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Control Windows Media Center with Your Voice
If you use Windows Media Center on your home theater PC you can configure it to run via voice commands using macros for Windows7's built-in Windows Speech Recognition software. The only additional cost is for a decent microphone if you don't already have one. Gadget weblog Inspect My Gadget uses Windows Speech Recognition macros to create voice tags that link with keyboard shortcuts.
Blue screen of death (STOP error) information in dump files.
Related Utilities WinCrashReport - Displays a report about crashed Windows application. WhatIsHang - Get information about Windows software that stopped responding (hang) AppCrashView - View application crash information on Windows 7/Vista.
BlueScreenView Shows You the Errors Behind the Blue Screen of Death
Windows: With luck, blue screen of death is something that most Windows users don't see anymore, but if you do, sometimes it can go by so quickly that you don't get a chance to review the error displayed so you can look it up later. BlueScreenView is a free utility that will retrieve the error information for you later so you can research what caused it.
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The Windows registry is a mysterious place , but if you're comfortable editing it, you have the power to tweak nearly every Windows setting you can imagine.
The Cleverest Geeky Windows Tricks Everyone Should Know
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Your Windows PC might be designed to make your life easier, but they often have a non-stop list of problems.