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What exactly does windows 7 themes service do
I was having issues with video playback of large (nearly 4k) videos.
Part of the video was tearing, I knew the hardware was capable of playing the video ok, but in several applications the video would ...
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How to extend AND mirror the screen?
Currently I have one laptop with one HDMI port. I'm looking at getting a USB to VGA. Ultimately I would like to have 2 monitors. 1 that extends the laptop screen and 1 that mirrors the laptop screen. ...
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1080p not as smooth as 1080i on Sapphire Edge VS4
I have a Sapphire Edge VS4 connected to Philips 37pfl monitor and running Windows 7 32 bit Ultimate. I also use the Catalyst Control Center program to calibrate the screen.
When I choose 1080p ...
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Show all File Types in Windows Media Player (WMP)
I'm attempting optimize my setup between Windows Media Player and a SmartTV that uses Windows Media Player's playlist to display and stream files.
Even though my computer has the proper codecs and ...
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DVD presence not detected until after Windows Update
I am running Windows 7 with Power DVD.
I had a couple of DVDs and I googled to find that The Dark Knight Rises is particularly a frequent evidence the issue.
When I insert the DVD into the drive, ...
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Chrome will not play certain flash videos
My chrome is set to use pepper flash (as is the default, I do not have any other flash player installed).
I am encountering a strange error where some flash files do not play. As an example the two ...
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How to remove title and other metadata from video files? [duplicate]
I have problem sorting videos in VLC because it is using the metadata title to sort them, but they all have the same title. Which is why I want to remove all metadata, especially titles.
How can I ...
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Why do I often have to refresh pages I navigate to once for them (or content in them) to load?
I have noticed a bizarre pattern when using my PC, that when I open a link to a website, it often will often take a very long time to load, or time out. Sometimes content on the website will be drawn, ...
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How to troubleshoot under-performing hardware combination?
I recently bought a secondhand PC to use as a Home Theatre PC. It is mostly used for streaming online video like Netflix and Youtube but also runs Plex Media Server.
On paper the hardware specs ...
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Windows 7 freezes while watching videos with uTorrent opened
I having a problem with my new computer. And I think it's related with my graphic card.
I have a Nvidia MSI 770 OC TF, with MSI motherboard.
It works fine, and run games like Assassin's Creed 4 to ...
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Why does windows media player stop at random?
I have two PC's here at our shop that I play media on (local not streaming) 24/7 via windows media player. The one is a windows 8 in our break-room that I have a playlist of 394 short avi videos that ...
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Can I play movie files on my PC? [closed]
My PC has the following specifications:
Celeron CPU G550 Sandy Bridge 1155 2.6 Ghz
2x2 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM
VGA built in CPU "Intel HD Graphics"
Standard 500 GB HDD 3.5"
Windows 7 64bit
Can I play ...
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How to sync two monitors and a projector together to display the same game while controlling the recording it from one of the two computer monitors?
I want to display MK9 on a projector and a computer monitor on which the game will be played by two people and record it from a second monitor. All devices will be hooked up to the administrative ...
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Windows 7 PC going to sleep while streaming video in web browser
This odd behavior just started happening on my Windows 7-based HTPC in the last couple of weeks. Whenever I'm watching video in my web browser (both Firefox and Chrome), the sleep setting of the PC ...
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Video Adapter needs an update, but where?
I just recently got an compaq presario which had windows xp installed on it. I decided to put a bigger hard drive on it and upgrade it to windows 7.
When i did this, it did not recognize my sound ...
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