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Might be useful for someone: Simplix Update Pack 7 . This update pack allows you to update Windows 7 SP1 (x86 x64) and Server 2008 R2 SP1 live operating systems, as well as to integrate the updates in the distribution (Install.wim). It can be installed in any language. Includes all critical, recomme...

While I was reading this fun piece on the history of early US personal computing magazines, authored by one of its main actors, I came across the following passage -- which I don't even know if it's correct but that I reckon totally deserves to be recorded here: Andrew [Fluegelman] quit working full...

I installed it and it did run fine (my screenshot below; unknown sources installation permission was required), but I have yet to try any program -- meantime I think it deserves a post here at TPFC forums: Winlator is a pretty hefty download at over half a Gygabyte but I'm sure someone will find it ...

Also, changing the font size does not stick, it remains tiny which renders the app unusable for my eyes. Behavior confirmed when trying to enlarge the " Segoe UI " system font to 10 points; OTOH, Tahoma seemed to work (mostly) fine... Moreover, on right-clicking the ribbon, a German conte...

Topic update: AutoRun LWMenu v1.5.0 released 2024-01-19 (changes and downloads at https://github.com/lwcorp/lwmenu/releases). [ AutoRun LWMenu ] is portable program that lets you control menus via ' autorun.inf ' files. It also serves as a portable enforcer for semi-portable programs that don't need...

Topic update: VNote v3.17.0 released 2023-08-27 (changes and downloads at https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases). FYI, the VNote releases page above also provides a pre-release " Continuous Build " whose latest win64 packages are currently dated from 2024-01-18. Additional portability i...

Topic update: txtproc v0.4.0, last released 2016-01-16 (changes and downloads at https://github.com/phitsc/txtproc/releases). [ txtproc is] A command line tool for text processing. @ https://github.com/phitsc/txtproc FTR, here's a self-made txtproc man page generated from the executable output inclu...

My bad then. Thanks.

And I followed suite... but by my calculation that'll still leave it at 10 points, i.e., still visible. Am I mistaken?

FTR, Virtual CDRom Control Panel v2.0.1.1 published 2013-04-23 (download file name ' winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe ') can be found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20200220051332/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780 SigCheck ' winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe ': Verifi...

For the sake of completeness, some further tidbits... First there's rsgain -- an utility I totally didn't know about -- currently in v3.4 released 2023-09-12. rsgain (really simple gain) is a ReplayGain 2.0 command line utility for Windows, macOS, Linux, and BSD. rsgain applies loudness metadata tag...

Cool. If you look at wxMP3Gain issues (at https://github.com/cfgnunes/wxmp3gain), you'll find several minor shortcomings in the newer version but none precluding an upgrade, IMHO... FTR, I made a post regarding the general ReplayGain status at https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=...

Topic update: Last MP3Gain release is v1.2.5 from 2018-09-24 (changelog is at https://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/news.php but doesn't really detail this version). User jenss noted that MP3Gain current database entry website points to PA.com, which then display the following... This application requires...

This is more of a quick link dump regarding ReplayGain support in modern file formats other than MP3... further input highly appreciated. ReplayGain is a proposed technical standard published by David Robinson in 2001 to measure and normalize the perceived loudness of audio in computer audio formats...

Topic update: wxMP3Gain v4.0 released 2019-04-01 (changelog only in downloadable package, see spoiler below). wxMP3Gain homepage (https://cfgnunes.com/wxmp3gain) is gone, but SF.net repo's still available (https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxmp3gain/). wxMP3gain Portable PAF package also still availa...