Windows
Stop Exact Audio Copy Crashing on Windows 7
When I tried to rip a disc using Exact Audio Copy on Windows 7 x64, I found it kept crashing as soon as the rip tried to start. Bummer.
Remembering the previous times I’ve used EAC, when you click a button to start a rip, it asks you where you want to save the ripped files.
Turns out if …
The Windows 7 Taskbar — Keyboard Goodness
If you’re fortunate enough to be using Windows 7, then no doubt you’ve noticed the new taskbar. Well, here’s a couple of golden nuggets of info for you:
Did you know that all the icons you line up on the taskbar automatically get keyboard shortcuts? If you want to launch one of them, just press the Windows key and …
A Word of Warning: Check Your Windows 7 Backup Settings
Backups in Windows 7 have been greatly improved, what with the fact you can restore from them (without needing to take a separate backup) and that they backup to networks better.
However, there has been one change which caught me out, thanks to a subtle and ambiguous rewording of the backups dialog.
When backups are taken, as default only user …
Adding your most recent Twitter tweet to your Pidgin status
This guide is intended to be a more up-to-date mirror of the guide you can find at Tech Jawa. All credit to them for the original instructions!
Basically nothing changes, but I just like to be comprehensive.
- Download the TwitterStatus plugin. It’ll be a file ending in .pl.
- Move this file to your Pidgin plugins folder. If
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Ogg Vorbis Encoder for Windows
I not so long ago made a post about using Ogg Vorbis for Ringtones on Android, as it considerably reduces the lag between getting a phone call and the phone actually playing the ringtone. The same goes for music on the device–it just starts playing quicker.
Anyway, just now I realised that I didn’t link to any encoders for …
