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0 IE10 for Windows 7 finally arrives

Published on 7^th March 2013 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies.

Another item that we’re a bit late to cover is the arrival of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 (and Server 2008 R2). As with past releases, older OSes are being left behind with no support for Vista or XP, which are stuck on IE9 and IE8 respectively. If you have Windows 7 we recommend… Read more »

0 Complete codec setup guide for Windows 7/8

Published on 17^th August 2012 by Jon Scaife in Codecs.

Windows 8 is finished and will soon be available for retail sale. With that in mind it seemed a good time to write an updated guide to getting codecs set up for a fully operational HTPC for both Windows 7 and 8. For this guide I’m using a new feature of HTML5 which creates expandable… Read more »

0 Disable startup repair

Published on 10^th July 2012 by Jon Scaife in Windows.

Occasionally my HTPC gets bogged down doing something and in frustration the less technical of the household may choose to press the tempting reset button to get things going again. Occasionally this upsets Windows 7 which attempts to launch “startup repair”. Despite the name, ‘startup repair’ has never repaired any startup problems for me, but… Read more »

0 Drivers for Windows 7 on Sony Vaio FZs

Published on 12^th June 2012 by Jon Scaife in Misc Hardware. Updated 15^th June 2012.

This is just a quick post to mention an excellent guide I recently used when installing Windows 7 on an old Sony Vaio VGN-FZ31Z laptop. I was having significant difficulty installing several drivers, in particular those for the nVidia GeForce 8600M GS (hardware ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0425&SUBSYS_9005104D&REV_A1) which was stubbornly remaining a “Standard vga adapter”. Sony don’t… Read more »

34 Get your old scanner working with Windows 7 x64

Published on 16^th October 2011 by Jon Scaife in Misc Hardware. Updated 15^th March 2013.

A guide to several ways to get old scanners working with Windows 7 x64. Also relevant to Vista and Windows 8.

0 Customise Windows 7 install disk

Published on 20^th July 2011 by Jon Scaife in Misc Software. Updated 14^th December 2011.

This is just a quick post to draw attention to the “RT Se7en Lite” tool which can be used to update, slipstream, tweak and modify a Windows 7 install disk. A full guide to using the tool for various different PC’s is upcoming in the next few weeks. In the meantime, if you are interested… Read more »

0 Creating a new DIY HTPC from scratch

Published on 10^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Media PC Hardware. Updated 17^th August 2012.

Pulling together a lot of previous posts here is a guide on how to build and set up a fully featured DIY HTPC from scratch…

2 Full 7MC codec setup

Published on 10^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, Misc Media Software, Windows Media Center. Updated 30^th 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 »

0 Resolved: Wireless video streaming problem

Published on 9^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Misc Hardware. Updated 24^th January 2012.

I have a very strange issue which is causing problems playing videos over a wireless-n network. Playing the videos causes the network to drop out after a short period. Sometimes this only lasts for 2–3 seconds, which just causes a video stutter. Other times the drop out is more permanent and takes nearly a minute… Read more »

0 Problems with DS splitters playing a range of m2ts files

Published on 26^th May 2010 by Jon Scaife in Codecs. Updated 30^th 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 »