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I recently got an Asrock ION 330 as my HTPC and it runs with an nVidia ION GPU using the nVidia Control Panel. Older versions of nVidia Control Panel came with the application nView, which easily allowed you to change resolutions. You can still get the application, but I needed a function, which changed my [...]

I have had issues playing back 1080p and 720p movies smoothly on my new TV. The TV is connected to an Asus Barebone which is capable of outputting 1080p on HDMI, but my preferred player has always been VLC. Sadly, I have come to realise that the since VLC uses built-in codec, it is very [...]

Lotus Notes 8 has an inherent issue on Windows 7, you can’t pin the running Lotus Notes application to the taskbar. If you do you receive the following error message: The Notes2 executable launcher was unable to locate its companion launcher jar. The reason is quite simple: Lotus Notes is a compilation of application that [...]

Within my LAN I use a computer running Windows 7 as my print server and server for various other stuff, but I setup an account with no password, since others need to be able to access the computer easily also. However, I often need access to it and Remote Desktop in Windows 7, but Windows [...]

I have a NAS and several times, I need a list of the directories on it in a txt-file, using DIR is perfect for this. But unmapped NAS’s are usually accessed by UNC paths, sadly, Windows Vista and 7 doesn’t support UNC paths when using Command Prompt commands, such as DIR. Luckily, I found this [...]

I finally got Windows 7 installed. Microsoft did something right this time. But, at lot of drivers for the T60/T60p are missing, so here are a list of usefull drivers: Power Management (install both the ACPI Power Management and Power Manager for Vista) – http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-62928.html#pm x1400 Drivers  – Find instructions here: http://windows7center.com/forums/11895-post11.html Hotkeys – http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-62928.html#utility [...]

Firefox 3.5 introduced a new feature GFX Color Management. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work right. Here is how to disable it Type in “about:config” in the addressbar and click the button to gain access to the configuration Type in “gfx.color_management.mode” and hit enter. The value of “gfx.color_management.mode” should currently be 2, double-click the line [...]

Firefox 3.5 is a great improvement over the past versions, but like many others I discovered one annoyance: When you only have one tab open and try to close it, it closes Firefox too. I find this really annoying, but I already found a solution (thanks to Lifehacker): Type “about:config” on your addressbar Type “browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab” [...]

ARGGG… The iPhone OS 3.0 has finally been released, but the iPhone activation server has already gone down… Lot’s of people – including me – have started to receive the error message: … or as seen in the diagnostic log that can be sent to Apple as iTunes: Restore error 1639 Guess there is nothing [...]