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How can a reduce the read speed of a Liteon DVD drive under Windows 7? The aim is to reduce the level of noise generated by an wasteful high-speed as it's used in an HTPC environment.
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Is this a good config to use?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O3W44Q/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p147_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1FN9CDZKMJF31SBT8QVX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
I plan to install Boxee beta on it and use it for Netflix, movies…
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It may be me, or the place I live (Italy), but it seems pretty hard to get a build or a prebuilt nettop or a laptop that fits the need.
I need something
silent
able to playback all h.264 fullhd content without stuttering, and well (and not loosing the hw acceleration because of softsubs...)
silent
not…
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When I select Start-Turn off computer-Standby the 'turn off computer' option window closes, and then nothing else happens. I can start new applications, and Windows acts like I never selected standby. I ran it for several hours after that. If I have a TV program scheduled to record when I select…
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I'm using an Ubuntu box with Nvidia graphics card as an HTPC. My HDTV is a Sony Bravia KDS-R50XBR1; this is a rear-projection unit with many inputs. I am using the HDMI input. I'm using the proprietary Nvidia drivers and they recognize the 1080x1920 resolution just fine.
The display is a little…
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Features that I would ideally include in "HTPC-optimized":
Full-screen.
Navigable using a remote or the keyboard arrows.
Legible at couch distances.
Or, to put it another way, imagine the design requirements for Hulu Desktop or XBMC or WMC, applied to a web browser.
Opera on a Wii meets most…
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I am trying to add a new member to our DFS topology. We have 3 DCs (VMs - VMware) running Windows server 2012, two servers are located in or Primary site and the third at our DR site. Currently the two servers at our primary site are currently replicating DFS (full mesh) and are working fine.
I have…
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I have a website that is we are now deploying to windows 2008 servers that has worked in the past on IIS6 without a problem. It is using .net 2 framework. Most of the website works. Just when we create a screen report over a certain size on the server we get this error.
Event code: 3005
Event…
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I have a website that is we are now deploying to windows 2008 servers that has worked in the past on IIS6 without a problem. It is using .net 2 framework. Most of the website works. Just when we create a screen report over a certain size on the server we get this error.
Event code: 3005
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I have Windows 7 Ultimate OS.
I'm opening mmc.exe as administrator and trying add Certificates or any other snap-in, then while loading that snap-in MMC breaks and displays following message and after that it closes automatically once I click on close button on that message. What could be the problem…
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There is a number of ways to catch mouse or keyboard under Windows. So I tried some of them, but every of them has some advantages and drawbacks. I want to ask you: Which method do use?
I've tried these:
WM_KEYDOWN/WM_KEYUP - Main disadvantage is that, I can't distinguish between left and right-handed…
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