The Smiling Pirate

Tired of Annoying Updates and Security Flaws with Adobe Reader?

Seriously. It’s a PDF viewer. It has one purpose. To view PDF’s. I understand that there have been recent security vulnerabilities that required updates. But come on, what version are we up to now; 10? Why not just download a piece of software without all the crap associated with it. Try Foxit PDF Viewer. It loads up PDF’s faster and runs with a lot less overhead than Adobe Reader.

One suggestion, choose the custom install. It allows you to customize what you want installed minus the toolbar, language packs and other non-essential bloat ware.

Download Foxit PDF Viewer here

Open Office 2007 Documents In Office 2003

Did you ever create a document in Office 2007 that you’ve saved to your flash drive so you can take it to work or another location and open it only to find that they are using Office 2003?

This conversion utility available from Microsoft gives you the ability to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations Created in Office 2007 in Office 2003.

Download Microsoft’s File Format Conversion Utility here