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How do I... Return the Address bar Windows XP SP3 removed?

When I am running my PC under Windows XP, I like to take full advantage of the toolbar options Figure A available on the desktop. The Address Bar is one of my favorite features, and I always have it attached to a taskbar somewhere. It is a convenient tool for...

Tags: Address Bar, Figure B Address Bar, Niversoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Software, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-05-08

How do I... Uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 7?

The venerable Web browser continues to evolve. No longer just an application for displaying HTML, the Web browser now has to handle JavaScript, PHP, Java, Active X controls, loosely coupled Web services, plug-ins, multimedia, XML, RSS feeds and more. The Web browser has become an integral part of the total...

Tags: Windows Registry, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-05-07

I updated Windows XP with SP3 and nothing bad happened

You read the title correctly -- nothing bad happened. The installation of SP3 took about a half an hour and involved two restarts, but, as far as I can tell, my test XP box is running just fine. Of course, as a test machine there is much...

Tags: SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-05-07

How do I... Add image thumbnails to Microsoft Windows Explorer?

When you are dealing with a folder in Microsoft Windows containing numerous images, it is often very helpful to see thumbnail representations of those images in the Windows Explorer display. This built-in functionality is available in both Windows XP and Windows Vista, but how you turn the feature off and...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mark Kaelin, gallery, how do i, screenshots, windows, Folder, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Image

Image galleries 2008-05-07

What to do when Windows XP won't boot

When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it. To help you get started on this expedition,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Geek Gifts 2008: The 3rd Space FPS Gaming Vest

First person shooters FPS are commonplace these days, with FPS titles for just about every platform taking up shelf space at Best Buy and Circuit City. FPS games are big business; so big, in fact, that even the worst of the genre tend to sell well. In...

Tags: Vest, First Person Shooters, First Person Shooters Game, FPS Gaming Vest, Games, Personal Technology, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-05-01

If you can't stand the heat stay out of the electronics

Heat is a dangerous thing when it comes to electronic components. Without proper ventilation to dissipate the heat generated we get equipment behavior that ranges from intermittent errors, to plain failure, to outright fire. Microsoft is still trying to quell a rash of lawsuits regarding the combustible...

Tags: Electronics, Equipment, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Geek Gifts 2008: The Annoy-a-tron

The Annoy-a-tron from ThinkGeek.com is a little device designed to annoy your friends with a nearly undetectable intermittent beep. This little practical joke device can attach to any metal surface via a magnet and clandestinely annoy your victim with a mysterious sound that periodically emanates from its tiny speaker. ...

Tags: Monitor, Device, Annoy-a-tron, Monitors & Displays, Engineering, Hardware, Components, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Mark's photo scrap book 2

This is the 2008 version of my photo scrap book. This is where I publish photos, diagrams, and other imagery for blogs and articles on TechRepublic. by Mark Kaelin

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, mark kaelin, scrap book, gallery

Image galleries 2008-01-02

Geek Gifts 2008: The 3rd Space FPS Gaming Vest

Since the introduction of the genre with Wolfenstein 3D, the first person shooter has been a popularity chart-buster, recording sales in the billions across just about every platform. TN Games believes it has found a way to make the first-person experience even more immersive with its FPS Gaming Vest. by...

Tags: Geek Gifts 2008, computer games, peripherals, off topic, geekend, TechRepublic Inc., Sales Strategy, Games, Sales Force Management, Sales, Personal Technology, Mark Kaelin

Image galleries 2008-05-01

Cracking open the Nintendo Wii Remote

Much has been written, speculated and conjectured about the Nintendo Wii Remote. As a follow-up to our disassembly of the Wii we decided to crock open the Wii Remote to see for ourselves. To our surprise, although in hindsight it shouldn't have been, the device maintains Nintendo's design theme of...

Tags: Nintendo Wii, Gallery, wii, wii remote, off topic, geekend, mark kaelin, TechRepublic Inc., Semiconductors, Network technology, Corpo, Corporate governance, HARDWARE, NETWORKING

Image galleries 2008-04-22

Get plenty of desktop with the Matrox TripleHead2Go

For some of us, there is no such thing as too much desktop real estate. The multi-tasking world we live in is always calling on us to do more things on our PCs at the same time. One way to expand desktop real estate is provided by the Matrox TripleHead2Go....

Tags: Desktop, Monitor, Matrox, Real Estate, Monitors & Displays, Business Operations, Hardware, Components, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Do April Fool's Day practical jokes make good marketing tools?

I am not a big fan of April Fool's Day or the practical joke in general. While most practical jokes are harmless and good-natured, there is always the potential for things to cross that fine line where feelings are hurt and bodily harm occurs. Besides that, I seldom see a...

Tags: Blizzard Entertainment, Brand, Tool, Branding, Games, Marketing Research, Marketing, Personal Technology, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-04-01

The cracked open TRS-80 Model 4P has its day in the sun

Last week I published a TechRepublic Cracking Open Photo Gallery of the Osborne 1 personal computer. This week, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4P gets the cracking open treatment. The TRS-80 Model 4P was the next generation of the luggable computer. The Model 4P is better constructed...

Tags: Computer, Model 4P, Productivity, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-03-26

The Osborne 1 is now in a Cracked Open Photo Gallery

Recently, I published an entry in the TechRepublic Classics Rock blog on the Dinosaur Sightings Photo Galleries of the Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P personal computers. Well, now I have taken the next step -- I have just published a Cracking Open Photo Gallery of the Osborne 1....

Tags: Power Management, PC, Photograph, Chip, Osborne 1, TRS-80 Model 4P, Desktops, Productivity, Semiconductors, Hardware, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-03-19

The Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P exposed

Sure there has been lots of discussion of the Apple MacBook Air and its so-called innovations, but the real computer innovation occurred almost 30 years ago with the Osborne 1 personal computer. When it hit the market in 1981, the Osborne 1 started a revolution that the...

Tags: Innovation, TechRepublic Inc., PC, Computer, Productivity, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-03-14

How do I... Synchronize a Google calendar with an Outlook 2007 calendar?

Ask just about anyone if they are as organized as they would like to be and the answer is likely to be an unequivocal "No." For information technology professionals, the answer may not be suitable for polite conversation. Keeping track of meetings, tasks, events, and everything else...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Calendar, Option, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-03-06

The Apple MacBook Air tries to fill a niche that doesn't exist

TechRepublic purchased an Apple MacBook Air so we could take it apart as part of our Cracking Open series. There is no doubt that the MacBook Air is a testament to the technical ingenuity of Apple's engineering and design teams. They were able to squeeze substantial computer power into a...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook Air, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-02-29

The Feds are data mining World of Warcraft -- surely, you can't be serious?

The blogosphere is abuzz with recent revelation that the United States Federal Government is spending our tax dollars to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games. That's right, that undead priest that just healed you could be a Fed. ...

Tags: World Of Warcraft, Blogosphere, Taxes, Data Mining, Free Trade, Blogging, Games, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Cracking open the HP Blackbird 002 DE LCi gaming PC

For hardcore computer gamers, there is no such thing as too much power when it comes to their personal computer; there is only the question: How much can I afford? The Blackbird 002 DE LCi is definitely in the "money is no object" category. Sporting dual ATI Radeon X2900 XT...

Tags: Video Card, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, CPU, Gamer, Blackbird 002 DE LCi, Games, Video Cards, RAID, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, Storage, Marketing, Mark Kaelin, Computer gaming, cracking open, off topic, geekend, blackbird

Image galleries 2008-02-21