Reduce Windows 7 HTPC installation size for (small) ssd.

* Remove printer drivers
* Remove help files
* Remove additional languages
* DISM the WinSxS folder
o Disable or fixed size pagefile
o Disable hibernation
o Disable system restore
o Reduce (event) logging

vLite:
http://rickatnight11.com/?p=181
http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/515949-reducing-wind...

rt7lite:
http://www.trubritarforums.com/index.php/topic/6829-reduce-windows-7-ins...

WinSxS:

Pros :
Cheap. I bought the one w/o a 4GB SD card. I tried Mario Kart and Sonic & SEGA All Star Racing and it plays them fine. I had to format a SD card, unrar the KERNEL files downloaded from www.r4isdhc.com to the root of the SD and put the .NDS roms onto it. The R4iDC is recognized as "Spongebob Squarepants". I used KERNEL file "r4isdhc-whiteEnglish1.38.rar". It contains one folder (__rpg) and one file (_DS_MENU.dat). That's just it. Put the MicroSD in the R4. Put the R4 in the NDS. Power up the NDS. Select and start Spongebob. The R4 app is started and in the next menu select games. Select the game and start it. Have FUN!

Skype on 10.04 is super simple. Just go to the software center and select Skype to have it installed. I also bought a new webcam. This time a Logitech C270, actually a C270h because it includes a headset. It's auto detected. It almost seems magic.

Almost. Unfortunately pulse audio does not set the webcam's built in microphone as defualt when plugged in so I needed to manually switch it each time.

Fortunately I found a solution to ease this by using the following two scripts.

The first one tries to activate the webcam mic just before starting Skype.

My collection of Audio, Photo and Video files is growing. Concerning the video files I mean self created "home video" files. I'm using XBMC and a Logitech SqueezeBox.

In the near future I wish to use SqueezeCenter for my SB. At the moment I'm using it without it.

I want to tag and serve all media so it can be used by XBMC and SC/SB and possibly other software or devices.

I will be looking at the following software:
Coherence [ http://coherence.beebits.net/wiki/Radiotime ]
Rygel [ http://jensge.org/2010/05/simple-web-radio-sharing-with-rygel/ ]

One site one install and database is no problem, but when the number of sites is growing it's a pain in maintenance. Drupal's multisite solution where you only have one codebase but each site still has it's own database is a little relieving. But still updating each database is a hassle.

In other CMS's, which use a content management tree, it is possible to define several sub-tree roots for each site. User management is shared for all sites, but each user can be restricted to a specific site. All sites can have their own look and feel template, menu, etc.

I used Avidemux suggested here:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5539563_convert-avi-motion-jpeg.html

Video:
320x240
MJPEG (lavc)
Framerate 15

Audio:
PCM
mono
16000hz

I used "configure" and "filters" to set the framerate, resize, add borders and crop finally to 320x240.
I also tried MP3 audio, but the whole video wouldn't play anymore.

To be able to select it, put the new file in the VIDEO folder and rename it to the format "DV0000xx.ava" where xx is a number.
If you put it in the DOWNLOADS\VIDEO folder you do not have to rename for the device to be able to find it.

ATOM

[...] second-generation Atom-based platform called Pine Trail, which addresses some of the most stinging criticisms leveled at its Diamondville-based predecessors. Gone is the power-hungry 945GC chipset that punished Intel’s energy efficiency story when Atom first emerged.
20091221 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/atom-d510-d510mo,2507.html

HTPC: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_message/35846824#35846824
Budget: http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_message/35846776#35846776

HTPC
[BBG Aanschaf] http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1447416
[BBG] http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1407056

Workstation / Budget PC
[BBG Aanschaf] http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1415755
[BBG] http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1432406

Overal kan of moet ik periodiek inloggen. Zie bijvoorbeeld de onderstaande citaten uit de voorwaarden van SNS.

"SNS Bank adviseert de Klant om geregeld maar minstens iedere twaalf maanden [...] van Mijn SNS de gegevens op een duurzame drager op te slaan en/of uit te printen voor eigen administratie en bewaardoeleinden."

"[...] de Klant volledig aansprakelijk voor alle niet toegestane transacties [...] Van het moment van (moeten) ontdekken is in ieder geval sprake vanaf de achtste dag [...] vermeld op het transactieoverzicht [...] via Mijn SNS."

I need to replace my MSI MEGA 180. It now has a dual function of HTPC and desktop/workstation.

I have a multi-boot config:
HTPC is running XP + XBMC and several Windows games, hence XP instead of Linux.
Desktop is running Ubuntu for daily work and dual boot XP for video editing.

A separate File/Media/Download server is a ClarkConnect/ClearOS system.

I will replace the one system by two systems. One will be the HTPC an the other will be the desktop. Only the desktop will keep a dual boot config as long as I have no good replacement for my Windows video editing software.