Freeware Alternative for: Adobe Reader

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.

In the past, you’ve had to download a huge PDF reader from another software company, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document.

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Freeware Alternative for: MagicISO

Having trouble opening your newly downloaded .UIF file? You’re not alone!

UIF (Universal Image Format) files are created by MagicISO. It’s basically a complete copy, otherwise known as an image, of a CD or DVD – very similar to an ISO. So here’s a quick 2 step solution to opening these files! As always, download links are listed at the bottom of this page.

Step 1. Download UIF2ISO v0.1.3 – This will convert the UIF file into an ISO.
Step 2. Either extract individual files by opening the ISO file using 7-Zip, or burn the ISO file using ISO Recorder.

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7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. The program supports 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM, NSIS, RPM and DEB formats. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.

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