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Anti-Virus
Sophos SWEEP Anti-Virus
Alternative to the Macaffe-Norton-Innoculan Cabal.
Mcaffee Anti-Virus
Mcafee Trialware.
Application Servers / Daemons
Apache Web Server
Apache is only really in beta for Windows NT - but excepting the occasional lock-up (Runs better on Win2K, IMHO), it's a million times safer than IIS.
Microsoft Share Point Web Portal Server
Provide uniform Web presence for the various groups in your organization with Microsoft's new web portal. (Trial Download.)
Command Line
SendEmail for Windows NT
Send email from commandline with this easy to use tool.
Database / Data Processing
PrimaSoft Web dB Server
PrimaSoft Web Database Server is a web based application that enables you to quickly create, manage and share databases across your company or with friends over the Internet or Intranet. You can set up contact database for your business, a knowledge base for your organization, a product catalog for your corporate web site,or information managers for your personal use. Unlimited database and user accounts. Win2000,NT,XP.
MySQL for Windows NT
MySQL the popular Linux SQL database is available for Windows NT also! Select the version and proceed to the Windows section.
Disk Management
Directory Syncronizer
For those of us who aren't capable of (or are unwilling to) writing scripts to do this
Diskeeper Lite Freeware: Defragmenter
Defrag does come with Windows NT 2000, but it is handy to have this shareware tool for Windows NT 4.0. Purchase allows scheduling jobs on either platform.
Free Defragmenter Alternative
Sick of diskeeper? Not Happy with the Native defrag - assuming you have one? Then check out this defrag utility from O&O
Drivers
Driver for Ext2
Finally, NT/XP can mount Ext2 partitions. Most NT Types won't know what that means, but the ones that do will probably agree that this is nifty.
Boot Disks
BootDisks.com offers bootdisks for many varied OS's.
Help Desk / Inventory Tools
Blue Ocean Help Desk *and* Inventory.
My personal favorite help desk software. The setup and administration is easy. It even comes with network audit functions and the price is relatively reasonable also.
Bridge Trak Help Desk
Haven't tried it in production, but the demo looked interesting.
Misc. Tools
Sysload
Sysload provides flexible reporting on real-time and historical system data for finding bottlenecks. Features include alerts, trend analysis, automatic diagnosis, log analysis, web application, response time, and service level monitoring.
AutoFTP Service
AutoFTP Service: automated ftp client with flexible scheduler, transfer manager, zip/unzip. Define auto recurring downloads, uploads for any future date and time. Runs as a service: background process independent of who is using the console.
AutoFTP Premium
AutoFTP Premium: automated ftp client with flexible scheduler, transfer manager, zip/unzip. Complex scheduler: define auto-recurring transfers for any future data and time. Transfer manager: select any number of files from ftp site or your computer for download/upload, easily define transfer sets. Auto dial, connect, disconnect. Activity log. Support for Wildcard characters. Update download / upload option. Log Printing. Assistant.
Star Office
Sick of the Microsoft Office License cost? Sun's office platform is relatively free. . .
Amanda Backup
Amanda is a great solution for a cross platform back-up.
Service Pack 2
Be sure to patch your system with the newest service pack to avoid neverending security issues.
Programming
Katirya
Katirya is a java class file encrypter. It encrypts the selected java class files and create and executable file to run the application. At run time, Katirya transparently decrypts class files and delivers valid Java byte-code to class loader to load the class. Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP
TaskScheduler Component
Tired of At or Scheduler? TaskScheduler Component enables your application to manage all aspects of job scheduling: starting jobs, enumerating currently running jobs, tracking job status, and so on.
ADEX Shares
ADEX Shares is a COM component that enables application developers of Microsoft technology to get the list of Shares and Files and their permissions. It has been developed using Microsoft ATL, providing users fast access to the file system. The ADEX Shares Object Model is designed to provide programmers an intuitive interface to the file system.
ADEX Schedule
ADEX Schedule is a COM component that encapsulates the functionality of TaskScheduler. It enables application developers of Microsoft technology to add, delete and manage tasks in the TaskScheduler. It has been developed using Microsoft ATL, providing users fast access to the Scheduler. The ADEX Schedule Object Model is designed to provide programmers an intuitive interface to Windows NT TaskScheduler.
ADEX Service
ADEX Service is a COM component that enables application developers of Microsoft technology to access and control Windows NT Service programs from their application. It has been developed using Microsoft ATL, providing users fast access to the services. It gives programmers an object-oriented view of Windows NT/2000 services.
ADEX Registry
ADEX Registry is a COM component that enables application developers of Microsoft technology to access the system registry from their application code. ADEX Registry has been developed using Microsoft ATL, providing users fast access to the registry. It provides an intuitive Object Model with a design similar to the system registry's structure, giving users access to any key/value/data they want. If users are not familiar with the registry structure and just want to read/write data from/to it, they may simply call the GetAppData/SetAppData.
ADEX Connect
ADEX Connect is a COM component that enables application developers of Microsoft technology to add/remove connections, map/disconnect network drives, add connections to other servers used in their application and access resources from them, and connect to shares using different user names. It has been developed using Microsoft ATL, providing users fast access to the connect.
TransDbg
TransDbg, a Microsoft Distributed Transaction (MSDTC) trace Viewer-Debugger, is a programmer's tool that tracks MSDTC calls into Resource Managers participating in user selected transactions. At run-time, TransDbg updates a list box with a trace of commands issued by MSDTC to Resource Managers enlisted in those selected transactions. All four ITransactionResourceAsync callbacks are traced: .PrepareRequest(), .CommitRequest(), .AbortRequest() and .TMDown(). In addition, TransDbg is a convenient tool to test and view the response of your transactions network design to Resource Manager failures. Before starting a test run of your transacting executables, TransDbg may be set to fail any one or various transactions.
CYGWIN
GNU tools for Windows NT. Included are compilers for C, C++ and a ton of other goodies. (Including a command line SSH client!)
Perl!
The Comprehensive Perl Network offers Perl for many, many platforms. Perl is a must have for any administrator and is cross platform.
PhpNuke Easy Web Portal
PHPNuke is your one step solution for PHP web pages. So if you're looking to create your own slashdot or if you just need to get a web page up quickly, go no further!
Remote Control / Administration
XPlica for SharePoint
XPlica for SharePoint is a simple utility to replicate workspaces, profiles, categories, folders, documents and metadata of one Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) to another or between different workspaces residing on the same SharePoint Portal Server.
ConversionTrack
Software designed to analysis web log and generate professional report on visitor\'s conversion ratio. Increase ROI of your online business by evaluating effectiveness of advertising campaigns including PPC keyword, banner and email accurately.
Admin Report Kit for Exchange Server - ARKXchange
Admin Report Kit for Exchange Server - ARKXchange is a powerful reporting tool for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrators. ARKXchange reports the configuration information about the various objects in the Exchange Server Architecture (mailboxes, public folders, servers, connectors, protocols) in the form of trees and views. The information about organization’s recipients, distribution lists, custom recipients, Private and Public Information Stores, Protocols settings at the site level and server level and various connectors are available across all Exchange 5.5 servers in the network in a single view. ARKXchange assists in monitoring and tracking information about various Exchange objects in a certain way that is most suited for efficient administration and reporting requirements, especially Exchange servers that have a large number of recipient objects.
123LogAnalyzer
Features include high-speed processing, low disk space requirements, built-in IP mapping and 23LogAnalyzer's unique filtering capabilities. Very simple to use, with detailed tables and charts produced in an easy to understand, professional-quality report.
Document Import Kit-DocKIT
DocKIT is a simple tool to overcome the cumbersome exercise of importing and migrating documents from multiple systems & sources - Microsoft Windows Shares & Microsoft Exchange Server Public Folders, into Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server.
Advance Service Manager-ASM
Advanced Service Manager (ASM) helps manage Services on NT machines, across the enterprise from a single machine at the same time. ASM provides a power-packed set of features to perform the basic as well as more advanced and complex operations, thus greatly simplifying services management across the enterprise.
Admin Report Kit for IIS - ARKIIS
ARKIIS is a powerful reporting tool for Microsoft IIS Administrators. ARKIIS presents IIS configuration information from the IIS MetaBase in the form of Trees, Tables and Views. All categories of information reported by ARKIIS are available across web servers and websites. This means that information may be viewed and reported for several web servers in the enterprise simultaneously from a single server machine. ARKIIS assists in monitoring and tracking IIS information in a certain way that is most suited for efficient administration and reporting requirements, especially web servers that have a large number of web sites, virtual directories and associated configuration settings.
Admin Report Kit-ARK
Admin Report Kit-ARK is a powerful, general-purpose reporting tool for the Microsoft Enterprise Network. ARK presents information, about logical entities present in the Microsoft Enterprise Network, in the form of Trees, Tables and Views. All categories of information reported by ARK are available across the domains in the enterprise. This means that information may be viewed and reported for several systems in the enterprise simultaneously, from a single location.
Secure CommNet
Secure CommNet is a secure 32-bit Windows application that seamlessly integrates modem dial-up, Internet Telnet and SSH2 capabilities. Secure CommNet supports high performance Zmodem file transfers with dial-up, Telnet and SSH2; and Ymodem-G with dial-up sessions. For SSH2 connections, Secure CommNet offers TCP/IP port forwarding and supports the following encryption algorithms: AES256, Twofish, Blowfish, Triple-DES, Arcfour and Cast-128.
Virtual Network Computing
Virtual Network Computing. - Must have for remote desktop control.
PuTTY: A Free Telnet/SSH Client
A free Telnet and SSH client that supports SSH 2 and xterm emulation. A must have for today's multi-host, security-conscious would-be sysadmin.
Security Tools
PC-ENCRYPT
SIMPLE TO USE. EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG. FAST. RELIABLE. WINDOWS 95/98/ME/XP/NT/2000. Encrypt, Compress, Erase Files/folders. AUTO-ENCRYPT/DECRYPT - no need to remember passwords. Encrypt files with a default password or select a name from the Password Book. free Password Exchange service. \"One-Way\" feature. Includes User Guide and full Uninstaller.
PINs, secure passwords manager
PINs is a free feature-rich Windows program for safe and comfortable storing of any secure information like passwords, accounts, PINs etc. PINs uses a secure 448 bit Blowfish algorithm to ensure the data are not crackable.
CryptoHeaven
Secure email and secure online file sharing and storage, secure document distribution and group collaboration.
Offline Admin Password Reset
This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your NT system, by modifying the crypted password in the registrys SAM file.
You do not need to know the old password to set a new one. It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppydisk.
The bootdisk includes stuff to access NTFS partitions and scripts to glue the whole thing together.
CryptoHeaven
Secure email and secure online file sharing and storage, secure document distribution and group collaboration.
Kremlin Encryption
For when that clear text stuff just won't cut it.
PGP Encryption
Use pretty good privacy for encrypting local files.
Blue Bitter's Port Scanner
Decent Port scanner for the Windows platform.
3D Traceroute
Replace all your ugly ping plotters and traceroute programs with a full blown three dimensional traceroute program.
Server Object Management
Hyena Administration Interface.
Personally, I do everything from command line, but if you want a GUI on top of a GUI, go for it.

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