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Mr.Haller.......

Submitted by Nerd on October 19, 2006 - 3:47pm

Yes, I feel very stupid asking Mr.Haller somthing. Its not like you go into a microsoft fourm and say "Oye!" "Bill!" like you know him. but any way, wouldent it be good to put a spell cheacker on the comment poster thingy? It would be good for people like me. Seeing as I've probebly spelt somthing wrong alerdy in this topic.

Server Slowness Today (Oct 18, 2006)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on October 18, 2006 - 11:32am

There's an issue with load yet again on the server. I'm working with a higher-level Linux / mySQL support at RackSpace to attempt to optimize the mySQL settings to alleviate the issue. I'll post a note back when things are settled. Until then, expect the server to be slow to load things up and very slow when you post something.

(Looks like just keeping the server running is going to consume even more of my life again... Sad )

Settings on a seperate, encrypted drive

Submitted by mirkosoft on October 18, 2006 - 7:26am

My Environement:

- 2GB USB Stick
- TrueCrypt encrypted virtual volume (on the stick)

It would be nice, if I could set the data directory for my portable apps to a seperate drive (to an absolute instead of a relative path)

Portability is not a problem, as you can always mount the TrueCrypt partition on the same drive letter (... yes, you will need administrativ rights to do so)

For Example:

I have a mounted TrueCrypt Volume on S:, so the path to the settings for, lets say, thunderbird should be: S:\data\thunderbird\profiles or similar

This way, the settings are all stored in a secure place on the stick.

Your Opinions / USB Drives VS IPOD Drives?

Submitted by LazyTony on October 17, 2006 - 4:30pm

First, let me just say I only found this site a few days ago. So, this is all new to me. But, I'm loving it! These PortableApps are just great.(And Professionally done.) I loaded some of your more basic(but choice)apps on a Cruzer Mini 128mb I had forgotten about. And they work great! My only problem has nothing to do with the software, it's a storage issue. Clearly 128mb is pretty small. So, I cleared my Ipod, then loaded all the apps over to it, and it works just as great. With the ipod storage is not a concern of mine, however, size is. The USB is key size while the pod is pocket size. Then my connection is a concern, the USB is plug and go. The Pod is not that simple. There's an extra wire to drag around, and some computers(mainly Windows)are just plan dumb and can't figure out what to do when my pod connects. No real questions here, just your opinions on the topic.

List of "unofficial" PortableApps?

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Submitted by Simeon on October 13, 2006 - 7:02am

Is there any possibility to make a list of PortableApps (with the same folder structure John uses) people made. It would be much easyer to find them cause today you either have to know the post or to go through all the posts whitch is a lot of work and pretty annoying.
Another Idea is some community-area. I think I read a post on this but i cant find it anymore.
I think there is a projects-section on this page but I dont know to access or list it. Is there somthing like "index.html" or do I have to know the name of the project to find it?

What if...

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Submitted by Zach Thibeau on October 12, 2006 - 6:01pm

What if there was an automated program that allowed you to make a portable app. Would you like that? This kind of program could take portable apps to the next level. if there is anyone who agrees with me, would you like to make this into a project? I am in...Even though I know next to nothing when it comes to compiling but I am learning. if any of you guys are interested email me at admin@wmpro.info and we'll but something together Wink

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