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Back from the dead: Software Updater feature returns as VersionCat.com

A few years ago in 2020, I added the Software Updater tool in jv16 PowerTools. It allowed you to see which installed programs were outdated and allowed you to start downloading the updated version. The tool was available for some time until I decided to scrape it. The reason? I thought the tool wasn’t good […]

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Microsoft might have unsubscribed you against your will

As you might know, we send an email newsletter typically once a week every Thursday. The newsletters contain information about new product releases, news about our product development and what we’re up to in general. Sometimes we also include a discount link for one of our products. However, something very unusual happened Thursday last week.

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Preview of ScreenshotX

Easily take beautiful screenshots with ScreenshotX

We’re delighted to announce the launch of ScreenshotX! ScreenshotX is a free, lightweight app for Windows to easily take beautiful screenshots and share them. ScreenshotX is also our latest standalone tool and will be available in jv16 PowerTools version 8, scheduled to release on March, 30th. Jouni Flemming, our Lead Developer, mentioned the idea behind

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Windows Update Fixer done screen

Update Fixer: A free, open source program to fix Windows Update

We’re happy to announce the release of Update Fixer! Update Fixer is a lightweight, freeware app to automatically fix Windows Update. It fixes common problems such as Windows Update not starting at all, or starting but getting stuck. Here is a preview of Update Fixer fixing an update issue that the official Windows Update Troubleshooter

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Introducing: System Examiner

System Examiner is a lightweight, freeware app to generate a system information report from Windows computers. It lists details of your computer’s installed hardware and software, the operating system’s originality, as well as attempts to detect common system errors and potential problems inside a computer. The program can be used either as an easy-to-use Windows

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