- Video: Change the Windows XP product key
- Unless you're working in a geographic region with a high rate of counterfeit software, it's unlikely the Windows XP machines you support will have invalid licenses. However, even in the best run IT shops, unauthorized software can find its way onto...
- Blog, 2008-05-12
- Sanity check: Has Eric Schmidt finally outmaneuvered Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer?
- When Eric Schmidt left his job as the chairman and CEO of Novell to become the top executive at Google in 2001 he privately told journalist John Battelle that one of the things he was looking forward to was no longer competing with Microsoft....
- Blog, 2008-05-12
- Friendlier source code with two Firefox add-ons
- While Internet Explorer is popular with users, Firefox is the best browser for Web developers. I continue to discover and take advantage of the myriad of add-ons available for Firefox. I recently discovered two tools -- View formatted source and...
- Blog, 2008-05-12
- Troubleshoot and resolve Windows Vista problems
- Tracking down the cause of problems with Windows Vista requires systematic troubleshooting, but at least you can take advantage of some new diagnostic tools. This sample chapter from Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed, 2nd Edition describes these...
- Book Chapter, 2008-05-09
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 provides updated WPA2 support
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was recentlyreleased as a critical update to Windows XP systems. This update is welcome in that there is still an investment in core updateswith the popular operating system compared to Windows Vista, but it will...
- Blog, 2008-05-11
- 10 things you should do near the end of a project
- Depending on the size of your organization, you may treat project management as a casual practice or you may have an involved PMO. In either case, you probably go through the typical inception, elaboration, and construction phases of a project. But...
- Blog, 2008-05-12
- How do I use the Windows Time Service?
- If you manage Windows 2000 and Active Directory, you should know that the Win2K Time Service is key to ensuring that the Kerberos security protocol and other Windows 2000 services work correctly. All machines in a Windows 2000 forest need to have...
- Blog, 2008-05-09
- Who made the worst PC software ever?
- A couple of weeks ago, I asked the question: Who made the worst PC ever? The results were loud and clear: Packard-Bell was the landslide winner as Worst PC Company Ever. That rather begs the question of: Who made the worst PC software ever? Now,...
- Blog, 2008-05-09
- Geek Trivia: Five for (Saturn) five
- Thirty-five years ago -- May 14, 1973 -- saw the end of an era: The last Saturn V rocket ever to fly was launched from Cape Kennedy. By almost every measure, the Saturn V was the most powerful rocket ever to fly. The Soviet N-1 was a bit wider, and...
- Blog, 2008-05-13
- HP buys EDS for $13.9 billion, takes on IBM in IT services
- This is a guest post from Larry Dignan. You can read the original article on Larry's blog Between the Lines on TechRepublic's sister site ZDNet. Hewlett-Packard made it official on Tuesday: The company is buying Electronic Data Systems for $25 a...
- Blog, 2008-05-13
- Aberdeen: Top 25 most influential IT vendors of 2008
- Research firm Aberdeen Group released its Annual State of the Market Report on Tuesday, including a new list of the 100 technology vendors that provide the most value to businesses. The report is based on five years of research, 2.5 million...
- Blog, 2008-05-13
- Batch Active Directory tasks with ease using dsmove
- When you have to do specific Windows administration tasks on a frequent basis, it makes your job easier if all relevant objects are in the same organizational unit (OU). The practice of a holding OU can make partial removal, mass changes, parallel...
- Blog, 2008-05-14
- Underground marketplace sells your personal data for a hefty profit
- Always been skeptical of those astronomically high monetary figures quoted by the media in cases of information theft or unintended disclosures? Same here. The discovery by McAfee security researcher Francois Paget of an underground marketplace...
- Blog, 2008-05-09
- Negative reinforcement: Charging for non-compliance
- WalMart has developed a reputation as quite the corporate bully for its poor labor and development practices. And if you're a retail competitor, you can't hope to compete with the mega chain's low prices (that some say were achieved through...
- Blog, 2008-05-09
- FBI investigation nets $3.5 million worth of fake network equipment
- The FBI has announced that an investigation into counterfeit network components made in China -- and sold to the U.S. government -- has recovered about 3,500 fake devices with a value of $3.5 million. The uncovered devices include pirated...
- Blog, 2008-05-12
- Installing Ubuntu 8.04 on Virtual PC: It takes a village
- I've played around with Linux a little on other's machines, but I've never installed it myself or really tried to use it on a day-to-day basis. So, ready to take the plunge, I decided to install it in a virtual environment so that I could easily...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- You never know what's lurking inside that case
- Our gallery, "Unlucky insect fries PC power supply and explodes self," shows how one unsuspecting tech found a burst bug during a routine PC repair. While scenes of insect slaughter aren't a regular discovery, a good tech should always be prepared...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- Deciphering the term "Fixed Mobile Convergence"
- There are all kinds of buzzwords that we have to deal with on a daily basis. Understanding what they really mean and what's behind them helps to make it easier to decide if a given technology is really good for the business or if the terms are just...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- Poll: When troubleshooting general system problems, which hardware component do you start with?
- When a system won't power on or exhibits intermittent problems, there a host of potential hardware culprits. If you haven't personally witnessed the problem, you can often narrow the list of usual suspects from the customer's description....
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 16 -- XP on OLPC, Intel-AMD duopoly could be over, software piracy declining
- Top 10 IT headlines End of Intel, AMD duopoly near? Via readies Isaiah chip (CNET) Windows XP comes to the OLPC (TechRepublic) Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand (ZDNet) Cisco departure latest sign of transformation (Network World) Aliph...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- TR Out Loud - May 16, 2008
- We knew the time would come -- Beth's last (official) Sweet Biscuits and ShhhIT list on the TR Out Loud podcast. *sniff* In addition, Sonja and Beth recap the week at TechRepublic, including the top five discussions and the top six members who have...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- Your career and the Imposter Syndrome
- In an article on BNET recently, Sean Silverthorne discussed a Harvard Business blog post by Gill Corkindale about a phenomenon she calls Imposter Syndrome. Briefly, this is something seen in managers on fast-track careers who have been promoted to...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- A computer bug for the rest of us
- If you are smart, you have up to date anti-virus and a firewall and probably some spam protection and maybe a spyware blocker on your computer. And you likely feel pretty safe with those tools and you probably keep them up to date and run...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- Windows XP comes to the OLPC
- After years of dispute and half-hearted discussions, the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) organization have come full circle and will be putting Microsoft's Windows operating system onto its XO laptop. Limited trials will begin next month, with a general...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- T-shirt of the week: Planet Lunch
- This week's tee is another obscure pop cultural reference courtesy of R. Stevens, creator of the comic strip Diesel Sweeties. On the surface, it appears to be a rather strangely symbolized expression of your love for astronomy. To the...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- How to get around Outlook 2007's printing bugs
- For better or worse, Outlook 2007 shipped with a lot of printing bugs. One of the more notable and annoying drops days and rows when printing multiple calendar months. To the rescue <cough> Microsoft released the Calendar Printing...
- Blog, 2008-05-16
- Reduce Telecommunications Cost with SIP Trunks
- Between T1 costs, a "billing charge" and local and long distance usage, Westminster College spends quite a bit of money on communications costs each month. The billing charge is a several-hundred-dollars charge that we incur for the privilege of...
- Blog, 2008-05-15
- Visual Studio 2008 simplifies JavaScript debugging
- One of the more cumbersome development tasks is debugging client-side JavaScript code. Tools such as Firebug are helpful, but in the case of Firebug, you're forced to use Firefox. Thankfully, Visual Studio 2008 provides a robust and...
- Blog, 2008-05-15
- Security Now: Podcasts for the security conscious
- Back in February, Jason Hiner, TechRepublic's executive editor did me a favor. He posted the article, "Sanity check: The 10 best technology podcasts." It may not seem like much to most people, but it had a huge impact on me. So many choices, I felt...
- Blog, 2008-05-15
- 10+ common questions about SQL Server data types
- SQL Server has a variety of data types, and as with anything, the more options you have, the more confusing a choice can be. Most misunderstandings arise from data type limitations rather than functionality. Here are the most common questions I...
- Blog, 2008-05-15
- Windows Server 2003 Migration Tool Kit
- This product sells with B061- Windows Server 2003 Migration Pack and can not be sold separately.
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- Windows XP vs. Mac OS X
- This presentation, entitled Standardizing on Windows XP Instead of MAC OS X, provides a pre-packaged option for defending Windows XP against MAC OS X. ...
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