Usefull Cheep/free software used

[habik]

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Think I am getting old. Some old school file manager, if you remember the Total Commander.

Ghisler expanded it as app and Win Phone or Android. FTP works like magic on the win phone. Also neat feature is transfering files through QR code from device to device on same WiFi network.

[PacketSniffer]

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Hi All

I thought it may be useful for all us suffering techs to share what programs are being used to make our lives a little less stressful.

Thanks much..

Cheers...

[Vincent128]

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...Linux Mint...

[Ctl-Alt-Del]

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Beware that 'free sotware' may exclude you from using whilst doing your job so read the license.

Good advice, this is a pretty common thing to see EULA's.

[D_L_P]

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Hi All

Thanks for all the help and suggestions...All good and useful stuff. ...I sure these programs will help a lot of people and solve a lot of headaches.....

P.S..
Any more

P.P.S .
Thanks again..

Wireshark is another utility I've played around with. It needs its own manual or a few hours of playing around to figue out how to capture and filter scan or print packets on the network.
Honestly I've found the switches with ping, tracert, and arp commands more useful in the copier business than wireshark.

Another piece of software to play around with is Internet Information Services (IIS). If you have the pro version of windows 7 (or 10 I think) you can add it. With it you can setup your laptop as a local smtp server to test email functions, or host a simple website.

[slimslob]

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MiniTools Partition Wizard is handy anytime you need to work with drive partitions. Available in the following editions:

• Free Edition
• Professional Edition
• Server Edition
• Enterprise Edition
• Technician Edition
• Bootable CD

[ApeosMan]

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PDFsam

PDF Split and Merge-Split and merge PDF files, free and open source


Split and merge PDF files with PDFsam, a free, open source and super fast application! It runs on Windows, Linux and Mac.

Free for business to use as well. The paid version is a lot more powerful and support is provided.

[Metrofuser]

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Has anyone utilized Zello? Its a free push-to-talk application for smartphones, tablets, and PCs




Thanks!
Will

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[ZOOTECH]

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Never mind

[Ratchet2501]

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Changed my mind

Normally I might joke that particular part isn't listed under "consumable parts" list but I'm inclined to admit I could be horribly wrong about that one.

[ZOOTECH]

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Normally I might joke that particular part isn't listed under "consumable parts" list but I'm inclined to admit I could be horribly wrong about that one.

No, it's special order from China at half price, but good luck on a guarantee.

[Ratchet2501]

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No, it's special order from China at half price, but good luck on a guarantee.

Cranial logistics are always a nightmare if ya ask me

[mrwho]

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Try SumatraPDF and you'll never want to use Foxit again (much less that bloated thing called Acrobat Reader). Lightweight, fast, and, if needed, portable. My PDF reader of choice since I first tried it.

[MFPs R Now PCs]

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Malwarebytes I've used it over the years and have only found just a few spyware/malware/virus/rootkit/trojan horse that could escape it. There was only a handful of times that it was removed by malware or that I could not deploy it. It's definitely a "1st tool" you can go to and remove many infections. I would say you can even sometimes get the "my computer is faster" result from your customer