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Dameware Utilities has long been a favorite of Windows Admins.   With this program you can check all of your servers and pc’s in one place as well as almost all domain/active directory information.  Drive space, event logs, running processes, edit registry entries, start/stop services, etc.  Everything under one hood.
Dameware also comes with its own remote [...]

MXtoolbox – will alert you via txt msg if your, or your client’s, email server ever goes down after hours. It is nice to know you can get to the server before employees get to work and start screaming they cannot send email. Their free service will monitor one server and will also [...]

The Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is a small program Microsoft pushes out to computers on Patch Tuesday to clean out a list of malware. On this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft added scans for a malware file that masks itself as security software, and it found plenty of copies.
Win32/FakeSecSen has gone by various names, including [...]

There seems to be a lot of chatter these days about an alternative to MS Office and the licensing fees associated with it. As everyone seems to be looking to control costs we are getting more and more requests from clients asking for help. OpenOffice is one of these packages that [...]

Another great registry cleaner we use on client systems is CCleaner. This is free tool that does just about everything to optimize your pc. Delete temp files, temporary internet files, browsing history, recycle bin, and more. The program will clean your system, look for incorrect or missing [...]

not sure how we forgot to mention backups recently but in our environment we have been using Cobian Backup since it replicates data and we can turn off a data store and almost instantly turn to the backup data.
several of us also use DriveImageXML at home for our home pc’s.
we tried several different programs and [...]

We have been using a couple of different FREE anti virus programs with different clients. The first is AVG Antivirus.
The second program is Clamwin antivirus. Clamwin is an open source program, accepting donations.
Both of these programs are “less heavy” than the larger companies products and both offer regular updates.