- Create a self-running PowerPoint presentation
- Setting up a presentation to run all by itself -- at a kiosk, say, or on your Web site -- requires just a few steps. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to set slide transitions and configure the show to run on its own. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Let Access enter today's date automatically
- Your users shouldn't have to manually type the current date over and over into an Access form. Save them some time and effort by automating the process. by Mary Ann Richardson
- How do I... Use ArsClip to enhance the Windows clipboard?
- ArsClip monitors the Windows (98, Me, 2000, XP, and Vista) clipboard and keeps track of the last 15 levels the default amount of copied text entries. Jack Wallen shows you how to use ArsClip to improve and enhance the default features of the Microsoft Windows clipboard. by Jack Wallen
- 10 tech mistakes small businesses make (and how IT consultants can help clients avoid them)
- Small businesses must concentrate their time and energy on knowing their own industry -- and that often means that effective technology practices get overlooked. Erik Eckel explains the most common tech missteps he's encountered, along with preventive measures to protect businesses and prevent serious problems. by Erik Eckel
- The future of push email
- In a somewhat surprising move, search giant Google has licensed Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol for use with its Google Sync service. What does the future of push mail look like? by Paul Mah
- Help prospective employers find you
- How do recruiters find you? Primarily through your online presence. Here are some tips from a recruiter for making yourself more visible on the Web. by Toni Bowers
- Video Whiteboard: Energy-efficient transistors
- Rob Willoner, a technology analyst at Intel, explains how smaller and more energy-efficient transistors are resulting in faster and more powerful CPUs. by Bill Detwiler
- Easily manage software projects with Lighthouse
- Need to get a handle on a software development project? Justin James suggests considering Artifact Software's Lighthouse, which makes it easier to manage software projects. by Justin James
- Talking business: Three reasons why your opinion is being ignored
- IT leaders and their staff must act assertively, if their words are to have any weight, and establish themselves as the authority in all decision-making involving IT. Here are three ways to do it. by Ilya Bogorad
- Windows Live SkyDrive service offers free storage
- Windows Live SkyDrive is a free service that provides 25 GB of free storage over the Internet. While there are many issues related to online file sharing, Rick Vanover says this service is worth exploring. by Rick Vanover
- The top 20 glorious geek rock anthems
- While the Billboard Top 40 may never be dominated by geek-centric songs that bespeak that awkward and lonely lifestyle of the unrequited Trekkie, there are entire virtual radio stations' worth of geek rock anthems out there for the listen and pirate download. Here's the Top 20. by Jay Garmon
- Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
- If your business is ready to migrate from Windows to Linux the choices of distributions can be overwhelming. But when you narrow the choices down to enterprise-ready distributions the selection grows much smaller. Of those choices SuSE Enterprise Linux Desktop 10 from Novell stands out as one of the best....
- Running an IT consultancy without a credit card
- Without depending on credit, what strategies can an IT consultant employ to manage the uneven flow of expenses vs. income? Here are seven suggestions. by Chip Camden
- Programming news roundup: Embarcadero's new pricing plans, cloud computing's limitations, and more
- Justin James presents news about Embarcadero, Divelements, Coral8, and Lunascape. Also, find out what a cloud computing vendor has to say about cloud's limitations. by Justin James
- Ordering supplies: Somebody up there hates me!
- Have your intentions about ordering supplies ever been misunderstood? How did you deal with the consequences of having too little or too much delivered to your work site? When your car is your workplace, overstocking is not an option. by Jeff Dray
- TechRepublic Questions of the Week - February 16, 2009
- The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues such as computer speed, expired warranties, Norton software trouble, electronic data retention guidelines, and more. by Sonja Thompson
- Monday mug: Wizard needs food badly
- Admit it, there are days that you, too, have felt like an undernourished spellcaster desperately fighting his way through a monster-infested dungeon in search of that precious foodstuff that will return you to full strength. Now you can get that much needed replenishment via the "Wizard needs food badly" mug....
- Free Browser Security Handbook
- Google's Browser Security Handbook is packed full of useful information if you need a low-level look at how a browser might behave within specific use contexts. by Tom Olzak
- Poll: Would you purchase servers from Cisco?
- One of the worst-kept secrets in the technology industry right now is that Cisco Systems is preparing to announce its entrance into the server market this spring. Could Cisco servers have a place in your data center? Take our poll. by Jason Hiner
- Networks vs. Servers: The truce has ended, war is coming
- There has long been an unofficial truce between networking vendors and server vendors. However, if you look at the recent actions of HP and Cisco, it's clear that truce has ended. See why, and how it could benefit IT. by Jason Hiner
- Survey Ad Pop-up
- Not sure about anyone else - but I am getting a survey ad that keeps popping up no matter how many times I tell it - "no thanks"If anyone else is having this same issue - I am in the process of trying to find why and how to get...
- External hard drive dropped
- Hi,I dropped my Lacie external hard drive. It was playing music while it fell about 20cm onto a tiled floor not very hard actually.I attached it to my laptop.Green light comes on. It starts turning with a clicking sound as if it is trying to read it. But if I...
- Why so many Application Data folders in the same place?
- Hi - anyone out there know why I have at least 7 or 8 Application Data folders within the same folder and they all have the same files in them?I am running Vista Home Basic on a HP Compaq 6720s laptop.It happens in various folders such as c:program data &...
- Legal question.
- About a year ago a homeless woman attempted to "Dognap" one of my tenants dogs. This tenant informed me of what was happening and I went and recovered the animal for her. The homeless women and her buds were upset and called animal control and reported me for...
- Dvd rw (disc reader) suddenly failing to ready anything but DVDs
- I can try to insert random normal music cds, to cdroms and burned cds without getting a read on it. Changing settings in properties doesnt help it. wierd thing is it plays /burns dvds/dvdrs without problems.Im not sure exactly when the problem first occoured. But its possible it happened after...
- Need help reformating hard drive from Windows XP
- I've tried several different downloads plus reading material but I just can't get to a point where I can get to DOS to reformat Win XP. I want to do this because my system has a virus that I couldn't get rid off. Any help will be deeply...
- FAT 32 AS IT PERTAINS TO XP BACKUP
- In trying to backup to Mybook Essentials T using XP backup, I received a message saying there was not enough memory - maybe because it was FAT32 formatted. What is this and how can I modify it? I'm computer savvy but certainly not tech level. Thanks for...
- Question
- Are IT administrators familiar with Active Directory? AnswerIs the Pope a Catholic ?RE: [i]Are IT administrators familiar with Active Directory? If they are not, they are not IT Administrators, They may be called that but by no stretch of the imitation are they IT Administrators.Col
- how to format replacement HD with no XP disk
- Hi, I'm trying to replace a failing HD in my dell laptop. I've backed up everything to an external UBS HD using Macrium Reflect. The problem is, once I replace the HD, how do I format it if I have no Win XP CD? Windows was pre-installed...
- Cannot open COM38
- HiI recently starting using My Phone Explorer to use with my SE K850i and was well but these days, it has started to tell me that it cannot open COM38 and the only way out of it is to re-start the laptop.I went into Device Manager and it said that...
- Dell D600
- My laptop crashed and I need to get my photos from it...I have read that I need to remove my hard drive...Is this the right thing to do?Maybe....You can certainly remove hard disk and connect to another PC using a USB adapter or enclosure.Another possibility is booting from a Knoppix...
- Excel 2003
- I have Office 2003 installed. Whenever I want to bold some text in a cell, Excel hangs and finally I get no way out of it and just needs to restart the machine. OS is windows XP and the user is a member of domain.Any suggestion is highly appreciated.SoadrulExcel 2003...
- Is this compatible?
- Some info: I am building a CD tower for a record company. I am upgrading the computers main board, power supply, memory. Also I am adding a PCI SATA RAID card, 4 CD\DVD\light scribe burners, and the HDD.I am hoping I can salvage the Pentium 4 processor from the old...
- i am also same problem
- i had some 10-20 clients in our org i have to block usb drvies without third party software, if there is any solution so please give me a suggestthanks and regardsMuhammad aziz ahmedDepending on the Network in use hereYou can use Group Policies to block USB Ports or if you...
- Workstation can't browse AD
- I have a problem whereby workstations can't see the domain controller/active directory to do such things as grant specific permissions on the workstation to the network user. All the workstation can see is itself. The environment is a Win 2k3 server, Win XP clients. I suspect either...
- Why won't a dvd player recognize that a dvd is in the machine?
- I've had several questions over the last few weeks about why the computer I'm working on boot from the recovey disks HP Compaq Presario running Vistawhen it will boot from an Windows XP disk.After much time and lots of money, I have it figured out. The DVD player doesn't...
- Sata Hard Drive Setups
- I installed a new second SATA hard drive. It is installed correctly and reads the right letter D: as its location,it is formatted and has just one partition. I would like to debug my windows XP pro by doing a clean install on the new drive to eliminate the problems...
- Display driver
- I need to find a driver for an LCD monitor. It's a Optoma Panoview PV880. Can anybody point me to the right spot. Optoma don't have one for winxp, I'm running xp pro service pack 3. Thanks.Looks like you can find it here, along with instructions....http://howtodrivers.com/model503958.html.
- HP slimline Vista XP will not come out of hibernation
- It stopped waking up, even after multiple cold reboots. I disconnected all peripheral devices. It boots in hibernation mode, fans running, lights on but nobody home-- screen blank-"no signal". Can't get into bios because it stays in hibernate. Won't let me get into safe mode, either. No known changes made...
- Hard Drive is no longer recognized
- I have a hard drive that is connected to my computer externally through USB. When I moved my computer, the hard drive, while in its enclosure dropped about a foot and a half to the floor so this may have something to do with its problem. I can no longer...
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