How to Add a CD Key to Games for Windows LIVE

After buying Batman Arkham City: Robin Bundle (on Steam), the game does not add the license key nor download the content directly. In order to add the downloadable content, one will need to use Games for Windows LIVE interface to add the license key.

After opening Games for Windows LIVE interface within the game, clicks on Redeem Code under Gamer Profile. This would allow new license key input. Remember to click download afterward.

Sony Tablet S

Some useful tips on how to use Android 3.2 i.e. Sony Tablet S.

1) Quick Launcher (on the top right corner of Home screen) can only put 4 apps even though there are more space in the line. Remove some apps before adding new ones.

2) All apps are under Apps menu and not on Home screen.

3) It requires 7 clicks to shut down an running app (which is nested under Setup menu).

4) Rebooting the device will shutdown all running apps after restart.

5) 中文語音輸入比英文正確. (Chinese voice-to-text is more accurate than English.)

6) Arrow keys are very useful.

7) Memory allocation is divided into system and content partitions.

8) The device comes with an Email app and a separate Gmail app. During the initial setup, Android will prompt to associate with a Gmail account (similar to iPad for account association) and by default would setup Gmail app. But the Email app is the primary app for such a purpose and is linked to the widget. If not aware of this, one may sync up Gmail account on the same device twice.

9) There seems to be a text input bug in Firefox. If attemps to insert a new word in between an existing line and after pressing space and backspace in sequence, two characters from the next word would be deleted.

10) Unlike iPad, there seems to be no way of limiting location data to certain apps. It is all or nothing on the device level.

11) There is no easy way to take a screenshot without installing additional software and rooting the device.

12) Forcing stop or crashing an app may affect other apps or the underlying OS. Therefore would require to reboot the device.

Note: if there is ever a need to reset the device to factory condition, go to Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset.

All Text in Mobipocket eBook are Bolded

When creating an eBook based on HTML, correct syntax is required to ensure the final output is consistent. While most browsers can compensate any minor issue, Mobipocket Creator will not.

If the entire text is bold or italic, try to search the following two tags and remove all style formatting within the tag.
<br style="font-weight: bold;">
<br style="font-style: italic;">
<br style="text-decoration: underline;">

Linux Mint

In a high level summary, Linux Mint (distro) is based on Ubuntu with integrated media codecs. It also has a custom UI among other differences.

http://www.linuxmint.com

Windows Vista Screen Rotation Shortcut

In Windows Vista, press CTRL+ALT+arrow button to change the screen rotation to the desired position.

10 Free, Must-Have Windows Tools for IT Pros

10 Free, Must-Have Windows Tools for IT Pros by PCWorld

Sysinternals Suite - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx
HWiNFO32 - http://www.hwinfo.com/
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/
Recuva - http://www.recuva.com/
FileZilla - http://filezilla-project.org/
Virtual CloneDrive - http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
Defraggler - http://www.defraggler.com/
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org/

Philips Clamshell Remote CL034

The model number of Philips clamshell TV 5-in-1 remote with CL034 marking in the battery compartment and built-in LCD clock is actually SRU4050.

The device's menu and remote code can be found at Philips Support Site.
http://www.urc.philips.com/

Customize Ubuntu Dual Boot

By default, installing Ubuntu on top of Windows OS will set Ubuntu as the default OS. To change the boot up default section, please follow the Ubuntu documentation.

https://help.ubuntu.com/9.10/switching/dualboot-custom.html

Upgrading Ubuntu tends to add additional entries with new version number into the boot menu. If moves the entire Windows OS block ahead of Linux OS, the block will be removed at the next version upgrade so it is best to avoid.

Windows Vista user-defined Send To shortcut

To customize the Send To shortcut in Windows Vista, go to
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo (or %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo) then create a shortcut to either an application or folder.

When right click an item in Windows Explorer and select Send To, the new shortcut will be available.

Install Acer TravelMate 2300 IPN 2220 WiFi driver on Ubuntu 8.04

I have two Acer notebooks with Inprocomm IPN 2220 Wireless card and the card is not supported out of the box by all known versions of Ubuntu. Given the limited experience with Linux in general, this is somewhat frustrating when the OS lacks complete hardware support.

By reading this notes on installing Ubuntu Linxu on Acer TravelMate 2304WLMi by merriam, it helped. I tried the same steps with Ubuntu 8.04 but did not work; because the steps are slightly outdated. The modified steps are:

0) Load Ubuntu 8.04 CD or install Ubuntu; log in to the system
1) Click Applications -> Add/Remove...
2) In the Search field, type "ndiswrapper" then select Ndiswrapper driver installation tool and click Apply Changes
3) Complete the installation
4) Click Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

5a) wget ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_4000/driver/a802.zip
5b) unzip a802.zip
5c) sudo cp -r A802/ /opt/
5d) sudo ndiswrapper -i /opt/A802/Winxp/neti2220.inf
5f) sudo ndiswrapper -m
5g) sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
5h) sudo ifdown eth0
5i) sudo ifup wlan0

6) Click on the network icon, click Create New Wireless Network...
7) Type in the Network Name, select Wireless Security, type Key, then click Connect
8) Complete the process.

Note: if the wireless did not connect, try single click on the network icon and try the connection steps 6~8 again.