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- 50 WAYS TO SAVE TIME AND $$$ WITH CLOCKMAN
-
- This is a short list of things you can do with ClockMan. We sometimes
- get the question - "ClockMan is great looking, but how can it help me?"
- The following are things that ClockMan do...
-
- FOR ANYBODY
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- 1) De-fragment hard disks on off hours safely.
- 2) Do nightly virus scans.
- 3) Automatic monthly download of virus signatures
- 4) Print monthly/weekly/daily schedules or "to-do" lists in PackRat or
- Commence.
- 5) Run a "chkdsk /f" command on a nightly basis.
- 6) Print checks in Quicken or your favorite DOS accounting/payroll
- program.
- 7) Play audible waveform files to alert when jobs are done.
- 8) Run diagnostic software like "Check-It!" on nightly basis.
- 9) Pop up box with diagnostic results every morning.
-
- FOR THE NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR
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- 10) Back up hard disks with your favorite Windows or command-line driven
- DOS software.
- 11) Copy select sensitive files to floppy drive or network backup drive.
- 12) Encrypt files during off hours with hDC's File Apps Encryption
- Application (a time consuming process).
- 13) Move files from remote machines on a network for security to a safe
- designated drive on the network.
- 14) Start specified applications at certain times (normal, minimized,
- maximized or hidden).
- 15) Close specified applications at certain times.
- 16) Determine whether an application is running and either start it if
- it's not or close it if it is running.
- 17) Start applications in sequence. When one finishes, the next one
- will start.
- 18) Find files on local or network hard drives for later retrieval.
- 19) Change file attributes at times when they need to be protected.
- 20) Delete files at certain times of the day.
- 21) Change entries in the WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI for end users.
- 22) Activate running Windows applications that always need to be run but
- may not be active.
- 23) Create and remove groups in Program Manager via DDE to accommodate
- casual Windows users that need certain configurations in order to be
- productive.
- 24) Change the "shell" Windows uses for certain days.
- 25) Establish network connections.
- 26) Disconnect network users. Useful when re-booting or performing other
- maintenance.
- 27) Remind users (in appropriate groups) to change password.
- 28) Have ClockMan check disk drives and only warn you when free space
- falls below a certain percentage.
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- FOR DTP PEOPLE
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- 29) Print complex PageMaker, Corel Draw! or Adobe Illustrator files off
- hours.
- 30) Print "Postscript" ASCII files.
- 31) Download fonts
- 32) Reset printers.
- 33) Invoke network command "Stop sharing printer" to allow
- uninterrupted high priority task.
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- FOR POWER USERS
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- 34) Dial up CompuServe, GEnie or America On-Line to retrieve mail off
- hours when traffic is lighter and throughput is at its peak
- efficiency.
- 35) Get stock quotes.
- 36) Update Excel spreadsheets with new stock data.
- 37) Send CheckFree transactions off hours.
- 38) Have Windows Cardfile send you a wake up call so that a "wake up
- service" isn't necessary.
- 39) Send faxes off hours when rates are low and faxes are less likely to
- be busy.
- 40) Send keystrokes to Windows and DOS applications just as if the user
- were there.
- 41) Check system resources and restart Windows if resources are below a
- predetermined acceptable level.
- 42) Have the PC Magazine utility WTIME call the NIST atomic clock during
- off hours automatically once a month.
- 43) Have ClockMan "bump" the system time up or down each day or each
- week to minimize long distance calls to the NIST to set the system
- clock.
- 44) Have ClockMan invoke the DOS program ROBOCOMM to receive .QWK
- packets and to send .REP packets to Fidonet and RelayNet.
- 45) If you need to have PC Tools or Norton Desktop "grep" your network's
- hard disks for a file containing a certain name or string, it could
- take hours. So if it's not immediately critical, then have ClockMan
- do it overnight.
-
- FOR THE PROGRAMMER
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- 46) Print long source code listings to a line printer.
- 47) Start daily Microsoft Test suites.
- 48) Run PVCS (version control) & output to report.
- 49) Use WIL to check file dates and do a conditional back-up and compile.
- 50) Keep programming team on time for project meetings.