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ImgBurn is a free tool that enables you to burn CD/DVD images with ease. All the latest drives are supported (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones). Advanced functionality can be found in the ImgBurn context menus.

 
ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.
ImgBurn supports all the Windows OS’s - Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008 (including all the 64-bit versions). If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes.

If you never heard of this tool than now you should download and install it ;). I am using this tool to burn cd-roms from my Windows Server 2008 Hyver-V whitebox and it works smoothly. Beside all burning features one other which comes handy is to grab a folder and create a ISO file; than mount the ISO file with Hyper-V or ESX virtual machines. I used this feature many times when working in the test and production environments. 

Click here to download the ImgBurn tool.

vRD 2008 is a tool for the management of remote Windows computers via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol). vRD is ideal for administrators who need to maintain simultaneous connections to multiple servers. Connection-specific settings and login credentials can be organized in folders and subfolders for quick access.

visionapp Remote Desktop 2008 is currently one of the most popular products in the market of RDP tools. visionapp Remote Desktop 2008 Express (vRD 2008 Express) offers a multiple number of enhancements and new features compared to the freeware version vRD 1.5, such as the extended support of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (incl. 64-Bit), an overview on all logged in users and connection history.

Limitations of vRD 2008 Express:

• up to 15 objects
• 5 credentials storable
• no Database-Modus available
• duration is valid until 3-31-2009

With some enhancements and limitations the tool is still out there for public. I used the freeware versions before and still like the Office interface. Good opportunity to check the tool yourself before buying it. Looking into the future plans of mRemote and vRD I think I will buy the license somewhere next year ;).

Please register and download the tool from here if you want to test it.

Don’t worry the limitations is working after you start creating the 16th connection:

If you are running a Windows Server 2008 virtual machine with “AD DS” Services (Domain Controller) and you installed Exchange 2007 SP1 on the same machine than three services may fail to start. During the boot process of the virtual machine Active Directory Services are not ready and some Exchange 2007 services will fail to start.

Screenshot of the Services console during my troubleshooting actions.

Microsoft Exchange Information Store, Microsoft Exchange Service Host and Microsoft Exchange System Attendant services are not started. The Startup Type of has been set to Automatic.

The System EventViewer will show the following error events:

• EventID 7024: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated with service-specific error 0 (0×0).
• EventID 7009: A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Microsoft Exchange Service Host service to connect.
• EventID 7000: The Microsoft Exchange Service Host service failed to start due to the following error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
• EventID 7022: The Microsoft Exchange Transport service hung on starting.

Exchange Management Console message:

• ERROR: Could not connect to the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service on server Networknet.nl. One of the following problems may be occurring: 1- The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service is not running. 2- There is no network connectivity to server Networknet.nl. 3- You do not have sufficient permissions to perform this command. The following permissions are required to perform this command: Exchange View-Only Administrator and local administrators group for the target server. 4- Credentials have been cached for an unpriviledged user. Try removing the entry for this server from Stored User Names and Passwords.

To fix this problem change the Startup Type of Microsoft Exchange Information Store, Microsoft Exchange Service Host and Microsoft Exchange System Attendant to “Automatic (Delayed Start)”

Reboot the virtual machine again and everything should be started as smooth as you would have two separate virtual machines.

Related links:

• WS2008: Startup Processes and Delayed Automatic Start

The answer is yes . Foxit Reader is incredibly small and very fast. Foxit Reader is good alternative if you want to have on your system. Foxit Reader 2.3 is just released. The new version 2.3 includes a multimedia player feature allowing Foxit users to not only read PDFs, but to watch and listen to the audio/video elements coming with PDFs as well.

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with incredible small size (only 2.55 M download size), breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista (and Windows Server 2008). Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.

In the past, you’ve had to download a huge PDF reader from another software company, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document.

Check out yourself and finally a PDF reader that supports multi-tab browsing when reader diffrent PDF files in one Windows.

Links:

• Foxit Reader 2.3 for Windows

SyncToy 2.0 for Windows is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center.

The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers.

Features:

• Dynamic Drive Letter Assignment: Drive letter reassignment will now be detected and updated in the folder pair definition. 
• True Folder Sync: Folder creates, renames and deletes are now synchronized for all SyncToy actions. 
• Exclusion Filtering Based on Name: File exclusion based on name with exact or fuzzy matching. 
• Filtering Based on File Attributes: The ability to exclude files based on one or more file attributes (Read-Only, System, Hidden). 
• Unattended Folder Pair Execution: Addressed issues related to running scheduled folder pairs while logged off. 
• Folder Pairs With Shared Endpoints: Ability for folder pairs associated with the same or different instances of SyncToy to share end-points. 
• Command line enhancements: Added the ability to manage folder pairs via the command line interface. 
• Re-Architect Sync Engine: The SyncToy engine has been rearchitected to provide scalability and the ability to add significant enhancements in future releases. 
• Sync engine is also more robust insomuch that many single, file level errors are skipped without affecting the entire sync operation. 
• Sync Encrypted Files: Sync of Encrypted files works when local folder and files are encrypted, which addresses the common scenario involving sync between local, encrypted laptop PC folder and remote, unencrypted desktop PC folder. 
• 64-Bit Support: SyncToy now has a native 64-bit build (x64 only) for 64-bit versions of Windows. 
• Folder pair rename 
• Sub-folder Exclusion Enhancements: Descendents created under excluded sub-folders are automatically excluded. Usability improvements for the sub-folder exclusion dialog. 
• Folder Pair Metadata Moved: Folder pair metadata removed from MyDocuments to resolve any issues with server-based folder pair re-direction setup. 
• Setup Improvements: Integrated setup with single self-extracting archive file and no extra downloads if you already have .NET Framework 2.0 installed. Enabled silent install for the SyncToy Installer file (see readme.txt file for more information). Removed combine and subscribe actions. 
• Removed combine and subscribe actions. 

We all know robocopy.exe and what it does but this SyncToy2 is amazing. I installed the SyncToy2 on my Dell PowerEdge SC420 server to echo my personal folder; also I can schedule the task.

 

Links:   

• SyncToy2 Download 

Heb je een KPN abonnement in combinatie met een BlackBerry Enterprise Solution (BES) flat fee data plan en het volgende werkt niet bij je?

- Google Maps
- Gmail

Neem even de tijd en bel 1200 en zeg dat je email push en Internet Browsen werkt maar andere applicaties zoals Google Maps niet. Na 30 minuten aan de telefoon met de KPN klantenservice en een restart van mijn BlackBerry Curve 8310 werkten deze tools ;-).

De vraag was doorgezet naar een tweede lijns medewerker en die heeft iets op mijn sim kaart veranderd; het is niet duidelijk wat maar wel een juiste oplossing. Hoera ik heb nu 100MB fail use per maand op mijn BlackBerry en niet alleen email en browsen maar nu ook Gmail.

Links

• BlackBerry Enterprise Solution van KPN