Archive for February, 2006

Howto: Make PCB’s with a laser printer

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Here is a really simple guide I found.

Fixing Stutters on MCE 2005

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

My simple guide to fixing video/tv playback and stuttering issues.

  1. Use a Nvidia based graphics card
  2. Use the latest Forceware for Media Center Drivers
  3. Use the latest Purevideo Codec from Nvidia
  4. Use the latest Version of Powerdvd 6 from Cyberlink
  5. Check that DirectX 9.0c is installed
  6. If living in Australia, make sure the latest Java runtime environment is installed as well as BladerunnerPro

Bypass WGA when installing IE 7 Beta 2

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2. In order to install this beta version you are required to validate your PC with the Windows Genuine Advantage program. The setup program prompts you to validate Windows. I use Zonealarm and found ‘denying’ the validation process skips it completely. It does not wait for a verification key. IE 7 can then be installed successfully on a non-legit/corporate version of Windows.