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How To Remove Annoying Sample Music Folder From Vista Media Center
If you’re a Windows Media Center user, then you are have probably given up trying to remove the annoying Sample Photos, Sample Music and Sample Videos folders. It took me ages to find a way to find out how to remove them permanently from MCE, and the solution I found in the end was very [...]
10Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | ContinuedFile2HD - Download Anything To Your Hard Drive
There are many downloaders out there that let you download content from sites like YouTube, but most tend to only work with one particular site.
File2HD is an almost complete universal downloader that lets you download files/videos/music whatever from websites to your local PC. It will grab just about anything that is embedded in a webpage.
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Fix HTTP Errors With WordPress 2.5
Ever since I updated to WordPress 2.5 I started getting HTTP errors everytime I tried to upload an image. I found a very quick fix that requires a line to be added to WordPress’ .htaccess file:
Open your WordPress 2.5 installation in an FTP client
find your .htacess file (usually in ‘www’)
add the following line:
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI [...]
5Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | ContinuedWatch Network TV Online With Prime Time Rewind
Many TV networks are starting to show various of their shows online for free. Wouldn’t it be great if there were one site you could go to that would aggregate all of the different TV shows?
Step up Prime Time Rewind, that displays all the TV shows available online in one place. It even has a [...]
Best Torrent Search Engines
gHacks have created a list of the best torrent search engines that are updated regularly and in real-time for good results. If you are a user of torrents, then you should check out these services:
22Mar2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | ContinuedMyBloop: Free Unlimited Online File Storage
There are many seervices that allow unlimited file storage on the net now, but there are not many that are as easy to use as MyBloop. Not only does MyBloop let you upload unlimited files, but you can also search the service for any file that has been uploaded by other users, which makes it [...]
21Mar2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | ContinuedWatch Classic TV Shows Online For Free
When I was growing up I was a big fan of Battlestar Galactica, but I never saw all the episodes and I always wondered if they ever found Earth.
Now luckily thanks to CBS who are showing online full episodes of classic TV shows, I can watch episodes at my leisure. Other shows available include Hawaii [...]
AnyClient: Browser Based FTP Client
If you don’t know what an FTP client is then stop reading now. If you do know what an FTP client is, then you’ll really find AnyClient, a browser based FTP client useful.
AnyClient can be run from any PC browser that supports Jave, perfect for if you are at work or on a friend’s PC [...]
Remove Backgrounds From Photos For Free With Fotoflexer
Photoshop is an amazing picture/photo editing program, but it costs an arm and a leg to buy. One of Photoshop’s many neat tools is a photo background eraser, and now you can do this for free online with Fotoflexer.
To sharpen up your portrait pictures:
Upload your picture to FotoFlexer and click on the ‘Geek’ tab. [...]
16Mar2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | ContinuedAdd My Movies To Watch DVDs In Windows Media Center
One of my most popular posts explains how to enable the DVD Library in Windows Media Center. However, I’ve just found a better way to add and play DVDs within Windows Media Center.
My Movies 2 is a free addon that automatically adds new movies that you add to your PC to your Windwos Media Center [...]
