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Microsoft offers several no-cost tools for burning DVDs and CDs. For example, if you insert a blank, writable disc AutoPlay will display a menu with options for burning audio or data discs. Windows Media Player can also be used for burning discs, click the Burn tab on the right as shown in the image below. Then drag audio or video files from the center pane to the list on the right. Click Start burn to burn the disc.
After the jump, more CD and DVD burning tools, including Movie Maker and ways to burn ISOs.
Question from a reader:
Tony, I don’t have 10,000 photographs but sometimes it seems like it. I would appreciate your opinion for the best program for organizing my files on the computer. I can’t seem to find something that will permit captioning, date recording and tagging. I often wonder how the NGS organizes their collection which must numer in the millions. Thanks
My answer after the jump…
I created a Windows 7 video training course for InfiniteSkills.com to help people get started with Windows 7. Here’s the course outline–click the links to view the beginning (and most basic) subjects for free. Buy the course online and you’ll get access to the subjects covering the more advanced material.
Introduction
Upgrading to Windows 7
Question:
Can I add extra pixels in a picture saved im my computer by Photoshop or something else for enlarge or resize it??
Lauro
Brasil
Answer:
Virtual Hard Disk (.VHD) files are used by Virtual PC and Virtual Server, and created by Windows Backup when you make a system image backup. If you ever need to access files contained within a .VHD, you can do it using the Disk Management tool built into Windows 7. Just follow these steps:
I get it, Windows. You downloaded an update and you want to restart. I postpone it four hours, which means six times a day, for the last three weeks, you’ve bugged me with the same stupid prompt. Problem is, when you restart, you stop my music and close the 15 windows I have open. And what am I supposed to do for three minutes while you restart–USE MY iPhone to access the Internet?!
How dare you.
Here’s an easy way to stop Windows 7 from nagging you: stop the Windows Update service. It’ll automatically restart the next time you start your computer. Just follow these steps:
Ever have a friend ask you to help them repair their computer only to find that its so bloated with malware that you think they should just nuke the site from orbit? Some recent malware can be quite difficult to remove. In these sorts of situations you might try an alternative approach: boot from a CD-ROM or DVD and run the repair tools while the virus-laden operating system (OS) is offline. There are other recovery tasks most easily performed while the OS is offline, but I spend more time helping people with malware than doing anything else for them.
How to create a bootable disc? You could do it with Linux, but then you’d have to learn another OS, I prefer to stick with Windows. Besides, there are a lot of useful tools already available for Windows. You may have heard of the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE or simply PE) that has been available to computer vendors for years. Microsoft made it available to everyone a few years ago, and I’ve found it to be extremely useful. There are several ways to create a customized Windows PE disc, the simplest approach is to use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) that some colleagues of mine in the Solutions Accelerators Team (SAT) at Microsoft created. You’ll need several gigs of storage space to download and use everything described below, make sure you have enough room before you start!
