09-14-2005, 08:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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MCE WebGuide: Remote Media Center Access with a Pocket PC
"MCE WebGuide was created for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition users to provide remote Internet access to scheduling and the management of recorded programs on the Media Center Edition (MCE) PC. Just install WebGuide on your Media Center PC and access it from any machine that has a web browser."
MCE WebGuide works over an internet connection and can be accessed on any computer equipped with a web browser (including your Pocket PC). With it, you can schedule recordings, play back recorded TV shows, and much more. It supports Windows Media Center Edition 2005 and is a free download.
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09-15-2005, 08:02 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 312
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You shouldn't forget, that it's not just installation and run but it requires a web server on the MCE (e.g. IIS which comes with the MCE) and you have to change some security settings by hand if you run ServicePack 2.
I've previewed it a while back and it took me more than 1 hour and several reboots to got it working.
However, if it runs it's great but now I have running the IIS on my MCE which needs additional monitoring...
PS: It also works great with Windows Mobile 5.0:
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09-15-2005, 04:12 PM
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Editorial Contributor
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,411
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That's always my concern with any of these things that promise access from the internet. You have to open ports on the firewall, and/or port forward if you are running multiple PCs with NAT. It's exactly the ports you really don't want to open, unless you really have good protection software and know what you are doing. The last thing I need is port 80 wide open to the net on my MCE machine.
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09-15-2005, 04:58 PM
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