- 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
- No such thing as effective license enforcement
- License security is not the same as software security. In fact, sometimes they are at odds with one another. by Chad Perrin
- Deciding to create a culture of innovation
- Innovation isn't one of those things that just happen. You have to make it happen. This video shows how one Internet entrepreneur dropped out of college to start a business built around innovation. by John Sheesley
- Modify bullets and numbers to match the size of your PowerPoint slide text
- Bullets and numbers that are out of proportion to your slide text can be distracting and ugly. This simple trick will ensure that those characters are sized just right. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Retool your resume to focus on results
- Is your resume basically just a list of your daily job responsibilities? Prospective employers are more interested in the results you achieved in your job tenure. Here's how to retool your resume to reflect that. by Toni Bowers
- Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services
- Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Vincent Danen introduces a lesser-known, but increasingly popular IMAP/POP3 server called Dovecot. by Vincent Danen
- TR Member Spotlight with Dumphrey
- TechRepublic's Sonja Thompson shines the TR Member Spotlight on Isaak Dedrick, better known in the TR forums as Dumphrey. This is Dumphrey's third year working in IT, having spent the previous eight years in human services. Find out a few tidbits about his professional and personal life. by Sonja Thompson
- Create powerful interfaces by combining ASP.NET 2.0 data controls
- Learn how to combine ASP.NET 2.0's GridView control with a DetailsView or FormView control. This will allow a user to select an individual column from GridView and view or manipulate its contents with DetailsView or FormView. by Tony Patton
- Video: First 'Star Trek' reboot movie trailer
- The wait is over: Here's our first real look at J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot movie. by Jay Garmon
- Geek Trivia: Name, Net, and match
- What was the original name proposed for the decentralized computing network we now call the Internet -- a sci-fi inspired title first coined by computing pioneer J.C.R. Licklider more than 40 years ago? by Jay Garmon
- Geek Trivia: The quibble of the week for Nov. 18, 2008
- This week's quibble comes from the Nov. 11, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "A little white-hot lie." TechRepublic member gary along with several other folks took issue with the region of the sun which The Trivia Geek termed the coolest. by Jay Garmon
- Key features in the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft plans to release an R2 edition of Windows Server 2008 in 2009 or 2010. Here are the key features of the R2 release that you need to know. by Rick Vanover
- Don't let the requirements gathering process imply deliverables
- Projects often fail because of the way you ask customers what they want you to deliver. Find out when to keep your mouth shut and what questions to ask customers when you do speak up in order to make the project a success. by Justin James
- How are you handling virtual machine (VM) sprawl?
- It is important that you begin to recognize and deal with VM sprawl. Now that you are consolidating servers, do you have a plan to manage the ever growing number of virtual machines on your network? by Steven Warren
- Windows 7 - It sucks, It’s awesome, it’s... not released
- Windows 7 isn't even in beta yet and there are full performance tests, people complaining that it "looks like Vista" and a whole host of other things. Although Windows 7 will have Vista-perception baggage, at least wait for real code before getting too concerned. by Scott Lowe
- Recommend clients using FTP switch to SSL or SSH
- FTP is certainly not the right transfer protocol for sensitive and confidential data. If you have consulting clients who still depend on FTP, Susan Harkins explains why you may want to encourage them to update to either SSL or SSH. by Susan Harkins
- Revisiting the great-grandfather to the iPhone: The Apple Newton
- Long before it produced the iPod, iPod Touch, or the iPhone, Apple introduced a revolutionary hand-held device called the Newton. It was the first commercially successful PDA. Here's a look back. by John Sheesley
- Pyramid calling for the help desk
- The help desk works hard at customer relationships but does an automated call distributor help or hinder? When you need to disseminate information quickly, how much personalization do you have to trade off? by Jeff Dray
- Video: Five things you should know about rootkits
- Rootkits are a serious threat. Rootkit-based botnets unleash seas of spam, and the most dangerous rootkits allow attackers to steal corporate and individual financial information. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler covers five things you should know about rootkits in order to keep your network safe and malware free....
- 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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