- 10 Applications MyDB 2.0, Data is Always With Me — Writable CD and DVD disks just couldn’t have become our main media. Several years later, a USB stick could. Now, willing always to be able to work with your data, you shouldn’t have these heavy and expensive notebooks or not-so-handy handhelds. You are just carrying around your data on a small memory stick and any computer on the way can suit you as a workplace. But in fact, it is not that easy…
- XP Tools 7.76, Rule Over Your Windows! — When you’re trying to enchance and control your Windows, you have many options and utilities. The two most common extremes are «one utility for each single function» and «a suite for all service tasks». XP Tools software follows the second approach, and I should say it does the best in the logical organization and effective control. Let’s take a short guide through XP Tools and its usage patterns. The program…
- Task Manager, Get Organized, Stay Organized. — What’s the most common way of getting things done at the office? — Of course, writing to-do things on sticky notes and then sticking those all over the place. «It works!» So we tend to think. But in the reality shows that sticky notes and paper scraps disappear from our desks and so do the jobs written on them — they just disappear from our memory. The good news is it seems…
- AlphaControls - adding fashion to your applications has never been easier — As a developer, you should be primarily concerned with the functionality of your application and its stability in different conditions. As a smart developer, you should also be concerned with the appearance of your products. This important factor often becomes the final incentive that makes people choose a specific product among dozens of identical ones. Therefore, creating applications with style and beauty in mind is a great…
- File Security Manager - full control over file and folder access permissions (even in Windows XP Home) — Being an overall excellent operating system, Windows XP does have some versions that limit user’s control capabilities to a bare minimum. For instance, Windows XP Home offers a great set of multimedia and general features, but lacks the degree of flexibility that many advanced users would definitely appreciate. For instance, the Home version will not allow you to set file and folder access right, which is a common method…
- Local Account Manager - comprehensive access rights management in Windows XP Home — Windows XP Home is a great operating system that offers everything necessary for a typical home computer for a price any household can afford. However, it lacks some of the more advanced features found in the Professional edition — and the ability to manage users’ access rights and permissions tops this «wanted» list. If you would like to stay with the Home edition and yet be able to efficiently manage…
- XP Home User Manager: Freedom to "Home" Users — For somewhat a «fair» price, the home edition of XP and Vista do provide the functionality sufficient for home users. Nevertheless, used to the «extended» Pro environment at the office, we feel ourselves uncomfortable with the restrictions we face upon returning home. And what can drive someone up the wall worse than anything else is the home edition’s half-baked user account management system, which makes the…
- Active Task Manager - a capable automation tool for novices and gurus alike — Most users — even after years of daily interaction with their computer — repeat the same familiar tasks after startup, launch backup software only when they suddenly recall that it hasn’t been done for months and perform a huge number of actions that could be automated and run on schedule. If you work with the same set of applications, you can make them start at the same time every day; if you have some…
- Genie Backup Manager Pro - a reliable and flexible tool for complete data backups — Despite the obvious ongoing progress in data storage systems, the best way to ensure the integrity of your personal and corporate data is still the good old practice of regular backups. Damages from data loss or corruption — either direct or indirect — can be devastating for your business, so it’s always a great idea to plan data storage and backup efforts well in advance. If you have the right tools…
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