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For several days I have been searching for a nice free program to extract a small portion of audio from an .avi file ... wanted about two minutes of the audio in this file. Tried several (many) free programs but they always have the better version with 'everything' only if you buy it. Of course there's nothing wrong with that but I like to search for programs that might be available before going that route. I kind of gave up for a day and then came across the perfect program ... it does exactly what I wanted. I can extract to the second exactly what I want. Many programs I tried didn't allow an exact starting and ending time ... for example ... start: 7 m 12 sec and end 9 m 12 sec. This program allows that and the .mp3 sound is great in the headphones. There may be other programs out there but I have stopped looking since my find. There is no help file but it was easy for me to figure out after about 5 minutes. I downloaded the 'portable version' ... works just fine with Win XP or a newer OS. At the second link they do not list XP as working but it does with the portable version but other sites do list XP. Also at the second link there is a Quick Start and a Tutorials link but as I said earlier ... it's easy to work with, if I can figure it out then everyone can do it. The free program has no ads or junk included ... at least in the portable version. I haven't come across anything so far. Quick start: How to use the Pazera Free Audio Extractor Tutorials: How to convert AMR files MP3, How to convert Ogg files to MP3. Pazera Free Audio Extractor v2.4 (December 3, 2016) Pazera Free Audio Extractor is an absolutely free application that extracts audio tracks from video files without loss of sound quality or convert them to MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, FLAC, OGG or WAV format. The application supports all major video formats (AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, MOV, RM, 3GP, WMV, VOB and other), moreover, allows the conversion of music files, so it can be used as a universal audio converter. GUI for ffmpeg. Version 2.4 (03.12.2016) Now program is also available in a 64-bit version. New conversion engine (FFmpeg) and multimedia information library (MediaInfo). New output formats/codecs: M4A - ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec), WavPack, AIFF. Better support for FLAC files. Additional navigation buttons. Ability to set a prefix and suffix for the names of the generated files. New visual style: Cobalt XEMedia. Improved compatibility with Windows XP. Minor bug fixes and enhancements. http://www.videohelp.com/software/Pazera-Free-Audio-Extractor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pazera Free Audio Extractor 2.4 Extract audio tracks from video files to MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, M4A, WV, AIFF or WAV. Universal audio converter. AVI to MP3, FLV to MP3, AVI to WAV, FLAC to MP3, Ogg to MP3, SHN to MP3. http://www.pazera-software.com/products/audio-extractor/ Pazera Free Audio Extractor is an absolutely free application that extracts audio tracks from video files without loss of sound quality or convert them to MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, FLAC, OGG, M4A (AAC/ALAC), WV, AIFF or WAV format. In addition, the program allows you to split input files based on chapters (often found in audiobooks). The application supports all major video formats (AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, MOV, RM, 3GP, WMV, WebM, VOB and other), moreover, allows the conversion of music files, so it can be used as a universal audio converter. The program has a number of predefined settings (profiles) specially designed for novice users. While more advanced users can customize audio encoding parameters used by encoder: audio bitrate, sampling frequency, audio channels, audio volume. The application allows to extract/convert full audio track or selected range only. The Pazera Free Audio Extractor interface is very simple and user-friendly. To extract audio tracks from video files, just drag & drop them into main window, select proper profile from list, and click the Convert button. If the audio quality is poor, increase audio bitrate. ... just to add, the nice thing about this program is that you can set the exact time in seconds to start and stop ... you can even use milliseconds to really be exact. I had downloaded another good working program but it only had a 'slider bar' to set start and stop times ... and it was always about five seconds early or late in that respect. ...

There is a newer version of System Information Viewer (SIV) just released on January 21, 2017. No installation required ... System Information Viewer (SIV) v5.15 http://rh-software.com/ Softpedia http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/System-Information-Viewer.shtml Major Geeks http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/siv_(system_information_viewer).html ...

Came across this article about Kaspersky System Checker. I had not heard of it and probably have no need of it since I'm using WinXP ... but there is a review here and it may be of interest to someone with a newer OS ... he mentions Windows 10. Kaspersky System Checker – A Short Review https://davescomputertips.com/kaspersky-system-checker-a-short-review/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekly+Recap+Newsletter The Kaspersky System Checker (KSC) is a free and portable utility. Free and Portable are two of my favorite words, especially when used in the same sentence. I downloaded this little beauty, tried it out, and would like to share my experience with you. Downloading Kaspersky System Checker Admittedly, I had a bit of a problem finding KSC on the Kaspersky Site. It’s probably obvious to anyone else, but it is buried under the link at the top of their Home Page labeled Free Security Tools. Scroll down a bit and you’ll see it prominently displayed. They don’t call me “Lightning” for nothin’. A friend of mine was kind enough to point out one day that they don’t call me “Sunny”, either. When he saw the confused look on my face he told me it meant I wasn’t that bright. I have since forgotten his name. Let’s move on, shall we? Put the KSC launcher in a folder of your choice and run it. When I first ran KSC a window popped up saying there was an update, so I let it update. It didn’t take long and we were off to the races. Note: KSC creates a sub-folder with a little over 70MB of stuff in it. I thought I should let you know beforehand. Running Kaspersky System Checker ... .... there are pictures and more information at the above link. This is the page with the Kaspersky FREE SECURITY TOOLS & APPS http://free.kaspersky.com/us ...

Just a suggestion ... if you have a few free minutes, why not sign up over at the Proxomitron forum and then under the Sidki topic ... maybe bring this subject up or ask a few questions. As I mentioned earlier ... JJoe and ProxRocks are still there and will show up in a 'few minutes' or a 'few days' to reply. It seems to still be the only active part of the forum. The Un-Official Proxomitron Forum http://prxbx.com/forums/ Proxomitron Config Sets Sidki http://prxbx.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=44 ... just to add, I can be of no help here ... what you mentioned earlier is not clear to me or 'just over my head'.

In reference to Proxomitron and the ssleay and libeay23 DLL files. There is a special set of these two DLL files that were modified by Sidki some time back. Having used Proxomitron for over 10 years and when Scott R. Lemmon was still alive. I have been using the Sidki set of filters. In November I tried using the latest set of the new ssleay32 and libeay32 DLL files just to see how they would work ... they didn't. I put the Sidki modified files back into Proxomitron. When members started talking about Proxomitron here ... I searched for the files at the Proxomitron forum and could not find them. I will search again ... Sidki has long left the scene as he announced that he was leaving over five years ago. He did something with those DLLs that will only work in Proxomitron ... his filter set is still the best and JJoe and ProxRocks continue to modify and fix the Sidki last set of filters as problems arise. I found this text from sidki, Oct 1 2006: http://proxomitron.info/files/download/openssl-readme.txt These DLLs were compiled after modifying some files, making them compatible with 0.9.6 aware programs like Proxomitron. All changed files are included with this distribution. The original changes were done by netlaw in June 2003, bringing back OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms. OpenSSL 0.9.8a brought a major change in the way SSL_METHOD is initialized, apparently breaking backwards compatibility again, see: http://www.openssl.org/news/changelog.html For this reason the included DLLs stick to 0.9.8, but include two security patches, implemented in the official 0.9.8c revision and above: Patch for RSA Signature Forgery. http://www.openssl.org/news/patch-CVE-2006-4339.txt Patch for Potential SSL 2.0 rollback. http://www.openssl.org/news/patch-CAN-2005-2969.txt In case of future major vulnerabilies, if you found a patch from a trusted source, or even a way to make DLL initialization backwards compatible again, you can reach me at configbugs at gmail dot com. Asking someone with profound C++ knowledge may be the better choice tho. ;-) A general description and installation hints are on my SSL download page: http://www.geocities.com/sidki3003/prox-ssl.html -- sidki, Oct 1 2006 The Sidki files are on this page under Add Ons ... just found them. http://proxomitron.info/files/index.html ...

Thanks again for the information ... I have gotten enough direction now to search around about cipher suites, DHE, ECDHE and other things to read up on. ...

These crazy asteroids seem to be in the news a lot over the last year or two. It went by Monday morning after just being discovered on Saturday ... not enough time to even pack and get out of town to a cave. It went by in the space between the Earth and the Moon ... size of a 10 story building ... all from the article below. What's the point of trying to keep WinXP or any computer up to date ... does it really matter? https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2017-ag13-passes-earth-moon-slooh/ Sneaky asteroid spotted whizzing between Earth and Moon A space rock large enough to do damage gives us a near miss just two days after being discovered. An asteroid roughly the size of a 10-story building gave Earth a particularly close pass Monday morning. Asteroid 2017 AG13 came within half the distance from Earth to the moon as it buzzed by early Monday morning at 4:47 a.m. PT. The fly-by happened shortly after scientists at the Catalina Sky Survey first discovered the space rock on Saturday. As you can see in the GIF below, the asteroid looks to just barely miss us as it passes. In the cosmic sense, it really was a close shave. In real terms, Earth had well over a 100,000-mile (161,000 kilometer) buffer of distance. 2017 AG13 isn't so big it would have meant an extinction-level event had it been a direct hit. But if a good size chunk of it made it through Earth's upper atmosphere near a populated area, there might have been damage like we saw in 2013 when a bolide collided with the atmosphere over the Russian city Chelyabinsk. In that event, a fireball streaked over the city, releasing 500 kilotons of energy as it ran up against some serious resistance from Earth's atmosphere and exploded, blowing out windows all over town in the process. Earlier close calls 'B2Bomber' asteroid misses Earth; humanity exhales The asteroid is about 36 to 111 feet (11 to 34 meters) across, according to the Slooh Observatory, and moving very fast relative to Earth at 10 miles (16 kilometers) per second. That speed, coupled with 2017 AG13's dim brightness level, made it difficult to spot with telescopes. Various telescopes and sky surveys constantly scan Earth's neighborhood and track nearby asteroids. Most pass by at a distance several times farther away than the moon is to us, so this was a particularly close buzz by a previously unknown object. ...

I actually had one more problem showing up with the K-Meleon browser when going to that test page. I also was getting this warning ... Logjam Vulnerability Your user agent is vulnerable. Upgrade as soon as possible. ... so checking around with Google ... I found this solution for Firefox and applied it to the K-Meleon browser. So now when I go to the test page, I get this: Logjam Vulnerability Your user agent is not vulnerable. This is the information I found to fix it: Nice. But way better: Change all 'security.ssl3' lines to 'false' EXCEPT security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256 (?) security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256 (?) security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_sha (OK) security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_sha;true (KM) and security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha (OK) security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha;true (KM) These 4 lines must stay 'true'. Done! Ralf Buxa May 27, 2015 I could not find the first two lines (?) ... only the last two where I have (OK) and below each line is a 'line copy' from K-Meleon ... they match exactly ... but as I said earlier, the first two lines don't appear in my K-Meleon version. So all the ssl3 lines in my K-Melon browser are now FALSE except for those two lines that I did find and and left as 'true'. So my question would be now ... since the browser test page is no longer showing 'any problems' ... would the KM browser be OK for banking and more secure type pages or could there still be some problems not showing with this older browser? I can keep using Pale Moon but I was wondering about K-Meleon also being OK now to use again with these sites? ... just to add about those first two lines that I did not find in the KM 'about:config' ... I did find two lines that were very similar but those two lines did not have 'gcm' in them. Not sure if I should have left those two lines as 'true' but they did not 'exactly' match so I made them 'false'. Any input on this would be helpful. Everything seems to be working so far with the KM browser. monroe

OK ... thanks for that information about 'turning off' those six insecure findings. I did turn them off or set them to False in 'about:config'. I did not know about doing that ... yes, K-Meleon is similar to Firefox in many ways. Just ran that browser test again and nothing is showing as Insecure. monroe

HoppaLong ... why don't you also download the last version of Pale Moon that works with XP. I think it was in November that XP support was dropped. I just checked my PM setup and it works fine with reCAPTCHA. I also have an older version of K-Meleon that works fine also (v1.8.2.4) but I don't think you can find that at the KM forum now ... the KM member that developed this particular version ... deleted ALL his posts and the download link and just left sometime back in 2016 or 2015. There may be someone there with the complete download. However, that version of KM is not possibly safe for banking and such. I just discovered this last month (December) ... I had my worries about it until I ran the browser test but KM is so handy to use in turning things off and on ... I sort of looked the other way until I ran the browser check. So you probably don't want that KM browser version anyway. It's still OK for everyday surfing. The last version of PM (Pale Moon 26.5.0 for Atom/Windows XP) works just fine so far and passes the browser test with flying colors and should be OK for banking and other sites ... hopefully for a long time. Pale Moon 26.5.0 for Atom/Windows XP http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-atom.shtml End of Windows XP support in Pale Moon http://www.palemoon.org/PM_end_of_WinXP_support.shtml Browser Test Page: Mathwiz posted this browser test link in another thread ... "You can go to ... https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html ... with any browser to see what security protocols, encryption ciphers, etc. your browser supports." ... just ran the browser test again on my KM version and PM. I do not understand the terms but there are six insecure notifications with KM and none with PM v26.5.0. I now use PM for more security at certain sites. I don't know how insecure KM is but the PM results look better to me. My KM results from the test ... everything else seemed to be OK except for these six mentions. Protocols TLS 1.2 Yes TLS 1.1 Yes TLS 1.0 Yes SSL 3 No SSL 2 No Cipher Suites (in order of preference) TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA (0xc007) INSECURE 128 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA (0xc011) INSECURE 128 TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA (0xc002) INSECURE 128 TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA (0xc00c) INSECURE 128 TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA (0x5) INSECURE 128 TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5 (0x4) INSECURE 128 ...

There are several pictures at the link ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4092190/Now-S-faithful-steed-Heartbreaking-video-shows-Sereno-horse-appearing-CRY-owner-s-funeral.html?mwv_rm=rta Now THAT'S a faithful steed! Heartbreaking video shows Sereno the horse appearing to CRY at his owner's funeral The horse lies its head on the coffin and whines and sighs as though mourning Sereno and his Brazilian owner, 34, had a very close relationship, friends testify The semi-professional cowboy died on New Year's Day in a motorbike accident By Harriet Mallinson For Mailonline 05 January 2017 This is the heartbreaking moment a distressed horse appeared to cry at his owner's funeral. Grieving friends and family of Wagner de Lima Figueiredo, 34, were amazed when his faithful steed laid its head on the coffin and whined and sighed as if mourning too. Saddening footage shows the animal stamping his feet, whinnying loudly and shaking his head up and down as a pall-bearer gives a eulogy. Sereno the horse was taken to the funeral by Wagner's brother, Wando de Lima, on on Tuesday in Paraiba, north east Brazil. The two had a very close relationship, according to those who knew them. Thousands have been moved by the farewell from the horse and have shared the story online. De Lima said: 'This horse was everything to Wagner, it was as if the horse knew what was happening and wanted to say goodbye. 'All the way to the cemetery he was whimpering and stomping on the ground.' Figueiredo tragically died in a motorcycle accident on New Year's Day after losing control of his bike while riding along a beach front in the city. He was rushed to hospital and underwent two critical operations but died from his injuries. The semi-professional cowboy performed in rodeo shows for eight years with Sereno, winning dozens of tournaments and cash prizes. He also worked as a local authority clerk. A close friend of the family, Francielio Limiera, said: 'It was an unbelievable thing to see the way the horse behaved. If I hadn't been there I wouldn't have believed it myself. 'As we brought the coffin out at the beginning of the funeral, (Sereno) sounded like he was crying and as if he recognised that his owner was finally leaving him. He pounded the ground with his hooves and kept on whinnying. It was very sad.' De Lima, who is also a cowboy, organised the homage with other cowboys and friends of the deceased. A photo posted on Facebook last year November showing Figuieredo with his white horse, was captioned 'My horse and my friend.' His brother said: 'Wagner's life was this horse. 'He had a passion and a great love for him. Sometimes he would even stop buying things for himself to make sure he could afford to buy horse feed.' He added that many people had offered to buy the white stallion but Figuiered 'always refused to sell him.' With the death of his brother, de Lima vowed to take on the responsibility of maintaining and caring for Sereno. He said: 'Wagner will stay with our family forever.' According to Marcelo Servos, a veterinarian with the Brazilian Horse Riding Federation, who has been caring for horses for 20 years, a horse can be aware of and mourn a loved one's death. He said: 'I've seen more fantastic stories than this and I'm sure this can happen. I do not say it happened specifically in this case, but it is possible.' ...

There are actually two objects approaching Earth ... one has been identified as a 'massive' comet and the other is still unknown. Comet could be visible this week or soon. Both objects don't appear to be a threat ... so NASA is saying ... just a close flyby I guess. NASA Says Mysterious Object Hurtling Towards Earth Could Be an Asteroid or a Comet Libby Plummer - 04 JAN 2017 http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/nasa-says-mysterious-object-hurtling-9560987 NASA recently spotted two massive space objects hurtling towards Earth. While the American space agency has pinpointed one as a comet, the other has left it slightly more baffled. The comet is set to fly close to Earth this week, but the mystery object isn't expected to make an appearance until February. The object, dubbed "2016 WF9", was detected by NASA's asteroid- and comet-hunting NEOWISE project on 27 November 2016. It is roughly 0.3 to 0.6 miles (0.5 to 1 kilometres) across and is in an orbit that takes it on a scenic tour of our solar system. At its farthest distance from the sun, it approaches Jupiter's orbit. Over the course of 4.9 Earth-years, it travels inward, passing under the main asteroid belt and the orbit of Mars until it swings just inside Earth's own orbit. After that, it heads back toward the outer solar system. However, NASA scientists are not sure whether it is a comet or an asteroid . "2016 WF9 could have cometary origins," said Deputy Principal Investigator James "Gerbs" Bauer at NASA's JPL. "This object illustrates that the boundary between asteroids and comets is a blurry one; perhaps over time this object has lost the majority of the volatiles that linger on or just under its surface." While 2016 WF9 is dark like a comet, it appears to lack the characteristic dust and gas cloud that defines a comet. On 25 February, 2017 WF9 will approach Earth's orbit at a distance of nearly 32 million miles (51 million kilometres) from our home planet. NASA said that the object is "not a threat to Earth for the foreseeable future". Meanwhile, the other object, which has been firmly classified as a comet could be visible this week. The comet, C/2016 U1 NEOWISE, "has a good chance of becoming visible through a good pair of binoculars, although we can't be sure because a comet's brightness is notoriously unpredictable," said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object (NEO) Studies at JPL. Those in the northern hemisphere may be able to spot the comet in the southeastern sky shortly before dawn this week. It is moving farther south each day and it will reach its closest point to the sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, on 14 January, before heading back out to the outer reaches of the solar system for an orbit lasting thousands of years. While the comet may be visible to stargazers, it is not considered to be a threat to the planet. The NEOWISE project discovered more than 34,000 asteroids during its original mission and was brought out of hibernation in December 2013 to detect comets and asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth. ...

Thanks jumper ... so the letter j is really a numerical 10 ... 10th letter in the alphabet, if I counted my fingers correctly. That's good to know for the future. Mathwiz ... I was at that web page in December ... the link you provided but I didn't save it to my Favorites ... so I couldn't find it again when I was searching earlier today. I'm going to leave those ddl versions on my computers for the DVD backup. I like to get everything as close to 100% correct as possible ... but I'm happy with a backup that's very close. You guys said they were OK as Dibya said also. ...

Dibya ... you are fast ... I did some edits to my earlier post just now ... you may have missed them. I added a few lines and fixed some minor stuff. monroe

I'm getting ready to do a DVD backup with some fixes and updates for my three notebooks for the end of 2016. Last month I replaced both the ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll in my System32 folder with newer versions ... the versions in the System32 folder were old and after searching around I found a newer version for both. I have been using them for several weeks and have noticed no problems. It's also possible that these two dlls were not in the System32 folder or possibly only one was there. They seem to be in individual folders for several software programs that I have on my computers. These are the versions I am currently using ... ssleay32.dll v1.0.2.10 and libeay32.dll v1.0.2.10 ... does anyone have anything to say or add about these two dll versions? They were listed to work with WinXP. Libeay32.dll for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP (32 Bit and 64 Bit) Recommended system requirements: Windows XP or later 128MB RAM 500MHz CPU 50MB hard drive space August 29, 2016 - OpenSSL 1.1.0 is quite different from previous releases. Developers need to recompile their software to support 1.1.0. Users should install BOTH the 1.0.2 series (LTS) and the 1.1.0 series for maximum application compatibility. See the official OpenSSL release strategy document for more details. 32-bit and 64-bit Windows To install OpenSSL in a 32-bit or 64-bit Windows, you need to copy the libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll dynamic library files to your file system. Download the OpenSSL compressed library files and copy the libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll files to your system path. 32-bit Windows: You must copy the libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll 32-bit files to your Windows system folder (System32 folder). Download page for files: http://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/ I am not really sure with all the downloads dated 04 Jan 2016 ... I was last here in Dec 2016 but the last download ... (openssl-1.0.2j-i386-win32) 2017-01-04 05:04 1.0M is still version 1.0.2.10 for both ... as I got in December. I would like some input on all this, it seems to be a bit confusing to me. I guess using these two version 1.0.2.10 updates for ssleay and libeay would be OK ? monroe

Thanks FranceBB ... I actually have Speccy on my WinXP setup, but I haven't used it for so long that I completely forgot about it. I just fired it up and yes, you are right ... lots of information there. I have the version 1.11.256 from 2011, so I will update to the the newer version at File Hippo - Speccy 1.30.730 (Nov 2016). I have an older version of Astra32 and a newer version of Everest ... use them often but completely forgot about Speccy. I had a fan in my T41 go bad and went to the ThinkPad forum for assistance. I got everything replaced with a good seller from eBay and new thermal paste. After what I saw in my T41 ... when I got inside to clean and replace the fan ... the thermal paste was dried out. I also have two ThinkPad T42s and I cleaned them out really good and replaced the thermal paste also ... everything was dry. It sure didn't look right to me.

I never heard of this program till about 30 minutes ago over at the ThinkPad forum ... from some posts from 2005. It is still available for download at this link ... only one I could find but I stopped looking when I found this one and it still worked. It seems to be only for an older system like WinXP. I am going to try it out later to see if it has any use ... some people seemed to like it in 2005 at the ThinkPad forum. The download link supplied there no longer works. Maybe it still can be of use to WinXP people. http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/MobileMeter.shtml MobileMeter v0.3.1.0 Made to monitor the CPU clock and temperature, HDD temp and battery charge/discharge rate, compatible with Windows XP and older systems. MobileMeter is a very old software application designed to display live sensor readings for notebooks when it comes to the CPU clock and temperature, battery lifespan, and HDD temp. Apart from the battery, its features also work for desktops. However, it seems that the tool has been abandoned a while back, so it has not been made compatible with newer operating systems. Those still running Windows XP, 2000 or Server 2003 may give it a go. No installation necessary There is no setup pack involved, which makes MobileMeter portable. It means that you can save it to a pen drive or other removable storage unit and run it on any PC easily and without any other installers. Plus, it does modify Windows registry settings or create extra files on the disk, leaving it clean after removal. Accessibility via the system tray At startup, MobileMeter creates an icon in the taskbar notifications area for quick access. Its interface is based on a small graph that keeps track of the processor frequency, CPU and HDD temperature, along with battery charge rate. Disable any components or change their reading refresh rate It is possible to minimize the window to the tray, make it stay on top of other frames, change its size or fix it, adjust its opacity, as well as to make it clickthrough when working with other applications. The frequency may be adjusted or removed from the graph, while the update refresh rate can be altered. Likewise, you can disable the battery power, HDD and ACPI temp readings or set an update frequency for each component. Evaluation and conclusion MobileMeter has minimal impact on computer performance, since it runs on low CPU and memory. However, it is a very old application and may not work well on some computer systems. Plus, you should keep in mind that it is not supported by Windows Vista and upward, so you should probably look for another monitoring tool to be on the safe side. *** Tried the program ... will use it or have it handy to use. When you start it ... let it run for a few minutes and you will see the graphs start to show up on the right side. The figures ... CPU temp and Frequency are accurate and match another program that I have installed. I do like the graph records ... very easy to check for spikes or to just see what's been going on for 30 or 60 minutes. In options there is a setting to color the graphs with depth ... more interesting to read. Also, just to mention ... I came across this neat fan and temperature control program just before Christmas. I had never heard of it but for anyone with an older ThinkPad, you may want to check it out. It's a small free program made by a member to monitor several temperature sensors in a ThinkPad. It was originally made for a ThinkPad T42 but later versions did seem to work with other models. You will have to read the last pages of the thread. It will keep the fan from running all the time ... you set the settings you like. The last version is TPFC 0.62 (TPFanControl) ... the thread is 39 pages long so the last 8 or 10 pages may be off interest: Thinkpad Fan Noise Problem: Light at the End of the Tunnel ... I know there are some ThinkPad owners here. ...

I guess it's real ... just discovered ... Amazon has a patent on a giant flying drone Mothership zeppelin warehouse. It will fly at 45,000feet, shuttle employees and fuel to the Mothership. Drones will leave the airship flying everywhere making deliveries. I am taking bits of information out of two articles. I will put the links in for both articles. I'm wondering about employees working that high in altitude ... will take a special breed for that job. Amazon reveals plans to make deliveries using incredible airship drone base Online retail giant granted patent for astonishing blimp which can carry a vast fleet of robotic flying vehicles. 29th December 2016 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2494314/amazon-reveals-plans-to-make-deliveries-using-incredible-airship-drone-base/ "The patent, granted by the US patent office in April but only uncovered this week by tech analyst Zoe Leavitt, describes motherships floating above cities that release drones that save energy by dropping with gravity before kicking in with their motors." Amazon patented a fantastical floating airship warehouse for its delivery drones Dec 29, 2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/29/14114190/amazon-patent-drone-airship-delivery "A giant airship, that would fly at high altitudes of around 45,000 feet in the air, and would then deploy individual drones to deliver Amazon's goods to customers. Additional, smaller airships would be used to return the drones back to the AFC, resupply the mothership with more inventory and fuel, and shuttle workers to the flying factory." ...

You have the Chinese villager cracking walnuts with a hand grenade for 25 years ... now this massive WW 2 bomb discovered last week in Germany. It had three detonators and buried for seventy years. There have been bombs discovered before but this one was really large, almost two tons back in that era. It's amazing it hit the ground and never exploded with three detonators. Police defuse massive World War II bomb in German city December 25, 2016 - Associated Press http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/12/25/police-defuse-massive-world-war-ii-bomb-in-german-city.html?intcmp=latestnews FRANKFURT, Germany – Explosives experts on Sunday defused a large World War II aerial bomb in the southern German city of Augsburg — clearing the way for thousands of evacuated residents to return to their Christmas celebrations at home. City police tweeted that they had "good news at Christmas" just before 7 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET) Sunday. They had earlier been unable to say how long residents would have to stay away. Some 32,000 households with 54,000 residents in the city's historic central district were forced to leave by 10 a.m. Christmas morning so experts could handle the bomb. They had to clean seven decades of muck off the bomb so they could find and disable its three detonators. The munition's large size — 1.8 tons — suggested it was a so-called blockbuster of the type dropped by British forces, with the aim of blowing surrounding buildings apart so that accompanying incendiary bombs could start fires more easily. The bomb was uncovered last week during construction work in the city's historic central district. Police said Christmas Day was the best time to defuse it because there was less traffic and it was more likely that people could stay with relatives. Police rang doorbells and used vans with loudspeakers to urge procrastinators to leave ahead of a 10 a.m. deadline. Schools and sports facilities were opened as shelters but most people appeared to have left on Christmas Eve. Finding World War II bombs is not unusual in Germany. Much of Augsburg's historic center was destroyed on Feb. 25-26, 1944, when hundreds of British and U.S. bombers attacked the city. ...

A very lucky villager ... he didn't know what it was. "The man saw that his walnut cracker looked similar to a grenade pictured on a leaflet warning about forbidden explosives." Dec 23, 2016 Villager in China uses grenade to crack open walnuts for 25 years http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/villager-in-china-uses-grenade-to-crack-open-walnuts-for-25-years BEIJING - A hand grenade was used to crack walnuts for 25 years by a villager in China who had no idea what he was using until he saw a photo of a grenade on a leaflet handed out by local police. The man from Ankang, in China's Shaanxi province, saw that his walnut cracker looked similar to a grenade pictured on a leaflet warning about forbidden explosives, according to Huanqiu.com. According to villagers, the man used the grenade specifically to crack open the nuts. According to reports, the man had been using the grenade without realising what it was for some 25 years, said Britain's Mail Online on Dec 21. It had been given to him by a friend. Images taken on Dec 5 (2016) show the device. Police found that the grenade had not detonated and they were unsure if the device had explosives inside it, the Mail said. It was only when the man was handed a police leaflet that he realised that he possessed a forbidden explosive. Grenades usually explode when the safety lever is released and the object is thrown away. As it rotates, it detonates the primer and ignites the fuse before burning down to the detonator, said the Mail. People have been commenting on social media site Weibo about the man's lucky escape. One user wrote: "Why would a friend gift him a bomb?" Another said: "It's more stable than a Samsung phone." ...

I would also have enjoyed that "leisurely" flight through Europe ... a chance to talk with the pilot and crew. You didn't mention any champagne or three course meal ... like the lucky women had on their flight. Maybe you were lucky to get some wine and snacks ... maybe even a small meal. Still sounds like a nice experience. The only experience I ever had ... not as lucky as you or the three women ... was on a Greyhound Bus in 1963 or 1964. I was taking the bus from Frederick, MD to Pittsburgh, PA ... had to stop at Hagerstown, MD in between. The bus also had many other stops on the way to Pittsburgh ... going through the mountains to various small towns. However, when I got to Hagerstown to catch the bus to Pittsburgh ... that bus had been filled with passengers already waiting at Hagerstown, so it left. When I got there from Frederick, the bus depot explained all this and said they were getting another bus ready to leave for Pittsburgh shortly. So myself and two other people had the bus to ourselves and the bus didn't take the route through the mountains ... it went straight through over the PA Turnpike to Pittsburgh. However, I didn't get any champagne or a three course meal ... not even any peanuts! The women lucked out due to circumstances and have some great memories from that experience ... till the next time they fly somewhere packed like sardines ... they will even appreciate that flight even more. monroe

Probably once in a lifetime to have a flight like this for common everyday people ... just got lucky when everything fell into place. "Three women have said they were treated like "rock stars" when they found themselves alone on a British Airways flight for 150 people. Laura Stevens, 34, said she and friends Sarah Hunt, 35, and Laurie-Lin Waller, 33, were upgraded to business class, drank Champagne and took selfies in the cockpit on the 2.5-hour flight. The women were due to fly back to the UK on the 5.20pm flight from Gibraltar to London Heathrow on December 18 after enjoying a three-day break." "We felt like celebrities, especially when we were given Champagne – it was the best Christmas present ever, we couldn't believe how kind and lovely everyone was. "We were the only people in the departure lounge so staff let us use the executive suite, which is usually reserved for business flight passengers. "Then we mentioned how we'd hoped to buy our family gifts at the airport, and staff opened shops so we could browse. It was as though we'd hired out the place just for us." Three British Airways passengers treated like 'rock stars' when they found they were the only people on board their flight http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/23/three-british-airways-passengers-treated-like-rock-stars-found/ Telegraph Reporters 23 December 2016 ... there are pictures and the complete story at the link. ...

I wondered why Firefox was jumping these version numbers so frequently. The FF versions in the 30s and early 40s ... I was using some of them as a current User Agent for my older K-Meleon browser. It mostly works almost 100% for most web sites ... don't get "your browser is out of date" messages and all that. As I mentioned earlier ... I never worked with FF until the Pale Moon "dropping WinXP" announcement ... then after I download FF and get all my settings the way I want them, I learn it's dropping WinXP also ... although it will be another year or two ... maybe a little longer. ...

OK ... that makes sense explaining about one ESR release a year ... with eight version updates for each release. As I posted earlier, I just started using Firefox when Pale Moon announced they were ending support for WinXP. I really have little knowledge about Firefox before that announcement. I remember seeing versions in the 30's and 40's some time back ... but I didn't really know how they were spaced or changed. I was happy with Pale Moon ... I plan to keep using the last version of Pale Moon for some time into the future and also will be using the last Firefox ESR version after 2018 for as long as I can. I will keep using this test link to check PM and FF ESR in the future for security. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html Mathwiz ... thanks for clearing all this up. ...

Well I did look at your chart and also again before I posted today. I suppose the only excuse is ... I simply did not know what I was looking at. I still do not see 2018 on that chart ... but I'm sure it's there somewhere ! ...