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AskWoody Ultimate Utilities List — Fall edition

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- - November 22, 2020 at 9:05 pm #2313614
    
    Tracey Capen
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    UTILITIES By TB Capen Playing with new utilities for Windows PCs can be fun. Many are free, and they show an inventive range of solutions to common
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  - November 23, 2020 at 9:01 am #2313718
    
    berniec
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    My approach is basically identical with yours. Only difference is that I take the oppurtunity to get a new system with the new OS already-installed. I did that for win7 and, recently, again for win10. And my list of “essential utiities” is pretty much like yours.
    
    One thing that bugs me a little bit is that whenever *anyone* [you included] lists password managers, no one *ever* includes password safe. It is uncomplicated, secure and the one I’ve used for a lot of years. Is there some problem with pwsafe that drops it off of everyone’s “programs to get” lists?
    
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    - November 24, 2020 at 10:52 pm #2314231
      
      Tom in Az
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      @berniec: I too have used password safe for several years. I like it. I think people don’t like the fact that it does not auto-fill passwords. I’m not sure I want a password manager doing anything automatic.
      
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  - November 23, 2020 at 10:42 am #2313728
    
    plodr
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    I need a pdf viewer. After getting fed up with Adobe and Foxit becoming more and more bloated, I settled on Sumatra.
    
    Got coffee?
    
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    - November 23, 2020 at 12:10 pm #2313752
      
      Charlie
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      Firefox browser now views pdf’s just fine, and you don’t need another separate program. I have it, use it, and like it.
      
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    - November 24, 2020 at 10:55 pm #2314232
      
      Tom in Az
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      @plodr: I like PDF-Xchange Viewer and have used it for quite a while. Used Foxit in the past, can’t remember why I ditched it.
      
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  - November 24, 2020 at 8:41 am #2314060
    plodr
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    Firefox is not my default browser. I have ESR installed but since it is so slow, I rarely fire it up. I also don’t run Windows 10.
    
    I found this https://www.ghacks.net/2020/06/03/firefox-78-set-firefox-as-the-default-pdf-viewer-on-windows/
    
    Since we get pdfs as email attachments from two organizations we are on the board of, having a dedicated pdf viewer for files on the computer is the better option for us.
    
    Got coffee?
    
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