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Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 sees the light of day
Windows Home Server was released in 2007 to much fanfare, but had a few significant limitations and quickly fell victim to a serious data corruption bug. This week, Microsoft released ...
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Operating Systems, Software, Backup, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Scott Lowe, Home Server
Reduce friction with client employees: Show them you understand your role
Your conduct at a client site can help you avoid resentment and fear among the employees. These tips will help you be more productive and get along with your temporary ...
Tags: Employee, Workforce Management, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Chris McManaman, Strategy, Problem
Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak: 'There are three types of CIOs'
In this CIO spotlight as part of the Tech Sanity Check podcast, hear Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak describe the three types of CIOs, elaborate on his IT department's top priorities ...
Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Jason Hiner, Management, Strategy, Podcasts, CIO, Internet
Track a user's Internet Explorer History with IEHistoryView
Wally Bahny shows you how to use IEHistoryView to quickly and systematically see a user's browsing history. by Wally Bahny
Tags: History, Properties Screen, File Name, Folder, IEHV, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Wally Bahny, Web Browsers, String, Internet
Destroying the planet one iPhone at a time
Your shiny new iPhone is killing the planet... and that new laptop too... and your server... along with every other piece of electronics you own. Here's a look at the ...
Tags: Vendor, Electronics, Consumer Electronics, Cellular Phones, Apple iPhone, 3G, Personal Technology, John Sheesley, Apple iPhone 3G, Chemicals
Video: When should you do a major hardware upgrade?
The decision of when to buy new hardware on a large scale is typically driven by changing needs in the organization. The challenge is knowing how and when those changes ...
Tags: Jason Hiner, Video, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware
Make the Move To Folder and Copy To Folder commands easily accessible
Greg Shultz shows you how to make the Windows Vista Copy To Folder and Move To Folder more easily accessible. by Greg Shultz
Tags: Operating Systems, Greg Shultz, Folder, Software, Dialog Box, Copy, Microsoft Windows, Move, Context Menu
Sixty percent of IT leaders have no plans to deploy Windows Vista
Sixty percent of IT administrators have no plans to deploy Vista despite service pack 1, which fixed the operating systems problems, according to a survey of 1,100 IT managers. by ...
Tags: Operating Systems, Leader, Kace, Survey, Operating System, Marketing Research, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Marketing, Microsoft Windows Vista
Helping users optimize their Internet connection speed
With users becoming more reliant on a speedy Internet connection, including file downloads and e-mail attachments, it might be worthwhile to test their connection speed and make upgrades accordingly. by ...
Tags: Joe Rosberg, Kbps, Networking, Internet Connection, Computer, Productivity, Semiconductors, Components, Speed, Hardware
Use a Fishbone Diagram to attack complex problems
One technique for analyzing complex problems that appear to have many interrelated causes is called a "cause and effect" diagram or a Fishbone Diagram. Here are examples of how this ...
Tags: Tom Mochal, Cause, Productivity, Technique, Problem, Attack
How do I create a translucent text box in Scribus?
Jack Wallen walks you through the steps for placing a shadow box between an image and text in the open source tool Scribus. by Jack Wallen
Tags: Box, Jack Wallen, Image, Layer, Shadow Box, Text
SolutionBase: Does the Cisco Self-Defending Network really work?
David Davis explains why the Cisco Self-Defending Network might be the right choice for your company. by David Davis
Tags: Network Admission Control, David Davis, Figure B, Networking, Network, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., CSDN
Everything I need to know about my boss I learned from Star Trek
According to io9, there a seven basic types of bosses you'll eventually work for, and only a thorough knowledge of Star Trek can help you survive the experience. by Jay ...
Tags: Star Trek, Boss, Septet, Jay Garmon
Reports indicate IT staff jobs will drop in 2009
For the last few months, reports have indicated that IT seems to be exempt from the dismal budget. But new reports are painting a different picture. by Toni Bowers
Tags: Management, Outsourcing, Help Desk, Job, It Operations, Strategy, Information Technology, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Report
End users more vulnerable to spear phishing scams
It may surprise you to find out how vulnerable end users are to phishing attacks. Now a new application may let you constructively realign end user behavior to protect your ...
Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Toni Bowers
The security control nobody used...
Not every security control is successful, particularly those not transparent to business users. This is the story of a failed attempt to encrypt email and the lessons learned. by Tom ...
Tags: E-mail, Security Control, Management, Tom Olzak, Message, Security, Team, Online Communications, Team Management
Backups aren't expensive, but they are necessary
Data is money. There's no getting around it. Regardless of what your business provides, data is critical. Back it up, every day or risk losing money. by Susan Harkins
Tags: Susan Harkins, Backups
Extract troubleshooting info from Windows XP BSOD error messages
Windows expert Greg Shultz explains how to interpret the key information in common Windows XP BSOD error messages. by Greg Shultz
Tags: BSOD, Operating Systems, Greg Shultz, Software, Microsoft Windows XP, Error, Stop, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Memory
Quickly move extra text onto its own slide in PowerPoint
Crowded slides are guaranteed to send your audience scrambling for the exits. Luckily, PowerPoint makes it easy to scoot excess text onto a new slide. by Susan Harkins
Tags: Susan Harkins, Toolbar, Office Suites, Software, Slide, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint
How do I... Use BootVis to improve XP boot performance?
BootVis.exe is a free Microsoft utility that can help users boot their machines and access the operating system more quickly. Jim McIntyre shows you how it works. by Jim McIntyre
Tags: Driver, Operating Systems, Figure G BootVis, Jim McIntyre, Figure C Here, File, Disk, Defragmentation, Performance, Software
high cpu utilization of rtvscan.exe
We have several windows 2000 servers and bunch of windows xp clients. All the servers have norton corporate edition and xp machines have managed norton clients.Everything worked fine until installing ...
Tags: server, Symantec Corp., windows, CPU, xiea, update rollup, rollup, Hi This
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 ...
Tags: ebecca@..., microsoft officer 2003, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2003, software, Microsoft Office, synchronization, computer, outlook 2003, synchronizing
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 ...
Tags: Management, Plan, Strategy, Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc.
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 ...
Tags: Free Trade, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Negotiation, Finance
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
Tags: off topic, bloopers, geekend, computer, technically clueless, end-user support, hardware
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 ...
Tags: pe builder, bootable usb, usb flash drive, microsoft windows xp, bios, bootable device, it dojo
Ad-Aware 2008 (exe)
With the ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-Aware 2008 can clean your system easily, allowing you ...
Tags: Data Mining, Rootkits, Ad-aware, Software, Lavasoft, Security, Data Management, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Enterprise Software
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 ...
Tags: Management, Microsoft Excel, TechRepublic Inc., Project Management, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office, It Operations, It service Management, Strategy
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 ...
Tags: Registry, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, O'Reilly Media Inc.
HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Product Demo
Before now, midsize customers settled for either an expensive and complex storage array or a low cost storage solution that lacked functionality. Now experience virtual storage with enterprise class functionality ...
Tags: Utility Computing, HP StorageWorks, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Hardware
Six Web Hacker Tricks & The Three Pillars of Web Protection
A brand new infected Web page is discovered every 14 seconds. The Web has become the key vector for online attacks - yet the vast majority of businesses are unprotected ...
Tags: Channel Management, Cyberthreats, Web, Sophos Plc., Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Malware
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 30 Day Trial
If you're looking to take your customer relationship management to the next level, Microsoft invites you to try Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for 30 days -- free! Microsoft Dynamics CRM ...
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, CRM, Microsoft Dynamics Live, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Software, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Corp., Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software
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 ...
Tags: USB flash drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Brien M. Posey MCSE
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10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer
For many years, the Internet was largely unregulated, partly because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws when communications crossed not just state lines but also national ...
Tags: Law, Deb Shinder, Computer, Productivity, Internet
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 ...
Tags: Compliance, Computhink, Document Management, Management, Content Management, Software, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Team Management, Finance
10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer
For many years, the Internet was the "final frontier," operating largely unregulated -- in part because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws when communications crossed not ...
Tags: Networking, Network, Law, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, Computer, Productivity, Wireless, Internet
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 ...
Tags: firewall, permission, exe, windows, networking, mdb, software, windows xp sp 2, security, Microsoft Windows
Solaris 10 in 10 Days
Engineering DataXpress is a global leader in data interoperability solutions linking commercial electronic design automation EDA environments. Intrigued by the Solaris 10 Operating System OS, the company qualified its UNIX ...
Tags: Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, Components, Hardware, UNIX, Servers, AMD Opteron, Sun Microsystems Inc., Software
Telecommunications Fundamentals
View Available Dates and LocationsToday's telecommunications networks transport voice, data, and image traffic over a multitude of legacy and emerging technologies. This comprehensive course provides you with information on the ...
Tags: Ethernet, Telephony, Telecommunications, Technology, Frame Relay, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Network, VOIP, Network Technology

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