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Tools: Why use file integrity MD5 checksum?

Posted by Ivan
/ June 28, 2010 / Leave a comment

Last night I copied aWindows Server 2008 R2 server image to my central site. The copy of 3 GB took almost 5 hours over the network. I exported my Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine as OVF template. Due the image size of the virtual machine I used 7z tool...

Posted in MD5, Tools
Software Deployment: The easiest way to get apps with Ninite

Posted by Ivan
/ October 27, 2009 / Leave a comment

If you are upgrading to Windows 7 from XP you will need to do a clean install, and installing your favorite apps again is time consuming and annoying. Now you can install your favorite applications while waiting they are installed for you. How many times did you go to all...

Posted in Ninite, Software Deployment, Tools
Tools: ImgBurn without Admin Permissions

Posted by Ivan
/ June 9, 2009 / 2 Comments

Recently ImgBurn was scripted for an enterprise deployment. None of the end users using ImgBurn are local administrators. With Nero you could install NeroRights to provide such privileges but ImgBurn has nothing included. To solve this problem, small change group policy is required. This can be done in the local,...

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Tools: BGInfo silent run and no license agreement

Posted by Ivan
/ January 13, 2009 / 2 Comments

BGInfo is very useful when managing dozen of Windows Servers in physical and virtual environments. I even managed to get this tool deployed to all client computers at work. It has a huge value for support personal. Since SysInternals has been taken over by Microsoft it now shows a “License...

Posted in BgInfo
Tools: ImgBurn on Windows Server 2008

Posted by Ivan
/ October 30, 2008 / 2 Comments

ImgBurn is a free tool that enables you to burn CD/DVD images with ease. All the latest drives are supported (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones). Advanced functionality can be found in the ImgBurn context menus. If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux...

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Tools: visionapp Remote Desktop 2008 Express (vRD 2008)

Posted by Ivan
/ October 27, 2008 / Leave a comment

vRD 2008 is a tool for the management of remote Windows computers via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). vRD is ideal for administrators who need to maintain simultaneous connections to multiple servers. Connection-specific settings and login credentials can be organized in folders and subfolders for quick access. visionapp Remote Desktop...

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PDF: Is there an good alternative for Adobe Reader?

Posted by Ivan
/ October 12, 2008 / Leave a comment

The answer is yes 🙂 . Foxit Reader is incredibly small and very fast. Foxit Reader is good alternative if you want to have on your system. Foxit Reader 2.3 is just released. The new version 2.3 includes a multimedia player feature allowing Foxit users to not only read PDFs,...

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SyncToy2

Posted by Ivan
/ October 10, 2008 / Leave a comment

SyncToy 2.0 for Windows is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers. Features: Dynamic Drive Letter Assignment: Drive letter reassignment will now be detected and updated in the folder...

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BgInfo

Posted by Ivan
/ April 23, 2008 / Leave a comment

If you manage multiple computer systems than BgInfo tool from Microsoft (formal SysInternals) is the right tool to display relevant computer information (CPU,Hostname, IP/DNS/DHCP/Default Gateway, Memory,Disk,etc.) of the system. I am using this tool on all my virtual and physical host machines to identify what kind of system I am...

Posted in BgInfo, Microsoft, Tools
Vista Codec Package

Posted by Ivan
/ March 17, 2008 / Leave a comment

Last year I download and installed the Vista Codec Package; couple minutes ago I was trying to get one xvid screencast opened by Windows Media Player but it was not able to acquire the codec. Vista Codec Package includes all popular codec components like Xvid, DivX, AC3 and others which...

Posted in Codec