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Continue reading →: Reinstalling XP
Sniptools ?| Tips/Tricks | Reinstall Windows XP without product activation. A bunch of my XP machines are getting random crashes. With the NTFS file system, it is easy to corrupt things and one machine is now dead. Things chkdsk fine, but that doesn’t mean the operating system files themselves aren’t…
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Continue reading →: SP2 Required
Symantec Support. Now that Microsoft is going to discontinue support for the “gold” XP, they are forcing everyone to upgrade to SP2. Interesting, this is the hardest core shift I’ve seen lately, but it makes me worried about the machines I have that aren’t SP2 yet. Here’s a note on…
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Continue reading →: dBpowerAMP
dBpowerAMP. OK, after much experimenting, this looks like the best of the bunch for setup and also for quality. First, it doesn’t make a mystery what codecs you need. You can download the Windows Media 9 Codecs (confusing that Windows Media Player is version 10, but but the codecs are…
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Continue reading →: WMA Conversion
WMA to MP3 converter, WMA MP3 converter, MP3 organizer, MP3 tagger, CD burner. I tried CDEX to convert from WMA to MP3, but it complains incessantly about a DLL missing even though I downloaded it. Here is a whole site devote to WMA to MP3 etc. These are mainly shareware…
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Continue reading →: WMA fiiles
Re: WMA to MP3 Transcoding Software? – MP3. Ages ago, I ripped a few CDs in WMA format, but MP3 is the standard. Here’s a quick way to transcode so that in my core libraries I have complete portability. Note, I also have songs in FLAC for archiving (it is…
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Continue reading →: Gizmodo Portable Media Reviews
Gizmodo : Portable Media Archives. They seem to be most up on portable gadgets. Heard there are reviews of: * “Apple Flash iPod”:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/15/apple_flash_ipod/. This will be a lower cost and much slimmer version presumably the idea it is cheaper than the iPod Mini which has a hefty $250 price point.…
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Continue reading →: Unsharp Mask
Vivid Light Photography Online. One of the more confusing topics for image fixing is this Unsharp Mask. That has got to be one of the most confusing names for a feature. It actually means sharpening the image by wiggle it. Also confusing are the paramenters. There is percentage (between 100-250%…
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Continue reading →: Alias Soundtrack
OK, I admit it, I got addicted to this show last year when I blew my knee out. When you watch 3 years of episodes in a week, it does something to your head. The main thing is that soundtrack is just amazing. Maybe it is me, but I thought…
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Continue reading →: Jansport Moby
JanSport Moby – eBags. I’ve been using an old rolling backpack for long trips and got a $90 laptop convertible bag from ebags. It is a nice bag if all you want to do is to carry a laptop and books. The problem is that its padding make it impossible…
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Continue reading →: PCMCIA Care for Memory Cards
I love the new Sony T-140, the main complaintis that it only has a Memory Stick card reader, so you have to spend $20 to get a PCMCIA adapter that reads other stuff. I already have an adapter for Compact Flash, so the $20 part is the Sandisk PCMCIA Laptop…
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