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Did you know – you can find out who is logged on to a particular PC on your network with the whoison.exe utility.
To use the utility, save it to your local hard drive or your network drive. I have it saved to the root of my C: drive for ease of access.  Run it from a DOS command prompt, (see example below): Type C:\whoison \\computername
 
Use the /h switch to get a history of users on the PC:
whoison /h \\nameofcomputer
Use the pipe command to send the results to a text file:
whoison …

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PDF Creator

How many times have you wanted to convert your document into a PDF version? Well now you can with PDFCreator. This free open source software will easily convert any document into a read only PDF file format. This software WILL NOT allow you to edit the PDF file. It will only convert the file into PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Professional if you want to edit PDF files. The PDF format is widely used and is an ideal format to store and share information.
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JDiskReport: Hard Drive Utility

 
Ever wonder “where has all my hard drive space gone to”? Well, wonder no more, JDiskReports will help you uncover what files are taking up your hard drive space. JDiskReports analyzes every file and reports back on how much space each file is taking up on your hard drive. I have found this to be a very useful free tool to track down large files that are hogging my hard drive, doing so has saved me a tone of time and space. Give it a try and let me know …

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Tip: Auto Defrag Hard Drive

Defragmenting your hard drive is something that should be done on a regular basis, twice a month at least, more if you regularly download files or use intensive applications like Adobe Photoshop or Premier.
Defragmenting can be a time consuming process and remembering to do it is another problem. You can setup up Windows XP to auto Defrag your hard drive on a set schedule. Here’s how to do it.
1. Open Control Panel and  click on Performance and Maintenance and then click Scheduled Tasks.
2.  Double click on Add Scheduled Task, this …

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RSS Feed: feed me

What is an RSS feed?
An RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed will allow you to receive regular updates from blog and news posts in real time delivered to either your email inbox or through a aggregator.
To start receiving an RSS feed you need to use an aggregator that will grab the feed your interested in and deliver it to you. There are a number of aggregators out there that you can download. You can start with one of these.
Feed Readers
Applications

NewsGator
NewsGator – Inbox for Microsoft Outlook
NewsGator – NetNewsWire (MacOS)
Firefox
Safari
Pulp Fiction
Microsoft Outlook 2007

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