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Hi Everyone using Cable forum ,Never used one of these before, I'm a bit long inthe tooth(83, and still a computer user)
I have an older version of Visioneer scanner 8100,I am using XP the unit was for WIN 98,can anyone tell me how to update the program free with out having to get it from "Driver doc" or similar:mad:, every time I ask for update I get one of these Free programs pop up and they scan and then to update you have to register and pay.Hope I've put this in the right place:dunce: eddnewman

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http://support.visioneer.com/product.../downloads.asp

Windows XP drivers direct from Visioneer themselves.

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Anyone know of any free software that does a better job than windows media player?

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Everyone will recommend VLC which is on the first post.

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Thanks i'll give it a shot now.

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Media Player Classic for movies with the K-Lite Codec Pack.
Wimamp/FooBar/Songbird for Music.

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I have tried foobar before and really liked it....just had no idea on how to skin it really.

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It's ugly, and you can't skin it XD

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Free software for the Symbian OS; Symbian Apps; Nokia Phones; Symbian C++

http://www.nokiasymbianthemes.com/fr...e-applications

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Does anyone know of a freeware offline blog/diary/organiser software please? I currently use notepad but I need something more advanced than that.

Thanks

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Google calendar can be used offline.

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lightening calendar in thunderbird

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/

Lightning brings the Sunbird calendar to the popular email client, Mozilla Thunderbird. Since it's an extension, Lightning is tightly integrated with Thunderbird, allowing it to easily perform email-related calendaring tasks.

or sunbird stand alone
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

Mozilla Sunbird® is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to provide you with a full-featured and easy to use calendar application that you can use around the world.

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Thanks for the suggestions, I went with sunbird and it works a treat!!! :)

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Glad you found it of some use,

Cheers

Al

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Another screen reader, Not bad at all it must be said.

http://www.nvda-project.org/