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Cool Tool Of The Week: SyncToy

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SyncToy 1.4 for Windows Vista 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.

This is a FREE program from Microsoft. I use this program religiously and highly recommend it.
Works on XP & Vista.
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See also: Synchronizing Images and Files in Windows XP Using Microsoft SyncToy

Update and Blog on ProcessMonitor v1.25

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ProcessMonitor v1.25: Minor bug fixes.
ProcessMonitor Blog on “The Case of the Failed File Copy”: Check out Mark’s new blog where he uses Process Monitor to uncover the root cause for a file copy error. Process Monitor is uniquely useful for exposing file, registry, and process activity within Windows.

More at the Sysinternals Blog

JAlbum 7.3 Released

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JAlbum is a gallery software that makes web albums from your digital images. We aim to make it the easiest to use and most powerful tool in this category – and always keep it free! So far over 7 million photo albums have been published with JAlbum and the software is started every 5 seconds somewhere in the world.

I use it and recommend it. See the JAlbum home page for more info.

ProcessMonitor v1.24, BgInfo v4.11 Released

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Process Monitor “is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.”
Version 1.24 “Fixes a bug in the new Registry hooking feature.”
BgInfo “automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop’s background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more.”
Version 4.11 “comes with a couple bug fixes and now supports images that span multiple monitors! In addition there are bug fixes for both large wallpaper centering and correctly identifying “Windows XP x64” installations.”
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CCleaner 2.01.507 Is Out

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[28 Sep 2007]
CCleaner v2.01
– Fixed bug where some IE Temporary files were not removed.
– Fixed bug with IE7 Recently Typed URLs cleaning.
– Fixed C++ exception on Desktop shortcut scanning.
– Installer now works on 64-bit OS Recycle Bins menus.
– Optimized IE Temp files cleaning speed.
– Improved index.dat cleaning on XP.
– Fixed Registry Cleaner as “Fix All” sometimes wouldn’t work.
– Keyboard shortcuts now work correctly in Registry section.
– Files winsys.ini and winreg.ini are now embedded in the EXE.
– Fixed bug where Autoupdate check could cause an exception.
– Fixed minor bug in restoring screen position and size.
– Lots of internal improvements to reliability and speed.
– Minor UI tweaks.

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***Only the standard build is available as of this writing. Be sure to uncheck the Yahoo toolbar during install!

Cool Tool Of The Week – AutoRuns

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MSConfig on steriods! It’s a must-have.

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

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