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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 133842" data-attributes="member: 14004">I have always told people setting up a dedicated HTPC - installing and configuring the device is COMPLETELY different then installing or configuring a PC. You have to treat a HTPC as an embedded system. Keep it as simple and as lean as possible. The less there is on the machine, the less there is to break.Im also not running any AV of Firewall software on both of my HTPC's. My router performs the hardware firewall duties. When you consider what a dedicated HTPC has on it, even if it was infected by a virus, the most I would lose due to corruption or reinstallation would be television shows and movies I've ripped from my DVD's. Hardly anything to be concerned about.I have my HTPC's wake up at 3AM and perform a disk cleanup, disk defrag, and perform a full reboot. then power scheduler shuts the system off after MP starts with a timeout of 5 minutes of inactivity. The next morning you have a fresh HTPC ready to take on the recording challenges for the day. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />In fact, I have so many services off, options disabled, default programs removed and settings changed that when the box boots up, its running 12 services and using less than 95mb of RAM. My results are with a regular installation of XP professional but people running XP embedded are getting even better results than I am and If i was to use a program like nlite to make a custom installation of XP, im sure we could do even better than that.If you remember to treat the device differently than your regular desktop PC, then the results will be fantastic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 133842, member: 14004"] I have always told people setting up a dedicated HTPC - installing and configuring the device is COMPLETELY different then installing or configuring a PC. You have to treat a HTPC as an embedded system. Keep it as simple and as lean as possible. The less there is on the machine, the less there is to break. Im also not running any AV of Firewall software on both of my HTPC's. My router performs the hardware firewall duties. When you consider what a dedicated HTPC has on it, even if it was infected by a virus, the most I would lose due to corruption or reinstallation would be television shows and movies I've ripped from my DVD's. Hardly anything to be concerned about. I have my HTPC's wake up at 3AM and perform a disk cleanup, disk defrag, and perform a full reboot. then power scheduler shuts the system off after MP starts with a timeout of 5 minutes of inactivity. The next morning you have a fresh HTPC ready to take on the recording challenges for the day. :D In fact, I have so many services off, options disabled, default programs removed and settings changed that when the box boots up, its running 12 services and using less than 95mb of RAM. My results are with a regular installation of XP professional but people running XP embedded are getting even better results than I am and If i was to use a program like nlite to make a custom installation of XP, im sure we could do even better than that. If you remember to treat the device differently than your regular desktop PC, then the results will be fantastic. [/QUOTE]

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