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Are you going on vacation? Are you going to be out of the office for a short or even long period of time? Don’t forget to set up and turn on your “Out of Office Assistant” on Microsoft Outlook. It’s amazing of how many people actually forget to do this. You e-mail someone asking them a question or wanting to state ...

"Our admins are lifelines that feed us our most vital information and keep our responsibilities and resources coordinated," says Marc Wright, founder and principal of Martinez & Wright Homeownership Partners in Los Angeles. "If they give us messages that are unclear or inaccurate, we're going to end up as someone else's lunch." With email being the preferred mode of business communication ...

Minute taking is an art! Anyone who is good at it is to be commended. I have never had to take minutes, but I almost did many years ago. My boss came to my desk and told me he needed me to take minutes for a meeting. I was not aware of the meeting so I wasn't prepared. I started to ...

If you’re like most people I know, you have trouble managing your email. Maybe you can’t keep up with the dozens or hundreds of messages (yes, some people get hundreds) you receive each day. Perhaps you’re fed up with all those silly forwards from your uncle or coworker, or frustrated by the series of 12 back-and-forth emails it takes to set ...

A lot of people think that after having lost their Windows admin password, they absolutely have to reinstall their OS. Let me tell you something: They are wrong! Here I'm posting a few methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:   1st Method: The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install ...

Has this happened to you? The conversation drifting over the cubicle wall is in Chinese, and you wonder: Are my colleagues talking about me? Or you and a coworker are in the cafeteria talking about Mexico's World Cup chances. Suddenly, you notice angry glances from the next table. It's not your soccer analysis; it's that you're not speaking English that galls ...

3 easy steps with several mouse-clicking to get you used to the program to recover password for WinZIP/ZIP archives! Tip: This is a concise guide for you to quickly experience the program. For the detailed information, please refer to the "Help" file integrated in the program. On the program, click "Help" in the Menu will be OK. Step1: Click "File>Open" ...

Follow the concise step-to-step guide to recover passwords for WinRAR/RAR archives easily with RAR Password Unlocker 3.0 Tip: This guide is to introduce you to the easiest way to use the program. Detailed information is available on the "Help" file integrated in the program, please refer to it if any inquiries. Step1: Click "Open" button in the Menu or the ...

Cracking a RAR password is always a hard task which takes a lot of time and resources and doesn’t really lead to successful end most of the time, but if you need to desperately unpack some file and you don’t know the password, it’s at least worth a try. RAR Password Unlocker can help you with this chore, and it’s very ...

Do you have an "auto signature" set up in your e-mail? If you don't, here are a few reasons you may want to consider setting one up. If you already have one set up, see if it's as complete as you may want it to be. Good auto signatures are a sign of professionalism. It's the polish at the end of ...

I recently attended an IAAP dinner meeting and we had a lawyer speak to us about the proper disposal of confidential documents. As assistants we often work with information that is confidential and we need to use good practices when disposing of these documents. In Canada document disposal came to the attention of Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner in the filming of a ...

We often face situations where we forget or lost Windows password or somebody had changed the password of our system. In such a situation either we have to install windows again or find a solution to reset the password so that we can use the system easily. In this post, I will show you how you can reset the password on ...

Many times we face this problem when  we forget or lost Windows password or somebody had changed the password of our system. In such a situation either we have to install windows again or find a solution to reset the password so that we can log into Windows easily. In this post, I will show you how you can reset the ...

I love being an admin, but technicalities with words and writing were never my thing. After winning my 2nd grade Spelling Bee, it all went downhill from there. Unfortunately, overlooking seemingly trivial details doesn't cut it for a top admin. You must be able to catch each and every error and write impeccably. As you have probably seen all over AdminSecret, ...

The purpose of business writing is to convey information to someone else or to request information from them. To be effective writing for business, you must be complete, concise, and accurate. Your text should be written in such a way that the reader will be able to easily understand what you are telling or asking them. A lot of writing for ...

Most people who fear speaking in front of groups simply avoid it or spend sleepless nights ahead of the dreaded event. But there are effective ways to prepare yourself. The key is not to try to completely eliminate fear but to accept it, reframe it, and control it. Accept your fear. If you experience anxiety at the thought of presenting in ...

Since many of us rely so heavily on E-mail, business letters have become special once again. Yet your prospects won't read just any letter. Try these ten tips to increase readability: FIRST: Use simple, contemporary language. Readers dislike a stilted approach. Eliminate "heretofore," "henceforth," "concomitant with," "pursuant to" and similar words dressed in tuxedos. Use water cooler language, not boardroom lingo. ...

As you think back over your professional activities during 2008, you are likely to remember your most glaring communication blunders : •You sent an important, confidential e-mail to the wrong person •You didn’t change your voice mail out-of-the-office recording after your vacation •You didn’t silence your cell phone, and it rang during a staff meeting •You forgot to provide information you ...

Success is in the cards when you've got business cards that convey the right message. A business card is an integral part of any good marketing plan. For its size and cost, it's probably the most powerful part. Of course, you can't expect your business card to tell the whole story about your company. What you should expect it to do ...

Forgot or lost windows password? Have been locked out of computer? Do not want to reinstall the computer because there is vital data on your computer? Oh, well, it is not that scary as it seems and is really with solutions indeed. Then how to get out of the situation without reformatting and re-installing the operating system? Well, Microsoft has offered ...