Category Archives: Utilities

Useful Utilities

VideoLAN VLC

Posted on December 2, 2007 by James Rudd

VideoLAN VLC is a great cross platform media player ideal for networks. CODECs for most formats are included with the player so it can be easily deployed without needing extra installers. As it is self contained it is very easy … Continue reading →

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EZ GPO

Posted on December 1, 2007 by James Rudd

EZ GPO is small utility that allows central power policy management through Group Policies. Saving energy, money and the environment. Ideal for school computer labs and staff rooms, as well as business. EZ GPO can be deployed by MSI across … Continue reading →

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AD Explorer

Posted on November 20, 2007 by James Rudd

An LDAP browser for Active Directory. Makes it easy to see all attributes of objects and assists in configuring web applications that authenticate using LDAP. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Networking/AdExplorer.mspx You can connect to your AD server without knowing any LDAP paths, just use … Continue reading →

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Ultimate Boot CD for Windows

Posted on November 18, 2007 by James Rudd

A graphical Windows boot disc containing many useful applications to repair, recover or clean a PC. http://www.ubcd4win.com/ Can also be combined with UBCD for DOS on the one disk. It is based on Bart’s PE Builder boot disc, and supports … Continue reading →

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