Strange Error : Hotfix

First.  I bought a new portable HD and I want to copie the data of the old HD to the new HD.  After a while I got the error "Out of memory.  There is nor enough memory to complete this action".  Although I have 4 GB (of which with 32 bit system only 3.4 GB is known and no other programs are running.  I still had more than 2 GB free of memory.  So this was strange.

After searching the net for it I came to this article : "Vista Problem ? Fill Out This Form" on "The Information Week blog" written by David Dejean. It seems that there's a hotfix for this problem, but you have to ask !!!!! Microsoft for the hotfix by using this link.  After filling in the form you are indicated that someone will contact you within 8 business hours.  So I'm patiently waiting now for the answer and the link to the hotfix.

Luckely I don't have to wait that long as there's a site called "The Hotfix share".  All the Microsoft hotfixes are located here.  SO if you know the number you can search for it and download the hotfix directly.  Well in my case the hotfix number is 942435.  This is the direct link to it where you can download the hotfix.  You must be registered.  After installing it, it seems that the problem is solved.

Update : after one and a hlaf hour I already got the response back from Microsoft.  I received an e-mail with a download link to the hotfix and a password to extract it.  So this was very quickly and it's the same file as on "The Hotfix Share" site.  Also warning was placed in the e-mail :

WARNING: This fix is not publicly available through the Microsoft website as it has not gone through full Microsoft regression testing.  If you would like confirmation that this fix is designed to address your specific problem, or if you would like to confirm whether there are any special compatibility or installation issues associated with this fix, you are encouraged to speak to a Support Professional in Product Support Services.

Upgrade XP Mediacenter to Vista Mediacenter

As second, at home I have an Acer iDea500 XP Mediacenter.  I have upgraded it to the Vista Mediacenter.  Luckely Acer has a full guide on their site.  Also they have two zip files you can download.  After unzipping these zipfiles to a certain location, you can start their wizard.  This wizard will first upgrade your drivers.  Be sure to read all the text, because you can't reboot during the installation, but have to wait till hte wizard mentions that you can reboot.  After this step, the wizard tells you that you can insert your Vista DVD.  Be sure to take the upgrade step.  After the upgrade to Vista, the wizard starts again and will upgrade all the software that Acer provides.  After this step my Mediacenter was smoothly upgraded to Vista Mediacenter.  This is a nice service of Acer.

The only problem I have is with my wireless netwerk.  As my wireless network is invissible it seems that my Vista Mediacenter can't find it anymore, even after filling in all the correct parameters for my network.  This while my Laptop with Vista has no problem to find it.  So for the moment I have set the broadcast of my SSID back to visible and now my Vista Mediacenter can find it.  Also normally after once the Vista have found the network it will be no problem anymore.  So I set the broadcast back to invissible.  Again no network can be found by the Mediacenter and my laptop still can find it.  Have to look what the problem here is.