2015/01/05
This tool is so awesome, I run the risk of sounding like an infomercial. In other words, it sounds too good to be true, but it really is that great!
- How much time do you spend installing applications on computers every year?
- How much time do you spend keeping them up to date?
- Sure we have images for the office, but what about all of the friend and family machines you are responsible for?
What if I told you there is a free tool where you simply go to a site, check off the applications you want and the site creates an installer for you WITHOUT ALL THE TOOLBARS AND OTHER JUNK? There are 90 applications in 13 different categories. It even includes some IT tools and things like Chrome, Steam, 7-Zip, OpenOffice, CutePDF, Python, FileZilla, Malwarebytes, Google Drive and OneDrive. No more having to remember that one app that you always forget. It's probably already got it!
Ninite will:
- Not bother you with any choices or options
- Install apps in their default location, even on 64-bit machines
- Skip reboot requests from installers
- Download apps from each publisher's official site
- Verify digital signature or hashes before running anything
- Update your apps to the latest versions, if you run it again
- SAVE YOU A LOT OF TIME!
Want it to keep things up to date automatically, so you don't have to answer Aunt Agnes' calls every few weeks? Give them $9.99/year for the Updater license. Run a small network without desktop images? Then sign up for Pro for just $20/month for 100 machines. It has even more features!
See?!?! I told you. This is a magical tool for IT people everywhere! Go to ninite.com and find out all about it.
Submitted by - Michelle Spencer, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
(Special thanks to my coworker Chris Bannon for sharing this)