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DameWare NT Utilities & Mini Remote Control remote systems management software for Windows. Now Featuring Smart Card Login & Authentication

Free hardware inventory and software inventory for windows networks

Elevate User Permissions in Windows

Free tools like Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and the Xirrus Wi-Fi Monitor Gadget for Windows 7 with links to other third-party systems/network admin tools. Very cool!

"With Connectify you can share expensive airport Wi-Fi with co-workers, create a wireless hotspot in your ethernet-only hotel or dorm room, even extend the range of your home router."

"Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient NSIS installer that installs over 100 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is designed to be as small as possible, about 18 MB, as opposed to Cygwin which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options."

"The OSX Missing Window Manager"

Free Windows utility to share multiple computers with one mouse and keyboard. Similar to Synergy or Input Director. Also allows copy/paste, simultaneous lock/logon across systems, and screenshots sent from one computer to another.

"SmtpDiag is a troubleshooting tool designed to work directly on a Windows server with IIS/SMTP service enabled or with Exchange Server installed."

For $10, this app runs on Windows or Mac and lets iPhones or iPads on the network print to attached printers using AirPrint function on the device, to PDF that automatically opens on the computer, or saved to DropBox. Free 7-day trial.

"I recently learned something about NASes that buyers looking to use these products for database and other simultaneous-file-access applications should know about. The issue is how Opportunistic Locking ("oplocks") are handled." "Opportunistic locks (oplocks) are a characteristic of theLAN Manager networking protocol implemented in the 32-Bit Windows family of operating system environments. Bascially, oplocks are guarantees made by a server for a shared logical volume to its clients. These guarantees inform the Client that a file's content will not be allowed to be changed by the server, or if some change is imminent, the client will be notified before the change is allowed to proceed."

A graphical interface and editor for PowerShell

"The Managed Switch Port Mapping tool is designed to communicate with a managed ethernet switch using SNMPv1/v2c and map the physical port connections to MAC and IP addresses of the attached devices. The software is designed for use on Microsoft Windows® operating systems."

Very cool tiny PC that can run Linux or Windows 7, has single or dual NICs, no fan, has DVI and serial port, and optional Wifi. Starts at $300.

"The good news is that businesses don't need to wait any longer to deploy Google Chrome. Today, we're announcing that Chrome offers controls that enable IT administrators to easily configure and deploy the browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux according to their business requirements. We've created an MSI installer that enables businesses who use standard deployment tools to install Chrome for all their managed users. We've also added support for managed group policy with a list of policies and a set of templates that allow administrators to easily customize browser settings to manage security and privacy."

How to set up a Windows RADIUS server to authenticate network client devices.

"David Mikhail, one of Fairfax County Public Schools' top Windows engineers had put together a master list of software to blacklist via GPO.  This gives us the flexibility to allow users local admin right with some comfort that known bad software can't be installed."

Lockdown for workstations to prevent changes or remove them at will. Similar to DeepFreeze and Windows SteadyState. Optional central control. Commercial product.

"Tired of crappy software? AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations."

How to track down an IP address conflict.