One of the new features for OEMs only that was released at the same time as MCE 2005 Update Rollup 2 is support for a new mode, called Away Mode.
How to describe it… It’s more ON than Suspend/Standby/S3, but less ON than ON. Not really a power saving mode as such. Needs a BIOS that [...]

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(Aussie note: The text might read “Media Center”, but my heart says “Media Centre”.)
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition (900325) appeared today on Windows Update as an optional update (it won’t install itself using Automatic Updates, you need to go get it).
BUT! There’s already a post-update update that addresses a bunch of [...]

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The Quick And Dirty MCE2005 Build Guide
Distilled down to the very basics, after the rambling mess that was the original, for those that asked quick’n’dirty questions.
I use my MCE primarily as a DTV PVR (Personal Video Recorder), DVD watching/recording and music playing system, so I’m kinda biased towards a dedicated system in front of [...]

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I can’t decide if I want this case for my next Media Center or to use for a server. Either way, I want the new IMSAI Series 2 USB case. It is a reproduction of the computer used by Matthew Broderick in the movie WarGames and the front panel is fully controllable, in fact it [...]

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I’ll put my money where my mouth is, and I’m going to give IceGuide a longer run.
I’ve signed up for 3 months, and I will, of course, keep you posted.
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tags: center, iceguide, icetv, mce, media, Media Centre, Software

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Here’s the scenario: Your guide is working fine. You’ve got one of the custom Australian options implemented, and everything is great.
One day, you notice there aren’t any scheduled recordings coming up. Or, you hit the Guide, to be confronted with two and a half channels of “No Data Available” entries - or worse, it’s all [...]

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