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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
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Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:59 AM

Mailbag: Why doesn't the green button on my remote work until I launch Media Center manually?

Question: I have a computer that is running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. When I press the green button on my Media Center remote control, it will not launch Media Center for me. I can use the mouse to launch Media enter, and after that the remote
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Saturday, September 01, 2007 9:11 AM

How to repair a localization pack for Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center 2005

Recently, I heard from a customer who has a system with Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and a localization pack that is used to add support for one of the new locales that was added in the Update Rollup 2 product. However, the
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Saturday, June 23, 2007 9:52 PM

Possible cause of Media Center remote control button issues related to HID service

Recently, I heard from a customer who had a problem where some buttons on their remote control worked but others did not. They tried the workarounds in the Remote Control and IR Receiver Errors section of this blog article , but none of them helped. Fortunately,
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:33 PM

My thoughts about using WiX and RegisterMceApp in Media Center application setups

As part of his series about creating a Windows Vista Media Center application, Steven Harding recently posted an item on his blog describing how to create an installer for a Media Center application. In this post, Steven walks through the process of determining
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Friday, June 15, 2007 8:25 AM

Update Rollup 2 setup can fail because it does not detect the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1

It has been a while since I've written about any setup issues related to Update Rollup 2 for Media Center 2005 . The lack of posts has been caused by several things: Most (if not all) systems that ship with XP Media Center pre-installed now also include
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
Friday, May 11, 2007 9:07 AM

You can now boot an Xbox 360 directly into Media Center

I just noticed blog posts from Michael Creasy and Ian Dixon that I want to make sure everyone notices. If you have an Xbox 360 that you are using as a Media Center extender, once you install the Xbox Spring 2007 Dashboard Update , you will be able to
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Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:20 PM

The Media Center Show #103 with Francis Hogle

Ian Dixon has posted episode #103 of the Media Center Show. You can view a summary transcript and download the episode from this blog post - http://iandixon.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!36983156CAA83EA9!1953.entry . In this episode, Ian talks with Francis
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Monday, October 31, 2005 6:41 PM

Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 troubleshooting guide

This article serves as a central location for all links to troubleshooting documentation that has been published for Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 . As new documentation is created, I will continue to add to this article. Setup-related
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