I use http://www.box.net as my online storrage and backup solution. The service is very easy to use and very well developed. You can upload files and share them with people you invite – all within your browser.

And best of all: The basic account is free and gives you 1GB of storrage space.

But what most people don’t know, box.net offers a WebDAV service. You can easily integrate the Service into your file explorer. This is easy on linux but bothered me for a few days on Windows Vista.

And guess what: Without a little patch it’s even impossible to use secured WebDav with your Windows Vista installation if you don’t have either Microsoft Office or IIS installed.

1. So first thing you have to do if you run Vista is get the patch at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=17C36612-632E-4C04-9382-987622ED1D64&displaylang=en  
   YOU DON’T NEED THAT PATCH IF YOU HAVE WINDOWS XP!
2. After installation open your file explorer right click “Computer”.
3. Select “Map Network Drive“
4. Enter https://www.box.net/dav
5. After that you’re asked for login and password
6. Done. You can select the folder in your explorer now.

As you see. Easy as usual on windows