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We're looking for your favorite tips and tools we can share with the community... those that help you do your job better and more easily. Please reply or leave a comment with your suggestions, and we'll be featuring them in the coming weeks.
As always, we’re updating the full list on our website here. Enjoy.
A Free Tool
Ultimate Windows Utility is a tool for debloating and tweaking a Windows install. Features four main sections: install, debloat, features & old panels, and windows updates. Our thanks for this suggestion go to 11bulletcatcher.
A Blog
imab.dk shares the tech musings of one Martin Bengtsson, a 17-year veteran of the Microsoft product world. You'll find relevant thoughts, ideas and real-world scenarios in the areas of Microsoft Endpoint Manager, Configuration Manager, Intune, Office 365, Azure, Windows and more. This recommendation was kindly shared by jantari.
Another Free Tool
Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard that allows you to sketch diagrams that seem hand drawn. Offers a collaborative mode, export of diagrams to PNG and SVG formats, and saving locally in JSON. Appreciation for the recommendation goes to vbd.
Yet Another Free Tool
Unstoppable Copier enables you to recover files from disks with physical damage like bad sectors, scratches or errors when reading data. Attempts to recover every readable piece and reassemble the file, which for most file types, can make it useable despite some parts being unrecoverable. Kindly suggested by BadNeighbor3.
One More Free Tool
zoxide is a replacement for the common cd command that is designed to offer more-efficient navigation. It tracks which directories you use most frequently, so you can switch to them in just a few keystrokes. Works on all major shells. Credit for this one goes to rochakgupta.
P.S. Bonus Free Tools
changedetection.io is a simple, self-hosted tool for monitoring websites for text changes and then triggering notifications via Discord, email, Slack, Telegram, API calls and more. Thanks for pointing us to this one go to lawrencek.
Session Buddy is a tabs and bookmarks manager for Chrome that allows you to easily save or search tabs, organize them, recover open tabs after a crash and manage all open tabs in one spot. Helpfully recommended by Wdrussell1.
Have a fantastic week and as usual, let us know any comments.