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[mikinho]

If you use ShowAnalyzer then WD Black SATA III w/ 64MB cache is definitely the way to go.

I’m testing a few other drives now that I’ve moved my SA to my server.  Right now I’m deciding between a WD AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB /SATA II w 64MB Cache and WD Caviar Blue WD10EALX 1TB SATA II w/ 32MB Cache for my primary HTPC.

The Blue is much cheaper and SATA III versus SATA II but the lower cache concerns me for my usage.

[mikinho]

btw…. If you add Show Analyzer to the mix it is a very different story.  You won’t be able to recording more 4 and still be able to view Live TV unless you really tweak SA settings.  I can get into that more later if interested.

If you plan to use SA I suggest sticking w/ WD Black drives.

[mikinho]

No issues with up to 10x HDTV streams.  With 12x it did start to have some pixelation though that could easily be network packet loss as 8x of the are from network tuners and this system is a low power AMD Zacate (review pending) with a crappy Realtek network card.  Realteak, nForce and Broadcomm network cards are the bane of my existence at the moment.

[mikinho]

I have 12x recordings going on right now (hard to find 12 HD channels worth recording!).

I have a few perfmons running in the background to ensure the hard drives have  no issues keeping up.  I’ll let you know how it goes!

[mikinho]

The update is difficult to find but I thought it was covered by Microsoft Updates in the “Optional” section.

It has been a while since I’ve installed it though, I’ll rebuild my WHS 2011 and test it out tonight for you.

[mikinho]

Give me until Thursday and I can test w/ 12 HDTV channels to see how it does.  Just remind me tomorrow 🙂

[mikinho]

Put quotes around the command you are trying to run.

 

i.e.

“C:UsersAdministratorDownloadsCurrent ApplicationsForefront Client Securityx64clientsetup.exe” /nomom

That is when the tab auto-complete is a godsend.

[mikinho]

Why must you entice me to spend money I don’t have!

[mikinho]

The user guide (manual) is available via http://www.moneual.com/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=2&Itemid=166

 

For the LCDIR you’ll want to use Andrew’s LcdWriter over the provided application.  See his 320B review: http://www.missingremote.com/review/moneual-moncaso-320

[mikinho]

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Is there a technote associated with this?  LcdWriter simulates keystrokes in a way similar to how any other remote application would and it works fine with UAC disabled. 

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I believe David is referring to VNC on early Vista and Windows 7 days not being able to send Secure Attention Sequence (aka Ctrl+Alt+Delete) when UAC is disabled. 

This occurs because the SendSAS API restricts usage when UAC is disabled per:

 

To successfully call the SendSAS function, an application must either be running as a service or have the uiAccess attribute of the requestedExecutionLevel element set to “true” in its application manifest. If an application is not running as a service, it must be running as either the current user or the LocalSystem account to call SendSAS. In addition, if an application is not running as a service, User Account Control must be turned on to call SendSAS.

 

The simple solution is a helper service that accepts a custom command to send SAS.  Most variations of VNC and other remote applications have been updated.

[mikinho]

If you go w/ the 320B chassis (both Andrew and I have it) I would suggest the Swiftech MCX-VCore heatsink.  Though if you go w/ the Intel Core i3-2100T the stock heatsink isn’t actually that bad.  To save some cost you could stick with it.

[mikinho]

First troubleshooting step is to ensure you have the latest network card drivers available from your manufacturer (not Windows Update).

[mikinho]

It is a pfSense 2.0 RC2 AMD64* based router running on a Super Micro 5015A-EHF-D525 (Intel Atom D525, Dual Intel NICs, 4GB RAM, 16 GB SSD)

 

* They, pfSense (along with a lot of others), use AMD64 for x86-64 builds.  I still prefer x86-64 over any other naming.

[mikinho]

That works as well!  At home I do something similar but with my router as the NTP server.  I still stick to every 12 hours myself but I also haven’t ever had a time lapse issue.

[mikinho]

We actually have a tip going about this that is being prepared but below is the setting you’ll want to use.

I recommend using pool.ntp.org instead of the default Microsoft servers as historically it doesn’t do a good job and are saturated.
 

So to configure:
 
1-      The registry key first for every 12 hours.  You don’t want to do it every hour as it doesn’t help and just congests the NTP server more.

 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001servicesW32TimeTimeProvidersNtpClient]
“SpecialPollInterval”=dword:0000a8c0

 
2-      The time server and telling the service that the configuration has changed

 
w32tm /config /update /manualpeerlist:”pool.ntp.org” /syncfromflags:MANUAL
 
3-      The synchronization

 
w32tm /resync 

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