Posted by brad on 25th July 2008
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Posted by brad on 25th July 2008
Windows only: Avanquest Connection Manager, previously a $30 app, is now a free utility that could be seriously convenient for laptop users. The app lets you create profiles for your different wi-fi or LAN connections, changing email, printer, and network drive defaults depending on where you hook up, along with security settings and other concerns. The app’s basic connection-chooser is also more user-friendly than Windows’ own somewhat plain built-in version (though that might be what some road warriors like about it). The trade-off for its “free”-ness appears to be ads for other Avanquest software scrolling across the top, but I find them pretty easy to ignore. Avanquest Connection Manager is a free download for Windows systems only.




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Posted by brad on 25th July 2008
Windows only: Free utility HDDScan diagnoses whatever ails your hard drive. HDDScan works on ATA, SATA, and SCSI drives and (with some limitations) on removable drives such as USB and FireWire. Analyze drive temperatures, conduct S.M.A.R.T. tests, export and print reports to document changes in your hard drive’s health with HDDScan, which is a free download for Windows only.




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