Cannot see shared folders or mapped drives on XBox 360's Media Center Extender that are visible on the Vista Media Center PC

On my Vista PC named Jupiter and running Media Center, I logon as Alin and I am able to see shares from another computers (e.g. from a Linux...

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Windows Media Center not recognizing and not displaying jpg images - showing "unable to display picture" error

Last week I tried to view on my TV a couple of pictures recently snapped using an XBox 360 as a Media Center Extender connected to my Vista ...

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Speeding up Windows Vista boot and shutdown times

  One of my friends installed today Vista and complained the boot was taking almost 2 minutes, much longer than in XP. I became curious an...

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Using Windows Live Writer to post on Google-hosted blog

A while ago Microsoft released Windows Live Writer as part of the update to the Windows Live suite, so I thought to give it a try. Of course...

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How to exit full-screen mode for TSClient in Ubuntu

If you made the mistake of using TsClient in Ubuntu and connecting to a Windows machine in full-screen mode, you may find hard to exit the R...

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The year of Linux on Desktop? Nah, not this time...

Every year I hear freetards proclaiming that year is the year of linux on desktop, when Windows' reign will be overturned. Every year an...

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Lumanari de botez in Seattle (Finding candles for orthodox baptism in Seattle)

This is a post I wanted to write one year ago when I was looking for candles for the baptism of our godson, Cosmin. At that time we spent a ...

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