
> Mike Easter
>
> Mike,
>
> That is interesting. Most of the scanned dates shown are for Feb
> and Mar 2015 so others obviously have submitted these for
> verification. Her tools are written in VB6 and I've modified
> several in the past and never found any bad code. So these are
> add-on's, wrappers or injected dll's added to her original
> software.
>
> Good data point....
>
> Bob S.

Good grief. That is one heck of a newsreader, Bob S.

In replying to posts, the body of your post comes in AFTER someone's
sig! Nor does your newsreader quote or re-quote correctly.

It is really difficult to decipher these posts, when others are using
conventional news readers that do what they're _supposed_ to.

What on earth was Microsoft thinking when they gave this one to the
world?

--
dee

[Mike Easter]

Mike Dee wrote:
> Bob wrote:
>
>> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3555.308
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> Good grief. That is one heck of a newsreader, Bob S.
>
> In replying to posts, the body of your post comes in AFTER someone's
> sig! Nor does your newsreader quote or re-quote correctly.
>
> It is really difficult to decipher these posts, when others are using
> conventional news readers that do what they're _supposed_ to.
>
> What on earth was Microsoft thinking when they gave this one to the
> world?

Bob needs to replace (uninstall) his v. 15 WLM with the 2009 v. which
can handle quote levels correctly.

I believe this one at mediafire is correct
http://www.mediafire.com/download/u8fmnzls0yg0prr/wlsetup-web.zip

filehippo http://filehippo.com/download_windows_live_mail/8305/ Windows
Live Mail 2009

http://www.geekonthepc.com/2010/10/10/get-the-old-windows-live-essentials-2009-back/
(MS link doesn't work)

Or put live mail 2009 into your favorite search engine and find the
download site that you think is the least dangerous.


--
Mike Easter

[Bob]

"H-Man" wrote in message news:mfhccb$ln1$1...@dont-email.me...

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:34:08 -0400, Bob wrote:

> Every one of the downloads from that site for Karen's Power Tools comes
> complete with some malware

So, just to be clear which site is "that site"?

--
HK

This is the site:

http://download.cnet.com/windows/karenware-com/3260-20_4-10025295.html

Bob S.

[Bob]

"Mike Easter" wrote in message news:co5th3...@mid.individual.net...

Okay - trying to understand what is going on here. I seldom post much
anymore, so I'm not really paying attention to the newsreader format or
comparisons to others. So long as I can send and read email and forums is
all I've been interested in. But I have noticed problems such as when I do a
reply to the group, it has ended up as a stand-alone post. I've done it
several times and it does screw it up. So now that it's been pointed out
about supposedly not quoting correctly, I'll look closer.

This reads some posts with multiple responses showing the initial post with
">" in front of each line. The following posts show with subsequent ">>",
and ">>>" preceding each line - but not all the time. It seems to be a
50/50 deal so I'm assuming a lot of others are also using the same version
of the newsreader.

Dropping back to an older version is not be an option on this system. I'm
using this as a test bed system in my office for verifying "PCI DSS" system
compliance that is part of a future upgrade to a clients system. The rules
insist on having a fully updated system - and it must be kept updated and is
subject to inspections and scans by the credit card companies once the
software is installed. Unnecessary software and add-on's not relating to
business functions needs to be removed. And therein lies the
rub...."relating to business functions" is what has to be proven and how
secure the entire network is.

Windows Live Mail and the newsreader is used in their business and they use
a number of forums and other social sites for their day-to-day business.

So if it's really that bothersome, I'll just lurk and not make any posts
unless I feel it's absolutely necessary.

Bob S.

[Mike Easter]

Bob wrote:
> This is the site:
>
> http://download.cnet.com/windows/karenware-com/3260-20_4-10025295.html

cnet is not a trustworthy site. You must be careful how/what you
actually download from there, and you should treat what you get with
suspicion, as you did.

Did you look at the 2009 Windows Live Mail availability? Your version is
bad; not fit for use as a news agent.

--
Mike Easter

[Mike Easter]

Mike Easter wrote:
> Did you look at the 2009 Windows Live Mail availability? Your version is
> bad; not fit for use as a news agent.

Nevermind; I see your reply about your problem in the retitled subject
subthread.

This part:

> Dropping back to an older version is not be an option on this system.
> I'm using this as a test bed system in my office for verifying "PCI
> DSS" system compliance that is part of a future upgrade to a clients
> system. The rules insist on having a fully updated system - and it
> must be kept updated and is subject to inspections and scans by the
> credit card companies once the software is installed. Unnecessary
> software and add-on's not relating to business functions needs to be
> removed. And therein lies the rub...."relating to business
> functions" is what has to be proven and how secure the entire network
> is.

I'm familiar with the PCI DSS business from what I've read online.

The situation about using office equipment and connectivity and
hardware/software for interacting on usenet is sometimes problematic,
depending on the relationship of mutual rights and responsibilities
between you and the owner of the business's interest.

In terms of how you might resolve that fairly, that would depend on what
your 'liberties' are.

One example of a strategy is to use a USB stick which has a portable
usenet agent which doesn't require install. One example of such an
agent is portable Thunderbird.

http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable Mozilla
Thunderbird, Portable Edition


--
Mike Easter

[Bob]

http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable Mozilla
Thunderbird, Portable Edition

Mike Easter

..............................


Mike just to keep this readable I've cut the post down to just the link you
made.

Thank you for the link. I have downloaded it and giving it a try and I like
that it's a portable app. It's far different than what I'm used to and not
sure that it's really necessary.

Before any UseNet aficionado jumps in to tell me how bad I am for using the
WLM newsgroup program, consider that UseNet has and is transforming itself
into other social media formats. It is also making itself irrelevant when
you consider how it has degraded itself as a useful tool any longer with all
the trolls and others that just want to be disruptive - rather than
contribute meaningful dialog. I doubt UseNet is going away but it's
popularity certainly has nose-dived in the past several years.

The fact that WLM doesn't quote correctly seems trivial in comparison but I
can understand someone's viewpoint if it actually makes a thread difficult
for them to follow. I don't but then again it's what I'm used to.

According to some market stats I found, WLM is ranked #9 in Feb 2015 (
http://emailclientmarketshare.com/ ). I don't see some other favorites as
being in the top 10 so maybe they aren't used that much anymore.... for
whatever reason.

Bob S.

[Mike Easter]

Bob wrote:
> http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable Mozilla
> Thunderbird, Portable Edition
>
> Mike Easter

> Thank you for the link. I have downloaded it and giving it a try and I
> like that it's a portable app. It's far different than what I'm used to
> and not sure that it's really necessary.

Tb is fairly popular as a mail and news agent. Historically MS's
Outlook Express was immensely popular in spite of the fact that it had a
number of usenet compliance problems. MS built its OE based on MS
concept of 'corporate email' which subscribed to the policy of TOFU,
text over fullquote under. That corporate email policy is not the
policy of usenet.

OE was followed by the shortlived Windows Mail in Vista, integrated by
default; which was followed by MS abandoning an integrated mail agent at
which time MS was suggesting that people choose some 3rd party agent
while also offering the Live Essentials including WLM. Early WLM was
fairly similar to the previous OE and WM with some exceptions which are
elaborated in a wikipedia article on the subject. Later v. of WLM lost
the ability to handle the quote levels compliantly, which is unsatisfactory.

> Before any UseNet aficionado jumps in to tell me how bad I am for using
> the WLM newsgroup program, consider that UseNet has and is transforming
> itself into other social media formats. It is also making itself
> irrelevant when you consider how it has degraded itself as a useful tool
> any longer with all the trolls and others that just want to be
> disruptive - rather than contribute meaningful dialog. I doubt UseNet is
> going away but it's popularity certainly has nose-dived in the past
> several years.

Usenet continues to evolve and to persist in spite of the factors you
mention. Many of the current usenet users don't do online webforums or
other browser related social media, and it has always been important for
news readers to have agents which are compliant with standards and
traditions and netiquette, in spite of the fact that MS has been
marching to a different drummer since the beginning of OE.

> The fact that WLM doesn't quote correctly seems trivial in comparison
> but I can understand someone's viewpoint if it actually makes a thread
> difficult for them to follow. I don't but then again it's what I'm used to.

The problem isn't trivial.

> According to some market stats I found, WLM is ranked #9 in Feb 2015 (
> http://emailclientmarketshare.com/ ). I don't see some other favorites
> as being in the top 10 so maybe they aren't used that much anymore....
> for whatever reason.

I haven't studied the stats, but OE has been/ was/ very popular and WLM
is much like OE for mail. Current WLM v. has a glaring deficiency even
when compared with OE which makes it unsatisfactory as a news agent
whatever its popularity as a mail agent.

Developer focus is quite different for an agent which is 'intended' as a
mail agent with a focus on html composition and rendering as opposed to
a usenet text agent with a focus on how usenet works for its plaintext
readers and as opposed to a usenet binary agent which is focused on how
to best handle multipart binaries with NZB and PAR/PAR2 strategies which
are completely unnecessary for mail or text usenet.

So usenet text like this needs to be done 'right' whether the agent does
mail or binaries or not.


--
Mike Easter

[Mike Dee]

FredW wrote:

> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> So if it's really that bothersome, I'll just lurk and not make
>> any posts unless I feel it's absolutely necessary.

@Bob: Don't give up on posting. But please observe what you have
been posting recently. Look at _where_ you began entering your reply
posts.

When replying to posts: Look for a newsreader's "sig" entry near the
bottom of the post and begin typing above this. That is to say;
please modify your behaviour in replying, by not "bottom posting".

Typical newsreader sig's begin after "-- " (two hyphens & a space)
before the sig begins near the end of each post.

> ----- copied ,because could not be quoted ----

@Bob: Comments from your post couldn't be quoted (& had to be copied
& pasted in) because you have been entering your text BELOW the sig
of the person you were replying to. Typical newsreaders drop all
text below the sig when replying and only the body of the text is
retained (quoted correctly).

> Windows Live Mail. Quote, or no quote?
> http://www.dusko-lolic.from.hr/wlmquote/

@FredW: Thank you for posting that link. It gives me great hope that
WLM users will discover this too and at least try it out.

This would eliminate at least two of the most glaring issues of how
WLM is delivering usenet posts.

@Bob: the script described on the above linked page isn't too
difficult to employ and its "AutoHotKey" necessary to run the script
apparently can be run in portable mode and without administrative
privileges. So you should be able to use this without upsetting your
work conditions.

> It shouldn't bother me, as I don't use Windows Live Mail, but it
> does. I have to struggle to read and follow terribly formatted
> messages.

Same here.

--
dee

[Mike Dee]

Mike Dee wrote:

> When replying to posts: Look for a newsreader's "sig" entry near the
> bottom of the post and begin typing above this. That is to say;
> please modify your behaviour in replying, by not "bottom posting".

Erm... I mean enter your responses above the bottom sig part or
interspersed and trimmed, is all... top posting is also bad.

--
dee

[Bob]

"Mike Easter" wrote in message news:cobe83...@mid.individual.net...

Excellent points Mike.

Bob S.

[Bob]

"Mike Dee" wrote in message
news:XnsA4736DA9...@emteedee.invalid...

Okay, I'm entering this above the sig line and will see how it looks.

Bob S.
--
dee

[Mike Dee]

Bob wrote:

> "Mike Dee" wrote:
>
> Mike Dee wrote:
>
>> When replying to posts: Look for a newsreader's "sig" entry near
the
>> bottom of the post and begin typing above this. That is to say;
>> please modify your behaviour in replying, by not "bottom posting".
>
> Erm... I mean enter your responses above the bottom sig part or
> interspersed and trimmed, is all... top posting is also bad.
>
>
> Okay, I'm entering this above the sig line and will see how it
looks.
>
> Bob S.

Thanks Bob.

Its a small improvement (in that one doesn't need to copy & paste to
simply quote your replies now).

Only problem is, the quoting that WLM does, or rather, it does not
do, still makes for difficult reading & what I have replied to here
is beginning to look mangled.

As WLM does not quote at all, it appears in a conventional newsreader
as if you are the one writing the text that was actually made by the
previous person in their post.

If you look above, the quoted line begining "Erm... I mean" etc and
your quoted response "Okay, I'm entering this above" etc, are in the
same text frame (quote level).

The above quoted material in this post, should by now look like the
following:

------ manual correction ------

Bob wrote:

> "Mike Dee" wrote:
>
>> Mike Dee wrote:
>
>>> When replying to posts: Look for a newsreader's "sig" entry near
>>> the bottom of the post and begin typing above this. That is to
>>> say; please modify your behaviour in replying, by not "bottom
>>> posting".
>>
>> Erm... I mean enter your responses above the bottom sig part or
>> interspersed and trimmed, is all... top posting is also bad.
>
>
> Okay, I'm entering this above the sig line and will see how it
> looks.
>
> Bob S.

------ end manual correction ------

This is now legible and you can see who wrote what, comments from my
two posts and yours are correctly attributed and quoted.

If I came into a long thread mid-way and choose a post that you've
been making (prior to you entering text above the sig), the post I
read looks as though it was made by you (because I can see who sent
the post) but the unquoted body text was written by the person you
were actually responding to. Its not until I noticed your responses
were being being made below a sig line did I work out what was going
on.

Now if you post above the sig line I can at least see the text you
write in the body of the post. But because WLM does not quote
previous posts at all, it still looks as though you have written the
previous persons post. There is no distinction and it takes
deciphering to actually make out who is writing what in a post.

Anyway Bob, thats what happening with your posts and how they're
currently viewed by many others. So thanks for your consideration.

--
dee

[wasbit]

"Bob" <uh-...@someplace.com> wrote in message
news:mfpi8k$i72$1...@dont-email.me...

For the 2009 version of WLM (can't remember if later versions are the same),

The relevant settings are found in

Tools/Options/Send tab/News Sending Format = Plain Text

then

Plain Text Settings/
Tick box - Indent the original text with '>' when replying or forwarding.

When replying to a post the cursor is at the top & the text starts 2 lines
down.
I just move the cursor down & backspace twice then move the cursor to the
bottom of the page to start the reply.

HTH
Regards
wasbit

--

[wasbit]

"Mike Easter" <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote in message
news:cobe83...@mid.individual.net...
> snip <

>Many of the current usenet users don't do online webforums or
> other browser related social media,

> snip <
>

I suspect that's more to do with dial-up internet speeds & download quotas
more than anything else.

Regards
wasbit
--

[Mike Easter]

wasbit wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>> Many of the current usenet users don't do online webforums or other
>> browser related social media,

> I suspect that's more to do with dial-up internet speeds & download
> quotas more than anything else.

Personally, I have broadband connectivity and I don't do browser social
media or web forums. I prefer to give and get support on usenet or
public private nntp groups.

Only when some support is 'dominated' by a webforum superiority over
nntp do I concede to that support source, such as malware removal tech
sites, which are helpful to me when I'm cleaning someone else's system.

--
Mike Easter

[Bob]

"wasbit" wrote in message news:mfr2c1$p00$1...@dont-email.me...

Interesting setting in the "Advanced" tab. There is a box (that is
unchecked) that states "Ignore news sending format and post using:
HTML
Plain Text"

It appears it already does from what everyone is telling me. I'll send this
then I will check that box and do a test on this post to see if there is a
difference>

Bob S.
--

[Bob]

"Bob" wrote in message news:mfsh8i$2in$1...@dont-email.me...

........Testing with the "Ignore news sending format..."

I'm reading my post above and it does not show any quote marks preceding any
lines. I'll now send this and come back and read it to see if checking that
box makes any difference in the way this is working. Hey, ya never know,
they could be using "Reverse Polish Notation" in their logic...

Bob S.

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[Bob]

"Bob" wrote in message news:mfshkq$3gc$1...@dont-email.me...

.......No difference noted after making the above changes. I see no indents
(>) for quoted text for any of my entries.

How about I use a slab of granite and with a hammer and chisel and snail
mail it ...?

Enough of this for now. Have to get back to fine tuning a pfSense firewall
while I can tonight. Can't do that during business hours without disrupting
the clients network most of the time.

Bob S.

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[Bob]

"Mike Dee" wrote in message news:XnsA4737E92...@emteedee.invalid...

Dee,

Great explanation and now I understand better the confusion WLM is causing
as a news writer. For now, I'll just lurk and as time allows I'll get TB
fired up and see if I can't get used to that.

Thanks for your time and clear explanation.

Bob S.
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dee

[sdm...@yahoo.com]

>
> Found this. Maybe it will be of help to whoever.
>
> http://download.cnet.com/windows/karenware-com/3260-20_4-10025295.html

Appears valid still, while the link fron the 1st post seems to hang: "This is the new server, waiting for its content.", and below that a Paypal donate icon.

P.S. Have only tried ptwhois 2.6.6 under Win8.1, but it still works, and the installer automatically handled the VBA runtime.

[Shadow]

Use the "waybackmachine".

http://archive.org/web/web.php

You can browse and download all of Karen's software, no fear
of malware. I've never trusted Cnet

[j...@winett.com]

Actually, Karen's software wasn't on the Wayback machine because her robots.txt didn't allow it.

However, we've put the site back up at https://karenware.com.

[wasbit]

<j...@winett.com> wrote in message
news:247bde21-9bbd-4c0f...@googlegroups.com...

> Actually, Karen's software wasn't on the Wayback machine because her
> robots.txt didn't allow it.
>
> However, we've put the site back up at https://karenware.com.
>

Don't see the original post but that's brilliant.
One of the best freeware resources.

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[Diesel]

FredW <fr...@ninmule.invalid>
news:s66kmchdjstai3m9m...@4ax.com Sat, 15 Jul 2017
13:33:34 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> https://karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator
> As before the webpage says version 3.6.8,
> but download is version 3.6.9.
>
> (using version 3.6.9 daily (many jobs)
> for scheduled backup off all my data files.)
>

Fantastic little program!


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