TECH RESET » Apps http://www.techreset.com My notes on tech, apps, hardware, productivity, troubleshooting, web design, everyday computer use and more. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Easiest way to install apps on a fresh Windows install http://www.techreset.com/2010/04/18/easiest-way-to-install-apps-on-a-fresh-windows-install http://www.techreset.com/2010/04/18/easiest-way-to-install-apps-on-a-fresh-windows-install#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:42:34 +0000 Admin http://www.techreset.com/?p=145 Most definitely the easiest way to install all your basic apps after a fresh install of Windows is using Ninite. You simply go to the website, select some popular apps you would install anyways (like Winamp, iTunes, Firefox, Adobe Acrobat Reader, uTorrent, WinRar) and the site checks for the latests version of those apps and then gives you a package to download of all of those apps, and then runs all their default installations disabling all the annoying installation options like ad-ware, toolbars, etc. And done!

]]> http://www.techreset.com/2010/04/18/easiest-way-to-install-apps-on-a-fresh-windows-install/feed 0 Lifehacker.com’s Top High Five Topics of 2009 http://www.techreset.com/2009/12/31/lifehacker-coms-top-high-five-topics-of-2009 http://www.techreset.com/2009/12/31/lifehacker-coms-top-high-five-topics-of-2009#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:21:14 +0000 Admin http://www.techreset.com/?p=99 Lifehacker’s High Five topics are an awesome resource, when it’s readers vote for the top five of various tech categories. I’m already using a lot of the most popular apps, but I’ve also learned about a lot of alternatives and discovered some real gems. And now I’m going to double check each of these one by one to make sure that I am in fact using the latest and greatest.

Below are some of their most popular High Five topics of 2009.

]]> http://www.techreset.com/2009/12/31/lifehacker-coms-top-high-five-topics-of-2009/feed 0 Must-have Adobe Acrobat Alternative: Foxit Reader http://www.techreset.com/2009/12/28/must-have-adobe-acrobat-alternative-foxit-reader http://www.techreset.com/2009/12/28/must-have-adobe-acrobat-alternative-foxit-reader#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:09:08 +0000 Admin http://www.techreset.com/?p=17 As usual, Adobe came out with yet another version of Acrobat Reader (9.0) claiming it had addressed some of the issues with it being slow and bloated when it came to opening PDFs, and it seemed speedy on a fresh Windows install, but the speed, and my patience, quickly deteriorated… so as usual I go back to the trusty free Foxit Reader (PC only).

If you’ve ever stared at your browser for more than 10 seconds waiting for a PDF on the web to open, or wondering if your browser is crashing, then Foxit Reader is a must-have download. However, I still have Acrobat installed for the rare times when a PDF document might have heavy graphics or more advanced features that Foxit can’t handle.

A few other alternatives are, although Foxit Reader is the down right most popular:

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