IT Education and Tools

IT Education and Information Sources

IBM Redbooks
Published by IBM, these publications and newsletters address product, platform, and solution perspectives. They explore integration, implementation, and operation of realistic customer scenarios that include PeopleSoft, Linux, Windows, SAP, Oracle, and others. Most IBM Redbooks are focused on IBM products and technologies, but the Redbooks also include very useful, in-depth primers on vendor-neutral technologies, software, application-creation, and integration topics. www.redbooks.ibm.com

IBM Journals
IBM publishes all its technical journals and publications online. Most are available for download via the IBM Research Journals site: www.research.ibm.com/journal/

MIT Open Course Ware
Introduction to IT Principles 15.564 Information Technology I

ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)
ITIL is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management in the world - a standards-based process.
"official site" ITIL Best Practices Guides - from British Standards Institute

SourceForge
SourceForge is the world's largest Open Source software development website, with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet. SourceForge.net provides free services to Open Source developers. http://sourceforge.net

Systems Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU)
Advice from experienced System Administrators and the resources that they have accumulated to help you make decisions and better handle your computing needs.
www.sage-au.org.au

Internet

Adobe TV - Free Dreamweaver Tutorials
Adobe's free online video turorials cover all of the Adobe Creative Suite, including the popular Dreamweaver web site design and development program. Topics such as Flash CS3, search engine marketing, Adobe AIR, Photoshop and video content are also covered.
http://tv.adobe.com

Internet Assigned Names Authority (IANA) www.iana.org

InterNIC Information about domain names registrations. www.internic.net

What's my IP address? To find out the IP address of your Windows computer: - Click on the "Start" button - Select "Run" - Type "Command" (this causes a DOS window to appear) - At the DOS prompt (">") type "ipconfig" The IP address and any sub network info appears in the DOS window.

Internet Frog Tools for Testing Broadband Speed & other details about your internet connection - and shows you what others can see from your IP address about your location on the internet. www.internetfrog.com

Windows

Windows File Extensions Website providing explanation of different file types on your Windows computer, which you can look up by entering the three letter file extension. http://filext.com/

How to backup and restore registry and other critical system data: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240363

How to backup, edit and restore the registry in Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322755

How to create and Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) in Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231777

How to Check Disk for Faults in Windows XP
(Can use the Chkdsk command line prompt or do the following:)
- Click on MyComputer
- Select & right click on the disk you want to check, which will normally be Local Disk (C:)
- Choose "Properties"
- Select the "Tools" tab, then "Check Now" in the Error-Checking option box
- Select "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors"
- Restart your PC and the disk will be checked.