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• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: SwiftSearch

  Posted on May 20th, 2019 at 02:02 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Tired of trying to get Windows’ slow search routine to cooperate with your hard drive? Take a look at SwiftSearch, the freeware pick of the week from Deanna at OlderGeeks.com.

  Take a look in this morning’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter issue 16.18.0.

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• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: USBFlashCopy

  Posted on May 13th, 2019 at 02:12 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  I bet you have a gazillion USB drives hanging around. I do, and I’m constantly trying to figure out which one(s) I can re-use without destroying something valuable. There’s a solution: Back up your USB drives before you obliterate them.

  Freeware guru Deanna from OlderGeeks.com has a solution: USBFlashCopy automatically backs up your USB drives (and memory cards) when they’re plugged into your PC.

  Full instructions out this morning in AskWoody Plus Newsletter issue 16.17.0.

   

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• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: Desktop Restore

  Posted on April 22nd, 2019 at 05:32 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Ever have your desktop icons move when you reboot or switch screen resolution?

  Randy and Deanna at The Older Geeks have a solution for you. There’s a free Windows Shell Extension from Jamie O’Connell at Midiox called Desktop Restore that lets you save your icon positions, give each configuration a name, and swap among them.

  More brilliant, free and crap-free software from Deanna McElveen at OlderGeeks.com

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.15.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

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• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: Hekasoft Backup & Restore for browsers

  Posted on April 8th, 2019 at 03:36 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  You know the importance of regularly, religiously backing up your computer. Now there’s a free program that specifically backs up your browsers — all of them — without going through a full backup (or restore!).

  Passwords, favorites, custom settings, browsing history, and more. For Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and many browsers you’ve never heard of. The whole nine yards.

  Another piece of brilliant free software from Deanna McElveen at OlderGeeks.com.

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.13.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

  Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Heckasoft Backup & Restore

• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: Folder Monitor

  Posted on March 25th, 2019 at 06:31 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Nodesoft’s Folder Monitor watches any folders you select and tells you when something’s changed. It’s free, fast, simple, and reliable. And did I mention free?

  Another stellar free utility from Deanna McElveen.

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.11.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

   

  Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Folder Monitor

• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: DeviceTool

  Posted on March 11th, 2019 at 03:13 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Now you can control Device Manager on any of your networked machines. DeviceTool, from Lugrain Software’s Bjoern Schmidt, lets you take control of devices on all of your computers. Whether you need to selectively fire up a hard drive on your second machine, or shut down a Wi-Fi adapter to bring the late-night YouTube sessions upstairs to an abrupt halt, this absolutely free utility gives you complete control.

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.9.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

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• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: Safe Startup

  Posted on March 4th, 2019 at 04:06 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  A simple program that warns you of recently installed programs that launch on startup. Think of Autoruns or the Task Manager’s Startup tab, with a much improved interface and simplified operation.

  And it’s free.

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.8.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

  Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Safe Startup

• Deanna’s Freeware Spotlight: Policy Plus

  Posted on February 25th, 2019 at 03:49 woody Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Are you looking for the Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc, on a Windows Home machine? Good luck with that. Microsoft only puts gpedit.msc on Pro and Enterprise machines.

  Ben Nordick has a better solution – a local group policy editor for all Windows editions called Policy Plus. It’s effective, wherever group policies work (not all group policies work in Win10 Home). It’s up-to-date with the latest Win10 version 1809 ADMX files available. And it’s, well, it’s gpedit – bless its little heart.

  Oh, and it’s free.

  Details in this week’s AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.7.0, out this morning to AskWoody Plus Members.

  Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Policy Plus
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