<![CDATA[Aria Forums - UK's #1 Performance Hardware Community - Windows & Mac Based]]> http://forums.aria.co.uk/ Post Comments, Give Advice, Need Help? anything related to ..Software. en Thu, 23 May 2013 01:47:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.aria.co.uk/images/misc/rss.png <![CDATA[Aria Forums - UK's #1 Performance Hardware Community - Windows & Mac Based]]> http://forums.aria.co.uk/ Official Vista ISO link? http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127442-Official-Vista-ISO-link?goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 14:46:52 GMT Does anyone have the official ISO for vista? I know many have linked the windows 7 one but I haven't seen the Vista link about anywhere.

PS: the version I am looking for is 32bit Vista Home Premium. ]]> GeorgeTheLion http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127442-Official-Vista-ISO-link Spec me a video player http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127436-Spec-me-a-video-player?goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 11:00:50 GMT Windows Media Keeps crashing when I try to open videos that used to work. Have no idea why, and I dont like it anyway. Anyone know a good media... Windows Media Keeps crashing when I try to open videos that used to work. Have no idea why, and I dont like it anyway.

Anyone know a good media player I can download free that is 100% addware/spyware free from a reputable website?

Just need it to play video files nothing else really.

Cheers!

:thumb: ]]> BUDFORCE http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127436-Spec-me-a-video-player Windows 8.1 Free to Windows 8 users http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127352-Windows-8-1-Free-to-Windows-8-users?goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 20:27:04 GMT Microsoft will offer Windows 8.1 as a free update to existing Windows 8 users through the Windows Store. ... Microsoft will offer Windows 8.1 as a free update to existing Windows 8 users through the Windows Store.



http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/14/4330000/windows-8-1-windows-blue-update-official ]]> Snakedoc http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127352-Windows-8-1-Free-to-Windows-8-users Windows 8 constantly busy? http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127308-Windows-8-constantly-busy?goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 14:10:44 GMT Hey guys, turned my PC on today and something has gone nuts.

The cursor is showing busy ALL the time (blue spinny circle). I'm trying to do work and it is literally driving me nuts!

Task manager looks normal, nothing with high usage. No clue whats causing it, turned off Norton, no luck. Any ideas what could be doing this or how to track it down?


Also to add - removed the exclusions to Norton Auto protect and SONAR yesterday....only thing I've touched in the last week really. Plus symantec framework 32-bit keeps restarting itself even when i kill it.

Second addition - focus keeps changing without user input - ie im viewing chrome or adobe reader, then for no reason that window loses focus (nothing pops up) ]]> Traldera http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127308-Windows-8-constantly-busy Driver issues http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127305-Driver-issues?goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 10:05:52 GMT So I reinstalled Win7. Installed all my Sabertooth Z77 drivers fine but I had a look in device manager and got this: Image:... So I reinstalled Win7. Installed all my Sabertooth Z77 drivers fine but I had a look in device manager and got this:



Any ideas? :scratch ]]> JustJoe http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127305-Driver-issues Quark DTP alternative http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127296-Quark-DTP-alternative?goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 11:57:53 GMT Friend of mine used to use Quark Express on her Mac.

Convinced her to move over to Windows to save money on a replacement machine, but she's after a replacement for Quark which sounds like a desktop publishing app to me.

Any ideas? Freeware / Shareware preferred but might consider purchased if worth it :)

She has the free version of photoshop already.

Cheers! ]]> Spaceboy http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127296-Quark-DTP-alternative A good deal on Directory Opus http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127295-A-good-deal-on-Directory-Opus?goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 11:15:33 GMT For the past few days there's been an offer on Directory Opus 10 Pro

50% Discount Coupon Code

http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/d...ce=Emailvision

This is one heck of a complicated package, almost an operating system in its own right. But it comes with so many utilities and things that you can probably throw away a lot of the stuff you now use.

There's also an active and very helpful user forum.

Not for the faint hearted but if you enjoy grappling with things like Regex and want to customise your file manager to your heart's content, the price isn't bad.

No, I don't work for them, or have shares in the business. ]]> michaelkenward http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127295-A-good-deal-on-Directory-Opus windows 8 slow download speed http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127287-windows-8-slow-download-speed?goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 20:04:33 GMT got download speed issues with windows 8. It seems to be getting up to about 800kb/s. I can start up 5 downloads and they will all stay at around... got download speed issues with windows 8. It seems to be getting up to about 800kb/s. I can start up 5 downloads and they will all stay at around 800kb/s. I know the place I'm downloading from can easily push 30mb/s

any ideas?

edit: nvm, sorted had to increase the buffer size :) ]]> cinek http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127287-windows-8-slow-download-speed Web Browser goes slow when i stream on youtube in 720p or above. http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127265-Web-Browser-goes-slow-when-i-stream-on-youtube-in-720p-or-above?goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 20:38:14 GMT Just want to mention i have a... -50mb/dl 15mb/ul fibre optic line. -Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | Intel Core i7-2600k CPU @ 4.0ghz | ddr3 8gb of... Just want to mention i have a...

-50mb/dl 15mb/ul fibre optic line.

-Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | Intel Core i7-2600k CPU @ 4.0ghz | ddr3 8gb of ram | Nvidia Geforce GTX 570


When im on youtube and try to watch a video in 720p, my whole web browser goes very slow. Not the buffering i mean the usability of the browser. It lags when trying to open a new tab or change volume or pause or do anything. Once the video has finished buffering the lag goes.

I primarily use firefox, this problem does not happen on google chrome.

How do i fix this?

Thanks

Fixed: Disabled all my plugins/extensions and downloading them one by one again when i needed, first thing i did was went on youtube and installed flash again and its not lagging anymore. ]]> Khan http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127265-Web-Browser-goes-slow-when-i-stream-on-youtube-in-720p-or-above Windows 8 Install Media http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127224-Windows-8-Install-Media?goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:52 GMT Hi all,

looking to find a windows 8 x64 install disk so I can reinstall my new laptop and remove the bloat. Looked everywhere and i'm hitting a blank. Does anyone know where I can find it?

Thanks ]]> dexta211 http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127224-Windows-8-Install-Media Computer / Windows boot getting slower? http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127223-Computer-Windows-boot-getting-slower?goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 09:57:07 GMT I've got Windows 8 installed on an SSD in my system and it was pretty quick to boot up - I think it was less than 30 seconds from power on to Windows being up and ready. However, I've noticed recently that there seems to be a longer gap between turning the power on and Windows starting up - maybe a minute or two where nothing much seems to happen and there is no image on the monitor.

Any ideas as to a possible cause or any diagnostics or other things (e.g. particular BIOS settings) I should check please?

My spec is in my profile and the system does still seems fine once it has booted up.

Cheers! ]]> RandomPC http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127223-Computer-Windows-boot-getting-slower <![CDATA[Is this Microsoft's New Coke moment?]]> http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127198-Is-this-Microsoft-s-New-Coke-moment?goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 08:28:37 GMT Microsoft prepares U-turn on Windows 8 - FT.com (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/330c8b8e-b66b-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2SaqZHiUq) ---Quote---... Microsoft prepares U-turn on Windows 8 - FT.com

Quote:
Pressure has been building for Windows 8 PCs to launch the familiar desktop view when turned on – and to bring back the “start” button featured in the lower left corner of the screen in previous releases.
I bought a cheap licence for Windows 8 when it was on offer. I never did get round to installing it after one failed attempt.

It seems odd to force everyone to use an interface built around a technology, touch screens, that only a tiny number of people own. ]]> michaelkenward http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127198-Is-this-Microsoft-s-New-Coke-moment <![CDATA[Bt yahoo emails >6 months old disappeared]]> http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127093-Bt-yahoo-emails-gt-6-months-old-disappeared?goto=newpost Thu, 02 May 2013 12:40:36 GMT Hi, has anyone had any experience of this? I was trying to find some old emails and only just noticed that all my mail from before Nov 12 has... Hi, has anyone had any experience of this?

I was trying to find some old emails and only just noticed that all my mail from before Nov 12 has gone.

AFAIK there's no limits on storage.

When I try to get through to the contact numbers they are either not in use or engaged, and the email link is broken. ]]> afterburner http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127093-Bt-yahoo-emails-gt-6-months-old-disappeared <![CDATA[Well that's blown it :(]]> http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127087-Well-that-s-blown-it-(?goto=newpost Thu, 02 May 2013 10:02:46 GMT I recently formatted one of my hard drives thinking there was nothing of importance on there, and I needed the space anyway to experiment with... I recently formatted one of my hard drives thinking there was nothing of importance on there, and I needed the space anyway to experiment with another OS...

Since removing Bitdefender and going back to avast my system has been behaving all screwy. Like it's busy even when it's not; randomly freezing for a few seconds, mouse cursor changing to one of the other icons in the cursor set then sticking etc...

Run various scans, can't find anything wrong, nothing unusual in event viewer, all hardware appears to be ok, don't have the problem in ubuntu etc... So I figure it's either a corrupted file left over from the antivirus swap over (which I've had problems with before), except I can't find any trace of it. The other option is I've buggered up one of the reg tweaks I usually do...

So after screwing around with it for the last few days and not being able to find any sort of indicators as to where the problem is, I just thought "eff it, clean install".

Deleted the doze partition from my ssd, started a new install...

Can't find CD key :scratch

No biggy, boot into doze in trial mode and go to get the key from the backup I have, (W7CDkey.txt so it's easy to find)... I'm such a tool at times: Read the first line of this post again, and then take a wild guess at where I kept said backup copy :(



So now I'm off to route through a mountain of paper in the vain hope of finding the piece I wrote it down on last time :( ]]> FunkY http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127087-Well-that-s-blown-it-( SQL Tutorials http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127053-SQL-Tutorials?goto=newpost Wed, 01 May 2013 15:38:03 GMT I have been asked to learn how to write some SQL queries as part of my Q2 objectives in work and to be honest, what I know is very basic and... I have been asked to learn how to write some SQL queries as part of my Q2 objectives in work and to be honest, what I know is very basic and unimpressive for what I need to know.

I have some software installed at work called 'SQL Developer' and it seems easy to use but I only have knowledge of a handful of queries.

Can anyone recommend any sites or YT channels where I can learn about this in more depth? ]]> BigIan88 http://forums.aria.co.uk/showthread.php/127053-SQL-Tutorials