All the comments posted just about sum up what you have given so many people. Take care and have a happy retirement.

Thank you so very much for your many years of dedication. As a 75 year old, I too understand where you are coming from but still I am saddened by your retirement news.
Happy 2021 and many year to come!!! Take care my friend!

Thanks. Good luck.
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75? Time flies.

Happy retirement. You've made an impact on my life. I have found many good programs and start all searches here.

Many thanks for all the help you've provided over the years and for all the wee gems you've brought us.

Thank you. You're efforts have been invaluable to me since you began so many years ago.

Enjoy the well-deserved retirement! Everything you have done for all of us is so appreciated!

Thanks Gizmo for a great site. Have been a follower for as long as I have been on the 'net.
All the best for the future!

Thanks, goodbye, and enjoy your retirement!

Thanks Gizmo!
Your website is a thorn in the side of all those software webpages that put ‘commercial’ interests over helping the public

Your invention of an honest webpage without hidden agendas truly revolutionised how the public can obtain much needed information about FREE software

I can safely say your website revolutionised my life and how I can obtain maximal productivity from my computer

May TechSupportAlert live forever. Thank you to all the moderators who keep this dream alive

sounds good. already have read that post of yours too, Rhiannon.

Enjoy your retirement, and I will join the chorus of voices claiming this is the end of an era. Your insights, knowledge and enthusiasm for this stuff have been a great resource for more people than you'll ever known -- thanks for everything!

The end of an era. I remember when you first started with your freeware newsletter Ian and the TechSupportAlert site was little more than a basic repository for your newsletter archives. Although you probably won't remember, you and I used to communicate occasionally via email back in those days. You were, and always have been, a freeware guru with an extraordinary understanding of new and innovative freeware... and a thorough gentleman to boot. I sincerely wish you all the best in retirement and thank you for your years of helping us mere mortals.

Cheers... Jim in Oz

Congratulations, Ian/Gizmo!
You've accomplished something great here. And the fact that it will continue without you is a testimony to how your vision of quality free software has resonated with others.
I remember the hoopla around Windows Secrets, which was not much more than just that: hoopla. But your work has stood the test of time.
Many thanks.
Bruce Fraser

Gizmo has been a staple of mine since I first got internet. LOL
Thank you kindly!
Su

Happy trails Ian !...
love, hugs and spitty kisses from Wally in Bundanoon, Oz

By George!

All the best to you Gizmo, and thank you for this digital legacy that managed to survive through such rugged times!

Thank for all the years, best of luck in all you do in the future

I would also like to add the AceThinker Online Audio Recorder as one of the best streaming media recorder. It is an online app that can help you record music in high qualiy output. Here's the link of the tool https://www.acethinker.com/record-audio

i've checked the site mentioned above. not very much difference on them. both australia and ptio. priv australia tools also mentioned those things criticise by the that "lemy.ml". there are even the similar "mistakes" on both sites. like; duckduckgo, brave, etc.

WOW! *applause*
:-)

This is KEWL!!!
It looked lame and I almost didn't try it
THANKS!

I enjoyed listening to several of the forest sounds since they loop/repeat. It's pleasant background sound. Some were distinct enough that the repeating sounds bothered me a bit. If your ear picks up repetitive patterns easily the site may not appeal to you. As Sturgeon General mentions, you may enjoy my Noise, and there are many good collections of nature sounds on YouTube.

These recordings vary in length as you describe, but 'loop'. They are meant to be a soothing background (white) noise for relaxation rather than a full length movie. You may be more interested in an earlier posting also by Rhiannon from back in June...
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/find-200-best-ambient-and-white-noise-sounds-site.htm
Here you find quite possibly the best sound generator period. I had my doubt to begin with, but this is the one!! You will not need any others after this one.
Thank you Rhiannon!!!

Confirming that Mozy is gone forever. Former Mozy customers were given the opportunity to purchase Carbonite storage at a discount back in April 2019. Mozy should be removed from the article on next revision.

i think up until now, this is the best overall radio streamer on windows for me.
it's simple. small file size footprint. yet quite powerful.
available both as installed or as portable application.

I have this installed, but my VPN will not allow communication. I have to disconnect the VPN every time I wantr to use YourPhone. Do you know of any work round which will enable this to work seamlessly?

As of version 10 the free Foxit apparently does NOT support PDF creation.

Thank you! That is a critical piece of information for me and everyone else who hasn't installed the toolbar before.

Thankyou for Sharing Above App. This is the first place I go when looking for a new app for my Android phone.

Did you follow the steps to install it using the directions at either of the sites mentioned in the article?
If you're having trouble finding the toolbar after going through the steps outlined at both sites post back and we'll see what we can do. Here's the sites that have the directions that are linked in the article above:

Want Faster Searches? Add Everything Search To Your Windows Taskbar!

Add Everything Search to the Windows Taskbar for even faster searches

I'm delighted you like it. :)

Me too. The toolbar interface is different than pinning the program to the taskbar but it's very well implemented I think. I've been using it for a few weeks and haven't found any hiccups. Nicely done.

I have had this on my taskbar for years. Take some time to find out all it can do

Keep up the good work. Thank you for the site.

For over a decade now, I save a copy of web pages as .mht
It is comparable with saving a 'web page complete' except you don't have to suffer having a related folder called 'files' (AGH!)
IE always offered that single file save format (not sure if it still does ?)
When I open such a saved file, all of the links still work (assuming the site still has them)
Some browsers may not be able to open .mht file, but FF has an extension to allow that.

Does this differ from what you are proposing ?
Or, does yours save all the linked stuff as well ?

Archiving a page is different from a screenshot. It stores the whole page in its original format. You can copy things from the page, links work, etc. It's an active web page, not a static screenshot.  It stores the page online at a unique URL. Any previously archived pages are there for comparison. It's very much like the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, the links and content are intact (minus scripts and some interactive elements).

I'm glad you could access the site. :-)

It's working fine for me now in a few different browsers on two different internet connections on mobile and laptop.

I've had mixed results over the years with the sites that check if a website is down so I tend to check many of them if I think a site is down. Some will say a site is working, some not. That's the result I've gotten now. This says it's up: https://isitdownorjust.me/archive-is/. Another says it's been down for maintenance for 100 days.

There are some issues with Cloudflare with this and other sites. If you’re using a DNS service that could be an issue. I'd try a different browser. I'm running into more and more site availability issues with the newer versions of Chrome based browsers.

Lol I ran into one just now, a site I use often and used last night is now flagged as unsafe in a chrome based browser but is fine in Firefox. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is by far the most comprehensive list of this kind that I've seen. Please add Century Past Library. It has tens of thousands of books (fiction and non-fiction), and more than 200 magazine titles; all free. No sign-up, and easy to browse by subject. www.envisionthepast.com

I decided on Sophos Home. Sophos used to be a Enterprise only Antivirus but you can now use a free home version. You do have to manage it online but it is light on resources from what I've seen, it works on Windows 7, and I have not seen a better alternative. I am still open to suggestions.

It happens to all of us. :-)

Great tips, but I have a request. How does one batch delete Gmail on an Android device (i.e. smartphone)?

It was from the Microsoft store and it is now uninstalled. Ultimately, that was simple. I googled how to uninstall aText and got nowhere. This confirms my suspicions and resolve to stay away from the Microsoft store. Thank you for the rescue.

If you downloaded it from the Microsoft store, here are directions for uninstalling apps from the Microsoft Store:
How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps