No offense (and I should probably refrain from this post) but there is no such thing as "preventative maintenance" on a Windows box. The Macs I have around here run about as good as my Linux desktops/servers so it's a moot point.
As far as Windows is concerned, my experience with the likes of Norton and other similar utilities, is that it's simply a world of pain. It's not worth it. I sold my last Windows box at the beginning of the year and *will not* sell nor support another. My colleague, who has significantly more Windows machines in the field than I, is done as well. In fact, he will only ship Windows to clients if the box is running Linux and Windows is running as a VM inside the Linux O/S. Period. Windows goes sideways (which it *always* does) and proof, blow away the VM and restore to the last known good snapshot. And store absolutely *no* data on the Windows box. Then you'll have a life ... things will be sane. You'll have time for your wife and kids :) Ciao, Greg I know, I know, not the helpful post you want and I should have just kept this to myself ... sorry :) On 4 May 2010 14:07, TekBudda <[email protected]> wrote: > The boss wasn't specific about the feature sets they were loooking for > & Norton Utilities was the closest thing I can thing of. I think what > they are maybe are looking for is something that does the following: > * Disk Cleaner > * Registry Defragmenter/Cleaner > * System Optimizer > * Performance Test > > While not a core part I would imagine the following would be helpful as > well: > * Service Manager > * Startup Manager > * Hardware Profiler > * Partitioning Tool > * Data Recovery > > I did try and press for more details of excatly what they are looking > for, but he was prtty busy & couldn't really outline things much more. > My best guess is that they are looking for some sort of preventative > maintainence product that could be used to diagnose issues & allow > tech's to be somewhat proactive at addressing issues. > > I am kind of envisioing what you did Gustin...a single cd/usb that you > could pop in the drive & perform said functions. I know it would > likely be possible to build something out of some protabl tools & such > out there, but I wanted to see if there was something already > available. > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10-05-02 10:19 PM, TekBudda wrote: > >> Hey all, > >> > >> Haven't seen a post lately so I figured I would query a see if anyone > >> had some suggestions. > >> > >> A supervisor at work asked me if I knew of any diagnostic suites > >> (preferably) that could be used on Windows & Mac computers. I am > >> probably looking at a couple of different solutions here, but if there > >> is somethign out there that accomplishs both...great! The easiest way > >> I can describe the need would be something similar to or on par with > >> Norton Utilities. > >> > >> They are not afraid to purchase the needed tools, but if it can be > >> done for free even better, but cost would be a concern depending on > >> the licenses. My boss is aware that I give preference to open source > >> technologies & he is open to that as well. Essentially...whatever > >> does the trick. I guess what I would be envisioning would be a > >> bootable CD/USB tool set. > >> > >> I have been googling around a bit, but haven't quite found what I am > >> looking for. Although to be fair, my searches & investigation to this > >> point have been very peripheral. If anyone has any ideas please let > >> me know. > >> > > I have not used Norton Utilities since the Dos 5.x days, so you will > > need to be a lot more specific about what tasks you want accomplished. > > > > For a swiss army knife of bootable Linux goodness, I am a big fan of > > systemrescuecd. I always carry it with me on a USB stick. I use this > > to recover just about any machine once it no longer boots (recover data > > that is, I don't really bother with repair any more). > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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