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Archive: 03-2008

• The eternal question: Why doesn't Administrative Tools appear on the Start Menu?

  Administrative Tools is one of those little shortcuts on the Start Menu that IT people use all the time, but would prefer to have hidden from users. Here’s a Windows 2000 Classic tip that...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 31, 2008, 12:37 PM PDT

• IBM's OS/2 campaign showed how marketing matters more than technology

  Marketing really does matter. If you can’t market your product, it doesn’t matter how good it is. This OS/2 Warp ad from IBM proves the point. Check out the ad and then read on to see...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 28, 2008, 1:40 PM PDT

• Windows 2000 Server: Microsoft's best NOS ever?

  Windows 2000 Professional may have been Microsoft’s best desktop OS, but what about Windows 2000 Server? Was Win2K Pro’s big brother best of breed as well? John Sheesley says No and...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 26, 2008, 10:00 AM PDT

• 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...

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 26, 2008, 7:43 AM PDT

• Keeping current on certs: It's an age-old problem

  Certifications present the eternal problem of what to do to keep them up to date. Once the most important certification to have, Novell’s CNE still exists. This Classic Tip shows what you...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 24, 2008, 12:45 PM PDT

• Finding Easter Eggs in old software

  What’s lurking inside of your software? Ideally, only the code necessary to make the program work. Sometimes however, programmers hide Easter Eggs inside. Check out some of the Easter Eggs...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 21, 2008, 9:28 AM PDT

• 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...

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 19, 2008, 1:36 PM PDT

• 5 of the best desktop operating systems you never used

  Chances are, you’re reading this blog entry on a Windows machine. If not, you’re probably running a Mac or Linux. Here are five of the best desktop operating systems that you probably...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 19, 2008, 9:38 AM PDT

• Classic Tip: The Novell Client for Windows 9x (Now available in Vista flavor!)

  From the archives dated March 17, 2000:. To properly connect Windows 9x to a NetWare server, you should use the Novell IntraNetWare Client. That’s good advice even today. Read on about how a...

  Posted by John Sheesley | March 17, 2008, 12:17 PM PDT

• 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....

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | March 14, 2008, 8:01 AM PDT