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[mikinho]

Bridge the Ceton network adapter + your normal network and then try going to 192.168.1.75

[mikinho]

Size concerns only.  I also don’t feel hibernation adds to the CE experience for a HTPC.

[mikinho]

30GB is fairly small so I would recommend a couple things:

1- Disable Recycle Bin for that drive (see Beginners Guide HTPC Basics)

2- Disable Hibernation

powercfg –h off

3- Install W7 SP1.  It requires 16GB of free space and you most likely will never have 16GB of free space after using the system.

Note: If you are are a Media Center user you will need to setup and get NetflixInternetTV installed prior to SP1.  One of the later updates prevents it from installing.

4- Reduce your pagefile.  Solid state drivers are great for paging files but you aren’t going to have much room so I recommend setting up a static size versus letting Windows configure it (I actually do this on all my systems regardless)

5- Turn off System Restore

6- Turn off Offline Files

Past that I would not move other cache files.  At least not initially.  See how much space you have after a month of normal usage.  You can adjust then as needed.  I see a lot of people move cache files (i.e. %ProgramData% folders, %AppData%, etc) but then you really are limiting the potential usefulness of your SSD.

[mikinho]

It is possible.  The DRM folder cache is

%ProgramData%MicrosoftWindowsDRM

If you delete it and reboot it shoudl reset WMP12 licenses.  You should first check what format they are and see if they play in WMP12 first.

[mikinho]

Keep us updated on what format and I can help troubleshootfix from there.

[mikinho]

Can you provide the below?

1- How you have the HTPC connected?  Is it via HDMI, TOSLINK, Analog, etc

2- Are you connected to an AVR or directly to the HDTV

3- You have Intel MEI installed?  (See Intel MEI is needed for bitstreaming HD Audio with H55H57 chipsets)

4- What format did you rip the music to?  If WMA then you may have an issue with your DRM license.  Let me know me and I can provide instructions to reset your DRM cache.

[mikinho]

See http://exdeus.home.comcast.net/~exdeus/WMCRecordingStoragePooler/

After that setup your Recorded TV library to monitor each location so you see them all.

[mikinho]

I’m on a 3-4 year old LCD so I pretty much dislike everyone above me on this thread.

[mikinho]

Btw, if you did install the beta or RC.  You will need to uninstall prior to installing RTM.  There is a work-around but I really don’t recommend that.

[mikinho]

When the contest finishes next week I can do that.

[mikinho]

Yes, hit OK

[mikinho]

It was released to certain testers and partners only.  Some versions leaked but I don’t recommend installing them yet.

[mikinho]

You do NOT want to use an SSD for a recording drive unless it doesn’t get much usage.

See http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/. Even at 256GB drivers ~42GB/day isn’t a lot for a primary DVR.

[mikinho]

The RTM SP1 version for x64 is done, just waiting for 32-bit.  I don’t have a copy of the 32-bit SP1 yet.

[mikinho]

Open WMP and go to the Library tab.  Look in either Videos or Other media for the orphaned object.

I wrote a utility to clean that up but I haven’t used it in years if you want to give it a go.

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