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This is going to change scope of ZScreen. The program will now handle screenshots/images and text. Here is a preview: ZScreen handling Text Services means that in the near future we will be able to have support for paste2.org and pastebin.ca to easily copy text to clipboard and retrieve paste2.org or pastebin.ca URL of the text.

Changes from previous discussion: Purchase movies from MIKE-PC Copy them to 320 GB 2.5” External HDD Create MoviesXXXX folders in 320 GB 2.5” External HDD and organize movies into those folders Burn MoviesXXXX folders Copy the content in MoviesXXXX to HTPC The 250 GB 3.5” External HDD will be unplugged from the HTPC after all of its movies are burnt to DVD. The role of the 250 GB 3.5” External HDD will be to store the BESR Images.

The Intel PC that Austin assembled: Intel E7300 Core 2 Duo Processor - 2.66GHz, 45nm, FSB 1066MHz, LGA775, 3MB-L2 Cache, 06-PCG- BX80557E6300 Intel BOXDP43TF Box Mainboard - Intel P43, ATX, LGA-775, 4-DIMM-8G, Audio, I/O, Gigabit Lan, 12-USB2.0, 6-SATA,2x1394a, 1 x serial port, 1x P-ATA IDE,2xPS2, 1xPCIe2.0x16, 3xPCIex1, 3xPCI 750GB 3.5" SATA-II Samsung Hard Drive 32M Cache 7200rpm [HD753LJ] Kingston KHX8500D2K2/4G - 4GB-kit 1066MHz DDR2 PC2-8500 CL5 (5-5-5-15) 240-Pin DIMM (Kit of 2) Asus EAH4650-DI-512MD2 Graphics Card - RADEON HD 4650, 512MB, DDR2, PCIE2.0, DVI, On board HDMI, HDCP Thermaltake Matrix Case with 430W PSU Black [VD2430BNSA] Pioneer DVR-216BK DVD-ReWriter - Black, SATA, with Nero Software, 20x, Faster, quieter, higher quality

HTPC2008 had an NVIDIA 7100 video chipset which made it possible to resize the desktop using their NVIDIA Control Panel. With the Intel 4500HD integrated video card in HTPC2009 it is even more easier. For our VIERA TH-50PX70A 50" (127cm) HD Digital Plasma TV, choosing the value 60 for Horizontal and Vertical, resize the 1920x1080 resolution fit the HDTV screen perfectly.  Windows 7 would say the resolution 1280x720 is recommended however 1920x1080 works fine.

The current installation of Inventor 2009 x64 is having some issues in Content Center. When you delete a component and refresh the library, the deletion is not taken place. The plan is to Restore Vista 32-bit using BESR Rename HTPC computer name to CAD-PC Install Inventor 2009 and its SP1 Take image of the WINDOWS partition Renaming computer name after Inventor 2009 causes various problems. Renaming the server using Inventor 2009 Management Console does not fully solve the problem.

Now that I figured out the need to keep movies in the internal HDD of the HTPC, the movies management needs a rethought. Purchased movies from MIKE-PC will be transferred to the HTPC using the 250 GB External HDD. I thought earlier that before this step, the movies should be burnt to DVD but it is not really necessary (or is it?). Do I need to keep files in HTPC which are safe to delete at any time? This means no burning ever using HTPC.   The 250 GB External HDD has 69.5 GiB free space. The movies in there are currently being burnt to DVD. The process involves creating Movies0xx folders and dragging movies into those folders to make sure they don’t exceed 4700 MB. If a rule is set to burn movies from this HDD to DVD before copying them to the HTPC, now there is an added hassle of going through all the Movies00xx folders to copy the movies inside them into the HTPC. So the best thing to do is to burn the movies from HTPC. This way you can create the appropriate Movies00xx folde...

It seems that Windows 7 setup fails to go passed Completing Installation… in the HTPC for both 32-bit and 64-bit. I think the reason is that HDD and DVDRW are connected to Channel 1 rather than Channel 0. In Device Manager it looks fine but in POST it’s not.

So Intel Viiv is dead: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Viiv and that’s not something to ask from the shops anymore. Next HTPC I am eying at to buy is: http://austin.net.au/COMPUTERS/Desktops/CustomizeYourSystem/tabid/128/ProductCode/SYS-AT-MEDIAPC/Default.aspx Some changes I need to remember for the HTPC:   Intel Motherboard (Intel Chipset and Intel integrated Video Card) Dual Digital TV Tuner Wireless PCI Adapter with Atheros chipset Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Black casing that matches the HDTV   Keyboard & Mouse: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=080&active_tab=overview   Update: Another thing I want to make sure if fixing HDD in SATA0 and DVDRW in SATA1.