No update from Microsoft on Vista SP1, Media Center problems
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| Some users also are reporting problems following the installation of new
| Vista-related updates that Microsoft distributed via Windows Update last
| week. The updates included some patches labeled as “Vista Service Pack (SP) 1
| prerequisites,” along with a cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows
| Vista. Users are reporting on the Vista Team Blog various system problems
| following the installation of both sets of Vista updates.
|
| It is not clear whether the newer Vista updates released last week have
| anything to do with the endless-reboot-loop problems. Microsoft seems to be
| bundling all of these reported probelms into a single, catch-all category of
| Vista “issues.”
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1197
Related:
Remember WMC? Black album cover art
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| It also does too many things on it’s own, which is to be expected from
| Microsoft. XD. It starts to overwrite cover art for every single little puny
| mistake you make in your tags.
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http://www.afad.nl/alternate/2007/08/21/remember-wmc/
HP Exits Media Center Business, Drops DEC Line
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| HP is pulling out of the Digital Entertainment Center (DEC) business.
| The company that pioneered the living-room form factor for Media
| Center Edition (MCE) PCs has decided to drop the line.
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http://www.cepro.com/news/editorial/18066.html
Microsoft abandons PMCs
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| It seems Microsoft is abandoning the Portable Media Centre, a format
| that was once considered a possible iPod killer.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/26957/Microsoft-abandons-PMCs
The various levels of suckage - Windows MCE
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| I also worked for a company which designed dedicated media center
| machines. Slick looking boxes for under the tv action. drool. Around
| 20000 sold, and counting. So that means I have a very valid opinion.
|
| My son has a mce machine in his room, I have one in the lounge, and my
| car is running mce. I also got my brother and sister set up with mce.
| So now I have a very very very valid opinion.
|
| That means you have to sit and listen while I moan, because I am not
| moaning due to having a bad day. I am moaning due to this piece of
| crap microsoft is trying to tout to all and sundry. Yes, I have
| given it a good innings, more than most would attempt, and I still
| use it for lack of anything else wife friendly. That doesnt make
| it good.
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http://mynutsandi.blogspot.com/2007/05/various-levels-of-suckage-windows-mce.html
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| I also worked for a company which designed dedicated media center
| machines. Slick looking boxes for under the tv action. drool. Around
| 20000 sold, and counting. So that means I have a very valid opinion.
|
| My son has a mce machine in his room, I have one in the lounge, and my
| car is running mce. I also got my brother and sister set up with mce.
| So now I have a very very very valid opinion.
|
| That means you have to sit and listen while I moan, because I am not
| moaning due to having a bad day. I am moaning due to this piece of
| crap microsoft is trying to tout to all and sundry. Yes, I have
| given it a good innings, more than most would attempt, and I still
| use it for lack of anything else wife friendly. That doesnt make
| it good.
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http://mynutsandi.blogspot.com/2007/05/various-levels-of-suckage-windows-mce.html
Ex-MS security guru to dump Media Center for Linux?
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| Veteran Microsoft security expert, Jesper Johansson, says he may dump
| Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE
| after struggling with Redmond's DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ex-MS-security-guru-dumps-Media-Center-for-Linux/0,130061733,339282399,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/34as9b
Former Windows Developer Trashes Windows Vista, Gets Slapped, Falls Back in
Line
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| Alec Saunders, a former Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Canada, had a
| bone to pick with Windows Vista.
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http://soft-vn.net/windows/former-windows-developer-trashes-windows-vista-gets-slapped-falls-back-in-line/20079348-11536.aspx
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