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Last.fm Vista Media Center Plugin

Vista Media Center just gets better and better and in my view a media center PC is the best thing you can connect to your TV. The latest addition to the growing list of useful VMC plugins, is MceFM which allows you to listen to songs streamed from Last.fm.
With MceFM once you’ve typed in [...]

3May2008 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | Continued
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Apologies For The Lack Of Tips

I hate doing posts like this, but I feel the need to apologise for the lack of tips.  I’ve been very unwell recently and unable to focus on the site, but I’m back in the land of the living and normal service will hopefull now be restored!
All the best
Tony

2May2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
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Web-articles.info: Gain Valuable Backlinks From Your Content

One way to rise up Google’s rankings is to get your content listed on other sites, with valuable backlinks pointing back to your site. Gaining backlinks sometimes can seem like a lottery, but there are ways in which you can gain guaranteed backlinks to your site.
One such way is to submit your original content to [...]

17Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
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Startup Delayer: Speedup Windows BootTimes

Do you have applications that startup when you boot windows?  You probably have some that do various things in the background without you realising.  The time taken for every one of these applications to start and do their thing adds vital seconds to your PC boot times, which can make it unresponsive while your PC [...]

16Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
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TweakNow: Tweak Your XP Or Vista Machine Safely

Many PC tweaking utilities can be risky to use as they present you with dozens of options at a time, and when you change a dozen things at once something is bound to go wrong. The problem in this situation normally is, how do you roll back so many changes?

16Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
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10 Essential Free Vista Media Center Addons & Tweaks

I’ve had a lot of fun customizing Windows Vista Media Center over the last couple of days. Here are the best 10 free tweaks and addons I’ve found for VMC that will allow you to get so much more out of your Windows Media Center.

15Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
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How To Fix Devices That Have Been Dropped In Water

Sometimes old wives cures are the best and there is no need to despair the next time you spill something on your expensive phone or mp3 player, or drop it in water. The solution is simple - just leave it overnight in a bowl of rice!

14Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | Continued
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Start Vista Media Center In Media-Only Mode

In the final post of my Vista Media Center customization weekend, I’ve discovered thanks to Everton a way to open Vista Media Center in Media-Only mode.  This is a great tip if you have kids and you don’t want them to start messing with your PC:

13Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
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Yougle: Watch Youtube Videos In Vista Media Center

I’ve spent some time this weekend trying to improve the brilliant Windows Vista Media Center.  One feature that VMC is lacking is the ability to watch Youtube videos.  The problem was easily solved with a few google searches and I found Yougle Vista.

12Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
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Give Your Hard Drive A Spring Clean With CCleaner

If you’re a lazy user and don’t fancy spending a lot of time giving your PC a spring clean, then one utility that will be right down your alleyway is CCleaner. This amazing piece of freeware will in a flash spruce up your hard drive by removing files you no longer use, that are taking [...]

11Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
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