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A top-of-trees look at Media Center’s music and pictures in Windows 7
8/24/2009 9:18:32 AM, Windows Media Center Team
by Matt Skibbs Because the music and photo experiences in Media Center for Windows 7 have changed quite a bit from Vista, I wanted to do a brief overview of some of the changes and discuss how to take advantage of the new functionality. I know that many ...
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Burning the keepsake DVD
6/22/2009 11:55:11 AM, Pete
A friend of mine recently published a book, and was thusly interviewed on a local PBS show, which I had my Win7RC Media Center record in high def. I thought it would be nice to give my friend a copy of his appearance on DVD. Now usually, I just ...
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Windows Live for Media Centre
5/9/2009 6:14:46 AM, Gaz
I am loving the Windows Live programs at the moment, I find I am using various Live Services more and more – Messenger through to Sky Drive! However, As Windows Live is a big part of the Windows 7 experience (as Windows Live Essentials) – I would love to ...
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Editing Photos (from the couch) with Media Center
5/6/2009 8:03:36 AM, Pete
Mother’s Day is coming up and not missing a beat, the Windows Live team sent me an email encouraging me to see how easy it is to edit my favorite photos using Windows Live Photo Gallery. I’m totally sure it is. But the thing is, I’m just not up for ...
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Podcast: Conversation with Greg
3/4/2009 2:19:29 PM, Marcus at Microsoft
From time-to-time, I have the pleasure of podcasting with community members to learn more about them, how they use technology in their lives, as well as what other hobbies or interests they might have. For this latest installment in our podcast series, ...
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35 things I would Live about you!
2/13/2009 5:47:00 AM, Jeffrey
I originally put this list on the LiveSoapBox group in a discussion, but I thought I might put it in my blog to as others have done. A lot of my “wishes” are for more esoteric type things dealing with permissions and groupings and categories so it might ...
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Windows Media Center has your back this Valentine’s Day
2/12/2009 9:11:45 AM, Pete
Not sure what to get your better half this Valentine’s Day? I hear you. Stand-by gifts like chocolate or roses are all so, uh, overdone. I always feel like it’s some sort of relationship tollbooth I have to pay in order to move on towards spring. Here’s ...