HOW TO BEAT COMPUTER EMAIL VIRUSES

If you use Outlook Express, follow this simple tip.

Open Outlook Express. 
Click on View. 
Click on Layout. 
Click on Customize Toolbar. 
On the left hand side, under Available Toolbar Buttons, scroll until you see the Preview icon. 
Highlight Preview by clicking on it once and then click on Add so Preview moves to the right side. 
Finally, click on Close.

When the Preview is on, you can read the content of your email. When the Preview is off, you don’t see the content of your email. When a virus comes in, it relies on your Preview being on. So here is what you do. 

Keep your Preview off as much as possible. 
If an email comes in with an attachment, delete it. 
If an email comes in that you want to read, just turn your Preview on by clicking on the Preview button that you just added to your upper task bar. By doing this, viruses could be sent to you all day and they wouldn’t affect your computer. 

This is a smart way of beating the idiot who doesn’t have anything better to do with his time than to create vicious viruses and send them as emails.

Hopefully this little idea will help you stay away from viruses too. Obviously, you should have virus software like Norton Anti-Virus or McAfee Anti-Virus to help against attacks, but this little idea of working with the Preview button is just another way to protect you and your computer from virus attacks. 

If you like this idea, pass it along to a friend. It can be helpful in protecting their computer too. Remember, take the right precautions to protect your computer from viruses today. Don't let a computer virus destroy your important files.

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Increase Productivity
by Using These Time-Saving Techniques

In today’s corporate environments, almost all employees are expected to do more with less... less money, less time, less help. In order to live balanced lives, modern employees must come up with more effective and efficient work practices. The following tips may help to shave a few minutes, or even an hour, off every day.

*** When there’s a backlog on your voice mail, copy down the messages and delete them. You won’t have to waste time listening to old messages the next time you check your box.

*** Use email. Just because someone calls doesn’t mean you have to respond immediately. Instead of breaking your concentration on the project at hand, set aside a specific time to return calls.

*** If a meeting is not top priority, go for the beginning and then hand it off to an associate or assistant, who can provide you with minutes, or a verbal summary.

*** Set aside time for tasks that require stretches of uninterrupted concentration. Tell coworkers that you are unavailable and close your door, or consider working off-site to avoid interruptions.

*** Work the hours that best suit you best. If you are most productive in the early morning hours or after 5 p.m. talk to your supervisor about altering your schedule.

*** Know your limitations. If fatigue kicks in and you’re reading but not comprehending, take a five-minute break. If you can’t solve a particular problem move on to a different project and come back to it later.

*** Constantly evaluate whether anything is being accomplished, If you have a meeting scheduled between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., and after 15 minutes the ideas aren’t flying, simply say, "This isn’t working. Let’s share our ideas via email or schedule a conference call next week." Don’t waste an hour just because you scheduled an hour.

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