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When loading a disc in your Xbox 360 console, the disc spins but is not reading
Nov 3rd
When i thought i had every error, another one came along. The problem: When loading a game into my 360, the disc spins for a second then stops. From displaying “Reading” it quickly changes to “Open tray”. Possible causes: 1) There’s a problem with the console 2) There’s a problem with the hard drive 3) [...]
WordPress blank screen after upgrade to 2.8
Jul 20th
Yesterday evening i decided that it was about time to upgrade my WordPress from 2.7 to 2.8 and after successfully backing up all my files, i ran the upgrade. It went smooth. I upgraded the database, activated my plugins, got on the admin and then…bam! A white screen suddenly greeted me. I thought it was [...]
Learn about Anything and Everything
Jun 25th
Fascinated with learning? Here’s a web site that compiled 100+ websites to satisfy your thirst of knowledge. You will be amazed by the variety of list. I know i am. The websites cover a wide range of informational and educational topics and include general reference resources, how-to guides, wikis, how-to videos, podcasts, courses, lessons, tutorials [...]
Increase bandwidth for networks and internet connections
Jun 18th
Here’s a tweak to increase your internet connection and get a better response from servers. Go to Start/Run and type in Regedit. Once the editor is open, navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings. Right click on a blank space on the right and then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and type in : [...]
Possible fix – Can't join a friend's game on Xbox 360
Jan 2nd
This issue really kills me, so i went through some forums after reading something about “pings“. Considering that the issue is to connect to another friend’s game or chat, it is only logic that this is a network related problem. According to the guys from TeamXlink.co.uk – see this thread – “All 360 games have [...]
