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Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server / Universal Restore 9.7.8206

From:  warezdude.net
Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server / Universal Restore 9.7.8206 | 399 Mb For disaster recovery and system migration in both physical and virtual environments, Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server delivers greater flexibility and value for networked Windows and Linux servers. Is server downtime costing you thousands of dollars an hour? Acronis® True Image Echo™ Enterprise Server is a comprehensive Windows and Linux server backup and disaster recovery solution that allows you... Read Full Story

Light Weight, Portable Alternative to MSTSC

From:  bauer-power.net
This isn't a problem any more, but when I first started to go to my current college , they were still using Windows 2000 in their computer lab. What does that mean? It means no native RDP client so I could remote into my home computer from school. When I went to San Diego State University , the library computers ran "locked down" Windows XP. They removed the run line, and only allowed access to Internet Explorer, and notepad. I would right click on the desktop, and create a new text file... Read Full Story

Open Source Alternative to AutoCAD

From:  bauer-power.net
Hey guys, I thought I would take a quick break from studying for Security+ to do a post. I found a really cool open source alternative to AutoCAD , which as you may or may not know is a really, really expensive design program. Companies use AutoCAD to design all sorts of things from machinery to buildings. The full version of AutoCAD costs upwards of $4,000. The light version of AutoCAD costs a measly $800. That may not seem expensive to you, but to me that is crazy expensive. Well, you all... Read Full Story

Quick Wipe Hard Drive's Using Lysol

From:  bauer-power.net
Have you ever needed to quickly blank a hard drive? Now I'm not talking about for security purposes, for that I like using DBAN . No I'm just talking about one quick wipe down to erase the drive? I do, especially when I really want to test a disk image. I want no previous instances of anything on the drive, to really be sure my image is perfect. Well, at my school they have a really old, yet effective program, called Lysol . I tried Googling it, and I couldn't find any place to download it. I... Read Full Story

When it comes to virus protection, don't screw the pooch!

From:  bauer-power.net
Hey people! I had a few minutes to spare today so I thought I'd write about a cool program I recently discovered. You long time readers all know that I am always down with free Anti virus software. I have written about some of my favorites like Comodo, AVG, Avast! etc. There is another one that I may have only mentioned in passing. You probably have heard of it, as it is pretty well known. It is called ClamWin , and is based off of the original ClamAV that was originally a port for 'Nix... Read Full Story

Encrypt a portion of USB or Hard Drive to secure Sensitive Data

Imagine what would you would feel like if your personal data was accessed by someone you did not like to. Well it could be sensitive company data or pictures of your girlfriend about whom your parents dont know about. Data protection is a must when there are some files on your PC which you want to keep private and for your own access only. Here's a handy tool which will help you do that - TrueCrypt. It is a very powerful tool for data encryption , and you should be using it if your the kind... Read Full Story

Free OpenSource Javascript Wysiwyg - TinyMCE

From:  bauer-power.net
I just found TinyMCE by Moxiecode Systems AB and I'm in love with it. It's cross browser capable and comes loaded with plugins to use. Some features it has are: Compressor for PHP, .NET, JSP and Cold Fusion, PHP Spellchecker, .NET development package, Embedding of Flash and other media, iFrame support, bbCode, Layers, Emoticons. They also have some commercial plugins which include a File Manger and Image Manger. Their support includes a very well written Wiki Help Site and Community Forum... Read Full Story

Free and Enterprise Network Monitoring Software

From:  bauer-power.net
There are a lot of Network Monitoring tools out there and some of them are pretty good. Other not so good. The one that seems to offer the most power and ease of use is GroundWork . They offer Free, Pro and Enterprise levels of Network Monitoring solutions. Even the free one they'll give you a one time full support ticket and community forum support. Most other free sources either have no support or just forum support. Even the free version has an Unlimited number of monitoring Nodes. They... Read Full Story

Apache Setup for Windows

Ok you have a website? You host it somewhere else such as godaddy.com or a free hosting service such as yahoo right? How about doing it for yourself? Apache is the number one web server on the internet right now. Go daddy uses it and so does yahoo. Why not you?   The setup of apache is really easy for windows; basically it is a wizard just like any other program that you install. Apache is a small program, allowing it to be run on very little system resources. I once ran apache... Read Full Story

Manage your partitions with ease and confidence!

EASEUS Partition Master Professional Edition is a comprehensive hard disk partition management tool to let you enjoy all the powerful functions: Resize and Move partitions, Copy Partition, Copy Disk to protect data, Create, Delete and Format partitions, Convert and Explore partitions, Hide and Unhide partitions and much more. What’s more, with 1.5 TB hard disk supported, it works perfectly with hardware RAID. Related posts: Manage your partitions with ease and confidence! EASEUS... Read Full Story
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