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- DOS/B1 virus
- has anyone come across this one recently? If I remember right Techrepublic had something about it a couple of days ago. Symantec and McAfee don't have it listed in their threats lists. came up on a Windows Vista machine today that a scheduled AV scan was made yesterday and didn't...
- Tags: SECURITY, CG IT, virus
- Discussion threads 2007-11-20
- Getting Certified - Is it really necessary?
- certs.. never ending controversyIT has become so specialized that a college degree in computer science as a prerequisite for hiring doesn't really tell a prospective employer that the person they are thinking of hiring is actually qualified for the job. A college degree might be a good baseline qualification for...
- Tags: Quality, Recruitment & Selection, CG IT, certification
- Discussion threads 2007-11-03
- W2KTechman's answer to dead LCD screens....
- this is a perfect example of what to do with dead LCD screens makes the perfect Christmas gift!!! http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-7343-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=242528&messageID=2349876You twoTake an innocent question and try to derive a business proposition. Tsk, tsk!I happened to grow up during the 60's and 70's. The LSD... erm, LCD screen should...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, W2KTechman, CG IT, LCD, LSD, LSD LCD, LCD screen
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
- Should I make Google part of the programmer's interview?
- well... is the google part a make or break item?if the position is entry level DB person, should they need to know Google search to do their job? if the position is a high level DB administrator or engineer who is basically hired to troubleshoot, should they know Google...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, CG IT, Google Inc., Oracle Corp., job, Cisco Systems Inc., search engine
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Myth: I'm not really at risk.
- you have a point butSecurity companies have to sell products and make a profit to be in business. If there were no threats, then of course there's no need for a security product. That's what marketing and sales do. They tell people what to be afraid of, there are threats...
- Tags: INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, CG IT, security, problem-I
- Discussion threads 2007-07-22
- Bill Engvall's "Here's your Sign"
- With the rash of questions on laptop password retrieval recently, I thought of Bill Engvall's Here's your Sign. When your friend gives you a used laptop and says it works just great, but when you get home you find out you don't have the password... Here's your...
- Tags: INTERNET, CG IT
- Discussion threads 2007-07-04
- Rebooting Exchange Server 2003
- I recently got a job in the IT dept of a small company and have found the the head IT guy knows nothing. I am taking upon myself to do some simple tasks like apply needed updates to the servers such as Exchange. The server is currenlty running MS Server...
- Tags: Backups, E-mail servers, networking29, Microsoft Exchange Server, server, backup, reboot, patch management, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
- Discussion threads 2007-07-03
- TechRepublic needs bloggers for Desktop Support, Storage, and Wi-Fi
- Wish I could devote the timejust not enough to go around
- Tags: Wireless LANs, CG IT, Wi-Fi, storage, desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- Three motherboards for Intel and AMD CPUs: June 2007
- AMD dual cores and MSI mainboardsFor the past 10 years I've always used AMD processors and MSI mainboards on system builds both my personal computers at home and for servers [lately] the MSI K8D Master3 133-FS SCSI series [for Opteron].Never tried any other brand and not had a problem with...
- Tags: Processors, CG IT, motherboard, CPU, Intel Corp., MSI, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- Overhead view of the lightsaber training gallery (Star Wars Celebration IV: Highs and lows)
- What? no pictures of USPS?having spent 2 days getting the 3 post offices put together and USPS commemorative Star Wars stamps going on sale I'd thought you get at least 1 photo [well maybe the USPS Tatoonie land speeder].. and that almost full size X-Wing fighter...that guy in the Leia...
- Tags: Workforce management, CG IT, U.S. Postal Service, Star Wars, training
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- What really counts - good customer service or the lowest price?
- Flexible retailThe only result of lower prices is terrible customer service. If you can't support high enough prices then you can't afford to compensate with sales personnel. Stores are full of KNOW-NOTHING sales people who are eager to sell anything. However , knowledgable sales people will bring...
- Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), CG IT, customer service, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- iGoogle is now my hompage and my RSS reader
- GoogleI use google over the others simply because I don't get 26 pages of advertising by companies selling something before I come to information that is actually useful.go to Windows Live Search and do a search for how to weld you'll get everything but.
- Tags: RSS, CG IT, iGoogle, RSS reader
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- Linksys just lost a customer.
- Help Desk = reading from a piece of paperwhen you call the Linksys Help Desk, the first person you talk to is someone who reads from a piece of paper. This isn't new for anyone who's ever had to deal with help desk support at any company big enough to...
- Tags: Home networking, Call centers, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, CG IT, Linksys, router, help desk
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- Windows Vista and older peripherals
- This is from HP's site regarding some of their older printers. "We are sorry to inform you that there will be no Windows Vista support available for your HP product. Therefore your product will not work with Windows Vista.If you are using the Windows Vista operating system on your computer,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, CG IT, vista and older peripherals, windows, software, hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-02-04
- Video: DreamScene offers full motion wallpaper in Windows Vista
- Way Cool.If that isn't way cool, don't know what is. My question would be what kind of a resource hog is it?I'll try it and let you knowI'm running Vista Ultimate at home. I'll try it out and let you know how big a hit my system takes from...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, CG IT, video wallpaper, windows, software, Microsoft Windows, video
- Discussion threads 2007-01-31
- 10 reasons you should upgrade to Vista (and 10 reasons you shouldn't)
- printer/scanner/hardware incompatibilityyou forgot printer/scanner/sound etc compatibility. If the mfgs do not provide Vista drivers for all their printers/scanners/sound/ consumers and business have bought, they will not work. That means businesses and home users will have to go out and buy new printers/scanners/sound cards and whatever else that will work with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, CG IT
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- SMB Market, Microsoft and Open Source
- There's some talk going around the channel partners and VARs in the SMB market that might have the open source people raising their eyebrows. Microsoft has a couple products coming out that directly effect the SMB market and the channel provider VAR. One is a product called System Center Essentials...
- Tags: CG IT, channel partner, Microsoft Corp., networking, open source, partnership, small and medium business, SMB Market, smb vars going to open source, software, value-added reseller
- Discussion threads 2007-01-21
- Record companies continue to deny reality
- Really?Hmm, well I kinda disagree. I kind of want to pay for a song every time a new medium comes out. I would also like to pay additional fees to transfer music from one PC to another. Oh, and most of all I'd love to have a...
- Tags: CG IT, MTV, music, off-topic, record company
- Discussion threads 2007-01-19
- Exam 71-620T MCTS Vista
- Anyone here take the Vista exam 71-620T ?If so, what did you think of the questions and survey?
- Tags: CG IT, Microsoft Windows Vista, software, training, windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- Networking Section
- one of the areas I think TR is lacking is a section strickly for networking infrastructure with equipment like Cisco/3Comm /Bay/Allied/George Ou and Dave Davis have made up some really nifty excel sheets for Cisco IOS and also some good tech papers on Cisco equipment like Catalyst switches and PIX...
- Tags: sMoRTy, CG IT, networking
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
