You can merge the functionality of Microsoft Update into Windows Update so that you no longer need to visit Office Online to get updates . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn how to use a type constraint to ensure a function receives the correct type of data. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Windows PowerShell 2.0 offers a new cmdlet that makes it easy to send e-mail from a script . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn about the new debugging cmdlets that make it easier to debug scripts in Windows PowerShell 2.0 . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Get an overview of how to use the new computername parameter in Windows PowerShell 2.0. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Some programs that used to automatically run from USB media no longer launch on their own. It's not a bug, it's a feature. Here’s why . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Discover some handy tools and resources from Microsoft that can help you conserve energy and reduce costs in your IT infrastructure —a nd one tool that will help you reduce energy costs at home. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog ...

Windows 7 offers limited ways to recover forgotten passwords. Here’s what you should know to be prepared before a password is lost . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Here are three ways to quickly view details about the system and server on which you’re running your database. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn three convenient ways to launch Windows PowerShell, and discover the startup parameters you can use to control how Windows PowerShell works . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Windows 7 lets you use display scaling to increase the size of text and other items on the screen. Here's an overview of how to configure display scaling and a look at how to fix common scaling-related problems . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter ...

Here's a look at how to create a local user account for a Windows 7 computer that is a member of a homegroup or a workgroup. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

We want to hear your tips. Do you have a favorite tip, trick, or workaround for a Microsoft product or technology? Now is your chance to share your tips with other IT Pros . Show us what you've got. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog...

File name and Folder name completion can be indispensible when working at a Command Prompt. Learn some tricks for getting more out of this feature . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Learn how to work with and configure Dynamically Configured Memory in SQL Server 2008. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Get an overview of how to use the new SQL Server Utility and Utility Control Points in SQL Server 2008 R2. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

The ALTER DATABASE statement replaces sp_dboption as the preferred way to change database settings in SQL Server 2008. Here’s what you need to know . Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

DHCP lease and reservation information is stored in database files. Here’s how you can backup and restore this information. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

Here's the fastest, easiest way to create a System Repair Disc on Windows 7. Even without a Windows 7 installation disc. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS

The DHCP console provides statistics concerning IPv4 and IPv6 address availability and usage. But the info isn't updated automatically. If you monitor DHCP routinely, you might want to enable automatic updating. Here's how . Follow our daily tips on...

To better detect and avoid potential conflicts, you can enable IPv4 address conflict detection by following these two simple steps. Follow our daily tips on: Twitter | Facebook | blog | Web | RSS