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    • Powerarchiver 2021 incorrectly extract tar.xz file

      E

      Configuration:
      Powerarchiver 2021 20.00.73
      Windows 10 Education 10.0.19042 Build 19042

      When extracting gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz , Powerarchiver wrongly thinks some .exe files have a length of zero:

      98773b3b-65c0-48fa-8cd4-d081b2e0adee-image.png

      Once extracted:

      D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin>dir *.exe Volume in drive D is DATA Volume Serial Number is 0E12-BCA2 Directory of D:\Temp\Powerarchiver\gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf\bin 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,391,599 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,030,119 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,389,293 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,027,513 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 4,040,503 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 391,769 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,026,926 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 609,607 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,165,533 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,343,605 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 2,450,233 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe 2020-11-20 07:54 PM 9,605,899 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 3,028,997 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,412,943 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe 2020-11-20 07:41 PM 25,546,567 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,393,083 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 1,392,464 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe 2020-11-20 07:10 PM 0 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe 32 File(s) 67,465,867 bytes 0 Dir(s) 1,002,422,431,744 bytes free

      When the same archive is being extracted from a git bash session (after having installed git 2.30.1 for Windows 64 bit version from git-scm.com), the .exe files are extracted as expected:

      xz -k -d gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar.xz tar xf gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf.tar cd gcc-arm-10.2-2020.11-mingw-w64-i686-arm-none-linux-gnueabihf/bin ll *.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1391599 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-addr2line.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 2028927 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-as.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1389293 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-c++filt.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3027513 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-cpp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 4040503 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-dwp.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 391769 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-elfedit.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3030119 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-g++.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-10.2.1.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ar.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 609607 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 3026926 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcc.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2165533 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2343605 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov-tool.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 2450233 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gcov.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 9605899 Nov 20 19:54 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gdb.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 3028997 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gfortran.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1412943 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-gprof.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.bfd.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 4 User 197121 2572182 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 4550029 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 25546567 Nov 20 19:41 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-lto-dump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1404945 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-nm.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objcopy.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1991350 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-objdump.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1421598 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-ranlib.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1163376 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-readelf.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1393083 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-size.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 1 User 197121 1392464 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strings.exe* -rwxr-xr-x 2 User 197121 1531656 Nov 20 19:10 arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-strip.exe*

      The same archive file does extract properly under a native Linux Ubuntu 20.04 system, or under Windows 10 using the WSL2 Linux subsystem using xz and tar.

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    • Log waite for bugs to be fixed

      D

      Its a long time since people reported bugs like converter bug still no fix yet

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    • Is PowerArchiver 2021 stable?

      BigMike

      Hi,

      I just saw, that on the Website, PowerArchiver 2021 20.00.73 is advertised as latest version. (Actually, the downloaded version says, it’s 20.00.70 in the about dialog)
      But it still comes with the “red icon set” for preview versions and has some known unfixed bugs, as I read here.

      Is it sufficiently stable to be used on production systems?

      Kind regards

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    • File Browser: Operations don't trigger UAC

      BigMike

      This happens in Archive and Explorer Mode:

      Navigate to a folder, which is UAC protected (for example C:\Program Files) Right click -> New -> Folder (or any other item)
      => Nothing happens

      Expected behaviour: UAC prompt is triggered and a new folder (or file) will be created

      PowerArchiver 19.00.57

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    • Bugs I found and wanted to share with the team.

      B

      Hi I recently bought PowerArchiver and found some bugs and issues that I hit testing some of the features out.

      If you are doing a backup and on the compression options screen its default is compression format is PA with no option to change disk spanning. If you change to 7-zip you can change disk spanning. If you change the disk spanning then move back to PA format the field for disk spanning disables but the option stays set to what you changed it to. When you do a backup it will use PA with files spanning but PowerArchiver says that its not a valid format when you open it. If PA can’t really do file spanning then this screen is allowing it.

      I have attached an image where the progress bar is in the middle of the CD/DVD/BD Tools screen.

      alt text

      I have a 7-Zip file I created using the backup tools doing an increment backup. It opens and extracts just fine but if you using the Test option PowerArchiver locks up. Link to file: Backup-2021-02-05-20-35-36 TEST LOCKUP.7z

      On any Zip/PA/7-Zip process the pause and cancel buttons do not work. You have to hard kill the entire application to get out.

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    • Does PA supports Intel's zlib?

      G

      There would be many of us with Intel Processors.

      and they have their own optimized zlib algorithm, which can result in more efficiency if used combined with their hardware processor.

      Reference:
      https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/zlib-compression-whitepaper-copy.pdf

      Can we get the same Functionality Under Hardware Acceleration Feature?

      Zlib is not the only feature that intel has included with their processor, there’s many, which if combined can result in efficient and better compression ratios.

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    • PA Batch Archive post completion error

      G

      Hi,

      After the batch archiving is complete, and if I click on whitespace of the PA app, I get this error.

      PA Batch.png

      I did check for ongoing process and ensured no archives were corrupt, It seems like activity did complete successfully but the error is shown for no reason, and only after clicking the whitespace.

      Please see if this can be removed.

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    • PA and conflict with Antivirus

      G

      I’m using the Kaspersky Total Security.

      I have configured PA as exclusion as followed:

      PA Exclusion.png

      and also is set us trusted application

      PA Trusted Application.png

      Scenario:

      My Antivirus likes to scan for everything, and it’s safeguarding behavior is to prevent the access to the file until the file is properly scanned for.

      The issue:

      PA when losses the access to file, it is stuck, consumes Resources, and never completes the process or throws any error

      Recommendation:
      PAStarter should also work as PAMonitor:
      There should be a monitoring process, at least if I’m using queuing feature, that should check for never ending compression processes and terminate them so the queue can be little bit automated.

      Also,
      There should be multiple attempts at retrying if PA loses access to or is denied, instead of having to see process was stuck for longer duration.

      Or, better, save the parameters I used for keeping the files in compression, and automatically restart the whole compression process after termination the same, of same folders and files set, this should happen in case if compression was stuck.

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    • Using the Queue Feature affects Compression Ratio negatively

      G

      If you use Queue Feature, you are not saving on space, you are just squeezing less.

      Here’s explaination:

      https://youtu.be/XcxG2wxyink

      I did test the same on multiple files, and of different types.

      It does have large difference for each large file you are trying to squeeze.

      Folders with multiple files, just have no benefits if you use Queue Feature

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    • Problems with Color-scheme after upgrade to build 73

      A

      Hello!
      I am using the portable version of PA2021. After switching from build 58 to 73 I have problems with the color-scheme:
      While 58 behaves like expected and showed everything in light or dark colors according to the settings, 73 always shows the lower part of the window in dark colors, no matter whether I select automatic, light or dark.
      This happens on a clean installation of 73 as well as on an update from build 58. I have attached two images generated on the same machine at the same time with the same settings. The upper shows build 73, the lower 58. Is it a bug or some changed setting I miss?
      Thanks for help!
      A.Borque

      PA2021_73.png PA2021_58.png

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    • Command line

      L

      Hello,

      PowerArchiver Command Line 7 support file greater than 2 Go ?

      Thanks

      Tech Support
    • PA shows incorrect archive properties

      G

      If you have tabbed archive browsing(reuse same window for all archive opening)
      and if you open two archives, and right click on older one to view properties it will only show of the recent archive that was opened, on all tabs/archives

      upgraded to 20.0.73

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    • Can I activate PowerArchiver on 2 devices with 1 license?

      2

      Hi.

      I currently own the PowerArchiver Select - lifetime free upgrades and support for PowerArchiver Toolbox English license.

      This license is active on 1 device. Does the license allow me to activate PowerArchiver on a second device that I own? Or do I need a separate license for that?

      Thank you ! :)

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    • No updates for portable version?

      A

      Hello!
      While the installable version of PA 2021 has already received two updates and is at version 20.0.73 the portable version still remains at the initially released build 58. Are there plans to update that version, too?
      Thanks for a reply!

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    • PowerArchiver shell extensions possibly crashing windows explorer.exe

      U

      I’ve been dealing with an intermittent explorer.exe crash for 5-6 years now. It happens randomly and will usually occur multiple times within a single session of an hour or two on my machine when manipulating files through Windows Explorer. explorer.exe is the only thing that ever crashes, so it’s not hardware IMO. I’ve done all hardware diagnostics and RAM is good. I’ve even swapped out motherboards with different brand and even the exact same one and it still crashes. sfc /scannow indicates system files are fine. I’ve done multiple reinstalls of the OS with no positive results. This crashing has happened on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10 64-bit. It seemed to get more frequent with Windows 10 after upgrading last year. I’ve also been using PowerArchiver throughout that time period (upgrading over time with new releases). I recently disabled all non-Microsoft extensions via ShellExView and saw no crashes for about 10 days, which is really unusual. I turned back them all back on after 10 days and saw another explorer.exe crash within the hour. So I disabled all 32-bit extensions and saw another crash. Following that I disabled all the PowerArchiver shell extensions and haven’t seen a crash after a day of heavy usage manipulating files within Windows Explorer, which doesn’t happen for me. The crash dumps I’ve captured don’t seem to indicate PowerArchiver is involved but I have a hunch it has something do with PowerArchiver shell extensions. The system even feels smoother with the PA extensions disabled. Windows 10 reliability monitor always has the same type of problem:

      Description Faulting Application Path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe Problem signature Problem Event Name: BEX64 Application Name: explorer.exe Application Version: 10.0.17134.165 Application Timestamp: 4031a9f8 Fault Module Name: StackHash_e78e Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Offset: PCH_8D_FROM_ntdll+0x000000000009AA54 Exception Code: c0000005 Exception Data: 0000000000000008 OS Version: 10.0.17134.2.0.0.256.48 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: e78e Additional Information 2: e78e327659b46c9a0c6916396b253cbf Additional Information 3: cebf Additional Information 4: cebf952c5db535ae7880488aafce55d9 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: 1a57e4e784fbc735c231c68bd88581a9 (1311047270476906921)

      I know this is a very nebulous explanation but is there any way to link this up to PA shell extensions as the cause? I can provide the crash dumps and additional information if necessary.

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    • Bug in Archive Converter

      T

      When you select “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” as the method, it still converts the archive to a ZIPX format.

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    • UHA support

      D

      Would like to see uha archives supported compression as well as extraction. I use this all the time and it is a very good compression format

      Tech Support
    • Right-Click Compression

      Z

      In windows 10 you can right-click and select send to and the compressed zipped folder and the zip folder will contain the name of the last selected file.

      Does PowerArchiver have a similar function?

      Tom

      Tech Support
    • Cannot convert archive to .zip, always creates .zipx

      C

      Converting an archive to .zip (using both the “Deflate (.zip, compatible)” and “Store” compression methods) always creates a .zipx file instead.

      pa-convert-zip-1.jpg
      pa-convert-zip-2.jpg

      Using the “Store” method sometimes creates a .zip file; I have seen it happen just now, but I cannot reproduce it.

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    • patch beam waste of time

      D

      patchbeam a waste of time never updated with latest version

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    • drteeth
      drteeth last edited by

      Why is 11.50.61 still being offered for update when 11.50.66 is available for download - fixing some issues reported here?

      Regards

      DrT

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      • spwolf
        spwolf conexware last edited by

        because 11.51 will come out with some new features soon, and we dont want for people to have to update every few days.

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        • drteeth
          drteeth last edited by

          I see, though I personally don’t mind.

          Regards

          DrT

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          • spwolf
            spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

            @drteeth:

            I see, though I personally don’t mind.

            Regards

            DrT

            i know, some people complain though… we do post all the internal updates to twitter so who wants to get updated, thats the best way :)

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            • skypx
              skypx @spwolf last edited by

              @spwolf:

              i know, some people complain though… we do post all the internal updates to twitter so who wants to get updated, thats the best way :)

              To “twitter”…. why not post them here?

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              • drteeth
                drteeth last edited by

                Good point. The world has gone Twitter mad; best to use the PA forums fully.

                DrT

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                  amh209 last edited by

                  I have to agree, I would much rather see them here than Twitter.

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                  • spwolf
                    spwolf conexware last edited by

                    its just easier for us to post it at one location, instead of 3.:-).

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                    • skypx
                      skypx @spwolf last edited by

                      @spwolf:

                      its just easier for us to post it at one location, instead of 3.:-).

                      Guess I’m one of the few people that refuses to use twitter…… Please bear with me for a moment… I want to insure I have my facts straight, ConeXware has its own forum for PA but uses a totally different “social network” to disseminate updated information… WOW. :confused:

                      Wouldn’t a sticky entitled “PA2010 v11.50.xx” or “PA2010 v11.50.xx beta” better serve your current customer base? And use “Twitter” to attract new customers?

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                      • spwolf
                        spwolf conexware @skypx last edited by

                        @skypx:

                        Guess I’m one of the few people that refuses to use twitter…… Please bear with me for a moment… I want to insure I have my facts straight, ConeXware has its own forum for PA but uses a totally different “social network” to disseminate updated information… WOW. :confused:

                        Wouldn’t a sticky entitled “PA2010 v11.50.xx” or “PA2010 v11.50.xx beta” better serve your current customer base? And use “Twitter” to attract new customers?

                        well we always update threads where bugs were fixed with info on new version. Twitter is more of what newsletters used to be. You can easily get notification on whats latest @ conexware.

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                        • moles42
                          moles42 Alpha Testers @skypx last edited by

                          @skypx:

                          Guess I’m one of the few people that refuses to use twitter…… customers?

                          nah…you’re not alone skypx…plenty of us out there.
                          believe it or not I’ve actually seen updates on another site…:rolleyes:

                          eventually though I find where admin has hidden them…:D

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                            nameless last edited by

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                              mwb1100 last edited by

                              Another PA user/luddite who doesn’t twitter…

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                              • Luxor
                                Luxor Alpha Testers @mwb1100 last edited by

                                @mwb1100:

                                Another PA user/luddite who doesn’t twitter…

                                You can add me to the list too

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                                • skypx
                                  skypx @mwb1100 last edited by

                                  @moles42:

                                  nah…you’re not alone skypx…plenty of us out there.
                                  believe it or not I’ve actually seen updates on another site…:rolleyes:

                                  eventually though I find where admin has hidden them…:D

                                  @mwb1100:

                                  Another PA user/luddite who doesn’t twitter…

                                  We should form our own club and call it…… no, no, no, if we did then we’ll be back to where we started. :D

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                                    nameless last edited by

                                    We’re just talking about a site where you can sign up and then easily subscribe to email and/or RSS updates for internals builds of PowerArchiver. There needn’t be a political or philosophical component to this.

                                    I admit I have heretofore felt the same way about Twitter–I had no intention of signing up, and I’d gotten really sick of hearing about it. The whole concept doesn’t make sense to me. (Who cares if you’re about to wash the dishes or pinch one out?)

                                    But for software updates, it makes much more sense. (As long as the ConeXware people don’t start notifying us that they’re about to do the dishes or…)

                                    I created a Twitter account and signed up. It’s not a big deal. (Though it did take about 7 hours to find an unused user account name.)

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                                    • skypx
                                      skypx @nameless last edited by

                                      @nameless:

                                      We’re just talking about a site where you can sign up and then easily subscribe to email and/or RSS updates for internals builds of PowerArchiver. There needn’t be a political or philosophical component to this.

                                      I admit I have heretofore felt the same way about Twitter–I had no intention of signing up, and I’d gotten really sick of hearing about it. The whole concept doesn’t make sense to me. (Who cares if you’re about to wash the dishes or pinch one out?)

                                      But for software updates, it makes much more sense. (As long as the ConeXware people don’t start notifying us that they’re about to do the dishes or…)

                                      I created a Twitter account and signed up. It’s not a big deal. (Though it did take about 7 hours to find an unused user account name.)

                                      You are absolutely correct! Creating an account with twitter would probably take no more than 5 minutes, and I am not trying to annoy or disrespect anyone here. I’m simply expressing my opinion. I really feel ConeXware’s existing customer base would be better served by simply creating an “update/beta sticky” (users would subscribe to the thread if they wanted to be informed of updates). We would we find bugs that were missed and in turn this would mean a better product.

                                      IMO twitter should be used to attract new customers (how many people use it? >100M?) and their forums should be a wealth of information for their existing customers. I would even volunteer to get it done if needed. :)

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                                      • drteeth
                                        drteeth @Luxor last edited by

                                        @Luxor:

                                        You can add me to the list too

                                        And me! If I ‘twittered’, I’d get treatment very quickly.

                                        Cheers

                                        DrT

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                                        • drteeth
                                          drteeth @spwolf last edited by

                                          @spwolf:

                                          its just easier for us to post it at one location, instead of 3.:-).

                                          How about a read-only forum here called ‘updates’?

                                          Cheers

                                          DrT

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                                          • TBGBe
                                            TBGBe @skypx last edited by

                                            @skypx:

                                            You are absolutely correct! Creating an account with twitter would probably take no more than 5 minutes…

                                            As I understand it, you don’t need to sign up unless you want to become a Twitter. You can just use RSS to receive PowerArchiver “tweets” - that is what I’ve done anyway.
                                            @skypx:

                                            IMO twitter should be used to attract new customers (how many people use it? >100M?) and their forums should be a wealth of information for their existing customers. I would even volunteer to get it done if needed. :)

                                            How does this attract new customers - do people hunt through twitter looking for this stuff :confused:
                                            If you don’t “know” PowerArchiver, how/why read the tweets?

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                                              nameless @skypx last edited by

                                              @skypx:

                                              I really feel ConeXware’s existing customer base would be better served by simply creating an “update/beta sticky” (users would subscribe to the thread if they wanted to be informed of updates).

                                              I totally agree. I wasn’t supporting the use of Twitter for update notifications. I’d prefer it to be done here in the forum as well. I only signed up on Twitter because that’s how they chose to do it…

                                              @drteeth:

                                              And me! If I ‘twittered’, I’d get treatment very quickly.

                                              Yeah, but you can sign up for the “PowerArchiver” Twitter updates, and I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t count as “Twittering”. :)

                                              @TBGBe:

                                              As I understand it, you don’t need to sign up unless you want to become a Twitter. You can just use RSS to receive PowerArchiver “tweets” - that is what I’ve done anyway.

                                              Ah hell, you mean I didn’t have to sign up? Going to delete account now…

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                                                yoniy0 @nameless last edited by

                                                Come on guys, RSS is a great way to stay updated. I personally don’t care whether it’s a twitter RSS or one directly from ConeXware (wouldn’t say I think that making one of those is a bad idea, though)

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                                                  spwolf conexware @TBGBe last edited by

                                                  @TBGBe:

                                                  As I understand it, you don’t need to sign up unless you want to become a Twitter. You can just use RSS to receive PowerArchiver “tweets” - that is what I’ve done anyway.

                                                  How does this attract new customers - do people hunt through twitter looking for this stuff :confused:
                                                  If you don’t “know” PowerArchiver, how/why read the tweets?

                                                  yes, you don’t even have to create an account with twitter to read updates - you can just:
                                                  a. subscribe to RSS feed on twitter
                                                  b. Visit our blogs where you see tweeter feed.
                                                  c. visit twitter page without having tweeter account.

                                                  Usefulness of having tweeter account itself comes if you want to get email notification about tweeter updates.

                                                  Its quite interesting to see people “oppose” tweeter, its basically modern newsletter and not an facebook/myspace kind of social networking (although i guess you can make it so if you really wanted). I wonder if this is what happened in 90’s when internet started spreading everywhere (no, i dont want to use email, fax is just fine!) :-).

                                                  Keep in mind also that:
                                                  a. it is VERY rare that we dont release updates through official update. I dont actually remember when did this happen last time :).
                                                  b. In those rare cases, we update bug reports threads so you know how to find the latest release in case your issue has been fixed. Which is what we also did here.

                                                  I am old school too, and I personally cant see myself using facebook or myspace, and initially I could never see the use of tweeter, but after using it for a while, it is really very simple way to get updated on things you care about, and very different from forums. It is basically an non-official announcement forum page :).

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                                                    yoniy0 @spwolf last edited by

                                                    @spwolf:

                                                    a. subscribe to RSS feed on twitter

                                                    spwolf, I actually tried to find your page on twitter in order to subscribe, but couldn’t do that. I guess twitter isn’t for me, after all. Nevertheless, could you link to it here?

                                                    @spwolf:

                                                    a. it is VERY rare that we dont release updates through official update. I dont actually remember when did this happen last time :).

                                                    Actually, I can :). You never released RC version of PA2010 after the 2nd one (I mean, except for on the forums), though there were about 5 or 6 versions if I remember correctly.

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                                                      nameless last edited by

                                                      I guess these work without a Twitter account:

                                                      PowerArchiver Twitter page:

                                                      http://twitter.com/powerarchiver

                                                      PowerArchiver Twitter RSS feed:

                                                      http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/21028812.rss

                                                      Example for finding Twitter users (since Twitter prevents you from using the “Find People” link unless you join Twitter):

                                                      http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atwitter.com+powerarchiver

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                                                        spwolf conexware @yoniy0 last edited by

                                                        @yoniy0:

                                                        spwolf, I actually tried to find your page on twitter in order to subscribe, but couldn’t do that. I guess twitter isn’t for me, after all. Nevertheless, could you link to it here?

                                                        Actually, I can :). You never released RC version of PA2010 after the 2nd one (I mean, except for on the forums), though there were about 5 or 6 versions if I remember correctly.

                                                        nameless already answered how to find it (its also on the front page of our site), as to the RC’s - those were not official updates though (there is an difference, as usually those test releases introduce new bugs), and every thread got link to the “fix” release so everyone who could report the issue could test fix. Those were definetly not releases for general public :).

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                                                          moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                          ah what the heck…I’m following you on ‘twitter’ now guys…it’s either that or remain a dinosaur I guess…lol

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                                                            nameless @moles42 last edited by

                                                            @moles42:

                                                            ah what the heck…I’m following you on ‘twitter’ now guys…it’s either that or remain a dinosaur I guess…lol

                                                            FWIW I signed up a few days ago and my testes have not yet fallen off.

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                                                              moles42 Alpha Testers @nameless last edited by

                                                              @nameless:

                                                              FWIW I signed up a few days ago and my testes have not yet fallen off.

                                                              I’ll monitor mine closely then…:D

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                                                                spwolf conexware @nameless last edited by

                                                                @nameless:

                                                                FWIW I signed up a few days ago and my testes have not yet fallen off.

                                                                good one :-)

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                                                                  Luxor Alpha Testers @spwolf last edited by

                                                                  I have signed up to Twitter now too.
                                                                  I feel dirty now. :D

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                                                                    moles42 Alpha Testers @Luxor last edited by

                                                                    @Luxor:

                                                                    I feel dirty now. :D

                                                                    and rightly so too…:p

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                                                                      spwolf conexware last edited by

                                                                      watch it now, you will be stalked! ;-)

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                                                                        drteeth last edited by

                                                                        I check the Twitter link every so often for the updates, but I will NOT sign up…checking every week or so makes me feel sad enough as it is.

                                                                        Cheers

                                                                        DrT

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                                                                          spwolf conexware @drteeth last edited by

                                                                          @drteeth:

                                                                          I check the Twitter link every so often for the updates, but I will NOT sign up…checking every week or so makes me feel sad enough as it is.

                                                                          Cheers

                                                                          DrT

                                                                          hardcore ;-)

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                                                                            I have been following PA on Twitter and Facebook for sometime but to be fair I try and log onto PA Forum every day and keep upto date with as much as possible.

                                                                            Luxor, I must admit when I joined Facebook I felt I needed to wash a few times! as I was presured by my Friends and work mates. :D

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                                                                              Luxor Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                                                                              Sir Richard I know a good supplier of carbolic soap if you need some. ;)

                                                                              Even I draw the line at Facebook.

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                                                                                RJWaring last edited by

                                                                                ROFL, Yes please! That and an iron Brush should lift that dirty feeling once and for all. :)

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                                                                                  moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                                                  ‘carbolic soap’…now there’s a term I haven’t heard for a very long time…takes me back to my infancy…:D

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                                                                                    RJWaring @moles42 last edited by

                                                                                    @moles42:

                                                                                    ‘carbolic soap’…now there’s a term I haven’t heard for a very long time…takes me back to my infancy…:D

                                                                                    Do you remember the smell?? Loverly! I think it came in pink bars! Brings us back :)

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                                                                                      moles42 Alpha Testers @RJWaring last edited by

                                                                                      @Sir:

                                                                                      Do you remember the smell?? Loverly! I think it came in pink bars! Brings us back :)

                                                                                      just for you Sir !!! :D
                                                                                      in case you were feeling a little grimy after all that facebook activity… :p

                                                                                      http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7886/soapc.jpg

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                                                                                        RJWaring @moles42 last edited by

                                                                                        @moles42:

                                                                                        just for you Sir !!! :D
                                                                                        in case you were feeling a little grimy after all that facebook activity… :p

                                                                                        http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7886/soapc.jpg

                                                                                        Thats the one!! “FlashBack” cheers Moles… integrate scratch and sniff on this forum :D

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                                                                                          moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                                                          now there’s an interesting concept Richard…what would you have on the forum if you actually could intergrate a ‘scratch & sniff’ option ?

                                                                                          A Big favourite of mine has always been the smell of ‘Playdoh’…my 7 year old daughter plays with it quite often and I can’t help but get involved with it and get that great smell on my hands…brings back floods of memories from when I was a kid…:)

                                                                                          anyone else got thoughts on the issue?
                                                                                          maybe something that’s currently in your lives or a product which brings back memories from long ago :D

                                                                                          Apologies to Admin…I seem to be steering this thread in a totally different direction…:o

                                                                                          they will end up banning me for ‘spamming’…:eek:

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                                                                                          • RJWaring
                                                                                            RJWaring last edited by

                                                                                            Now Moles, That is a question with so many possible answers! :D Playdoh was also one of those things I used to play with but at the moment my Daughter is only 2 Years old so the closest smell I could contribute is that of a nappy.

                                                                                            When I was a kid there was a toy my sister used to play with it was like a weird animal with a really sweet smell and each model would smell of something different like blueberry pie and vanilla etc but for the sake of me I cant remember the name.

                                                                                            As for admin banging it up technically as this post was linked into Social Networking we are only following on as you would in Facebook where people talk about one thing and it ends up on a totaly different subject :D

                                                                                            Pass that soap now please…

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                                                                                              Mili conexware last edited by

                                                                                              Who’s hungry?

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                                                                                                moles42 Alpha Testers last edited by

                                                                                                can’t you just smell that playdoh Mili…:D

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                                                                                                  RJWaring @Mili last edited by

                                                                                                  @Mili:

                                                                                                  Who’s hungry?

                                                                                                  Looks nice but is it Free Range? :D

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                                                                                                    drteeth last edited by

                                                                                                    Just on my Linux machine and just scratched my screen.
                                                                                                    Coor a) fish and chips (from an English chippy on the left) and b) pint of Tim Taylor’s from the Junction Inn @ Otley, Yorkshire on the right.
                                                                                                    = Hog’s heaven. Long live open source eh? And you guys can only think of soap? <shakes head="">.

                                                                                                    LOL.

                                                                                                    DrT</shakes>

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                                                                                                      Luxor Alpha Testers @drteeth last edited by

                                                                                                      But at least we’re clean. :p;):D

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