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Galan is a professional software developer located in Santa Clara, California. Click to view Galan's resume.   Microsoft Expert Zone He also writes columns about Digital Media for Microsoft's Expert Zone.

My column on Vista's Windows DVD Maker was briefly published by Microsoft in December 2006, then removed for site restructuring.  Plans changed and it was never re-published.  But, burning DVD's was such a long-awaited feature by all my readers, I was finally given permission to self-publish the column here:

Create Your Own DVDs in Windows Vista (December 27, 2006)

Microsoft maintains a chronological list of my columns. A topical grouping is provided below:


Galan's Expert Zone Columns
Windows Media Player
Organize Your Media Files in the Windows Media Player 10 Library  (February 28, 2005)

Using Portable Media Centers and Windows Media Player 10  (August 25, 2004)

Windows Media Player 9 Series Plug-ins  (March 17, 2003)

Surround Sound with Windows Media Player 9 Series  (January 7, 2003)

DVD Playback  (April 15, 2002)

Windows XP Supports MP3  (October 01, 2001)

A New Skin for Windows Media Player  (September 17, 2001)

A Surfboard for Digital Media  (July 30, 2001)

Organize Your Media Files  (July 16, 2001 - Expired)

Having Music My Way  (June 25, 2001)

Windows XP / General
Find the right RSS reader for you  (December 5, 2005)

How to use a Digital Media Receiver  (July 11, 2005)

Pocket PC and Terminal Services  (June 10, 2002)

Dream PC: Multimedia in a Notebook  (October 25, 2001 - Expired)
 Note: This column is old. I have since had a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S703, and now a Toshiba M200 Tablet PC.

Order Out of Chaos  (September 03, 2001)

CD Burning Becomes Routine  (August 13, 2001)

Pocket PC / Portable Audio
Using Portable Media Centers and Windows Media Player 10  (August 25, 2004)

Plus! Sync & Go for Pocket PC  (March 18, 2003)

Optimizing Video for Pocket PC Devices  (November 18, 2002)

Pocket PC and Terminal Services  (June 10, 2002)

Portable Audio Players  (May 1, 2002)

Windows Media Center Edition
Digital Media on a Media Center PC  (November 25, 2002)

Plus! for Windows XP / Bonus Pack / Plus! DME
Plus! Sync & Go for Pocket PC  (March 18, 2003)

Windows Media Bonus Pack  (January 7, 2002)

Microsoft Plus! More Digital Media Tools  (December 17, 2001)

Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Tools  (November 19, 2001)

Encoding / Capturing / Movie Maker
Create Your Own DVDs in Windows Vista  (December 27, 2006)

How to Use the New Features in Movie Maker 2.1  (December 13, 2004)

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD  (January 26, 2004)

Doing More with Windows Media Encoder 9  (October 13, 2003)

Save Movies Back to Tape  (August 04, 2003)

Using IEEE 1394 Devices  (March 25, 2002)

Streaming Wireless Video  (March 11, 2002)

Capturing Video from Digital Sources  (February 18, 2002)

Capturing Video from Analog Sources  (February 4, 2002)

Moviemaking 101  (June 04, 2001 - Expired)

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