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SyncToy v2.0 FINAL Released

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SyncToy 2.0 for Windows is available as a free download from the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers…SyncToy, a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows, is an easy to use, highly customizable program that helps users to do the heavy lifting involved with the copying, moving, and synchronization of different directories. Most common operations can be performed with just a few clicks of the mouse, and additional customization is available without additional complexity. SyncToy can manage multiple sets of folders at the same time; it can combine files from two folders in one case, and mimic renames and deletes in another case. Unlike other applications, SyncToy actually keeps track of renames to files and will make sure those changes get carried over to the synchronized folder.

This is one of my favorite Cool Tools!
See here for download and info: SyncToy v2.0
See here for announcement and fixes list: SyncToy 2.0 – Released to Download Center
See Creating Backups With SyncToy for a how-to.

Mark Russinovich – Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory

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As usual from Mr. Russinovich, Good stuff!

This is the first blog post in a series I’ll write over the coming months called Pushing the Limits of Windows that describes how Windows and applications use a particular resource, the licensing and implementation-derived limits of the resource, how to measure the resource’s usage, and how to diagnose leaks.

Mark Russinovich – Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory

Spybot-S&D 1.6 has arrived!

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Time for an update! To keep up with the latest threats, and solve some issues and feature requests users had, we’re proud to announce Spybot-S&D version 1.6. Some of the features include:
-Improved Scan Speed
-Up-to-date browser support
-Easier On-Access Use
-OpenSBI
-And quite a lot more bug fixes and new features, which can be found on bug tracker.

Spybot – Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications.

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CCleaner v2.08.588

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[29th May 2008]
CCleaner v2.08New
– Added Startup tool enable/disable checkbox.
– Fixed problem with Vista “low” folders being removed.
– Improved index.dat detection on multiple scans.
– Secure deletion improved with IE History index.dat files.
– Added OS detection to INI files.
– Added Vista Thumbnail Cache cleaning.
– Added ImgBurn cleaning.
– Added Secure deletion to “Recent Documents” cleaning.
– Improved Vista “Recent Documents” cleaning.
– Fixed bug with Chkdsk chk files not being removed.
– Added “Select all” checkbox to header of Registry cleaner.
– Added sorting to Startup tool listview.
– Fixed Vista 64 issue with Startup tool.
– Added Croatian translation.
– Minor tweaks and GUI improvements.