I’ve just released version 0.3.0 of Liquid, an alternative podcast downloader, I’ve added experimental episode number extraction as well as attempting to fix a bug with queued downloads not working. You can find the changes detailed on the Liquid Changelog page. As before you can find the latest version at the Liquid Download page.
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If your CD\DVD drive is identifed by your BIOS but not by Windows 7 then try the following:
- Run regedit.exe
- Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\
- Delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters in the right-hand pane
- NB: Leave both the UpperFilters.bak and LowerFilters.bak entries
If this doesn’t work then try resetting the drive letter using the following:
- Run the Disk Management tool
- Choose ‘Create and format hard disk partitions’
- If the DVD drive is present then right click it and select ‘Change Drive Letter and Paths’
- Click ‘Change’ and select a new letter
- If the CD\DVD drive is now visible in Explorer you can change the letter back
- If it is still not visible then reboot and it should appear
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Paul Thurott and friend have worked out how to do a clean Windows 7 installation whilst only using the Windows 7 upgrade disc.
The instructions are as follows:
- Perform a clean installation using the Upgrade disc.
- Install all pending Windows Updates.
- Open regedit.exe from the Start Menu.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
- Change MediaBootInstall from ’1′ to ’0′.
- Open the Start Menu again and type ‘cmd’ — use ctrl+shift+enter to run it as an elevated-permissions user.
- Finally, type slmgr /rearm — and press enter.
You can now reboot and activate Windows 7 by running the Activate Windows utility, type in your product key and it should now work.
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ATI has released a new WHQL driver 9.10 available now on their official website, below is a list of the new changes.
The Catalyst™ Software Suite 9.10 contains the following:
- Radeon™ display driver 8.661
- HydraVision™ for both Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7
- WDM Driver Install Bundle
- Southbridge/IXP Driver
- Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.661
New in version 9.10
- GPU acceleration for the Windows 7 Drag and Drop video converting application
- Super Sample Anti-Aliasing for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
- Highlights of resolved issues:
- Ghostbusters
video game no longer flickers between desktop and game play when anti-aliasing is set to 8X and game resolution set to 2560×1600
- Enabling Screen Space Ambient Occlusion option in The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena
no longer causes the game to fail under Multi-GPU configurations
- Severe flickering no longer observed while running 3D games/samples on specific HDMI displays with configurations using ATI CrossFireX™ technology in tri and quad modes
- Desktop flashing no longer observed after driver installation and reboot with systems configured with Radeon ASIC in the primary PCIe slot and ATI Fire Stream™ ASIC in the secondary PCIe slot
- Combat Mission Shockforce
no longer fails after a duration of game play
- Underscan/Overscan settings for TV can now be applied from the ATI Catalyst ControlCenter – TV Properties Adjustments page
- Changes to the “All Settings” and “Basic Quality” pages in ATI Catalyst Control Center -Avivo™ Video will now be retained after reboot
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In order to backup your save games for Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC you will need to backup two different folders, this is due to the game using the Games for Windows Live system.
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Rockstar Games
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\XLive
Windows Vista/7
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\XLive
NB: These are the default folder locations, if you have a different location it can be found by typing %LOCALAPPDATA% into Windows Explorer.
The Assassin’s Creed save games can be found in the following locations:
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed\Saved Games
Windows Vista/7
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed\Saved Games
These are the default locations, if they are not in the respective location you can try searching for assassin.ini as they should be in the same folder.
If when attempting to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 your installation hangs at 62% this could be due to the iphlpsvc service and Microsoft offers the following fix:
- Reboot the computer; this will cause a rollback to Windows Vista.
- Click Start, and right-click Computer.
- Click Properties, and then click Advanced System Settings.
- Click Environment Variables.
- Under System Variables, click New, and then press ENTER
- Type in the following variable information:
Variable Name: MIG_UPGRADE_IGNORE_PLUGINS
Variable value: IphlpsvcMigPlugin.dll
- Then Restart Setup.
Note This workaround only applies to the iphlpsvc service hangs
Microsoft Support article
I’ve just released version 0.2.0 of Liquid, an alternative podcast downloader, there are no major changes just a few usability tweaks and bug fixes. You can find the changes detailed on the Liquid Changelog page. As before you can find the latest version at the Liquid Download page.
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Windows 7 has a new updated disk defragmenter when compared to Windows Vista. The disk defragmenter utility in Vista was rightly criticised for not giving enough user feedback, this has been fixed slightly in that now the user can see how fragmented the individual disks on the computer are.
is the latest instalment in the long running Grand Theft Auto series, and uses a brand new game engine to transport you to Liberty City the Grand Theft Auto universe’s version of New York complete with an Statue of Liberty knockoff.
