How to turn off the UAC (annoying confirmation prompts) in Windows 7
If you believe all those Mac commercials, then Windows has been “plagued” with security problems. Many of these problems arise from users inadvertantly installing spyware...
Author : Alan McCloskey
After-market Xbox 360 controllers
There are some after-market controllers that might feel better to you (but they all look so similar to Microsoft’s controller). Personally I love the new...
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia Review
There haven’t been nearly enough zombie games on the Xbox 360. The last time we touched a rotting corpse was with Dead Rising, and was...
Mad Tracks Review
If you were a kid growing up in the past 50 years, then you probably had Hot Wheels (or Micro Machines) cars in the house....
Professionally Repair DVDs Cheaply
If you are a technology junkie then you no doubt have thousands of commercial CDs or DVDs, not to mention thousands more of your own...
Hide Start Menu Documents, Pictures, and Programs
If you have a computer that’s shared by a few others in your home (wife, roommates, sentient demon monkeys), then you want to protect your...
Associate a File Type with a Windows Program
It always happens to us. You have your favorite media player, graphics editor, HTML editor or whatever, and you install the latest codec or optional...
Twenty Thousand!
Today marks the 20,000th news post on OCModShop! Thank you all for your support. We’re posting nearly 100 technology, gaming, gadget and home theater...
Force Icons Back to Small XP Size
Vista icons are much more realistic in appearance in comparison to the looser, illustrative style of Windows XP icons. The largest size included in the...
Setting Up Windows Home Theater PC
Getting a Windows Home Theater PC to ran as simply and reliably as an appliance has always been the goal of any Media PC enthusiast....
Hide your recent Documents, Pictures, and Programs on Start Menu
If you have a computer that’s shared by a few others in your home (wife, roommates, sentient demon monkeys), then you want to protect your...
Latest Halo 3 Info, Screenshots & Posters!
The Mission: The Covenant control Earth. The Flood is unleashed. With the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance, Master Chief is the only...
Take Ownership of Windows System Files
It always happens, even in Windows XP... you need to move or delete some files, but Windows gives you an error that you need permission...
How to Auto-Login with Windows 7
Since your Media Center is set up to be an appliance, there’s no need to login every time it boots. Although it will automatically login...