- File Security Manager 1.7. Controlled Freedom — Modern network-ready and secure operating systems provide us with a very useful concept of Resource Access Control. It generally means the ability to grant different access permissions to individual resources (files and folders) for different users of the system, local and network ones. For example, a certain file can be permitted to be read but not written to; or certain folders can be opened and programs in them…
- Actual Window Manager 4.5, Take More Than The Best Of Your Windows — Despite some evident drawbacks, Windows has the right concept of «Windows» (ha-ha). This concept is proven to be very effective for organizing several «primary» tasks (that you work with) alongside with many «secondary» ones (which you just observe or rarely switch to or consult with). But, the more intensively you work, the stronger you feel that Windows’ current window-organizing capabilities are far not enough for…
- Startup Master 1.4, Letting Them Start? — There are applications that you use every day, and you start them when you need them. There are other applications, which you’d want to start with Windows (autostart) and let them run for as long as you keep using the computer; those are utility ones. And, certainly, there are applications that you DON’T want to start automatically; nevertheless, they just do it regardless to your opinion. You’d like to control that…
- 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…
- Checklist: Managing Your To-Do List Should Always Be This Easy — When tasks on your to-do list are truly important, pencil and paper scraps won’t do. You can’t afford having little notes lost or smudged. On the other hand, a digital successor to the hard-copy organizer needs to be simple and reliable. Anything too complex will no doubt be abandoned. In terms of safeguarding and organizing data in a quick and efficient manner, Checklist fits the bill. Checklist…
- 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…
- ExpPrint - quick and easy printing of file listings — Most regular users do not need the ability to print file listings and would be quite puzzled if asked to print the contents of a specific folder. However, there are many people who need to do it on a daily basis — system administrators and analysts, developers, engineers and other professionals who need listings for reports, analysis or other purposes. If you happen to be one of them and are still looking…
- Unreal Commander - a file manager with a twist — If you got to know computers some 10-15 years ago, you must have seen dozens of file managers. You may have even switched to the standard Windows Explorer at a certain point, but missed the speed and efficiency of good-old two-pane file managers, especially when working with lots of files and moving them across various disks. If you are an old-school user willing to go back to the origins or a novice looking for…
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