Posts by scopeyus

Newegg is selling Win 8 pro 64 (full version) OEM. I get the OEM part, but what do you think full version means if WMC license is sold seperately? Wouldn't Pro have everything already?

Quote:Originally Posted by assassin That's a new one on me. I have limited internet access for the next few days so can't research it for you.Thanks. Using the vssadmin command I can't list shadows, providers, writers, or volumes....

Assasin, I originally posted to another thread but I couldn't get this problem fixed; not sure if you saw this before so here goes. I built an I3-2100/ WMC box from your guides, then loaded LAV, media browser, channel logos and comskip-...

For the purpose of saving money just stick with the cable company dvr since you need to factor in the cost of a cable card tuner, as well as a good programable remote control. The htpc performs so much better than the dvr from comcast...

Quote:Originally Posted by shortcut3d Swapping just the drive will not break DRM. I've upgrades my HTPC from 240GB Vertex 3 to 512GB Samsung 830. I used Norton Ghost shadow copy to clone the drive plus MBR. It was a quick swap since...

Thanks. So my plan is good; I just need to reset DRM and I'm back in business with previously recorded content?

Not to high jack the OP, but since the topic has taken this turn, I'm wondering how this idea I had will work out for me. I got a spare 64G SSD, installed it in the case and mirrored the c drive. It's just hanging out in there installed...

Type Services in the start menu. You can then stop/start and set to auto or manual.

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I tried to back up the Win 7 boot drive on my htpc and received an 'unable to create volume snapshot' message. I can see in the system log that vss has failed. I am unable to list writers or shadows or delete shadows using vssadmin. I...