"Could not load file or assembly MOM.Implementation..."

After I had installed the latest graphic drivers from ATI, every time I right-clicked on the desktop, and selected "Graphic properties", this annoying message

"Could not load file or assembly MOM.Implementation..."

showed up. The message itself caused little problem. However, the real problem was I could not adjust any graphic properties even with the basic settings like screen resolution and color depth, let alone other advanced features like 3D settings such as AA, AF, and so on. I can use my PC just fine but what is the point of installing a new driver if you cannot fully utilize its advanced features? So instead of let it be as it is, I was busy trying to make it work. It was painstaking but finally I managed to put this error away. Here is how I do it.

You will need 2 free, external helpers, DriverSweeper and CCleaner.

First, you'll do as you normally do: uninstall all the old ATI drivers with its own uninstaller in Control Panel/Uninstall of Windows. Unfortunately, this is not enough. The ATI uninstaller have a bad habit to leave many leftovers behind, and this causes the problems. So we need to do more cleaning. This can be done by using DriverSweeper. Open DriverSweeper, select ATI option and clean it. This will clean not only the ATI files but also the related branches in the registry. The last step, use CCleaner/Registry to clean more of the registry. Repeat CCleaner until it says there is nothing more to clean.

After all the cleaning is done, it is time to install the new ATI drivers. Restart your machine, and proceed to install them. The installation should go smoothly. Don't forget to check whether or not that annoying message is gone for good. I bet it will.

Renaming several files to a list of text names

There is a situation that you may want to rename several files to a list of text names. For example, you have a series of a TV show listed as

• A1.avi
  
• A2.avi
• A3.avi

and want to rename these files to

• AS01E01_Debut show.avi
• AS01E02_She is here.avi
• AS01E03_He is there.avi

You can see that the names we want to change to are not in any pattern. This is a problem for most auto-rename softwares, which needs at least some patterns of texts to replace some parts of the old names.

Fortunately, this problem can be solved easily with this tiny, free software called Text to File Renamer (V 2.1). It is very easy to use. First, you drag your files to the left panel. Second, you paste the list of the names you want to rename to the right. Then the final step, you just click the last button. It’s that simple!

One quick note, you may find another free program to complement this action. It is called Filemenu Tools. One of its commands can be used to copy only the file names of the selected files. If you want to change the names of one set of files with another set of the files, you can use this tool to copy the file names of the latter set, then paste it into the right panel of Text to File Renamer. Very very handy tool.

Note: For this kind of work, you can try a program call Renamer. (Yes, It is free too.) It is very powerful, which can do many many things about changing names. It is no doubt a first-rated utility, but you may need time to learn how to use it.

No sound transferred from a notebook to TV with HDMI connection

My notebook is Acer TimelineX 4820TG, Windows 7 64 with Realtek audio hardwares. It has a HDMI port, and I use it to connect to my plasma TV. It does its job beautifully transferring both video and sound with only one cable connection. Recently, I found that many times the sound didn't come out from the TV speakers. The pictures from my notebook came out to TV ok but not for the sound. After spending hours of internet searching and trying, I finally managed to fix it. If you experience something like that, try this:

Go to Device Manager in Control Panel
Go to System Devices (not Sound, video and game controller branch as you might think) and look for High Definition Audio controller that marked with an arrow icon indicating this device is not working properly or is disable. Fix it there by updating the drivers or just enable it.


Now when you connect HDMI to TV, if it hasn't any sound on TV, go to a Sound setting in Control Panel (or you can go to a speaker icon on the tray, then right click it) and select Playback devices. Right there, you should see HDMI sound output. Select it and click Make Default.