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Six-Sigma –A Brief Introduction

Developed in the year 1981 by Motorola, US, Six Sigma is the term used to refer to the popular strategy of business management used in various industries today. It aims at improving the process output quality by first identifying and then eliminating the various causes of errors (defects), thereby reducing the variability in the business and manufacturing processes to the minimum.

It employs various statistical methods and tools for quality management and develops a distinctive...

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Why are iPhone applications so expensive to code?

Why are iPhone applications so expensive to code? iPhone is the latest buzz in the communication world. People can be ambivalent towards Apple, but it's impossible to be ambivalent about the iPhone these days.

The gadget is so cool that every hand needs to hold it but think for just one second that what’s the use of iPhone without cool applications? It is the compelling and attractive applications, which make the iPhone even better. In this connection, the developers have the big task to cope with the needs of...

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Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista

Versions and Variations Windows 7 is the latest OS from Microsoft’s arsenal, the previous one being Vista.  There was a big hype when Windows 7 was released that its performance will be better manifold when compared to its forerunner Vista.

We will see here whether Windows 7 lived up to its expectations or not.  Also, we will see if Windows 7 is better than Vista and if so, how? Vista and its Flavors Windows Vista has many versions or flavors and the most extensively used four flavors are Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista...

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Top tips for Windows Server 2003 Some very useful shortcuts and tips for all Windows Server 2003 users. It is a fact that Microsoft takes us for granted! Yes you heard it, the company thinks that we can read their minds, but the fact of the matter remains that some things are best learnt when someone posts them on the internet!   Run As? Isn’t that dangerous! Tired of logging off and logging in again as a different user to run an application? Here’s the perk. Once a shortcut has been created of your program, right click it -> properties...

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Uses and functionality of Wireshark

What is Wireshark Wireshark is a free open source packet (network protocol) analyzer- the most popular in the world. Basically, what Wireshark does is that it captures all information related to network activity from a computer.

This information can then be used to perform important actions like troubleshooting and diagnosing any network performance difficulties. It was originally known as Ethereal until 2006 when the name was changed to Wireshark. Why is this used To understand why Wireshark is used, one needs to understand what exactly a network analyzer does. Essentially a network analyzer is...

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What is XAMPP

There are a number of AMP type packages around. This article is aimed at explaining what exactly an AMP package, is, which packages are available, and take a more in-depth look at the XAMPP offering, and what differentiates it from the others.

AMP – What does this mean? The term AMP includes any software package containing the following:
  • Apache (the Web Server)
  • My SQL Server (the Database management system, or Database Server)
  • P – any of PHP, Perl or Python (All programming languages used in Web development)
So, AMP is an acronym, and refers to...

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Wi-Max versus WiFi

The human society has been divided into different ages and eras depending upon the different types of advancements, progress, and developmental stages of evolution through which it has passed during the course of the history.

The Paleolithic era, the Neolithic era, the stone age, the industrial revolution and the invention of steam engines, the modern times and now the post-modern contemporary times. However talking and discussing about the technological changes; in fact the birth of technology more specifically, the age of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is characterized by the historians to have...

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Hi All,

Test prints to be given to all printers in the building each day as a printer check for quality and if any issues.

I want some script that can run as a scheduled task and give a test print to all printers which team members in charge of the floor will just have to go to the printers and check.

This would be a very useful help if automated.

Thanks.

Rahman

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Any script that we can use to replicate between Dc's.

I want to force replicate Can anyone help me with a script preferably Powershell or VBS.

I can schedule it to run and can have it replicated as I want.

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NT workstation machine not able to add to domain.

Is there a known issue or a solution anyone knows how to add a desktop to the Domain?

My domain is Windows 2003.

I just have one desktop that needs to be in this OS for a few months and have had no luck adding it to the domain.

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