Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’
Share “Playstate” using MediaBrowser for WMC
Lately, I have been experimenting with various types of front ends for my HTPC from the likes of PLEX, XBMC, MediaPortal, and more. For some reason though, they all seem to fall short, in their own ways, of Windows Media Cent...
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...
How to Fix “MSVCR71.dll is Missing” Error
I run a lot of different software packages on my bench system to perform analysis on hardware. Because of this, I run into a lot of software issues that many of you face or will face. Typically, the fixes are easy a...
Essential Windows 7 Tweaks: Part 3
Every person has different tastes when it comes to their installation of Windows. Through the years that have been many things that I do right off the bat when getting my install “just right”. In the XP days, th...
10 Reasons Why Windows is the Best OS
Look, we all know and realize that Windows is the superior operating system to anything else out there. With that said, I am going to detail ten reasons why this is the case and offer supporting data. Some of this may be sh...
To The Cloud: Windows Live & Remote Access
Most of you have probably seen the commercials from Microsoft touting the cloud experience behind Windows 7 and Windows Live. The thing is… many of us that have Windows 7 don’t really know how to do some of the th...
VMWare: Windows 7 Ethernet is Missing
I recently created a VM for Windows 7 and proceeded to waste hours trying to figure out why the Ethernet controller was missing from the Device Manager. Installing VMWare Tools didn’t fix the issue, tracking down the co...
Configure Backup and Restore in Windows 7
In a previous article here on C.O.D. (Essential Windows 7 Tweaks: Part 1), I mentioned it’s my opinion that users should disable the system restore features in Windows 7. Outside of the resources associated with running...
Use a Separator Page When Printing in Windows
In my career, yes there is a life outside of C.O.D., I am faced with many obstacles; usually regarding printing or scanning. Recently, it was requested by a customer that printer output be preceded by a separator page. Luck...
Essential Windows 7 Tweaks: Part 2
Every person has different tastes when it comes to their installation of Windows. Through the years that have been many things that I do right off the bat when getting my install “just right”. In the XP days, th...
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