Here’s another great utility to see what is in your startup. Many times programs start services during your startup, hogging memory and resources making your computer slow. Link
I love freeware. It takes initiative to sit down and program anything. Link
Now I like Firefox but I don’t see a need for geo-locating if I’m not using social networks. To me, geo-locating can tell people where I’m at. Now think of the malicious use this could have. Call me paranoid but technology sometimes scares me. Go over and read this article on how to disable this feature
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Here’s another tool to help you undelete accidently deleted files. Link
This free utility IP2 finds both your enternal and external numbers. This is an excellent portable utility you can use when troubleshooting a networking/internet problem.
This tiny powerful utility can sniff your network for security, DNS Resolving, Whois, and dozens of other options. Network Stuff is free.
PENetCfg allows you to setup profiles to change your IP address when traveling to the office or when returning home. This little network program makes sharing files and setting up mapped drives easy. After unzipping this program, it will run from your flashdrive. Link
Use Generatus to generate a witty status.
Here’s an example of a computer that is using a ton of bandwidth and sharing its entire hard drive. A very dangerous practice. This was discovered on our WatchGuard Firewall this afternoon. The computer (172.16.0.182 ) can be seen connecting to over 100 other computers. This software was on a private computer that had connected to our wireless network. The firewall notified us within moments after the connections took place.
Great Video explaining the Windows XP virtual side to Windows 7. Awesome Video.
The 10 Biggest Myths of IT Security – Security/Management – DarkReading Excellent Article
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