Hi Everyone – BOX.COM is experiencing some issues at the present time and some of my hosted downloads are affected. I am working with them on the issue. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
UPDATED: 1/5 11:30PM EST
All files should now be accessible via new Google Drive links. Seems Box.com didn’t reset my monthly bandwidth limit and that has been preventing downloads for most of the day. Going forward, all downloads will be hosted on Google Drive.
Marc
Hi Everyone! Many of my SharePoint readers and customers have been inquiring on if (and when) I will be supporting SharePoint 2016. The answer to IF is YES, and the answer to WHEN is NOW! With the release of SharePoint 2016 Beta 2 a few weeks ago I have been busy working to test and update my applications. I am pleased to announce that both Chatter for SharePoint and the Enhanced Document Upload solutions will now install and work on SharePoint 2016 Beta 2.
I fully expect additional changes as we approach RTM for the next version of SharePoint. Some things may break or may need some fine tuning. Future updates will refine the support and enhance the experience when running on 2016. Chatter for SharePoint customers interested in testing 2016 can request an extended evaluation key from me which will be valid for 6 months (or until RTM).
Thank you again to all my customers and readers! If you are looking at SharePoint 2016 I hope you will consider using some of my solutions.
Happy Holidays!
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Greetings Streamers! As promised I have the new Netflix for Windows Media Center app ready for you guys to test. Click here to download the installer.
If you choose to download and test this version I only ask that you provide feedback to me as to how it worked – or didn’t work. Instructions for providing feedback are included in the Release Notes file.
Couple of notes:
OK – that’s it. Start downloading and let me know how you like it; what you don’t and what can be improved.
Hi Everyone! This post is to introduce a new project which I hope will add value to the Windows Media Center/Ceton community. As a proud and happy owner of a Ceton InfiniTV6 ETH tuner I wanted to find a way to deal with periodic reboots of the Ceton device. When the tuner device restarts (for whatever reason) Windows Media Center loses connectivity to the tuners until the PC is restarted. Not a fan of that behavior so I thought I could improve it.
Introducing CetonMonitor – a small command-line utility which can read the InfiniTV uptime and determine if the device has been restarted/rebooted. Once it has detected that – it automatically restarts the Windows Media Center Receiver service and the Media Center GUI. These two actions re-enabled the WMDRM pairing and within a minute LiveTV has been restored. No rebooting the PC or worse – you’re not home to reboot the PC and you lost hours of recordings.
This was made for my setup in mind – but I decided it was useful enough that the community may benefit from it. Disclaimer – this is a 1.0 release; I have not had time yet to work out every possible scenario. Expect updates and improvements as I gather feedback.
You can download the utility from here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8BoYZ4_2RhYZXRxSmxZX0R1R2c
I hope you find it useful!
Hi Everyone! I am pleased to announce the availability of Chatter for SharePoint 2010/2013 version 2.2. As I mentioned in a previous post there are significant updates and changes to the middle-tier library which were necessary to correct some performance and session boundary issues within the IIS worker process. This issue affected all prior 2.x family releases. I strongly encourage all customers to download, test and deploy the new version as soon as possible.
Full Change Log
The other significant change is around the user-count calculation. The application now looks at authenticated profiles rather that the total user count of a site or farm. Once the user count exceeds the license count – no new users can be authorized on the platform until additional licenses are added.
The updated solution ZIP file(s) and documentation can be found here.
Please let me know if there are any questions or concerns. Thank you for choosing Chatter for SharePoint!
12/24 UPDATE: On December 8th, Microsoft released an update for Windows Media Center (MS15-134 KB 3108669) that changes how Media Center opens URLs. With this update installed, all URLS open in Internet Explorer- outside of Media Center. It is possible that this update is breaking the Netflix addin- even with my fix deployed. If you wish to continue using the native Netflix addin you may need to remove this update from your system. Otherwise, please checkout my Netflix replacement app currently in BETA.
2/2/2016 UPDATE: The fix below no longer seems to work; While it will restore the native Netflix app – Netflix has updated the Silverlight player and it is no longer compatible with Windows Media Center remote controls. Please check my replacement app above for future Netflix support.
Greetings Fellow Streamers! As many of you are aware Microsoft and Netflix have decided to discontinue support for the Netflix addin for Windows Media Center. This unfortunately meant the removal of the application from all existing installations of Windows Media Center. As I would like to continue to have the seamless streaming experience with Netflix and Media Center I began looking at my options. While my long term goal is to replace the Netflix app with something of my own design, I have put together a ‘fix’ that will restore the native Netflix addin to a Windows Media Center installation. The folks over at The Green Button have come to the same idea for the fix – I just went a step further – isolating the single file needed and packaging it into an easy-to-use installer. The installer will backup the modified file for easy removal if desired.
The new Netflix Fix Utility can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8BoYZ4_2RhYWnBYNFFpVUhZdE0
If the Fix Utility above could not help you then you can try the full Netflix Restore App: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8BoYZ4_2RhYR1I2bFEtLXZadEE
Note: I have only tested this with Windows 7 – so if you have problems with Win 8.x let me know.
Hi Everyone! Finishing up work on the latest release of Chatter for SharePoint. Besides the usual bug fixes, this version contains significant changes to the middle-tier DLL – in part to address some reported issues around session boundaries and anomalous behavior when under high utilization. I strongly urge existing customers to test and upgrade to version 2.2 as soon as practical.
Also included in 2.2 are refinements to the Enterprise Licensing model. The system now looks at registered (authorized) profiles when determining the user count. This will greatly simplify the licensing of the product. If the user count exceeds the licensed count, no new users can join conversations – but existing authorized users will continue as normal. I’ll be retiring the License Calculator tool as it will not be needed going forward.
There are also some improvements to caching when using the API-enabled account. I am finishing regression testing and documentation changes. Look for the updated solutions on the blog soon. Thank you!
Hi Everyone! One additional feature is making its debut in the 2.1 release: API Access. The solution now includes an ASMX Web Service which will be used to expose a variety of functionality. First off is the ability to create new posts to your feed or a group feed with the PostToChatter method. It will use the calling user’s access token to create a feed item in Chatter – so yes, all calls to the web service must be authenticated.
Additional methods and properties will be made available in future releases. Check out the updated documentation when released for more details and examples. Thanks for using Chatter for SharePoint!
Hi Everyone – I am pleased to announce the availability of the 2.0 release of the Enhanced Document Upload solution for SharePoint 2010/2013. Besides bug fixes and code optimization, this version includes the new Common Properties Editor – with the ability to select what fields get updated across the selected items. As promised – all 1.x customers can upgrade to 2.x at no charge.
If you have not purchased the solution yet please download and try the solution for 15 days in evaluation mode. As always – I appreciate your feedback. Thanks!
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