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.

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

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.

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.

Though there is no reason for Acronis to block the network, I have become accessible only after I have de-installed Acronis True Image Home 2010. I have recently upgraded it to a newer version and really liked it on Vista. I was really surprised when I found that this nice software doesn’t let me to use my network.

I am not sure whether there is any solution for this problem yet, I have simply downgraded my True Image version to 11, but I’ve googled some advices. Hope they might help you if you face the same problems.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters
4. In the right pane, double-click the IRPStackSize value.

NOTE: If the IRPStackSize value does not already exist, use the following procedure to create it:
a. In the Parameters folder of the registry, right-click the right pane.
b. Point to New, and then click DWord Value.
c. Type IRPStackSize.

IMPORTANT: Type “IRPStackSize” exactly as it is displayed because the value name is case-sensitive.
5. Change the Base to decimal.
6. In the Value Data box, type a value that is larger than the value that is listed.

If you created the IRPStackSize value using the procedure described in step 4, the default value is 15. It is recommended that you increase the value by 3. Therefore, if the previous value was 11, type 14, and then click OK.
7. Close the Registry Editor.
8. Restart the computer.
If the problem persists after you complete the preceding procedure, try to increase the value of IRPStackSize even more. The maximum value for Windows 2000 is 50 (0×32 hex).

i found a value of 25 worked for me
hope this saves somebody time

Hope that the issue will be resolved by Acronis soon

The first thing I need to tell is that I don’t have an external DVD-ROM and I don’t plan to buy one. So there really was no place to insert DVD to. First thing I’ve tried was to create an ISO image of the DVD and burn it to my USB flash. That was done, but the disk refused to boot telling me I should have a DVD inserted. Then I have investigated the DVD and found two big gho files. Ok, the recovery CD uses Norton Ghost to restore image files.That’s nice.

Further investigation on the Recovery CD leaded to the discovery of winpe.iso file that contained GHOST32.exe. That was even better: it could be possible to restore images with it. The next thing I has to do was to create a bootable Flash drive and to run ghost32.exe.

So in order to restore the images you need to create a bootable flash disk. There is a list of methods that are available here . I think that the most simple is to search for “HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool” in Google. This is Freeware and it will allow you to create a bootable flash drive. The you need to copy image files (they are located under Recovery folder of the DVD and GHOST32.exe to the bootable flash. Then you will need to boot from this flash and to gun ghost32, then restore the images and you’re done!

Here is an alternative method of doing the same: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windows:restorexp_from_usb. Hope this helps you to revent your Windows to its initial state.

First of all we need to have an original CD with clean Windows installation. Then I have followed the information on Microsoft.com:

To install the Recovery Console, follow these steps:
Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM drive.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons where d is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive. In the case of ‘Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, type d:\amd64\winnt32.exe /cmdcons where d is the drive letter for the CD-ROM drive.
A Windows Setup Dialog Box appears. The Windows Setup Dialog Box describes the Recovery Console option. To confirm the installation, click Yes.
Restart the computer. The next time that you start your computer, “Microsoft Windows Recovery Console” appears on the startup menu.

Then we’ll see the Recovery console after reboot. You’ll need to select it in order to recover any of the system files.  Then we need to persorm the following steps:

At the command prompt, type the following command:

cd %systemroot%\system32

First, rename the damaged or corrupted file so that it is not deleted when you copy the original file. To do this, type the following command:

ren USER32.DLL USER32.BAK

Next, restore the original User32.dll file from the Windows CD to your computer. To do this, type the following command:

expand [CD drive letter]:\i386\USER32.DL_ %systemroot%\system32 /Y

Note In this command, replace [CD drive letter] with the letter of your CD drive, such as D. If your computer does not recognize  %systemroot%, you’ll have to type in the full path manually (usually C:\Windows)

To exit the Recovery Console and to restart the computer, type exit at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. Your file will be restored after reboot.

The second part of article was created using the information found here. If you know any other methods that could help restoring system files in Windows, I’d suggest you to leave your comments.

Today I’ve faced the problem with certificate import in Opera. If usually there were no problems during import, today I’ve got a message about an unknown error or something related to this. As there are no log files like Linux has , I’ve started to search the forums and the solution was found. I would like to share it with you.

If you need to install any certificates in Opera 9.5+, you must uninstall it and then roll back to version 9.27 (that’s the version I’ve checked). Make sure to remove everything related to Opera: check your Documents and Settings folder and remove anything related to Opera before installing version 9.27.

After you install Opera 9.27, you may import your certificates as there are no problems with the import process. Then you may wish to upgrade to the latest version and your certificates will be working as usual. I hope that guys at Opera will fix this, but if you need to fix it now, you’re welcome to do it. Old Opera version may be found on their site.

First of all I tried to use Ad-Aware, as it is one of most known solutions for spyware. The system was scanned, some spyware applications were found, but Winantivirus 2009 was up and running even after a reboot. I had to use more radical solutions, like editing msconfig. I have disabled all executable files I didn’t know and rebooted the PC. Everything went much better. I’ve started some antivirus programs to clean up the hdd and they did the job.

Antivirus 2009, Winantivirus and so on is a specific spyware, that doesn’t have any universal algoritm for deletion. I’ve found a good guide here (the guide is in Russian, but I think Google translate will help you). There are some antispyware solutions I didn’t test, but you’re welcome to try. Here is one, that promises to remove fake antivirus packages.  I didn’t test it and I’m not sure whether it works or not.

The best protection is not to have these products installed. I really love Vista for its user account control, that prevents running unsolicited installations, and Comodo Firewall for the information about critical file modifications. Other advices are well known too: don’t visit warez, free adult and mp3 sites and don’t install the software you don’t know. It is much easier to cathc something like this in Windows, but since it’s most popular operating system, you should stay protected.