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Preserve encryption identity/key moving Windows Media Center to new install of Windows 7
My computer is Windows 7 Home Premium x64 with Media Center and a pre-installed TV-Tuner card. I have a collection of movies and tv programs that I have recorded using Media Center.
As I understand ...
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TV device disapears when turned off when connected via HDMI to PC
I have 2 monitors and 1 TV hooked up as a monitor to a 660 ti GPU (this works when all on). When the TV is off, there is no visible device to extend a display to but when it's on there is. I wanted to ...
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Laptop detects HDMI connection but won't display anything
I have an old HP laptop running Windows 7. When I connect my TV with an HDMI connector I can see the second screen show up on the windows display settings. It even recognizes the brand and size of the ...
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Share HD between laptop and Panasonic TV
I have a 1TB Western Digital USB external hard drive, which I originally wanted to use solely with my Panasonic Viera TV for recording missed programs, etc. This setup was fully functional, but I now ...
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How can I save and switch between multiple display and audio configurations in Windows 7?
I connected my PC to my TV so that I can play some games on the big screen with an Xbox controller, console style. My video card only allows 2 of its 3 outputs enabled at a time, which are currently ...
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Connecting a TV remote control to a Windows 7 Desktop?
I was just wondering how possible it is to connect a remote control to a Windows 7 system.
I’m connecting the computer to a 24" TV via HDMI to be used as a TV, playing things mainly through VLC.
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How can I automatically switch audio to my speakers when my TV-as-2nd-monitor is not in use?
I have a normal LCD monitor as my primary monitor and an HD LCD television as a 2nd monitor (connected through HDMI). I also have a set of normal speakers for the computer (a Windows 7 machine) that ...
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Bridging two connections in windows 7
I have recently bought an Samsung UE32ES5500 and I want to connect it to the internet. Not wanting to buy an expensive Samsung wireless adapter for the TV, I've decided to use an ethernet cable. ...
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How to reorder videos on my harddrive?
I downloaded a couple of videos from off the Internet. The videos are short clipping and there are about 20-30 of them. The issue is that when I downloaded them the order was not maintained and I have ...
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Why can't I get sound to my TV using an HDMI-to-DVI cable? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does DVI carry audio?
I've got an Acer eMachine running Windows 7 64-bit and I'm hooking it up to my TV using an HDMI-to-DVI cable. Obviously, the HDMI end of the cable is ...
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How do I turn a folder into a USB drive or mass storage device?
I have a Plasma TV with USB input that can play DIVX, etc. However, I would like to use some software to turn a folder in my notebook HD (Windows 7) into a USB Mass Storage device, so that I can ...
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What software should I use to watch TV from an external TV card?
I bought a Gigabyte U7300 DVB-T TV card, and tried it with three programs, but I still can't watch TV.
Do you have any suggestion which program would be good for this card? OS is Win 7.
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extending wired network through wireless connected computer
I have a windows 7 system connected to my home network through wireless.
The system has an unused wired NIC.
I have installed a smart TV next to the system. I would like to connect the TV to my home ...
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Stop TV from turning off when used as PC monitor?
I have a new PC build temporarily hooked up to a TV until I buy a monitor. I'm using a VGA cable. The TV will turn itself off if I don't use the computer for around 10 minutes.
I can't find any ...
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LCD TV as VGA Monitor does not go widescreen
My PCs graphics card is a VIA UniChrome Pro III. The TV is a Digistar 27 inch LCD and supports a 1280 x 800 resolution.
Under Screen Resolution in Windows 7, I can choose 1280x800 and 1280x768, but ...
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