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TECH TIPS DIRECTORY:
AUDIO/VIDEO + CD/DVD + MEDIA TIPS
AUDIO/VIDEO - WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER TIPS
AUDIO/VIDEO - WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER TIPS
BIOS + BOOT + MOTHERBOARD TIPS
DRIVER TIPS
HARDWARE SUPPORT TIPS
MEMORY TIPS
REGISTRY TIPS
MAIN SOFTWARE & TECH TIPS DIRECTORY
AUDIO/VIDEO + CD/DVD + MEDIA TIPS
- Burning CDRs News & Tips! - All about CDRW Drives, Software downloads and reviews! - Get the latest CD Burning news!
- How to Burn a CD - You have a CD burner in your computer, but have no idea how to burn a CD, well here's how.
- How To Burn CD's - This is a quick reference guide for background info and common procedures for writing your own cds. For more detailed information on writing your own discs, read the specific Help and Tutorial sections of the application you are using.
- How to Burn Without Getting Singed - Burning a CD is easy. Just follow these steps to create a backup disc or copy an entire CD.
- Informedia Project - The overarching goal of the Informedia initiatives is to achieve machine understanding of video and film media, including all aspects of search, retrieval, visualization and summarization in both contemporaneous and archival content collections.
- VCD Help - also known as DVDRHelp.com & VCDHelp.com - Help to make VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs from DVD, Video, TV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM and ASF.
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AUDIO/VIDEO - WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER TIPS
- Directshow Filters for Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Theora and FLAC. Uninstall any previous version of these filters. (This is important!) Go to add remove programs, remove oggcodecs. Make sure media player or any directshow applications are closed. Unzip the setup package(download below) to a temp directory then run setup. Then Windows Media Player or any other directshow application (eg. BSPlayer) will be able to play Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Speex, Ogg Theora, Ogg FLAC and native FLAC.
- Enable .OGG file playback support for Windows Media Player - When you open .OGG ( Ogg Vorbis ) file in Windows Media Player, the following error may appear caused by the lack of Codec that supports the .OGG file format.
- Media Advice Archive - Archived Media Advice columns are grouped by technology. Click the links to the archived columns to browse questions and answers. Answers refer to the latest versions of Windows Media software, unless otherwise noted.
- Mini Player toolbar buttons are greyed out in Windows Media Player? The mini Player mode in Windows Media Player, enables you to perform basic playback functions even if the Player is minimized. When you have enabled mini Player mode and you minimize the Player, the playback controls appear in the Windows taskbar. This article provides the information to fix the problem where the Mini Player toolbar buttons are greyed out, as shown in the Figure. This behavior may be seen even though a song is currently playing.
- Ogg Directshow Codecs by illiminable.com will allow you to play Ogg Vorbis, Speex, Theora and FLAC in Windows Media Player or any other directshow application. Vorbis is a general purpose audio codec that rivals mp3; Speex is a specialised speech codec; Theora is a general purpose video codec; FLAC is a lossless audio codec. All codecs are patent-free, open and non-proprietary and can be used for any purpose.
- Troubleshooting Windows Media Player 10 - There are several resources available to assist you.
- Windows Media Knowledge Center is your window to the extensive collection of books, articles, videos, and technical documents that showcase Windows Media tools and technologies. So whether you're brand new to Windows Media or a seasoned professional, you can find the information you need right here.
- Windows Media Player 10 entry is missing in Add/Remove Programs, after running a registry cleaner. In Windows XP SP2, Windows Media Player 10 entry appears under the Windows XP - Software Updates section. You need to put a checkmark near the Show Updates box at the top. If the Windows Media Player 10 entry has been removed accidentally from the registry, use the procedure posted here to reinstate the entry.
- Windows Media Player 10 How-to Center - Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP are a great combination for enjoying music and video on your computer. Whether you're buying music and video from the Internet or ripping favorite songs from your CD collection, you'll find easy-to-follow instructions here for getting the most out of Windows Media Player.
- Windows Media Player 9 Series How-to Center - Learn the basics of using Windows Media Player 9 Series with these simple how-to articles. You can walk through the steps online, print them out, or watch a video to see how easy it is to enjoy your music.
- Windows Media Player FAQ provides answers to frequently asked questions about Microsoft Windows Media Player for Windows. It focuses on questions about Windows Media Player 10 and Windows Media Player 9 Series, but it also includes information relevant to earlier releases.
- Windows Media Player stores the last opened directory (only if you open a file and play it) in a registry value named OpenDir. But, if you click File - Open and cancel the dialog once, the last open directory is reset to C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player. To set the OpenDir to your preferred location every time you launch Windows Media Player, you may use this script posted here.
- Windows Media Support if you have questions about Windows Media.
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AUDIO/VIDEO - WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER TIPS
- 10 Tips For Shooting Better Vacation Video - Vacations are some of the most memorable times in your life, and you'll definitely want to relive them in the future. There's no better way to make your memories last forever than to record them with your digital video camera. To make sure your video is fun to watch and includes all the important parts of your vacation, follow these tips.
- Make an insurance movie - Document your assets with a digital video camera. In a fire, flood, burglary, or other disaster, you could lose your cars, your house, your computers, other belongings like electronics and music, and even a shoebox full of family photos. When you attempt to replace those losses, it can be helpful if you can produce some documentation of what you owned: receipts, recent photographs, or the knowledge of when and where you purchased or obtained the more expensive items. Gathering all this information, if it's even available, is a task beyond many mortals. There is an additional way to document your belongings to supplement photos and receipts. Make a digital movie of what you own.
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BIOS + BOOT + MOTHERBOARD TIPS
- ALL-NETTOOLS.COM - The starting point where you can find dozens of the most useful tools available online.
- BIOS Central - The most comprehensive PC BIOS information.
- BIOSWorld is the worlds leading source for all your bios needs, whether you need a replacement bios chip programed with the latest bios, bios updates, bios guide or just bios resources and information!
- BIOSWorld Motherboard Identification - Even if the manufacturer of your motherboard is no longer in business and offer no bios updates, we may still be able to help.
- BootDisk.com - BootDisks, PC Support, Essential Utilities
- Boot Disks - How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks.
- Booting Windows from USB - Recommendations for Booting Windows from USB Storage Devices.
- Michael Stevens, MVP - Steps to Clean Install Windows XP * Microsoft XP boot floppies - Specialized floppy boot disk.
- Chip Directory - Numerically and functionally ordered chip lists, chip pinouts and lists of chip manufacturers, manufacturers of controller embedding tools, electronics books, CDROM's, magazines, WWW sites and much more.
- WebHQ - Canada's Motherboard Manuals Data and More - Website is operated by a group of volunteer techs from around the world dedicated to helping hobbyists locate vintage 486 & pentium motherboard manuals & jumper settings.
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DRIVER TIPS
- DLL World - The biggest collection of *.dll, *.ocx, *.vxd files over the Internet.
- DLL-files.com - Everyone has received a "Couldn't find ****.dll..." pop-up message at some time. Well folks, your problems are over! Here you will find the most common files that may be missing or corrupted on your computer. Feel free to download at no cost!
- DLLdump - Housing thousands of free dll files! The largest collection of dll files available on the internet. Each and every file on this site is available for free download without any personal information required from you, the visitor. We believe that dll files should be readily available for anyone that needs them. Windows dll files cause numerous errors when missing or damaged. Doesn't it make sense that these errors be fixed as cheaply and easily as possible? DllDump makes it as easy as 1-2-3!
- DriverGuide.com - Provides an easy step-by-step process for finding and installing drivers.
- Drivers.com - World's leading site on drivers and driving.
- Microsoft DLL Help Database - Information about DLL files that ship with selected Microsoft products.
- WinDrivers.com - Your One-Stop Source For Device Drivers, Anti-Virus Updates and Security Patches.
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HARDWARE SUPPORT TIPS
- AMD Product Information.
AMD Website
- AnandTech - The leading IT source for hardware analysis and industry news.
- Arctic Silver Thermal Compound - Application Instructions for Premium Silver Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver, Arctic Silver II, Arctic Silver 3 and Arctic Silver 5.
- Basics of computer hardware - parts of a computer.
- Firewire is 40O Mbit/s. Also comes in 800 Mbit/s for Terrabit high speed external drives. Firewire hookup is similiar to SCSI, as they are daisy chained from one port to each other.
- Intel Products.
Intel Website
- Keyboard Tips About Keyboard Input - Applications should accept user input from the keyboard as well as from the mouse. An application receives keyboard input in the form of messages posted to its windows. This section covers: Keyboard Input Model - Keyboard Focus and Activation - Keystroke Messages - Character Messages - Key Status - Keystroke and Character Translations - Hot-Key Support - Keyboard Keys for Browsing and Other Functions - Simulating Input - Languages, Locales, and Keyboard Layouts.
- OEM.com simplifies the arduous task of locating components, applications, software, hardware and parts through our comprehensive, search-friendly indexes. - OEM software/hardware is not supported by the manufacturer. Example: If you buy an OEM version of Windows XP software, Microsoft will not support it. Support is to come from the VAR (value added vendor) such as Dell and they are to support it, but unfortunately many OEM versions are sold by computer stores and/or online dealers and you don't have anywhere to go to get support. If you don't run into problems, you save some money, but..... buyer beware! -Gene
- USB Central - Information, tools, and links to material about the Universal Serial Bus (USB) brought to you by Jan Axelson.
- USB.org - Universal Serial Bus connects more than computers and peripherals. It has the power to connect you with a whole new world of PC experiences. USB is your instant connection to the fun of digital photography or the limitless creative possibilities of digital imaging.
- WebHQ - Canada's Motherboard Manuals Data and More - Website is operated by a group of volunteer techs from around the world dedicated to helping hobbyists locate vintage 486 & pentium motherboard manuals & jumper settings.
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MEMORY TIPS
- Help for RAM - Memory - Focus on the various types and speeds of RAM used in computers, virtual, burst, firmware, ferroelectric and more. Explained in general, information suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced users.
- Memory Use By Windows Explained.
- Pagefile - How can I optimize the Windows 2000/XP/2003 virtual memory?
- Pagefile - How to Clear the Windows Paging File at Shutdown - Windows 2000.
- Pagefile - How to Clear the Windows Paging File at Shutdown - Windows XP.
- RAM, Virtual Memory, Pagefile and all that stuff.
- Video Memory - What is Shared Video Memory?
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REGISTRY TIPS
- John Woram's Windows Registry - Registry tips & links to other sites for Registry information.
- NAME - Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User - Windows XP Troubleshooting site. Registry fixes, scripts and freeware utilities to troubleshoot problems in Windows XP. Some of the utilities offered in this site are applicable to Windows 9x systems as well.
Ramesh Srinivasan's Website
- Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe - Differences between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe.
- Registry - Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
- Registry - How to View the System By Using 64-Bit Versions of Windows.
- Registry Checker Tool - Description of the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe).
- Registry Checker Tool - Command-Line Switches for the Registry Checker Tool.
- Registry Checker Tool Settings - How to Customize Registry Checker Tool Settings.
- Registry Functions - To modify registry data, a program must use the registry functions that are defined at the MSDN Web site.
- Registry Guide - Windows RegEdit.com - Extensive range of registry tweaks, tricks & hacks for optimizing, enhancing and securing the Windows operating system.
- Registry Windows 95/98/ME - How to back up, edit, and restore the registry.
- Registry Windows 98/98/ME - How to Manually Restore the Windows 98/98Me Registry.
- Registry Windows 98/98SE Error Message - You Have Restored a Good Registry.
- Registry Windows 2000 - How to back up, edit, and restore the registry.
- Registry Windows NT 4.0 - How to back up, edit, and restore the registry.
- Registry Windows XP and Server 2003 - How to back up, edit, and restore the registry.
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