About

Randy Tyler is a recognized pioneer and expert in Online Volunteer program development. Since 1998, his work has been noted by numerous news sources from The New York Times to CTV's Canada AM, and shared with non-profit organizations through provincial, national and international conference presentations and published articles. Randy provides training, workshops, presentations and consultation for non-profit organizations. He is a Gold Medallist graduate of both the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. For further information, please visit: http://www.RandyTyler.org

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Free Software Program Easily Organizes All Your Software, Serial Numbers in One Place

Non-Profits Can Save Precious Resources (and Frustration) by Creating a Software Database

Free Application Create a Software Database for a Single Computer

Due to a virus, an aging system or operating system upgrade, you will be faced with reformatting your hard drive and re-installing your applications. Thus, serial numbers and other essential registration information will be required to re-install your programs. Will you spend hours trying to find all the serials numbers for your programs? You can avoid this frustrating and inefficient experience by creating (and maintaining) a software database now. AllMySoftware is a free, basic software database creation application that will allow you to easily organize and access all your software titles and serial numbers. AllMySoftware offers the following features:

  • Auto Scan: Scans your registry for installed and un-installed software titles
  • Manually Add: You can add individual software titles that were not added via a registry scan (such as portable applications that do not create registry entries)
  • Uninstall: Ability to quickly uninstall a software application from within the application
  • Backup: Flexible backup reminder
  • Password-Protect: Ability to password protect your software database
  • Views: Lists all your software titles or provides an optional tree-like database structure view
  • Export: Can export your software database to an Excel formatted file
  • Web Site Link: Hyperlink to each developer's web site
  • E-mail: Single click to create an e-mail message to a particular developer's support team
  • Search: Easy to use search features

Operating System Requirements

Windows XP (according to the developer, AllMySoftware "... works with Windows Vista and Windows 7, but you need to set 'Run as administrator' option for the program shortcut's preferences."

How to Use AllMySoftware

  • Install AllMysoftware
  • Launch AllMySoftware.exe
  • Allow ALLMySoftware to scan your hard drive (your computer's registry) for installed applications
  • From the resulting list, choose which software titles to include in your software database
  • For any software record, complete the missing field information (as per your requirements)
  • Add new software records (by clicking on the blank page button) for any applications not listed in your database now (that is, any of your applications that did not create registry entries, such any "portable" applications you may have installed, will have to be added manually)
  • Ensure your backup your software database (to external media, such as a CD, USB thumb drive, hard drive or network drive)
  • Once your software database has been updated, you can easily view all your records (and completed fields) at once using the "Export to MS Excel" feature.

How to Obtain a Free Registration Key

Complete the short form at the URL below and your free registration key will be e-mailed to you (Bolidesoft has frozen development of ALLMySoftware and are thus offering free registration keys).

http://www.bolidesoft.com/allmysoftware.html

Free Application Creates Hardware and Software Inventory for Your Windows Network

If you want to create a software database to inventory your Windows Network (as opposed to creating a database for one computer, as AllMysoftware allows), the free version of Lansweeper (version 4) provides this functionality (hardware and software scanning + 200 build-in reports, licensing reports, scriptable actions, asset tag and WOL).

Client Requirements:
Windows 2000+ with Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8

Server Requirements:
Windows 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, 7 (Windows server recommended)
.net 2.0 or higher
SQL server 2000 or higher or SQLexpress (free)

Lansweeper (v4) Freeware Version Download Link:
http://www.lansweeper.com/files/setup.exe

Lansweeper PDF Documentation Download Link:
http://c1330262.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/documentation.pdf

Lansweeper Web Site URL:
http://www.lansweeper.com

For further information about how a non profit organization can develop a productive virtual volunteering program through the use of appropriate technology, please visit this Online Volunteering Resource.

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A Rich Definition of Online Volunteering by Randy Tyler

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At one level, virtual volunteering (also referred to as, for example, online volunteering, e-volunteering, Internet volunteering, cyber volunteering, inclusive volunteering, volunteering without barriers and borders) is volunteering via the Internet.

At a deeper level, virtual volunteering reflects a much larger and richer social phenomenon, as reflected in Randy Tyler's definition of online volunteering (which was conceived by MYS's Online Volunteer Program Developer, Randy Tyler).

Geoff Edwards, an MYS Vancouver-based online volunteer, brought life to Randy's definition in his voice narration and Toronto-based MYS Online Volunteer, Svitlana Chepurna, visually illustrated Randy's definition of Virtual Volunteering in the Flash-based Video.

See the link above to download Randy Tyler's rich definition of online volunteering.

For further information, please contact Randy Tyler www.mys.ca/volunter or directly at:

Pioneering Online Volunteer Program Developer, Presenter and Trainer or RandyTyler@gmail.com.

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Five Ways to Use Video Mail with Online Volunteers

Five Ways To Use Eyejot Video by Peter Drew  
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With an inexpensive Web camera, Video mail can now be easily created via free Web-based services. In his audio narration, MYS Connecticut-based online volunteer Peter Drew describes five ways a non-profit organization can effectively use video mail within their online volunteer program.

Download the mp3 audio file at the above link.

For further information, please contact RandyTyler@gmail.com or visit:

Online Volunteer Program Developer, Trainer and Presenter, Randy Tyler.

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How to Create a Non-Profit Video PSA Using Online Volunteers

The potential of the Internet to help non-profit organizations in one of the most challenging of tasks was demonstrated by MYS Online Volunteer Program Developer Randy Tyler. Online volunteers from Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Ontario; Clinton, New York and Portland, Oregon joined virtual hands to produce a 30 second, 75 year time capsule TV PSA about MYS.

MYS extends their thanks to online volunteers Kibben Miller, Richard Wagner, Gerard Doyle and Rebecca Webb for producing the video.

For further information, contact Randy Tyler www.mys.ca/volunter or visit pioneering online volunteer program developer Randy Tyler or e-mail RandyTyler@gmail.com

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