Windows 7 MCE - No subs

Posted on February 15th, 2009 in Windows 7 by Terp

So .. wanted to see an AVI movie (backup ofcourse) on my newly installed media center, but after installing Win7 on my MCE it didt show subs, after some search on the www i found this solution,

On Win7 32bit;
1) Rename the MP3DMOD.DLL file in system32 folder to MP3DMOD_bak.DLL
2) Take ownership of mfpmp.exe in system32 folder
It may require you to have full ownership of the file, a guide to that is right here: Take Ownership Guide

On Win7 64bit:
1) Rename the MP3DMOD.DLL file in windows\syswow64 folder to MP3DMOD_bak.DLL
2) Take ownership of mfpmp.exe in system32 folder, not rename, just ownership

This may disable playback of mp3 files on your system, but as far as i can read, you can copy this file from vista and that should fix the problem, i will try to locate the files from my friends pc so all of you can leech it from my site.

UltraMon Error: 1814

Posted on February 10th, 2009 in Uncategorized by Terp

I was installing a beta of UltraMon on Windows 7 and it woudnt start because of error code: 1814

howtofix:

1) run regedit
Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\\Window Buttons
2) Change the value of ‘Maximize to Desktop Button’ and ‘Move Window Button’ from 1 to 0

Nordic-T site down due DNS fail

Posted on February 10th, 2009 in Uncategorized by Terp

The dns host of nordic-t is down, and you cant “open” the page unless you use this fix (unless they fixed the problem)

1) open: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in your favorite txt editor
2) add this to the file:

212.63.219.147 nordic-t.org
212.63.206.36 betty.nordic-t.org
81.17.247.12 irc.nordic-t.org

If you are running vista you might get a permission error, in that case, follow these steps first:

1) Right-click the file and select Properties.
2) Click on the Security tab.
3) Click Advanced in the lower right.
4) In the Advanced Security Settings window that pops up, click on the Owner tab.
5) Click Edit.
6) Click Other users or groups.
7) Click Advanced in the lower left corner.
8) Click Find Now.
9) Scroll through the results and double-click on your current user account.
10) Click OK to all of the remaining windows except the first Properties window.
11) Select your user account from the list up top and click Edit.
12) Select your user account from the list up top again and then in the pane below, check Full control under Allow, or as much control as you need.
You’ll get a security warning, click Yes.

ThePiratebay.org block work-around

Posted on February 10th, 2009 in Error Codes by Terp

Danish ISP have blocked TPB in the dns’s so users cant access it, to change that, open the file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts the file is a regular txt file, so just open it with your favorite editor (notepad <3) and append this to the file:

83.140.65.21 upload.thepiratebay.org
83.140.65.50 rss.thepiratebay.org
83.140.65.50 captcha.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.145 open.tracker.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.132 eztv.tracker.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.135 vtv.tracker.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.145 a.tracker.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.135 vip.tracker.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.136 tv.tracker.thepiratebay.org
212.63.222.20 mx.thepiratebay.org
83.140.176.159 ns0.thepiratebay.org
194.71.107.1 ns1.thepiratebay.org
85.17.40.33 ns2.thepiratebay.org
217.75.120.120 ns3.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.135 tracker.thepiratebay.org
83.140.65.41 static.thepiratebay.org
83.140.65.31 torrents.thepiratebay.org
77.247.176.136 tpb.tracker.thepiratebay.org
83.140.176.146 thepiratebay.org
83.140.176.146 www.thepiratebay.org

If you are running vista you might get a permission error, in that case, follow these steps first:

1) Right-click the file and select Properties.
2) Click on the Security tab.
3) Click Advanced in the lower right.
4) In the Advanced Security Settings window that pops up, click on the Owner tab.
5) Click Edit.
6) Click Other users or groups.
7) Click Advanced in the lower left corner.
8) Click Find Now.
9) Scroll through the results and double-click on your current user account.
10) Click OK to all of the remaining windows except the first Properties window.
11) Select your user account from the list up top and click Edit.
12) Select your user account from the list up top again and then in the pane below, check Full control under Allow, or as much control as you need.
You’ll get a security warning, click Yes.

All done :D
The reason this works is because it dosnt use your dns servers to query the above domains, it asks the hosts file first