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Edit: You can run “chkdsk /f” instead of “chkdsk /r” – it’s much faster.  Post updated. Twice now my laptop has refused to boot into Vista.  I just get a blinking cursor right after the BIOS prompt.  I’ve managed to fix it by booting up the install disc into recovery mode, launching the command-line, and [...]

I keep meaning to do this for my VHD, but finally remembered!  This way I don’t have to enter passwords to access shared volumes on my main install. http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2007/02/20/configure-vista-for-automatic-logon/ Over the past few years, many technology vendors have put their focus more on security. Microsoft is no exception as is evident with the security enhancements [...]

Not that I’ve been able to successfully install SP1 yet, but when I do… If you upgraded to Vista Service Pack 1 when it went live earlier this week, Windows left behind several files system files from your pre-SP1 install that aren’t being used any longer. The files are left taking up space on your [...]

Once again, I have nothing to add to this great tip: http://www.sharepointblogs.com/mkruger/archive/2007/06/26/using-today-in-a-calculated-formula-birthday-lists.aspx First, create a new column in your list with the column name of “Today”.   Click “OK”.  (It doesn’t matter what type of column or data it is, this is just a place holder and will be removed later). MK Note: Create column called [...]

I couldn’t have said it any better than this person: Problem: I can not save my user credentials (username and password) for my SharePoint site when I’m using Internet Explorer 7.0. I keep clicking the check box next to “save password” but it doesn’t seem to work and I’m constantly prompted to re-authenticate when I [...]

I just upgraded to Vista Enterprise SP1, and I found that my backup PST was corrupted.  Outlook told me to run ScanPST.exe, but didn’t bother telling me where it was.  According to the KB article, it’s located in the Common Files directory.  However, with Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, I found it here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 [...]

I’d love to create a filtered list from a calculated field, but I’m hitting a problem where it is prepending “string;#” to every stored value.  This is similar to this post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2427800&SiteID=1 Of course, try searching for “string;#” in any search engine.  They all strip off the semi-colon and hash symbol, leaving the search pretty [...]

The HDHomeRun is a network-based dual-ATSC tuner device.  While the fact that you can keep the tuners outside the PC box is intriguing, the real power of the HDHR is that it was the first ATSC tuner to create a BDA-wrapper to allow you to record unencrypted-QAM in Vista Media Center (it also works with [...]

This is the second step in setting up an HDHR with Vista Media Center (step one is here).  The HDHR instructions are kind of lacking, so hopefully this will help someone else out.  The screencaps are pretty self-explanatory, so there are only a few captions where necessary.  It is screencap-intensive, so it’s after the break.

In case you need to manually tweak the HDHR Setup, here is what the automated setup does does. First, it creates the ATSC mapping for Vista Media Center.  That is, it tells VMC what “4.1″ translates to, along with the call sign.  This is written to the atscprefs.xml file, located in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\EPG\Prefs directory.  You [...]