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The Silverlight Update That Will Not Go Away

liquidpooled — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:36:09 +0000

Microsoft currently has a slew of updates available for Silverlight. If, like me, you don’t want to see/install Silverlight on your production servers (SQL/DC/DNS/etc.), you will find that it is not as easy as hiding one update. Thankfully, the fix is to continue hiding updates.

After KB974331 has been hidden, Silverlight will continue to show as an available optional update, until the following updates are hidden as well:

Yes, that is a total of 7 updates that need to be hidden to no longer be nagged to install Silverlight.

Netflix and Vista Media Center

liquidpooled — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:36:54 +0000

Microsoft recently recently released/pushed out a new add-on for interacting with Netflix, allowing for the viewing of “instant” movies from within the Media Center 10ft. UI.

One quirk that you may run into is that videos are not playing after installation. You might need to break out the keyboard, as Silverlight will have opened a dialog behind the Media Center window asking you to enable protected content. Once that hurdle is crossed, it should be smooth sailing.

Netflix in Windows Media Center

[Microsoft Windows: Netflix in Windows Media Center]

[via Hacking Netflix]