September 4, 2009
August 28, 2009
Change Local Drive Icon
Well, this is my first Blog and the thing that push or inspire me to post article in this blog site is how other author of Blog's which they basically share their ideas base on their specialties. Some professional may not know everything and they still need others ideas or some beginners find the best way and they mostly found the answers thru Blog's.
I want to share with you some tricks or let say some behind the scene on how to change the drive icons and default name of your local drives in XP or Vista.
If you find too boring with these icons, we can change it the way we want it looks like just follow the steps below.
1. Create an icon file using image editor tool as long it saves file with .ico extension. Am using now the Axialis Icon Workshop. Save the file in location where you can easily remember it. (I saved my file in C:\Movie.ico). Other easy way is search any existing icon file that you want to use, if you don’t like to create a new one.
2. Open Registry Editor by clicking Start > Run > type “regedit” and click OK. Shortcut to this is Window + R.
3. Locate the path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SOFTWARE >Microsoft >Windows >CurrentVersion >Explorer
4. If the “DriveIcons” key name exists in the path skip step #5 and proceed to step #6, if not proceed to step #5.
5. Right click on Explorer key and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “DriveIcons”.
6. Right click on “DriveIcons” key and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “E” the drive letter that you want to modify the icon.
7. Right click on “E” key and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “DefaultIcon” and this is where we need to declare the path of the icon. From the right pane of the window you will see a String Value that has a value name of “(Default)” with Type of “REG_SZ”. Double click this and in the Edit String window provide the path where the icon is saved (in Value Data field). I set my path to “C:\Movie.ico” and then click OK button to close Edit String Window. Notice that the Value column has the value of the path you declared.
8. This is optional in case you want to set default name for your local drive. Right click on “E” key again and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “DefaultLabel” and this is where we declare the default name of the drive. From the right pane of the window you will see a String Value that has a value name of “(Default)” with Type of “REG_SZ”. Double click this and in the Edit String window provide the name of the drive (in Value Data field). I set the name to “Custom Name” and then click OK button to close Edit String Window. Notice that the Value column has the name that you declared.
9. Open the My Computer window and see if the icon and label are reflected.
10. That’s it :)
I want to share with you some tricks or let say some behind the scene on how to change the drive icons and default name of your local drives in XP or Vista.
If you find too boring with these icons, we can change it the way we want it looks like just follow the steps below.
1. Create an icon file using image editor tool as long it saves file with .ico extension. Am using now the Axialis Icon Workshop. Save the file in location where you can easily remember it. (I saved my file in C:\Movie.ico). Other easy way is search any existing icon file that you want to use, if you don’t like to create a new one.
2. Open Registry Editor by clicking Start > Run > type “regedit” and click OK. Shortcut to this is Window + R.
3. Locate the path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SOFTWARE >Microsoft >Windows >CurrentVersion >Explorer
4. If the “DriveIcons” key name exists in the path skip step #5 and proceed to step #6, if not proceed to step #5.
5. Right click on Explorer key and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “DriveIcons”.
6. Right click on “DriveIcons” key and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “E” the drive letter that you want to modify the icon.
7. Right click on “E” key and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “DefaultIcon” and this is where we need to declare the path of the icon. From the right pane of the window you will see a String Value that has a value name of “(Default)” with Type of “REG_SZ”. Double click this and in the Edit String window provide the path where the icon is saved (in Value Data field). I set my path to “C:\Movie.ico” and then click OK button to close Edit String Window. Notice that the Value column has the value of the path you declared.
8. This is optional in case you want to set default name for your local drive. Right click on “E” key again and then select New > Key. This will create a new subfolder and named it “DefaultLabel” and this is where we declare the default name of the drive. From the right pane of the window you will see a String Value that has a value name of “(Default)” with Type of “REG_SZ”. Double click this and in the Edit String window provide the name of the drive (in Value Data field). I set the name to “Custom Name” and then click OK button to close Edit String Window. Notice that the Value column has the name that you declared.
9. Open the My Computer window and see if the icon and label are reflected.
10. That’s it :)
August 24, 2009
How to play BIOSHOCK in Windows 7.
Do you know this PC game? Or do you already played this game before?
Yes this is Bioshock which was released last 2007 and this is among one of the top PC games of 2007. This was published by 2K Games and developed by 2K Boston. And now Bioshock 2 is coming....
For those folks that want to play this in Windows XP. There will be no issue running this on your machine as long as your machine specifications meet at least the minimum requirements of the game.
I heard that there was an issue running this game in Windows Vista. But when I tried it in my pc using this specs:
Processor: AMD Athlon 7750 Dual Core Black Edition (2.7GHz)
Motherboard: Asus M3A78-CM
Memory: 4 x 1GB of Geil DDR 2 800MHz
Hard Disk: 500 GB Seagate
Video Card: Nvdia 8600GT 256MB - 128Bit
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Bit
After installation, I ran the game and ola! I started playing without luch and even dinner just to continue the game.. hahahahaha
After I read the news that Windows 7 RTM was going to be released soon for those who have MSDN subscription, I started downloading the installer via www.msdn.microsoft.com using my MSDN subscription and started installing it on my machine clearing all I have on my Drive C:\ to make sure that the drive is clean. Theres a lot of improvement compare in the RC version last 2 or 3 months ago.
I finally installed Bioshock game to test if there's really an issue.
Insert Disc 1 then Disc 2. done :)
But when I ran the game, a message box prompt me that there was a missing dll file (d3dx9.dll) which basically looking for the previous version of the direct X. Since, am using Windows 7 and it uses DX11. I begun wondering how could I play this game in Windows 7. I tried to install DX9 and DX10 and keeps me prompting that newer version of DX is currently installed.
I keep looking at the web (THANKS Mr. Google) and read some forums, discussion about what can I do to run this game...
Then I found an installer from Microsoft site the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer.
All you have to do is to download the installer from the site (click the link above) and install it on your machine. The installer will also download all source files from the site also which takes several minutes which basically depends on your internet connection speed.
After the installation...
Buckle your seat belt and let’s get it on.
BIOSHOCK is now working in Windows 7 OS.
Hope this will help you guys.
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