Samurize is a fully customizable system monitoring application that displays system information, news, weather and much much more on your desktop. It uses a very small amount of resources (less than 1% CPU usage on a Celeron 600)
Quickstart Guide:
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Samurize consists of two main programs: the desktop client (Client.exe, hereafter referred to as the Client) and the config editor.
The config editor is a WYSIWIG editor used to create Samurize "configs". A config is a file that tells Samurize what to display on the screen. To use the config editor, right-click in the large area labelled "Design Area" and select various meters from the popup menu. You can change the way that Samurize visualises the data by changing the "Draw Type" under the "Meter Properties" heading on the right-hand side of the config editor using the pulldown menu. You can also add static graphics to your config using the "Edit Graphics" tab. Once you've finished creating your config, save it to your Samurize/Configs directory.
The Client is used to display a config on your desktop. When you run the Client, an icon (it looks like a grey circle with an 'S' in it) appears in your system tray. Right-click on the tray icon to see the Client options. To load a config you have created, select your config file from the "Select Config File" menu.
A simple config (called Sample.ini) is provided to get you started.
The best way to learn what Samurize is capable of is to play around with the program yourself, but if you have trouble working some things out, feel free to stop by www.samurize.com and check out our FAQs, Tutorials and forums. Chances are someone else has already asked how to do something you are trying to do.
The only limit to Samurize is your imagination - so get out there and get making configs! :)
Taskbar Client:
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The taskbar client allows you to display Samurize configs embedded in the Windows taskbar.
To enable the taskbar client, you will have to right click on your Windows taskbar while it is unlocked and select Toolbars->Serious Samurize. Then just right-click on the newly created toolbar to select a config and other options.
Server Executable:
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The newest addition to Samurize is the Server program (SamurizeServer.exe). This program is similar in behaviour to the desktop Client (it puts an icon in your system tray and has similar options), but instead of drawing a config on your desktop, it outputs the config in graphical format (to a PNG file) or in XML format so you can monitor computers remotely over the internet or export information to other programs. Check out the "Server Options" menu entry in the system tray popup menu for Server-specific options.
Uninstall information:
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Run the uninstallation program (using the Windows Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs or the Uninstall shortcut in the Samurize Start Menu folder). Samurize also writes some information to the registry.
Path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Serious Samurize
Just delete this registry key.
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Serious Samurize Software Agreement
(EULA - End User Licence Agreement)
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This document is a legal agreement ("Agreement") between you (an individual, group, business or entity) and the authors of this software, the Samurize Crew.
BY INSTALLING, COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE PRODUCT (AS DEFINED BELOW), YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INSTALL, DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS SOFTWARE.
The Software:
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This software (Serious Samurize) is copyright 2003-2004 by Gustaf Lundh. It is free for personal use. If you wish to use this software in any business or commercial environment, for profit or not, we require that you make a donation of $US5 (five American dollars) to help cover our costs and give the Samurize Crew some compensation for their work.
Liability Statement:
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Serious Samurize is provided as-is and is used at your own risk. Any information or statistics you get from this program may not be 100% correct so DO NOT RELY ON ANY VALUES THIS PROGRAM REPORTS. If in question, always suppose the values reported by the recommended software from your hardware vendor is correct.
This program was created with the best intentions to provide system information and more but we (the Samurize Crew) cannot be held responsible for any hardware, software or any other problems that may arise during the use of this software.
Distribution:
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Provided that you specify that you are distributing this software as freeware, you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of this software and its documentation and it in its original, unmodified form via any means, electronic or otherwise. There is no charge for any of the above, but you must mention the donation requirement for commercial users as mentioned above.
However, you are prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any copies of this software, and from distributing the software and/or documentation with other products (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission.
Further information:
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Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement, or if you desire to contact the authors for any reason, please email one of the following people:
Adam Coulthard (adamc@samurize.com)
Lee Wilson (nem@samurize.com , nem@paradise.net.nz)
Or visit www.samurize.com
Version History:
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v1.63 release
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Bug Fixes:
* Fixed bug when saving config with no meters.
* Fixed the default values for the ToolTip
* Fixed blending problem with the Visual Plugins.
* Fixed a Selection bug in the meter list.
* Fixed a bug in the Decimal points of the Tool Tip meters.
* Fixed if blank Linkage the link is not run.
* Fixed a bug in the tray icon not changing when using the commandline options.
* Fixed the config editor not returning the language file name and config file name when using the plugin api.
* Fixed actions to ensure they are cleared correctly if a source plugin doesnt return the information.
* Fixed a bug in the alert meter image alert processing.
* Fixed bug with single click occuring with double clicks.
* Fixed problem with repeating lines in the Text Meters.
* Fixed bug with client not saving location on windows shutdown.
* Fixed a Bug with copy and pasting Visual Plugins
* Fixed Uptime meter so that it will go up-to 49 days now
* Fixed bug in upload and download
* Fixed bug with Text File meter losting the last character in a file
* Fixed bug with ToolTips not honouring %b and %tab
* Fixed bug in the Client that wasnt holding Click Through correctly
* Fixed bug in Instance Manager / client to ensure they are in step
Changes/Improvements:
* Text Shadowing.
* Transparent area color setting for Background images. (Not been added to meter images because it would significantly increase CPU usage).
* Meter Centering when selected on the meter list.
* Day ordinal has been added (used in conjunction with the language file).
* Edit instance of the instance manager has been made wider.
* Meter Linkage now tries to work out the working directory for the file passed.
* Added %dl, %dr and %dm for double clicks to be returned by plugins and scripts.
* Added a new return value for the tooltips, %vl. This is replaced by the %tt value if present returned by script/plugin.
* Alerts can now have Custom Text returned.
* Added option to trim alert value before doing the alert compare processing.
* Added Mouse Up / Mouse Down for Left, Right and Middle mouse buttons (none of these actions work for Right in the taskbar).
* Meter Linkage will now work on Mouse Over/Out and Mouse Enter/Leave..
* Graphical images and Image Output Types now support http:// downloading. Animated Gifs not allowed at present.
* Removed the Text File size limit of 8k.
* Taskbar will now honour the commandline parameters to use call as client.exe taskbar <standard commandlines>.
* Grid and Highlight colours can be changed in the config editor.
* If ToolTip Text is over 999 then the text is truncated.
* Input Plugins can now force an update for the meter that they are associated with.
* Add alert values If Value has increased, and if value has decreased.
* Added keyboard input for input plugins.
* All Standard Meters are allowed a background color with an alpha blend.
* All Standard Meters are allowed a border.
* Rectangle has border width (if useful will add to other rectangle object).
* Mouse Drag Input option has been added
* Improved selection of the Inputs in the Config Editor
* Improved Copy and Paste code so that you can copy and paste across multiple instances of the config editor.
* All Standard Meters can draw a grid
* MeterList distiguishs between Meters and Graphic Objects
* Saved Config added to latest used list
* Mouse Wheel Up / Mouse Wheel Down have been added
* Maintain Aspect ratio has been added to Graphical Images
* Encryption has been added to proxy password
* Variable Number of Recent Configs
* Meter Names are now unique, using the group as part of the name
* Sorting of the Config Menu in all Clients (Optional)
New Features:
* Meter Maths.
* Remote Meter to monitor the new samurize server (rather than just xml and png, it will allow you to get information straight into samurize).
v1.62 release
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Bugfixes:
* Fixed a couple of bugs with the MeterList - Selection problems mainly
* Fixed the problem with the preference panel not displaying labels
* Fixed a problem with meter caching after a reboot
* Fixed a bug in the Config editor not passing its HWND to Input plugins
* Fixed a bug with the update interval after a new reboot
* Fixed a bug Source plugins configure
Changes/Improvements:
* Windows Link files are resolved correctly on meter linkage
* Easier to add plugins to a config
* Meter Name is now copied correctly on a copy or cut (prefixed with copy of if same name exists)
* Grouping has been added to the meter list
* Tooltips have Popup delay and Time to display for
* Meter List now has simple grouping
* Added Text Formatting to the ToolTip Input
* Upgraded the Graphics driver for some minor bugs fixes
* Meter/Group Locking
* Vertical Scrolling for Text Meters
* Multiple Alerts
* New alert type 'If value has changed'
New Features:
* AppBar on the samurize client
* Hide Icon can be specified so you can tell your client is hidden
* Samurize Update will automatically sense a new version of samurize
* Icon Packs for the Config Editor
v1.61 release
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Bugfixes:
* Fixed bug with script parameters being empty
* drivespace meter copy bug fixed
* 'hide' commandline arg can be used to start clients hidden
* fixed Invalid Floating Point error on Graphs when using Peak Meter
