Are You Working with Project Managers or a Project Manager Yourself?
During work hours I am an IT project manager. Since this is also one of my passions, I’ve started a study on the image of the project management profession. Myself & my blogging partners are interested to know what people think about project managers and the value they add to an organization. Therefore, if you have worked with project managers or you are a project manager yourself, take 5 minutes to go through this survey: Study on the Image of the Project Management Profession.
I know this is not Windows 7 related… hope you won’t mind.
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the Best of the Web for Windows 7 Users – September 2010
Except writing tutorials for our readers, we browse the internet a lot, in search of the latest news, ideas and tools which could be useful to us and our readers. Therefore, we thought it would be good to start a monthly series in which we highlight articles from other websites that might have value to you. This month we have a mix of news and tutorials you might find interesting. Check them out…
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How to Manage Existing Tasks in Task Scheduler
After two articles on how to create a task, for both beginners and advanced users, I continue our series on Task Scheduler with a tutorial about the commands which can be executed on an already created task. More precisely, I will show how to run a task on demand, how to end, disable, import, export and delete an existing task. I will share details on what are the effects of each of these commands, together with usage examples so you can make the best of this powerful tool – Task Scheduler.
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Security for Everyone – Reviewing Avast! Internet Security 5.0
Welcome to the latest installment of Security for Everyone. Avast! has been creating security software since 1988. Today, twenty-two years later, they continue to offer a free product and two more advanced products. In this review I will be looking at Avast! Internet Security version 5.0 the most feature rich of the Avast! offerings.
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Connecting to A Windows Remote Desktop from Ubuntu
A useful feature of Windows is being able to connect to your desktop from another location to remotely manage your computer. While this functionality is native in Windows 7 and previous versions, it is not supported by default in many Linux distributions. However, using a simple tool called Gnome-RDP, I will show you how to connect to a Windows 7 remote desktop from an Ubuntu Linux desktop.
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Play Any Video Format in Windows Media Player 12
In terms of file compatibility, Windows Media Player 12 is by far the most ecumenical to date. Where Microsoft once tacitly shunned third-party file types – such as Apple’s Quicktime (.MOV) and DivX – it now supports an impressive number of file types out of the box. Still, avid media enthusiasts will occasionally come across a video file type that Windows Media Player 12 can’t handle natively. Luckily, all you’ll need to for the small fraction of video formats that Microsoft chose not to support from the get go, is a handy codec pack. This tutorial will show you how to install the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, which enables support for virtually every video file type under the sun.
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Create an USB Memory Stick with System Recovery Tools
In one of our previous articles, we’ve shown How to Create a System Repair Disc on a CD/DVD with just with a few clicks. In will continue the discussion by showing how to create a bootable flash memory stick with System Recovery Tools on it.
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Add or Remove the Take Ownership Option to the Right Click Context Menu
Taking ownership files or folders in Windows in general, is a process that takes time and a bit of attention. Fortunately for us, there are solutions which allow you to add or remove the Take Ownership shortcut to the right click context menu. In this article I will cover two of these solutions.
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Poll – What do you want from Windows 8?
Our friends from 4SysOps are running a poll asking people what they want from Windows 8. Microsoft has already started working on this operating system and the plan is to have it launched around 2012. In order to help Microsoft deliver yet another great operating system, help us out and take 2 minutes of your time to go through this poll.
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Wake the Computer to Run a Microsoft Security Essentials Scan
In a recent review of Microsoft Security Essentials it was discovered that an option to wake the computer to perform a scheduled scan did not exist. There is a way to force the computer to wake up and complete a scan but it involves editing the scheduled task within Windows 7. This tutorial will take you through the steps required to get this done.
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