Unofficial Spiceworks

Random Discussions around the Water Cooler

Bored and want something to do?

Pop along to the Spiceworks water cooler, the water cooler is the place of all things none IT from What type of Car do you drive? to First IT Job Horror Stories you can have a laugh with other IT pros and chat about how you became a SysOp

If your not already part of the Spiceworks community join in now. You’ll find everyone friendly and willing to help you with IT and Spiceworks problems

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The "spice" must flow! After all, doesn’t every hard working SMB IT pro deserve "free IT?" Join the revolution & let IT pros everywhere know that with Spiceworks, IT is finally free!

Do your it for Spiceworks help spread the word with your fellow IT pro’s and also help keep Spiceworks free.

Their are so many ways you can help keep Spiceworks free their are ideas on the Spiceworks official site and also the unofficial Spread-Spiceworks site.

Click the banners below to find out more information about some of the things you can do…

Once you have promoted Spiceworks why not shout about it on the forum so people know what you’ve done, Share ideas with people, get ideas for yourself. Get help with a large idea/event.

Spiceworks and the community will always help you with your promoting needs providing you with the tools and know how.

Check out the Spread Spiceworks forum now

Work together and learn from other IT Pros in the Spiceworks Community. Join groups on the topics that interest you.

Why not join a discussion group on the Spiceworks community, from Location to Industry, Technologies and Others random ones…

Groups allow you to keep track off the topics and posts that interest you, you might hate writing websites but love cisco, join the cisco group and get chatting. You can even subscribe to new topics so you always know what’s going on.

The discussion groups help people work and learn together, from fellow IT pros in and around the community.

Each group has its own set of topics, how-to’s and SpiceLists making it easier to find the information you want or could need to help you with your job.

With hundres of groups ready for you to jump in to your bound to find one that suits your tastes and needs.

Pop on over to the community and have a look

Learn how IT Pros solve common problems. Share what you know and help the community.

Finding it hard to do something? Need a little hand?

No problem, the Spiceworks How-to’s are designed for you. From making Ubuntu bootable usb drive to testing ram in computers how-to’s are being created left right and centre to help you.

With catchy titles, easy to read descriptions and sometimes funny images, the How-to’s help even experts.

Created by the community users as and when they are completing task’s they are accurate and up to date.

Creating a how-to is as simple as A B C…

• Add a title to your how-to
• Write a description
• Add the steps and images

When published your how-to could be read by the whole community and help out so many experts and novices.

The how-tos in the Spiceworks community are always growing and morphing. New how-to’s are being created daily why not pop over and have a look?

Have a look at the current how-to’s and maybe make your own?

The Spiceworks community provides support not just for Spiceworks but for everything IT…

With a huge bank of members producing hundreds of posts a day the Spiceworks community is bound to have the answer to your question or have someone their to answer.

From simple to complex people are always willing to help you out. The community is the facebook for geeks.

Asking Questions

Need help with a new project? or just got a question that’s bugging you?

If you have a IT related question why not see if the community can help you out? In the top left you can ask a question quickly.

Fill in the details then wait, most posts have people talking within an hour. People like akp982 (me) have an addiction to Spiceworks community and watch it with hawk eyes looking out for people to help.

Spiceworks is the first social business application and is getting bigger every day, with well over 300,000 users its a powerful tool for everyone.

From novice to expert its designed for everyone.

Answering Questions

Got some spare time and want to help out other people?

If you like helping out other people why not answer questions other people have asked? You’ll earn Spice point and gain a spicier Spice level.

Find the questions you can answer and reply, if the poster of a member of the Spiceworks team thinks your answer is the best you will get Spice points.

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Get the latest technical documents from the big name companies for free! Companies such as Cisco, AMD, MessageLabs and Zimbra give their whitepapers away for free on Spiceworks.

Keep in the loop with all the new technical changes, or just read the guides and reports provided for IT pro’s.

From free Trials to practical guides all the information you need is in the one place.

Its quick and easy to download your free Whitepapers, find the one that interests you fill in the details and click submit. Spiceworks will then drop you an email with the link to download.

The whitepapers are an ever growing part of the Spiceworks community, as with everything Spiceworks is always growing and evolving into something new and brilliant.

Why not check them out and download a couple?

SpiceLists allow you to tell and find out what people think about different Issues.

List such as Favourite Sci-Fi Film or TV Series? or Getting Started Tips: MS Exchange allow you to find out what your fellow IT pros think about different issues and topics.

Help Spiceworks work out your Favourite Companies To Receive Exclusive Spiceworks Only Discounts From or just working out what the Favourite IT Blog is…

Jump into a list and vote up what you think is the best/most important.

If you have an idea for a SpiceList use suggest a new Spice list button at the bottom of the page and hopefully you’ll see it appear soon.

SpiceLists are always on the grow so check back regularly to see if something catches your eye

Pop over to the community and have a look now

The Ratings and reviews section of the Spiceworks community allows you to read up on what other IT pro’s like you think off products and services.

Or have you just brought a dodgy product and want to help other people not make the same mistakes? Then review the product for other people to read.

All products are given a image, overview and a Star rating allowing you to quickly find out if a product is worth it or not.

Everything gets reviewed:

• IT Services
• Computers
• Networking
• Printers
• Software
• VoIP Phones

Add your reviews now and help others…

Creating a review

You can quickly create reviews of network products though your Spiceworks install or finding the device in the Ratings and reviews section of Spiceworks community.

When you find the item in either your Spiceworks install or the community give your item a star rating

Fill in your review and save

Easy as one two three, your review will now show and the rating you gave will effect the overall rating and help people find the right products.

The more you review the better your Spice badge becomes…

With the new Spice levels the more you review the Spicier you get…

Compare Prices

The ratings and reviews section doesn’t just let you review…

You can also compare prices for your devices, helping you find the best price for that item you want now… The more you spend though compare prices the more Spiceworks get the better it becomes

Check out the reviews now