Dan Lewis
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I have just started using this the past couple of weeks and i would recommend it to any ICT professional.
Run antivirus/root kit. email, ftp and every thing like that off a usb pen drive. Its great and dont install anything the hdd of the computer all done off the USB.
May also be a help with people who have issues at work with filters as you can run a propgram through it which by passess most security.
any one else use it?
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16vOllie
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Registered: 5th Jun 05
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yea i do... its fantastic... i use firefox with and addon called switch proxy and also adon called fireftp... (work in a school which has ie everywhere and i hate it! lol) also use some other stuff on there open office is good!
http://www.portableapps.com
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Doug
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Looks amazing!
Any other apps you can get to run off a US?B stick?
Also what size USB stick will I need for the standard instalation? 128mb?
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Doug
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Just found it, 260mb
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16vOllie
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i have a 1gb stick and also use portable apps on a 20gb 2.5" hdd...
there is a tool called astriskey which is just and exe. uncovers passwords hidden by stars or dots...very usefull
http://www.lostpassword.com/asterisk.htm
there is also an open source screen capture program... if you search "open source screen capture" in google you'll find it. its very good.
sumatra portable (pdf opening app veryvery handy (its on the portableapps site))
and a program i found years ago called space monger... there is an article on my blog about it Space monger - Visualise your hard drive
if you download it can you leave me a comment saying you have sucessfully.
cheers
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Doug
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Can you install astrikey to portable apps?
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jamestech
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Be careful with these, they put alot of pressure on the flash drive because of the increased use... flash drives don't last forever so keep everything backed up!
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16vOllie
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yes you can. just copy in to applications directory
i have vnc in there to...
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Doug
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I just acquired the whole 'lostpassword.com' app thing from the special shop, its ace!
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16vOllie
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Doug
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When your installing it can you choose what parts you want to install?
Beacuse I only have a 128mb or a 256mg memory stick and neith is big enough for the full install of all the apps
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Doug
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nope dosnt look like it, I will have to get myself a cheap 1gb one I think
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16vOllie
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yes you can. you download just the portableapps aplication then download the seperate apps.
its called the lite edition http://portableapps.com/suite
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Doug
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Mint got it all working now 
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16vOllie
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did you have a look at that space monger (its on my blog)
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Doug
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I did have a look yeah, but its not something that I really need.
Looks good though
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16vOllie
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i use it to look through students user areas to make sure they are not filling them up with crap. so as a techi i guess it is usefull...but not if your not.. (have used it at home when i lost a video of ermm.... something  
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Doug
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What are the most handy apps to have then? Im a free lance techi so I sometimes go to peoples houses to fix computers etc, are there any other sites with apps apart from the main site?
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Dan Lewis
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http://www.portablefreeware.com is a good site, ive also managed to get photoshop on it too
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