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Windows Sysinternals: Documentation, downloads and additional resources. Using Group Policy to Deploy Applications. One of the biggest chores that administrators have to deal with is application lifecycle management. Whether an office has 20 PCs or 20,000, no one likes the idea of going from machine to machine with an installation CD every time a new version of an application is released.

There are programs that are designed to help administrators manage applications across a network, but most tend to be overly complicated and expensive. Microsoft’s SMS Server for example costs $1,219, not counting the necessary Windows Server license or additional client access licenses beyond the ten that the product comes with. What you might not realize though is that Windows Server contains tools that you can use to deploy applications throughout your organization without having to buy any third party software. I will tell you up front though that the built in software deployment tools are not as good as what you would get in a third party application. Before We Begin Creating MSI Files Deploying Applications. WinCustomize: Your home for Vista and XP themes, skins, wallpapers, dreamscenes, icons and everything you need to customize your pc.

Synergy. AutoHotkey - Free Mouse and Keyboard Macro Program with Hotkeys and AutoText. Romex Software - VSuite Ramdisk, Speed Up Your Computer. Oscar's Multi-Monitor taskBar. How to mount a Windows share with smbmount - www.linux-noob.com. After seeing the how to mount a fat32 partition I thought I'd show you how to mount a share. First off you need to make sure the share it setup correctly on your Windows system, I'll only focus on sharing with WinXP. Its not hard on WinXP. First off right-click on the folder you wish to share and select "Sharing and Security". Select "Share this folder". You can now set the Share name, you can also fiddle with the maximum number of users allowed at one time (the default is normally good enough). If you want to heighten the security in this share you can click on "Permissions" and remove the default "Everyone" group (select and click Remove).

Ok so you need to know these things:The hostname of the WinXP PC (eg winpc). The sharename of the folder (eg shared) Do you remember what you called it A user/pass for the winxp system. Phew 50% of the way there. Ok so onto the Linux system, its relatively simple: Make the directory you want to mount the share to. mkdir /mnt/share Next either... Visual Task Tips Home. Welcome | The PC Decrapifier. nCleaner. System Downloads : MaxMem. Have you ever noticed how your computer always seems to run better after rebooting?

Do you wish it could be that peppy all day? Well, now it can be with a little help from AnalogX MaxMem! AnalogX MaxMem is a realtime physical memory management program that automatically ensures that you always have as much physical memory available as possible. It does this by allowing you to set minimum amounts of memory to be made available under certain circumstance, and then passively monitoring how much system resources are being used. MaxMem works on all versions of Windows, from Window 95 to Windows 7 and everything inbetween (including XP, Vista, Win2k, etc). DLL-files.com - Download all your missing dll-files. Launchy: The Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows.