look ma! no hands! 03/18/2003 presented by chris smith marshall county information services e-mail:...

Look Ma! No Hands!

03/18/2003

Presented by Chris Smith

Marshall County Information Services

e-mail: csmith@co.marshall.ia.us

Look Ma! No Hands!

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

During this presentation we will look at some free and inexpensive tools that could help you make your computer network more powerful.

You will see samples of real situations where these tools can be used.

The Tools - An Introduction

KiXtart

UltraEdit 32

Beyond Compare

Regedit

The Tools - An Introduction

KiXtart

Website = http://www.kixtart.org/

$50.00 per organization should be given to a selected charity

The Tools - An Introduction

UltraEdit 32

The text editor

· Disk based text editing - supports files in excess of 4GB, minimum RAM used for multi-megabyte files· 10,000 word spell checker · Syntax highlighting - configurable, pre-configured for C/C++, VB, HTML, Java, and Perl

Cost - Free to try and $35.00 to buy

Webpage- http://www.ultraedit.com/

The Tools - An Introduction

Beyond CompareComparing files and directories

Beyond Compare is a utility for comparing things. Things like text files, folders, zip archives, and FTP sites. Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output, and validate CD copies. Beyond Compare can create a snapshot of a live directory structure, and compare it against the live copy at a later date.

Cost - 1 - 4 $30 per user 5 - 9 $17 per user

Webpage- http://www.scootersoftware.com/

The Tools - An Introduction

Regedit

Editing the registry

When Windows 95 was born the registry suddenly became very important to us. Many times we have to go into the registry to see what is going on behind the scenes.

Cost - Free - Part of your operating system package