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Recently I have upgraded my Office to Office 2010. This version looks very interesting and I really like its look, that is especially related to mail. I liked it so much that I have decided to switch my default mail client (The Bat!). Especially I liked the instant search panel, that showed all linked messages.

After my laptop got stuck, I had to reset it. After that no related mail information was shown. I started looking for the fix and it came from Microsoft Website. After I run Scanpst.exe, there were some errors found and search data started showing again. I would also recommend this tool if you have any problems with your PST file.

Recently I have performed the cleanup on my laptop. This means I have deleted the software I don’t use or I am not sure what it’s for. After that my Ultraiso started failing when I tried to burn a DVD. Error message was “Dvd-r/Rw Media Requires Setting Mode Page To Use DAO Writing”. I have tried to change some settings without any success.

Since some programs were deleted, I tried to find which one was necessary for UltraISO. Strange thing, but it was Intel Matrix Storage Manager. I have never used it and not sure what’s it for, but it was necessary for UltraISO for burning a DVD. So, if you have such an error, you should check whether you have all drivers installed. Especially this is related to storage controllers, raid controller drivers and so on. This could be essential for you if you need to burn a DVD with UltraISO

As I have told about before, my second laptop is Asus EEE 901. It came with Windows pre-installed and it was very slow when I have unpacked it. There was almost no free space on C, and there were some program installed, and finally my decision to get rid of this stuff made me to try reinstalling operating system on this netbook.

Let me mention that I don’t have a USB DVD-ROM drive, that’s why I had to deal with flash disks. I have tried to create some bootable flash drives, and let me share the software that has a simple and user-friendly interface, and, of course, it’s free. It is called WinSetupFromUSB and you can download it using the link above. It allows you to create a bootable installation flash drive to install almost any version of Windows you like.

I have tries some flash drives, but none of them allowed me to boot. I have tried all possible BIOS settings, but result was the same each time: error message telling me “Reboot and select proper boot device”.

The solution was very simple, yet not documented. If you need to boot your EEE 901 netbook from a flash drive, you have to try hitting and holding-down the [Esc] key when the ASUS splash screen appears during the boot-up process. It will then show you the boot menu. I can’t understand the reason, and there are no official docs from ASUS (I haven’t found any of them).

I would like to say a special thank you to guy from Eeeuser forum, their solution really helped me to find out the simplest way to boot from my flash drive.

Time management is an important thing today. If you don’t know how to manage your time, how to find time for great things, you will hardly achieve your goals. How to find out where is your time? You will need to track it, using a simple notepad, of a software package, if you like to do it more professionally.

I have been searching for an utility that allows to track time and to categorize it. Software should be able to create reports so I could see all my time spent at a glance.

There are some similar applications created for Linux. You can check Hamster, Gnotime (not supported), and Timebox : these are the most well known. I would like to show you an application, that can be run using Wine: Timepanic.

Timepanic is an application for tracking time spent at the computer (Windows version) and other time (Pocket PC edition). If you need to keep track of the work you do and when you do it, and want to stay on top of tracking projects or your business, then TimePanic is the ideal solution.

It allows you to improve your efficiency at work,keep on top of all your projects. watch an overview of all your priorities, see where the time is going in your day, see which projects/clients consume the most time. and many other features.

Timepanic is not only a computer application; it comes bundled with a Pocket PC version. It is used if you have a Windows Mobile Phone, or a Pocket PC, and you would like to track your time out of office. It is very useful to track traffic times, waiting, and any other activities that are a part of your life and you want to keep track of them.

The most useful thing of Timepanic as the ability to create reports. Reports will show you how much time is spent on each of your projects or time category so you could see it and make necessary changes.

If you are a time management fan, you must have this software.