This provides you with a walkthrough for setting up a Scheduled Task to peform the synchronisation using the SyncToycmd.exe file.
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You can get this to automatically sync everything. With the program open, click on Help and then click "Learn how to schedule Synctoy".
This provides you with a walkthrough for setting up a Scheduled Task to peform the synchronisation using the SyncToycmd.exe file.
This provides you with a walkthrough for setting up a Scheduled Task to peform the synchronisation using the SyncToycmd.exe file.
For all the heat that Microsoft receives, it does offer some really neat stuff for free. For instance, Virtual PC (in all versions), as well as the SysInternals programs. On top of that, the Visual Studio Express versions are good entry-level tools for would-be programmers. And finally, despite what so many people say about Microsoft pricing, the company has become successful because it has offered "good-enough" software at a "good-enough" price. Microsoft is not perfect by any means--their licensing policies, for enterprise or corporate users, for instance, are a nightmare for the unititiated. That being said, however, they still manage to deliver the goods. I challenge any ABM (Anything But Microsoft) zealot to name _any_ software company of similar size that doesn't have a vocal body of critics.
Just FYI - sysinternals was originally free and *outside* the microsoft totalitarian regime ... its only because they bought out the guys that made the tools that they are now considered "microsoft's sysinternals" programs.
You would have been better off refrencing TweakUI, since the people that wrote it were in fact microsoft owned (employeed) already.
And the "for all the heat" please make sure you understand, they get the heat because they do some truely mind numbingly stupid stuff, and as the 98th percentile OS leader on PC's, they have more than just a responsibility to their financial stakes, but to the core of which they could not exist without, namely the PC owners. Its not by choice that so many people stick with windows, but by the absense of choice, since there aren't any significant enough competitors to give people real choices that are easily understood or used in today's computer world.
Please don't misread that as anti-Linux or *nix ... but the facts are plainly obvious, most people don't run linux or any varient there of, because they can't get over the hurdles of self support and reliance on "open source". Many of these same people are not computer literate enough to make the conscious choice, and even when they are, they usually have to keep some varient of windows available for "compatibility" sake.
So ... enough of that belief that microsoft shouldn't be receiving even more heat...
You would have been better off refrencing TweakUI, since the people that wrote it were in fact microsoft owned (employeed) already.
And the "for all the heat" please make sure you understand, they get the heat because they do some truely mind numbingly stupid stuff, and as the 98th percentile OS leader on PC's, they have more than just a responsibility to their financial stakes, but to the core of which they could not exist without, namely the PC owners. Its not by choice that so many people stick with windows, but by the absense of choice, since there aren't any significant enough competitors to give people real choices that are easily understood or used in today's computer world.
Please don't misread that as anti-Linux or *nix ... but the facts are plainly obvious, most people don't run linux or any varient there of, because they can't get over the hurdles of self support and reliance on "open source". Many of these same people are not computer literate enough to make the conscious choice, and even when they are, they usually have to keep some varient of windows available for "compatibility" sake.
So ... enough of that belief that microsoft shouldn't be receiving even more heat...
I am surprised that the Sysinternals tools were not mentioned:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
I am particularly fond of Process Explorer.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
I am particularly fond of Process Explorer.
they're more tools than apps. They're great tools, but the apps mentioned here are more productivity or entertainment oriented rather than technician-level tools.
Free Anti-virus and Anti-spyware. So far it looks like a decent solution without the bloat of many such programs.
One useful piece of software available for free from MS is FixIt. Part of the ATS suite (Automated Trobleshooting System).
It can check and fix simple registry errors and settings, install (or re-install) latest MS drivers, and perform many other similar low-level, but useful, tasks.
I used it when my computer did not recognise my latest USB device -- it found the right driver and installed it automatically.
It can check and fix simple registry errors and settings, install (or re-install) latest MS drivers, and perform many other similar low-level, but useful, tasks.
I used it when my computer did not recognise my latest USB device -- it found the right driver and installed it automatically.
The DVD-RW drive on my Toshiba laptop suddenly stopped reading, although it would spin up. I scoured the user boards and finally concluded that I'd have to pony up $135 for a replacement drive, then I found one comment that mentioned the Fix It site. I thought, what-the-heck, give it one last shot, and five minutes later the drive was working like new! Still, the experiece left me ambiviant toward MS... they provided the fix, but it was also their softward that broke it in the first place!
Anyhow, I recommend Windows users bookmark the Fix It page. You just never know!
Anyhow, I recommend Windows users bookmark the Fix It page. You just never know!
I was hoping TrueSpace might get a mention. MS bought this company a while back and released their flagship product for free. VERY powerful 3D Modelling software. http://www.caligari.com
First off, thanks for these useful tidbits and MS "swag." I also want to thank jollyollyman for mentioning TrueSpace. I had been looking for an affordable Modeler and now I got it; for FREE!
O wait thats not on the list... hm... thinking...
Synctoy sounds nice and fun, but I have back up's covered already with a scheduled task.
SteadyState also sounds like a fun toy, and I have herd people around here talk about it... But I have yet to toy around with it..
So, I think I'm sticking with my original thought sysinternals is my fav. power toy from MS.
Synctoy sounds nice and fun, but I have back up's covered already with a scheduled task.
SteadyState also sounds like a fun toy, and I have herd people around here talk about it... But I have yet to toy around with it..
So, I think I'm sticking with my original thought sysinternals is my fav. power toy from MS.
Regarding SteadyState, with a small bit of work [if you know AD well enough], you can lock down a PC quite easily. I did it before. Nothing on the desktop. Nothing in the start menu. Could only log off - not shutdown [you don't want people shutting down a kiosk]. Etc.
Far and away, my favorite Microsoft free program is the PowerPoint Viewer. No everyone has MS Office that included PowerPoint, so this makes it easy for those folks to view my presentations. I usually include it along with Power Point presentations that I send out.
Why just use a viewer. I know it's not MS, but it's MS compatible, OpenOffice is free and actually lets you modify ppt files as well.
1) The openoffice.org install files are not small. You certainly can't be sending them out as attachments with .ppts you are emailing all over. PowerPoint viewer is 25.8MB while OpenOffice is 150mb. I've never seen a place to download Impress as a stand-alone DL.
2) Openoffice.org is NOT 100% Office compatible. It's not even close. In particular print dimensions almost always get screwed up. I use OpenOffice.org 3.1 as my primary office productivity suite and I almost never open a document that is formatted identically to the MSOffice document. Maybe... one in 50 documents. That includes simple things like short letters, or 5 line spreadsheets.
2) Openoffice.org is NOT 100% Office compatible. It's not even close. In particular print dimensions almost always get screwed up. I use OpenOffice.org 3.1 as my primary office productivity suite and I almost never open a document that is formatted identically to the MSOffice document. Maybe... one in 50 documents. That includes simple things like short letters, or 5 line spreadsheets.
Please do not confuse yourself and your readers by including genuinely free programs from MS and others that are only free for a 60-day trial. Not the same thing at all.
Could you be more specific? The two of which I didn't know if they were actually free I checked, and they seem to be as free as can be. Could you enlighten us with what you found as being 60-day trial?
I'm using at least three of these, and I've never seen an expiration notice. John, exactly which ones are you saying are 60-day trials?
I suspect John is confused as he doesn't appear to have noticed the word Express at the end of some of the items in the list. You can get the full versions on 60 day trials but all those listed are the free Express editions.
...and always have been.
MS Word Viewer
MS Excel Viewer
MS Visio Viewer
MS Journal Viewer
MS Powerpoint Viewer
and some more.
These all are 100% free - absolutely no trialware or anything. You can read more on the appropriate pages on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads among others.
The main application themselves (MS Office ...) are trialware - but those were not mentioned in the original posting.
MS Word Viewer
MS Excel Viewer
MS Visio Viewer
MS Journal Viewer
MS Powerpoint Viewer
and some more.
These all are 100% free - absolutely no trialware or anything. You can read more on the appropriate pages on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads among others.
The main application themselves (MS Office ...) are trialware - but those were not mentioned in the original posting.
Visio Viewer lets you open and view a file, but if you want to print (or view) a Visio Document properly, you need to buy the full product.
Another program that I still can't believe is free is Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express. It is quite robust, and with the SharePoint Services 3.0 integrated if you don't yet have a basic intranet, you could in minutes!
Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007
This lets you print all those custom calendars and task lists superimposed.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA101687211033.aspx
This lets you print all those custom calendars and task lists superimposed.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA101687211033.aspx
PhotoStory 3. It just works! Putting digital "slides" to music with simple pan and zoom.
I use Reader all the time in combination with the basic Microsoft SAM text-to-speech engine to listen to .lit files while driving as if they were books on tape.
Unfortunately, some books turn into comedies when rendered in a robot voice that butchers pronunciation and cadence-- especially of names.
Unfortunately, some books turn into comedies when rendered in a robot voice that butchers pronunciation and cadence-- especially of names.
SharePoint Designer, formerly known as FrontPage, also became a free download as of April 2 of this year.
Do you still have to run everything through the demoroniser to get resonable HTML out of the thing?
Microsoft SharedView is nice, easy and does-what-it-says.
Connect with up to 15 people in different locations and get your point across by showing them what's on your screen.
Share, review, and update documents with multiple people in real time.
A Windows Live ID (Passport, Hotmail, or MSN) is required to start sessions, but not to join sessions.
Connect with up to 15 people in different locations and get your point across by showing them what's on your screen.
Share, review, and update documents with multiple people in real time.
A Windows Live ID (Passport, Hotmail, or MSN) is required to start sessions, but not to join sessions.
MS Accounting is free because it is worthless. It will not import files from other accounting software. To get started you must manually input any previous transactions. Also, the interface is a typical accounting program maze. Quicken may not be perfect, but it is a heck of a lot easier to use than this piece of SH**.
I wanted to suggest Outlook Mobile Manager. It forwards "important" messages and calendar alerts to my cellphone.
SteadyState worth what you pay for it. You can't manage it in a domain environment, and Windows Disk Protection is a joke. It's glacially slow, and has corrupted too many of our hard drives to be worth it. Faronics DeepFreeze is a much, much better program.
Not to diminish either your contributions, or those of others in the discussion, but I also wanted to suggest Blake Handler's "RoadtoKnowWhere" that are extensive lists of Microsoft freebies, but without the expert assessments that you provide.
And I have found the Windows Live Essentials may also be worth peoples' consideration.
And I have found the Windows Live Essentials may also be worth peoples' consideration.
This is from Micosoft re: the Office Accounting app:
Important notice:
Microsoft? Office Accounting will no longer be distributed after November 16, 2009.
We would like to thank the many dedicated users and partners who have been enthusiastic supporters of Microsoft Office Accounting over the years.
Important notice:
Microsoft? Office Accounting will no longer be distributed after November 16, 2009.
We would like to thank the many dedicated users and partners who have been enthusiastic supporters of Microsoft Office Accounting over the years.
The versatility of this application is underrated. Being able to identify all the files (with meta-data) on a hard drive and export it into a SQL database for analysis has proven its worth many times over.
Similarly importing log data into a SQL database where fruitful analysis can be conducted it relatively simple.
It's command prompt driven and so more likely to appeal to the more technically driven. A great tool.
Similarly importing log data into a SQL database where fruitful analysis can be conducted it relatively simple.
It's command prompt driven and so more likely to appeal to the more technically driven. A great tool.
It is a very useful program. Basically, it allows you to pretend that flat files in various formats are actually database tables.
Very useful in transforming data to other formats, such as csv and html.
You can also get data from Active Directory and event logs.
Additionally, LogParser can be instantiated it as a COM object, so that you process the data within a vbScript program. You could probably use it in this way within PowerShell too.
The learning curve for LogParser is not a problem; you get good documentation with it.
Very useful in transforming data to other formats, such as csv and html.
You can also get data from Active Directory and event logs.
Additionally, LogParser can be instantiated it as a COM object, so that you process the data within a vbScript program. You could probably use it in this way within PowerShell too.
The learning curve for LogParser is not a problem; you get good documentation with it.
MS says they no longer distribute Office Accounting as of 11/15/09, I think it was.
You can still download it from other sites. Such as:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Finances-Business/Microsoft-Office-Accounting-Express.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Finances-Business/Microsoft-Office-Accounting-Express.shtml
1) I'm using Clonezilla for partition imaging, but I think it's a bit difficult for new users (since it's text based).
The internal windows image backup it's by far more easier (and free) for new users.
PS. I'm using the home premium edition and it's included.
2) 2 thumbs up for me too, for windows essentials and firewall. Free and really easy to use.
The internal windows image backup it's by far more easier (and free) for new users.
PS. I'm using the home premium edition and it's included.
2) 2 thumbs up for me too, for windows essentials and firewall. Free and really easy to use.
Very good tool to create movies with images, sound, transitions, to burn on DVD or project on large screen display.
The editing window is at times too small, but maybe that's been redesigned, as it's been a year or so that I've not checked the product.
The editing window is at times too small, but maybe that's been redesigned, as it's been a year or so that I've not checked the product.
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