Tag: ADMINISTRATION

CCleaner is one of our favorite utilties, and it's a great way to keep computers free of unwanted temporary files and registry clutter both at home and at the office. It does, however, lack certain features which LAN administrators demand -- like a management console and an easy, network-wide deployment process. Recently, however, Piriform began testing CCleaner Network Edition, which was ...

Facebook is under attack! Okay, maybe that's a little too dramatic. Recently, however, hundreds of Facebook groups were exploited by a group of attackers known as "Control Your Info". The hackers promise they aren't doing this for any malicious purpose though. The purpose of the mass hacking is to point out a major problem with the way Facebook handles groups management. So what's the ...

Fans of the ribbon interface who want a full-featured alternative to task manager, check out Yet Another Process Monitor. Apart from showing task manager-esque information about running processes, YAPM also provides details about Windows services and your network activity. The system information panel provides realtime monitoring of processor, memory, and disk activity. Service startup types ...

It's no secret that I'm a big TeamViewer fan. However, there are some chores that just don't require launching a full-featured remote control program - like restarting our point-of-sale system's Btrieve engine. Application Access Server provides a lightweight alternative. Once you've got it installed and configured, you can issue commands to a remote machine by connecting to it using any web ...

If you're looking for a slightly more efficient way to access the numerous built-in features Windows XP provides, Xtort's XP Syspad may be of interest to you. The program's main window provides basic process information and menus that link to just about every OS function you'd ever be looking for. Examples? MSconfig, sysedit, control userpasswords2, iexpress (self-extracting package creator), ...

Fire up the half-megabyte, portable RepairIE and you're presented with five tabs to help make administering Internet Explorer an uncomplicated process. Configuration options are broken down into appearance, features, network connections, search, and security. To change a yes/no option, simply double click it and confirm your action. RepairIE provides an incredible number of options for ...

If installing a program like Trust No Exe isn't your style, you can always use registry edits and policy changes to lock down PCs. That can be a little tiresome, but Nawras PC Supervisor makes it as simple as checking a few boxes. PC Supervisor gives you control over just about everything you might want to restrict. Control panel access can either be blocked completely or limited to only those ...

While I'm sure you're responsible with the programs you run on your computer, what about the other people you work and live with? If you're an administrator or share your computer with anyone else, you might want to check out Trust-No-Exe. What does it do? It installs as a service and can block any executable process: exe, dll, sys, com, etc. Set up allow and deny folders, start the service, and ...

The OpenSSH team has officially realeased OpenSSH 4.4/4.4p. The latest updates to the popular ssh server and ssh/sftp client include some extremely advanced features for administrators, as well as the requisite OpenSSH security audits. As of 4.4, sshd_conf now supports a "Match" directive for conditional configuration to tailor the server to specific clients based on user, group, hostname, or ip, ...