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Re: Usage utility for Windows?

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On 31-July-2016 7:35 AM, Je�us wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 07:03:24 +1000, Jeßus <j@j.j> wrote:
>
>> On 30 Jul 2016 19:47:52 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Je?us <j@j.j> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 05:05:14 +1000, Jeßus <j@j.j> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 30 Jul 2016 18:13:25 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Je?us <j@j.j> wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm in need of a good data usage utility to run on Win 7. Is anyone
>>>>>>> familiar with the current offerings and can recommend one? I haven't
>>>>>>> used such a util in at least a decade but now obviously need to
>>>>>>> monitor my real usage vs. what the NBN says I'm using. There's
>>>>>>> something seriously rotten with the NBN's usage meter...
>>>>>>   I've been using SoftPerfect's NetWorx [1] for quite some time and I've
>>>>>> been very pleased with it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] <https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx>
>>>>> Well... snap. I looked at a few possibilities and liked the look of
>>>>> Networx, so I will install it later and give it a try. It must be good
>>>>> if you're recommending it, many thanks for the help.
>>>> Hmm, task bar integration is a failure. Says it's there... only it
>>>> isn't (Win 7). I can access it from the start menu though.
>>>   Hmmm!? Strange! Never had that problem on XP or Vista. On 8[.1] (and I
>>> assume on 10), you of course have to tell the 'Notification Area Icons'
>>> Control Panel applet to 'Show icon and notifications'. 7 does not have
>>> that (a little white up-triangle icon on the Taskbar), does it?
>> Yes Win 7 has the little triangle. No sign of anything there either.
>>
>>> (I never had 7.)
>> Not sure what happened, but after some mucking about I got the icon in
>> the task bar... but only an icon. I didn't much like having to hover
>> my cursor over it to see the bandwidth as I really want to see it at a
>> glance (I had infobar for that job before installing Networx). The
>> vagaries and quirks of satellite broadband demand this, unfortunately.
>>
>> I'm trying 'NetSpeedMonitor' right now, which provides the stats at a
>> glance. It takes up a lot of task bar real estate, but you can't have
>> everything... I did get a nag screen asking me to 'donate' shortly
>> after starting it up... fine by me so long as it doesn't keep nagging
>> me.
>>
>> Anyway, we shall see how this one goes, cheers.
> Not good either, as it also monitors LAN traffic and there seems to be
> no way to disable that.

it's an option during setup

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Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-30 13:44 +1000
  Re: Usage utility for Windows? Pete <pjetson@yahoo.com> - 2016-07-30 15:59 +1000
    Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 05:03 +1000
  Re: Usage utility for Windows? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 18:13 +0000
    Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 05:05 +1000
      Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 05:12 +1000
        Re: Usage utility for Windows? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 19:47 +0000
          Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 07:03 +1000
            Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 07:35 +1000
              Re: Usage utility for Windows? felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-07-31 10:33 +1000
                Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 10:37 +1000
                Re: Usage utility for Windows? felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-07-31 10:41 +1000
                Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 10:56 +1000
            Re: Usage utility for Windows? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-31 19:04 +0000
              Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-08-01 06:26 +1000
        Re: Usage utility for Windows? felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-07-31 10:28 +1000
          Re: Usage utility for Windows? Jeßus <j@j.j> - 2016-07-31 10:35 +1000

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