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RMIT's lab manager offers a peek at one of the tech team's worst nightmares: ensuring that a desktop workhorse has what it takes for optimum performance.
If you want security coupled with flexibility and some good old-fashioned command line action in your UNIX of choice, look no further than OpenBSD.
By default, Windows can't read the Linux EXT2 file format. So if a user wants to get data to their Windows machine from a Linux floppy, you'll find Explore2fs to be a big help.
When a government council decided that it needed to set up an elaborate testing network to prepare for Active Directory, it found the cost to be prohibitive. Instead, it turned to VMware GSX Server.
Although Linux is usually known for its rock solid stability, a Linux server may still sometimes crash and/or become unbootable, often due to hardware issues. On these occasions, one of the best tools to have at your disposal is a bootable Linux CD.
RMIT's lab manager offers a peek at one of the tech team's worst nightmares: ensuring that a desktop workhorse has what it takes for optimum performance.
If you need to partition your live hard drive, Norton PartitionMagic 8 is still the application to beat.
The latest version of PartitionMagic is a capable utility that gives you complete control over your drive partitions, but it doesn't justify an upgrade.
EasyRecovery Lite offers a wide array of tools to recover from disk disasters, although it's worth splurging extra for the full version.
The latest version of PowerQuest PartitionMagic 7.0 disk partitioning software lets you test Windows XP but without wrecking your current system. However if you already have version 6.0 and don't plan on experimenting with XP, 7.0 the AU$109.95 upgrade fee is hard to justify.
AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 Professional Single Edition is a solid, no-frills virus scanner. But you'll need to purchase antispyware software and a firewall for complete protection.
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