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Automatically Download TV Shows to Your PC [How To]

Posted by Rich On February - 11 - 20107 COMMENTS

rssicon 220x220 Automatically Download TV Shows to Your PC [How To]If you would like µTorrent to automatically download torrents (i.e. a TV Series), follow this guide.

I pay for a cable subscription that I rarely get to use and I often miss my favorite shows like The Office and How I Met Your Mother. I can stream these shows, from the official sites, in most cases; however my internet connection isn’t always great and, at peak hours, the connection is too slow to stream well enough to view. In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up µTorrent and have it download your favorite TV shows.

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PSRIcon Use Problem Steps Recorder to Report Issues in Windows 7 [How To]

Windows 7 comes with a great new tool called Problem Steps Recorder (PSR).  Thus far unfortunately, it’s greatly underutilized.

Once PSR is set to record it will monitor your mouse clicks, keyboard strokes and take screenshots at each stage for troubleshooting.

This tool is a god send for anyone trying to establish what problems someone is having if that person cannot explain in ‘technical terms’ what is wrong.

Once the recording has finished, Windows will zip up the file ready to distribute to the legions of online helpers.

Here’s how to use it;

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[UPDATE] The contest is now closed, we will reveal the lucky ten shortly.
Be sure to check out the review and try this software on your own.

Today we reviewed the affordable feature packed PDF-Suite Nitro Pro. Today, I’m proud to announce that Nitro PDF Software and their Executive Director Richard Crocker have come up with no less than 10 licenses of their Pro Edition for some of our lucky readers.

How do I win ?

Entry is simple.

  1. Tell us which feature you find most exciting about the product , and how much you will appreciate receiving a free license (like “I promise to tell all my friends” etc).
  2. Send your contribution to: nitro@www.mintywhite.com no later than: February 12th, 2010 @ 10PM ET.

Rules

  • Forum Administrators and Moderators are not eligible for this competition.
  • Entries, from any where in the world, are welcome.
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PROS:The program is easy to use, it feels light and everything you need is there – right in front of you. Microsoft Office 2007 look – makes you feel right at home.

CONS: Compressing documents can produce poor quality images and pixellated graphics when “pushing the limits”

VERDICT: An affordable PDF Suite packed with features that measures up to Adobe Acrobat in every way.

PRICE: $99 per license

VERSION REVIEWED: 6.0.2.6

DOWNLOAD: Nitro Pro Trial

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This method disables automatically running CD-ROMs. If you want to disable automatically running CD-ROMs depending on the CD-ROM that you insert in the CD-ROM drive, you can press and hold down one of the SHIFT key while you insert the CD-ROM.

I have found this very useful many times, as you do not always want to auto run, especially if it’s a data cd. It gives you the opportunity to manually browse the contents of the CD without having to close any autorun window that may open on the insertion of the CD.

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PROS:

This download is freeware, all features of this program are available for all to use freely. Very light on resources.  Good & bad torrents easily distinguishable.  Automatically move downloaded torrents to a specified output directory (good for bittorrent clients that monitor a specific folder, like uTorrent).

CONS:

No customisable options.  No help documentation. Dull GUI.  No system tray context menu.

VERDICT:

An excellent tool to save you trawling through different torrent websites to find the right torrent, this application uses btjunkie.org as its search engine and indexer.  Torrents are easily distinguishable by green/red coloured search results based on positive/negative votes and available seeders.  TorrentFetcher is no burden on the system, 5MB RAM and minimal CPU usage is all that is needed.   The ability to save torrents to a specified output directory or automatically open with your bittorrent client makes this a very tidy application.  Highly recommended and extremely easy to use.

PRICE:

Free.

VERSION REVIEWED:

1.03

DOWNLOAD LINK:

TorrentFetcher

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Note: This guide is part of the Windows Guides’ Legal File Sharing Series. If you want to find out more about file sharing, check the topics covered here.


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