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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My best Outlook add-in

If I have got three add-in to recommend for Outlook these are the one below. Outlook is maybe not one of the best e-mail client, but this is certainly one of the most common client as it goes about business mail client. The tool can be perfected though with the addition of some well chosen add-in. These should make your life easier while getting helping you to get rid of the clutter that your Inbox may suffer from.

Xobni: quickly retrieve your e-mail quickly and enrich your contact details with pictures taken from Facebook and LinkedIn. Xobni also performs some very insightful datamining about the e-mails you send and receive such as your most e-mailed correspondent [Free and Commercial]
ClearContext: a good addition to Xobni as it prioritizes your mail and adds some useful features such e-mail follow-up [Commercial]
EzDetach and Mapilab Attachment processor: It's hard to chose among the two, but the first may be simpler to use than the latest, while serving the same purpose, remove the attachment and store them in a safe location while replacing them by a link to the corresponding file [both Commercial]
Mapilab e-mail follow-up: Though redundant with one of the feature of ClearContext, this tool may be a good choice as a standalone add-in for ensuring your e-mails are followed-up by their addressee, and if not to send them a reminder in due time

SOTI Pocket Controller Pro 6 reviewed

Why reviewing SOTI Pocket Controller first? Well I just felt it was the right point to start with. I actually use SOTI for making the screenshots that will illustrate the future software reviews and it makes sense to salute this software first as it is the one I use the most.

First things first, where did I heard of SOTI first? Well I just looked at the Smart Phones and Pocket PC Magazine early awards and discovered this wonderful software.

What can it do for you, well just look at this impressive feature list:

Browse your Windows Mobile device
Edit its registry
Explore files on your device
Make screenshots and video captures
Provide you with your device current system resources
Synchronise selected files
SOTI is also a remote task manager (just like the one on Windows when you press CTRL+ALT+DEL )
Print screen captures
...etc

10 steps to boost your netbook

Netbooks are great but often lack power when it comes to computation-intensive applications. The following 10 steps will squeeze the latest drop from your netbook to your biggest satisfaction.

The explanations relate to the MSI Wind U100 but may be applied to most of the ATOM-based netbooks.

Before doing any of the following, make sure you have got a backup of your system and a brother in-law who knows how to fix broken PCs . As usual don't take any risk unless you understand what you are doing.