Streaming Movies, Music and Pictures to an XBox 360

Using Microsoft Windows Media Player, you can stream music, pictures, and videos from your personal computer to your Xbox 360. The really great thing is you don't need to download and install any additional software. Use the following steps below to connect your Xbox 360 to your home computer. Vista Media Center Connection Guide

Use your XBox 360 to Listen to your Music & Watch Streaming Videos from your PC.

 
Step 1: Open Windows Media Player

• Launch Windows Media Player. Select Start, then Windows Media Player.

 
Step 2: Now Turn on media sharing.

• Click the arrow below the Library tab, and then click Media Sharing.
• In the Media Sharing dialog box, select the Share my media to check box.
• In the list of devices below the Share my media to check box, select your Xbox 360.
• click Allow
• click OK

 
Step 3: Configure your Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Settings

• In the Media section, select Music, Picture or Photos.
• Select Computer, and then press the A button.
• Select YES, Continue, and then press the A button.
• Select your Windows Vista-based PC, and then press the A button.
• Find the music, pictures, or video you want to play, and select an item to play it.

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Yahoo PHP Web Email Form Script 

What is PHP based web site form mail? PHP Mail is a communication tool used by Yahoo Hosting that allows you to send email from a form on your website through a PHP script. A site visitor will fill out your email form, click send and then you recieve the message in your email. PHP Mail is available as part of all Yahoo Web Hosting plans.

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely used, general purpose scripting code  language that is especially great for web development design due to the fact that it can be easily embedded into an XHTML document to create dynamic web pages and web mail forms.

Yahoo PHP Web Form Mail 

Web site php form email for Yahoo hosted websites. The Yahoo PHP Web Mail Form will use the Post method for the action of the form. To find out the unique required post field url that you need to input in order to make your Yahoo website form mail work properly, simply follow these simple steps below.

Setup Yahoo PHP Form Email On Your Website:

1. Login to your Yahoo Hosting or Small Business account.

2. Select your "Web Hosting Control Panel." Now select the "Create and Update" tab then scroll down and find "Add-Ons."

3.Now click on "Email Forms." Here you will find Yahoo PHP website email form examples, as well as the necessary code for your own forms Post field action.

4.You can use the form examples found here, or if you have your own website email form already, simply copy and paste the provided form post action code into your Yahoo hosted website form. The Yahoo hosted PHP form mail will be sent to the alternate email address you have listed in your Yahoo account information area.

Yahoo PHP Email Form Actions.

Form Subject:
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Your Custom Subject">

Required Fields:
<input type="hidden" name="required_fields" value="Name,URL,Email">

Redirect URL:
<input type="hidden" name="next_url" value="http://yourwebsite.com/">

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Essential Windows Vista Tips & Tricks

(1)  For Windows Vista Virus Protection I highly recommended the software application by Grisoft AVG Free Edition, which is a free anti virus program that works well on the new Windows Vista Operating System. Another user recommended option for complete Windows Vista virus protection is Avast Home Edition, which is also free for personal use. Both are definitely worth checking out if your looking around for a Free Windows Vista Compatible Anti-Virus Solution.

(2)  Scroll open windows with Windows Flip 3D. By pressing WINDOW+TAB on your keyboard you activate the Windows Flip 3D feature. Once the flip 3D window is open you can use the arrow keys on your keyboard or the scroll button on your mouse to easily scroll the 3D windows display.

(3)  Increase your hard drive performance with Windows Vista. First right click on the My Computer, then properties and find Device Manager. Now look for and expand the Disk Drives option form the list. Right click on your hard drive that is listed there and then select Properties. Find the Policies tab and Enable Advanced Performance. Finally select OK and close Device Manager. (note: A Battery Backup is recommended due to increased risk of data loss.)

(4)  With Windows Vista, you can add different system clocks to your desktop tray. First click the clock, and then on Date and Time Settings. Click the Additional Clocks tab menu. Here you can add one or two additional clocks to the desktop tray as well as select their custom time zone settings.

(5) Speed up Windows Vista start up time. First open your Start Menu and now find and open Windows Defender. Click on the Tools option menu found on the top menu bar and find and select Software Explorer. Now click on Show for All Users. From here you can select any application to either Remove or Disable it from starting with Windows Vista. By decreasing the load on windows vista you will see a noticeable difference in performance.

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Best add on for Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

This free best office 2007 add-in will allow you to export and save to PDF and XPS formats in all eight 2007 Microsoft Office applications. With it you can also send an email attachment in a PDF or XPS format as well as convert XHTML documents to a PDF file format via Word.

To use, from any Office 2007 application, simply click on the "Office Button" (upper left) and select Save As, then, PDF or XPS. You are then prompted for the save file location and name, and a few other options. Click publish and your all done.

Download Save as PDF or XPS (windows validation required)

This great ms office 2007 add-on works with the following Office programs:

* Microsoft Office Access 2007
* Microsoft Office Excel 2007
* Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
* Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
* Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
* Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
* Microsoft Office Visio 2007
* Microsoft Office Word 2007

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Create a New Partition in Windows Vista

Windows Vista makes it very simple to create a second partition on your hard drive with easy to use and free built in tools.

First you will need to free up some space in the hard drive that you would like the partition to be on. If you feel unsure about how to do this, please refer to my earlier post that covers how to free up space on a hard drive without data loss in Windows Vista.

Lets create a partition with Windows Vista. Right click on the My Computer icon and select Manage than Disk Management.

Find the drive that you have freed up some space on and right click on the free space and select New Simple Volume.

In the next wizard box choose the size of the partition. Set it to match the amount of space that you have free or less and than click next.

Now select the Drive Letter that you would like the new partition to be called and than next.

Format your partition as an NTFS file system and select quick format. Here you can also give it it a unique Volume Label if you want than select next.

The partition is formatted and all that left to do is to click finish.

You now have a newly created NTFS Logical partition ready for use. Great Job!

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With the release of Microsoft's New Operating System Windows Vista out to replace it's predecessor Xp I though I would take this opportunity to talk about some of its new nifty features.

With improved security and an updated internet stack naturally I was interested to see how it performed on the web. The result Vista is defiantly faster than Xp is and that's comparing two fresh installs to each other back to back. Vista was hands down the quicker of the two when it came to page load times and over all browsing performance.

Here is a very handy list of 10 tips and tricks for the new and improved Microsoft Vista that could help any user do what they want with new Windows by Ed Bott.

One of particular interest, is the New Screen Capture Snipping Tool which gives you the ability to capture any screen-shot on the fly. A built in tool that has been long over due to be sure. This excellent tool will help you grab any image from your computer screen and save it in various file formats. For example, a Maui, Hawaii web design sample shot for a client.

Stay tuned for more computer tips & tricks for Windows Vista and more.

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Have you ever wanted to free up space for a partition on your hard drive but were afraid of losing the data already on it? If only there was a way to keep that darn data.

Well with the new Microsoft Windows Vista you can do just that.

To do this in Windows Vista go to the Control Panel, than Administrative Tools, than into Computer Management.

Now simply select "Disk Management" your drives are listed here and you can shrink your partition without destroying any of your valuable pictures, music, and documents that are on it.

Select your drive and choose shrink or extend and input the space desired. 

Once you have the amount of space that you would like to have let it run and your all done.

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