October 2005 - COMPTECH Newsletter

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Computer Tips & Tutorials...

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October 2005 Newsletter Content index:

Introduction... Getting Organized

1. Time management software

2. Copernic Desktop Search

3. Steps for protection from Zombies

4. Vista Release Beta Update

5. Get your free online storage

6. Get your Halloween gift

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Introduction... Getting Organized

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Get organized and you will get the results. I am trying to get organized. I tested lot of time management tools and finally decided to go for “Time To” software. It is free and very useful. Also desktop search to organize your search.

Hope you will find it useful!

Happy reading...

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1. Time management software

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In day to day life, we forget many important things and then we land up in trouble. I was facing same problem. Then I decided to solve it once for all. To get successful in life, you should have some discipline and manage your resources effectively. Time is our most important resource. Utilize and manage it properly and everything will fall back in it’s proper place. Believe me, it requires some patience. But it is worth trying.

To manage my time effectively, I was searching for the good time management program, which will not allow me to forget the important things. That's what exactly the “ Time To “ software has done for me. I am getting the results and want you to use it for your benefit.

What is TimeTo software and How It is different from other time management software?

TimeTo provides you with a definite, detailed, minute-by-minute plan for achieving what you want. The plan changes minute-by-minute through the day as new things crop up during the day that would normally play havoc with your schedule.

The plan automatically adapts to whatever you throw at it so you can immediately see when you are over-stretching yourself. And you can immediately see if you really can meet those tight deadlines.

There is a trial version of TimeTo available from David Berman Communications at http://www.timeto.org

Check out How the Time To user uses it with Getting Things Done approach in his own words. --->

I've been using the Getting Things Done approach for last few days. And it works better than any other time-management system around.

My problem is that I forgot to check actions lists again and again throughout the day. I also find it really boring to have to keep checking action/project lists. Sometimes I skip the important step.

* The need to constantly check action lists is taken away. TimeTo handles all deadlines and prioritizing.

* Once all your tasks and projects are in TimeTo, you can REALLY relax and just play with your schedule knowing that if you push it too far, TimeTo will let you know that you cannot possibly meet a deadline.

* You don't have to think upfront about the right Next Actions. TimeTo will automatically surface tasks (even "amorphous blob" tasks) when it is time to work on them. You can then do some "natural planning" (as David Allen calls it) in the Note section of that item to define and highlight Next Actions and future actions.

* It helps enormously with time discipline so you don't end up leaving stuff until the last minute. In the past, I have often left it too late to do Next Actions off my actions list. If there is any danger of that for a particular project or task, I just set the duration of the task to an amount of time that I think the entire project would require (in an ideal interruption-free world) and TimeTo automatically watches to make sure that there is sufficient time available.

* You always have a feeling of progress even when tackling massive tasks. Using the splittable items feature will allow TimeTo to let you work a bit at a time on a large task and keep coming back to it when you feel like it.

* You automatically get a daily record of events which I find very useful both when weekly reviewing and also when wanting to know how I exactly spent my time on any particular day.

* You don't have to think anymore about whether the action you are just completing is part of a larger project. TimeTo has a "clone" feature, which, on completion of a particular task, will ask you if you want to schedule the next one. In my approach, I use this extensively to set a Next Action on completion of a previous Next Action.

* You can be sure that everything you are doing is moving you to towards accomplishing significant goals and projects rather than just being time that is being frittered away unnecessarily on meaningless items.

* Assigning Next Actions to projects during Weekly reviews are much simplified (more on this later) - and are often not necessary at all.

Your ultimate electronic inbox is TimeTo itself.

If you are at your PC when an idea or task occurs then just type it and get it off your mind. For other non-computer occasions, you'll have to work out your collection method. You can carry small pad and Pen and write ideas whenever you get ideas and tasks. I have a recurring daily TimeTo item to make sure I empty it into TimeTo daily.

It gives you the -> Next actions to do. This is handy if the items are coming in thick and fast. I can just dump my mind into the program and deal with it all later when things calm down a bit. (I have the default duration of new items set to 30 mins in New Item Preferences (from the Settings menu), with Offer To Clone When Item Done on by default.)

Because TimeTo automatically surfaces important stuff, you will soon notice that you are scheduled to perform a vague unknown item. <---

What people are saying about Time To software.

The best time management program you could buy." - TimeTo™ reviewer, download.com

"Loved the program - have been searching for a time management program for months, and have only come up with those which make you spend more time trying to figure out how to save time." - TimeTo™ user

Use TimeTo™ (probably the world's most advanced to do list manager) to better organize your work, your play, or your entire life. And it can optionally be run entirely from a USB flash memory drive (so you can take it anywhere and use it on whatever Windows machine is present: without having to install it on each computer!).

"The only software I know that usefully manages your to do list (intelligently) and appointments."- Doug Samuel

In Light Mode, TimeTo™ is much like other to do lists and calendars, helping you track your responsibilities and appointments. However, switch to Pro Mode (you can go back and forth any time) and TimeTo™'s powerful yet understandable abilities kick in:

The most significant is that you can tell TimeTo™ your priorities, your preferences, and your rules as to what can be done when... then TimeTo™ will automatically draft your schedule for you, refreshing it continuously if you wish. Using this revolutionary approach to managing your time, TimeTo™ will help you focus on what's most important, while ensuring you rarely drop a ball or forget a commitment.

"This is the only tool of its kind that features dynamic scheduling which intelligently manages your time when you fall behind schedule or when you have to handle interruptions." - TimeTo™ user

Some other advanced TimeTo™ features:

· prioritizing items based upon expected return

· automatic scheduling of items with flexible due dates or times of day, including splitting large items into segments

· automatically launch files, program and Web pages at prescribed times

"This is a great product. Very sophisticated time management features,yetvery easy to use and very intuitive." - Dr. David McIntosh

Whether you're battling procrastination or crazy deadlines, TimeTo™ can help you keep yourself on schedule and efficient while reducing your stress level and getting the most important things done.

TimeTo™ is especially useful for people enthusiastic about integrating the David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) philosophy, as well as Stephen Covey's weekly planning model from First Things First.

I think it is time to check out “Time To” software at http://www.timeto.org

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2. Copernic Desktop Search

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My friend Dan uses windows 2000 operating system with service pack 3. I tried to install GDS ( Google Desktop search ) on his PC. It is loaded with Windows 2000 with service pack3. But when I tried to load the GDS ( Google Desktop search ), I was getting the error. I checked their forum but I did not get the concrete solution. Then I checked “ Copernic Desktop Search”. It is a 2.37 MB file. Installation is quick and easy. It starts the indexing immediately.

It is wonderful desktop search software. The nice clear user-friendly screen initiates you to search more on your desktop. You can check most popular file types like .doc, .txt, .pdf, .html etc. Initially the indexing takes some time. Then you can search the files instantaneously. The search speed is quite fast.

You can search by specifying file type, file size, file date and file folder.

You can also search Music, Video and pictures.

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3. Steps for protection from Zombies

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What is a Zombie? Right question.

The PC’s controlled remotely by Hackers are known as “Zombies”. FTC is fighting back with “Operation Spam Zombies” to combat Computer Zombies. There has been a rise of 10% from April in the computer zombies.

Let us take the preventive steps.

Check out

http://www.cheapest-computer-hardware-software.com/spam-zombie-fix.html

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4. Vista Release Beta Update

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Microsoft is adding lot of features in their new Vista operating system. Recently Microsoft has released an updated version of its Windows Vista beta code. They have added following features.
· Desktop Management
· Built-in diagnostics – Newly added Windows memory and disk diagnostics.

New features in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer Phishing Filter – Phishing is the major problem and Microsoft has hit the nail by providing “ Phishing filter ” in Internet Explorer.

Following are some of the features.
Internet Explorer ActiveX® Opt-in
Favorites Center
Quick Tabs
Tab Groups
Page Zoom
Advanced Printing

As windows vista release date comes closer the new release also gives some features to test for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7.0 browser.

http://www.cheapest-computer-hardware-software.com/vista-beta-release-update.html

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5. Get your free online storage

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Natural mishaps like Katrina, can destroy your life? So it is always better to have some online storage for your important data. Here is the free resource for online data storage.

Check out free unlimited file hosting at http://www.Filefront.com

You can upload the file in your personal space at filefront.com and make available to your friends or colleagues. Your friends can download your file as free available to anyone.

You can register free. Transfer the files easily. There is no limit on number of files.

Get unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited bandwidth usage and unlimited storage.

New features are in pipeline. If you love games, you van share the screenshots and video’s with your friends.

It is worth trying. Check out www.filefront.com

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6. Get your Halloween gift

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We have a treat for you at this Halloween! Take the unique gift. You will Thank me for life time. I suggest you to have website as the gift. Why don’t you build a website which will be fun and generate extra income for you.

Why am I suggesting website as a Gift?

1) You can treat it as a Hobby.

2) You can start a blog and share your expertise.

3) You can make money from your website.

4) You can promote your skills / ideas / services online.

5) If you want freedom from 9 – 5 job or want to start home based business, you should start your website business.

6) It can be operated from any part of the world.

I started this website as a fun time activity and it has become the passionate part of my life. My site is in top 1% sites of the world. Its current rank is 392,292.

How did I achieve this? Good question.

I will tell you my secret. It is “Site Build It ( SBI ) package” developed by Sitesell Inc. This is a user friendly.

1) SBI makes site building very easy. Even a novice can build a website without knowing html. Frankly, you don’t have to study html.

2) You need not have previous experience.

3) It is all in one package. Right from brainstorming, easy building block system, analyze the page content, submit to search engines, traffic reports, ezine letter management, autoresponder and what not. All the tools required to make a profitable website business are included.

4) Great Sitesell forums to solve your problems

Site Build It! is a tool box which helps you to build website business without knowing all the technical stuff.

It teaches you to create a successful website business. You can research and brainstorm a profitable topic. It also helps you to find out profitable keywords.

You need not be a HTML expert. You have to just write the articles on your favorite topics and SBI will build a page for you with block by block building. Same way a Kid makes a tower by putting a block on block. No, No I am not kidding. It’s a plain truth. Next, you click the "Analyze It" button and it shows you ways to modify the page, so that search engines will like it. You don't even have to submit the site to search engines. It does all that, too, in a search engine-friendly way.

There are lot of other features but this is the basic. Click the following link to learn more about Site Build It!

http://www.buildit.sitesell.com/comptech.html

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