tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18119658187481580272011-12-15T19:30:49.674+08:00ronjie.com's recommended windows softwareRon Aquinonoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811965818748158027.post-73224408708108279362009-11-06T12:51:00.000+08:002009-11-06T12:53:37.831+08:00

GET THIS! This is actually what I and many others think is THE BEST PDF VIEWER available now.  Sure, it's not as fast loading or as small in size and memory consumption as Foxit, but it's good enough, packs more features and renders better than Foxit, and still way better than Adobe. DOWNLOAD THIS NOW AND UNINSTALL ADOBE ACROBAT READER!!! Enough said. :-D

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DO NOT USE ADOBE ACROBAT READER!!!  Unless you have no choice, like when you're work you may have company policies that restrict the use of other software but Adobe's free reader. Adobe's reader actually is not free.  Monetarily yes it is free but...  Read the reviews, ladies and gentlemen, it is BLOATED.  When you download the latest Adobe reader now, it's like a 70 zillion bytes bloated.  It

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Pick, download, and install together your freeware software essentials! Visit http://ninite.com/ "The easiest way to get apps: Pick the apps you want. Start your customized installer. You're done! Ninite runs on Windows XP/Vista/7 and works in the background 100% hands-free.  It installs apps with default settings and say "no" to browser toolbars and other junk.  All it does is install the

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Pros: more customization options, plus together with this you can get the free PDFEDIT995 with even more PDF editing tools! Cons: shows annoying pop-up ads everytime you print to PDF!  and it can be confusing to install as you need to install something else (PS2PDF995?) to make it work!  lastly, like most of these freeware PDF creation tools, there are some custom paper sizes that this cannot

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Pros: no pop-up ads, therefore absolutely free! Cons: fewer options compared to PDF995!  i also had a problem uninstalling TinyPDF one time.  lastly, like most of these freeware PDF creation tools, there are some custom paper sizes that this cannot print to. for book-publisher-wannabes like myself, that's a bummer! the ronjie.com software essential vote: PDF995 if you don't mind those silly

Ron Aquinonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811965818748158027.post-42475142527168369072009-03-06T12:59:00.000+08:002009-03-06T12:59:58.208+08:00

Starting from the earlier versions of Windows, I have been using its Briefcase functionality to synchronize files between my computer and a second location (usually a second computer or a back-up drive), effectively creating a mirror and back-up of files important to me.  Briefcase has some limitations though, and sometimes in my experience, I have forever lost some files because of Briefcase.

Ron Aquinonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811965818748158027.post-19504124926279628552009-02-23T21:45:00.002+08:002009-02-23T23:21:35.165+08:00

Based on previous to current performance, my number 1 recommended web browser is Mozilla Firefox. Browse the web faster. Get Firefox with Google Toolbar.

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When I reformatted my PC, I have since abandoned Mozilla Firefox and switched to Google Chrome. I like it a lot more. More screen space! That would be most people's number one reason. But behind the fact that you can see about two lines more of your favorite blog, there are a lot of technical innovations that Chrome presents. I do have a problem though when I have more than 10 tabs open - I am

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Yeah, yeah, why is MSIE even still on my list. Well, there are still some websites that cannot function if the browser you are using is not Internet Explorer. Why? Well, what OS are you on? You're not on a Mac are you? If you were, what are you doing on this blog? Running Parallels? Good for you if you're on a Mac. But I guess you would need IE too. But not as much as me.It is because a

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