Auto Login into Vista and Windows 7

If you would like to skip the login process in Windows Vista and Windows 7, particularly if you are the only user or your have a Media Center PC that sits in your living room and getting out the keyboard is annoying, do the following:

Click Start
Type in netplwiz
Click on netplwiz
Click on the Account you would like to Auto Login
Uncheck the box above to not require login
Apply
Relogin

Remote Desktop Restart/Shutdown in Vista and Windows 7

Within Windows Remote Desktop on Vista and Windows7, Microsoft has removed the restart and shutdown commands from the Task Manager Window. To shutdown or restart a computer remotely within Remote Desktop, press Alt + F4 and a window will give you choices for logging out, restarting or shutting down.

nVidia Boot Agent Hang Up

After reconfiguring the hard drives on my computer and installing a new motherboard (nVidia nForce 730i/GeForce 9300) and booting up into Windows XP, the nVidia Boot Agent kicked in during the boot up process, showing its MAC ID and searching for a DHCP. After pushing ESC to exit, it gives an error of Insert Disk..... and then restarts itself looking for a DHCP in an endless loop.

Solution: Go into BIOS and reconfigure the Startup Device. Put the Start Up Hard Drive as # 1 in the boot order.

Play Matroska (.mkv) Videos on Windows Media Player 11

To be able to play Matroska Encoded Movie Files (.mkv) you will need to download the codecs to decode the files. The codecs can be downloaded for free. The pack of codecs necessary for Windows Media Player 11 is all included in the K-Lite Codec Pack. CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) is missing several codecs in its pack that Windows Media Player will give error on: Windows Media Player cannot play the file.....

Download and install the K-Lite codec pack at:
http://www.codecguide.com/