Free online backup

Recently reviewed in PC Magazine, which gave it an Editors Choice award.

Mozy Backup - free for up to 2 GB, $4.95 per month for up to 30 GB. Now that's a deal!

Network OS X Macs to Windows Servers

Here's the link to the original article on Macrumors.com

But here's the key info:

*Windows Server 2003 Authentication

By default Windows Server 2003 will try to encrypt everything sent to and from it. With this enabled you will not be able to log in to the share from the Mac.

To fix this there are a couple of things you need to do.
First; open up regedit (Start > Run > "regedit" {return}), and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ LanManServer \ Parameter \ RequireSecuritySignature, and set its value to "0".

Second, if the server is also a Domain Controller; you need to open the DC's Security Policy (Administrative Tools > Domain Controller Security Policy). Navigate to Local Policies > Security Options, and disable "Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always)" & "Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (if client agrees)".

Reboot the sever, and you should be good to go.

inbox.com

I think these guys are new - because I've just started seeing ads for them.

They've got free 5 GB accounts, with email, calendars, tasks, notes, photo posting and sharing, and file storage. And it's free!

The interface is pretty nice, though perhaps a bit bland. And the email domain name even sounds fairly businesslike, so it'd be a good free service for businesspeople who don't have their own domain name.

Bluetie.com

From PC Magazine:

Bluetie.com allows up to 20 mailboxes free, including using custom domain names, calendar sharing, and file sharing. For more than 20, you have to pay, but it's still pretty hard to beat.

Boot the unbootable

From Bill Machrone's Nov 29 article in PC Magazine:

Use the Ultimate Boot CD or Bart's Preinstalled Environment to access PCs that won't boot, are infested with viruses, or spyware. UBCD is Linux-based, while BartPE uses Windows. Both will (should) allow access to NTFS partitions, allow you to run anitvirus scans, spyware removal, direct registry editing, etc.

WSUS for Windows Updates

Per Mike West of WestMark Consulting:

He recommends using Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) for custom-windows updates, and for tracking windows update status on your PCs.