Friday, July 10, 2009

Windows Photo Gallery can't open/preview images in some folders/desktop in Vista

If you are having problems opening an image (double-click or enter) in some folders while it works in other folders, then try the following:

  • First copy a picture to an empty folder & then double-click on it, if it works then check the folder where its not work & see if there are any html, htm, urls in the same folder. If so, move them to another folder and then try again & it now it should work.

Hauppauge WinTV7 change channel name

To change channels name for Hauppage WinTV7 in Windows Vista, do the following:

1. Find the channels database (hcwChanDB_5.mdb) which usually be found under [SystemDrive]:\Users\Public\WinTV\Channel Database.
2. If you have MS Access, open the database with it.
3. Right-click on “hcwChannels” and click “Open”.
4. Find the “Preferred_name” column & you can change each channel name as required.
5. Save and close.