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Top 10 Windows Vista Hits & Misses part - 2
The list goes on and on...ridiculously slow file operations, sketchy VPN client, flakey Media Center, etc. With the release of Vista SP1, Micro$oft has remained Further reading suggests that the only way to "possibly" resolve this issue is to re-install Vista. Six months after beginning my Vista experience,

Reply to Mike B. Part 4
However my video card is an nVidia GeForce 5700LE (128MB), which is a detriment to my "Vista Experience Rating (2.0)". Could this be the cause, or could it be something else. If you are using CL card (sound blaster) there is a problem with all there drivers at this time for Vista, try to download new soud card

OK, My Motherboard was the cause of all the failures?
Ed Stoddard EdStodd...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsupdate Darrell, According to my experience with Thursday's update (2/15/2008) my old Dell Vista Home My Vista Ultimate computer took the update just fine, which WAS the "important" update dealing with Windows Media Center part of Vista.

wma on xbox 360
First to answer your question, there did not appear to be any updates for my Gigabyte motherboard. I purchased it after the date of the most recent update. Frustrated with the experience, I went ahead and decided to set up the media center functionality of Vista to distract me. I have a Hauppauge (sp?

Vista: Consistent in its ability to disappoint
And as I've said before in my experience the ability to recover a non-bootable XP with a recovery disc to "returning a factory PC to as shipped" happens rarely ..... One possibility is that Microsoft is afraid that people might try to keep running XP or Media Center on their existing machines and use Vista on a new

Windows Vista Day 24 for me
I have alot of others who are waiting on my thoughts and experience with my Vista switch over...as I tend to be the trend setter and computer repair and fix Now here are my questions: 1) On my office computer one of the Dimension 3100/E310 running (Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004), I have an Raid system on

Upgrading to Vista (everybody join in! :)
Mike wrote of Startup Repair: "Not my experience of the tool - but that may be another issue." Which (this is unnecessarily vague Mike)? a) That it ..... One possibility is that Microsoft is afraid that people might try to keep running XP or Media Center on their existing machines and use Vista on a new computer.

wma on xbox 360
And as I've said before in my experience the ability to recover a non-bootable XP with a recovery disc to "returning a factory PC to as shipped" happens rarely. .... One possibility is that Microsoft is afraid that people might try to keep running XP or Media Center on their existing machines and use Vista on a new

New Vista 'puter — it is to laugh!
That's because Windows 7 will be based on MinWin, a scaled down version of the Windows core that will also serve as the framework for Windows Server and Windows Media Center. MinWin's source code base takes up about 25 megabytes on disk, compared to about 4 gigabytes for Vista. Solution providers see this as a sign

Now What?
I am about to wipe the drive and start over, but I am afraid I might have problems registering my Vista again, plus I would be looking at about 10 to 12 hours downloading all the updates It has been my experience with MCE 2005 that a CPU upgrade forced me to reactivate Windows in less then 30 days and repair DRM.

Microsoft is focusing on Windows 7. And here is why.....
They do not prevent me from doing anything, but may prove to be indications of annoying things in my future Vista experience. 1) When I copy, move or delete It is evidence of Rain Man type thinking ;-) 2) My biggest worry (possible indication of similar thinking in design) is the setup for Windows Media Center.

"tricking" Vista ultimate upgrade to install on clean HDD?
Mike wrote of Startup Repair: "Not my experience of the tool - but that may be another issue." Which (this is unnecessarily vague Mike)? a) That it doesn't ..... One possibility is that Microsoft is afraid that people might try to keep running XP or Media Center on their existing machines and use Vista on a new

Cumulative Update for MCE KB941229
"RT" wrote: On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:17:00 -0800, Scott <Sc...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Whenever I try using Media Center in Vista 32, the sound ticks and pops when playing music. However my video card is an nVidia GeForce 5700LE (128MB), which is a detriment to my "Vista Experience Rating (2.0)".

Vista: Consistent in its ability to disappoint
I see so many conflicting posts here and elsewhere about which cards work with Vista MCE and which don't. I find it EXTREMELY frustrating, especially when I have my Vista Ultimate install CD'ssitting here on my desk, and the only thing keeping me from installing Vista is the fact that my current TV tuner card is

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 11-05-07
You cannot join MCE to a domain, for example. -- Mitch Garvis, MCT MCSA, MCITP, MCDST, MCTS Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - Customer Experience Visit my blog at I've had xp mce 2005 for a 1 1/2 years but never really took the time to compare it to xp home and xp pro. I installed xp pro eval on my vista laptop

Animated wallpapers no longer just for the Vista elite
Complaints about me posting "news in a newsgroup" (Troll Yanair), or including "text in my posts" (Troll Frank) are stupid, therefore ignored.. stupid flames by And on top of all this, Windows Media Center in Vista has had to rely on the Xbox console as an extender, with additional devices served at the end of

Vista Media Center - sound "pops and ticks"
Vista Configuration and Troubleshooting* * Can't hear audio in Media Center after waking Vista computer * Can't sync PIM data between Vista and Windows Mobile device .... *Followup: Vista on all your computers with Remote Desktop* Last week, we talked about how you can have the Vista experience even on older,

Vista: Consistent in its ability to disappoint
... Business Premium SKUs, Domain Join support, XBOX integration, Media Center, Bitlocker, Encryption, Complete PC Backup and on going investment in features and improvements to the user experience. -- Andre Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com My Vista Quickstart Guide: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!

Top 10 Vista Hits & Misses-5
Continuous improvements to the Windows Vista experience come from numerous channels, including ongoing updates, application compatibility improvements, ..... For example, Windows Media Center only appears in Windows Vista, while Active Directory or Windows Clustering only appear in Windows Server 2008.

Vista is Crap, here comes MinWin
The digest is created from my leafnode news spool, which is pre-filtered, so some posters' articles might not appear. ..... 10 May 2007 01:37:38 +0100 Review: Elisa media center ,----[ Quote ] Fluendo's Elisa is a free software media centre application that can play your DVDs, video files, music, and pictures.