- New hotfix for Access 2007
- Download this new hotfix if you're using Access 2007. by Susan Harkins
- 10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009
- Jack Wallen believes that the new year holds a great deal of promise for the Linux OS and open source software -- from an explosion in the mobile arena to large-enterprise scalability to widespread adoption of OpenOffice 3. See if you agree with his outlook. by Jack Wallen
- Classic Tip: Control how programs start in batch files
- When using batch files, you sometimes may want a program to start minimized or full screen. This classic tip from 2000 shows how you used to do it in Windows 9x and how little things have changed. by John Sheesley
- Bad economy stirs interest in incentive compensation, but does it work?
- When the economy starts to tank, interest in variable pay incentive compensation tends to surge, according to one expert. But the question remains: Do such compensation plans work? by Toni Bowers
- Video: Why bullets are better than laser cannons
- Look, we all know that there's very little science behind our favorite movie and TV sci-fi space battles but, as this video explains, one of the great sins may be the use of laser weapons instead of good, old-fashioned projectile cannons. by Jay Garmon
- Use DropMyRights to protect systems from admin users
- Providing only the local system access necessary for business users to perform their jobs should be the ultimate goal. But until that time, we can drop their rights when appropriate. by Tom Olzak
- Display multiple months in Outlook 2007's To-Do Bar
- Don't let Outlook 2007's default settings hamstring you. If you want to view more than the current month on the To-Do Bar, change the settings. by Susan Harkins
- Video: Understand five things that suck about working in IT
- Working in IT can be one of the world's most challenging jobs. IT leaders need to understand the problems of the profession so that they can take steps to keep morale and retention as high as possible. This episode of Sanity Savers identifies the problems and offers some suggestions to...
- Five strategies for 2009 IT gold
- Michael Krigsman offers strategies that will help your IT projects be successful this year. The five points cover relationships between IT and its environment, as well as address culture and process. by Michael Krigsman
- The smallest threat to open source in 2009
- How much of a problem is security updating for open source software going to be in 2009? by Chad Perrin
- TechRepublic will spotlight the best business gear from CES 2009
- This week Bill Detwiler and I descend on Las Vegas for CES 2009 in search of the best new tech products that offer real benefits to businesses, IT departments, and workers. by Jason Hiner
- The top 10 Calvin Sun downloads of 2008
- Whether you want to improve your relationship with co-workers, fine-tune your communications skills, or take your career to the next level, Calvin Sun's practical suggestions can help you hit your goals. Here are the topics you liked the most in 2008. by Calvin Sun
- Wake a hibernating Windows XP machine based on your schedule
- Put your computer on a schedule. Greg Shultz describes how to wake a PC in hibernation mode using the Scheduled Task Wizard feature of Microsoft Windows XP. by Greg Shultz
- Anatomy of a layoff
- When you've been laid off, there is a tendency to hold it against the person who had to deliver the news. Here's the layoff experience from the perspective of the line manager. by Toni Bowers
- What to do when you have to lay off staff
- Layoffs are all over the news. Anyone who has ever experienced a layoff know all too well the pain involved. This column,however, is about the flip side of the layoff situation - having to be the one who has to decide who to layoff and then performing the unseemly deed....
- Troubleshoot driver problems in Vista with the Driver Verifier Manager
- Uncertified drivers are a big source of problems in Microsoft Windows Vista. However, Vista comes with a great utility called the Driver Verifier Manager. Greg Shultz shows you how to use the Driver Verifier Manager to troubleshoot driver problems in Vista. by Greg Shultz
- Help Desk Implementation Diary: Week 1
- Jay Rollins takes you step by step as he spearheads the implementation of his company's new help desk system. In this part, he talks about choosing the best software. by Jay Rollins
- Geek Trivia: Master of your (top-level) domain
- What is the only letter of the alphabet that is not used to begin a top-level domain -- a telling omission that will likely fall to the wayside for good or ill once ICANN allows open top-level domain creation in June of 2009? by Jay Garmon
- Geek Trivia: The quibble of the week for Jan. 6, 2009
- This week's quibble comes from the Dec. 16, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Works of speculative friction." TechRepublic member WeirdBeard took issue with The Trivia Geek's accounting of the entries in the Terminator franchise. by Jay Garmon
- Configure the screen saver timeout in Windows Server 2008 Core Edition
- Managing the display settings in Windows Server 2008's Core Edition is a little less intuitive than its full install counterparts. This tip shows how to configure the screen saver timeout in the registry. by Rick Vanover
- Hotmail Login
- I have a user who is running WinXP and frequently uses Hotmail as a backup when her office email goes down. After loading Ad-Aware SE she can no longer login to her Hotmail account from this system. After creating a new Hotmail account for a different user, we...
- Windows cannot access specified device, path or file...
- I have a problem that has developed on my user account. When I try to open any EXE file or MDB file on a network drive I get the following message.Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.I...
- The IT Strategic Plan Step-By-Step
- It's April and you are four months into your organization's fiscal year. You know that within six months you'll need to have your operating plan for the upcoming year in fairly solid shape. You also know that creating an operating plan without a longer-range strategic view is like driving a...
- IP Telephony from A to Z: The Complete IP Telephony eBook
- This information-packed eBook is a must-read if you're considering a move to an all-IP network. The document outlines the benefits of convergence and explains what you need to consider when you're ready to evaluate IP telephony vendors. It even offers a handy implementation calendar that you can use to chart...
- How Business Networks are Evolving Today
- View this short SAP Executive View video as Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director at TCG Advisors and leading professor in the field of Business Networks, presents how SOA and business process platforms create the common ground for coordination and collaboration beyond business boundaries.
- Computer bloopers and blunders from the technically clueless
- Work retail PC repair and you'll see some pretty wacky end-user "fixes". See what happens when the technically clueless clash with their computers. by Bill Detwiler
- IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP
- Booting Windows XP from a USB Flash drive gives you great IT support tool. For example, you can make a troubleshooting toolkit for booting and analyzing seemingly dead PCs. Or you could always have your favorite support applications at your fingertips.In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler, TechRepublic's Head Technology...
- Mercury LoadRunner Tips for Configuration, Scripting, and Execution
- This white paper provides tips and tricks for Mercury LoadRunner configuration, scripting, and execution. This guide is intended to help testers just learning to use LoadRunner, as well as to provide new best practices for those who have used LoadRunner for many years.
- Download this project plan template
- If you've taken on a small to midsize project that doesn't warrant a full-scale plan in Microsoft Project, download this Excel spreadsheet template sent in by a TechRepublic member for quick and easy project management.
- Use these four Registry tweaks to accelerate Windows XP
- Plenty of third-party programs claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, most of them simply make Registry edits. Here are four manual tweaks that experienced IT professionals can make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0596009186 Published: February 2005 Author: Preston Gralla Chapter:...
- 10+ essential (and free) Windows applications
- When George Ou builds a new Windows computer, he installs a dozen of his favorite free apps. Not only do they fill essential functions, they're all well-behaved installers and uninstallers: no crashing the computer or gunking it up. See how to make the most of your computer without spending a...
- TCP/IP Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting is a necessary part of supporting any network installation. Determining and repairing problems can consume a lot of time, especially if you don't know what to do or how to do it correctly and quickly. This On Demand Web Seminar explains how you might consider troubleshooting different problems that...
- Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive
- Almost everyone who has worked with computers for any lengthof time at all has run into at least one situation in which a problem left a PCunbootable. What if you could return the machine to a bootable state just byinserting a USB flash drive though? Believe it or not, it...
- Sanity check: Five reasons why Windows Vista failed
- With Windows Vista's public perception in shambles and most IT departments stubbornly refusing to adopt it, has the time come for an early post-mortem on Vista? Here are the top five reasons why Vista has failed. Hint: Most of them aren't technical. by Jason Hiner
- Get answers to your most pressing technology questions with BizWise TV
- How fast should your network be? What's a router versus a switch? What's an IP Phone? Get the real answers to burning tech questions with the Cisco Tech Tutor. Quick, useful and easy to understand tips for improving your business with technology. Cisco BizWiseTV is on. Tune in now! ...
- Five things we have learned from Bill Gates
- Whether or not you're a fan of Bill Gates, it's impossible to deny the role he has played in spreading computer technology across the planet during the past three decades. His retirement as a full-time Microsoft employee in June 2008 marked the end of an era -- and it's one...
- Video: Speed up Windows XP with these Performance Options tweaks
- Troubleshooting slow Windows XP machines is a common task, and many culprits are obvious--insufficient RAM and running unneeded applications at startup. If you rule those out, adjusting XP's Performance Options may help. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers several tweaks to speed up Windows XP. by Bill Detwiler
- How to stop Office/Outlook 2003 from synchronizing
- This seems to be a common and frustrating problem, and I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere. My computer periodically tells me that Microsoft Office 2003 is synchronizing folders. While it's doing that - and it takes awhile - not much else ca
- Go Green with Ease: Five Steps for Small Businesses
- Smart information technology IT strategies can reduce the environmental impact of conducting business, and help small and medium-sized businesses SMBs reduce expenses. With employee awareness and participation, even the busiest SMB can adopt simple "green" strategies that require little to no additional equipment or labor expenditures. View this page...
- System Explorer 1.5 (Windows)
- This full-featured system analyzing tool lets you take a sneak peek at everything that's going on in your system, from currently active processes to installed drivers, including also network collections, startup applications and Internet Explorer add-ons, if you have any. You can end any active process or delete items from...
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