A Really Small App 2.0 1.3Mb (11-August-2006)
A fun and free Really Small App showing Running Tasks, Current Startups, CPU and Memory utilization graphs, and the number of connections to your PC from remote computers (e.g. Trojan viruses, Spyware).
ATW-NETSTAT v1.2 48K (20-December-2006)
One for the techies, or the plain curious. Windows XP/2003 have a DOS command called NETSTAT which displays all the TCP/IP connections on your PC. We have extended this command by matching up the output of the command with the programs which are actually running on your PC. The results are presented in an easy-to-read fashion, and, for future reference, you can also save those results to a file which has an automatically generated filename which includes the date and time for easy sorting. Type ATW-NETSTAT /HELP for more details. Free.
ActiveSyncToggle
1.0.2.1 820K (11-December-2005)
Very useful utility for managing Microsoft's ActiveSync. As many users will have found, Microsoft's ActiveSync has a tendency to sometimes use excessive CPU resources when not in use, or will sometimes interfere with your network connections or serial or USB ports. Problem : ActiveSync is difficult to unload completely so you can get back your CPU resources, or the use of your USB or serial port. ActiveSyncToggle eliminates this problem by enabling you to start or fully unload ActiveSyncToggle at will. Free.
Ideal Administration 5.41 7.7Mb (21-November-2004)
The ultimate Windows NT4/2000/2003 Server Administration Tool. This tool is a must for all
Windows NT4/2000/2003 Server installations as, crucially, it enables you to backup Users (and all their attributes), Groups, and shares, and then restore them on another server the day that your server crashes for good ! Ideal Administration completely obviates the need for a BDC (Backup Domain Controller). A great tool. We had strong reservations about the pre-sales support, however. One-line answers are user unfriendly to say the least, and the makers of the package seem to specialise in them ! In our opinion, some of their answers were extremely curt and downright inflexible.
Hopefully you will have better luck – if not, you can always try us. The product is very well written however, and you should rarely need support. This is a limited demo which does not allow to import onto another server. Prices start at $340. Available in French and German also.
MACView 1.1 for NetWare 370K
An interesting little utility for Novell networks. Enables you to quickly see who is logged in on a NetWare network thus eliminating the need to do an RCONSOLE onto the server. Also displays the MAC addresses of the users' network cards (hence the name of the program), each network card's manufacturer, the last user login time, the NDS Tree, the network number, the connection ID, and the type of object. You can very usefully sort the information in all imaginable orders, and, last but not least, you can save to disk or print the displayed information. A tiny little gem. Free.
NetLab 1.4 468K
The free equivalent of NetScan Tools below. Not as regularly updated as NetScan Tools, Alexander Danileiko's NetLab is nevertheless a great piece of software, and available at an incredible price !
Whois queries (not as sophisticated as NetScan Tool's Whois, but if you know what you are doing you can get close by adding your own list of Whois servers), IP tracing, Ping, you can synchronise the time on your PC or WinNT server with an Internet time source, at regular intervals throughout the day, you can obtain quotes from quote servers, do Finger queries, or perform DNS lookups.
Its best feature, however, and where it surpasses most other products, is its IP scanner which enables you to scan your network for LIVE or available IP addresses within an IP address range.
Great for poorly documented networks with static IP addresses, or when you want to find which IP addresses are still up and running.
Free. For Windows 95/98/NT. Excellent.
NetSwitcher 3.3.4 1.2Mb (11-December-2005)
Ever had to change your network settings every time you sit down at a client's site, or fumble with your IP address configuration, network shares, printer captures, e-mail clients, and network protocols and clients every time you plug into your home network, your office network, or a client's network ? If Yes then NetSwitcher is the tool for you. Dead easy to use : simply set up various configuration profiles, and then use the relevant profile for your current location. You're at home, click on the Home Profile to activate it; you're at work, click on the Work profile to activate it; you're at a regular client, just activate that profile, and so on. A breeze. $14 to purchase when this full-featured demo expires. Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
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