Dualboot XP Vista and Restore Points – have your cake and eat it

Posted on February 18th, 2008 in Server 2008, Vista by alt-92

When you configure a dualboot Vista/XP or Vista/2003 and you’re using separate partitions, by default both operating systems try to store undo information (restore points).
 If you then start the older OS, it ‘ll delete the restore points from the newer OS.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185 describes two separate methods to work around this behaviour, either using a registry entry blocking Restore point creation or by using Bitlocker.

IPTV Plugin for Vista Media Center

Posted on February 8th, 2008 in Media Center, Vista by alt-92

From: http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/20973/Default.aspx

 MiraWorldTV is a free plug-in for Windows Media Center that lets you to stream Internet TV from around the world straight to your Windows Media Center PC or TV.