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10 tips for leading your team to peak performance

This article is also available as a PDFdownload.If you want tosucceed as a leader, you can only do it by setting up your team members tosucceed. Here are a few fundamental leadership tips for managing your team topeak performance. Keep in mind that these tips are aimed at leaders who...

Tags: Leadership

Technical articles 2007-05-01

How do I? Share speakers between two different computers?

Becausecomputer speakers take up desk space, it might be helpful to share speakersbetween computers, rather than having two sets of speakers for two computersthat are right next to each other. For example, two employees who work in closeproximity and collaborate together could use one set of speakers, as could anadministrator...

Tags: speaker, computer, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, cable, coupler, RadioShack Corp., Y-adapter

Technical articles 2006-09-13

Five steps to deploying Linux in the enterprise

These five steps can help an organization get the big picture that is needed when embarking on a Linux deployment.If you are looking at deploying Linux to run mission-critical services in yourenterprise, you'll need to make some important preparations. These steps aresimilar to any new software deployment; however, the open...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Linux

Technical articles 2005-01-05

How do you force a Windows PC to logon to a specific domain controller?

ProblemThe following question was posted in the Technical Q&A by NateH: "I have a client that has two physically separatebuildings. They have a T1 connection between the two and have been running withone server for both buildings. Building 1 is on subnet 10.0.0.0 and building 2is on 10.1.0.0. I am...

Tags: domain controller, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, PC, Windows PC

Technical articles 2005-01-18

Change the timing of the password-expires message in Windows

ProblemTechRepublic member SALLY41posed the following question in the Technical Q&A:"How and where does one modify the 'password is about to expire in X days'alert in Windows? The alert comes up on the workstations 14 days before thepassword expires. I would like to change the number of days before alerts arebroadcast...

Tags: password, Microsoft Windows

Technical articles 2005-01-13

Can DHCP reservations improve network security?

ProblemIn the TechnicalQ&A, ztech123 posted, "Iam curious, are there any security benefits to establishing DHCP reservationsfor clients on my network – I have about 30 – so that each machine would alwaysget assigned the same IP based on MAC address. I've done it for the printers,and I'm considering it for...

Tags: DHCP, DHCP reservation, IP, IP address, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, network, network security, reservation, security

Technical articles 2005-01-11

Use Netdom to resolve logon error between XP and an NT4 domain

ProblemAfter running into a drive mapping problem, TechRepublicmember kashmeir63@hotmail.com recentlyposted his issue in the TechnicalQ&A: "I have a Windows NT 4.0 PDC environment. I have five orsix Windows 2000 servers on my network. I just created another Windows 2000server and called it server1. I'm sharing a folder with 2 GB...

Tags: Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows XP, PDC

Technical articles 2005-01-06

What to do when you install XP SP2 and can no longer print

ProblemTechRepublic member e30ricwas having a serious printing problem, and so he posed the following questionin the Technical Q&A:"After installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, I tried to use my printer andstarted getting an error message the gist of which was 'Spooler Subsystem Apperror.' I can turn on the Print Spooler...

Tags: Click, printer, Service Pack 2, Click Start, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Technical articles 2005-01-04

What is the danger in allowing internal hosts to ping the Internet?

ProblemTechRepublic member computer_bluesrecently made a startling discovery on his network and used the Technical Q&A to askother IT pros about it. He posted: "I noticed that my internal workstationscan ping locations outside of the firewall, like www.yahoo.com, even thoughthese workstations are not set up with Internet http access on the...

Tags: firewall, network, workstation, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Internet

Technical articles 2004-12-28

What to do when a Cisco ACL blocks access to external DNS servers

ProblemIn the TechnicalQ&A, member drsysadmin@hotmail.composted a detailed description of a problem with a Cisco router: "I amcreating an IP extended access control list ACL on a Cisco 1700 series router.The ACL is to be applied on Serial0 WAN interface and will filter incoming Internetto network packets for security purposes. Standard...

Tags: access control, access control list, Cisco Systems Inc., DNS, DNS server, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, server, UDP

Technical articles 2004-12-23

Use DHCP Class to deny Internet access to unauthorized machines

ProblemTwo recent Technical Q&Apostings were both looking for ways to prevent unauthorized systems fromconnecting to the corporate network and accessing the Internet. Since thesolution that both of them were searching for is so similar, we decided togroup the questions and solutions together.TechRepublic member slk1@rcn.comasked, "How do I prevent unauthorized personnel...

Tags: DHCP, DHCP Class ID, Internet access, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA

Technical articles 2004-12-21

Disable Internet access on a Windows PC

ProblemTechRepublic member gryandmaryused the TechnicalQ&A to pose the following question: "Can I target a client PC anddisable Internet surfing, through a Windows 2000 Server with DSL connectivity,while still maintaining communication with the server? We are using MicrosoftWindows XP Pro on the client."SolutionHere was the response from TechRepublic member zaferus: "There...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., TechRepublic Member, Go-to, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Internet access, PC, server, Windows PC

Technical articles 2004-12-16

Learn how to make a USB drive bootable

ProblemIn the TechnicalQ&A forum, TechRepublic member qpeabodyasked, "I'm looking to make a jump drive, thumb drive, or USB drivebootable. More specifically, I'd like to make it network bootable. Can anyonehelp me with this?"SolutionSome confusion quickly developed after this question wasposted. Member haileyan responded,"There is no way to make a USB...

Tags: bootable USB drive, motherboard, USB drive, USB flash drive, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, USB

Technical articles 2004-12-15

Solve a Windows XP login problem in a NetWare network

ProblemTechRepublic member karini4posed this question in the Technical Q&A: "Ihave a Novell 6.5 SBS with a Windows XP machine using Novell client 4.90 andanother with 4.90 SP2. Both of these clients require the user to log in to theserver. If the user has an account on the Windows machine, it...

Tags: Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, network, Novell Inc., Novell NetWare, Windows XP Machine, workstation

Technical articles 2004-12-09

How do you start a network audit?

ProblemTechRepublic member REZUMArecently posed this question in the Technical Q&A: "I have a new client who wants me to solve a fewproblems and also to do a report of things that could be improved. It is a Windows2000/2003 network with several satellite offices, so I know that I need tocheck...

Tags: Â, audit, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, network, STP

Technical articles 2004-12-07

Why security concerns are driving migration from IE to Firefox

In scanning the regular litany of security alerts,bulletins, and software updates that come to the attention of the average ITprofessional, it's interesting how many of them over the past two years have beenfocused around flaws and attacks that involve Internet Explorer. Many of the issues surrounding IE involve hackers luringusers...

Tags: Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, security

Technical articles 2004-11-19

Can blade servers save you money and improve your server room?

In the past five years, few new technologies have impactedserver rooms and data centers more profoundly than the arrival of bladeservers. Blades offer multiple benefits to both small businesses andenterprises. Most importantly, blades can improve flexibility and manageabilitywhile also reducing rack space requirements. Of course, blades also have theirdrawbacks and...

Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, blade, blade server, server

Technical articles 2004-11-10

Solution to "Local policy does not permit you to log on interactively"

ProblemA user tries to log on to a Windows machine and receives theerror message "The local policy of this system does not permit you tolog on interactively." This can happen in a number of scenarios, and the way to resolve the issue depends on the cause of the problem.Solution AIf...

Tags: administrator, error message, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, terminal services

Technical articles 2004-08-20

Firefox provides a legitimate alternative to IE

It's probably a gross understatement to say that 2004 hasbeen a tough year for Microsoft Internet Explorer. The world's most widely-usedWeb browser has gotten hammered by repeated vulnerability disclosuresthroughout the year, and more and more hackers are trying to trick users intovisiting malicious Web sites that can take advantage of...

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Mozilla Corp.

Technical articles 2004-08-11

Configure Internet Explorer to work as an FTP

ProblemInteracting with FTP sites from Internet Explorer can resultin a number of confusing and frustrating errors. As a result, users often endup using a separate software program to access FTP, even though it would bemuch simpler to be able to handle tasks from within IE itself.SolutionThere are several tweaks you...

Tags: Click Tools, FTP, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Technical articles 2004-07-06