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Play Xvid/DivX/MKV files in Vista Media Center

Play Xvid/DivX/MKV files in Vista Media Center

By Rich • Nov 6th, 2007 • Category: Computing

Firstly, i’ll apologise for spelling it “er”…but i’ve been Googling so hard today using that phrase i’ve gone a bit American. Anyway, if anyone is using or looking to use Vista’s Media Center for their HTPC solution (like myself), and you want to view xVid or DivX files etc, the only way i could get [...]

Free defrag utility for Windows

Free defrag utility for Windows

By Rich • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Computing

A friend pointed out this to me the other day and i have been using it all over the place ever since, an awesome defragmentation utility for all Windows versions post 2000 (there’s even an X64 version, woo!), read up and download from here.
In addition to a GUI based one-click-and-its-done defrag util, the downloadable zip [...]