http://theaverageguy.tv Tue, 21 May 2013 02:51:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Average Guy Blog and Podcast Network no http://theaverageguy.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/TheAverageGuyStudios.jpghttp://theaverageguy.tv/category/hometech/windowsos/windows7/ TV-G Bellevue, NE Weekly http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/02/03/how-to-connect-windows-7-media-center-to-an-xbox-360-and-stream-media/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/02/03/how-to-connect-windows-7-media-center-to-an-xbox-360-and-stream-media/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:37:34 +0000 Brian http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=1043 If you’re new to Windows 7 and own an Xbox 360, you might want the ability to watch the Media Center Content from Your Xbox. Here we take a look at how easy it is to set it up using Media Center Extenders. The cool thing about Windows 7 Media Center is you can access]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/02/03/how-to-connect-windows-7-media-center-to-an-xbox-360-and-stream-media/feed/ 0 http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/01/20/how-to-configure-windows-7-updates/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/01/20/how-to-configure-windows-7-updates/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:02:21 +0000 Brian http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=851 If you’ve been a Windows user since XP, you probably know the importance of keeping the OS up-to-date. If you’re new to Windows or more specifically Windows 7, here we’ll take some time to go over the importance of making sure you have Windows Updates configured properly. If you want to help make sure that]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2011/01/20/how-to-configure-windows-7-updates/feed/ 4 http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/30/getting-started-with-windows-live-photo-gallery-2011/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/30/getting-started-with-windows-live-photo-gallery-2011/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:30:06 +0000 Brian http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=752 Over the past few weeks we’ve been covering the different offerings available in Windows Live Essentials 2011. Another program we’ll take a look at this week is Live Photo Gallery 2011. Photo Gallery is a set of tools for organizing, sharing,   touching up you photos and publishing them online. It has a lot of features]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/30/getting-started-with-windows-live-photo-gallery-2011/feed/ 2 http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/25/to-the-cloud-how-do-you-really-do-that/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/25/to-the-cloud-how-do-you-really-do-that/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 01:39:00 +0000 Jim Collison http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=709 What does that really mean?  In a very catchy ad campaign, Microsoft touts some of it’s newest technologies (and some old one’s too!) in an attempt to impress you enough to move “to the cloud!” The only problem is that they don’t really tell you how to do it!  Our crack team of technologist get]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/25/to-the-cloud-how-do-you-really-do-that/feed/ 5 http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/21/create-and-edit-home-videos-with-windows-live-movie-maker/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/21/create-and-edit-home-videos-with-windows-live-movie-maker/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:19:20 +0000 Brian http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=643 Over the past few weeks we’ve been taking a closer look at the apps in Windows Live Essentials 2011. For this week’s tutorial we’ll take a look at getting started with Windows Live Movie Maker 2011. Installation and Setup Download the Windows Live Essentials 2011 Installer file and kick off the process. Again, it’s worth]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/12/21/create-and-edit-home-videos-with-windows-live-movie-maker/feed/ 6 http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/11/27/reinstall-applications-on-your-home-computer-easily-with-ninite/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/11/27/reinstall-applications-on-your-home-computer-easily-with-ninite/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:30:00 +0000 Brian http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=362 Have you recently needed to reformat your home computer’s hard drive? You saved your data, but the idea of reinstalling all the applications seems daunting. Enter ninite.com…which is a simple web service that will reinstall popular freeware apps with just a few clicks. Using Ninite Using ninite.com couldn’t be easier, just navigate to the website]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/11/27/reinstall-applications-on-your-home-computer-easily-with-ninite/feed/ 1 http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/11/18/how-to-setup-windows-live-essentials-2011-on-windows-7/ http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/11/18/how-to-setup-windows-live-essentials-2011-on-windows-7/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:15:04 +0000 Brian http://theaverageguy.tv/?p=290 If you’re moving from XP to Windows 7, you might be wondering where apps like Movie Maker, MSN Messenger, Outlook Express are. Everything has been moved to a separate download called Microsoft Live Essentials, and today we’ll take a look at setting it up on your Windows 7 computer. Download & Setup WLE First head]]> http://theaverageguy.tv/2010/11/18/how-to-setup-windows-live-essentials-2011-on-windows-7/feed/ 9