- WinLock Remote Administrator 1.22, Total Authority — How one control the computer’s usage? Yes, this question is too wide. How can one control the *public* computer’s usage? If the number of users is limited, the admin can create an account for each user and control them. However, this approach hides some problems: Sometimes there are no permanent users, only the «accidental» ones; sometimes the Windows’ built-in user restrictions are insufficient; sometimes there…
- Backup prOxy Server. Backup belongs to the past - The future is in recovery! — Solutions for data backup and recovery are the frequent theme of reviews, and this frequency has an explanatory background: there is not a more important task than keeping corporate or personal vital data in a safe place. But this task (backup, namely) has one less commonly discussed aspect: what is the *overall purpose* of data backup? Don’t answer immediately; let?s think. The common answer is: «to keep data safe.»…
- RemBoot - The Remote Reboot Utility. — Serious work with remote Windows servers sometimes suffers from lack of control over those servers. Of course, letting just about ANYBODY to control your server is not the greatest idea. But the owner and administrator of the server often feel that their hands are tied when the computer is miles away, the support team is fast asleep and unlikely to respond quickly to a pager, and all that is needed is a quick system rebooot…
- nBit Easy FTP DLL 2.8.2, It Should Be Easy! — Easy FTP DLL contains an Active X control, which handles operations with FTP servers and can be used from any language/environment where Active X controls are suitable. Easy FTP’s ActiveX is windowless, so it can be created from code in run-time. Easy FTP’s list of functions offers a full set of FTP interactions; you can browse or list, create, delete, upload and download files and folders on server…
- FTPRush 1.0, Master of FTP — If you work with FTP eventually, i.e. download one file per month, all you would need for a happy life is your browser or a file manager. But once your FTP usage gets more intensive, start uploading and downloading, connecting to several servers, managing accounts, synchronizing folders and so on, you will finally come to the though that the FTP issue is not such an easy one. The list of features you have already requested is huge…
- TurboZip Express 7.1, Easy Zip Everywhere! — Zipping files is one of the necessary things for dealing with files (actually, you ALWAYS deal with files when working on a computer). Today, with our huge disks, 2 Gb flash sticks and broadband Internet channels, Zip still matters as a tool of organizing file transfers (you definitely would not be happy, if somebody asked you to «download these 50 tiny files» instead of placing them into a single Zip…
- Beyond Remote Support, Focus on Problem, Not on Getting to It — Solving a tricky problem on a remote box is often not as hard as getting to that problem. Helping a newbie to obtain, install and run a remote assistance program sometimes may be harder than resolving the original problem. A remote assistance application has got to be something really easy, not harder than making just a few mouse clicks. This idea was picked up by Data Apples Corp., and they came up with…
- EMCO Remote Desktop Professional — Administering networks is something all system administrators do on a daily basis. Unfortunately, minor issues and major problems tend to happen from time to time and in most cases require immediate and resolute actions, as any network downtimes affect the whole company and its clients. However, sometimes problems come when they are least expected — for instance, when the system administrator is away or on a sick leave and…
- File Backup Watcher Professional 2.8.17 - an easy-to-use backup solution with a twist — Being able to regularly back up you crucial files is equally valuable for computer rookies and skilled professionals. After all, not everything depends on our ability to control the behavior of the system and perform the right actions — sometimes information get lost to unexpected power failures, hardware crashes and other factors that are generally referred to as Acts of God. That is a reason weighty enough to start…
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