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Ceton InfiniTV4 CableCard Tuner
Ok, I finally had some extra cash, and the fact that the Ceton InfiniTV 4 tuner dropped $100 in price, so I went ahead and ordered one. I’ve been using 4 ATI Digital Cable tuners for a while now, and had very few problems, but I figured if I could
Your Chance to Win a Lenovo A70z
Thanks to Terri Stratton for her post at mobilepcworld.net! Contest Coming Soon!!! Thanks to Lenovo and Ivy Worldwide , we, along with 19 other sites, are bringing you the chance to win a new Lenovo A70z. Be sure to visit all the other sites listed
MagicJack - Not so Magical
I recently decided to see if I could "cut the cord" on my home wireline and go with MagicJack. It had received pretty good reviews, been around for a while and, for the price, looked like something I should check out. Sadly, I was very disappointed
Caveat emptor or "Let the buyer beware"
Ok, this is a new one for me. I love to give good reviews of products and services, and generally hate to give bad ones. For years, one of my favorite places to go for things electronic was CompUSA. I could usually find what I wanted at a decent price
RadioTime for Windows Media Center
I found a new (to me anyway) service today, thanks to an insert in the box my Linksys DMA2200 came in. Its called RadioTime, and its free. Its a Media Center plugin that allows you to stream Internet radio stations from all over the world. And it can
Linksys DMA2200 Media Center Extender for Windows Vista
My Linksys DMA2200 arrived today, thanks to the Media Center team at Microsoft (Thanks, folks!). I was fortunate enough to get to test a competing product, the D-Link DSM-750 , prior to this. PRO: The single biggest advantage of the DMA2200 over the DSM
MagicDisc - Another Nice Freeware Program
MagicDisc is freeware. It is very helpful utility designed for creating and managing virtual CD drives and CD/DVD discs. For anyone who deals with CD-based programs – it is a MUST. MagicDisc allows you to use almost all CD/DVD image without burning
Twenty (20) KB Articles Related to Windows Home Server
To date, there have been twenty (20) KB articles published, related to Windows Home Server. http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=Windows%20Home%20Server&catalog=LCID%3d1033&mode=r&lsc=0&spid=12624&range=
Possible Data Corruption With Windows Home Server
A Microsoft KB article was released on 12/20/2007 which describes reported situations where data corruption may occur when you use certain programs to edit files stored in a Windows Home Server's "Shared Folders". http://support.microsoft.com
New Media Center Update for Windows Vista
A new update for Media Center in Windows Vista will be released through Windows Update this week. Among the fixes listed are: • Several issues that are related to the Media Center Extensibility Platform • An issue that affects
Technical Brief for Windows Home Server Drive Extender
For those interested in the workings of Windows Home Server, behind the scenes, here's a great technical brief that describes the Windows Home Server Drive Extender technology and how it helps ensure that you can always add adequate storage space quickly
Microsoft-Home-Server-House
Microsoft has posted an interactive video demonstration of Windows Home Server and what you can do with it. Microsoft-Home-Server-House
CD/DVD/ISO Creation Alternative
Ok, I've tried Nero and other utilities for burning CD/DVD media from ISO files, as well as creating ISO files. While Nero works fine, 99.9% of the time (others less so), I've been using a free CD/DVD burning tool called ImgBurn. It can be
Windows Home Server - My RTM Experience
Ok, Windows Home Server has been RTM'd for over 90 days now, and many folks are getting their copies from various online retailers. I won't go into who's been bad and good in that department for this post, but lets say some vendors have been worse than
Vista Media Center with Four Digital Cable Tuners
(or How Much TV Can You NOT Watch in a Week?) This is so very, very cool! For those of you who are considering buying a new Windows Vista PC with one or more Digital Cable Tuners (DCT), there is hope for some rockin' systems. We've seen various
Windows Home Server SDK now available
For those who have been waiting for the necessary information to write Add-ins for Windows Home Server, the online documentation for the Windows Home Server SDK (Software Development Kit) is now available online. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library
Windows Home Server Toolkit v1 - The Nuts and Bolts
As you've probably seen from Robert McLaws' blog post , there's a new Toolkit for Windows Home Server. There are several components to this. Some run in the WHS Console as an Add-in, and others can be run locally on the client, or the server. The Console
Windows Home Server Add-ins | We Got Served
This site has some of the newest and handiest Windows Home Server Add-ins available. One I particularly like is the Program Launcher add-in. Great for getting into Regedit, Command Prompt or just about any other program you need to run from the WHS console
Download details: Windows Live OneCare Virus and Spyware Repair Tool
Brief Description Resolves the issue entitled "Contact Help Center - OneCare virus and spyware protection encountered a problem and cannot start". You MUST save this file to your computer and then run it. Do NOT select 'Run' from the download dialog.
Windows Defender and Microsoft Forefront Client
Ok, its not earth shattering news, but Microsoft is now providing the latest version number of the definitions files for these to products on their web site. http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/ Look on the right side for Definition Updates.
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