Loving this Live Mesh

Have just been using Live Mesh to connect to one of my computers at college and it works a treat :-)

Live Mesh is great for technicians and teachers responsible for looking after school machines. No need to dash across town when something goes wrong with a 'critical' machine. Simply access it from home. Love it!!!

Also, you don't have to worry about disturbing a class, during normal timetabled hours, in order to access a troublesome computer.  Simply connect with Live Mesh from another room.

Live Mesh ensures that the screen on the remote computer is blacked out and the machine effectively disabled so that no one can see what you are doing on the machine.

Not only can you access the remote machine's files but you can run any of the programs on that computer, even if they are not installed on your local computer. It is as if you are sitting right in front of the machine itself!

You can also sync and share folders with Live Mesh. Even connect your web-enabled mobile phone and upload photos directly to your 'mesh' folders. 5GB of online storage is allocated for the Live Desktop area.

All you need to start your 'mesh' is a Windows Live ID. Then, simply sign in, download and install the Live Mesh software on each of the computers that you want connected. Finally, add each device to your 'mesh' and you are ready for action.

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Easy Backup and Synchronize Tool

Microsoft's SyncToy is a very useful utility. Use SyncToy to make regular backups of your important data or to synchronise your data held on different devices (computer, external hard drive, usb key etc).

With SyncToy available, there is no excuse for not keeping an up to date backup of all your important files and folders.

It really is straight forward to use:
* simply select the original folder (left folder) and the destination folder (right folder)
* choose one of the 3 methods of synchronising (synchronise, echo or contribute)
* set the synchronise options
* hit the run button

NB: Synchronise copies the new and updated files saved in either folder to the other. Echo is similar except the new and updated files are copied in one direction only (left to right). Contribute is the same as Echo except that file deletions are not replicated.

Feeling happy that I have just completed a full backup of all my work files - 41GB worth :-)

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