Windows Live for TV Beta

I don't usually post news but for Vista Media Center owners this is too good to missed. The Microsoft Windows Live Team recently announced Windows Live for TV. For some reason the beta is currently only open to US residents which seems a shame.

Basically this beta is the project, formerly known as Nemo and now know as Orbit, which brings the functions of Windows Live to Vista Media Center. The really exciting thing is it brings the full messenger experience including Video Calling.

Now we know why they dropped messenger from the Vista Media Center build.

More info from our friends at
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Announcing the Media Center Show Community

Ian Dixon today updated the Media Center Show forums to the latest community server and announced the Media Center Show community.

This is really exciting and we are looking at ways to integrate my blog into this great community.

So hurry on over and check out the show forums there are great Ask the Expert tips and general discussion to be found http://www.iandixon.co.uk/cs/forums

Bloggers you should know -Aaron Stebner

Aaron works for Microsoft and his blog is a fount of knowledge about both Media Center and Setup issues.

In particular if you are have Media Center 2005 issues its worth a look at Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 troubleshooting guide

Aaron's articles can be a little technical for the novice but they are worth the effort.