Viewing Articles with the tag: syncToy
Antivirus And Backup Changes
29.Jan.08 | 4 Comments
I’ve spent the evening uninstalling Windows Live OneCare from three of our home machines. I bought it on a whim last year when I was able to get an introductory offer — 3 machines for $19. Renewal time is coming up but now at the real price of $49. Still not a bad price for [...]
Syncing Folders and FolderShare
03.Jul.07 | 24 Comments
I had an interesting challenge at work this week. I think I have a rather simple solution (below), but am still open to ideas –I’m always willing to admit that I haven’t seen every clever tool out there yet!
The Setup
We have several large document libraries stored on file servers. Each is a collection [...]
Remember PowerToys?
21.May.07 | 5 Comments
Every 6 months or so, I “re-discover” the Windows XP PowerToys all over again. There’s some great stuff here if you’re still running XP (as I am).
Of them all, there’s really only one that I consider essential: That’s the ClearType tuner. On my LCD displays (laptop and desktop) I find it indespensible:
This PowerToy lets you [...]
TrueCrypt & SyncToy & Mozy - Almost a Great Idea
04.Apr.07 | 5 Comments
Recently, the Security Now podcast took a question about security and online backups. Steve Gibson had some thoughts:
[...] TrueCrypt would be a perfect solution. You configure TrueCrypt in that mode where it uses a file as its container, and then you mount that as a drive. You see a drive from your perspective. On [...]
November ‘06 in Review
01.Dec.06 | Leave a Comment
Another month has flown by. This month was the anniversary of my switch to the WordPress blog platform. I don’t see myself switching to something else anytime soon. Coincidentally, perhaps, it is also the month when I began to be a bit more focused in what I write about.
More prolific too. This [...]
