Videos

When troubleshooting a Windows Vista driver error, it’s always a good first step to gather information about that driver. Bill Detwiler shows you two handy tools that can help you solve those pesky Vista driver problems. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

BlogHer 2009 was held in Chicago on July 24-25. The conference officially kicked off when the BlogHer co-founders — Elisa Camahort Page, Lisa Stone, and Jory Des Jardins — took the stage. Their welcome speech included some statistics from BlogHer’s women in social media survey, which is highlighted in this brief video.

For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

On my first night in Chicago — a business trip to attend BlogHer 2009 — I had the opportunity to attend a Webgrrls networking event. I’ve heard quite a bit about Webgrrls from Nelly Yusupova, so I was excited to see the community of geeky gals in action.

For more information about Webgrrls International, and to see if there’s a Chapter near you (or to find out how to start a Chapter in your area), please visit Webgrrls.

TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner shares his thoughts on the BlackBerry Tour on Verizon Wireless. He discusses the pros and cons of the new device from a business perspective and talks about where it fits in the smartphone market.

In a difficult economy, IT becomes invaluable for driving efficiency and cost savings. However, to become perpetually relevant, IT needs to be perceived as a value-generating, strategically active department. Here are four ways that IT can prove its worth and generate tangible business value.

Hard drive failures are always a nuisance — if not a disaster — especially when the backups have gone missing or were never made. Whether it’s your own oversight or that of a panicked user, at some point you’ll probably attempt to retrieve files from a damaged hard drive. Bill Detwiler shows you how the Zero Assumption Recovery (ZAR) tool can help you find and restore recoverable files from a failed hard drive. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

This week’s TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — captures some insight from Jason Hiner and Toni Bowers about two of the top discussions of the week; plus the other staple ingredients: top members, Tammy’s Spam Buster report, and community participation.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

There have been many IT departments that could have been tremendously successful if it weren’t for the faulty beliefs of their leaders. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives puts the spotlight on five ways of thinking that can cripple your IT operation and damage your career.

Unbeknownst to many users, Firefox has a whole host of hidden settings that can fine-tune and potentially speed up your browsing experience. Bill Detwiler shows you how to access and modify Firefox’s preferences using the browser’s about:config feature. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

In this TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — Sonja Thompson breaks out the Flip video and tries her hand at stick figure animation. This episode also contains all the usual suspects, including the top discussions and most active members on the site.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Instant messaging, texting, and tweeting are all the rage, yet e-mail still dominates the communication landscape–at home, but especially in business. Unfortunately, many people, even IT pros, still ignore the basics of e-mail security. Bill Detwiler goes over five basic e-mail safety tips that everyone should follow. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

IT leaders sometimes struggle to pick metrics that are linked to business outcomes. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives explains five essential metrics for managing IT.

Enjoy the brief messages that were sent in by various TechRepublic members who weren’t able to attend the Community Event in Louisville, KY, on June 26, 2009.

At the TechRepublic 10-Year Anniversary Event on June 26, 2009, TechRepublic Editor in Chief Jason Hiner talked about how this online trade publication and community for IT professionals took a unique journey to become one of the world’s largest technology Web sites.

Dual-booting Windows is a handy way to test betas and service packs before committing to a new OS. But once you’ve made your decision to stick with the new OS or give it the boot, you’ll likely want to get rid of those extra partitions and revert to a single OS. Bill Detwiler shows you how to use the Windows Bootsect command to extract Vista or Windows 7 from a dual-boot configuration with Windows XP. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

Efforts to improve IT tend to focus on project management issues, but leaders need to also see the strategic view that’s critical for successful IT operations. Here are some practical steps to ensure that you’re thinking strategically about business, organizational, and management issues.

Manually configuring the wireless settings on hundreds, or even thousands, of PCs can be a real chore. Luckily, there is a way to speed up the process. In this IT Dojo video, I show how to save time and effort when configuring the wireless settings on your Windows PCs using Active Directory and Group Policy. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

The disconnect between business goals and IT priorities consistently ranks among the top three issues facing CIOs. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives discusses how to use an IT service catalog for communicating IT services to business decision-makers and end users.