tip of the day

this is a classic but sometimes i forget:

in windows vista press CTRL+ALT while you click on a program to open it in elevated mode.

boot camp 2.1 update: Error applying transforms.

this is was an irritating one.

boot camp 2.1 update fails because i am using a swedish version of windows vista.

to fix:

open up regedit and locate this key (the productkey kan vary):

change the Language REG_DWORD value to 409 hex.

HTPC

i have what we call a "i-landsproblem" in sweden, at home.

we got ourselves a nice big tv yesterday and now i want to retire the old mac mini G4 who served as GUI for the old, smaller tv.

what i want is an interface that looks good on a tv and is maneuverable with only a wireless mouse. all the files are served from two 1TB external iomega drives connected to a HP 2510p laptop, running windows 2008 enterprise edition.

the candidates are:

1. Mac mini G4 1.4Ghz with 512MB RAM
2. HP 6210s, 2Ghz Celeron with 1GB RAM
3. Asus EeePC 901, 1,6Ghz intel atom with 2GB RAM

i think i am going to start by testing xbmc under linux on the HP 6210s.

tempting...

after watching this (skip the first 20 minutes)
http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/KYN02/


this seems rather tempting:
Microsoft.Windows.7.64Bit.Build.6801.DVD-WinBeta
Microsoft.Windows.7.32Bit.Build.6801.DVD-WinBeta