After 7 failed attempts to get Office 2007 SP1 installed on my machine via Windows update I decided to investigate this a little bit further and you are going to laugh about the solution. Believe it or not the only thing that was required was to have...

One of the frist things that I do whenever I install a new version of Windows is to replace Notepad with Notepad2 as I find this to be a much more powerful editor. There are some articles on how to do it with Windows XP and Windows 2003 but I could...

If you are like me I often find that I want to look at a file using notepad which might be associated with some other application. For example a batch file, an .config , or an XML these are typically associated with something else, but I want to view...

Since I am on the road quite often I need to VPN into the internal network while I am out and I have noticed that if I start the Virtual PC host software on my machine prior to establishing the VPN connection my guest PC can't connect to the internal...

This is really cool since it looks like you will be able to operate an Origami device as a Extender for Windows Media Center, so you could watch your recorded TV on it, live tv, music etc. More details at CE Pro: From CS Pro's website ...

This is a very cool feature, you can add encarta@conversagent.com to your MSN IM contacts list, you can ask it questions, e.g. What is the size of Mexico? What is the population of Canada? When was Leonardo da Vinci born? I want to see the...

I use Symantec Ghost ( http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ ) to create images of physical machines usually over the network. You can create a boot floppy to run inside of Virtual PC / Virtual Server. Symantec provide a nice wizard to do this with - but...

When moving a Virtual PC from my tablet to my desktop pc sometimes I get a blue screen stating that an error in the intelppm.sys and/or the processr.sys driver has occurred (usually when attemting to shutdown the virtual machine for the first time). ...

Hotmail Add-in for Media Center Screenshots | Sean Alexander has some screenshots posted of a new Hotmail plug-in for Media Center that’s due out very soon!

I have been using a PocketPC phone edition for the last couple of months and after testing many different add-ons and software for the PocketPC it got to a point where my device was not very useful as it was taking a lot of time to boot and became very...

If you were thinking on building your own MCE. I would highly recommend that you take a look at this link

Charie Owen gives a great tip on how to test your MCE extensibility application for widescreen compatibility without a widescreen monitor? Click Start --> Run. Type 'C:\windows\eHome\ehshell.exe /widescreen'. Click the OK button. Using...

I have a couple of outdated PC's that I do not use anymore and I was wondering, would it be possible to use them as a Media Center Extender, I believe that this might be a good idea for a product that would allow me to use my older hardware as an extender...

I have been traveling for the last couple of weeks and one if the thinks that I have noticed is that when I am watching TV in the hotel I am always looking to do things that I can do with my MCE such as rewinding live TV or trying to skip through commercials...

I have been using Virtual PC for quite a while now and a very useful feature of this product is Differencing Drives. Well I was trying to create a small network for a lab that required me to have a Domain Controller and all of the machines that I was...

I found the following mappings very useful mainly when I want to sign to XBOX Live from my XBOX Media Center Extender and I do not have the controller plugged in. Remote Xbox Controller Remote Xbox Controller BACK < = > BACK MCE up/down/left...

If you travel a lot like me you will love this new service. I have been using the beta for quite a while now and its very convenient. This service will allow you to set a new recording on your Media Center over the internet all you need is access to the...

It is finally here, an update for MCX for Xbox is available on Xbox Live now One of the most important changes is that now you will be able to play back CGMS-A content (HBO etc...). You should get prompted about the update next time you log into Live...

This is a must-have for anyone with a Media Center extender, it includes bug fixes and adds support for CGMS-A protected content (basically playing back HBO on a Media Center extender). I installed it today and it was seamless. Update for the HP model...

Just found out that the Portable Media Center, from Creative Labs, is now available at Best Buy and Fry's Electronics, and it is priced under $500. Looks like Santa will be visiting me this weekend.

The SDK includes new sample forms, updated tools, and updated documentation that are a must for everyone that wants to do serious work with InfoPath. Click here to download it

If you are planning to develop InfoPath forms and execute develop your login using C# or vb.net you must download the InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio . The InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET provides integration features and documentation...

One of the new cool features of the up-coming version of Windows Media Center is the ability to syncronize with these new devices called the Portable Media Centers. I was able to see some of this new gadgets at a recent trip to Redmond and believe they...

You can now download and install the official InfoPath SP1. It is part of the Office 2003 SP1 download. More details: http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/ . English SP1 download is here . Please pay special attention to the...

Let's face it Notepad is probably one of the handiest programs for Windows. Due to Notepad's compat size and because it is fast and easy to use I often use it as a text editor when I don't have time to open Visual Studio or any other tool to manipulate...