I do this with a quick VB Script and it comes in handy. I throw it on my USB drive before I make light changes on machines for registry or driver updates. Simple to use: Copy and paste, save as whatever.vbs

@ChapinHalongelic: Searches mine just fine. Read the FAQ as well:

@Oneshot417: Sometimes you don't reference something for 2 years and then wonder where you put it based on your "old organizational skills". By that time, this will have likely located it for you.

Trust No EXE is also a great free program:

If you need an alternative A.N.D. Technologies makes a great free one that is stand-alone but can be installed as a service, and automatically captures printers to ports based on how you configure it.

Pretty nice to use with David Seah's Task Progress Tracker forms.

Even if it is making them in EXE format, it's still pretty nice. I'm sure there are a few people on lifehacker using Dropbox so it's not like it's that big a deal to just pop the EXE in there and send the link via email for some quick video action.

@PasBesoin: I use it every single day actually. Works wonders because my laptop loves to freeze loading stuff up (plug-ins and the like) when I launch Outlook 2007. Process Tamer throttles it back automatically for me so that I can actually do other things while it's loading in the background.

I actually can't stand having anything on my desktop as far as icons go. I just want a nice background (I usually pick up something from [www.vladstudio.com] I used to use docks but got tired of those.

@Norcross: Every good one I've run across requires a virtual driver install, so no, never seen a portable one. With Total Commander, I install the free driver that they offer with their Virtual Disk [free] add-on before shooting out an image (as an example) and then any machine I visit has "good enough" capabilities…

@askj113: Still have yet to meet a reliable portable one. Since most of them require a virtual driver install, they'll never be truly portable unless the driver is already installed. If you consider that to be portable, then there are already portable apps out there that do [pretty much] the same thing.

I've always been partial to Alcohol 120% for my needs. BUT, I will offer that from a convenience standpoint, I've been using Total Commander on my workstations for mounting all my ISO's and what-not with their Virtual CD add-on and it works fantastic and have yet to find a problem with the way it mounts or reads the…

For those of you talking about Sandboxie and VM's - not everyone uses either one of those apps in a foolproof, effective manner.

@jupiterthunder: Well here's my example on why I do that - regardless of opinion ;)

@Xanderificus: Are you able to successfully run multiple instances of it? I tried to in the past but had no success.

I'll second PStart for the other recommended piece of software. I simply don't like the app from [Portableapps.com] and don't use it. I just don't like it. Pstart is nice and simple and I can run multiple instances of it which works out fantastic for me.

@pdok: That's really a manual process you should do yourself. I understand the conveniences of not having to do it yourself, but with MSI installers you might want 1 to interact differently than another one.

@Nogard13: I would simply read my comments that I typed below what you've already commented on.

@Navin R Johnson: I must also add that the most secure network is *usually* an unusable one. Most admins who simply lock everything down without prior experience will render a network useless and cripple students from learning. I speak of those people who haven't worked in schools before and attempt to work for an…

@Navin R Johnson: Was there something directly referencing websites in my postings? I don't remember saying anything about blocking websites. My statements were in regards to blocking the RDP connections on workstations.