- When to consider a project management information system
- A project management information system PMIS can provide a framework to help guide the progress of IT projects. Here's how one company decided that a PMIS was needed to help increase project success rates. by George Sifri
- Test your knowledge of Windows XP performance again
- How much do you really know about Windows XP performance? Test your knowledge in this TechRepublic Quiz and then compare your score with your peers. by Mark Kaelin
- Need job security? Be a database administrator
- Experts predict that the DBA will be one of the fastest growing occupations in America. How do you get on the DBA path? by Toni Bowers
- Listen to music with open source Banshee
- Vincent Danen reviews the Banshee media player for Linux, which has the capability of playing shared iTunes music, and it can be used to create "smart" playlists. by Vincent Danen
- Monitor Internet bandwidth with BitMeter and SurplusMeter
- With ISPs, such as Comcast and Time Warner, metering or limiting bandwidth, your users, particularly telecommuters, may soon need a way to monitor their Internet usage. In a CNET TV's Insider Secrets, Brian Tong discussed two free bandwidth monitors--BitMeter for Windows and SurplusMeter for OS X. by Bill Detwiler
- Make your text stand out by adding a halo with this VB.NET code
- When text on an image is hard to read, you can make it more prominent by adding a halo around it -- and you don't need a sophisticated graphics package to do it. Here's a VB.NET solution to handle the task. by Justin James
- Geek Trivia: (Air) Forcing the issue
- What incident 55 years ago demonstrated the need for a dedicated air traffic control call sign for the aircraft carrying the President of the United States as Air Force One? by Jay Garmon
- Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for Oct. 7, 2008
- This week's quibble, TechRepublic member donald.yost calls out The Trivia Geek for failing to properly distinguish between the different types of credited writers for Monty Python's Flying Circus. by Jay Garmon
- Configure Windows Server 2008 quickly with command line shortcuts
- Windows Server 2008's interface is quite a change from the familiar interfaces of Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server. Find out how you can get the most important configurations via a command line. by Rick Vanover
- Aligning an IT consultant's abilities to the potential client base
- How do you align your abilities to meet the client needs that are available to you? Chip Camden proposes two approaches. by Chip Camden
- Fixing computers or fixing people?
- Jeff Dray has been a support specialist for twenty years and has found that even when technical knowledge fails, possessing the right soft skills can help you become a successful help desk analyst. by Jeff Dray
- Talking about Hyper-V with Microsoft's Rene Alamo
- Read what Rene Alamo, a Microsoft Partner Technology Specialist, has to say about Hyper-V in terms of its popularity, how people are using it, application support, cost, and more. by Justin James
- Preparing to deploy the new BlackBerry Bold
- Paul Mah has been using the BlackBerry Bold for almost a week and has some thoughts about deploying this latest smartphone by RIM in the enterprise. by Paul Mah
- Fight spam and bots in Web applications with CAPTCHAs
- CAPTCHA is used to discern humans from computers to make sure someone and not automated software or a bot is really using the Web application. Here are implementations for use within your applications. by Tony Patton
- How do I... use templates to simplify network monitoring with Packet Analyzer?
- One of the notable features available in Packet Analyzer is the ability to create templates. This is a boon to busy network administrators who need to be able to change out filters on the fly and quickly. Jack Wallen shows how to create and use templates in Packet Analyzer. by...
- A "no hassle" Linux install for VMware Workstation 6.5
- Do you want to install VMware on Linux? You no longer have to do it via command line. VMware has released a Linux "no hassle" user interface install. by Steven Warren
- Quick keyboard shortcut displays list of toolbars
- Use this keyboard shortcut instead of the mouse to display a list of toolbars. by Susan Harkins
- Are you using virtualization on the desktop?
- Justin James says that he likes to use virtual machines on the desktop to experiment with new configurations of operating systems. Take this quick poll to let us know if your shop is using virtual machines on the desktop. by Justin James
- Don't trash former employers in interviews
- Criticizing former employers in an interview makes you look worse than the former employer. Here's why. by Toni Bowers
- Encourage IT consulting clients to call before acting
- Susan Harkins shares a story in which a fellow IT consultant's client reinstalled Windows Vista and lost everything on the system. She details how easy it would have been to just reset the password. by Susan Harkins
- 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 update rollup for service pack 4 on the server. Now the rtvscan.exe will take up 50% of cpu cycles on...
- 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...
- 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...
- The HP StorageWorks EVA4400 Challenge
- In a first time, head-to-head comparison, HP recently put EVA4400 virtualization capabilities to the test against a traditional disk array from EMC CLARiiON CX3-10. Watch this HP Enterprise TV presentation to see why 5 technology professionals found the new HP StorageWorks EVA4400 easier to operate and a greater time saver...
- One Click App Killer (exe)
- With this very small utility you can kill you freezed programs with one click. For example you double-click on it's icon, the target-like cursor show-up, then on the next program you click, it's terminated. We've took the idea from UNIX world, where people use Xkill. Basically, this utility is 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:...
- Network Security Checklist
- Now more than ever, you depend on your network for your most important business operations, such as communication, inventory, billing, sales, and trading with partners. Many small and medium-sized businesses do not have adequate network security. Here's how to make sure you do. View and complete this...
- 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...
- How TechRepublic cracked open the iPhone 3G
- Following up on our Cracking Open gallery of the first iPhone, TechRepublic editors joined Apple's launch-day madness to secure an iPhone 3G for disassembly. Jason Hiner and Bill Detwiler recount their experiences battling long lines, Apple's iTunes meltdown, and limited supplies at AT&T stores.Bill explains how Mark Kaelin and he...
- 10 mispronunciations that make you sound stupid
- Right or wrong, people often judge you by the way you pronounce things. Say a word incorrectly and POW -- they've pegged you as a provincial, poorly educated moron. Toni Bowers offers a list of commonly mangled words so you can double-check your own pronunciation. by Toni Bowers
- Cracking Open the Apple iPhone 3G
- Apple's iPhone 3G arrived on Friday with a bevy of new enterprise-ready features, including Exchange support, business-grade security, and third-party applications powered by an SDK. As with the first iPhone, we waited in line, bought our phone, signed an AT&T contract, and promptly began to crack open the case. Come...
- 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...
- 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...
- Unified Communications: Presence/Status/Mobility/Collaboration
- In this fast-paced 5-minute Flash presentation, follow fictional Operations Manager Sam Jones as she efficiently responds to a complex, multilevel client emergency using the tools of Unified Communications. Watch as she deploys them to listen to voice messages via email, locate situation-relevant contacts and call them with a click, automatically...
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