Could I have finally found the solution to my problem that has been plaguing me ever since I started messing around with MKV files? It seems that traversing around my filesystem, in folders that have an abundance of MKV files, my explorer.exe would crash, at least 66% of the time. I’ve tried disabling thumbnails for certain folders, and all folders. NO LUCK. I’ve tried installing the K-Lite Codec Pack that others have mentioned would fix this problem. NO LUCK. Today, I stumbled upon ShellExView, after someone mentioned that the DivX Thumbnail Provider was the culprit.
First attempt at opening one of my MKV folders was a success. Let’s hope this persists. Thanks NirSoft!
This computer was the base of my entire existence, damn-near, from 1983 – 1986 or 1987, when I got the Amiga 500. I got the Amiga in 7th grade or 8th grade. I know it was at least 7th grade, as it came out in 1987, which ended 7th grade for me. I remember selling people in Jr. High Commodore 64 games, so I must have still had the C64 at least in 7th grade. Anyway, I had my own phone line when I was 9 or 10 years old and ran the Snakepit/Snakepyt BBS and went by the handle Diamond Back. I had the grandest time during this pioneering era of home computing. I repeat, GRAND and PIONEERING at the same time.
Can we say “game changer” here? Amazing computer. Amazing possibilities. True multitasking operating system. Separate chips for Audio, Video, and I think memory controlling. Even swapped out the Motorola 68000 for a 68010 for a slight bump in performance. I remember buying the Commodore A590 hard drive for this thing. About $1000 and came with a 52MB Quantum SCSI hard drive. I can’t believe I spent this kind of money. I also spent about $500 on a US Robotics Couriest HST modem that got around 14000 baud when connected to another Courier HST modem. Man, those were the days. I could go on and on about this. The people I hung out with. The activities I thought about doing, day in, and day out.
So, I wanted to test something at work using IE7 as a standalone app since you can’t have multiple versions of it running in Windows (we’ll get to this later). I had previously been using IE7 Standalone on Windows XP and loved it. I had no idea it would hose some file registrations in Windows 7.
Luckily for me, there was an exact post/article that led me to a fix. Thanks pyrocam.com!
I did run into a few hangups while running through the registration batch file, having to kill regsvr32.exe a few times, but who cares. I can now go back into explorer.exe and right-click Computer.
So I’ve been listening to my Sennheiser HD570 headphones at work a bit more as of late and I always felt they could use a little bit more oomph in their sound. I was looking around Amazon.com the other day, trying to help someone at work find some headphones for a gift purchase. In doing my research, I found the Fiio E6 that is distributed by Micca, who provides a Y-cable in the packaging.
Specification
* output power: 150mW into 16 Ohm, 16mW into 300 Ohm
* SNR: >95dBA
* Distortion: <0.0009% (10mW)
* Frequency response:10Hz~100KHz
* USB power supply port:DC 5V/500mA
* Power supply mode :Built-in rechargeable lithium battery.
* Size:41mmx40.2mmx9mm
* Weight:16g
After listening to them for a few hours with low volume (25% or less through the PC) through my cheapo Dell desk speakers, I wasn’t SUPER impressed. I think you need to turn up the volume to 50% or higher to really get a good idea of how the E6 performs. I then switched to the Sennheisers and pumped up the volume to 50% (I’m using Spotify as my music player and listening to some Armin Van Buuren State of Trance 500 album). Cycling through the 4 EQ settings, I’m able to:
Hear the difference between them all and
Truly benefit from 3 of the 4 settings: Neutral (still amps the signal), +3dB, +6dB, and -3dB.
I’ve never heard my Sennheisers sound this full of life before.
All in all, I think this was a great $24.99 spent at Amazon.com and I’d highly recommend this to anyone who has felt they could tweak their headphone listening a bit.
So I’ve been listening to my Sennheiser HD570 headphones at work a bit more as of late and I always felt they could use a little bit more oomph in their sound. I was looking around Amazon.com the other day, trying to help someone at work find some headphones for a gift purchase. In doing my research, I found the Fiio E6 that is distributed by Micca, who provides a Y-cable in the packaging.
Specification
* output power: 150mW into 16 Ohm, 16mW into 300 Ohm
* SNR: >95dBA
* Distortion: <0.0009% (10mW)
* Frequency response:10Hz~100KHz
* USB power supply port:DC 5V/500mA
* Power supply mode :Built-in rechargeable lithium battery.
* Size:41mmx40.2mmx9mm
* Weight:16g
After listening to them for a few hours with low volume (25% or less through the PC) through my cheapo Dell desk speakers, I wasn’t SUPER impressed. I think you need to turn up the volume to 50% or higher to really get a good idea of how the E6 performs. I then switched to the Sennheisers and pumped up the volume to 50% (I’m using Spotify as my music player and listening to some Armin Van Buuren State of Trance 500 album). Cycling through the 4 EQ settings, I’m able to:
Hear the difference between them all and
Truly benefit from 3 of the 4 settings: Neutral (still amps the signal), +3dB, +6dB, and -3dB.
I’ve never heard my Sennheisers sound this full of life before.
All in all, I think this was a great $24.99 spent at Amazon.com and I’d highly recommend this to anyone who has felt they could tweak their headphone listening a bit.
