- Acting like a winner will ensure you are
- Company leaders often hire and promote people with whom they feel the most comfortable . Anyone wanting to get ahead should recognize this and act accordingly. In this blog, John M McKee provides several ideas about how to behave when you get a bigger role. by John McKee
- Create a complex type using XML schema inheritance
- Using inheritance, it is possible to create a complex type and then create an element that extends it by adding elements or attributes. Edmond Woychowsky shows how he fudged inheritance using XSLT. by Edmond Woychowsky
- Is there a better way to be handed a pink slip?
- It's never a good thing to be let go from a job. But, believe it or not, some ways are better than others. by Deb Perelman
- The many voices of Locrian_Lyric
- TR member Locrian_Lyric has agreed to entertain everyone with his own weekly TR Out Loud segment. In this first installment, he captures the voices of two cartoon characters. by Sonja Thompson
- Thanksgiving hacked: How to cook with high voltage
- Are you like most mad scientists, wondering how to put that fantastically decorative Jacob's Ladder to more practical use? Or, are you a typically underfed IT pro with access to excess copper wire and soldering guns, but nary a hot plate in sight? Then you, sirs and madams, are really...
- BlackBerry Storm has the stuff to leapfrog the iPhone in the enterprise
- The first touch screen BlackBerry has finally arrived and the iPhone is clearly in its crosshairs. Learn the pros and cons of the new BlackBerry Storm and see how well it stacks up against the iPhone as a business device. by Jason Hiner
- Poll: Would you choose the iPhone or the Storm as your primary smartphone?
- Apple is trying to bring the iPhone to the enterprise, while RIM is trying to produce an iPhone-like device to run on its enterprise-ready smartphone platform. If you had the choice between these two touchscreen devices, which would you pick? Take our poll. by Jason Hiner
- Video: See why Verizon's new BlackBerry is stirring up a Storm
- The BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most widely anticipated IT products of 2008. In this special episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives, get a look at the hits and misses of the Storm and see how well it stacks up against the iPhone as a business device....
- Customer service isn't just one thing, it's the only thing
- When considering the purchase of a piece of equipment or a service from someone, the quality and price of the product is a big consideration, but it's not the only one. The biggest consideration, at least in my opinion, is the level of the customer service behind the product -...
- Should programmers know more than just programming?
- It has become less common for programmers to know business and technical skills on top of their programming skills. Do you think programmers should know more than just how to code? Take this quick poll. by Justin James
- HomePlug revival continues with new Netgear Powerline gear
- Netgear has released the new Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter Kit (HDXB111) and Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit (XAVB101). by Selena Frye
- Take back control of Vista's default programs and the Open With list
- In Microsoft Windows Vista, you can regain control over your default applications, especially when it comes to the Open With menu. Greg Shultz shows you how to clear out the unwanted applications from Vista's Open With menu list. by Greg Shultz
- HP launches multi-touch laptop for the masses
- Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched its first multi-touch notebook for consumers. The TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC was modeled after HP's desktop PC of the same name. The move ups the ante in the notebook race, assuming you think multi-touch is important. by Larry Dignan
- Copy desktop themes to other Windows XP computers
- Familiar desktop themes are can be a great comfort to Microsoft Windows XP users. You can copy a unique or particularly creative desktop theme to another computer just by copying the right files. Greg Shultz shows you how easy it is to make the move. by Greg Shultz
- Poll: Upgrading to Office 2007?
- Office 2007 has been around for a while now, but organizations appear slow to upgrade. Have you or your organization made the switch? Take our poll and let us know. by Susan Harkins
- Be a closer!
- Having an employee who can complete a task and tie up loose ends is a godsend to bosses. Are you that type of person? by Toni Bowers
- Prioritize projects to align with strategic plan
- Every project should support your company's strategic plan. Here's how project management relates to the strategic planning process. Also, get tips on how to make sure planning and projects work together. by George Sifri
- You don't have to wait to deploy DNSSEC
- A look at DNS security with a high-level examination of DNSSEC, why DNSSEC is still not globally deployed, and some things you can do to improve DNS transaction integrity until it is. by Tom Olzak
- Save a million keystrokes by turning Access text boxes into combo boxes
- If you repeatedly type the same text in the same field, you're working too hard. See how to set up a combo box that will speed data entry and spare you a TON of tedious typing. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Create blank lines in a printed Word form the easy way
- Creating printed forms can be a hassle if you can't get those blank lines to cooperate. Learn one of the easiest and most versatile ways to set up your form: using underlined tabs. by Mary Ann Richardson
- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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...
- 10 Firefox extensions you can't live without
- Whether you want to speed access to the Web sites you regularly visit, keep better tabs on your tabs, or protect your system from potentially dangerous active content, there's a Firefox extension ready to help you out. Jack Wallen shares his list of favorite time-saving, browser-enhancing add-ons.This download is also...
- 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:...
- Explore the benefits of the IBM BladeCenter S from the inside out
- The perfect mix of performance and energy savings, the IBM BladeCenter S is ideal for the small to mid-sized office and the remote office. It neatly consolidates your storage, servers and networking into a single chassis that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, supports virtually all applications, and uses less...
- Cracking Open the $8000 Alienware Area 51 ALX
- The Area 51 ALX systems from Alienware are their cream of the crop, flagship, desktop computers. Our review unit came with three nVidia GeForce 280 GTX video cards, each carrying 1GB of dedicated GPU RAM. We had to crack open the case to see what a case full of video...
- 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...
- System Explorer (exe)
- 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...
- Cracking open the iPhone, video 1 ? Getting started
- After waiting in line, spending $600, signing a two-year AT&T contract, and activating the iPhone, we decided that the next sensible action was to take the thing apart -- in classic TechRepublic Cracking Open style. In addition to our extensive photo gallery, we filmed three video clips in which TechRepublic?s...
- 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
- The Case for Document Management
- Are you asking how to avoid court-imposed sanctions? Are you wondering how to keep the escalating costs of electronic and paper discovery to a minimum? Whether the objective is to handle litigation, deliver new contracts, or projects, companies today need solutions that promote teamwork. However, common bottlenecks...
- New Deployment Methods For Desktops
- The benefits of storage consolidation and centralized management are well known - they include lower costs, better information protection, and improved IT efficiency. Server consolidation using virtualization software is aimed at generating these same results. A recent trend in many large IT organizations goes beyond server virtualization...
- How To Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation
- In order to be successful, you must master the persuasion process, which will enable you to deliberately create the attitude change and subsequent actions necessary for persuading others to your way of thinking. In other words, you have to be able to "sell" your ideas in order to make changes...
- 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...
- 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...
- Adjust these performance options to speed up Windows XP
- Scott Lowe explains how several time-tested adjustments can greatly increase the performance of Microsoft Windows XP. by Scott Lowe
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