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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Black Ops Single Player Tune-in

The 15-second Tune-in airing Oct 9, 2010, informing you that the huge, new Single Player Trailer is coming Monday night on ESPN during the Minnesota v. New York football game.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The New Apple iPod touch 4G Best Buy Demo

I was very impressed with the new iPod touch 4G. The video camera on it was pretty good, although the Photo taking camera thingy wast that high of a quality. Multitasking worked well, and the speed of this new iPod was great!

Of course it comes with all of its awesome apps, plus the new game center and lots more.

More details on the Apple iPod Touch 4g @ http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/

How to Disable TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) in Windows 7 and Vista

Windows 7 Error:

Windows Vista Error:

I have been very annoyed with my screen freezing and displaying an error message that says, "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered." After months of research I found a fix, it was to change the visual settings so that they were on the lowest. But I love Window 7's Visual effects like Aero, and Aero Snap. So I did some more research and found a fix. I hope this helps you as much as it helped me.

About Timeout Detection and Recovery a.k.a. TDR
Timeout Detection and Recovery is a part of the Windows OS that recovers your graphics driver when it runs a a very low FPS. This keeps Windows from freezing due to display driver issues.

How to Disable TDR/Fix Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

For Windows Vista:
1) open your vista registry editor
2) go to the key : HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\
3) highlight it then right click on this key
4) Add DWORD TdrDelay
5) Set value of TdrDelay to the number of seconds you allow your GPU to run with no feedback to the system (ie Timeout watchdog..)

For Windows 7:

Radical Solution Stop TDR-detection and you should not have any resets of your graphics subsystem anymore

1) Start 'regedit' from command-line
2) Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Con trol\GraphicsDrivers
3) Right click 'new' dword
4) Enter name: "TdrLevel"
5) Double click
6) Enter value: "TdrLevelOff"

Alternative Increase TDR-Timeout-value to 5 seconds(max possible) from hidden defaultvalue 2 sec
1) Start 'regedit'
2) Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Con trol\GraphicsDrivers

3) Right click 'new' dword

4) Enter name: "TdrDelay"

5) Double click

6) Enter hex-value: "00000005"

Another fix is to use Modified Drivers from http://www.tweakforce.com/. I have used them and they seem to work pretty well.

If you are trying to uninstall your Nvidia drivers, visit http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/ and download their Driver Sweeper.

For more information and registry-settings just visit: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/wddm_timeout.mspx

Friday, October 1, 2010

Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta Done, Download Final

If you are like me, you downloaded the Windows Live Essentials Beta the second you found it. I was very pleased with the new Movie Maker and Photo Gallery that were packed with new features for editing, sharing, saving, etc.

I am downloading the final version of Live Essentials as i type this. If you would like to grab your own copy of Windows Live Essentials, visit: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials

Windows Live Essentials Included the following apps:

Messenger
Stay in touch with the people you care about most from your PC, phone, or the web. Share photos and videos as you chat, and see the latest updates from your friends. Learn more

Photo Gallery
Get great tools for organizing, touching up, and sharing your photos and videos. Create stunning panoramas, movies, and slide shows, and publish them online. Learn more

Movie Maker
Turn your photos and videos into polished movies that are easy to share. Add special effects, transitions, sound, and captions to help tell your story in style. Learn more

Mail
Efficiently manage multiple email accounts, calendars, and your contacts—even when you're offline. Plus, use a great tool for sharing lots of photos in email without filling up anyone's inbox. Learn more

Also included in Windows Live Essentials

Writer
Blog like a pro, adding photos, videos, maps, and more.

Family Safety
Parental controls to help parents keep their children safe online.

Windows Live Mesh
Access and synchronize photos, documents, and other files on all your computers.

Messenger Companion

See and comment on links your friends have shared as you visit websites in Internet Explorer

Bing Bar

Get search results from Bing without leaving the website you're on.

Outlook Connector Pack

Includes Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector and Outlook Social Connector Provider for Messenger.

Microsoft Silverlight

Access rich, interactive websites using the Silverlight browser plug-in.

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