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I have an HTC T8788 Mobile phone which has the OS Windows mobile 7.
When I tried to connect it to my PC Using Zune software it didn't got detected by the OS(Windows 7).
I have been struggling  reinstalling the software and trying all suggestions on the web but had no luck.
But today I realized the problem, It was from powerDVD 12.
If you have a similar problem try this,
go to task manage (Alt+Ctrl+Del).
Go to processes tab.
End all powerDVD processes.(There will be 2)
Try reconnecting.

For general information,
Always download latest zune software from microsoft.
Always get the latest device Driver.
And use windows update to update your system.

This worked for me.
Hope anyone reading this may have the same luck.

I have downloaded home front 2011 from links provided by awsome. The total size was 7.6GB. By the time I downloaded there was no SKIDROW release. The following discribe the difficulties I faced when installing home front 2011.

First Try -- Didn't work
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1. To install homefront from steam Downloaded the Phioneix 1.5 beata 3 first from here
2. In menubar goto Instruments -->UpdateContentDescriptionRecords --> Internet
3. Wait for the update to complete.
4. Then goto Instruments --> SID unpacker.
5. Select SIM file from the downloaded game folder.
6. Click Scan a Sim-File button.
7. Select Content.ncf and English.ncf and click Unpack button.
8. Take some time but the game will be unpacked in to a folder.
9. Then I downloaded SKIDROW crack only from here. Its a torrent so you may need a torrent client.
10. Copy the content in to the folder and run the launcher.
11. It starts the geme right but cannot proceed after start screen.

Second Try - WORKED
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1. Downloaded the installer for home front from here. Its a torrent so you may need a torrent client.
2. Downloaded msvcr100.dll from here.
3. Copy it to steam download folder.
4. Run the installer file.
5. It will unpack the game in to a given folder.
6. Then downloaded the new crack from here. And copy the files into the required folders.
7. Run the launcher and the game started and can be played.

Uncertainty
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There seem to be some problems still.
After level 1 you may have to copy the crack again to work.
If still you cannot pass start screen download the crack from this link and try it.

Hope this information help anyone.
Help the software developers. Buy the game If you can.

After watching Vampire Diaries season finale it indicated that ware wolfs may be comming to town in next season.

Prototype is a game about a man changing shape. It is very enjoyable game. I got prototype while I was using vista. So after installing it in to my PC I haven't encounter any problem. However this might be because I had both service packs installed in my PC. So I recommend if you are a vista user please install service packs or you might have troubles.

However after I got Windows 7, I installed Prototype again this time there was an error saying 'XAudio2 cannot be found'.

After searching for a while I found a directX version which contain this file.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en#QuickInfoContainer

Here is an article for further details,

http://www.programmerfish.com/how-to-fix-prototypes-could-not-find-xaudio2-error-on-windows-7-and-vista/

My problem was solved after installing the directx version. So try it.

I am a big fan of hitman game series. So I recently started playing the fourth game of series Hitman Bloody Money. But it crashed after 1st mission. Then I found there were two patches introduced. You can download them by following links,

Finally I finished X-Men Origins game. It was not a difficult game. But with the little time I had It took me ages. I loved this game. My be because I like wolverine since I first saw X-Men cartoons. So to walk in his shoes was very great. And it kept the originality of the character. The story is like the movie with few exceptions. Moves in the game specially some finishing movers are pretty cool.
Some cutscene were lack of quality and there were some glitches in the game. But over all I really enjoyed playing X-Men Origins: Wolverine.