Windows Vista SP2 Final Lite Edition by "The Cool Boy"

Rapidshare Download Link. Download and extract the ISO, and burn it into a disk.

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Monitor PC Usage - ManicTime (Windows)

You spend hours and hours on PC everyday, but do you ever wonder what are you doing with the PC? What application you are running? and how many time spend on each application. Now you can do that using ManicTime. A software (Free) to monitor you PC usage. You can monitor and check where you spend you time onto (I bet you won't want your boss to know it).


ManicTime can be downloaded Here, and it require .Net Framework to run.

Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization (App-V)

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack:-

SoftGrid Application Virtualization (Trail Guide)

A guide to help you plan you App-V installation and installation guide.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/282006/Microsoft-SoftGrid-App-Virt-4-2-and-4-1-SP1-Trial-Guide-

Disallow network user to ping your pc (Windows XP)

To disable network to ping your pc by your pc name, just disable the File and Printer Sharing in your windows firewall setting.

An also disallow the ICMP > Allow incoming echo request on the specific network adaptor.

Windows Desktop Management and Deployment(Microsoft)

Windows Desktop Management and Deployment

Windows Vista Enterprise along with the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack is a more manageable client operating system, which provides the ability to reduce deployment and costs and increase operational efficiency to IT Professionals responsible for managing the desktop. In addition, Microsoft Deployment provides detailed guidance and job aids for every organizational role involved with large-scale deployment projects.

"The Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) for Software Assurance is a suite of six products sold as an add-on subscription license available to Software Assurance customers. MDOP uses innovative technologies to help reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the Windows desktop by accelerating operating system and application management and enhancing IT responsiveness and user uptime. MDOP will enable you to better control the desktop, accelerate and simplify desktop deployments and management, and create a dynamic infrastructure by turning software into centrally managed services"

source: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/technologies/mdop.aspx

Digital Certificates in IE

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 uses digital certificates to authenticate
clients and servers on the Web and to ensure that browser communications
are secure.

Read this chapter to learn about certificates and about how to
configure settings for the certificates that you trust.
source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd361898.aspx

SSL Certificate Troubleshooting (SSL)

SSL Certificate Troubleshooting

We have resolutions for the most common SSL certificate installation issues

For all of our clients running Microsoft Internet Information Services 6 or higher, you may find that after installing your new certificate via the supplied .p7b file, some browsers report that the SSL Certificate was signed by an unknown / untrusted Certificate Authority. This is due to a Self-Signed Certificate present in the Windows 2003 Certificate Store, and should be removed.

Source: https://www.securetrust.com/support/sslcertificates/troubleshooting/

Miranda IM v0.7.17 (Download)

Miranda IM is an open-source multi protocol instant messenger client for Microsoft Windows. It's smaller, faster, easier!

Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Designed from the ground-up to be resource efficient while still providing a rich feature set, Miranda includes support for AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu and more. Additionally, with the choice of hundreds of plugins, icons, sounds and other content

Miranda IM v0.7.17 is now available.

 

GMABooster for Intel Graphics Media Accelerator

When browsing the net today I found this tools "GMABooster". It is a tools that claim can increase the performance of a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator chipset up to 2.4 times.

Here some info grab from the official site:

You are one click away from downloading a GMABooster, the world's first and only perfomance boost solution for Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator series (currently supported chipsets: Intel® 945GM/GME/GMS/GSE and 943/940GML/GU Express featuring GMA 950).
Offering up to an astonishing 2.4x of extra processing power for Your computer's integrated graphics engine, the GMABooster is a must-have tool for every user interested in advanced 3D gaming, truly flawless Windows® Vista and Mac® OS X experience, smoother operation of Google® Earth, improved video playback, and perfomance gain in a variety of professional applications! 

One might ask: 2.4x boost without adjusting the voltage (right, Your hardware will not be exposed in any way!), how is it possible?
Please read here to find out.

Why wait? Try GMABooster Yourself and experience the 2.2x extra MTriangles/sec in Multitexturing test and 1.8x extra FPS in Pixel Shader test (Source: FutureMark® 3DMark® '06). Try it Yourself and experience a solid boost of vital minimum FPS in the demanding games and a truly flawless Aero Glass experience in Windows® Vista!

source: http://www.gmabooster.com/

PuTTY Tray

For those who uses PuTTY in their dairy task might find the default color theme for PuTTY are boring.
I'm one of those people. I found this on the net, that some of you migth what to give it a try.

PuTTY Tray is an improved version of PuTTY (Win32). It features some cosmetic changes, and a number of addons to make it more useful and much more fun to use.

source: http://www.xs4all.nl/~whaa/putty/

You could also add color theme to your putty

source: http://www.igvita.com/2008/04/14/custom-putty-color-themes/

Ctrl Alt Delete through Remote Desktop

Send Ctrl-Alt-Delete via Remote Desktop (Ctrl-Alt-End)

Ctrl-Alt-Delete is useful in many case, and but the default Ctrl-Alt-Delete always goes to the local computer. If you want to send it through Remote Desktop, try using Ctrl-Alt-End

Windows XP SP3 is ready for download

How to obtain

You can use Windows Update or the Microsoft Download Center to obtain Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Check for updates on Windows Update

1.Visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/)

2.Click Express Install (Recommended).

3.If your computer qualifies, Windows XP SP3 will be one of the updates that are automatically selected. Click Install.

4.Review and accept the End User License Agreement (EULA).
Windows XP SP3 will be downloaded to your computer, and the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Setup Wizard will help you install it.

Obtain the latest Windows XP service pack from the Microsoft Download Center
If you have trouble obtaining the service pack from Windows Update, you can obtain the standalone update package from the Download Center. The following file is available for download from the
Microsoft Download Center: Download the Windows XP Service Pack 3 package now. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
119591 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/)

How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.