Posts filed under 'XP'
We all work with audio & video. We rip media, edit them, burn them, and so on. Browse through this list for great software that will make your life easier.
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AIMP – 4.74MB (Freeware)
AIMP is a free audio player with support for large number of formats and playlists. It works with multiple playlists immediately, allows creation of b…
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AVC – 14.71MB (Freeware)
Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It…
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Audacity Development Team – 7.61MB (Open Source)
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:
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Audiograbber – 1.59MB (Freeware)
Audiograbber grabs digital audio from cd’s. It copies the audio digitally — not through the soundcard — which enables you to make perfect copies of …
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BSplayer – 12.13MB (Freeware)
BSplayer is an application that plays back all kinds of media files (avi,mpg,asf,wmv,wav,mp3…) and specialises in video and DIVX playback.
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9.59MB (Freeware)
Do you download movies and get confused by all the different formats and codecs? Now you don’t need to worry about downloading your movie codecs separ…
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Illustrate – 5.18MB (Freeware)
Audio conversion perfected, effortlessly convert between formats. dBpoweramp Music Converter™ has become ‘the standard’ tool for audio conversions, ov…
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DivX Team – 20.15MB (Freeware)
DivX® 7 for Windows is a free download that provides everything you need to enjoy high-quality digital videos on your computer, including HD H.264 (.m…
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foobar2000.org – 2.91MB (Freeware)
foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support …
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Gretech – 5.77MB (Freeware)
GOM is a FREE media player with popular audio & video codecs built-in.
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Handbrake – 6.23MB (Open Source)
HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
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Apple Inc – (Freeware)
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s …
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COWON America – 25.95MB (Freeware)
JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made up of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features…
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13.60MB (Freeware)
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and deco…
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19.51MB (Freeware)
The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and deco…
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KMPlayer – 11.93MB (Freeware)
The KMPlayer is a versatile media player which can cover various types of container format such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg Theora, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/…
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1.93MB (Open Source)
Media Player Classic is a compact media player for Microsoft Windows that looks and feels like Windows Media Player 6.4 It’s small and lightweight, bu…
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Ventis Media – 7.22MB (Freeware)
MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 au…
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Participatory Culture Foundation – 28.50MB (Open Source)
Miro is a free HD video player. It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free internet TV shows and video podcasts.
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10.86MB (Freeware)
QuickTime Alternative is a trimmed-down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is …
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Apple Inc – 20.92MB (Freeware)
QuickTime Player from Apple allows the playback of quicktime movies (.mov) and many other formats.
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Quinnware – 4.29MB (Freeware)
Quintessential is a multi format audio player with lots of extra features. With its new extended freeform skinning engine and plethora of feature ext…
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6.26MB (Freeware)
Real Alternative allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram) without having to install the full version of RealPlayer
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RealNetworks Inc – 11.69MB (Freeware)
RealPlayer has always enabled you to play RealAudio (*.ra) and RealMedia (*.ram) files.
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Pioneers of the Inevitable – 13.05MB (Open Source)
Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development.
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eRightSoft – 27.42MB (Freeware)
SUPER is an easy-to-use Multimedia Encoder and Player, requiring only one simple click.
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Shark007 – 19.51MB (Freeware)
All the codecs you need for Vista to play AVIs, DVDs and more!
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VideoLAN.org – 17.18MB (Open Source)
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols wit…
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Nullsoft – 9.80MB (Freeware)
Winamp is a skinnable, multi-format media player.
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Microsoft Corporation – 24.56MB (Freeware)
Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Play it, view it, an…
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XBMC – 44.38MB (Open Source)
XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is easy to use, loo…
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Inmatrix – 1.45MB (Shareware)
Zoom Player is a very fast media player. Prior to Zoom Player, playing media files on the PC was either overly simplistic for the Power User or overly…
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August 10th, 2009
I’ve had a lot of people run into this issue from time to time. You may think it’s an issue installing Skype, or AIM, or whatever else you are experiencing this error on. The problem actually lies within Windows Installer.
“The Windows Installer service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running in safe mode or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed.”
The following command should fix this issue in most cases:
- Go to Start > Run > type in CMD and press enter
- Now type in msiexec /unregister in the command prompt
- Then type in msiexec /regserver in the command prompt
- Restart the computer and try installing your software again- it should work now
August 4th, 2009
When you have to toss out an old hard drive to replace with a new one, simply deleting files off it won’t help. Experienced users can easily recover those sensitive files as soon as they get their hands on your old drive. To insure proper data removal, try the free and open-source Eraser.
Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008.
Eraser Features
- It works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
- Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000 can still be used with version 5.7!
- It works with any drive that works with Windows
- Secure drive erasure methods are supported out of the box
- Erases files, folders and their previous deleted counterparts
- Works with an extremely customizable Scheduler
Download it here
July 28th, 2009
So you decided to download a pirated copy of Windows XP, and accidently downloaded the Windows Updates- only to witness the below image. You can either buy a valid Windows License, or use my method to remove this naggy Window. You rather use my method? Of course, here’s what you need to do:
- Lauch Windows Task Manager.
- End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.
- Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode.
- Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32.
- Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache.
- Lauch Regedit (Start > Run > “regedit”.
- Browse to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
- Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents
- Reboot Windows XP.
Moving forward, check what’s in the Windows Update before installing. If you see “WGA Notifications”, uncheck it. You can also buy a legit copy, cheap ass.
July 28th, 2009
If you have a Windows Update that you just can’t install, this post is for you. If you have a pirated copy of Windows, and can’t download updates, this post is also for you (yet I don’t condone it!). Using the following method, you can install all the updates, manually. Read on:
Windows Update Downloader can manually download any update for Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, Office 2003, and even Exchange 2003. It’s also great to use in conjunction with a Windows Vista Unattended Installation CD and Windows XP Unattended Installation CD so the updates are installed with the OS. Just follow these steps to get started.
Step 1: Download Windows Update Downloader and install it.
Step 2: Download the Update List for the product you wish to download updates for and double click it to automatically import it.
Step 3: Open Windows Update Downloader and select the updates you wish to download. You can change the location in which the updates are downloaded by clicking “Change” next to Download Folder. Click the “Show Options” button and select “Product as subfolder” to separate the downloaded updates into subfolders based on the product name. This makes them much easier to sort through if you are downloading updates for multiple products.
Step 4: Click “Download” to start downloading updates.
Step 5: Once the updates have finished, you can navigate to your download folder to retrieve your updates.
You are now ready to install the updates with a simple double click. If you have any experience with downloading Windows Updates manually, please feel free to share.
[Thanks EmergingTechs]
July 27th, 2009
If for some reason, you have no need for a password on your Windows machine, you can logon automatically by following this simple guide:
Firstly start by opening up Start > Run and enter control userpasswords2
When the user accounts window opens uncheck the box which states ‘Users must enter a username and password to use this computer’ and apply the setting. You will be requested for the username and password of the account you wish to automatically logon as for following reboots of your system.
If at a later stage you want a password back on your system, follow the same steps but recheck the box. In order to open user accounts you must be using an Administrator level account
July 27th, 2009
If you’re a power-user who wants more out of CTRL+ALT+DELETE- then Extended Task Manager is for you! It’s like an extended version of the Windows utility we use everyday.
Check out these features:
The Extended Task Manager provides additional Windows process management features and information about disk activity and network port usage.
The new “Disk I/O” chart allows you to monitor which applications utilize most of your disk at the moment:
The network port monitoring feature allows you to see who is connected to your computer and from which IP address, and who you are connecting to:
Another useful feature is the ability to locate Windows processes that lock a specific file. For example if you are unable to delete or rename a file, you can quickly find how it is used and possibly exit or kill the application that locks it:
The free Extended Task Manager includes various other features that make it a great alternative to the standard Windows Task Manager.
Extended Task Manager features:
- Displays disk input/output activity with information about related applications
- Displays network port activity with IP addresses of external computers
- Displays information about applications that utilized most of the CPU or memory at any time presented on the charts
- Displays all files locked by a select process.
- Finds all processes locking a specified file.
- Includes “Summary” tab for quickly assessing the overall state of the Windows system
- Allows freezing individual Windows processes
- Offer various visual and functional improvements over the standard Windows Task Manager
Download Extended Task Manager
July 21st, 2009
If you’ve ever plugged in a USB device into your PC, and received an error- then read this:
To rule out issues with the USB device itself, try plugging it into
another computer– if you still get errors, then the device is most
likely the problem.
If the USB device works on another computer, then the problem is with
the configuration of the computer where the USB device didn’t work.
Follow these steps below to troubleshoot:
1) If you’re using a USB cable with your device, check the cable to
make sure it matches the speed of the device. Use USB 2.0 cables with
USB 2.0 devices and USB 1.1 cables with USB 1.1 devices. Swap cables
and check the device, if this does not work, proceed to Step 2.
2) Next, open Device Manager and look under the heading for USB Serial
Bus Controllers. If there is a device with a yellow exclamation mark
next to it such as USB Mass Storage Device. Double-click on the entry
and check the Device Status. If the status shows something like:
“This device cannot start. (Code 10)”
proceed to Step 3:
3) The easiest way to solve a USB error code 10 in Windows XP
is to follow the steps below to remove and reinstall all USB
controllers.
A. Click on Start
B. Right Click on My Computer, click on Properties
C.Click on the Hardware tab
D. Click the Device Manager button.
E. Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers section.
F. Right-click every device under the Universal Serial Bus controllers
node, and then click Uninstall to remove them one at a time.
G. Restart the computer, and allow the computer to reinstall the USB
controllers.
H. Plug in the removable USB storage device, and then test to make sure
that the issue is resolved.
For more information on Troubleshooting USB device problems, visit the
Microsoft Support Article on this subject.
July 21st, 2009
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