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My HTPC Could Wake the Dead

That title should have actually read: My HTPC Could Wake the Dead, but its getting much quieter. It’s been quite a while since I’ve discussed HTPC’s (mine in particular) so I thought a quick re-cap and update of where I’m at with my system might be in order. Late last summer I picked up the idea of building a HTPC (for the third time) and finally followed through with it. However one aspect in particular wound up quite different than what I had originally intended, the operating system. Back in August I indicated that I had no intention of using Vista in my HTPC but my version of MCE (circa 2004 as far as I can tell) just wasn’t operating as smoothly as I’d hoped, so with that and against better judgment I tried Vista. I’m really glad I did. Yeah I’d heard all the horror stories, the wailing and…