Today i discoverd that i had an entire directory of Quicktime Movies from an old Camera I had, that only did them in that format. The Challange with so many .mov files was trying to decipher what was what in a timely fashion. By default windows xp does not display Quicktime thumbnails but i have an answer and it is working for me. A project called quickthumb to the rescue http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mbarrien/projects/. It’s a “.dll” file that you can install to show quicktime thumbnails. I’ve tried it and it works great fine. In case you’re not sure how to install it (ignore this if you are!) - download the dll (binary) file and copy it into the c:\windows\system32 folder. Then open up the “command prompt” from start>all programs>accessories. At the blinking prompt type c:\windows\system32\regsvr32 quickthumb.dll
You should then get a confirmation message. Now browse the folder you want in thumbnail mode and you should see the quicktime thumbnail
Tada . Thanks to Paul Argyle

Posted by Mike O'Donnell, filed under Software Be Like Mike. Date: August 5, 2008, 7:09 pm | No Comments »

Thought i would dvdfab platinum a try for converting dvds for my ipod will get back and let you know how it goes.

Update/4/28 so far it has been really great very little effort need for the conversion.

I give it a try it you like it status for now.

Posted by Mike O'Donnell, filed under Software Be Like Mike. Date: April 24, 2008, 7:13 pm | 1 Comment »

Mister “(O)” “Tis the Season To be Backing Up Wouldn’t you agree.”
Timmy “But What What should I backup. I dont want to miss any of the good things that make my computer run just right”
Mister “(O)” “Well Timmy thats easy……….. OR is it….”
Does that question come to your mind, Let Me help You. Kinda.I will be speaking from my on extensive personal experience on Micorsofts WindowsXP . So lets make this clear this information is for WindowsXP only,,, as Microsofts Vista has decided to change things up a little bit as to where it keeps things . When I get it nailed down I will report back to you.
So lets figure a few things out.

The my documents folder should contain most of the items you want to back up. RIghhhht.!!!
well mostly.

In the following example WindowsXP is installed on the default C Drive .
If you have it installed on a different location then substitues your drive letter .
There is also the
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\

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Posted by Mike O'Donnell, filed under Software Be Like Mike, Software fixes. Date: January 14, 2008, 10:21 pm | No Comments »

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