If you play movies or music from your computer through your Xbox 360 you have the computer setup as an XBOX extender.  Over time as you add new content to your computer the Xbox 360 may not update with the new content. To fix this you simply log into your computer in question and bring up Windows Media Player and select Oragnize > Apply Media Information Changes.

Once you have done that your computer (Xbox 360 Extender) will begin to update the library.

Once the progress bar hits 100% your media will be updated and you should see all of it on your Xbox 360.

For more info on setting the Extender up, here are the instructions from the Xbox 360 web page.

Connect your console to Windows Media Center

Before you can play content from Windows Media Center on your Xbox 360 console, you need to connect your console to Windows Media Center.

Hide Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware Annoying Popup Balloon Notifications

Mar 20th

Posted by HowIFixedIt in Computers

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Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a great program for anti-malware protection.  It boasts the ability to thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware using a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious processes before they even start.  With the latest version they included an IP blocking feature that will prevent a user from visiting a potentially dangerous website.  Also, if a Trojan is executed on an infected system and it tries to download a payload, that payload will be BLOCKED by the IP blocking module.

However, the popups get annoying after a while and there is no built in feature to block the balloon notifications.  Here’s a fix to hide the annoying popup balloon notifications.  Right click on the start button and do properties. Make sure you’re on the task bar tab and next to “hide inactive icons” click the customize button. Then find Malwarebytes program and do  “always hide”.  This will prevent the notifications from popping up and annoying you but will still allow the program to run in the background.

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A Great Android App Review Site – androidmarketapps.com

Mar 15th

Posted by HowIFixedIt in Around The Web

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Here’s a great site i found for Android application reviews.  http://www.androidmarketapps.com/ is one of the few sites I’ve seen out there with honest reviews about Android applications.  It looks like its just starting out but it’s being updated constantly with some pretty useful apps.  I use quite a few on there already like Yelp, ChompSMS, and Astro File Manage but have found a couple apps i didn’t know about like Bump and Checkers for Android.  For each review the author gives a pretty thorough rundown of its pros and cons and then gives it a star rating.  It also allows users to make their own comments about the review and their own star rating as well.

One of the really neat things is the QR codes the reviewer puts with each review.  If you like the review and think its an app that you can actually use, you can scan the QR code on the screen with your phone using bar code scanner and it will take you directly to the Android Market so you can purchase it or download it for free.  Here’s what a QR code looks like:

So if you’re looking for some new apps for your G1, Nexus One, or any other type of Android device i seriously suggest you check out this site.  I have the RSS feed book marked myself so I can see the new apps as they’re reviewed.  you can do the same  here.

howifixedit qr code. scan it!




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Find Up Time In Windows 7 and Windows XP

Mar 12th

Posted by HowIFixedIt in Computers

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System up time is the amount of time a system has been powered on since the last reboot.  It’s an important figure because it gives the admin an idea of how long a system has been on.  It may not be as important for a deskop user but for a server it can aid in the troubleshooting process.

In other versions of Windows like Windows XP it was as simple as running a command prompt and typing:


C:\Documents and Settings\admin>systeminfo | find "Up Time"
System Up Time:  9 Days, 4 Hours, 25 Minutes, 18 Seconds


The “| find “Up Time”"  just searches the output to display the system up time information.

In Windows 7 however, they changed it.  It’s not called “System Up Time” anymore but “System Boot Time”.  So you would run the systeminfo command with “System Boot Time” after the pipe as follows:

C:\Users\admin>systeminfo | find “System Boot Time”
System Boot Time:          3/11/2010, 5:04:17 PM

Notice when you run it this way it just shows the time and date of when you booted the computer not the actual hours its been on.

There is another way in Windows 7 to have the actual running time.  Right click on the task bar and select “Task Manager”.  Under the “performance” tab under “system” it  now shows you the “Up Time”.   See the pic below.  This shows you the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds.  As you can see my computer has been on for 7 days, 13 hours, 37 minutes since i rebooted it.  What’s your  up time?

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