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I am still shocked when an organization tells me that they do not have a complete asset management solution.  Often the reason provided is cost and while OCS lacks “fancy pants” it is my product of choice for organizations trying to reduce software cost. 

OCS supports all the major Windows and Linux, including MacOS X, operating systems.  The OCS Inventory NG Server only works on server based OS, but the agent is compatible with workstation and server OS.  Windows agents can even be deployed thru GPO.

OCS is released under the GNU Public License.  Which means the product is 100% free to use.

You can see all of the information you need, and the download, here:

http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org

Websites like bankofamerica and pandora use Flash Application Data to remmeber the system. This is why even after you clear your cookies bankofamerica will no longer ask for a computer to be approved by you as a trusted private system. It is also the same way that Pandora knows that this system has exceeded the 40 hour useage limit in a month.

Most of the time application data is good to keep around and can be used by web developers for a multitude of purposes, but every so often a problem occurs that can easily be fixed by simply removing the application data. A good example was a clientless VPN that used flash instead of java application data. The flash application data was unable to access the resources properly because of the way the application data saved information prior to a updated and was incompatible with the updated version. Clearing the flash app data fixed the issue right away.

Using the following locations you can locate and delete any websites application data for flash. You can also use these folders to recreate user’s history, but that is a totally seperate topic. Simply find the website you are having trouble with and delete the folder that matches the website. You can also just delete the entire folder and it will auto-recreate. Do remember that when you delete this data you often times will delete the personal settings you had for the website.

WINDOWS XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects

AND

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys

VISTA:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects

AND

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys

Mac OS X:
Library > Preferences > Macromedia > Flash Player > #SharedObjects