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Hardware

Get IT Done: Emphasize security issues through help desk best practices

Establish a set of best practices that will help bolster security for your organization

Software

Transitional effects add impact to PowerPoint presentations

Transitional effects can increase a PowerPoint presentation's effectiveness and visual appeal by focusing the audience's attention and breaking up the monotony. But don't overdo it. Find out how to use this feature appropriately and effectively.

Microsoft

Decision Support: School district wants to restrict NT/XP Shut Down options

Read about one IT Pros dilemma about limiting user options in a school environment.

Microsoft

Get IT Done: Reregister DLLs in the Windows Registry with Regsvr32

Without adequate workstation administration, end users can wreak havoc on a Windows machine. Check out these administration tips for helping keep your workstations running smoothly.

Printers

Restore forgotten password to improve printer performance

A TechRepublic member who took over support of another office found a printer being shared through a computer, even though it had everything it needed to get on the network. Everything, that is, except a password. He found a solution in the Technical Q&A.

CXO

TechRepublic Tutorial: Use Outlook’s built-in voting feature to create custom voting buttons

Outlooks custom voting button feature

CXO

Camtasia animation tool can help you train and troubleshoot

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what would an animation be worth? The answer could be the cost of Camtasia, a program that can make training or troubleshooting videos of computer screen movements. Read our review of this easy-to-use program.

Security

Talking Shop: Teach basic security with this PowerPoint presentation

Make your users understand security using PowerPoint.

Hardware

Finding a reverse KVM switch vexes member

Turn to TechRepublic's Technical Q&A if you need to find a piece of equipment that you aren't sure exists. That's what one member did, and he had an answer in 15 minutes.

Software

Build Your Skills: Know the two Outlook fixes that should be made by admins, not Support

When an Outlook issue is outside your realm

PURPOSE The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide guidelines for employee performance reviews, which will clearly document accomplishments and areas of opportunity via an encouraging and thought-provoking analysis. This will assist in determining the next steps for employees as well as their future at the organization. This policy can be customized ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide guidelines for requesting, filing and permitting paid/unpaid time off as well as to ensure coverage during holidays, vacation(s) and other absences where staffing levels must be consistent to meet the needs of the business. From the policy: TIME OFF GUIDELINES All time off ...

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