Media Center Studio: Customize Windows Media Center

Media Center Studio is a free app for Windows Vista and Windows 7 that lets you edit the Media Center Start Menu strips and icons. You can create a new custom menu or use an existing custom menu such as the one My Movies creates.  It packs a variety of tools in different menus ranging from Extras, Pictures, Videos, to Music, etc. It provide you tools and options to customize the Start menu of your PC.

Features of Media Center StudioCustomize your Start menu, rearrange or disable native menu items.Create your own items and menu strips.It monitors your app and returns to Media Center when it exits.Set up a button on your remote to exit your app.Create new themes or edit existing ones.Apply themes to Media Center.Create menu items that take you to native Media Center pages.

You can change the overall look of Windows Media Center by importing and applying new themes. Media Center Studio works only with Windows Vista and Windows 7. Well it’s a freeware that you can download directly from here.

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Customize Windows 7 welcome Voice Message

Would you like this – If your PC welcome you with a simple and custom voice message! If yes! then follow the guidelines just from the bellow. Well, as we know Windows 7 comes with a set of sound scheme packages, which can be easily changed by us from the default sound scheme with the custom one.

How to Customize Windows 7 welcome Voice MessageCopy the following code in a notepad

Dim speaks, speech
speaks=”Welcome Sourav! Welcome back to your computer. Have a nice day”
Set speech=CreateObject(“sapi.spvoice”)
speech.Speak speaks

Change the statement which is highlighted in the image bellow and make your own line of statement

Now Save it as Filename.vbs in the Startup folder of the Windows 7 drive -

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

NOTE – If you can’t see the AppData folder under your UserName folder, you can make it visible by changing the Folder Options settings.  And note again that – You can save the file with any name but the file should be in .vbs extension.

That is it. You are done! Simply reboot your System to hear the cool welcome message just after the logon sound

Stay tuned for more updates like this. Well, if you have any questions or comments, or find any errors in the process just leave a comment!

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