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I recently added a Windows Home Server to my home network and moved all of my media to it. Because of that, I had to reset both of my Vista Media Center Extenders' media libraries to get them pointed to the shares on my WHS. I documented the process here: How to reset your Vista Media Center Extender...
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Great tip from Tony Campbells book reproduced here http://vista.beyondthemanual.com/2006/11/vista_tip_turn_off_data_execut.html Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature introduced in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and now in Windows Vista, that looks for malicious code trying to execute...
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I've had no end of trouble with the new Library database under Vista when it comes to, well, everything actually... but specifically when dealing with Videos I have stored on my Network drive and on another computer - especially when using an Xbox 360 as an extender. Well the steps I've used to make...
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I have found a few problems with Vista MCE when installing video related programs, for example divx and Nero. The main problem being the ehrecvr.exe process crashes which stops live TV from working. Although this is best practice, I would advise that a restore point is taken before installing any such...
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If your building or buying a new Media Center PC and want to transfer your scheduled TV and series recordings over to your new PC this is how I did it when I rebuilt my PC Download and install mceBackup 2.0 from here (its my free tool) Set the backup folder to a location that you will have access to...