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FileZilla FTP Client

Gadget, IT Admin Tips, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 No Responses »

Jan 112012

Filezilla is another one of those must have tools for both your work and home PC. Even though with everything moving to the cloud I still run into a frequent need to FTP files to different companies and friends.

FileZilla is a free open source FTP application. So one of the best features is that is is free to use. The interface is also another great feature as it is strait forward and easy to use. Some of the highlights of the program is that is allows you to download and upload multiple files from several different servers at the same time. You are also able to customize the interface to set it up the way you like. I have added a screenshot below of the user interface along with a link to their site. Please leave us a comment if you have used FileZilla and like it.

FileZilla Interface

Features From the FileZilla Site:

Easy to use
Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more
IPv6 support
Available in many languages
Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB
Tabbed user interface
Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue
Bookmarks
Drag & drop support
Configurable transfer speed limits
Filename filters
Directory comparison
Network configuration wizard
Remote file editing
Keep-alive
HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support
Logging to file
Synchronized directory browsing
Remote file search

FileZilla Site
http://filezilla-project.org/

Additional FileZilla Screenshots
http://filezilla-project.org/client_screenshots.php

FileZilla Download Link
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

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Image Resizer Source Forge Project

IT Admin Tips, Personal Applications, Windows 7 1 Response »

Jan 112012

Image resizer is just one of those must have tools to have on your home PC. The project is a clone of the old power toy image resizer. One of the reasons it is a must have is I made the change this past year to a Cannon T2i DSLR camera. Sending a 8-12 megabyte picture to family and friends is nearly impossible. This tool makes it quick and painless to resize pictures down to an acceptable size limit. It also comes in very handy when you are trying to upload profile pictures or send pictures to mobile devices. Below you can see a screenshot of the option you have to choose from. You can basically choose from small, medium, large, mobile, or a custom size. The nice part about the tool is that it will automatically save a new picture and and onto the file name the size you chose. I have also included the link for the project homepage where you can download it from. If you use it let me know what you think by leaving a comment in the post.

Image Resizer Source Forge

Description From the SourceForge Project Site
This is a clone of Image Resizer which is one of the Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP. It enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click. This version will work also on non-XP versions of Windows including Windows Vista.

Image Resizer – SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phototoysclone/

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Transfer iTunes From XP To Windows 7

IT Admin Tips, Windows 7 4 Responses »

Jun 032010

I recently took on the task of upgrading a friends computer from XP to Windows 7. I always forget that doing this also means you have to deal with all of the applications that they have installed. The one app that I have learned to love and hate is iTunes. It actually turns out the transferring the iTunes library was fairly easy except for one tricky part. Here are the steps I completed to transfer their library. Hopefully it helps somebody out. The tricky part was step number seven.

1. Backed up the user profile from the XP machine to the external hard drive.
2. Connected the external hard drive to the new Windows 7 machine.
3. Installed iTunes on the Windows 7 machine. Should be the same version as the old machine.
4. From the old profile I copied c:\documents and settings\username\application data\apple computer\itunes to c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\apple computer\iTunes
5. From the old profile I copied c:\documents and settings\username\application data\apple computer\itunes to
C:\users\username\appdata\local\apple computer\itunes
6. From the old profile I copied c:\documents and settings\username\my documents\music\itunes to
C:\users\username\music\iTunes
7. The final step I completed was to launch iTunes and open up preferences. On the advanced tab changed the
iTunes media folder location from c:\users\username\music\iTunes\iTunes Media to
c:\users\username\music\iTunes\iTunes Music.

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