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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Dec 4th, 2008
  • Comments: None

Run Vista’s Windows System Assessment Tool In Windows XP

The Windows System Assessment Tool is being used in Windows Vista to compute the Windows Experience Index of the computer system. The tool is basically running in the background in Windows Vista to benchmark various components of the computer system. It is also possible to run the commands on the command line.
One interesting aspect of [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 27th, 2008
  • Comments: 28

There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available

The error message “There Are No Active Mixer Devices Available” appeared after clicking on the Volume icon in the Windows System Tray. Audio worked fine before shutting the computer down yesterday and clicking on the icon was one of the first actions of the new day.
MP3 playback was still working but games would not [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 19th, 2008
  • Comments: 6

Enable Address Bar In Windows XP SP3

Microsoft removed the address bar in Windows XP Service Pack 3. The address bar was a toolbar of the Windows Taskbar that worked as a quick launcher for websites and files. There are actually a few possibilities to bring back the address bar in Windows XP Service Pack 3.
The first one is the easiest to [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 18th, 2008
  • Comments: 17

Join Mp3 From The Command Line

Lots of tools can join multiple mp3 files into one mp3 file that contains all the bits of the original files. Mp3 files but also files with the ogg extension can be concatenated easily because of the way the data is structured. The following command line argument will not work with many other file types [...]

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Categories: Knowledge, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Nov 5th, 2008
  • Comments: 15

Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise

The following article is a guide to create profiles for the installed video card to optimize it for different applications, namely working on the desktop and gaming. The problem with running a video card in Windows is that the video card will always use the same clock and fan speeds no matter if it is [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 16th, 2008
  • Comments: 7

How To Create Multiple USB Stick Partitions

USB Sticks cannot contain multiple partitions by default. It is however possible to create multiple partitions on an USB stick by modifying and installing a new driver which disguises the USB stick as a USB hard drive. It is highly recommended to backup all data on the USB stick before continuing.
Users who want to create [...]

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Categories: Hardware, Windows

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 8th, 2008
  • Comments: 8

Windows Vista Multi-User Language Interface Hacker

There are several reasons why someone would want to change the language of the Windows Vista installation. Could be that he bought a laptop in another country that came with a different language than his native language or that someone went to a new country for a job or study and that working with the [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

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