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READ FULL BLOG | | Tip of the Week This week's Tip of the week was submitted by TR member: jacky howe Set your windows so they all have the same view
If you prefer to have all your folder contents displayed in a particular way, you can save yourself some time by changing the view for all the folders on your computer at once.
To set your windows so they all have the same view: 1: Click Start, and then click My Documents 2: Click the Views button, and then click the view you want to apply to all folders (Note: For more information about views, read Specify how folders open) 3: Click Tools, and then click Folder Options 4: Click the View tab, and then click Apply to All Folders 5: Click Yes, and then Click OK The next time you open a folder, it will be displayed using the view you chose. To restore your original folder settings, repeat steps 1-3. Then, in step 4, click Reset All Folders.  More Tips of The Week Have a tip to share with the TechRepublic community? We'd love to feature it here or in the TROL Blog! It can be anything from keyboard shortcuts to easter eggs to how to navigate the TR community. Simply send us an email with your tip and if we feature it in the Newsletter - you will soon be the recipient of some nice cool swag! | | Question of the Week | | | How do I fix Black on black screen on Windows XP computer
 I accidently hit the wrong link on display properties and now I have black text on black screen on desktop, on any righ click menues and all of the pages loading up and I can't see anything on those screens. How do I change it back under those circumstances? -- paparoma
Read Full Question | |  Answer: Try booting in Safe Mode and deleting the Video Driver. Then reboot the system normally and install the Video Driver. -- OH Smeg
Read Full Answer | | | Help Wanted | | | Cannot open extra drives or CDROM drive - Error
I have a clients computer running XPPro sp 2, 3 hard drives, one CDRW. Cannot access the 2 extra drives and CDRW, listed as D:\, E:\, and F:\. I get an error when trying to access them with windows explorer, that says "Restrictions: The operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact system administrator." -- raylevigne@...
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Happy Birthday to TechRepublic member - jdclyde! We hope you have a wonderful Birthday! | | ............................................................................................. | | Have you packed your bags? Made your reservations? Booked your flight? What do you mean what for?!? TR's 10yr Anniversary Get-together of course!! Coming June 26th, 2009! So mark them calendars! | | | Swag Central | | | | Spot your user name listed below and we'll send you some cool swag! Each week we will feature 3 TechRepublic members - so watch this spot for your chance to get some cool swag! | | | pstanley@... | | Darryl.. | | Nimmo | | | Simply send us an email with your mailing address, and you'll soon be sporting your very own TechRepublic swag - just remember though you only have until 11:59pm ET, Friday June 05, 2009 to let us know you spotted your name! | | | (Note: Due to the possibility of duplicate user id's - click the User Name(s) to be taken to that members profile to see if that is you. Please send email from your registered email with TechRepublic.) | | | | | | TechRepublic Blogs | | | IBM's Devil's Triangle: An enterprise software soap opera
Michael Krigsman: IBM faces lawsuits and public embarrassment in the Philippines over a failed government project involving the company's DB2 database product. Michael Krigsman explains why the situation offers a textbook example of the Devil's Triangle.
Read Full Blog | | ............................................................................................. | Botnets: They do have the option to self-destruct
Michael Kassner: Self-destruct code is often written into bot malware. Up until recently that wasn't considered an issue. So, what changed and what does it mean to us?
Read Full Blog | | ............................................................................................. | Product Spotlight: PDF Studio document editor
Jack Wallen: PDF Studio is a much-needed, cross-platform, suite of tools that allows the user to edit, annotate, extract, and do just about anything to or for a PDF document except create it.
Read Full Blog | | ............................................................................................. | What makes a good Linux distribution?
Have you ever asked yourself, "What makes a good Linux distribution?" Jack Wallen has a number of times and offers his list of the characteristics that add up to a good distribution. What's on your list of must-haves?
Read Full Blog | | ............................................................................................. | Seven tips for negotiating a better severance package
Toni Bowers: When you've just been told you're being laid off, the last thing you're probably prepared to do is negotiate your severance package. That's why, according to severance negotiation expert Maury Hanigan, you should be prepared even if you believe your job is secure.
Read Full Blog | | Member Soap Box | | | | Talent management: Too important to leave to HR
"Not every HR department does keyword mining. If you have a problem with the recruiting software, say something, heck offer to tweak it. We don't know a problem exists until you tell us." -- Nobscotter Phishing: Is that Web site real or not?
"Blaming PHP for poor coding on the part of developers is like Blaming MS for an exploit in Acrobat that escalates into system access." -- Jaqui Why do people write viruses?
"Think about that for a moment, could it be that viruses, are made by the same companies that make virus scanners?" -- SinisterSlay Outsourcing shouldn't be a dirty word
"If it was to generate revenue, or overcome a resource shortfall to keep it. They don't call it outsourcing...." -- Tony Hopkinson | | | Top 5 Active Members | | | | The Top 100 represents the most active TR community participants, ranked in ever-changing order. Here is the Top 5 active TechRepublic members. | | | Yuk IT Up | | | Glossary of PC Messages:
It says: "Press Any Key"
It means: "Press any key you like but I'm not moving."
It says: "The application caused an error. Choose Ignore or Close."
It means: "....Makes no difference to me, you're still not getting your work back."
It says: "Please Wait...."
It means: "... Indefinitely."
It says: "Directory does not exist...."
It means: ".... any more. Whoops."
It says: "Please insert disk 11"
It means: "Because I know darn well there are only 10 disks."
It says: "Installing program to C:\...."
It means: "... And I'll also be writing a few files into c:\windows and c:\windows\system where you'll NEVER find them." | | | For more humor check out last week's Friday Yuk started by HAL 9000! | | |
