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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 4:46 PM

Link to information about MyNetflix application for Windows Vista Media Center

I just noticed an interesting post on Ian Dixon's blog that I wanted to link to here. Anthony Park has posted this announcement on his blog about the release of new version of the MyNetflix application for Windows Vista Media Center. The first version
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:05 AM

February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB947172. It is available for download in x86
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Friday, February 01, 2008 3:18 PM

TV Toolbox beta 4 now available for download

Beta 4 of TV Toolbox for Windows Vista Media Center has been released recently on the MCEDev.com site. This beta includes bug fixes and functional changes that address issues reported by customers who used the first 3 beta versions. Here are some links
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:00 PM

Link announcing Big Screen Global web site and Big Screen Photos and Weather v2

Niall Ginsbourg announced the launch of his new Big Screen Global web site and the release of the Big Screen Photos v2 and Big Screen Weather v2 applications for Windows Vista Media Center. I have been using the beta versions of a few of the Big Screen
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:16 PM

How to re-enable Windows Media Center in the Default Programs control panel on Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate

Yesterday, I posted some information about a Group Policy setting that can prevent Windows Media Center from launching on a Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate system. Since then, I have heard from a couple of people who have been receiving the same
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Monday, January 28, 2008 3:47 PM

How to use Group Policy to enable and disable Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions

Description of the issue Recently, I was contacted by a customer who is running Windows Vista Home Premium, but who was unable to launch Windows Media Center. There was not a shortcut available on the Windows Vista start menu, and when they tried navigating
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:27 PM

Voting now open for the Media Center Show Awards 2007

Ian Dixon posted an item on his blog indicating that the voting for the Media Center Show Awards 2007 is now open. This year, the Media Center Show Awards has the following categories: Best open source Media Center project Best free (or free beta) Media
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:11 PM

Forum that can be used to report EPG data issues for Windows Vista Media Center

A while back, I posted some links to EPG data error reporting sites for Windows XP Media Center Edition ( here and here ). Recently, I have heard from a couple of folks who have had trouble reporting EPG issues for Windows Vista Media Center using these
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Thursday, October 11, 2007 7:14 PM

Link to Media Center Show #126 with Niall Ginsbourg

Ian Dixon has published episode 126 of the Media Center Show , and Niall Ginsbourg is Ian's guest on this episode. Niall has developed several Windows Media Center applications (such as Big Screen Photos and Big Screen Headlines among others). In addition,
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:04 PM

October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB941229. It is available for download in x86
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:38 AM

PowerPlaylist for Windows Vista Media Center released on CodePlex

As announced last night on the Media Center Sandbox blog, a new application for Windows Vista Media Center has been released. The application, named PowerPlaylist , adds a custom strip to the Windows Vista Media Center start menu with up to five tiles.
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Friday, September 28, 2007 3:24 PM

Link to more detailed information about the Windows Media Center Internet TV beta

Earlier today, I posted some information about the Windows Media Center Internet TV beta that was released to Windows Vista Media Center users in the United States last night. Today, I found a blog post at http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2007/09/27/streaming-internet-content-with-internet-tv-beta-to-windows-media-center.aspx
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Friday, September 28, 2007 7:54 AM

Windows Media Center Internet TV beta for Windows Vista Media Center

A beta of a new feature for Windows Vista Media Center was announced yesterday at the DigitalLife conference , and I wanted to post a link to it here for folks who haven't yet heard about it. The feature, known as the Windows Media Center Internet TV
Posted by astebner | 10 Comments
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:54 PM

TV Toolbox beta 3 now available for download

A new beta version of TV Toolbox for Windows Vista Media Center has been released recently on the MCEDev.com site. This beta includes bug fixes and functional changes that address issues reported by customers who used the first 2 beta versions. Here are
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Monday, September 10, 2007 8:54 PM

Link to a preview of version 2.0 of Big Screen Headlines

I know I'm a little late posting about this, but better late than never. Niall Ginsbourg has posted some information about an updated version of Big Screen Headlines that he has been working on recently. This application is an RSS feed browser for Windows
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
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