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Stream Music Over Your Home Network with Windows Media Player 12

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 23.02.2010
Earlier, we walked you through how to stream Windows Media Player 12 library over the Internet, which is a great way to take your movies, music and photos with you wherever you go. But for a faster, more secure way to share media between Windows...

Streaming Your Windows Media Player 12 Library Over the Internet

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 13.02.2010
Windows Media Player 12 has one very cool feature which allows you to play your entire media library from any Windows 7 machine over the Internet. That means everything: songs, videos, photos, even purchased media. This is useful for when you want to enjoy your...
Windows Media Player

How to Burn CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 28.01.2010
Windows Media Player 12 allows computers with built-in CD and/or DVD burners to quickly and easily create audio CDs, data CDs and Data DVDs. This functionality makes creating mix CDs and copying audio CDs for playback in car stereos and other CD players incredibly simple....

Windows Media Player 12 Menus & Views Explained

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 09.01.2010
Windows Media Player 12 elegantly pulls off the challenge of including numerous view modes and a complex library system without inundating you with options and arcane buttons. Navigating Windows Media Player 12 is surprisingly simple, given how many different ways to sort and organize your...

How to Customize Your Windows 7 Logon Screen

  • misc
  • Florina Muntenescu
  • 31.12.2009
We will continue our series on customizing the appearance of Windows 7 with an article about logon screens. Even though now you can customize lots of visual elements directly from the Control Panel, you still cannot change the logon screen. As with previous versions of...

Windows Media Player 12 - What's New & How it Works?

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 10.12.2009
Windows 7 ships with the new Windows Media Player 12, which looks and feels very similar to Windows Media Player 11, but with a few new tweaks and additions. The interface has been somewhat pared down and that tabbed navigation of Windows Media Player 11...
Windows 7

How to Unveil Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7

  • tutorial
  • Florina Muntenescu
  • 25.11.2009
At the installation of Windows 7 you are prompted for your country and language. Based on your selection, a group of themes will be installed. Apart from that, Windows 7 will copy on your hard disk some additional hidden themes that you aren't aware of....
Windows 7

Will Austin About His Trip to the Desktop of Millions

  • misc
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 24.08.2009
One of the great things about Windows 7 is the fact that it has a very strong visual personality. It includes a very diverse set of wallpapers from a long list of visual artists. The funny thing is, the wallpapers which our team likes best...