Posts tagged: registry

0Group Policy LogoCustom ADM file for Windows Server 2003 / XP domain

Published on by in Misc Software. Updated 1st January 2012.

I was dig­ging thru an old back-up CD today and stumbled upon a cus­tom ADM file I cre­ated when I was admin­is­ter­ing a Win­dows Server 2003 / Win­dows XP Domain. To use, copy the fol­low­ing code into note­pad, save the file with a .adm exten­sion on the system32 folder of a domain server. Open Group… Read more »

0PC Hardware CPU RAM UpgradeSimple ways to make your PC much faster

Published on by in Misc Software. Updated 25th February 2013.

There are lots of tips and advice out there on the inter­net about how to tweak the per­form­ance of your PC. Some of them have some use­ful tips, but the vast major­ity are of very little use, either because they are for the wrong oper­at­ing sys­tem, or they don’t apply to your setup, or because… Read more »

2Windows Media Center eHome LogoFull 7MC codec setup

Published on by in Codecs, Misc Media Software, Windows Media Center. Updated 30th December 2011.

I’ve pre­vi­ously pos­ted sev­eral times about codec issues on 7mc, but I’ve now got a solu­tion that is com­pre­hens­ive, fairly simple and works con­sist­ently.  With a few free codecs and util­it­ies you can have full decod­ing sup­port, DXVA, sub­titles and fant­astic flex­ib­il­ity work­ing in 64bit (or 32bit) Media Cen­ter.  The fol­low­ing instruc­tions are spe­cific to… Read more »

0Haali Matroska logoProblems with DS splitters playing a range of m2ts files

Published on by in Codecs. Updated 30th December 2011.

Ever since set­tings up a HTPC run­ning Win7 Media Cen­ter I have had the occa­sional prob­lem play­ing m2ts files. ffd­show sup­ports all of the codecs used in m2ts files but still a few files play without without either audio or video, or the play­back isn’t smooth des­pite more than ample hard­ware. I have exper­i­mented extens­ively… Read more »

1Closed Captions Subtitles LogoSubtitles and DXVA in Windows Media Center 7 x64

Published on by in Codecs. Updated 14th December 2011.

Thanks to a guide on theHTPC.net I have been able to get sub­titles work­ing with hard­ware accel­er­ated decod­ing in Win­dows Media Cen­ter 7 x64. For this sim­pli­fied guide to work you must already be com­fort­able with the vari­ous tweaks neces­sary to change the default codecs used in Media Cen­ter. Once you know how to tweak codecs… Read more »

1Windows Media Center eHome LogoSpeeding up WMP12 & 7MC media library database

Published on by in Windows Media Center. Updated 5th February 2013.

One of the prob­lems with my HTPC that I have only just star­ted look­ing at is how to use it to play and man­age my large col­lec­tion of audio CD’s which I have painstak­ingly ripped to FLAC’s. The Xiph codecs (see pre­vi­ous art­icles and ) make it pos­sible to play FLACs in 64bit media cen­ter,… Read more »