I have for a long time been thinking about finding a good RSS reader, I have from time to time stumbled across some good sites with interesting content but the RSS reader in IE does not seem to be quite good enough. I don’t want to have to go into a special pane of IE to view my feeds, I would like them to pop up by them self.
Anyway, so far I have found this Alertbear (not Alertbar as I first though, but bear as in the animal), it is quite good – still missing a few customization options (I would like to be able to decide the update interval of EACH feed separately, but Alertbear only offers one update interval for ALL feeds).
Alertbear come preset with a bunch of feeds, and you can add your own feeds quite easily. Once you have added your feeds you can configure Alertbear to how often it checks for updates (sadly as mentioned only ONE interval, not one per feed) and what should be done once news are received (popup etc). Mine is set to show headlines for 20sec upon receiving them.
There is also a ‘History’ function, this is more like a regular RSS feed reader but quite a good one (you get it by right clicking the tray icon and clicking “Show history”).
All in all it seem like something very close to what I have been looking for (about 94% of my needs are met I would say), there are some cosmetic and customization issues but they are minor. Anyway, if you know of a better alternative do tell..
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You can quite easily make all USB devices on a machine ReadOnly by adding a key to registry, it is quite easy and painless.
Once the registry key is added and set you may have to wait a bit or eject and reinsert the device but then the device is ReadOnly. ‘Unlocking’ the drive again is equally easy, you just set the key value to “0” (zero) and everything is back to normal..
Maybe even an ide for a prank on some of your friends 😉
Key to create;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies\WriteProtect
Value DWORD; “1” = ReadOnly, “0” = Normal mode.
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So you would like to extract some files from an Install Shield (IS) installer package you have, you may as I just need a few driver files from a package.
Well first you try the extract command from Windows (as some of the Install Shield files come as .cab files) however you quickly discover that the IS.cab files are not compatible with the Windows .cab files. WinRar is often good at extracting all sorts of files, but not the IS files. You can forget all about -e or -x for extract that does not work either.
But there is a way, you need an utility called “ISCabVu.exe”, sadly this utility is not just lying around on the net, so you need to do a bit of fiddling around to get hold of it..
1. Download an evaluation copy of Install Shield (any never version will likely do, do go for the latest).
2. Install it (if you don’t want to pollute your system use SandboxIE (requires 32bit os)).
3. Copy the files under “Program Files\InstallShield\2010\System” to a different location.
4. Now just run the “ISCabVu.exe” file.
5. You may be able to thin out this directory (150mb) but this may take some time and may not be worth your time.
Alertbear a nice RSS feed reader
News, UtilityWriteprotect your USB devices
OS, SecurityYou can quite easily make all USB devices on a machine ReadOnly by adding a key to registry, it is quite easy and painless.
Once the registry key is added and set you may have to wait a bit or eject and reinsert the device but then the device is ReadOnly. ‘Unlocking’ the drive again is equally easy, you just set the key value to “0” (zero) and everything is back to normal..
Maybe even an ide for a prank on some of your friends 😉
Key to create;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies\WriteProtect
Value DWORD; “1” = ReadOnly, “0” = Normal mode.
Extract files/drivers from Install Shield packages
Deployment, DriversSo you would like to extract some files from an Install Shield (IS) installer package you have, you may as I just need a few driver files from a package.
Well first you try the extract command from Windows (as some of the Install Shield files come as .cab files) however you quickly discover that the IS.cab files are not compatible with the Windows .cab files. WinRar is often good at extracting all sorts of files, but not the IS files. You can forget all about -e or -x for extract that does not work either.
But there is a way, you need an utility called “ISCabVu.exe”, sadly this utility is not just lying around on the net, so you need to do a bit of fiddling around to get hold of it..
1. Download an evaluation copy of Install Shield (any never version will likely do, do go for the latest).
2. Install it (if you don’t want to pollute your system use SandboxIE (requires 32bit os)).
3. Copy the files under “Program Files\InstallShield\2010\System” to a different location.
4. Now just run the “ISCabVu.exe” file.
5. You may be able to thin out this directory (150mb) but this may take some time and may not be worth your time.
Now the extract part is easy, see image below;
