Desktop Central provides a set of free Windows tools that Windows Administrators might require on a day-to-day basis
GPO Update Tool to update the GPO in remote computers of Windows domain.
Join/Unjoin Computer Tool to move computers between domains and workgroups
Software Inventory tool to retrieve the software details of the computers in Windows domian
Wake on LAN tool to boot remote computers.
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Desktop Central - Free Windows Tools 1.4
Desktop Central provides a set of free Windows tools that Windows
Administrators might require on a day-to-day basis. It has
a set of six tools, viz: Wake on LAN, GPO Update, Shutdown/Restart
Tool, Software Inventory Tool, Join/Unjoin Computer Tool, Remote Task Manager Tool, and Currently Logged On User.
This is very handy as it can be performed on multiple computers
simultaneously. These tools are made available from the Desktop
Central family and is provided as a separate download, which
is absolutely free to use.
Utility to boot computers in the network (LAN) from remote.
It allows the administrators to boot multiple computers simultaneously.
The Administrator has to just specify the IP Address, MAC Address
and the Subnet Mask of the computers to wake them up.
Utility to perform a GPO Update in the computers of a Windows
Domain. GPOs are used to send configuration instructions to
user and computer objects in the Windows Active Directory. By
default, the GPO updates happen periodically, every 90 minutes.
This utility helps the Administrators to perform a GPO Update
on-demand on multiple domain computers simultaneously.
Utility to shutdown or restart the computers of a Windows Domain.
The Administrator can specify a common credential to perform
this operation on multiple computers and can select the computers
by specifying the Domain Controller.
Utility to retrieve the details of the software installed in
the computers of a Windows Domain. The Software details include
Software Name, Version, Manufacturer and Usage statistics. The
software details can be exported as txt and csv formats.
Utility to move a computer from one domain to another or from
a domian to a workgroup or from a workgroup to a domain. It
also provides the ability to restart the computer after this
operation. The status of the operation is also displayed at
the bottom of the window.
Utility to view the processes running in a remote computer along with its details like, Process ID, Memory Usage, Session ID, Priority, etc. It also provides an option to select the parameters to view. Apart from just viewing the processes, the administrators can also terminate a process.
Utility to retrieve the details of the users logged on to a remote computer. The Administrator can specify a common credential to perform
this operation on multiple computers and can select the computers
by specifying the Domain Controller.
