CCleaner is an indispensable tool for many Windows users to clean up temporary files and other leftovers on the system. The core benefit here is that running the program regularly frees up storage space. Piriform, the developers of CCleaner, are offering a commercial CCleaner Network Edition for some time now for easier deployment and administration [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Net Burner, Burn Discs, Install Programs On A Network
The last notebook that I bought, an Acer 3810T, does not come with an optical drive. This has ramifications, especially when installing new operating systems but also when an optical drive is needed, for instance to burn a DVD or repair disc. While it is possible to use external CD, DVD or Blu-Ray drives for [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Network Planning, Mapping Software PrimeDesktop
It is usually not necessary to use a software to plan a small home network that consists of a couple of PCs, a router and maybe other peripherals like a NAS or printer. But when it comes to medium sized or even larger networks, especially in a business environment, it pays off to plan before [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Growl, Windows System, Network Notifications
Growl for Windows is a system and network notification software. Put simply, it informs the user when things happen on the operating system. This can be new email in the Thunderbird email client, a new post on your favorite website or when cpu or computer memory resource usage peaks. The notifications are powered by apps [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Control Computer Hardware And Workstations In A Computer Network
AdminDeviceLan is a computer software program for the Windows operating system that can be used to control computer hardware devices and workstations. The program comes with an admin and client interface that need to be installed on the computer systems. The admin interface obviously needs to be installed on the computer of the system administrator [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Network Monitoring Software Open Monitor
Open Monitor is an Open Source network monitoring software for the Windows operating system. It comes with the option to monitor multiple local and remote servers and notify the system administrator if services or programs are not accessible. The main interface of the monitoring software is divided into a quick server check option at the [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Internet Maniac Networking Software
Rarst reviewed an interesting networking software today on his excellent blog (you should check it out if you are interested in tech). Internet Maniac is a old school networking software that has not been updated in ten years. Old software does not necessarily have to be bad or outdated especially if it deals with elements [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Network Security Analysis With Network Miner
Network Miner is a portable Open Source network security analysis tool that can monitor the traffic of a connected network adapter in the Windows operating system. It utilizes a build in passive network sniffer / packet capturing tool that can detect IPs, hostnames, operating systems, ports and various other information of every connection. The network [...]