Traffic Circle 2.0 » InformIT http://markesoper.com/blog Mark Edward Soper's Online Home Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:57:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Welcome to Dawn Patrol Readers http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/07/welcome-to-dawn-patrol-readers/ http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/07/welcome-to-dawn-patrol-readers/#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:36:24 +0000 Mark Soper http://markesoper.com/blog/?p=81 If you’ve reached this blog via my guest post at The Dawn Patrol, welcome! Many thanks to Ms. Eden for allowing me to speak to her readers. While you’re here, I hope you’ll find useful information to help keep your computer running smoothly.

This blog is primarily about my full-time work as a technology writer and consultant. I do most of my day-to-day blogging at Maximum PC’s newly-remodeled website, and also blog from time to time at Amazon.com (where my current and older books are available for purchase) and my publisher’s developer-oriented website, InformIT.com.

To get a taste of what I think about topics that are more important in the long run than the latest computer or photography gizmo, see the Beyond Technology – Thoughts on Ultimate Issues (God, Life, Right and Wrong) section of this website.

Have a wonderful 4th of July – and beyond.

 

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When you add more memory to your notebook computer, make sure you take into account the cut that integrated video takes from system memory.

Windows Tip of the Day

Different folders have different default views, but you can customize them to make them work the way you prefer.

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Most of these tips are self-contained, but a few of them are ‘to-be-continued’ two-parters. I’ll be featuring a hardware and a Windows tip each day over the next couple of weeks.

Hardware Tip of the Day

Have problems with slow writing speeds with some types of DVD or CD media? Poor system stability? Problems with your CD or DVD drive recognizing new types of media? The solution is simple: get a firmware upgrade for your DVD drive.

Windows Tip of the Day

Tired of Windows Update rebooting your system at the worst possible times? Don’t like removing updates you never asked for and never wanted anyway? Put yourself in charge of Windows Update (XP, Vista).

Tune in tomorrow for another hardware and another Windows tip.

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Speaking of Windows, you can now preview my forthcoming book Unleashing Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center. It’s available as a Rough Cut from the InformIT website. A Rough Cut is an unfinished version of the book that gives you an opportunity to see how the book is progressing. You can preview the book online or via PDF or preorder the book – all at a significant savings off the cover price.

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