IMFcompanion

IMFcompanion
"Since Exchange 2003 brought Intelligent Message Filtering (IMF), administrators were looking for help to verify, extend, or adjust, IMF operation."

There are a couple of tools to manage Exchange's IMF. See this link: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/IMF-Managers.html

IMFCompanion is slower than IMF Filter Manager but is more feature rich. It supports find operations which I have found useful as well as better sorting. It also has a feature that will allow whitelisting - essentially this drops the blocked messages back into the queue for delivery but this seems to only work when the program is running - a substantial limitation.

Archive Folder: C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\UceArchiveThis is where my spam messages are stored by IMF.

Pickup Folder: C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\PickUpThis is where IMFCompanion moves the spam when it wants Exchange to pick up the message and deliver it.

Google Code Search

Google Code Search

"Google Code Search allows users to query a massive database of publicly available source code and filter results based on license and programming language. With support for regular expressions and optional case sensitivity, the service is clearly designed for software developers."

Alternatives: http://koders.com/ and http://www.krugle.com/.

ProduKey - Recover lost product key (CD-Key) of Windows/MS-Office/SQL Server

ProduKey - Recover lost product key (CD-Key) of Windows/MS-Office/SQL Server

"ProduKey is a small utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer. You can view this information for your current running operating system, or for another operating system/computer - by using command-line options. This utility can be useful if you lost the product key of your Windows/Office, and you want to reinstall it on your computer."

http://www.nirsoft.net/

The Dude Network Monitor

MikroTik Routers and Wireless

The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.

Some of its features:

• The Dude is free of charge!
• Auto network discovery and layout
• Discovers any type or brand of device
• Device, Link monitoring, and notifications
• Includes SVG icons for devices, and supports custom icons and backgrounds
• Easy installation and usage
• Allows you to draw your own maps and add custom devices
• Supports SNMP, ICMP, DNS and TCP monitoring for devices that support it
• Individual Link usage monitoring and graphs
• Direct access to remote control tools for device management
• Supports remote Dude server and local client
• Runs in Linux Wine environment, MacOS Darwine, and Windows
• Best price/value ratio compared to other products (free of charge)

Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)

Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe): "Darik's Boot and Nuke"

Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer recycling, a way of preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer, and a good way to totally clean a Microsoft Windows installation of viruses and spyware. DBAN prevents or thoroughly hinders all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis.

aMSN Messenger

Alvaro's Messenger

"A very nice MSN compatible messenger application, aMSN Messenger is a multiplatform MSN messenger clone. Works pretty much like its Windows based counterpart. Perfect for keeping in touch with those friends who have not yet seen the light. Works on linux."

OpenDNS

OpenDNS | Providing A Safer And Faster DNS

Ars Technica Article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060719-7303.html

OpenDNS makes the Internet experience safer, faster and smarter for you and everyone using your network.

Benefits of OpenDNS:

1. Safer
2. Faster
3. Smarter
4. No software to install
5. Free

Google SketchUp

SketchUp - Home: "Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D. With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships. And once you've built your models, you can place them in Google Earth, post them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies."

Mouse wheel events do not work in the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE

Mouse wheel events do not work in the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE

This works in Access VBA IDE as well.

HyperCam

HyperCam - Video Recording

"HyperCam captures the action from your Windows screen and saves it to AVI movie file. Sound from your system microphone is also recorded . . . . for creating regular software presentations, tutorial, demos etc. . . . HyperCam supports text annotations, sound, and screen notes (great for creating automated software demos and software training!). You can also select Frame rate and compression quality prior to recording your movie."

SBS Migration

SBS Migration - Useful for moving Small Business Server to new hardware?

"Swing It!! Kit is the solution to upgrades and migration scenarios for SBS and Windows based domains. It's a package of extensive project documentation, tools, and support to ensure your next migration is a breeze to put online. Work offline, take days or weeks if you want, then just slide a new server into place with the same Exchange Information Store."

pool.ntp.org: the internet cluster of ntp servers

pool.ntp.org: the internet cluster of ntp servers: "The pool.ntp.org project is a big virtual cluster of timeservers striving to provide reliable easy to use NTP service for millions of clients without putting a strain on the big popular timeservers." The Canadian Pool is ca.pool.ntp.org.

The Official SBS Blog : OWA Admin Tool

The Official SBS Blog : OWA Admin Tool: "OWA Admin Tool"

A GUI tool from Microsoft to help customize Outlook Web Access.

Splunk > Splunk Base

Splunk Base

"A global wiki that will offer IT pros a free-of-charge venue to exchange troubleshooting information, tools and fixes. Splunk is promising that the wiki is completely vendor neutral, and can be compared to Wikipedia, the online open encyclopedia that is regulated and updated by the community-at-large."

Paint.NET

Paint.NET: "Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
It started development at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing."