Utilities Roundup

ICU 3.5 allows firms and other organizations to track the whereabouts of employees. Designed for Windows 98/95/Me/NT4/2000 networks, it also allows users to send instant messages to each other. From any computer on the network, employees can view a department-wide or company-wide list of their colleagues' names, departments, current status, and latest status change dates and times.

Reader Response card no. 243.

MDFile, by Montrose Development of Carson City, Nev., manages files and creates compressed backups for secure storage. Designed for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, it allows copying, deleting, and moving of files and folders anywhere on your system. MDFile gives users access to functions such as creating shortcuts, changing file attributes, associating files with applications, and copying and renaming files in a single operation.

Reader Response card no. 244.

RedBox Organizer 4.0 for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 provides a 3D interface for desktop calendars, planners, reminders, to-do lists, notes and expense tracking and reports. Activities can be published to the Web using its Web Publishing Wizard. It also includes a workgroup messaging program for employees to send each other instant messages. From inKline Global Inc., of Reno, Nevada.

Reader Response card no. 245.

Bookmark-Finder 4.2 software for Windows manages, converts and synchronizes Netscape bookmarks and Explorer favorites, says AI-Systems. Other functions include full-text search, automatic extraction of all links from a Web page, room for your notes, grouping according to a range of criteria, tree- and list view, the company says.

It can import existing bookmarks from Explorer and Netscape, and has multi-language support, an install/uninstall feature and is available for Windows 95/98/200 and NT.

Reader Response card no. 246.

Remote Task Manager 3.5 lets users control tasks on remote Windows 2000/NT computers, says SmartLine Inc. It enables I.T .personnel to control tasks, processes, services, devices, shared resources and events over local or wide area networks, or the Internet.

Reader Response card no. 247.

WDumpEvt 2.2 is a Windows 2000/NT4 administration tool that allows users to view all of the information from the Windows 2000 and NT4 eventlog. A browse command lets an administrator point to any computer on the network.

Reader Response card no. 248.