Although my Media Center has been a well behaved and loyal companion these last couple of years it does sometimes do weird things that I only discover by accident after the fact.

Luckily that looks like it won't be the case any more... Ian Dixon has written what sounds like a very near little utility to monitor the health of many aspects of the Media Center.

I hope to be able to try it out soon....

As I'm often away from home (and the girls are not that technical!) having it alert me via a remote method - email or Windows Live Messenger Alerts would be fantastic - then I know I've got to remote in and fix something.