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Addicted to MCE

Autor brendon | 26.03.2007 | Category MediaCenter, Rant, TechStuff

I think it has worked, with the hardware shuffle last week between the computer shop, home server and the media center; Everything (apart from my laptop) is working really well. I have moved the media center into the lounge room and hooked it up to the wireless network and my old StreamZap remote.

Being able to sit in the recliner in the lounge room and watch pre-recorded TV or movies streamed from the server is really nice. Both Tim & Rosie are getting very comfortable using the MCE too, so much so I think we would have trouble getting rid of it. :-)

Maybe now we can justify getting a sexy PC Case with built-in touch screen :-)

If your interested in building a media center, check out CaseMod for a whole heap of really cool MCE cases by Silverstone

Weekly configurations for MCE Guide download are a hassle

Autor brendon | 05.02.2007 | Category MediaCenter, TechStuff, VISTA

I have noticed on my VISTA MCE at home that I need to reconfigure the guide details every week. After the third week of my EPG not updating I did some research. I found this link from mediacenter.com.au which fixed half the problem; and this link from mediacenter.com.au explains how to fix the other half.

Basically, Microsoft in their infinite wisdom setup their EPG settings so that each time Windows Update runs it checks the value of the registry key and will reset it to the default. This way if Microsoft decide to change their epg update URL, they can. Only problem is that it breaks all the other EPG programs.

It has now been 2 weeks with no EPG download problems. Read on for a step by step guide to how I fixed it.