Tools & Utilities

 

This section of our web site brings together a number of useful tools and utilities for you to download. These tools provide a number of everda useful functions designed to make yourlife that little bit easier!

BgInfo

bginfoHow many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version If you manage multiple computers you probably need BGInfo. It automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more. You can edit any field as well as the font and background colors, and can place it in your startup folder so that it runs every boot, or even configure it to display as the background for the logon screen.

To download BgInfo for free, click here to visit the Microsoft TechNet download.

BgInfo is © 2009 Microsoft Corporation

 

PuTTY

PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally for the Windows platform. PuTTY is open source software that is available with source code and is developed and supported by a group of volunteers. PuTTY is particulry useful when connecting from your Windows based management console to service console of a VMware ESX Server.

To download PuTTY, click here.