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10 Useful Add-Ons for Windows 7
Add Hulu to Windows Media Center, tweak hard-to-find settings and more
10.26.2009 — Just in time for my Windows 7 Launch Party (tomorrow), Lifehacker showcases 10 useful add-ons that can ease your transition from Vista to Microsoft's newest OS.
Here's my favorite:
Hulu Desktop Integration adds streaming TV to Windows Media Center
Windows 7's Media Center is impressive ... and the only thing you might say it's missing is better access to streaming television. Since Media Center just added CBS streaming, the one big hold-out is Hulu—which would deliver streaming shows from the likes of Fox, ABC, and NBC. Hulu Desktop Integration brings Hulu to Media Center with a clever little app. Launch the Hulu app from Media Center, and Media Center shuts down, opens the full-screen Hulu Desktop app, and then switches back to Media Center when you're done in Hulu. That's a nice thing, since because it uses the official channel to get at Hulu, the chances of it being locked out by Hulu are slim.
The other Win 7 apps include:
Here's my favorite:
Hulu Desktop Integration adds streaming TV to Windows Media Center
Windows 7's Media Center is impressive ... and the only thing you might say it's missing is better access to streaming television. Since Media Center just added CBS streaming, the one big hold-out is Hulu—which would deliver streaming shows from the likes of Fox, ABC, and NBC. Hulu Desktop Integration brings Hulu to Media Center with a clever little app. Launch the Hulu app from Media Center, and Media Center shuts down, opens the full-screen Hulu Desktop app, and then switches back to Media Center when you're done in Hulu. That's a nice thing, since because it uses the official channel to get at Hulu, the chances of it being locked out by Hulu are slim.
The other Win 7 apps include:
- Bring back the "classic" Start menu
- Logon changer customizes password screens
- Create recovery discs for pre-installed Windows 7
- Pull up incoming Gmail from the taskbar
- Winfox makes Firefox work with Jump Lists
- Add stacks to your desktop
- Tweak hard-to-find settings
- Make Alt+Tab switching more intuitive
- Install all your necessary apps at once
Microsoft Windows 7
 | 5 Reasons Windows 7 is Good for Installers Windows 7 will lead to more competition, more integration with A/V components, more automation functionality, more system design options and more revenue. Windows 7 Launch Party: CE Pros Gone Wild With all that hootin' and hollerin' over Windows 7, we wonder how these guys can call themselves pros! 10 Useful Add-Ons for Windows 7 Add Hulu to Windows Media Center, tweak hard-to-find settings and more." Stream HBO Over Internet with FiOS, Windows 7 Windows 7 support for Copy Freely, coupled with Verizon FiOS's generous content protection scheme, enables Windows Media Center to stream premium content over the home network or the Internet. Hands On: Windows 7 With 'Copy Freely' Support In the past, you could not share CableCard content -- even non-protected content -- from a Windows Media Center PC; now you can (and skip commercials, too!). Microsoft: Add Own CableCard, Switched Digital Video, Copy Freely Microsoft at CEDIA Expo 2009: Easy to add digital cable tuners (DCTs) to any Win 7 machine, fixes for switched digital video, and the ability to copy freely for tagged content. | |
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As a co-founder of EH Publishing in 1994, Julie has edited and contributed to all of the company's publications at one time or another. An authority on home automation, networking, integration, digital convergence and the CE pro channel, Julie speaks often about these subjects at industry events. She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan, and received an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player.
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