Last week’s slide overhaul went so well that we’re going to do it again. This week, your challenge is to improve an Excel userform. Now,Read More

The explosion of malicious web sites has created an unsavory situation for search engines. They may accidentally elevate the ranking of harmful websites in searchRead More

Many users like to shade every other row to make sheets more readable, especially when there’s lots of data. Sometimes restrictions can complicate things, orRead More

In 2001, TechRepublic blogger Jeff Dray wrote a wonderful, IT-inspired adaptation of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. This year, I’m republishing it inRead More

Over the last few years, Microsoft has been trying to make PowerShell the management tool of choice. Almost all the newer Microsoft server products requireRead More

No one working in network security can complain that the issue has been ignored by the press. Between Stuxnet, WikiLeaks server attacks and counterattacks, andRead More

For this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released six security bulletins, five of which it’s rated as critical. (The remaining update addresses an important threat.) WhileRead More

Making up for lost time, Microsoft has released nine security bulletins for October after taking the month of September off. Of the nine updates, MicrosoftRead More

Microsoft’s flirtation with Java as a part of its long-term systems strategy ended in late January when Microsoft agreed to pay $20 million to settleRead More