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§ ita § - May 11, 2013 3:40:11 pm PDT #22403 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My sister might be setting up her own laptop (for the first time in ever). I go a bit OTT loading these up for her, but it's hard to think of my process when I don't even have a laptop to hand.

I'm trying to think of a low end graphics app--no need to Gimp her out or anything. And a screen cap utility that has a bit more to it than Snipping Tool might be nice.

FTR, this is what I have so far:
Browsers:

  • Opera
  • Firefox
  • Chrome

Entertainment

  • iTunes
  • VLC
  • Azureus

Productivity/Utility

  • Evernote
  • Notepad++
  • WinRAR
  • Dropbox
  • OpenOffice
  • Fences 1
  • Password vault

System monitoring:

  • Soluto
  • AVG
  • Set up Windows Firewall

Communication

  • Thunderbird email client
  • Skype

She should be more than good to go with that, especially after she uninstalls the crap that comes with the big box store purchases, right?

dcp - May 11, 2013 3:54:22 pm PDT #22404 of 25497
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Two applications I use pretty often which aren't on that list are IrfanView and Malwarebytes.

§ ita § - May 11, 2013 4:10:28 pm PDT #22405 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think she'd need Irfan View if I can get her something really simple on the image editing front. I doubt she'd fire up more than two apps for pics. I'm really only expecting her to rescue photographs, and although the Windows image viewer seems to go out of its way to stop you from using the pic, I think it will get her by.

What can she get from Malwarebytes that she doesn't get from AVG and the native tools? Again, she's not technical, and she's also skint. So freeware and few apps is her best bet.

dcp - May 11, 2013 4:54:57 pm PDT #22406 of 25497
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Both are freeware.

I couldn't say whether Malwarebytes is better or worse than than AVG, it's just what I have, and I've found it easy to use.

§ ita § - May 11, 2013 6:12:53 pm PDT #22407 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, I see. I didn't realise there was a lower-featured free version. Assuming that those extras aren't something to miss?

sj - May 12, 2013 7:56:48 pm PDT #22408 of 25497
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

What would be the easiest way to save certain voicemails on our house phone permanently?

le nubian - May 12, 2013 8:15:49 pm PDT #22409 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Get a recording device and tape it when it plays on speakerphone.

sj - May 13, 2013 6:09:55 am PDT #22410 of 25497
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks, Le Nubian. I think we have a tape recorder somewhere, but I was hoping for better sound quality than that will produce without having to buy new equipment. Like a way to transfer it directly to my computer.

§ ita § - May 13, 2013 6:29:22 am PDT #22411 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You can probably also record it on a cellphone or a microphone connected to your computer. Not many home phones will have outputs that go directly into a computer, but without knowing what sort you have, it's impossible to say.

sj - May 13, 2013 7:00:22 am PDT #22412 of 25497
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks, ita. I'll look into that when I get home and am near the actual phone.

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