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Tech Q&A... We want it back!

Anyone listening????? Your site has been helpful in several ways, but the Tech Q&A and the points system was what made it worthwhile and different from other sites.I guess I will check on it occaisionally to see if the Tech Q&A has been returned, but until that happens, this site...

Tags: wordmaster1, Tech Q&a, Tech

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

Why TR should kill Tech Q&A

After more than a year of TechRepublic editors and engineers debating the best way to finally solve the "nobody ever closes and rates questions in Tech Q&A" problem, we found a solution. Get rid of Tech Q&A. Hear me out. We have actual logical reasons....

Tags: Thread, User, Tech, Tech Q&A, TechPoint Economy, Strategy, Management, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2006-04-19

Technical Q&A Rant

Technical Q&A RantAm I the only one that gets wound up with people not rating or closing Technical Q&A questions. It is like they get the answer and then just dissapear...no, you're not - many, like me, have gotten so fed upthat we rarely visit the Q&A area now....

Tags: TR IS, technical q&a, response, rate, TechMail@..., off-topic, TheTechMail, Tech Q&a

Discussion threads 2006-07-24

My Tech Q&A.

Hi just a question for my problem. I could not see any of my past question and answer in the Tech Q&A page. What can be wrong. Thanks.TR has been migrating Servers recently so it's possible that some of the data has gone missing in the move/consolation.Col

Tags: Tech Q&a, Tech

Q&A 2006-07-20

Tech Q & A

Last year we had a pretty big discussion aobut people not rating, awarding points, closing questions. There were some suggestions about what might be possible to do something about this. Was anything done? Was a decision made? or is it still allowable that people can post questions and not rate/close...

Tags: closing, feedback, j.lupo@..., Nothing, rating, Tech, tech q&a

Discussion threads 2006-06-21

Tech republic

When i ask a question using the tech republic. I get the answers but i am unable to accept the answersI it does not give me the option) and award the points. I feel as though this must give the sign to the people who answer the question that i...

Tags: john.cb1@..., software, Tech Q&a

Q&A 2006-06-15

Flame me. Oh please flame me.

Flame me. Oh please flame me.I've been underground for a few weeks and it looks like I've missed a couple of doozies. So as a public service, I thought I'd offer myself up as a sacrifice to let everyone get their pent-up spew out of their...

Tags: OH Please, anagram, Flame, Tech Q&a

Discussion threads 2006-06-14

Tech Q&A related

I am very active I hope at Tech Q&A. My problem is when I see in My Tech Q&A that 1 of my answers was accepted. So I want to see what question was, and no success. Why? Because in My Tech Q&A page I can see just the...

Tags: Tech Q&a, Tech

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Smorty, Jay whats going on?

The [b]Lets open a can of worms, shall we?[/b] discussion has appeared in the new discussions list. I am pretty sure it wasnt there this morning. The [b]Messenger[/b] discussion has made the Hot Discussions List. It only has 4 posts!and my [b]Love all humans, was it?[/b] discussions has dissapeared from...

Tags: stargazerr, feedback, discussions dissapearing, Tech Q&a

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

VPN access

I have got a GPRS connection on my pocket loox 600 running pocket pc 2002, I want to access our company LAN remotely, we use VPN to access our LAN via laptopns etc,Do we need VPN software on our PDA's or is there any other settingsplease helpregardsTimask in tech Q&Athe...

Tags: VPNs, NETWORKING, LANs, Network security, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VPN

Discussion threads 2005-12-12

Updates to Tech Q&A door

We made some changes to the Tech Q&A door to make it easier to use. Now, instead of that long list of question categories, we are displaying a list of the most-recently asked questions with a link to All Open Questions and an RSS feed of All Open Questions.We have...

Tags: RSS, Open Question, Tech Q&a

Discussion threads 2005-10-31

Scanner connection problem

WinXP Pro SP22.8 gHz1024 RAMAssus P4VP-MXI have a Visioneer Scanner that connects by USB. When I connect it, the computer acknowledges the connection, but when I try to use the scanner, it says "can not find hardware". I've tried 3 different USB slots on the computer. I've installed the latest...

Tags: D.H. Cesare, scanner, tech q&a, USB

Discussion threads 2005-09-28

Camera connection problem

WinXP Pro SP22.8 gHz1024 RAMAssus P4VP-MXWhen I connect my camera to the computer, the computer acknowledges the connection and pops up a window to view/download the pictures, but then I can't access the pictures. I've tried 3 different programs, including Windows Explorer, and can not access the pictures, yet I...

Tags: camera, computer, D.H. Cesare, scanner, tech q&a

Discussion threads 2005-09-28

Camera connection problem

WinXP Pro SP22.8 gHz1024 RAMAssus P4VP-MXWhen I connect my camera to the computer, the computer acknowledges the connection and pops up a window to view/download the pictures, but then I can't access the pictures. I've tried 3 different programs, including Windows Explorer, and can not access the pictures, yet...

Tags: camera, can't access my camera, computer, D.H. Cesare, off-topic, Tech

Discussion threads 2005-09-28

Tech Support Questions

What is up with all of the unrated questions? This is uncalled for, maybe we need to get TechRepublic to start rating the questions.Are you talking about rating the questions or rating the answers?AnswersAnswers, I'm sorry I should have clarified.Rate the answerWho'sgoingto do the rating The one who posed the...

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Discussion threads 2005-09-05

TR's Hot Topics: Katrina, Tech Q&A preview, the 'entry level' lie

TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for September 6, 2005TR'S HOT TOPICS: KATRINA, TECH Q&A PREVIEW, THE 'ENTRY LEVEL' LIE, AND LAPTOP DEATH The much-anticipated Technical Q&A revamp is underway, and as a surprise preview, we're resurfacing an interim version of the long-lost ALL OPEN QUESTIONS filter for Tech Q&A. This...

Tags: career, community netnote, feedback, government, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-11184-0.html?forumID=47&threadI, Katrina, laptop computer, laptops, Tech, Tech Q&a, technical q and a, The Trivia Geek

Discussion threads 2005-09-02

replacing bad video card

It seems that I have a dis-functional video card on a 2000 model HP desktop. This is my personal computer. I think that I can replace it myself with a cheep video card. I don't do gaming on this computer. The problem is I can't see anything anymore with...

Tags: card, gmgardner@..., hardware, pc repair, Tech Q&a, video, video card

Discussion threads 2005-08-15

Win 2k not seeing hard drives

I scanned the forums and found similar postings - but I am running 2k, and my drives aren't visible at all. I will try the registry suggestions, and testing the IDE cable again... but I can't even boot from CD because it doesn't recognize the drives at all. So even...

Tags: BIOS, cable, hard drive, machina40@..., power supply, Tech Q&a, windows

Discussion threads 2005-07-27

Member comments needed: Fixing Tech Q&A

Technical Q&A is one of TechRepublic's most popular features, but it has a few flaws. While the TR staff is planning on addressing most of them, we'd like some feedback on handling one central issue:Closing Q&A questions--how do we get members to do it?Members are dying to know if the...

Tags: feedback, site improvements, Tech Q&a, technical q and a, Technical Q&A, The Trivia Geek, TQ&A

Discussion threads 2005-06-30

The first step to fixing TR search, Tech Q&A is…?

TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for June 28, 2005THE FIRST STEPS TO FIXING TECHREPUBLIC'S SITE SEARCH AND TECHNICAL Q&A ARE...? This week's major Community feature release was subtle, but incredibly powerful: a unified tags results page. Now when you click on any tag--say, security for example--you'll be furnished with a...

Tags: blog, Community, community netnote, feedback, links, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, search, site improvements, Tech, Tech Q&a, technical q and a, TechRepublic Inc., The Trivia Geek

Discussion threads 2005-06-27