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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner
A computer cleaning tool.
All magical and stuff. I guess. I don’t have a particular need for it, and I don’t miss it when it’s gone, but it’s in my toolkit.
the kit
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Windows 10 > Windows 10 configuration >
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-4-windows-10
A straightforward and extremely powerful windows configuration tool.
Where configuring Windows involves digging through various applications and their menus, and editing the registry, by placing all the important things in one easily-navigated tool, configuring Windows becomes easy with this tool.
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was pushtotalk.nu
Implements push-to-talk functionality directly on an audio input device.
It toggles the audio device’s mute. Used as a global push-to-talk when a program does not support such a feature, such as with a web browser that does not currently have focus.
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2017-09-27 – Abandoned – The website is gone.
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(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: autohotkey.portable
https://www.autohotkey.com/
A scriptable utility that emulates a keyboard and can do all kinds fo cool things.
Fundamental to doing certain things with/on Windows.
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page on sandisk.com
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/
A USB storage testing application.
If regular formatting doesn’t work, this application will do a more low-level format.
This is the official SD card tool for formatting a card.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190218044149/http://usbflashspeed.com:80/
A USB storage testing application.
A tiny, portable, storage device speed tester. Created specifically for USB storage.
Very very nice. Easy to use
(Yes, USB storage is that bad with small files)
- (download FlashBench.zip)
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Note that this is not https://github.com/bradfa/flashbench
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https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Isohybrid
Though it can do other stuff, I use this to edit ISO images meant to be burned to a CD or DVD, to make them appropriate for copying to, and booting from, a USB stick.
Phenomenal. I wish I knew about this a long time ago. I’ve ignored many Linux distributions because of the very issue this tool solves.
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Linux distributions + Debian >
https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/boot-repair
https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/Home/
Automagically repairs a boot loader.
This is something I wish I had/knew about a long time ago. I’ve had bootloader misadventures that really stressed me out.
I’ll accept this, even though it uses systemd.
See also:
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Linux distributions + Gentoo >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=systemrescue
https://www.system-rescue.org/ [ 1 ] was https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/
A Linux distribution. A Linux system rescue disk.
- Note – If you just want to repair your boot loader, try boot-repair.
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I’m sure an updated version will use systemd, as Gentoo now does.
Footnotes
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was http://www.movsd.com/thegun.htm
A notepad.exe replacement in 6,144 bytes.
Particularly notable because its configuration is done through an external program which directly modifies the THEGUN.EXE binary.
I tossed this in with my portable applications. It’s tiny, and I figure it’s one of those “just in case” sort of applications.
