Zune: How to Block Another Zune

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Are you getting tired of receiving media from a certain Zune but want to keep your wireless enabled? You can block other Zunes and prevent
them from sending you pictures and audio.

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Zune: Extend Battery Life by Shutting Down Device

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Rob Rogers

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Most people will either let their Zune go to “sleep” on its own or hold down the play/pause button to do so. This does not completely turn off the device and continues to drain the battery. To completely turn off the device, do the following:

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Zune to Zune Picture Sharing

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Zune to Zune picture sharing should really start to increase as more people purchase the media player since sending pictures from your device to a friend’s is a simple process.

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Transfer iTunes Music to a Zune

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If you have moved from Apple’s iPod to Microsoft’s Zune, you probably have some songs that you purchased from the iTunes Music Store that you would like to move to the new device. You will run into a hurdle if you try to transfer the files directly as Apple’s copy protection prevents the song from playing on another device. There is a workaround to this however…

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Re-Register WMDM if Zune Software Cannot Detect Your Zune

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If the Zune software cannot detect your Zune and you’ve done the obvious (disconnect and reconnect the device, reset the device, and restart your Zune software) then you might need to re-register the Windows Media Device Manager. To do this . . .

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How To Prevent Zune Software From Sending Your Usage Data

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By default, the Zune software sends the software usage data to Microsoft as part of their Customer Experience Improvement Program. If you want to keep your usage private, you can disable this by doing the following:

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Zune: How to Change Your Zune’s Device Name

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To change the name that is displayed for your Zune, just follow this tech-recipe:

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Zune: How To Manually Add Album Art

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You will find that sometimes the album art for your music is missing or incorrect. You can manually add an image to fix this. To manually add album art, follow this tech-recipe:

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Zune: How To Change the Background

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You can change the background to any pre-synced pictures on your Zune. To do this, follow this Tech-Recipe.

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Zune: How To Remove All Content

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If you want to remove all media files and licenses from your Zune so you can start from a clean slate, follow this Tech-Recipe:

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Zune: Increase the Quality of Converted Files

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The Zune software automatically selects the quality level of music and video files to your Zune device. To adjust the quality level for converted files, follow this Tech-Recipe.

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Lion Mail 5.0: How to Disable the Reply and Send Animations

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Mail 5.0 in OS X Lion has some new animations when you send or reply to an email. If you find these distracting, there is a way to disable either one or both animations without having to revert to the classic layout.

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Are you getting tired of receiving media from a certain Zune but want to keep your wireless enabled? You can block other Zunes and preventthem from sending you pictures and audio.

Most people will either let their Zune go to “sleep” on its own or hold down the play/pause button to do so. This does not completely turn off the device and continues to drain the battery. To completely turn off the device, do the following:

Zune to Zune picture sharing should really start to increase as more people purchase the media player since sending pictures from your device to a friend’s is a simple process.

If the Zune software cannot detect your Zune and you’ve done the obvious (disconnect and reconnect the device, reset the device, and restart your Zune software) then you might need to re-register the Windows Media Device Manager. To do this . . .

By default, the Zune software sends the software usage data to Microsoft as part of their Customer Experience Improvement Program. If you want to keep your usage private, you can disable this by doing the following:

To change the name that is displayed for your Zune, just follow this tech-recipe:

You will find that sometimes the album art for your music is missing or incorrect. You can manually add an image to fix this. To manually add album art, follow this tech-recipe:

You can change the background to any pre-synced pictures on your Zune. To do this, follow this Tech-Recipe.

If you want to remove all media files and licenses from your Zune so you can start from a clean slate, follow this Tech-Recipe:

The Zune software automatically selects the quality level of music and video files to your Zune device. To adjust the quality level for converted files, follow this Tech-Recipe.

Mail 5.0 in OS X Lion has some new animations when you send or reply to an email. If you find these distracting, there is a way to disable either one or both animations without having to revert to the classic layout.

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Are you getting tired of receiving media from a certain Zune but want to keep your wireless enabled? You can block other Zunes and prevent
them from sending you pictures and audio.