Play .MKV’s in Windows Media Center (WMC)

For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality.  I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue.  However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions.  With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…

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Media Center in Windows Vista has the capabilities of displaying and playing DVD content stored on your personal computer, however this feature is not enabled by default.  Enabling this feature is pretty easy and can be done by simply modifying your registry. Read More...

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The administrator account is disabled by default in Windows Vista, here is how you can enable it at logon. Read More...

People like to customize things.  With that said, I ran across an individual that had an issue with his WHS.  He imaged his existing hard drive to a larger hard drive, but was left with the original disk name in the Windows Home Server Console.  This poses no problems, but is more of an annoyance than anything.  If you want to change the name, you can.

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Today's computer users have traveled far from the good ol' days when computers were run by cards and mice were caught in traps. Today we have a "slew" of products to navigate through our everyday computing. Until the day that computers will recognize eye movements for navigation for everyone, not just rich people, most of us will be stuck using cumbersome products like mice or trackballs. Some are functional, some are practical, some are out there, and some are Microsoft.

In front of me, I have the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0, by no means an average mouse, but by no means revolutionary. This mouse's predecessor, the Intellimouse Explorer, was one of the first iterations of mice to break away from the traditional "beige box" design. Its internal components are encased in an attractive mix of grey and red, the optical sensor captures data at up to 6,000 frames per second, it's form fitted for a right handed person, features USB connectivity (with included ps/2 adapter), and boasts programmable buttons. Read More...