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If you like living on the edge you can download Windows Vista Service Pack 2 beta from Technet : SP2 Beta Standalone updates for computers with one or more of the following five languages: English, French, German, Japanese , and Spanish. If your computer has any other language installed this option will...
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I am looking forward to getting my hands on Windows 7 beta but before that a beta of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista being made available for download. SP2 has a number of fixes and adds some new features. The beta is available for MSDN and Technet subscribers today and will be available for download...
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One of my favourite Media Center enabled laptops is the HP Tx2500, it has a tablet PC digitizer and touch enabled screen which makes it great for using as a tablet PC and as Media Center device. HP have updated the device to the TX2 series which features a multi-touch interface as well as the pen digitizer...
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I had been meaning to take a look at the Windows Media Center sideshow gadgets for some time now and since Windows Mobile can host Sideshow gadgets I thought I would give it a try on my HP Mobile. The first part of the installations is to download and install the release version of the Sideshow gadgets...
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Mike Nash on the Windows Vista Blog has posted details of Windows Vista Service Pack 2. Service Pack 2 contains all the fixes in Sp1 plus some interesting features: Windows Vista SP2 adds Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches. Windows Vista SP2 contains the Bluetooth 2.1 Feature...
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Remember TweakMCE for XP Media Center? Wondered where the Vista equivalent is? Wonder no more as Microsoft have released TweakMC for Vista Media Center (what took you so long guys!) The new application is available on MSDN is also available in source code as a C# project, I always find it fascinating...
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Over the last year Windows Vista has come in for a tremendous amount of criticism, some of justified but most of it not and lots made by people that had never used the OS but I get the feeling that the perception is slowly starting to swing back Microsoft’s way. It seems to be fashionable to bash Vista...
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Are you going to Disneyland Resort? If so make sure you checkout the new Dream Home, and I will be talking about the home on a future show: ANAHEIM, Calif., June 16, 2008 - Today, the Innoventions Dream Home became latest attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Located in Tomorrowland, the Dream...
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I have really enjoyed Ed Bott’s series on on getting Vista to work for you and he is back the the final part talking about search. Search is one of my favourite features of Vista, I never go hunting in All Program to launch a program I just type it’s name in the search box on the Start menu and press...
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I have covered Ed Bott talking about fixing Windows Vista before and his latest post is worth reading. I agree 100% with Ed, if Vista is installed with good drivers, no crapware and unobtrusive security packages you get a great experience in fact all my Vista machines run well even my little Samsung...
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As part of the 31 days of Dragon I am giving away a HP HDX Entertainment PC and in this video I unbox the monster machine and take a quick look at the Vista performance rating and Windows Media Center. As I said in my first impressions post it is the most powerful machine I have ever used, and the screen...
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Last night I recorded an unboxing video of the HP Dragon that I will be giving away ( as part of the 31 Days of the Dragon ), I should have the video up in a couple of days so in the mean time I thought I would post my first thoughts. The first thing you will notice is the size of the unit, having a...
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A question came up in the forums about power settings and sleep mode and how even with Vista some people don't risk Sleep mode on their Media Center system. I have to admit I don't use Sleep mode on my Media Center box as it now operates more like a server it just sits away 24/7 with the monitor switched...
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Alexander at eHomeUpgrade has details of a new plugin for Vista Media Center ShoutCast users. It looks like nice looking MCML application for listening to Internet radio on ShoutCast. If you use Shoutcast checkout the details on eHomeUpgrade
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If your thinking of installing Webguide and want some assistance checkout the guide on Microsoft CE Installers blog . The guide explains some of the detailed setup options that Webguide has, including how to setup port forwarding (one of the trickiest parts of the setup for new users) It's good to see...
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I spotted this little handy tool: VMC DeDuper is a tool for removing duplicate recording entries from the schedule, it seems to scan through Recordings.xml and checks if any scheduled recordings have recorded already. VMC Schedule DeDuper is a workaround for Media Center's propensity to record duplicate...
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Ed Bott talks a lot of sense and this is another article he has written that I agree with. Ed has written about a couple of problems that have blighted Windows and particularly Windows Vista and namely Crapware and bad drivers. He gives two examples where crapware and drivers problems where reducing...
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My co-author, Jonathan Hassell and I appear this month on the Apress publisher's website podcast talking about the new Beyond the Manual series of books, digging a little into Vista security and some of the coolest features of Outlook 2007. http://www.apress.com/interview/radio.html Take a listen to...
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Hi there, Just a quick post to let you all know that, for those of you that have not yet upgraded to Vista, you can now do so online at the Windows Marketplace. From Microsoft: Have you heard the news? Windows Vista upgrade editions are available to download now through your digital locker at Windows...
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If you run into problems with EFS and you've backup up your encryption certificate, recovering the files and folders you’ve previously encrypted is easy. Have your encryption certificate backup to hand before you start. This process allows you to recover files from an external source, such as a removable...