Boost your PC performances (part II)

Some Vacuum cleaning I recently followed "The PC Doctor" advice to clean up my PC with a vacuum cleaner. My laptop is about 3 years old and has never been cleaned so far, except for the keyboard, the microbes preferred place (wash your hand kids!). I first turn off your PC, unlocked all cables and ensured that the hard disk heads were parked. I just put my laptop on my knees with the vents on top (no need to dismantle it)....

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Boost your PC performances (Part I)

You have been warned! Like any manipulation of your PC,the steps described below present some risks and may in some cases damage your computer and void your warranty, so if you do it, it is at your own risk...you have been warned. The beginning For a long time I have been searching for ways to boost my PC to get the best out of it. Internet contains a lot of tips and tricks to boost your PC performances, some good some less good....

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Make XP look and behave like Vista

Interested in having Windows XP looking and behaving as Vista? I know, I know, there are enough articles on the subject, but just check out this one first, and then complain if you still feel so (I want hear you anyway): First Teaser (the desktop) Check out the Vista skin and the top dock. It's a free product you can get from Stardock at http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/ (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/). The skin it-self is a commercial product, also from Stardock, called Windowblinds. You can find it here...

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New posts

Back from holidays

I am back from holidays. As you may have noticed, the site has remained quite steady for the last two weeks, but don' t worry, I have got plenty of articles just waiting to be written.

In the coming days I will do the following:

Article refresh: Fixing and enhancing existing articles (I have got some more feedback after I have used my Nokia 5230 during my stay in the mountains)
Some new posts on efficient ways to search the web
The second part of the article on how to sort huge amounts of files
...and much more

Stay tuned!

Free theme for your Nokia 5230

Looking for a free theme for your Nokia 5230? Well, just click on your OVI store icon and search for "Pizero".

This is what you will find:

The must have Project Management books

Here is a list of the must have PM books. This is a work in progress. Click on the book for more details:

My Best Excel add-in

There is plethora of Excel add-in, most of them reserved to Excel-guru's, sometimes very expensive, but there are certainly four among them that you should have if you regularly create and validate Excel sheets.

XLAuditor: An inexpensive tool I have been searching for a while to help me reading and auditing complex formula. A must have!
Traffic light: (Not illustrated here) - This free tool will color the cells as you control and validate them, including related cells which de-facto are partially or fully reviewed. This tool can be obtained from a dedicated Yahoo user group.
Navigator Excel toolbar: Get back the standard Excel 2003 toolbar in Excel 2007 (everything at one place)
Explorer for Excel: A quick navigation tool, very handy as it comes to reviewing large workbooks

The 10 must-have Project Management skills

These are the 10 must-have skills and aptitudes every Project Manager should have (and train):

Communication skills (read this for some insights on typical human behavior): I cannot succeed in PM if you cannot communicate in a clear and concise way. Experimented PM tend to say that PM is 80% communication and 20% production
Leadership skills This materialize as you share your vision and enthusiasm. If you head t success with no concession people will follow you (people like winners, it's just a fact of life)
Organization skills As complexity growth organization will ensure you can focus on the real stuff, while the rest (administration, reporting,...) is lead in auto-pilot mode.

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