Archive for the 'fixes' Category

Disable Windows 7 Snap Window Feature Aero Snapping

Monday, October 26th, 2009

1. Goto Control Panel
2. Ease of Access
3. “Make the mouse easier to use”
4. Check Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen”
5. Close

Disabling secondary display in Windows 7

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

So this took me several minutes to figure out. If you want to disable your second display, right click your desktop -> screen resolution -> multiple displays -> choose which monitor you want on.
For some reason, Microsoft removed the intuitive disable from rightclicking one of the displays.

Windows 7 DVR-MS Media Center?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Unfortunately you no longer can record TV shows in dvr-ms format (which is supported by many media converter applications). Windows 7’s Media Center now records in a new format WTV. If you need to convert your TV Shows to another format, here’s a neat tool to help you do so: http://babgvant.com/files/folders/misc/entry12098.aspx
So to convert wtv to [...]

Test Mode Windows 7 Build 7600

Monday, August 31st, 2009

So if you followed Method 1 of how to disable signature driver checking, you may see “Test Mode Windows 7 Build 7600 on the bottom left corner of the screen”. If you want to re-enable driver checking and remove the test mode message, just do the reverse of Method 1 by going into command prompt [...]

nvlddmkm atikmdag stopped responding and has recovered.

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

If you are an nVidia card owner, click on: http://www.nvlddmkm.com
If you are an ATI card owner, click on: http://www.atikmdag.com

Disable Digital Driver Signing Signature in Windows 7

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

For those early adopters of Windows 7, there’s a good chance that the drivers required to run on this OS will be in beta and have not been digitally signed yet. Even though you can install the drivers, the drivers will not be used unless you do one of the following.
Method 1: Goto your start [...]