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Add-in Update: Recorded TV Manager 3.4.5 & MCE Collections Beta

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Rick Drasch has updated his add-in, Recorded TV Manager, to version 3.4.5, as well as releasing a new add-in suite for Vista Media Center, called MCE Collections. Recorded TV Manager comes with the following changes: Version 3.4.5 Posted March 24, 2008 Startup Requirements- Improved the startup code regarding problems running the programincluding extended error reporting in the local eventlog. PERFORM_STARTUP_CHECK - Each [...]

Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Do With Your Windows Vista Media Center PC

Friday, March 14, 2008

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Hey guys I put together a video tips video on soapbox of the top 5 things you can do with your Windows Vista Media Center PC. This isn’t purist Home Server but one of the tips is! Let me know what you think! Video: The Top 5 Things YOU didn’t know you could do with your Vista [...]

The Media Center Show, With Ian Dixon and… Me.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

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It’s a shame that I’m on The Media Center show this week having to discuss the Windows Home Server data corruption bug, rather than other more inspiring aspects of life with Windows Home Server, but there you go. Big thanks to Ian for getting in touch to help us communicate what the bug is all about, and [...]

Welcome to Microsoft’s Steven Lindsay!

Saturday, February 23, 2008

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Please give a big welcome to Steven Lindsay from Microsoft, who will be a resident expert here at We Got Served on many aspects of Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center technologies. I’ll let Steve introduce himself, but as well as being a self-confessed digital enthusiast, he’s part of Microsoft’s new Windows Champions initiative which [...]

Data Corruption Bug - The Media Center Show Interview

Friday, February 22, 2008

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Just got off the phone with Ian Dixon who interviewed me regarding the data corruption bug for next week’s Media Center Show. Whilst a few websites appear to have gone into meltdown regarding this week’s KB update, we both thought it was important to get some clarity back into the situation, as well destroy a couple of [...]

S1Digital to Launch Windows Home Server Hardware in 2008

Thursday, February 7, 2008

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Chris Lanier points today to Ian Dixon’s Media Center Show this week, which has an interview with S1Digital’s Paul Heitlinger about their plans for 2008. I bumped into Paul at the Media Center Show dinner in Las Vegas at CES hosted, and he mentioned that S1 were planning to launch Windows Home Server hardware in 2008. The [...]

Add-In Review: Recorded TV Manager 3.4.3 for Windows Home Server

Friday, February 1, 2008

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In my digital world Windows Home Server (WHS) was always going to be a logical partner for use with XP Media Center (MCE) and a media extender. At the moment WHS does not quite manage to integrate itself seamlessly between recording TV on an MCE and watching it using a media extender, this is in [...]

Fond Memories From CES

Thursday, January 31, 2008

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Thanks for the interview, Ian - very funny show this week. 36:29 - 40:20 - Media Center Dinner…. at this point, I really do have to say it wasn’t a complete beerfest. But whenever I bumped into Ian (and his microphone) we both appeared to have beers in our hand. Great fun. Ian, Andrew and I [...]

How Do You Integrate Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center in Your Home Setup?

Friday, January 25, 2008

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Ian Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle dropped me a quick IM this afternoon. He’s running a post today asking how his readers have attempted to integrate their Media Center set ups with Windows Home Server. It’s clear that these are two products which should, in a perfect world, work hand in hand to receive, store and [...]

Todd Headrick Talks Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 on The Media Center Show

Thursday, January 17, 2008

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Ian Dixon has been doing a valliant job of editing and sharing a huge variety of interviews he conducted at CES last week. Even though 140,000 people attend CES, it’s funny how you bump into the same people regularly, and every time I saw Ian, he had his tablet PC and microphone at the ready. Great [...]