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 Portable Norton PartitionMagic v.8.0 | 8,6 Mb Are you afraid to leave Windows XP and commit to Window Vista? Or do you want to try Linux? With Norton PartitionMagic 8, you can carve out space on your existing Windows XP machine and install a second operating system on a new partition. Creating a hard drive partition divides a single, physical hard drive into two or more virtual drives so that you can have multiple file systems and operating systems on that drive. Normally, you can't change your drive's partitions without reformatting it and, in the process, deleting all the data on the drive. But PartitionMagic's wizardry overcomes this limitation, letting you make extensive changes without losing a thing. While we found Norton PartitionMagic 8 to be easy to use, novices should take care; one false step could cripple your system.
Setup:
Norton PartitionMagic 8 runs under Windows 98 through Windows XP Home or Professional editions. A version for Windows Vista is not yet available. PartitionMagic 8 requires a DVD or CD for installation. Norton's wizard-style setup makes installing PartitionMagic 8 easy and continues to assist when embarking on tasks such as resizing or merging partitions. Should you want to uninstall Norton PartitionMagic 8, there is no uninstall icon. You'll need to use Windows' Add or Remove Programs to uninstall PartitionMagic. However, after a reboot we still found remaining system registry and file folders left behind.  The interface hasn't change in years, but that doesn't deter from the powerful tools within.
Interface:
Symantec bought PartitionMagic from PowerQuest in 2003, and on first glance it appears there has been only a little rebranding. The interface is exactly the same, and a few new features are tucked away here and there. The Windows-based interface consists of color-coded bar diagrams of the partitions on each hard drive. The diagrams display the location, size, and type of the current partitions. Modify your partitions by manipulating the placement of these bars within the diagram. Wizards make the process of creating or deleting a hard drive partition easy.
An Explorer-style file/folder tree on the left offers another way to view and modify your drives and partitions. Once you've created the desired partition configuration, click Apply Changes. PartitionMagic will then restructure your hard drive. For insurance, we suggest making a good backup first.
Features:
New features added to PartitionMagic 8 after the Symantec purchase include the capability to create partitions up to 300GB; conversion of FAT, FAT32, and NTFS drives without losing data; and the capability to enlarge an NTFS partition without restarting your computer.
All physical drives are associated with letters. By adding or deleting partitions, the PC's drive assignments tend to get jumbled up Not only that, but you might end up invalidating shortcuts and Registry entries that point to specific files and directories (for instance, you might store your digital photos on drive M). To keep everything in order, PartitionMagic provides DriveMapper, a utility that searches for software references gone awry and adjusts the shortcuts to reflect your new partitions. PartitionMagic also creates rescue floppy disks during installation (or anytime, using the option under the Tools menu) that allow you to run PartitionMagic and BootMagic as DOS utilities. For example, if you hide a partition by accident, the rescue floppy disks allow you to boot up your machine and manipulate the drive's overall configuration.
Speaking of booting up, PartitionMagic 8 includes BootMagic, a simple utility that manages your PC's boot process. If you install more than one operating system on your PC, BootMagic lets you select which operating system you want at start-up. Perhaps PartitionMagic's best feature remains Secure Erase, which wipes a drive by overwriting it with random passes of ones and zeros. Secure Erase can take a while, depending on the size of the partition (10 minutes on average), but it's useful if you're preparing an old PC for recycling or for sale.
Performance:
We successfully divided our 240GB hard drive without incident. The in-program help is pretty complete, but you'll want to consult the included PDF user manual as well.
Support: There is precious little additional information aside from the built-in help. Gone is the 150-page printed manual that PowerQuest provided; Symantec has made it a PDF file instead, which isn't useful if your hard drive's messed up. And the online FAQ knowledge base, which works in both Internet Explorer and Firefox, contains only five answers. If you still can't find an answer, Symantec offers live technical-support options. In our tests, free online chat required about 15 minutes of wait time, free e-mail averaged about 72 hours for a response, and a live conversation over the phone required a $9.95 charge and a 30-minute wait. But to use any of these options, we were required to first fill in our name, address, e-mail, and telephone number. Conclusion: Whether you're upgrading to a new operating system or just want to do a little housekeeping on an existing hard drive, you need PartitionMagic's power and flexibility. How It Works: Key Technologies: • Partitions hard drive. • Create, resize, copy partitions. • Run multiple operating systems. Features: • Divides hard drive into two or more partitions. • Runs multiple operating systems on the same PC. • BootMagic™ makes it easy to switch between operating systems. • Copy, move, resize, split, or merge partitions. • Guides you through the partitioning process. • Easy to find, copy and paste files in both Windows® and Linux® partitions. • Create and modify partitions up to 300GB*. • Supports USB 2.0, USB 1.1, and FireWire® external drives**. • Supports and converts partitions among FAT, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2, and Ext3 file systems. • Enlarge an NTFS partition without restarting computer. • Resizes NTFS system clusters to the most effective size. System Requirements: Windows® XP Home Edition/Professional • 233MHz or higher processor • 128 MB of RAM Windows 2000 Professional • 150MHz or higher processor • 64 MB of RAM Windows NT WS/Me/98/98SE • 150MHz or higher processor • 32 MB of RAM REQUIRED FOR ALL INSTALLATIONS: • 55 MB of available hard disk space • DVD or CD-ROM drive Info: http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80 
Portable Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 | 14,7 Mb Microsoft Virtual PC is a virtual technology that's enables you to run other operating systems on your computer. For instance, instead of trying and testing software on your computer, why not install a virtual PC for this purpose? This means that you can freely install as much software as you wish, without the installation affecting your everyday computer – you can decide what software you like to use, before you install on your computer, for real. Virtual technology has other benefits, such as enabling a software developer to test their software, on different operating systems, before release. For instance, there’s no reason why you can’t host a copy of Windows Me, Windows 2000 and another copy of Windows XP, for testing purposes.
With virtual technology, you can simply switch back to a previous state. You can install your virtual operating system and save the current state (ie the current installation) and then switch back to that, at a later date, if your virtual operating system becomes unstable. Virtual PC 2007 enables you to host Windows Vista as a virtual operating system.
Overview:
Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use virtual machines to run legacy applications, provide support, train users, and enhance quality assurance.
Virtual PC lets you create separate virtual machines on your Windows desktop, each of which virtualizes the hardware of a complete physical computer. Use virtual machines to run operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2. You can run multiple operating systems at once on a single physical computer and switch between them as easily as switching applications—instantly, with a mouse click. Virtual PC is perfect for any scenario in which you need to support multiple operating systems, whether you use it for tech support, legacy application support, training, or just for consolidating physical computers.
Benefits:
Virtual PC provides a time-saving and cost-saving solution anywhere users must run multiple operating systems. Use Virtual PC in the following scenarios:
• Ease Migration: Run legacy applications in a virtual machine instead of delaying the deployment of a new operating system just because of application incompatibility. Test your migration plans using virtual machines instead of actual physical computers. • Do More in Less Time: Support staff can run multiple operating systems on a single physical computer and switch between them easily. They can also restore virtual machines to their previous state almost instantly. Train students on multiple operating systems and virtual networks instead of purchasing and supporting additional computers. • Streamline Deployment: Test software on different operating systems more easily. One crashing application or operating system doesn’t affect others. • Accelerate Development: Increase quality assurance by testing and documenting your software on multiple operating systems using virtual machines. Decrease time-to-market by reducing reconfiguration time.
Key Features:
Configurability:
After installing Virtual PC, you can configure it to suit your requirements. Virtual PC has a number of settings that control how the product interacts with the physical computer, allocates resources, and so on. Easy installation:
Virtual PC is simple to install. Any administrator can run the Virtual PC guided setup program, and installation doesn’t require a reboot. The first time Virtual PC starts, it guides you through the process of creating the first virtual machine. Standardization:
Configure and test upgrades and installations on virtual machines, and then you can deploy throughout your company a standard configuration that avoids problems caused by minor differences between hardware platforms. Convenience:
Users switch between operating systems as easily as they switch between applications. They simply click the window containing the virtual machine. They can pause individual virtual machines so they stop using CPU cycles on the physical computer. They can also save virtual machines to disk and restore them at a later time. The restoration process normally takes a few seconds—much faster than restarting the guest operating system. Host integration:
Users can copy, paste, drag, and drop between guest and host. Virtual PC provides additions that you install in a guest operating system to enable this functionality.
Info: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

Portable PC Booster 2008 Build 102 | 4,4 Mb • Experiencing frequent shutdowns due to Windows crashes? • Want to protect your privacy while surfing the Internet? • Wishing you could Boot Up faster without getting a new PC? Safely Speed up, Stabilize, and Clean up your PC: PC Booster contains all the secrets to making your computer fast and stable in minutes - without spending a single $ on hardware! You can turn your PC into a stable, productive and speedy machine, by simply clicking a few buttons. If you can surf to this website, you can easily tune up your PC in less then 5 minutes - and without being a PC expert! Just like a tech savvy professional - PC Booster analyzes then optimizes every important computer setting for absolute best performance. It turbo-charges your PC to make it much more stable by preventing system inefficiencies that cause crashes, lockups and slowdowns of your computer.
PC Booster is designed for quick acceleration of your PC with JUST A FEW CLICKS. If you can follow a few clear simple steps - you can soon say Goodbye to frequent windows freezes and restarts and Hello to faster boot ups and more productivity with a faster accelerated system. Don't you hate those hours of lost productivity when your PC was down, and you can't get a tech person to fix it ... and those blue screens and anxiety panics when you lost your Word document before you could press "SAVE"? How does PC Booster boost my computer speed?
Using a revolutionary Auto-Tune up process, anyone can tune up their PC by using Auto Tune to analyze their system. Auto-Tune will automatically optimize your computer for best performance once you run the diagnostics. No experience required. It examines different modules for System, Desktop, Windows Start Menu, Internet, Hardware, CD-ROM, Memory, Boot Up and Shut Down and optimizes it for your Windows and computer configuration.
New Feature! - Results you can See and Feel!
Click for for Performance ComparisonStill not convinced about how much your PC has improved? Unlike other software which only claim to speed up your PC, PC Booster measures the performance of your PC before and after the tune up, and presents the improvements in an easy-to-understand chart, so you can see at a single glance how much faster your PC is compared to before.
New Feature! - Cutting-Edge Instant Registry Repair:
Click for for Performance ComparisonEven faster repair, registry error fixes and optimize Windows registry with a few simple mouse clicks! Say good bye to frequent crashes, slow performance and frustrating error messages and welcome a fresh new, stable computer! PCB 2008 helps improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades. Now anyone is capable to become a computer expert in just 2 minutes!
New Feature! - Memory Optimization at your fingertips!
PC Booster's Memory Optimization Bar lets you know in real-time how much memory your system has available. Even when you close off some programs, the memory they used may not be accessible. When available memory drops too low and your system starts to slow down, simply click on the Free RAM button to free up the lost memory from your system. Its as good as adding more Ram to your computer!
Info: http://www.inklineglobal.com/products/pcb/

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Portable Prism Deploy Packager v.8.0.0.817 | 14,1 Mb Featuring Lanovation's award-winning software packaging technology an all-new Deployment Console and Conflict Checker Professional, Prism Deploy is software deployment as it should be. Prism Deploy's learning curve is typically one afternoon
Prism Deploy can install and update software on every local, mobile and remote PC or laptop across your entire organization starting today. Unlike other software deployment solutions, Prism Deploy is easy to learn and use, is 100% reliable and delivers a return on investment in just one or two uses. With Prism Deploy, you can finally get software from shrink wrap to desktop in less than a week, even a single day, quickly, reliably, easily and simply.
Prism Deploy includes all the features found in Prism Pack:
• Award-winning software Packager. • Remote and mobile PC and laptop support. • Superior deployments in mixed PC environments. • Drag and drop Deployment Console. • Conflict Checker Professional. • Windows 2000 & XP, including MSI support.
Prism Deploy Key Features:
• Powerful Deployment Console: Drag and drop Installation tasks onto computers or groups of computers no matter where they are. • Automatic Client Installation: Automatically push Prism Deploy's Client to PCs throughout your entire organization. • Centralized Distribution Reports: Receive immediate feedback on the status of your deployments including detailed alerts. • Point or Targeted Deployments: Target PCs or groups of PCs for immediate update, deployment or repair. • Easiest Package Creation: Simply click "next" and Prism Deploy builds a Package for you. You never have to write or edit complicated scripts. • Unparalleled Reliability: Customer feedback shows Prism Deploy is reliable 99.999% of the time when installing software on and updating PCs. • Immediate Return on Investment: With a short learning curve and high reliability levels, Prism Deploy pays for itself in just one or two rollouts. • Mobile and Remote PC Support: Keep your mobile and remote workforce updated with Prism Deploy's advanced Internet deployment capabilities. • Self Healing Capabilities: When Prism Deploy fixes software it only fixes what is broken making it fast and bandwidth efficient for self-healing applications. • "Managing Diversity": Referred to by the Gartner Group as "managed diversity", Prism Deploy is designed to work in a mixed or heterogeneous environment. • Conflict Checker Professional: Prevent "DLL Hell". With Conflict Checker you can evaluate Prism files for conflicts in the files and the registry PRE-deployment. • Windows 2000 & XP Complement: Fill in the gaps Intellimirror, Active Directory and Windows Installer leave with Prism Deploy's: deployment capabilities, centralized reporting and support for legacy applications.
Prism Deploy combines Lanovation's award-winning packaging technology with an all-new Deployment Console and Conflict Checker Professional. It's a true best-of-breed software distribution solution that makes it easy to install new software and update every local, mobile and remote PC across your entire company -today.
All-New drag and drop software deployment console:
• Automatic Client Install: Remotely install Prism Deploy's Client on target computers. Push the Client to Windows computers for remote installation. You never have to visit target computers to use Prism Deploy. • Push: Graphically distribute software installations, updates or other changes to end users or computers. Install software to individual or groups of computers at one time without visiting each computer or re-imaging hard drives - including remote and mobile computers. • Distribution Reports: View, print, and export the results of distributions. You can quickly and easily see the results of distributions from anywhere in the world, and you can determine which computers have their software and which don't in a single step. • Schedule Distributions: Tell Prism Deploy when to install a Package to an end user or computer. You can schedule distributions to occur at some point in the future, e.g. after hours when bandwidth constraints aren't a concern. • Network Independent: Prism Deploy's distribution console works across any network operating system. Prism Deploy works on any Windows or Novell network or across the Internet. Update any PC, no matter where it is or what it looks like. • Auto-Population: Prism Deploy's console populates with computers on your network, including Windows 2000 groups and users Prism Deploy automatically adds your existing computers to its console. This enables you to begin immediately managing computers in your environment.
Graphical pankage creation - No complex scripting required:
• Graphical Packaging Expert: Create Distribution Packages with just a few clicks of the mouse. Prism Deploy's learning curve is typically one afternoon, not the weeks or months required with other distribution tools. • Drag-and-Drop Editing: Drag and drop editing lets you edit and "tweak" Packages to your needs. Prism Deploy's Editor lets you view and edit all the components of your software in one easy-to-use interface. • Easy-to-use Scripting Language: Prism Deploy provides a powerful and easy-to-use scripting language. Use Prism Deploy scripts to achieve the ultimate control of your distribution. Perform complicated upgrades or run your own programs from within a Prism Deploy script.
Highly reliable distribution:
• 100% Reliability: Prism Deploy users typically achieve 100% success rates when distributing software. Keep end users productive. Eliminate trips to end users' computers to fix problems. Cut help desk traffic to a bare minimum. • Conflict Checker: Check distribution Packages for conflicts in the files and registry before you deploy. Eliminate "DLL Hell" and other hard-to-diagnose problems on end-users' Computers before they occur. • No User Intervention: Prism Deploy installs Packages in the background while users continue productive work. Not requiring input from users dramatically reduces the number of errors end users experience. • Global Distribution: Prism Deploy distributes software in any language. Support your entire global corporation in every country of the world. • Rollback: Prism Deploy's Uninstall feature lets you undo or uninstall any changes you've made to your computers using Prism Deploy. Whether you change your mind about a distribution or just want to free up software licenses for other computers, Prism Deploy makes it simple to remove the software you've deployed. • Logging and Reports: Get immediate distribution reports in both broad and fine detail. Gain immediate access to distribution status. The information from Prism Deploy reports can be easily imported and accessed in other database tools.
Flexible distribution options:
• Automatic Reboot: Tell Prism Deploy to reboot a PC after an installation. Some software changes do not take effect until a PC is rebooted; Prism Deploy ensures computers are rebooted as necessary so end users can begin using their new software immediately. • Customize User Messages Before, During and After Installations: Prism Deploy optionally lets you display custom messages before, during, and after a distribution. Prism Deploy lets you inform end users that changes are being made to their computers, and you have full control over what users see, if nothing at all. • Update all Users of a PC with a single distribution: Machine-specific software changes are installed once; as each user logs into a PC they receive the settings unique to them. There's no need to repeat installations for multiple users, preserving bandwidth and saving time. • Install Software After Hours: Distribute software to your computers after hours, when no users are logged on. Perform rollouts when bandwidth-constraints are at a minimum. • Self-Installing Files: Prism Deploy creates Packages that can be saved as executables. Install and update software on computers even when the Prism Deploy Client isn't running.
Fine control in mixed environments:
• Smart Variables: Define variables with different values for various computers and users. Prism Deploy's variables look at the target computer for the right settings for an installation. Use a single Package to install and update software on widely heterogeneous computers. • Find and Replace: Search a Prism Deploy file for a specific value and replace each instance throughout the entire file. You can quickly locate and change anything you want within a Prism Deploy file. Changing a server name, for example, takes seconds. • Paths Utility: Search a Package to immediately locate and change all embedded path references in one easy step. Quickly change a hard-coded Path reference within a Package to a variable so the Package can be deployed to diverse Computers. • Set Disk Space Requirements for Target Computers: Tell Prism Deploy how much disk space must be available on target Computers before a Package installs. Prevent failed installs and other problems due to lack of disk space. • Set Operating System Requirements: Tell Prism Deploy to which operating systems a Package should install. For operating system specific applications, you can specify which operating systems will receive software. • File Level Control: Tell Prism Deploy how to treat files that already exist on a target PC. You can choose to never replace older files, to always replace older files, etc. across an entire Prism Deploy package or for individual files within a Prism Deploy package.
Bandwidth-Sensitive deployments:
• Bandwidth Efficient: Prism Deploy compresses an application by up to 70% of its original size. For bandwidth-sensitive deployments including those over WAN links and the Internet, you'll get the most efficient use of network bandwidth. • Exceptional Internet and Intranet Distribution: Prism Deploy fully supports software distribution using the HTTP and FTP protocols. Users do not need drive mappings or a UNC path to the Prism Deploy server.Prism Deploy only pulls the necessary components from the package across the wire to minimize bandwidth requirements. Users can install software hosted by any web server. Distribute updates to customers and mobile users who don't have access to your corporate network. Prism Deploy doesn't require a temporary copy of a Prism file on target PCs - keeping bandwidth requirements to a minimum. • Single Compressed Files: Prism Deploy saves its distribution packages as single, compressed files that can be viewed and edited. Prism Deploy's Packages are very portable and can be easily deployed from any media. • Web Expert: Use Prism Deploy's "Expert" to create a Web page for distributing software and updates to end users. Perform easy "cafeteria-style" distributions where end users can access and fix the software they need when they need it. • Extend "Suites" to Mobile Resources: Prism Deploy Packages can be used to update computers that traditional management suites aren't touching. Ensure your mobile workforce has the latest software and updates they need to be productive.
Windows 2000 compatibility features:
• Manage Transition to Windows 2000 & XP: Prism Deploy supports all versions of Windows. Prism Deploy lets you manage existing investments while you migrate to Windows 2000 and XP. • IntelliMirror Snap in: You can distribute Prism Deploy files using Windows 2000 IntelliMirror .ZAP files Prism Deploy supports and enhances the management features of Windows 2000, including Active Directory, Group Policies and IntelliMirror. • Windows Installer "Expert": Prism Deploy's Windows Installer Expert lets you convert a Prism Deploy file to an .MSI file in just a few clicks. You can use Prism Deploy's easy to use interface to capture and Package any software changes and simply convert them to an .MSI file. • Secure Environments: Override user permissions and install software to locked-down NT, 2000 & XP Computers. You can take advantage of the security features in Windows NT, 2000 and XP and automate distributions to users who don't have administrative rights. No need to grant temporary admin rights during a distribution. • No need for MST files: Prism Deploy's advanced file format and editing capabilities make it easy to customize a Package to install on diverse Computers. Prism Deploy's files work on heterogeneous Computers, eliminating the need to create and edit Transform (MST) files.
Software deployment solution for PC Manufacturers:
Prism Deploy enables PC Manufacturers or anyone who configures PCs to
• Speed up custom installations • Get control over all OS images • Be able to meet customers changing software and business needs • Update systems at customer sites
Every second counts:
Prism Deploy features the 11-time award-winning PictureTaker packaging technology. Creating deployment packages that are compressed to an average of 50% over a normal installation saves time … and lots of it! Using Prism Deploy's 99.999% reliability you ship a better product.
Gain control over all those OS images:
Have modularity. Do you have terabytes of disk space required to house all of those operating system images? What happens when there's an update to one application that's included in about 100 images? Make you sick to your stomach? Using Prism Deploy in conjunction with your cloning software, you can maintain fewer large, unwieldy OS images and layer the software on top of the cloned images as you need to. When an application is updated, you no longer need to update the entire image (or 100) - rather just the Prism file.
Be agile:
How long does it take you to add a newly released software application to your custom offerings? Prism Deploy is so easy to use and fast; you can literally receive the software and have it packaged and on the manufacturing line in just a couple of hours.
Update systems at customer sites:
Ever had to send an Express Mail package with a device driver to customer sites for systems you just shipped? What does this cost you? Prism Deploy can package any software changes. It works over any network, so you can update your customers new computers over the web. You might even create new revenue streams using Prism Deploy. Software deploymet solution for ASPs/MSPs:
Do you manage your customers' software over the Internet? Would you like to?
Prism Deploy enables you to remotely install and update he software on your customers' desktops. While the traditional ASP model was built around a thin client architecture that required the development of new software applications that run from a server, the fact is, most of the software your target customers are running doesn't run from a server! Not to mention the fact your cusotmers have probably invested quite a bit of money in their "fat" Windows desktops. With Prism Deploy, you can help your customers leverage their investments and still outsource important IT functions.
Regardless of whether your customers are renting or they have purchased applications from a vendor (you can leave that mess to them), you can promise them a quick turnaround time to getting the software from shrink wrap to users' desktops with Prism Deploy. As updates are available, you can promise your customers access to latest software and patches in a timely fashion. Best of all, Prism Deploy's Deployment Console and Internet deployment features ease your customers' security concerns. With Prism Deploy, it's easy to put the software on your cusotmer's side of the firewall so you (and they) are less reliant on "the pipe".
Info: http://www.amtsoft.com/prismdeploy/
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