Can’t wait for your Nokia Lumia 920? Although shipments have started, not everyone has been able to get their hands on one yet.
But here’s an inventive solution constructed by my friend Geoff to “get a feel for the Lumia”.
Almost as good as the real thing!
Web developers can tell you that application speed is all about latency. It’s about the speed between component A and B; the distance between this server and that one; the response time of that API. In other words, it’s about the space between.
In organisations complexity is compounded in the spaces between – the spaces between teams, between components and between divisions. The trouble is the spaces between are often a no-mans land that is no-one’s responsibility in particular… but it’s the spaces between that matter if you want to get anything meaningful done.
Factories build detailed processes to help their employees navigate the spaces between teams to get things done. But what if there is no process for what you need to do? What if there is no roadmap to tell you how to get there?
If you understand the spaces between, you don’t need a playbook or a manual. When you step in and own the space between, you can make things happen and get stuff done.
The spaces between are your opportunity to do something new and valuable.
For the first time in what seems like ages I somehow managed to catch a virus… this time a very annoying one called HDD Low. It’s one of those fake system optimisation utilities that keeps spamming you with false alerts about your system (low memory, hard drive error, etc) until you give in and buy their fake ‘repair’ software to fix the problem. This one was even almost convincing… the first screen had me almost convinced it was a genuine Windows alert.
The good news is that it’s pretty easy to get rid of, and you don’t have to install any extra anti-spyware software or pay anyone anything. Here’s what you need to do:
1. Press Control-Alt-Delete to get to your Task Manager. Open it up and kill the HDD Low processes. They won’t be labelled ‘HDD Low’ – they will be labelled with a random string of letters and numbers. If you’re not sure, just kill any processes that look suspicious. I found that one of the HDD Low processes kept re-opening itself directly after I killed it – but if you kill it again as soon as it pops back into the process list, it is gone for good.
a) If Task Manager isn’t visible in the list when you press Control-Alt-Delete, try restarting your computer. HDD Low will start again automatically, but Task Manager should be visible now.
2. That should have taken care of the pop-up messages that keep annoying you. If you are still seeing pop-up messages, or if the HDD Low Icon is still visible in the task bar, then the processes aren’t dead yet… go back to Task Manager and try again.
Now you need to remove the registry entries to stop it coming back again. Go to Start –> Run, and type regedit. You’re now looking at the registry editor. Be careful! If you remove the wrong registry keys from here your programs or Windows may stop working. Navigate using the tree to the Run folder: HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
This folder specifies what should run when windows starts. There will be (at least) two registry keys that look like random numbers, and the entry in the ‘value’ column will link back to a folder in your User Data’s temporary folder (something like: C:UsersYour_UsernameAppDataLocalTemp47456096.exe). Delete these registry keys.
3. The hard part’s done. Now you just need to clean up the files HDD Low leaves lying around. First remove the application files from your Temp directory: C:UsersYour_UsernameAppDataLocalTemp47456096.exe. Again, the file will be a random string of numbers or letters. Remove anything that looks suspicious. Then remove the Application shortcut from your desktop, and you’re done!
I hope this helped!