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May 3

registry changes

In Windows 7, how do I export ONLY user-modified registry changes (ie not the default registry entries but only the ones the user has modified)? Thanks! 188.168.8.39 (talk) 11:32, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The user settings are contained in the files NTUSER.dat and UsrClass.dat, but it is not recommended to do anything with those files directly. Some registry backup software allows import and export of separate sections, but I'll leave it to experts to recommend the best. Dbfirs 19:37, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the Windows registry even keeps track of changes. Registry keys have a modification date associated with them (no creation or last access dates though, like files have), but that's it. You could export the registry into a text file and diff it with an earlier copy, but that will only tell what has changed since that earlier copy, not what entries (keys) have assumed non-default values. Asmrulz (talk) 18:50, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Google reviews truncated

Google reviews always truncated long reviews and had a "more" button to see the rest, but now when I hit that button it only gives me a bit more and still truncates. There's no "even more" button. For an example, see the review by "kefefs" for the Macaroni Grill in Livonia, MI. Does everyone else get the same behavior ? (If it was just the one review I might think the review actually ended with "..." but there are several.) StuRat (talk) 19:05, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but they show the first 993 characters of the kefefs review, not including the ending ellipsis. Similarly, the "Willie Stylez" review and one of the "A Google User" reviews were truncated to 993 and 994 characters, respectively. Maybe they have changed to a 1,000-character limit? ―Mandruss ☎ 19:11, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, it looks like they may have shortened the review size allowed, and they don't even grandfather in the old, longer reviews, they just truncate them. When adding a new review it doesn't tell you there's a size limit, although it does tell you it's too long, but not by how much. So, you have to just keep shortening it, trying again, and hoping it's short enough now. I would expect Google reviews to work better than this. StuRat (talk) 20:17, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any movie prototyping software?

Let's say I want to make a movie prototype for presentation. And I do not draw. Looking at the modern achievements of 3D-graphics and character creation capabilities (role playing games such as Skyrim), I am surprised that I couldn't find software that would allow simple methods to create a prototype of a movie scene or the whole movie.

I do not mean 3D-editors like Maya, where you want to draw meticulously every little detail. I imagine some simple system, which will allow creating a simple scene in a few minutes. For example, I select scenery ("urban landscape"), some character ("man"), set his actions ("running") and choose the location and movement of the camera.

Sly G (talk) 22:01, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you're talking about Storyboarding. In general, this can be done in any software where you can sketch - or (what most people do) just sketch on paper and scan the resulting sketches into a computer. Some storyboarding is done with 3D graphics - just very crudely (it's called an animatic) - and sometimes it's an assembly of different techniques. I've seen some people do it by 'stealing' still images and/or short video clips from existing movies and editing them together to sketch out the action (a 'photomatic' or 'moviematic')! A related trick is called a 'paint-over' where someone takes a photograph of a real place in present day, then sketches over the top of it to 'convert' it into some ancient or futuristic scene - keeping the proper perspective and scale from the original picture. I don't think there is any "One True Way" to do this - everyone seems to use whatever they are most comfortable with. SteveBaker (talk) 22:28, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SteveBaker, Sly G: Software names guys, what are the softwares? What softwares are capable of performing such work? -- Mr. Prophet (talk) 09:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Toon Boom Studio is a good option. There are also online storyboarding tools you can try.--Joseph 10:50, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, internet usage is a problem, thank you. -- Mr. Prophet (talk) 19:05, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting accounts on Best Daily

How does someone delete their account on the website Best Daily? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nedlivingathome (talk • contribs) 22:16, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added a title to this question SteveBaker (talk) 22:32, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gmail will not "Send as" while using in Quickbooks

Hello,

I have set up my Gmail account to "Send As" another address, ie: "something(at)mydomain.com". This works perfectly when using gmail via the web @ www.gmail.com. However, i am wanting this to also work using third party applications, such as Quickbooks. It did work for a while, i set smtp.gmail.com port 465 SSL on Quickbooks, and even though i sent an invoice THROUGH my gmail account, it would show up as from "something(at)mydomain.com". This has since goofed up and it is showing as coming from my gmail address now. How can i fix this?

216.173.144.188 (talk) 23:06, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What you are describing is called E-mail spoofing. Gmail broke the feature last year on purpose. I don't believe it's possible anymore. Vespine (talk) 23:27, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if this is completely correct. Am i spoofing just because i want to "Send As" an account i own? After all, Gmail allows "Send As", and i have to acknowledge that i own the other account in order for it to work. If it is the case that Google has disabled "Send As" if their SMTP server is used, i wonder why it did work for a while a week ago. Is there a way around this that is "Safe and Secure" in the way that Google needs?

I am not trying to spoof or do anything malicious in any way. I just want the benefit of sending through my specialized domain name email, but combine that with gmail's amazing organizational layout (Labels, etc)

216.173.144.188 (talk) 23:57, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Email spoofing does have a negative connotation, but it is not "malicious" in and of it self. It basically just means send email from an address different to the authorized domain of the mail server you are using. It used to be fairly common practice, because mail servers didn't "care" what address was on the 'from field'. There is a "legitimate use" section in our article. However, controling spam and email security have become more and more important to the point where now they outweigh the "convenience" of spoofing. I still use my own domain email from the webclient, but this article makes it sound like gmail can send email through the other email addresses mail server for you, but not through google's mail servers. Vespine (talk) 02:29, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, looking at your link, i am using the top option (I don't have gmail for business). If i understand correctly, and GMail will access another email and "Send As" from that emails account, why wont this work? Yes im connecting to Gmail's SMTP, but shouldnt it say "Oh, whenever email is sent from this GMail, log into the users other account and actually send from THERE instead!" ? Again, im not sure why that idea shouldnt work. It seems like it ought to, since GMail has full support for this if you use gmail.com directly. Why not in SMTP?

I'm sorry if this seems confused and slightly circular, but its because i AM confused, and i dont understand why there isnt a way to make this work, since google verifies im the owner of the account and can log in AS that acct anyway. Google has all the SMTP details of the other account, so how can i get it to forward properly?

216.173.144.188 (talk) 07:23, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The key part in the article I linked is Your other email provider has to provide authenticated SMTP support for you to use this option. . I believe Gmail will use the other smtp server to send the email. The idea "could" work, but google have disabled it. Also read the Once you're set up: sending mail section. Vespine (talk) 23:19, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]