KTL - Key Thing Lite is a tiny utility that i mentioned before in my posts. It can display install keys of various applications installed such as MS Office, Adobe etc. It can display Windows install keys as well. It came in handy a couple of times in the past couple of weeks. Key Thing Lite reached v.1.19. Now It supports more applications. You can download it from here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Keyfinder_Thing_Lite_d5253.html Technorati : key, software, windows Del.icio.us : key, software, windows Ice Rocket : key, software, windows
Opera web browser has reached version 9.10 build 8629 on Windows. Opera is a free alternative to Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. It is pretty stable and feature packed application. The latest version although a beta has a number of improvements including built-in Fraud Protection technology. Opera also has a version for mobile phones, PDAs and communicators. Pretty decent software. You can read the changelog for the latest version on Opera Desktop Team page. You can download and test the browser here: Opera 9.10 build 8629. Technorati : Opera, browser, internet Del.icio.us : Opera, browser, internet Ice Rocket : Opera, browser, internet
As soon as 2X announced their implementation of terminal services I was curious to try it out. So I grabbed the latest version of 2X ApplicationServer from the download site: http://downloads.2x.com/AppServer-LoadBalancer/2XAppServer-LoadBalancer.exe I decided to install ApplicationServer on a spare Windows 2003 Server virtual machine. Here is the list of steps performed to install ApplicationServer (by the way, I didn't read its documentation or manual, I was just curious how user friendly the software is): Preliminary setup: Basic Windows 2003 Server install with Terminal Services enabled (Right Click My Computer>Properties>Remote tab> Tick "Enable Remote Desktop on this Computer" > Apply> Reboot) 1. Download installer file into virtual machine and execute it. You'll be prompted whether you want to install the software. I answered "YES" :-) 2. After the software has been extracted you'll be presented with the installer. I just pressed "Next" 3. On the next page I read the EULA, ticked "Accept the terms in the License Agreement" and pressed "Next" button. 4. I just accepted the default install folder offered and pressed "Next" button. 5. For Installation Type I ticked "Single Terminal Server" and clicked "Next" again. 6. Clicked "Next" 7. Finally got to the "Install" button. Clicked it once :-) 8. Installing.... 9. Left "Launch Configuration Utility" option ticked and clicked "Finish". Well apparently install is complete. As you can see it didn't make me break out in a sweat... Now we have to configure ApplicationServer. The Configuration utility requires your desktop to be at least 1024*768. The Configuration utility is pretty neat and straightforward. You can add other Terminal Servers to be members of the farm, configure groups, identify the principle of load balancing, publish various applications, configure ports used by various services, set up licensing, monitoring and notifications. Quite simple. I didn't do any changes to config utility
FileZilla FTP client reached version 3.0.0 Beta 2. FileZilla is possibly the best free FTP client available for Windows platform. You can grab the latest version from FileZilla v 3 SourceForge page. Technorati : FTP, FileZilla Del.icio.us : FTP, FileZilla Ice Rocket : FTP, FileZilla
It would be difficult to imagine typical computer workplace without background music. In previous years WinAmp was number one choice for music playback. These days WinAmp became bloated. Windows Media Player is also hungry for for resources and has too many features that are useless for most people. Luckily there is a modern age alternative for WinAmp. It is called Foobar2000. Foobar2000 is simple and neat media player. It has support for many various formats plus features can be extended through various plugins. Another advantage of Foobar2000 is that it is really lightweight and simple to use. Recently Foobar2000 reached version 0.9.4.1 . Changelog is available here. Foobar2000 0.9.4.1 download link. Technorati : foobar2000, media, music, player Del.icio.us : foobar2000, media, music, player Ice Rocket : foobar2000, media, music, player