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I've spent several hours now researching the problem I have with my new build and haven't found anyone with quite the same issue. I think I know a solution but find it hard to believe it is the only way. Basically, I have just built a new Ivy Bridge PC with OCZ Vertex 4 SSD. I did a clean...

I have looked through the Forum and have not found a solution. I am a newbie so, I sorry if there is a solution to this problem however, I looked and can’t find one. The basic problem is I have an HTPC running Window 7 and the Windows 7 image does not fill the entire screen . There is about...

I just added it and so far, things seem to be running normally. I will assume Microsoft decided to leave it out in order to shrink the install footprint of Windows 8 for mobile devices.... I was a little surprised when the RP was shown to not include Windows Media Center. Since I had...

Hi there, I have a HTPC with music I'd like to listen to from another pc. I've enabled Internet access with a Live ID and seems to be working. I see music and video's which are in the win7 libraries on the HTPC, but not my playlists. Is this somehow possible? Thanks.

Hey there, New to these forums, but need some help with my HTPC. Thanks ahead of time! Out of nowhere I received messages saying that multiple appdata local files were corrupt and then all programs became non-responsive or would start but became non-responding after a few seconds. I ran...

I have a HTPC/file server with display problems. All my hardware is in my profile, so I won't repeat it other than to say it's an older 720p TV with a single HDMI input. It supports 720p (native resolution) and 1080i inputs on HDMI. If I boot with just the TV plugged in via HDMI I never see...

HTPC underwent a CPU & mem upgrade, went from XP Pro to 7 Ultimate 64bit Fighting for 2 days with sound issues in many players, most prominent in streaming flash content like Youtube (less problematic, still annoying in Winamp, Foobar, WMP) NO issues with even fullHD stuff in VNC. System: Ram...

Hello, I hope someone can help me. I recently purchased new RAM to go in my HTPC. It has worked flawlessly for over a year (custom built), with 2GB of installed ram. The motherboard has 2 slots, and I decided to buy another stick to match the one already installed. I went to google, typed in...

Hi all I have a small network consisting my work system and a HTPC. The HTPC spends all day sleeping, or at least that's the plan. It has a couple of maps to shares on my work machine, but not vice versa. Whenever I open an Explorer window on my main system it wakes up the HTPC, annoyingly...

I have a HTPC in my living room which since updating on the weekend now has no sound :mad: I have found similar issues and posts on various forums from searching all afternoon Sunday but none with a solution (that works for me) other than a full Windows 7 reinstall. I will explain the issue...

Hey guys, I'm in need of help with a HTPC I built based on sandybridge (Z68) which suffers from BSOD approx 2-3 times per day under Windows 7 Ultimate x64. It'll run fine for days sometimes but then it'll randomly BSOD three times in 2 hours. The BSOD usually occurs when using windows media...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

I just recently purchased a 2TB WD20EARS Hard Drive and It is replacing another Hard Drive that Died. I Plugged it In, Everything seemed to be working fine. I Formatted it NTFS, Added Drive letter E to it (which was the same as the old drive its replacing). Copied all my data over to it and...

Hi, I recently configured an HTPC. Now I set the power savings and such so that the computer turns off the display and hibernates 'never'. However, my system goes to sleep in 20 minutes while im streaming video. I have even tried to create my own power plan and it still goes to sleep. Does...

Hello all, I have been trying to troubleshoot this issue and can't seem to figure it out. I am not well versed in troubleshooting BSOD errors as I have been extremely lucky in that I have never had them since using win 98 :) Basically what happens is every time I resume from a sleep (hybrid...

Folks, Few weeks back, the mobo on my HP xw8200 blew up. Nothing else was wrong, but when ordering the "new" mobo for it, I also got more correct RAM and two 3.6GHz Xeon CPUs. Got the guts back into the pc and fired it up. I almost cried when I saw the Windows 7 logo appear. AWESOME!!! Now...

Hi I have just purchased an LG 42LH3000 TV to replace my older Philips 32". I have a HTPC running Windows 7 Prof 32bit. The Philips 32" lcd was plugged in HDMI to HDMI and recognised fine in device manager with my setup. I was using Roxio CineplayerBD to play my DVDs and Blu-rays without a...

I wonder if someone can help? I have been using Win 7 for a while now on my main PC, and Vista on my HTPC (both x64). I have had tightvnc installed on both, as well as a vncviewer on my cellphone. Thia has meant I could login to either PC from my mobile or from work etc. However, I decided to...

Building an HTPC has long been a challenge I wanted to tackle. I wanted a system that would be able to watch/record cable, play Blu-rays and also play some games. My build: Intel Core Duo CPU ASUS P5Q-E 4 Gb DDR2-800 EVGA Gtx 260 Core 216 LG GBW-H20L BD-R Enermax 625W 1 Tb Samsung Spinpoint F1...