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<blockquote data-quote="scottl2k" data-source="post: 319770" data-attributes="member: 67823">I'm guessing that I decided to forge ahead at about the same time that canarygsr was posting the reply above...I'm trying to get two standalone machines... one of them is pretty well owned by my children, and I don't want all four tuners tied up recording kids' shows <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Here's what I've done so far:1) Control Panel &gt; Add/Remove Programs &gt; Uninstall TV Server and Client. (I chose &quot;No&quot; when it asked if I wanted to do a COMPLETE uninstall)2) I realized I could extract the files from the RC3 installer.&nbsp; (The TVEngine installer ends up in a subdirectory called &quot;deploy&quot;)3) I installed the TVEngine/Client...&nbsp; so far, everything seems to be going well.&nbsp; Both tuners are running the channel scan as I type this, and I have high hopes that I'm on my way.And yes, I can see that renaming the machine is not a good idea after MP is installed; but, there were so many little tweaks involved that I was truly hoping to get both machines installed &quot;for the price of one&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; As it stands, I think my approach was a lot easier than installing two from scratch; but, I guess I should've made the Ghost image after all the codecs were installed (I used Goose's guide), but before installing MP.I'm still hoping someone will have a full answer for the question, though... I'm sure canarygsr and I aren't the only two that have run up against this issue, and I doubt we'll be the last.I'll post a follow-up if my approach leads to any unexpected problems.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've also kept a log of what I've done along the whole route, and I should have that up on my website in the next few days.&nbsp; Setting up an HTPC always seems like it's going to be a simple venture; but, it seems there are ALWAYS things to learn and issues to research.Thanks Again,Scott</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scottl2k, post: 319770, member: 67823"] I'm guessing that I decided to forge ahead at about the same time that canarygsr was posting the reply above... I'm trying to get two standalone machines... one of them is pretty well owned by my children, and I don't want all four tuners tied up recording kids' shows :-) Here's what I've done so far: 1) Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Uninstall TV Server and Client. (I chose "No" when it asked if I wanted to do a COMPLETE uninstall) 2) I realized I could extract the files from the RC3 installer. (The TVEngine installer ends up in a subdirectory called "deploy") 3) I installed the TVEngine/Client... so far, everything seems to be going well. Both tuners are running the channel scan as I type this, and I have high hopes that I'm on my way. And yes, I can see that renaming the machine is not a good idea after MP is installed; but, there were so many little tweaks involved that I was truly hoping to get both machines installed "for the price of one". As it stands, I think my approach was a lot easier than installing two from scratch; but, I guess I should've made the Ghost image after all the codecs were installed (I used Goose's guide), but before installing MP. I'm still hoping someone will have a full answer for the question, though... I'm sure canarygsr and I aren't the only two that have run up against this issue, and I doubt we'll be the last. I'll post a follow-up if my approach leads to any unexpected problems. I've also kept a log of what I've done along the whole route, and I should have that up on my website in the next few days. Setting up an HTPC always seems like it's going to be a simple venture; but, it seems there are ALWAYS things to learn and issues to research. Thanks Again, Scott [/QUOTE]

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