Newsletter Archives

• Uninstalr — “World’s best cup of coffee”

  Posted on September 25, 2023 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  In the movie “Elf,” Buddy discovers the world’s best cup of coffee. He may take the signage on the building a bit too literally as he bursts in to congratulate the staff of the coffee shop. Well, today I am Buddy, but I actually tasted the coffee.

  Uninstalr by Macecraft Software has the words right there on their website: “Uninstalr is the best Windows uninstaller.” Well, anyone can put that on their website. I was, of course, skeptical, because I have used all the uninstaller programs.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.39.0, 2023-09-25).

  Freeware Spotlight Application uninstalls, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Newsletters, Uninstallers

• Office updates fail … and fail, and fail

  Posted on January 6, 2020 at 01:10 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  Hard-to-remove “stealth DLLs” and other leftover components of a previous software installation can break Windows Update.

  Here’s how to completely remove those errant bits, breaking the never-ending cycle of never-succeeding updates.

  Plus: A reader seeks fully hands-off automation for applying the “80/20 battery charge” rule.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.1.0 (2020-01-06).

  LangaList Application uninstalls, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Battery management, Registry cleaners, Windows reset