Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

Brandon LeBlanc — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:43:00 GMT

Kiwozi, I responded to your comment in another blog post. However I own a Windows Media Center Extender and am running Windows Vista SP1 and things work fine. I know of many others who have extenders and SP1 and things are working for them as well. To say all Windows Media Center Extenders don't work with SP1 would be inaccurate. However if you would give me the model of the extender you are having issues with I can relay the issue to folks at Microsoft and try to see what's up.

Thanks,

Brandon

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

Kiwozi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:39:30 GMT

Hi All

Now this is really a Vista SP1 issue by it severely affects MCE.

Extenders will not run or connect after SP1 is installed.

I suspect it has to do with the MS guys locking out the multi-user termsvr.dll hack has affected the fast user switching components which the extender technology uses as well.

Then again I wonder if the MS guys did what the NetGear wireless guys did and hijacked fast user switching for some other purpose( which produces the same result as that which is occuring in Vista SP1).

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

rak-novice — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:39:15 GMT

Why do you have to submit a video? That would cost me money and time. Time I have, money I don't have. Did I see their was no cost to enter?

Thank You

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

newscientist2000 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:51:56 GMT

Im sure there are other country specific promos that go on in other countries which US people cant enter, such as the its not cheating promo that initially was AUS only.

Or the Free OneNote 2003 Promo that ran in the UK only.

One other reason why Promos like this are more common in the USA is probably due to tax reasons.

Infact in the USA contestants who win competitions usually get hit with a Tax Bill, I guess the promoter may even get a Tax write off?

Read here:

http://ask.metafilter.com/37275/You-win-You-lose

The nice thing about the above competition is its for up to $10,000... I guess that would allow some flexibility to the winner to recieve slightly less cutting edge winnings(i.e. 50" TV instead of a 60" TV), if his taxes would be more advantageous to them as a result.

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

MiCCAS — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:58:15 GMT

Once again it's only open to the US.. when will you guys realise that the US is not the only country of people interested in this sort of thing :(

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

newscientist2000 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:20:04 GMT

Hi iAmaterasu,

If your PC is not turning on perhaps its the power supply or the connection to your laptop.

You would at least see a BIOS screen on Boot if your hardware was working. You probably have a hardware not a software error.

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

iAmaterasu — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:00:41 GMT

I have a question about my Vista. It won't turn on, it was just fine last night. This morning when I got up I noticed it was off so I pressed power and it would not come on. So I figured something in the back was loose so I was going to deal with it when I got home. Well when I got home I checked it and nothing was loose in the back. So I was wondering, what could possibly be wrong with it?

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

rkpatrick — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:33:25 GMT

Yikes! Those new extenders still run close in cost to the Xbox 360 :(

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

newscientist2000 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:26:24 GMT

Cool, I havent even cleaned up my room yet!

I so totally in need of a makeover.

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

iand — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:18:26 GMT

I create a version of the competition for enthusiast, we have nearly 100 pictures posted to the Flickr group and you can win an Xbox plus other stuff.

Media Center enthusiasts only!!

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

iand — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:43:09 GMT

Scott Evans from Microsoft is on this weeks Media Center Show talking about it

re: Microsoft Introduces $10,000 Digital Home Makeover Contest

JasonBischoff — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:42:08 GMT

This looks like a great context. Why is it not open to Canadian residents?