Virus Scan for FILEminimizer Pictures 3.0

Daniel Walker Good day -

-- I LIKE IT! Now I have a couple questions.

-- 1. Will this 'change' the photo in any way that it will affect getting it printed at a shop (like Walgreens, CostCo, other commercial places - amateur or professional)?

-- 2. Will this affect a 'created' image (in CorelDRAW, export as a PNG) that I would supply to a Print-on-Demand company for printing on a T-Shirt? ceramic mug? Poster print? etc. (mine prefer PNGs - with 'transparency' for printing on dark T-shirts). Most cloth and ceramic are done by dye sublimation of an image I supply to them.

-- Saving file size would be GREAT!

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Oct 13 2009 at 8:09pm Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Daniel,

To answer your questions:

1. You have 4 different compression levels to choose. Among them also one for "print". Compression might be a bit lower, but the print quality is then guaranteed.

2. It won't affect the created image. The program can detect e.g. if transparency is in the image and in such a case chooses the most appropriate format (PNG).

balesio software AG - Oct 13 2009 at 8:49pm Copy Link

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Daniel H Is the Premium Pack included with the price? Otherwise you have to pay another _4.99 to get 1 year free updates/upgrades which under normal conditions is included with the price of software. What about VAT, is it included with the price (some companies do to balance price for EU and non-EU (USA) customers) or it is another add-on to the final price? Afterall, for me the final price would be 21 Euros(31 USD) and it does not seem to be a great bargain, except non-EU customers (and maybe Minnesota as well:) ).

Oct 15 2009 at 8:49pm Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Daniel,

The premium pack is in addition but it is also optional.

VAT is charged only if you are EU customer and do not have European VAT-ID. If you have this, you are exempt from paying VAT and can pay the net price.

Hope this helps.

balesio software AG - Oct 15 2009 at 9:17pm Copy Link

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Daniel H Hi CHristoph, what is my objection is that you have to buy "Premium Pack: incl. free Updates, Upgrades and Support for 1 year" for another _4.99 to get even updates after purchase. Normally, when buying software one year of free updates is included. Actually, what is your software advantage over free alternatives as IrfanView?

Oct 17 2009 at 9:03am Copy Link

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Andrew Griffiths Like Daniel, I would like to know advantage over IrfanView and similar.

Oct 18 2009 at 3:15am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @ Daniel: The premium pack entitles you for FREE upgrades during this period. If you don't purchase the premium pack and an upgrade comes out, you still get a preferential upgrade price.

@ Daniel and Andrew: Firstly, Irfanview is only free for personal use. You get here a commercial license of our software. Secondly, Irfanview is an image toolbox, while we strictly focus on image optimization and this in batch. Press the button and it is optimized. It is straight forward and idiot-proof. you will be a lot faster and results will be better.

I suggest to try it out with the evaluation version to see the difference.

balesio software AG - Oct 19 2009 at 12:55am Copy Link

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Bob S Hi - this looks like it could be very useful for many purposes and I just want to confirm the benefit for the purpose I have in mind.

From the info provided, it looks as though this creates versions of images that are much smaller without much if any loss in quality - therefore, on a website with lots of images, this should allow the website to load much more quickly, correct?

One more naive question - is there any downside to applying this to images that would appear on one's website?

Oct 20 2009 at 4:00pm Copy Link

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Michael M Are there any command-line-arguments, e.g. make the conversion done completely from inside a dos-box?

Or even better, can the .dll inside the directory used from inside own programs? (When clicking on 'contents' I am guided to a online-page where something about a SDK is said. Is this .DLL meant with this and is there a documentation?)

Thank you,

Michael

Oct 20 2009 at 6:27pm Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @ Bob: that is exactly what you can do with FILEminimizer Pictures. Our customers could accellerate their own webpages by over 30 percent thanks to smaller pictures.
And no, there is no downside.

@Michael M: You can't do it from DOS, but we offer a SDK. It is a programmable .dll which allows you to integrate our image compression engine in other environments, e.g. Sharepoint. Please contact me at cs@balesio.com for documentation and further info.

thanks
Chris
cs@balesio.com

balesio software AG - Oct 20 2009 at 9:12pm Copy Link

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Doyle F How does the software work? Does it identify the components and then go to the Manufacturer's website to get the latest drivers or does it go to your website for them?

Is this a subscription based product?

Can I add components manually or does it only work on those that are plugged into the computer? IE.....my DVD player doesn't plug into the computer but I still need to check for driver updates periodically.

Doyle

Oct 21 2009 at 6:29am Copy Link

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Bob S This seems to deliver exactly what the developer promises... I just tried it on a 6Mb photo (largest on my PC) and it shrunk it to .7Mb (88% reduction in size). This will allow me to speed up pages on our website that have large images...

I am unable to get one feature to work, though. Shows option to "View File(s)" - I'm assuming that is to view the new, reduced image. However, it doesn't do anything when I click on it. Am I doing something wrong?

Oct 21 2009 at 3:44pm Copy Link

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Michael M But this SDK is not included in this offer, i.e. it would cost extra, wouldn't it?

Thank you,

Michael

Oct 21 2009 at 4:46pm Copy Link

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Terry Marc Watching for the download!

Jun 5 2013 at 7:08pm Copy Link

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Danny so can also be used to store compressed files as a backup?

Jun 5 2013 at 8:50pm Copy Link

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Boris Bogolubov Thank you for your software

Jun 6 2013 at 10:03am Copy Link

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Brandon H @Danny - From what I understand this is still lossy compression, just "intelligent," so it's different from Zip, RAR, etc which create identical what you put in is what you get out.

This will be great for creating smaller more-compressed versions for sharing and posting online, but I would still keep the original for any serious manipulation and for backups.

Jun 6 2013 at 10:40am Copy Link

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kat brooks FILEminimizer Pictures FREE

Compress JPEG photos, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG and EMF images and pictures by up to 98%.
Optimized photos, images and pictures remain in their original format - no need to unzip. Send and share your best photos and pictures easier via email and over the internet.

Jun 6 2013 at 6:00pm Copy Link

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HKP I recommend strongly to check out if your recipients of your shrunk photos can open the files minimized with FILEminimizer Pictures. I made the experience that especially the employees of companies cannot open these shrunk photos. They don’t get through the security-barriers. Therewith this software missed its main target to provide an easy way to send minimized pictures as email-attachment. For the same reason, everybody should think twice if he’s thinking about replacing the original pictures by photos shrunk with this application.

Shrinking photos with freeware like Picasa from Google require some more clicks, but until now, this way minimized pictures could be opened still by everybody without any issue. The new WinZip Pro 17.5 provides also an excellent tool for shrinking photos and sending them as an email-attachment.

Jun 8 2013 at 1:27am Copy Link

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Col- Hectorz I would like to know what is the comparison of this commercial version and the free one offer on their web site.
I looked all around and they don't give any information about a commercial version of "FILEminimizer Picture". I saw the "suite" one withch is not the same as the "picture" for picture only.
So where is it come from that commercial license ?

Jun 8 2013 at 2:02am Copy Link

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Michael Johnsson I have typed in registration 2 times now, it is still the same free one that was downloaded, and it still has the same free version serial starting on 999991, my serial starts with 454934, so that 999991 is totaly wrong.

So is this a giveaway if the free version only or not?

Jun 8 2013 at 2:03am Copy Link

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Kit Kagaya Interesting that it's billed as a commercial licence, but in the Fine Print it says "License can be used for Personal use only".

Jun 8 2013 at 2:35am Copy Link

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ed popescu the license don't conserve !!!!!!!!!!!????????????

Jun 8 2013 at 2:55am Copy Link

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Carlos Oliveira The ad and the email with the password it is advertised as a commercial license, but in the screen "show license" it says:

"Personal is free FILEminimizer Pictures and Exclusively Intended for private use on a single workstation. You may copy the complete program package and pass it on to others for private use only. This version may not be used for commercial or
professional purposes. "

Jun 8 2013 at 4:10am Copy Link

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Michael Johnsson @Col- Hectorz

I just got a message from the software, a reminder to register the free version if I am a commercial user.

So basic this gaveaway is a licence to use the free version for a commercial user.
And since the licence do not work, its basic a giveaway of the regular free version.

Nice scam.

Altho the software is nice, I have been playing with it a bit.

Jun 8 2013 at 4:12am Copy Link

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L Wag There doesn't seem to be any difference between this "commercial" version and the free version of this software offered on their site. They have simply lifted the restriction on using the free version for commercial use. I won't be using this for commercial purposes, but I have downloaded it anyway and will give it a try.

Jun 8 2013 at 6:31am Copy Link

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Chintan Karnik Interesting product. Tried this on a scanned image that was 1.6mb jpeg resulted in a new jpeg file thats only 108k. Impressive! The magic I guess was that it intelligently reduced the image dimensions from 5100 x 7014 to 1024 x 1408 so as to keep the image looking the same.

Instead of the batch mode in the GUI, is there a command-line interface to this?

What is the pricing like on the server or sdk version of this software. Is it available at a promo price today? Ofcourse I could send a personal email for a quote, but I think other bitsters would stand to benefit from this info.

Jun 8 2013 at 6:44am Copy Link

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Greg Brown Hi folks - just a user here, not a rep of this company.

I purchased this software through bitsdujour a couple of years ago, and for my purposes it works like a champ - my purposes being to back up my personal photos to the cloud for safe keeping. Just now I used it to convert a photo from 5.31 mb to 624 kb - an 88% file size reduction. Using a photo viewer like Irfanview to A/B them, my eye can't discern any difference as long as I don't zoom in too much. You're not going to want to use this to shrink your photos and then delete your originals. But for making smaller (but still very good looking) copies for online backup, it's great. Note also that there are settings that will allow you to make adjustments to the final output. For example, you can prevent it from changing the photo resolution. Anyway, just my 2 cents.

Jun 8 2013 at 7:11am Copy Link

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g hudak I have tried 3 times to register the SW. The serial no. emailed to me , as well as the commercial license info. does not match the data in the "help" drop down. I also have the 9999. code showing up in my drop down. How do you correctly registrar this?? Help!!

Jun 8 2013 at 7:42am Copy Link

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Red Wine There is a problem with software registration.

After submitting the registration details, it works, but after you open it again, the license converts back to free, non-commercial.

Since the above it says commercial, it shouldn't convert back to free version.

Jun 8 2013 at 9:13am Copy Link

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Red Wine Hope they'll fix it soon.

Jun 8 2013 at 9:14am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens Could the vendor or some BDJ official please comment on the license issue? It's called "Commercial License", but the "Fine Print" says "License can be used for Personal use only." If I can't use it for commercial purposes, it's probably not interesting for me.

Jun 8 2013 at 9:32am Copy Link

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Constantin Florea Hi guys. We're sorry about the registration issue. We've just contacted the vendor to help us solve it.

BitsDuJour Admin - Jun 8 2013 at 10:41am Copy Link

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Cary Adams First... you cannot reduce the file size of photo image files by up to 98%, with "absolutely no loss in quality". That is a lie.

Since this is a "free" tool, you can try it and see. But please don't think this is a helpful archiver such that you can discard your original photo files in favor of reduced file sizes.

Jun 8 2013 at 10:53am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @Cary Adams: That's right, but in the sentence you quoted, they didn't talk about photos, just "JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP and EMF images". If there's a small black line on a white background, you can probably reduce the file size that much without visible loss in quality... ;-)

Apart from that it can still be very helpful - I'd use it to reduce the file size of images used in websites (I'm a web developer / webdesigner). At the moment I use a very old tool that isn't developed any more (xat.com Professional Image Optimizer) but still produces better results than all the other tools I tested. I still have to test FILEminimizer, but the screenshots look nice. :)

Jun 8 2013 at 11:08am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens Oops - seems as if Cary's posting has been deleted...

Jun 8 2013 at 11:09am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens Argh, there it is again... Sometimes the conversation here is a little bit tricky! ;-)

Jun 8 2013 at 11:11am Copy Link

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ouialaraison Downloaded more than 12 hours ago, successively gave two different email addresses, and still no news from File Minimizer people. And yes, these addresses were correct and yes again, I checked my spam folders (found today: an insurance to provide for my funerals and a brush, they say sold by millions in the US, that can bring your lost hair back... but no registration key).
Oh well… my pictures will have to retain their 98% extra weight, I guess… :(

Jun 8 2013 at 1:10pm Copy Link

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Michael Johnsson @ouialaraison

You only need the serial for Commercial use. If your about to use it for personal use only, just use it, no registration needed.

Also do note 98% less size on pitcures should acutally read "up to".
Basic it will dump something in your pictures to get a higher %.

Jun 8 2013 at 1:34pm Copy Link

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ouialaraison @ Michael Johnsson

Thank you for your comment. I understand I can download and install the personal free version anytime direct from the developer’s site, but we don’t need BitduJour for that, do we? Here, we are supposed to get the commercial one! (I’m just being a pest, as I don’t intend to make business with it anyhow.)

As per the 98%, I understand also the concept of “up to”, like I might wait “up to” one more hour before giving up and going to sleep. :)

Jun 8 2013 at 2:57pm Copy Link

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Chris I have had this program for a long time and I contacted the vendor about the registration code not being saved and I had to re-enter it every time I launched the program. They told me that that is the way it is supposed to be for the versions that they give away free. I guess it is not a big problem, considering it is free.

I also noticed that it y minimize a max of 500 images at once and if you try to do more it will tell you that you need to purchase the server edition and it only minimizes the first 500 images you added in to it.

Jun 8 2013 at 8:25pm Copy Link

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Michael Johnsson *** Great News! balesio AG has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy! ***

BUT??

What about the registration issues?

Jun 9 2013 at 1:35am Copy Link

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Col- Hectorz This is not a commercial license.
It is a scam to induce the user to try the free version.
After a few test of the software, it show a nag screen telling me that I can not use-it for commercial purpose and giving me a link to bye the commercial suite.
I check the license, it turn back to the free one by it self, even if it accepted the commercial license.
In my book, the software editor is not to be trusted , BitsDuJour should be ashamed to let-it go for a second day.
This site and the editor both know this and they just ignore the comment.
So they know it is a scam, false representation witch is illegal.
It say a lot about that editor, you want to bye any thing from them ???

Jun 9 2013 at 2:17am Copy Link

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Col- Hectorz Remouve the automatique update ! Many 'giveaway' turn into trial after updating...
Coder always forget to FIX this issue in their giveaway software,
is it negligence ?

Jun 9 2013 at 2:23am Copy Link

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Bob McLain Why is it "great news" to extend an offer for software that can't be properly registered and that is provided by a vendor who can't be bothered answering questions?

Putting software on BitsduJour is about more than just moving product; it's an opportunity to demonstrate support skills.

This vendor doesn't get it.

Jun 9 2013 at 4:18am Copy Link

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Miroir Deco There is still a problem with the software registration. FILEminimizer Pictures offered here by balesio AG is Not a commercial license. It's just and only for personal use.

After submitting the registration details, it works, but after you open it again, the license converts back by itself to a free, non-commercial license. I tried 3 more times, and each time it returns to the free version. What a shame !

Jun 9 2013 at 5:02am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @Miroir Deco: See the comment from Chris, four positions above yours. Definitely no desirable behavior. Either it's a commercial version or not, but constantly nagging the user until he gives up and buys a "real" commercial version is a very strange idea even for a giveaway. :(

Thumbs down!

Jun 9 2013 at 5:20am Copy Link

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jay aich I installed and registered this prgm yesterday without a hitch. Today if I go to:
HelpShow licence(their spelling) I get a Notepad window that begins:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FILEminimizer Pictures 3.x - Free Personal Edition

Copyright © 2010 by balesio AG
All rights reserved.
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Jun 9 2013 at 2:45pm Copy Link

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Miroir Deco Hi Jan-Christoph ! I think everyone who is having problem with the registration key that converts back to free licence should write about it until a company rep be kind enough to comment on the license issue.

Jun 9 2013 at 2:45pm Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @jay aich: "licence" is correct British English. ;) See http://www.future-perfect...icence.asp. The balesio AG comes from Switzerland, so the people there probably learned British English in school (like me, I'm from Germany).

As to your complaint: See the comments above.

@Miroir Deco: They don't seem to have much interest in this sale. Working on weekends obviously isn't something they like. ;) But the comment "there is currently a problem with this deal which means that we cannot bring you the reduced price! We're working on getting this fixed" at the top of the page probably means that the BDJ people are trying to clarify this.

Jun 9 2013 at 3:01pm Copy Link

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Faisal Humayun Uninstalled the moment I saw that batch replacement of original files requires an upgrade to a "server edition" (an up-sell to much more than just batch image resizing).

Jun 9 2013 at 4:36pm Copy Link

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jay aich @Jan-Christoph Ihrens
Thanks for the tip re spelling. I have already seen the prior comments. Just wanted to chime in.

Jun 9 2013 at 5:04pm Copy Link

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Arif Noerman Hello, we still have problem with the licence or license!

Jun 9 2013 at 5:07pm Copy Link

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feral1 Well I'm here. Only a trial version available to download. So do I get a email with some kind of registration or is this outfit scrambling?

Jun 9 2013 at 5:40pm Copy Link

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Sue Long I see nothing but a link to download a trial version. I can find no place to request a serial number. The website says I still have 5 hours + to get this for free, but I am stumped as to how I am supposed to do this. I clicked on "I want it," but it did not seem to do anything. I checked all areas of my wmail and I see no message from BDJ. I'm very disappointed. I use this on my other laptop and I really wanted it on the new laptop.

Jun 9 2013 at 6:32pm Copy Link

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joel kens How do I get this?

Jun 9 2013 at 8:34pm Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @feral1, Sue Long, joel kens: Just read the first sentence on this page:

"*** We're Sorry, but there is currently a problem with this deal which means that we cannot bring you the reduced price! We're working on getting this fixed. Please check back soon. If we can't fix the problem we usually run the deal again. ***"

;-)

Jun 9 2013 at 9:15pm Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @Everybody

Excuse us for this issue. We found now the solution.

1. Please go to the index where you have installed FILEminimizer Pictures.

2. Then please delete the "Networkcode.lic" file.

3. Start FILEminimizer Pictures again, maybe you might have to enter the registration code again, if not it is ok.

balesio software AG - Jun 10 2013 at 6:34am Copy Link

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feral1 OK Zemp,

How does one get the registration code, for the free offer to enter it if the system had a problem. I downloaded the trial but await the reg code. Can you clarify this "solution".

Jun 10 2013 at 8:49am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @feral1

You would have to contact Mr Constantin Florea for this.

balesio software AG - Jun 10 2013 at 8:58am Copy Link

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Constantin Florea @feral1 - I have searched our sales records for this promotion based on the contact information from your BitsDuJour profile (email address, first name, last name) and based on your display name "feral1" and couldn't find any entries. If you did go through the entire checkout process then I believe you have used another email address (different from the one on your BitsDuJour profile). If this is the case then please send it to us here: http://www.bitsdujour.com/contact so I may send you the receipt email to that address. Our system sends the receipt email only if you go through the entire checkout process, otherwise we won't be able to assign you any registration information.

BitsDuJour Admin - Jun 10 2013 at 9:25am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens I'm not totally sure, but I guess feral1, Sue Long and joel kens tried to make use of the offer while the countdown was still active (second day of the offer), but the offer wasn't available ("there is currently a problem with this deal which means that we cannot bring you the reduced price"). Will the deal be available again in the next few days? Those three could take advantage of the offer then.

Jun 10 2013 at 9:49am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens BTW: Editing posts seems to be impossible at the moment...

Jun 10 2013 at 9:51am Copy Link

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feral1 Unbelievable, a real mess. I get email about an offer not available and even more contact regarding it and ask a question about the offer and here I am. What is it all about?

Either make your software available or not. Extending it for another day while unavailable is back handed advertising. S far this type of advertising one does not need. Might suggest the software is as "buggy". You have my email. Pop me a reg code and download link or ...

Jun 10 2013 at 12:35pm Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @feral 1: Well, I guess this is due to the fact that two companies are involved in this offer. The vendor, balesio AG, extended the offer for another day, and the BDJ people probably were the ones who blocked it because of the licensing issues...

As stated at the top of the page, normally deals that had to be stopped for any reasons are offered again a few days later. I suggest you wait some days instead of becoming furious. ;-) I never experienced a problem that BDJ didn't solve sooner or later. :)

Jun 10 2013 at 12:49pm Copy Link

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Sue Long I started on the first day trying to get this offer. I tried again the second day. On that day, I downloaded the trial, but waited to install until I had a license number. I had gone to the giveaway page, but, as noted in my previous message, could find NO place to request said code through email. I never could find a registration page or form. I thought that by clicking "I Want It", I would get a pop-up, but I did not after three tries on the 2nd day. So then I thought that, since I had signed into the site, that it must be automatic. Apparently not, because I never got a registration email. I also looked yesterday for more explicit instructions on what to expect, but never found them on the BDJ or the software vendor's site. Very Frustrating.

Jun 10 2013 at 4:37pm Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @Sue Long: When there's a "I Want It" button, the deal is not (yet) active. The button label changes to "Buy Now" when the deal is active.

I guess the FAQ (http://www.bitsdujour.com/about) could elaborate a little bit more on the basic things...

Jun 10 2013 at 10:27pm Copy Link

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Constantin Florea @ouialaraison - I am sorry for previously missing your request regarding the receipt email. I just noticed it now and just resent you the receipt email. Please allow for 10 minutes and if you do not receive it, just let me know by commenting here or by contacting us using this page: http://www.bitsdujour.com/contact

BitsDuJour Admin - Jun 10 2013 at 11:27pm Copy Link

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ouialaraison @ Constantin: Thank you for your reply, I just found it. Actually, it was my mistake if I didn’t find your mail with the license code: it had gone directly into the folder where I store BdJ newsletter. (I will try to make a more accurate filter.) I just installed and activated, and will try the program as soon as I have the time. Thanks again and sorry.

Jun 11 2013 at 12:50am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens Registration worked after deleting the "Networkcode.lic" file, as suggested by Valentin Zemp - thanks for that!

FILEminimizer does a nice job, but one thing is disturbing: The "rotation" EXIF field is not taken into consideration. Almost every image viewer or tool reads this field and rotates photos taken in upright format so that they are displayed correctly. FILEminimizer ignores this so that those photos have to be rotated manually after the optimization. It would be nice if this could be corrected.

Jun 12 2013 at 2:15am Copy Link

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ouialaraison @ Jan-Christoph Ihrens
In “Configuration”, “Settings for images” tab (english GUI), have you tried checking the box “Keep EXIF/ Metadata”?

Jun 12 2013 at 5:08am Copy Link

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Jan-Christoph Ihrens @ouialaraison: Thanks for your comment, but I don't want to keep the EXIF data, I just want FILEminimizer to rotate the image according to the EXIF data before removing the EXIF data. I haven't found an option for that.

Jun 12 2013 at 6:23am Copy Link

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umike I did not get the serial number in my inbox or spam folder.
Purchased 7/18/2017 8:04:29 AM
Order Number BDJ-xPfifw

Please advise.

Jul 18 2017 at 2:23am Copy Link

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Koen Andries Umike,
I got the e-mail within 3 minutes after ordering.
Maybe try to re-order (using a different login) ?

Jul 18 2017 at 2:35am Copy Link

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umike Tried re-ordering with same account. Found a link to resend receipt and click it. Waited for 5 min or so. Got the email.
I am using GMail. Could it be google delaying your POP3? Just my guess.
Thanks.

Jul 18 2017 at 3:09am Copy Link

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lino User @umike
Maybe you find it in "spamfolder"

Jul 18 2017 at 3:47am Copy Link

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Elliot Sloane Sort of strange, because their own web site says this software is free, so what is unique about today's offer? Also, I've used this software before, and got great results with PDF files, but virtually no benefit with pictures. I'll try this once again, just to see if it is now, indeed, effective for pictures. Thanks!

Jul 18 2017 at 4:27am Copy Link

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Noggin The Nog I note that only the free version is available for sale on the Balesio website.

What is the difference between the free version/licence and the commercial version/licence?

Does Fileminimizer Pictures commercial version/licence have Outlook integration, so that it offers to minimise .jpg files etc attached to emails to be sent, as does Fileminimizer Pdf? I do not think it is present in the free version of Fileminimizer Pictures, and presume that it is necessary to purchase the suite to get Outlook integration with Fileminimizer Pictures.

Can the licence be transferred to another computer?

Jul 18 2017 at 4:45am Copy Link

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CFGuy Hi All,

I just downloaded and registered. Received my registration link from BDJ immediately and the program downloaded, installed and then registered and activated without any problems whatsoever. Have not tried out the program functions yet, though. Hoping for good results. :-)

-Cfguy

Jul 18 2017 at 5:56am Copy Link

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Sergei Lebedev Hi ALL, for information only - my DrWeb with fresh database tell about troyan: Trojan.Packed2.39326
checking in www.virustotal.com - clear (may be new virus?)

Jul 18 2017 at 6:08am Copy Link

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Donald Baker This program is free to download from Balesio and there does not seem to be a difference between this giveaway and the free program. Could someone please inform us what are the advantages of downloading from BitsDuJour.

Jul 18 2017 at 6:34am Copy Link

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BearPup I use PLiska for compressing all my photos. Reduction is excellent, works on all photo types, and its free.

Master BearPup

Jul 18 2017 at 6:46am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @BearPup
We are happy that you have a good optimization software for images.
However, if you also wish to optimize PowerPoint and image/photo files, then FILEminimizer Suite is the best.

You can find it here: http://balesio.com/filemi.../index.php

Best regards,
Your balesio software AG team

balesio software AG - Jul 18 2017 at 7:32am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @Noggin the Hog & Donald Baker
Thank you for your comments.

The free version of FILEminimizer Pictures is only for private use.
The commercial version however is for private and company use and is a complete full version.

With the free version a reminder will appear every time the software is started saying that the customer should visit the balesio website and purchase products.
Of course this reminder does not appear with the commercial version and the commercial version only works when you register it with a commercial serial number like the one you will receive from BitsDuJour.

Best reagrds,
Your balesio software AG team

balesio software AG - Jul 18 2017 at 7:35am Copy Link

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Donald Baker @Lewis Everall
Hi
Thanks for the reply but really this no different to the free version. You can only optimize 500 files at a time in both the free and this so called commercial version, so for me no advantage. But still the program does a fantastic job and I would recommend it to anyone who needs to optimize a few pictures.

Jul 18 2017 at 7:53am Copy Link

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Ricky Gallaher I got my email. Thank you very much.

Jul 18 2017 at 8:02am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @Donald Baker
Thank you for your comment.

Companies use FILEminimizer Server which is able to automatically optimize an unlimited amount of files including picture/photo files and is also able to overwrite the orginal files and replace them with the newly optimized ones.

Best regards,
Your balesio software AG team

balesio software AG - Jul 18 2017 at 8:52am Copy Link

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Tuan User Purchased 7/18/2017 4:20:20 PM
Order Number BDJ-mjZ4yX
Total $0.00 - Free Purchase
Purchased By Tuan Tran tktuanhn48

yahoo.com

I did not get the serial number in my inbox or spam folder.
Please advise.

Jul 18 2017 at 9:34am Copy Link

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Halina Miga Nie otrzymalem numeru seryjnego w skrzynce odbiorczej lub folderze spamowym .
Prosze doradz.

Jul 18 2017 at 12:18pm Copy Link

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Constantin Florea @Tuan User, I just resent you the receipt email. Please allow for 15 minutes and if you do not receive it, let me know at notify@bitsdujour.com

BitsDuJour Admin - Jul 18 2017 at 12:30pm Copy Link

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Constantin Florea @Halina Miga, I just resent you the receipt email. Please allow for 15 minutes and if you do not receive it, let me know at notify@bitsdujour.com

BitsDuJour Admin - Jul 18 2017 at 12:46pm Copy Link

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Halina Miga Sorry, I already have a key. He was in another post I barely use.
Thank you very much for the useful program.

Jul 18 2017 at 1:30pm Copy Link

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Noggin The Nog Does Fileminimizer Pictures commercial version/licence have Outlook integration, so that it offers to minimise .jpg files etc attached to emails to be sent, as does Fileminimizer Pdf? I do not think it is present in the free version of Fileminimizer Pictures, and presume that it is necessary to purchase the suite to get Outlook integration with Fileminimizer Pictures.

Can the licence be transferred to another computer?

Jul 18 2017 at 4:23pm Copy Link

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Chris This was given away in 2013. So it hasn't been updated at least since then. There was and still is the problem that after you enter the info to register it and close it and reopen it that it is the free version again.

Will there ever be a fix for this?

Jul 18 2017 at 6:42pm Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @Noggin The Hog
Thank you for your comment.

For Outlook intergration you need FILEminimizer Suite.

FILEminimizer Suite 8.0 reduces the file size of PowerPoint-. MS Office-. PDF-, Photo- and image-files (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP).

You can purchase it here with a 50% discount:
https://balesio.cleverbri...dnrftpyo29

Best regards,
Your balesio software AG team

balesio software AG - Jul 19 2017 at 2:43am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @Chris
Thank you for your comment.

Your computer probably has saved the free registration somewhere.

Please do the following steps and all will work fine:

- Close the FILEminimizer Application
- Copy the attached file to the folder where FILEminimizer was installed
- Start FILEminimizer

We have sent you this file via email seperately.

Best regards,
Your balesio software AG team

balesio software AG - Jul 19 2017 at 2:57am Copy Link

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Nandor User This is good for future updates?

Jul 19 2017 at 11:47am Copy Link

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Donald Baker Lewis Everall @Chris
Hi
Please send me the file as I also have this issue
Thanks

Jul 19 2017 at 2:41pm Copy Link

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Lewis Everall @Nandor User
Thank you for your email.

If you would like an upgrade, you can upgrade to the FILEminimizer Suite version 8.0 with a discount of 50% here:
https://balesio.cleverbri...dnrftpyo29

Best regards,
Your balesio software AG team

balesio software AG - Jul 20 2017 at 1:02am Copy Link

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Pavel User 12/20/2019 16:29 SpIDer Guard 600 Threat detected Object: rdIXO0Ho.exe.part Threat: Trojan.Packed2.39326 Action: Moved Path: C: \ Users \ DNS \ AppData \ Local \ Temp \ rdIXO0Ho.exe.part

Dec 20 2019 at 4:37am Copy Link

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Metta (2) From the fine print, it looks like I can only install this software on one computer. Since I will be buying a new computer in a few weeks, am I correct that I will no longer be able to use this software on my new computer?

Dec 20 2019 at 6:48am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Dear Ms. Metta,

You should be able to install FILEminimizer Pictures without a problem on a new computer. If you run into any problems, let us know and we are ready to help you.

Just contact us using the following e-mail: support

balesio.com

Thank you for your inquiry.

Kind regards,
Dorian Smith
Balesio AG

balesio software AG - Dec 20 2019 at 6:58am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Dear Pavel,

Our software is virus-free and was also scanned by BitsDuJour.

Sometimes virus programs detect .exe files as a virus, thus it is recommended to be turning off your anti-virus program temporarily during the installation process.

Kind regards,
Dorian Smith
support

balesio.com
Balesio AG

balesio software AG - Dec 20 2019 at 7:05am Copy Link

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Andy User It says: “ Download available for: Windows 98 up to 7”. Does it work properly on Windows 10 64?

Dec 20 2019 at 4:36pm Copy Link

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Lonnie Persinger Been waiting for the download to be emailed but it hasn't showed up. How long does it take to arrive?

Dec 20 2019 at 7:36pm Copy Link

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Constantin Florea @Lonnie Persinger, I just sent you an email regarding the issue you mentioned.

Usually the receipt email containing the installer URL and the registration information arrives within a few minutes but there are customers who reported that their receipt email arrived even after 10 or 15 minutes. In cases where it doesn't arrive, you can resend the receipt email from your Purchases page. Or let us know at notify@bitsdujour.com and we will resend it for you.

BitsDuJour Admin - Dec 21 2019 at 2:20am Copy Link

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https://www.bitsdujour.co...ss-offices

balesio software AG - Jul 13 2020 at 3:31am Copy Link

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Robert Hare When I got the download link in email along with the registration info, the link when clicked on took me to a download for File Minimizer for PDF files (*not* for File Minimizer for Pictures)? IOW, when clicking on:

https://www.bitsdujour.co...dchxdZSd1d

what downloads is actually for Minimizing PDF files (and the registration code for Minimizing Pictures does NOT work in the program downloaded).

I did find a 'work around', by downloading Minimizer for Pictures as/at:
http://www.balesio.com/fi...wnload.php
I was able to use the registration info sent me in the first email with this program.

Jul 14 2020 at 1:14am Copy Link

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Darryl Jaedicke Same result as Robert Hare.

Jul 14 2020 at 1:21am Copy Link

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Rheal Poirier Same problem. This is by no means serious. BitsduJour should check that everything is well coordinated for the download of the right file or program on which the advertisement is made. It is not the first time this has happened. Really this is not serious and there is the question whether we do not manipulate the customer by doing so. I am really disappointed for this service.

Jul 14 2020 at 2:00am Copy Link

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Rheal Poirier Same problem. Indeed it is not the announced program, that is to say FILEMinimizer Picture which is downloaded but well FILEMinimizer PDF. This is by no means serious. BitsduJour should check that everything is well coordinated for the download of the right file or program on which the advertisement is made. It is not the first time this has happened. Really this is not serious and there is the question whether we do not manipulate the customer by doing so. I am really disappointed for this service.

Jul 14 2020 at 2:03am Copy Link

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Marek Polomski FileMinimzePDF...

Jul 14 2020 at 2:08am Copy Link

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D Noronha Disappointed
DL is for FILEminimizer PDF 7, not

FILEminimizer Pictures 3.0

Jul 14 2020 at 2:11am Copy Link

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D User dl is
FILEminimizerPDF-Setup-August2013.exe
not
FILEminimizer Pictures 3.0

Jul 14 2020 at 2:27am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall http://www.balesio.com/so...&vid=2

balesio software AG - Jul 14 2020 at 2:58am Copy Link

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Ah Ye User I got FILEminimizerPDF-Setup-August2013.exe too!
Please rectify the fault and resend the download link.

Jul 14 2020 at 2:59am Copy Link

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John User Thanks to Lewis Everall for the correct link. And it works.

Jul 14 2020 at 4:19am Copy Link

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D Noronha Whats the difference between the Free version and Commercial license
version 3 ?
The Lewis link is the free version.

Jul 14 2020 at 4:38am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Link is not for free version - but Trial Version

Please unlock the Trial Version using the registration code and so it becomes a full version = Commercial version

The Trial Version can be downloaded from the following address:
http://www.balesio.com/so...&vid=2

After starting the program, you will be asked for the registration information

balesio software AG - Jul 14 2020 at 4:55am Copy Link

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George N Chamberlain Sr If you are talking about Lewis Everall reply above( https://www.bitsdujour.co...ss-offices) the link he shows is not for FILEMinimizer Photo it's for TimeStatement tracking.

Jul 14 2020 at 4:55am Copy Link

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Heidi-Ann Kennedy-Fourkiller You all might not realize it, but the free version is exactly the same as the commercial licence with the exception it allows commercial use. . .no program difference.

Jul 14 2020 at 5:03am Copy Link

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pt User Guys!

Stop saying bad things about this little problem.

Access here, http://www.balesio.com/fi...wnload.php download application and register with the data received in your email.

The software is very nice and useful.

Thanks BDJ

Jul 14 2020 at 5:04am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall link for Downloading FILEminimizer Pictures
http://www.balesio.com/so...&vid=2

balesio software AG - Jul 14 2020 at 5:06am Copy Link

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George N Chamberlain Sr Visiting the website of FILEMinimizer Photo (http://www.balesio.com/fi.../index.php) they do not have a commercial version listed. They only offer a free version.

Jul 14 2020 at 5:06am Copy Link

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Constantin Florea Apologies about the issue with the installer URL. Indeed the wrong installer has been provided in error however this issue has now been corrected. So if you would resend your receipt email, you will be able to download the correct installer URL when you press the Download button.

Or you could use the installer URL mentioned by Lewis in the comments above, it's the same installer from the receipt email.

BitsDuJour Admin - Jul 14 2020 at 5:10am Copy Link

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Andreas User Suspicious. The site is not secure and the downloaded file is objected by Windows Defender.
Thanks but no thanks.

Jul 14 2020 at 6:38am Copy Link

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Ah Ye User I finally installed the free version downloaded from the official site. I registered the software with the given information:
Serial no: 9xxxx2-4Axxxxxxxxxxxxx2
Field #1 : Single User License
Field #2 : BitsDuJour Customer

I was then told that the registration is successful. However, after I restarted the software, it reverted back to free version:
Serial no: 999991-E6C1CA67C79D9B4C/23964C00F000
Field #1 : FILEminimizer Pictures
Field #2 : Free Personal Edition

I repeated the registration for several times and got the same result !!!

Jul 14 2020 at 6:47am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Dear Andreas User
You should do what you think is right.

Windows Defender doesn't like exe file. These are constantly checked and 100% virus free

We, as well as our infrastructure specialists stay at your disposal for any question

Best regards,

Marc Anderson
balesio software AG
phone +41 43 501 49 00
email order

balesio.com

balesio software AG - Jul 14 2020 at 6:57am Copy Link

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Robert Hare Ah Ye User wrote:
"I finally installed the free version downloaded from the official site. I registered the software with the given information:
Serial no: 9xxxx2-4Axxxxxxxxxxxxx2
Field #1 : Single User License
Field #2 : BitsDuJour Customer

I was then told that the registration is successful. However, after I restarted the software, it reverted back to free version:
Serial no: 999991-E6C1CA67C79D9B4C/23964C00F000
Field #1 : FILEminimizer Pictures
Field #2 : Free Personal Edition"

I did the same and had identical results (last night registration info for commercial version was accepted and entered. Today it merely lists free user version info (and has limitations such as: If you opt to "replace original files" I am told: 'Sorry this option is only available on the server version. If I wish to do so, I should yada, yada, yada...'.

Jul 14 2020 at 7:58am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall the FILEminimizer Server version is good if you have to optimize many GB or TB

with the desktop version it is no problem to mark the original file and delete it immediately after the optimization.

We, as well as our infrastructure specialists stay at your disposal for any question

Best regards,
.
Marc Anderson
balesio software AG
phone +41 43 501 49 00
email order

balesio.com

balesio software AG - Jul 14 2020 at 9:09am Copy Link

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Jonas User Wednesday 15 July 2020.

06:41 Hong Kong Time Zone (+8.00 GMT)

Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 2004 (build 19041.329)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (Australia)
Installed: 22/02/2018 10:43:46
Servicing Branch: Current Branch (CB)

No installation issues.

No Windows Defender issues.

No license entry issues.

Reverts to free version on reboot.

Licensing issue requires resolving.

Uninstalled product.

Jul 14 2020 at 3:47pm Copy Link

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W C As other said before. It goes back to the free version. The license does not work.

Jul 14 2020 at 6:43pm Copy Link

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Serious Noize Thank you BitsDujour & balesio!

I must say, for me this works great! My Picture collection was 1.18GB's, not big compared to others, but using the software I was able to take the size down to 326MB's, saved a lot of space. Also I did not use the maximum settings.

Thanks Again!

Jul 15 2020 at 5:02am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Many thanks for your GREAT feedback

Best regards - Freundliche Grüsse

André Bernard

http://www.balesio.com/co.../index.php

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balesio software AG - Jul 15 2020 at 5:24am Copy Link

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Loyal Customer Downloading, installation, and registration went well, no issues.

It appears that this program doesn't really compress the image files.
Instead, it reduces the size and resolution of the image significantly.
That is not compression. Again, THAT IS NOT COMPRESSION. This description of the software is misleading.

Example:
I tried the program on one image, using Standard Compression:
Original image resolution: 5520 x 3684 pixels
New image resolution: 1150 x 768 pixels

The program does not have a method or a process to reverse the minimization action at a later time.

So be very careful before you go deleting your original, high-resolution images to save some space. It's a destructive process, meaning you cannot reverse the action after it's been done.

The program should be useful if you are sending images by email, or posting on social media when high-resolution is not necessary.

Jul 15 2020 at 6:28am Copy Link

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Serious Noize @Loyal Customer , You can change that. There are a couple of options. 1st Go into Settings and uncheck where it says "Allow Image to be resized" so that it wont resize the image. 2nd option if you want to make the image larger or smaller, on the main menu screen in the bottom right corner check the box that says "Custom Compression", after doing that underneath that option select Settings. From that menu you can change the size.

If you don't want it replacing your originals, On the main menu in "Settings" at the top you can change the output directory to the directory of your choice and
select whether you want it to create new optimized photos or replace the originals. Another thing you can do is change the way it writes the name for the file.

Hope this helps.

Jul 15 2020 at 6:46am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall You are right, this is not compression, it is MUCH BETTER because the picture gets small and stays small, without you having to unzip to look at it.

Original image resolution: 5520 x 3684 pixels

if you want to keep the same pixel size then you have to use FILEminimizer Suite and with compression setting: rely on indentical pixcels :-)

balesio software AG - Jul 15 2020 at 6:53am Copy Link

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Kyle user Well, I did receive the picture minimizer app. Installed and registered with no issues on win 10 home. Experimented on a few files and loaded them to my website... great app. Loading on site no longer scrolls (yes, it was a large photo file:-/). 2381 KB to 260KB ..:)

Great app - thanks for this version.

Jul 15 2020 at 9:12am Copy Link

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b g It is really nice to open the comments and see the a discussion that centers on the product and its capabilities, and not on silly (usually anticipate-able and avoidable) problems with downloading and installation.

For me, a blizzard of problems around download/installation/registration say to me, "move on, life is too short for this kind of nonsense".

I look forward to downloading this and enjoying what others have said is a useful program and, adding my own ballyhoos. (Thanks to the problem solvers.)

Jul 15 2020 at 11:08am Copy Link

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Loyal Customer @ Serious Noise,
That wasn't my point. I understand all of that. I'm not a computer or software novice, but thanks.

@ Lewis,
Thanks.
I still believe that advertising it as an image "compression" program is wrong, as well as misleading.
It's a false claim.

Jul 15 2020 at 11:52am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Loyal Custome
Please
in which word would you present the software so that people immediately understand what the software is doing :-)

balesio software AG - Jul 16 2020 at 3:29am Copy Link

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Lewis Everall Dear Kyle user
Thanks
We are happy to your positive comment and look forward to the many milions customers who are already using the FILEminimizer solution :-))

Best regards,

Marc Anderson
balesio software AG
phone +41 43 501 49 00
email order

balesio.com

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balesio software AG - Jul 16 2020 at 3:46am Copy Link

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Loyal Customer @Lewis Everall,
The one word would be "Reduction". It's all what the program is doing (resizing and reducing resolution).
The word "Compress" is false advertising.

Jul 16 2020 at 2:15pm Copy Link

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