Posts tagged Windows 7
How to Play DVD Movies From a Folder
Feb 5th
For those with Windows 7, you can easily (sort of) copy your DVD Movies from the DVD drive to a folder on your computer, and then use Windows Media Center to play the movie from the folder – no disc needed. Here’s how… More >
Windows 7 Whopper
Jan 12th
How do you say “Oh My God” in Japanese? Burger Kings signature product – The Whopper - is getting a 7 day makeover in Japan. The Japanese fondness for beef is well known, and Burger King wants to indulge them with the “Windows 7 Whopper”. That’s 7 patties made of beef, filler, and perhaps some sort of chemical to kill bacteria, topped off with the usual Whopper ingredients. A meal guaranteed to backup your system and/or cause a serious crash due to overload. Remember, you can always resort to the “three finger salute” – Ctrl-Alt-Purge - if you need to! It’s not likely that Microsoft will support this version of Windows 7 due to the health risks and short shelf-life.
Windows God Mode Console
Jan 7th
At last — a Windows console interface worthy of a Supreme Ruler! By name alone, the recently discovered Windows God Mode Console is enough to initiate uncontrollable drooling among tech-heads! Finally, you’ll be able to bring order to the Galaxy! Not so fast your Highness. The GMC is merely More >
How to use the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder
Dec 1st
Microsoft’s Gift to Tech Support
Ever try to describe to a tech support person over the phone how your computers error message occurred? It’s very often an exercise in frustration. “Why can’t they understand what I’m thinking?” Tech Support has always been in desperate need of magical ESP powers. Since science hasn’t come up with anything of the sort – the film “Men who stare at goats” not withstanding – the next best thing would be a picture, or more precisely, a screen-shot or two, or three, with instructions regarding which key was pressed or which icon was clicked. Well good news! If you have Windows 7, you can do just that. More >
Window 7 Clean Install using Upgrade DVD
Oct 24th
Microsoft apparently feels so strongly that new operating systems should not be installed as an upgrade over an existing OS, that they’ve included a way to perform a full install from the Upgrade version of Windows 7. Of course, if an Upgrade version can be made to install as if it were a Full retail version, this begs a few questions, but I’ll happily leave those for others to debate.
You can install Windows 7 onto a totally empty drive using the Upgrade DVD. That’s no problem. The trouble comes when you try to activate the program. After you enter the Product Key, if there was no qualifying OS previously installed, you will receive the following error message… More >
