If you have ever had problems getting your media center to sleep or wake up from sleep then MST the Media Center Standby Tool is probably the answer to your dreams. I recommend this utility a lot and it is amazingly effective at doing what it does. It is particularly effective at ensuring your pc goes...
Link to product on AVSoft's site I had forgotten just how good this product was until I had to reinstall my Media Center last week (yes even 'expert's' have to do reinstalls). It basically scans all your music and prompts you where there are problems like missing artwork or Album Artist entries. It then...
A lot has been written about the performance advantage of adding a memory card or usb stick to your Vista machine to make use of the ReadyBoost feature but one interesting side effect is that it can also reduce the amount of access needed to your hard disk and appear to make it quieter. To quote the...