Monday 29 September 2014

Microsoft RichCopy

Just because something was written in 2009 doesn't mean it's not still useful. Microsoft RichCopy is a free utility designed to help people who copy huge number of files between storage devices directly or indirectly over the network. Features a large array of options for comparing the source and destination. See: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ken/archive/2009/.....

Thursday 25 September 2014

Check Your Internet Speed From Any Device

SpeedOf.Me is an HTML5 internet speed test. No Flash or Java needed! It is the smartest and most accurate online bandwidth test. It works well on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows 8 and other mobile devices, as well as desktop computers. See: http://speedof.me/

Monday 8 September 2014

Scan Your Computers For Potential Security Risks

Patch Tuesday is a free PC audit service by Qualys that finds missing updates and patches for Microsoft Windows, Oracle Java, Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. Patch Tuesday is powered by Qualys FreeScan, a free security tool that may be used to perform up to ten (10) unique security scans of business networks, computers and applications. See: https://www.qualys.com/forms/freescan/patch-tuesday/

Friday 5 September 2014

Create Bootable Linux USB Drives

The Universal USB Installer is a FREE Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a wide selection of Linux Distribution iso files to create bootable USB Flash Drives. I recently used this to recover files from a Windows 8 PC that would not boot up or self repair. Requires Microsoft Windows Vista/7/8, see: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/