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Using a sky card in Media Center

I'm not 100% is this SU suitable but oh well. I'm wondering if it's possible to get a slot of some kind to put my Sky Card into a Media Center PC and then be able to have a triple or dual tuner, and …
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“The system time has changed” events after waking from sleep

Sometimes when my computer running Windows 7 wakes up from sleep, it has to adjust the time. When this happens the following system event is logged: <Event …
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MP4 Surround decoding?

In W7 x64 Media Center - I'm trying to get MP4 videos with 6 channel surround audio tracks to be sent via SPDIF. Anyone know how to do this? I have the latest Shark007 codec packs installed. Every …
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How to record tv to network share with Windows Media Center?

Well, you would think that Windows 7's new MediaCenter would be up to the task of recording your TV to a network share/drive. Too bad, it looks like it's just not possible. I have a windows 2008 R2 …
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Laptop recommendations? [closed]

My laptop just died - what would you recommend I buy for a basic, portable machine/laptop. I just need basic stuff like wifi, large disk space, decent specs on the processor and RAM and preferably …
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Use remote computer without disturbing local user

I have a Windows 7 computer that is acting as a Media Center so it is always on but not always in use. I would like to be able to log in to this machine remotely and launch some scripts that take …
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Windows 7 Media Center mixes up thumbnails of music albums

I'm using the Windows 7 Media Center on Home Premium. Usually everything is running nicely, but sometimes the media center messes up the thumbnails of music album. Suddenly a few thumbs have moved to …
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How do I “Lock” the screen resolution w/GMA HD (i3-530 Dell 580s)?

I have a Dell 580s with Win 7 x86 (yes 32 bit). Displaying on a Panisonic TH-37PX60U (720p). If I leave the computer running and power up the TV, frequently Media Center is displayed at about 25% of …
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How to fix monitor detection on Windows 7?

Hi, I'm using Windows 7 + Windows Media Center for my HTPC. It works great except from one annoying issue. Whenever I turn off my TV while listening the music, the music stop for a second or while …
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SPTD.sys (from Daemon Tools) kills my boot (Win XP Media Center Edition)

Background So I've done a good bit of research on this issue and it appears that some PCs that have Daemon Tools or Alcohol (disk emulators) tend to have problems on booting when your computer loads …
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Windows Media Center 7 Download RSS Postcasts

Any good tools out there that will download podcasts within MCE? Or should I just use my tool of choice (Zune) and point MCE to the download folder? Other tools or options?
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iPhone App to Remotely Control Windows Media Center

Can anyone recommend an iPhone app, for non-jailbroken devices, that can be used to remotely control Windows (7, if it matters) Media Center from outside the home WiFi network? The objective is to be …
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Windows 7 Media Center PC not displaying MKV files properly

Does anyone know why Windows Media Center wouldn't correctly display a 16x9 video? I just upgraded my home-built HTPC from Vista Ultimate (hey, it was a giveaway) to Windows 7 Ultimate - clean …
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How to install xbox 360 “Optional Media Update”? [closed]

It has been almost a year since i last played on my xbox and i want to start viewing some WMV files on it through a windows home server. When i tried to play a wmv file it says I need an media update. …
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How can I disable the IR/Remote Control on an HP Laptop?

I've seen this happen on 2 different HP laptops now. If I try to use them in the same room as a Media Center, the MCE TV remote keeps sending commands to the laptop. This can do anything from wake …

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