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How many times a day do you check your email each day? If you're like most people, you check several times a day, and most likely have your email open all day checking constantly automatically. Email is critical to the success of business and to the enjoyment of individuals and families. Because of this, I'm always on the lookout for tools to enhance your email usage. In the past we've reviewed Annotis Mail (enhanced email authoring) and Outback Plus (email client configuration back up). DeskLook 2.0 by XemiComputers Ltd. is a system tray utility that uses desktop wallpaper to display data it reads directly from Microsoft Outlook.

Testing

Installing DeskLook was very quick and painless. In about a minute the program was ready to go. It is set to run at startup as it has an entry in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Run registry key. Since that key is only read when the computer first starts, in order to run it immediately, you need to start it from the Start Menu.

When started, the program reads your Outlook data, and combines your current desktop with the data to create new wallpaper:

There is also an icon in the system tray that shows the day of the month. When you right-click on that icon, you are presented with several options:

The Settings option brings up another window that lets you customize what appears on your desktop:

While running, DeskLook used approximately 7 MB of RAM which didn't seem to affect system performance at all.

Pricing

You can purchase DeskLook 2.0 directly from XemiComputers Ltd. for $19.90 US. They have reduced pricing when you purchase DeskLook 2.0 with another one of their products.

Conclusions

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