The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

[Support Team]

Re: The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

Hi MundyComputers,

Thanks for posting this great site, it's very useful in checking firewall settings.

In spirit of your post, I've also decided to add another "screwdriver" into this toolbox...

For all your Proxy server and Anonymous web surfing needs, take a look in HideMyAss.com.

Let me know what you think.

Regards,
Reno Breen

[JoshuaB]

Re: The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

google.com

(yea... late night. ;) But... the ultimate for me. Replaces 'em all. I need a laugh.)

[JoshuaB]

Re: The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

ok... legit answer then:

opendns.com - rocks

Google's new DNS is 8.8.8.8 - open for all. Dang easy to remember... even though I prefer opendns.com.

[Project3IT]

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mailradar.com

only recently come across it and it is great.

[neuroncs]

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www.ninite.com - automatically install dozens of apps. OMG what a valuable time-saver!

[I-Netcs]

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dyndns.org is a great help
filehippo.com

[SkinnerTech]

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One of my favorites... checks global propagation for DNS changes...

http://www.whatsmydns.net/

[advantageuk]

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I'll ditto http://www.experts-exchange.com, invaluable.

http://www.eventid.net (windows event codes)
http://www.clearclouddns.com (secure surfing)
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 (port scan)
http://www.pctools.com/guides/password/ (random password generator)
http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com/Download/ (command line verions of VIPRE antivirus with latest defs included)

That'll have to do for my first contribution! :-)

[andyrosebrook]

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Didn't see it posted yet, one of my most used apps has been the offline nt password remover. I use this all the time for clients.

http://www.pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

Carbonite is amazing for data backup for business clients or home users protecting their family pictures. I use the $5 mo plan on servers, works great.

www.carbonite.com

The only antivirus I use now is Microsoft Security Essentials.

www.Microsoft.com/security_essentials

[-David-]

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http://www.livecd.com/

has a wealth of tools on it that I have found useful in the past and present.

Also allows a USB boot disk to be made with custom drivers. Found that handy when network cards would not work until they had drivers installed.

[I-Netcs]

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Combofix.exe from bleepingcomputer.com is one of the most powerful malware removal tools i've ever seen. And it's fast too.

[bdbrower]

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http://www.whatsmydns.net can be very handy for DNS/MX status checks (free).

[I-Netcs]

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Does anyone have any good tools or hacks to unlock a SATA hard drive?

[Stanley Ng]

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www.join.me - Free Screen Sharing and Online Meetings.