Filing for tax, staying abreast with changing federal tax return laws and just handling everything related to tax does take its toll on one’s mind and body. Tax software today not only handle the filing but also help prepare everything, perform crosschecks and error scrutiny to ensure that IRS and every other abbreviated department is happy with your tax documents. Never again lose money or forget filing for returns with these tools, they are annually updated and are in adherence with federal tax regulations. Please note that these services offer only federal return for free. But, state returns filing are reasonably priced.
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One of the best SSH client utility to connect from Linux to Windows is PuTTY.
We explained in detail on how to use PuTTY in our earlier article.
pscp.exec is PuTTY SCP Client, which is used to transfer file securely from Windows to Linux using SSH connections.
One advantage of PSCP is that it will work with even the older version of SSH servers (i.e SSH-1 servers).
This article provides various practical examples on how to use pscp.exe on Windows.
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PuTTY is a free open source SSH client for Windows.
You can use PuTTY to connect to a remote UNIX or Linux server from your Windows machine.
Apart from SSH, it can also do telnet, serial, rlogin and RAW connection type. For example, using serial connection type you can connect to a networking device such as router or switch.
This tutorial is useful for beginners who are new to PuTTY and like to understand how to use them to connect to a remote server using SSH quick connect method, and save/load/delete sessions for repeated connections.
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The default Add/Remove Program that comes with the Windows OS does a pretty decent job of uninstalling a software. On Windows 7, you can see this under Control Panel -> “Programs and Features”. When you encounter a situation where you cannot uninstall a program from the default interface, you may want to try out one of the following Windows Uninstall software. Apart from just uninstalling the software, some of these freeware can also search for leftovers and delete them completely. Play around with these uninstallers and pick the one that suites your requirement.
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The inbuilt Task Manager of Windows does a decent job in displaying statistics about computer usage but if you want more functionality from it or automation then you have to look elsewhere. The segment that deals in maintaining system stats is called System Monitoring software and these apps are designed for automation, additional features and more. They can track hard drive usage, CPU and memory, keep tab on individual applications, alert users to excessive usage by any app and more.
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For an average user, bookmarking is simple using the default system of Chrome but for those who either have plenty of sites to bookmark or want something more powerful, it is only a matter of time before they end up feeling overwhelmed or underpowered by the default system. This is when add-ons to Chrome’s browser come handy in managing bookmarks and organizing them. An added advantage of having such a software is that it lets you recover data when changing systems, because of data loss or any other reason. Here are the top 5 Chrome Bookmark Manager add-ons.
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Although redundant real-time backup is the best defense against data loss, sometimes it becomes necessary to retrieve data when data loss sneaks up on you. Maybe in your haste you deleted something that really mattered to you, or maybe files got corrupted due to an unexpected system crash, these things happen and the right emergency data recovery utilities help in ensuring that you get your crucial data back before it is erased forever. These utilities can even recover items that you supposedly deleted permanently, even if it was a few weeks old as long as they are not overwritten on the actual disk.
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As the name suggests, it is just a tool that shutdowns the system, logs off the user, reboots the computer and does similarly related tasks depending on what the user configures the utility to do so. Obviously, the difference lies in the sequence of events such a tool can be setup for. This comes handy when you wish to time the shutdown or restart maybe because you wish to start a software automatically or want to shut the computer down after a download or update is complete. It is purely an automation tool.
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Copying files is an essential process for data storage. Although most operating systems come with in-built copy functions, command line (CLI) and graphical (GUI) interfaces and filing system copy and move functions, the use of third party software apps might provide you with the luxury of more functionality. Sometimes, third party software could completely replace the in-built copier, because of the extra features and added functions. The use of such software might enable one to perform tasks that the regular copier will not be able to handle, and also provides functions like pause, resume, copying selected file properties etc, making the process more efficient.
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Startup Managers (also known as Setup / Configuration tools) enable you to gain control, review and configure the services and programs that start with Windows, i.e., allow you to view and manage the programs that automatically run when the Windows operating system loads. Although it is possible to do this within Windows, the many software available online are definitely easier to use and provide the user with extra information and facilities, giving you more functionality to get your work done easily.
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