Monday, August 10, 2009

check virtualisation

A little tool if your cpu supports VT for use in windows 7 XP mode
http://www.grc.com/securable.htm

Saturday, August 8, 2009

wmp 11 on windows 7

For installing Mediaportal on Windows Home Server
Needed as Windows Home server is based on server 2003 and doesnt support WMP 11 by default

Aye, I've finally worked out a way how to do this, and as far as I can see from 5 test machines running Windows Server 2003, Standard; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise; Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise; Windows Server 2003, Datacenter, Windows Server 2003 x64 Enteprise… it works.

1) Download the Windows Media Player 11 setup file from here and save to disk.
2) Run the setup file - the first thing you should see if a validation checker. Just leave this up, don't go any further.
3) Search the hard drive for "wmp11.exe" - it should be in a temporary directory somewhere. Right click the file in the search then click "Open containing folder" (and not open).
4) Open and run the wmfdist11.exe file, then umdf.exe and wmdbexport.exeBe warned, you may need to run these files in Compatibilty Mode. Simply right click each file, click Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab, then ensure that Windows XP is selected.
5) After all these are installed, you must restart (very important.)
6) Once you've restarted, run the wmp11.exe file in the same directory - this also may require compatibility settings being applied to it. Restart once more.
7) Back into Windows again, go to Start, Run then type in wmplayer then OK. Configure as you like, and viola it's done :)

Any questions?
Post em here ;)