Posted 10/27/2009 at 07:38:59pm

I agree. MS should include PDF reader.. Registry cleaner..  Wait I forgot, anti-trust issues...

Posted 10/27/2009 at 07:37:22pm

This article is so funny. Imagine in the future, we write articles wishing that MS considers including internet browser in their OS. (Anti-trust issues in Europe). Of course we would like our OS to do everything, but it kills competition.

Posted 10/23/2009 at 10:32:08am

For those who are pi$$ed at Win 7 for removing the old features we have come to know and love. This is a happy solution to getting a quick launch bar back so we do not have to press shift and click on the pin to open a new instance of app if one app is already running or clicking the middle button.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/2589a0cc-98e5-4816-a9dd-f52bee711088?prof=required&wa=wsignin1.0

For me, to get Xp/Vista taskbar back I followed the instructions in the link and then I unpinned all the apps from my taskbar and go to properties to select "never combine". Behold I got the old taskbar back. However, the apps will still oragnize apps together not by the order of opened apps.

For example, if I opened IE, then X app, then another IE. It will show IE, IE, X instead of IE, X, IE.. I guess I can live with that...

As for other people who think that we are nothing but complainers, you can see that on MS forums, alot of ppl are pi$$ed and are requesting Win 7 to provide option to enable classic taskbar, etc.

Now on to fixing these $tupid folder sharing issues.

Posted 10/20/2009 at 01:58:59pm

There is no solutions to these problems. I am a long time IT support technician. I know my stuff and I read the manuals, etc. I google for solutions. The ones I list are the ones I cannot solve or the ones that is completely removed from 7.

I tried to fix the shared folder issue by changing the folder icon to show that it is being shared. I am unable to do so. I like how older OSes show hand wrapping over the folders to indicate that it is being shared.

Feel free to provide solutions that you say is so easy.

Posted 10/20/2009 at 12:53:03pm

Been a long time XP user. I supported users with Vista but never had it myself. Now I took the leap to Windows 7.. There is alot of features that pi$$ed me off.

-I hate the combined quick launch buttons. I am a person with tons of open applications, and with combined buttons, it slowed me down considerable to get to the specific IE page I want to go to. Uncombining the quick launch buttons makes the taskbar uglier.. WHY COMBINE THEM? Widescreen monitors is standard, we have plenty of space on our taskbar!!

-I'm pi$$ed that I have to right click on the quick launch buttons to OPEN A NEW APP if one is already open. It wastes my time. - 2 clicks instead of one click in XP. PLEASE tell me that there is a way to get back the old quick launch bar in XP and Vista. 

Minizimg MSN is a hassle, because to open them again, I had to click on MSN taskbar then choose MSN. I like the old way. Were it goes into the notification area.

-They broken the status bar. I enabled status bar for windows explorer, but it shows NOTHING!!! I like how XP shows total MB size of your folder on the status bar and the remaining HDD space. Beautiful.. I have TBs of data, I need info like that. Also recycle bin doesnt show total size of all files in the bin. I tried selecting all and click properties and it doesnt work. How the hell do I know how much space is being used up in the recycle bin? I dont want to go to disk clean up to see the full size of what is in the recycle bin. I dont care for hovering on each folder to see how much is inside. I WANT total size on the status bar.

-I have 2 TB worth of files while installing windows 7 on the OS HDD. Now, I have to be administrator to delete any files that were saved while under Windows XP, even though the user name remained the same. This produces two clicks to delete a file instead of 1 click. (New files is one click).

-Beside homegroups, file sharing is much more harder now. I tried to share a folder that was previously shared in XP. Other computer cannot see it, even with specific location (\\192.168.1.105). I am still unable to get it to work properly. Also, it pi$$ed me off that the folder doesnt show any indication that it is being shared. I have to click on it and look at the information below to see that it is shared. Suppose I have 100 folders and I have to click on each one to see if it is being shared or not.

If Micro$oft fixed these issues, I may consider Windows 7 as a leap forward. But at this moment, it is a leap backwards..

Posted 12/23/2008 at 11:38:36am

GDDR 3??

Posted 12/17/2008 at 12:33:53pm

Why is this model listed? It is impossible to find this model lcd screen. Usually I trust MPC's recommendations and buy what they say are solid gold. But where can I find this monitor?

Also, why is this another gamer lcd impossible to find? - L227WTG-PF

Granted I see this LG monitor at Bestbuy.com but I'm from Canada and it goes for $309.99 US while only last month it was on sale in Canada for only $230 CDN dollars. I waited and now it is non-existant in Canada. As is Envision G2219w1

Ah the frustration...

Can MaximumPC please review more 22 incher monitors? It is the sweet spot for most of us budget gamer or PC user. 24 inches and up is just too big for us.

Posted 12/01/2008 at 08:25:13am

Wouldnt bababoom take care of that blu-ray to PSP for you?

By the way, I believe that MaximumPC is a strong believer of open source apps like Handbrake instead of 30 bucks for bababoom.

As for my previous post regarding DVR-MS and closed captioning. I am having some troubles with using open source apps such as cc extractor because it returned NO CAPTIONS while i know that it has captions on the DVR-MS but it worked on DVD.

I found this app, VideoReDo for 80 dollars which works well but you need to know how to enable this like on this forum http://www.videoredo.net/msgBoard/showthread.php?t=6470  it worked without a hitchand I am happy to back up DVR-MS format to DVDs for future enjoyment.

I am going to try to use cc extractor to rip CC from DVDs then send the DVD through Handbrake to MP4, then use quicktime pro to blend CC back into MP4 and you can play the video with CC option ON/OFF on IPOD, iPhone, quicktime, etc. Which is fablous in my option.

Perhaps MaximumPC have something easier and quicker?

Posted 11/28/2008 at 03:16:22pm

You lucky geeks at MaximumPC get to play with alot of stuff. I have a project for you. This is really common request. If you google it, you will see alot of people discussing on how to keep the Closed Captioning stream from DVD or dvr-ms file. (even on Handbrake forums)

I have been working hard to get them to work with various applications. Perhaps MaximumPC could write a tutorial on encoding a dvr-ms to dvd or smaller format with CC option preserved.

Pretty please?

Thanks!!

Posted 11/26/2008 at 10:32:59am

Thanks for the article. I however am not aware that Handbrake supports Closed Captioning. I prefer CC over subtitles so is it possible to only rip CC without having to rip the english subtitle as well?