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Modify the number of TV Guide Rows

Autor brendon | 16.06.2010 | Category 7, MediaCenter, TechStuff

In Brisbane, there are about 12 Digital channels worth watching. I run my MCE at 1080p which leaves a lot of wasted space on the default Channel Guide page. Hack7MC has found a useful little tool that allows you to increase the number of rows shown. The how-to is easy to follow and the TV guide looks great once it is done.

Trend Micro Officescan root User password reset

Autor brendon | 16.06.2010 | Category TechStuff

Strangely there are no KB articles showing how to recover the root password of an Officescan v10 server. You need to log a support call with Trend and they send the following information out:

Office 2010 RTM

Autor brendon | 04.05.2010 | Category TechStuff

It’s just that time of the year. Microsoft is in the middle of their 2010 branded product launch. We have had Exchange, Sharepoint, Visual Studio and now the Office suite.

After using Outlook 2010 beta for the past 6 months, I definitely recommend upgrading. Just like with Windows 7, when you are forced to use an older version of Outlook you really miss all the new shortcuts and features.

RDP to MCE without effecting TV

Autor brendon | 31.03.2010 | Category 7, MediaCenter, TechStuff, VISTA

One limitation of my setup at home is that all television channels go through the Media Center so when I need to do maintenance I have to interrupt my wife’s programs.

While not officially supported by Microsoft, there is an excellent modification that The Missing Remote has published. A simple batch file installs a different DLL for Terminal services that allows the console to remain logged on while up to 2 other users log into a separate RDP session.

Now I can do any management and monitoring or changes necessary without having to submit a “TV-Outage Request”. :-D Very cool.