Archive for July, 2008
If you have problem in reliably double clicking files, emails, programs, etc.
You may be facing the mouse’ double-click speed problem.
To solve it:
1. Start
2. (Settings >) Control Panel
3. Mouse
4. Reduce or increase the “Double-click speed” by moving the slider there.
5. OK
Option A
1. Click My Computer
2. Select the CD drive
3. Right click on the drive and select Properties
4. Select the Autoplay tab
5. At the drop-down windows, click on the down arrow to select
the type of file/content you want to control such as ‘Music Files,
Pictures, Video files, etc.
6. Select ‘Select an action to perform’
7. Select the option from the menu
8. Click Apply
9. Click OK
If you have multiple media players such as Windows Media Player, WinAmp, QuickTime, RealPlayer, etc on your system, you may like to control which launches when you want to play a particular type of file for example audio files (mp3) as against video files (avi).
The way to go about it is to set file associations in the various players. But I suggest you de-select the file type in the program it currently launches before selecting it in the one you want. In Windows Media Player 11, for instance, select Tools > Options > File Types tab. Uncheck (if you do not want Windows Media Player to play) or check (if you do) such options as mp3.
My personal favorite burning software is Nero. It has got many advance features which are very useful like, for example, it’ll let you know beforehand if the number of files you want to burn has exceeded the capacity of your blank CD/DVD or not. However, strictly speaking, you do not need Nero really. You can also burn CD or DVD using Windows Media Player (which comes together with your Windows XP operating system).
This is how:
1. Insert a blank recordable CD into your computer’s CD burner
2. Go to My Music (or where you’ve stored your songs)
3. Highlight the songs/files which you want to burn, and from the task list on the left, select “Copy to audio CD” (Note: If it’s not there it means your computer does not have a burner and therefore you won’t be able to burn).
4. Windows Media Player will now open, with the selected files already listed in the Burn List to the right. Simply click Start Burn at the bottom of the Burn List and your audio files will be written onto your CD.
1. Start
2. Control Panel
3. System
4. Hardware tab
5. Device Manager
6. Click on the “+” sign next to the relevant device group
A list of device will be shown.
7. Right-click on the correct device and click “Update Driver…”
8. Select “No, not at this time” and click ‘Next’
9. Insert the driver disk and click ‘Next’
10. If the correct driver disk has been inserted, your computer install the driver will begin to install the driver.





