acidlabs » windows http://www.acidlabs.org Conversation. Collaboration. Community. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:03:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Get thee to PortableApps.com http://www.acidlabs.org/2006/11/22/get-thee-to-portableappscom/ http://www.acidlabs.org/2006/11/22/get-thee-to-portableappscom/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:54:54 +0000 Stephen Collins http://dev.acidlabs.org/2006/11/22/get-thee-to-portableappscom/

PortableApps Suite

PortableApps.com have released the full PortableApps Suite, wrapping up all the awesome free, USB-key portable applications they offer into a single, unified set.

There are two versions, Standard and Lite. Even the Standard version will run from a 512Mb USB key when unpacked.

If you need apps to travel with, or use at work when you’re shoehorned into a broken SOE, or are an Apple user who needs to use Windows tools at a client site you should definitely get the PortableApps Suite.

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I’m sick to death of Firefox/Sage’s fussy RSS reading. I’m forever getting feeds failing to load because of some mystery invalidity that Safari at home doesn’t even notice.

Suggestions for a good reader with the following features:

  • preferably integrated with something else like Firefox or Outlook (I can’t be bothered reading feeds in something separate unless the change would be compelling);
  • fast;
  • looks like Safari (maybe), and;
  • free (this is for my machine at work, after all).

Comment away!

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I’ve been reading this excellent guide at MacRumors on sharing between OS X and Windows, but unfortunately, it doesn’t give me all the answers I need. Here’s the situation I have:

  • Powerbook in the study on Ethernet (occasional wireless) to router/switch;
  • Windows PC in the family room on wireless;
  • external USB HDD containing iTunes Library, digital photos, backups and software installers presently attached to Powerbook.

Here’s the situation I want:

  • Powerbook and Windows PC in current localities connected to network by current methods;
  • USB drive attached to Windows PC sharing entire contents to entire network at a useful speed.

I’ve followed the MacRumors guide linked to above, and it works, but accessing the USB drive from the Powerbook is deathly slow. I’ve covered off all the things I think it might be – firewall software, PC going into Suspend, etc., but to no avail, so I’ve moved the USB drive back to the study and attached it to the Powerbook.

Anyone out there got a clue on this? I’d really like the USB drive attached to the Windows box as when I move about with the Powerbook, the USB drive becomes unavailable, with isn’t want I’m after. All I really want is an acceptably quick speed across the network, which doesn’t seem to be happening.

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Searching for a minor registry hack this morning, I came across Kelly’s Korner, a home for “Troubleshooting Windows XP”. Now, we all know that XP often needs a whole lot of troubleshooting, so this is a great resource.

The Tweaks page is particularly useful!

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