One of the best boot CD that exist was just recently updated to version 5.0.1.  This is one of the must have tools for system administrators that deal with server different operating systems.  Check out the information below which is from the sites main page.

You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:

  • Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
  • Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
  • Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn’t you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!
  • Run Ultimate Boot CD from your USB memory stick. A script on the CD prepares your USB memory stick so that it can be used on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. You can access the same tools as you would from the CD version.

Download Ultimate Boot CD
http://www.serverninjas.com/ultimate-tool-list/boot-utilities/ultimate-boot-cd/ultimate-boot-cd-download

Ultimate Boot CD Site
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com

 

The Poshboard project on Codeplex is a very interesting project.  I came across this project while doing a some research on creating dashboards from PowerShell.  The project was designed to create a modular IT web portal based on PowerShell and Silverlight.  In order to accomplish this the project has leveraged the use of several programs like silverlight cover flow, DevExpress AgDataGrid, blacklight, visifire silverlight charts.  The current version of this project is 2.5, but they also have a beta version out of their next release.  Check out the links below and let me know what you think.

Poshboard CodePlex Project
http://poshboard.codeplex.com/Wikipage

Poshbaord Site Page
http://www.poshboard.com/

 

Microsoft has released a great tool by the name of Microsoft Desktop Player.  This tool is currently in Beta and can be found by following the below link.  The tool streamlines access to information that Microsoft has made available to IT Pros and developers.  I have personally been using the tool now for a couple of days and have found it to be very addictive.  The desktop player makes finding presentations off of TechNet very easy.  So here is my official warning that following the link to this new tool could be very time consuming!  Please go check it out and stop back and let me know what you think.

Microsoft Desktop Player (Beta)

http://www.microsoft.com/click/desktopplayer/

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