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I don't think it's available via Techsoup, but I believe Diskeeper
has remote defragging capability in it more expensive versions. I've
only used the cheaper versions, myself.<br>
<br>
For remote capabilities, I use a flavor of VNC (TightVNC,
specifically) to remote the desktops and to transfer files/folders
directly to the remote computer.<br>
<br>
Clonezilla for me, too, combined with PXE network boot and a TFTP
server. That is, I have a TFTP server set up with multiple boot
images, including Clonezilla. On a computer even with no local OS, I
can boot PXE and get a menu of boot options to choose from:<br>
<br>
* Please select a boot image:<br>
*<br>
* bootfd0 Boot from floppy drive 0<br>
* boothd0 Boot from local hard drive 0.<br>
* boothd1 Boot from local hard drive 1.<br>
* clonezilla Start Clonezilla.<br>
* freedos Start FreeDOS<br>
* memtest Start Memtest86+<br>
* spinrite Start Spinrite running on FreeDOS<br>
* sysrcd Start the System Rescue CD.<br>
* thin Start ThinStation remote desktop.<br>
*<br>
*<br>
* Default (press ENTER or wait 60 seconds): boothd0<br>
<br>
(It was just easier to cut 'n paste!)<br>
<br>
As I find other useful tools I can use via PXE, I incorporate them.
That way, whether I need to test a computer's hard drive (Spinrite)
or memory (memtest86+), blast down an image (Clonezilla), or repair
Windows from outside of Windows by booting into Linux (System Rescue
CD)...I'm covered. It's all FOSS, except for Spinrite. You have to
buy that one, but it can be worth it's weight in gold for recovering
hard drives. (Bad analogy, I suppose, considering software doesn't
really weigh much these days. But you get the idea!)<br>
<br>
hth,<br>
Chad<br>
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On 2/8/2011 1:30 PM, R Young wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Purse strings have loosened a
bit, and the boss says we might be able to place an order with
techsoup. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I am looking for suggestions for
software that might be helpful for a one-man shop in managing
networks and workstations. In particular, remote defragging
capability, and/or other remote pc maintenance and repair,
image management software (preferably other than Ghost) and
any other suggestions to make life easier for me.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">thanks</font></div>
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