Traffic Circle 2.0 » Upgrading and repairing PCs http://markesoper.com/blog Mark Edward Soper's Online Home Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:05:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Windows and Hardware Tips of the Day http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/01/windows-and-hardware-tips-of-the-day/ http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/01/windows-and-hardware-tips-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:48:35 +0000 Mark Soper http://markesoper.com/blog/windows-vista/windows-and-hardware-tips-of-the-day/ Hardware Tip of the Day 

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.

]]> http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/01/windows-and-hardware-tips-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Hardware and Windows Tips of the Day, Number 1 of a New Series http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/01/hardware-and-windows-tips-of-the-day-number-1-of-a-new-series/ http://markesoper.com/blog/2008/01/hardware-and-windows-tips-of-the-day-number-1-of-a-new-series/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:45:51 +0000 Mark Soper http://markesoper.com/blog/windows-vista/hardware-and-windows-tips-of-the-day-number-1-of-a-new-series/ I’ve just completed my “30 Hardware and Windows Tips in 30 Days” series at InformIT.com, the umbrella website for Que Publishing, Peachpit, and other book imprints in the Pearson Education family.

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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