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	<description>"We know stuff your brother-in-law doesn't!"</description>
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		<title>Convert pdf files to Word, HTML and other formats</title>
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Software Picks from FVCS



Name
PDFZilla


Category
Utilities


Release Date
2/19/2009


Version
1.0.1


Description

I love good, well thought out utilities and this qualifies. It wasn’t too long ago that a program to convert pdfs to another format cost several hundred dollars. Now for thirty dollars here is a VERY capable program to convert pdf files to numerous formats:
With PDFZilla you can:
Convert PDF to Word [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2009/02/26/convert-pdf-files-to-word-html-and-other-formats/</link>
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		<title>The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re seeing a lot of very tough to remove spyware programs recently. I&#8217;m told that many of them come from Russia. I wouldn&#8217;t doubt it as they are very, very capable coders.
To date, nothing has been destructive, meaning that it destroys data, but it can wreak havoc on your computer usage, especially browsing and other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/11/18/the-russians-are-coming-the-russians-are-coming/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m sorry there&#8217;s nothing we can do</title>
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I REALLY hate to tell a customer that we can’t recover their data. We probably run 60% or so in recovery, but that leaves a lot of disappointed people.
I’m confident that we have more capabilities and methods to recover data from dead and dying hard drives than anyone else in the area. We’re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/10/25/im-sorry-theres-nothing-we-can-do/</link>
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		<title>Out with the old</title>
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Freeware Picks from FVCS



Name
WinDirStat


Category
Utilities


Release Date
9/2/2007


Version
1.1.2


Description

We do a lot of data recovery and many times we’re told “there’s not much on the drive” and we proceed to pull 60 gigabytes or more! Windirstat is a wonderful utility that scans your entire drive and shows you where the space is going.
Generally, you will find that those pictures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/07/01/out-with-the-old/</link>
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		<title>JayJay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
If you’ve been to the shop you’ve probably met JayJay and if you’ve been there twice, I’ll bet he remembered you.
JayJay was raised at the shop and actually helped us build it!!
JayJay’s job is to make people feel good and he’s great at it. Whether it’s playing tug or just a friendly Ahroooo, it’s hard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/06/22/jayjay/</link>
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		<title>This is a no brainer</title>
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Freeware Picks from FVCS



Name
Auslogic Disk Defragmenter


Category
Utility


Release Date
June 19, 2008


Version
1.4.16.307


Description
The defragmenter* that comes with Windows is glacially slow. Until recently the best free alternative was Diskeeper, but it kept bugging you with buy now messages.Auslogic has a totally free and fast defragmenter that has become a regular part of my essential toolbox. Not much else to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/06/19/this-is-a-no-brainer/</link>
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		<title>Software I pay for</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve become increasingly disenchanted with commercial software. I blame most of it on Microsoft. They&#8217;ve made Bill Gates the richest man in the world (actually 2nd now) by pretending their stuff works when it is barely functional in many cases. Owners using XP and Vista pay us thousands of dollars every year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/06/18/software-i-pay-for/</link>
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		<title>Save the Vaseline!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Do you hate rebates as much as I do? Do you feel that every rebate form should come with a jar of petroleum jelly? I’m so tired of getting hosed by rebates that I totally refuse to participate and according to the statistics I read I’m not alone.
It seems like every time I see [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/06/18/save-the-vaseline/</link>
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		<title>Firefox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[






Freeware Picks from FVCS




Name
Firefox


Category
Internet


Release Date
06.17.2008


Version
3.0


Description
For a long time I have been putting the Firefox browser on our clients computers primarily as a diagnostic tool. If they were having trouble with a web page and Internet Explorer, we could try Firefox and begin to isolate the problem.I have, personally, preferred Firefox for a long time, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/06/18/crap-cleaner-a-long-time-favorite/</link>
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		<title>One of our favorites</title>
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Freeware Picks from FVCS




Name
Crap Cleaner


Category
Utility


Release Date



Version
2.08.588


Description
We probably use this on 95% of the computers that come through the shop.CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system &#8211; allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.foxvalleycomputerservices.com/2008/06/12/one-of-our-favorites/</link>
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