News – StormPooperSmith https://stormpoopersmith.com/ Daniel Smith: Application and web developer, infrastructure support specialist, computer scientist and all-round geek. Tue, 20 Jun 2017 06:59:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 24778718 Copyright © StormPooperSmith 2013 admin@stormpoopersmith.com (Danny, Mark and Joe) admin@stormpoopersmith.com (Danny, Mark and Joe) Comedy 1440 https://stormpoopersmith.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/hewaslaugh/RSS.jpg StormPooperSmith https://stormpoopersmith.com/ 144 144 https://feeds.feedburner.com/HeWasLaugh Movies and video games discussions with Danny, Mark and Joe. Each episode, Danny, Mark and Joe (and sometimes guests) get together to discuss movies, games and anything else they want to discuss, covering the good, the bad, the ugly and the rest. You can suggest topics for us to discuss and ask us questions at - just use the contact form, or via one of the social networks listed there. You can also find the full archive and show notes. he, was, laugh, movies, films, tv, series, season, stormpooper, stormpoopersmith, discussions, comedy Danny, Mark and Joe Danny, Mark and Joe admin@stormpoopersmith.com no yes OEM Brander 1.8 Released https://stormpoopersmith.com/2013/12/15/oem-brander-1-8-released/ Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:22:21 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/?p=785

OEM Brander has been updated to version 1.8, which fixes a bug and simplifies the updater.

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What’s New:

  • Fixed Sony and Toshiba images being swapped
  • Changed convoluted updater to simple update prompt

Thank you to yasin and luci in the comments for pointing out the Sony and Toshiba image issue. For those that are interested in updated logos and information, please keep an eye on the blog – I’ve almost finished planning v2.0, which will be a complete rewrite with additional features.

]]> 785 OEM Brander 1.7 Released https://stormpoopersmith.com/2012/01/21/oem-brander-1-7-released/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:02:01 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/?p=234

OEM Brander has been updated to version 1.7, which improves the auto updating functionality.

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What’s New:

  • Automatically download needed updater files
  • Warns about file name change affecting updates

The auto updater now downloads the required updater files if they don’t exist – no more self-extracting archives, just a single, portable download. For those of you who don’t want to update automatically, you can rename the executable – it will then prevent any further checks until it is renamed back. This is now conveyed in the user interface (where the update link is normally).

]]> 234 OEM Brander 1.6 Released https://stormpoopersmith.com/2012/01/17/oem-brander-1-6-released/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:29:24 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/?p=226

OEM Brander has been updated to version 1.6, which adds auto updating and a self-extracting installer.

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What’s New:

  • Auto Updater
  • Self-extracting installer

To accommodate the extra files required, OEM Brander is now packaged in a self-extracting archive. If these extra files do not exist, or the application is renamed, updating is disabled. For those who do not care about all that, I’ve included links to the standalone version – this will always be identical to the extracted release, just without the auto update ability.

]]> 226 OEM Brander 1.5 Released https://stormpoopersmith.com/2012/01/14/oem-brander-1-5-released/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:29 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/?p=214

OEM Brander has been updated to version 1.5, which includes a number of new features and bug fixes.

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What’s New:

  • Presets for multiple manufacturers (Dell, HP, etc)
  • Read the make and model from the machine
  • Importing and exporting branding
  • Allows custom Support Information on pre-Vista systems (up to 9 lines of information)
  • Bug fixes

If you have updated information for a preset, or a set of branding you believe should be included, please export the data to file and email it tome (using the Contact form) so I can include it in future releases.

]]> 214 Server Move and Download Mirrors https://stormpoopersmith.com/2012/01/03/server-move-and-download-mirrors/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:16:33 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/?p=183 Eleven. Exactly. One louder.

The short version: moved to a UK server and added download mirrors.

The long version: After publishing the website, I realized just how slow the American host, Cirtex Hosting, was when accessing the website from the UK. Once I received the domain expiry notice, I decided to move hosts. When creating a website for a friend, I had already researched UK web host providers and settled on VidaHost – the price was better than Cirtex (even after currency conversion) and the site ran faster – plus the cPanel for the site has more modules and options available. Because of this, StormPooperSmith has been moved over and is now running at a bearable speed.

In a similar vein, I’ve now added more download mirrors for OEM Brander. The two web mirrors are Dropbox (if you don’t have an account but want one, that link will give you and I an extra 250mb each) and Box.net. Dropbox mirror links directly to the file, the Box.net mirror points to a landing page with a download link (no countdowns or anything annoying like that).

All future downloads will be hosted on the same mirrors, plus FileForum if they ever get around to approving my Author account. Let me know if you have any issues with the any of the mirrors or suggestions for more.

]]> 183 Open For Business https://stormpoopersmith.com/2011/11/27/open-for-business/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:03:57 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/news/open-for-business/ It’s been a long time coming, but the site is finally open to the public, and odds are nobody cares.

But who cares that nobody cares? Nobody, because they’re not reading this.

If you are actually reading this, then well done, you are one of the enlightened few. You are one of the select elite who gets to see a re-coloured dancing Mega Man sprite (the original being from here), plus my first public release, OEM Brander.

If you check back, subscribe to the RSS feed, or follow me on Twitter, you’ll be the first to know when there’s new stuff and updates to existing stuff.

Or you could just watch the dancing re-skinned Mega Man. I wouldn’t blame you, it is hypnotic…

]]> 124 OEM Brander 1.0 Released https://stormpoopersmith.com/2011/11/27/oem-brander-1-0-released/ Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:00:02 +0000 https://stormpoopersmith.com/?p=31

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OEM Brander is free portable application designed to allow you to edit OEM branding on a Windows PC. When you buy a PC from a manufacturer, they will usually have the Make, Model and Support information in the Systems Property window, as well as a company logo. OEM Brander enables you to edit this information and to use your own logo, which will be automatically resized and scaled to fit.

Unlike most OEM customization tools, OEM Brander supports editing this information on Windows XP to Windows 7 (and future versions if the process does not change). It also allows you to change the Performance Index Logo and the Media Centre Logo, as well as the Registered Owner and Registered Organisation.

OEM Brander requires .NET 3.5 Framework or newer and can be run as a portable application (no installation required). It also requires Administrator privileges, which are automatically requested if running in Vista or above. It is designed to work with Windows XP, XP Media Center, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7. It was tested on XP Professional and Windows 7.

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