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• Freeware Spotlight — StopUpdates10

  Posted on August 19, 2019 at 01:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  BEST UTILITIES

  By Deanna McElveen

  This year, it seems like installing Microsoft updates is a bit like playing Russian roulette with your computer — or the computers under your care.

  It might be surprising to learn that there are many third-party utilities offering tools to extend update deferrals — we’re happy to host one that actually works: StopUpdates10.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.29.0 (2019-08-19).

  Utilities AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Update blockers, Utilities

• Freeware Spotlight — ccPortable

  Posted on June 17, 2019 at 02:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  Sometimes, great software can fall out of grace with its users, often due to bad decisions (or perceived bad decisions) by its authors.

  A classic example is Piriform’s CCleaner. First launched in 2004, it was a wildly popular system cleaner, trusted by millions of PC users as safe, effective, and free. For years it was on most must-have-utilities lists.

  But then things when wrong. It might have been a sad end to a once excellent product, but PortableApps.com saved the day.

  Out today in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.22.0.

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Best Utilities, Freeware AskWoody Plus Newsletter, CCleaner, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Utilities

• Freeware Spotlight — Graph Paper Printer

  Posted on June 10, 2019 at 02:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  If you provide IT services to schools, here’s a utility that should make teachers very happy!

  Graph Paper Printer is a tiny, flexible, and portable app that lets you print all sorts of graph-paper styles, from simple squares to music manuscripts — to other’s … well, we don’t know what they’re used for.

  See the full story in the June 10, 2019, AskWoody Plus Newsletter (Issue 16.21.0)

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Best Utilities, Freeware AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Graph paper, Printing, Utilities
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