A person who manages a computer, a network or specific software components. In a personal computer, users are typically the administrators, also known as "system administrators" and have rights to perform all operations in the computer. See data administrator, database administrator, network administrator and system administrator.
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- USB Secure 1.2.5 (Windows)
- USB Secure helps you password protect USB drives, Thumb drives, Memory cards, External drives and Flash drives. It supports plug and play and runs automatically once a USB drive is plugged in, asking you the password for it. USB Secure is hassle free and it doesn't need a rocket scientist...
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
- Passware Kit Enterprise 9.5 (Windows)
- Passware Kit Enterprise recovers all kinds of lost or forgotten passwords for the world's most popular office-application files, including Excel, Word, Windows 2003/XP/2K/NT (both local and domain-administrator accounts), Lotus Notes, RAR, WinZip, Access, Outlook, Acrobat, Quicken, QuickBooks, WordPerfect, and VBA. All versions of MS Office are supported, including the most...
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
- Spelling Depot 2010r1 (Windows)
- Spelling Depot is the student and educator's one-stop solution for the practice, assessment, and ultimate mastery of spelling lists. Word lists can be generated within the program or imported from a word processor document. Each word can, optionally, include the word's definition. Word lists can be of any length. During...
- Software downloads 2009-11-23
- Network Management Suite 8.4 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- SipTar CallShop 2010 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-20
- Alchemy Eye 10.4 (Windows)
- Alchemy Eye is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the likelihood of...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Alchemy Eye Pro 10.4 (Windows)
- Alchemy Eye Pro is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye Pro can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager before problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Network Administrator's Toolkit 10.4 (Windows)
- A set of the network management tools designed for the corporate network administration. This toolkit consists of the two components that will monitor your corporate servers availability and performance and inventory user workstations.
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Asset Tracker for Networks 8.4 (Windows)
- Network inventory tool intended to audit software and hardware components installed on the computers over the network. This asset management tool will collect your network inventory information, provide the Network Administrator with the detailed comprehensive reports and allow you to export assets details to external storages, such as SQL database...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft, former employee settle over spying claims
- So, if a hacker patents a hack ... MS can't do anything about it unless they license the hack?Sounds a bit deceptiveSo they guy knows his company is working on this patent, applies at MS while not telling them he's still working at the other company, then pitches this idea...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Advanced Windows Unattended Installation 2.6 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- DTM Data Generator 1.30 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-17
- CLIX 2.0.0.6 (Mac)
- Get the power of a command line without ever getting near it. Do all those things your system maintenance utilities try to do - but do them better and do them your own way. No typing - just 'clix'. You have to perform maintenance routines. You know that. But make...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 1.0 (Mobile)
- Quotes from the ebook: Preface and beginning of first chapter.PREFACE I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses...
- Software downloads 2009-11-16
- FileXaminer 2.7 (Mac)
- FileXaminer's feature list includes: Works with Path Finder FileXaminer Hot Keys can be used with Path Finder FileXaminer can be used as a Get Info helper Mac OS X Label Support Image Buddy - Easily resize/convert graphic files. Edit text file as root - Easily edit files...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Power Admin 1.0 (Windows)
- Power Admin is the answer to thousands of the pleas of Windows Network Administrators. How many times have you needed to manage multiple servers in an Active Disrectory enviroment only to find the microsoft mmc snapins to be clumsy and frustrating. And third part vendors are often overpriced while very...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Spelling Depot 2010r1 (Mac)
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- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Easy Disk Drive Safeguard 3.3 (Windows)
- Easy Disk Drive Safeguard is a password-protected security utility that you can use to hide and lock your local, network, Floppy and USB drives as well as disable the AutoRun feature for them. When you hide or lock your drives, they become hidden or unavailable in all Windows software such...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- SmartWhois 5.0 build 243 (Windows)
- SmartWhois is a useful network information utility that allows you to find out all available information about an IP address, host name, or domain, including country, state, city, name of the network provider, and administrator and technical support contact information. Unlike standard Whois utilities, SmartWhois can find the information about...
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- MyDefrag 4.2.6 (Windows)
- MyDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer a maintenance utility to make your harddisk faster for Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008, and for X64. It is freeware, with no time limit, and is fully functional with no advertisements. It is fast, with low overhead and many optimization strategies. It...
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
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