Vitaly Popovich

2X has published a guide demonstrating how to implement desktopvirtualization within a company at no extra cost. Using VMware server and 2XThinClientServer,companies can convert existing desktops to thin clients,and have them connect to a virtual machine on one, or more, central VMwareservers. This solution is based on 2X ThinClientServer PXES edition,obtainable for free, and VMware server, also available at no cost. Thevirtual desktop runs Windows XP, and can use the same license already in useby the company.Obtaining the guide:The guide on desktop virtualization and how to achieve it using 2XThinClientSever and VMware server is available for download at:http://www.2x.com/virtualdesktop/ Technorati : SBC, Terrminal Services, Windows, thin client Del.icio.us : SBC, Terrminal Services, Windows, thin client Ice Rocket : SBC, Terrminal Services, Windows, thin client

BME is a small utility for monitoring of network connection. It can be used to monitor traffic sent/received, to build graphs, perform simple accounting. There are three version of BME. The simplest one is available free of charge.

TFT monitors are everywhere. Corporate and home users are migrating to new monitor technology.Unfortunately along with quality monitors provided by well known manufacturers there are are other companies which supply inferior screens at low prices.It is easy to understand that the company or a person is trying to save money, however it might result in inferior products purchased.There is a number of utilities which can be used to minimize the risk of purchasing monitors with dead or stuck pixels.These areDPT – Dead Pixel Tester . It is a pretty nice utility and simple to use. No need to install, just run the executable file.Nokia Monitor Test. This one is a classic. It is pretty old but still does the job. Great tool to find problems with TFTs. It is freeware.When buying or evaluating a TFT try to use one these utilities to avoid disappointment later. Technorati : DPT, Nokia, TFT Del.icio.us : DPT, Nokia, TFT Ice Rocket : DPT, Nokia, TFT

Intel has released new drivers for its wireless cards Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG/3945ABG/3965ABGDownload linkRelease notes Technorati : Intel, drivers, windows, wireless Del.icio.us : Intel, drivers, windows, wireless Ice Rocket : Intel, drivers, windows, wireless

RealTek has released new version of drivers for its GbE & FE Ethernet PCI NIC (RTL8169/8110/RTL8139/810x/RTL8139C+Series).Here is the link for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP: Driver v.5.649 (By the way, use download manager to get this file as RealTek servers are hopeless) Technorati : drivers, windows Del.icio.us : drivers, windows Ice Rocket : drivers, windows

VMware has finally released a free server version of its virtualization environment. Please do check it out. It is a great tool for testing, learning and consolidation of servers. In order to use VMware Server 1.0 you need to register and obtain a free key. VMware Server 1.0 Technorati : virtualization, vmware, windows Del.icio.us : virtualization, vmware, windows Ice Rocket : virtualization, vmware, windows

New version of IPCheck Server Monitor has been released. New version is available for free download with limitation of minimum check interval being 15 minutes. If you want to introduce server monitoring and you are on tight budget IPCheck Server Monitor is a great solution to start with.

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Great tip from Kevin Attard Compagno, AcunetixSometimes Windows firewall integrated in Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 is not functioning and it is impossible to get its properties. This condition might be caused by viruses or other malicious applications.Kevin suggests reinstalling Service Pack 1 over the existing installation in this case. It should solve the issue.Thanks Kevin!!! Technorati : Firewall, Windows Del.icio.us : Firewall, Windows Ice Rocket : Firewall, Windows

AMD has released new drivers for those who are using AMD Athlon/FX CPUs in their PCs.Windows XP/2003 32/64-bit Athlon 64/FX Driver v.1.3.2 Technorati : drivers, windows Del.icio.us : amd, drivers, windows Ice Rocket : amd, drivers, windows

AI RoboForm is a powerful utility helping to fill in forms, store identities and password on your PC in a safe form. It is essential piece of software for active Internet users.A new version has been released recently, 6.7.4. It has a number of new features and improvements. You can read about the changes on AI RoboForm News page.P.S. Standard AI RoboForm is available free of charge and you can use if without any limitations. There is also a Pro version which has more features but you are charged a small fee for it. Technorati : passwords, security, windows Del.icio.us : passwords, security, windows Ice Rocket : passwords, security, windows