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Media Portal

Forget Windows Media Center for Windows XP. Use Media Portal instead. It's free, and it's wickkeed! Go get it now!

Reuse windows for launching shortcuts

I actually got the original tip off my mate at work, having forgotten where the setting was. I then looked it up on Google to get a handy link. I'm talking about dealing with the internet annoyance which manifested iteself today by dragging me away from a web form I was filling in when I clicked on a link in Windows Media Player. Yes, I is talking about Reuse windows for launching shortcuts , otherwise known as "don't take me away from a web page that I don't bloody want to get taken away from" Here, check it out: http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/1013 Oh, and if the link's broken, here's the short version: Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Browsing -> UNCHECK "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" :))

Alternative way to access CD-ROM Properties

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If you select the CD-ROM, then click the Properties button underneath, can you get into the CD-ROM properties? (see picture)