GoodSync

GoodSync (www.goodsync.com) is a great free little program that allows you to keep specific folders of computers on your network synchronized. I'd been looking for a program that would keep the 'My Pictures' folder up to date on our two home computers. That way when pictures are added on either computer, the other computer will have the same pictures automatically. I tried a few different programs but this was by far the best one. It is free, but you are pretty limited in the amount of data you synchronize. After only a few weeks of use, I was over the limit and needed to upgrade to the Pro version ($20), but totally worth it. I've also found it a very good way to back up files on your computer in case the hard drive ever dies. I just tell it to back up my 'Documents and Settings' folder anytime the computer is idle for more than 2 hours. Saves everything I need to a separate hard drive. This seems to work better than the NERO Back It Up program I've been using for a long time (version 6). NERO tends to hang for some reason, then you don't have an updated backup.

The nice thing about Goodsync versus NERO is that the files in Goodsync are always available. Basically you are making an identical copy of your folders to another location. With NERO, you need to use NERO to restore the files.