I got my copy of windows 7 via digital purchase, and after running the downloaded EXE was left with the contents of a setup CD in a folder. Now i want to do a clean install so I need to create a bootable DVD. A bit of googling revealed the way to do this. Download and install WAIK for windows 7 from microsoft. Install it, and then use the command line as follows…
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Switching the default WMP to x64 in Windows 7
One of the strangest things in Windows 7 x64 is the presence of both x86 and x64 versions of Windows Media Player 12. Even stranger is that despite Windows Media Center being 64bit only (and therefore requiring 64bit codecs) Microsoft saw fit to set the default WMP12 version to the x86 edition. For those of us who don’t wish to maintain 2 sets of codecs it is desirable to change this default status. However, Microsoft do not appear to have provided a simple way to do this as yet. So here’s how…
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Windows 7 empty “all programs”
I’ve been using the RC1 (7100) build of Windows 7 and have been largely very impressed, enough so to consider buying upgrades for all my current PC’s. However, I recently had an issue with the “All Programs” menu going blank for no obvious reason. As usual a bit of digging with google offered the following temporary workaround.
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A very quick tip for how to enable autologon for Windows 7. Press the windows-key and R to open the run menu (don’t use the search/run bar at the bottom of the start menu) and type control userpasswords2 and press enter. Untick “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer”
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