Repairing Windows XP boot problems

There's a great article here

"Bootcfg /rebuild" - there's a command I never saw before. You learn something new every day!

Some more Ajax scripts

I've just been sent a link by 2kreative to another great web developer site.

here's the link:
http://www.twinhelix.com/

It's got Javascript, DHTML, and even Ajax tooltips and loads of class other stuff. check it out.

Dual boot HOWTOs

Ok. Here are some of the most common dual-boot scenarios these days:

• You want to dual-boot XP and Vista (with XP installed first)
• You want to dual-boot XP and Vista (with Vista installed first)
• You want to dual-boot XP and Linux (with Linux installed first)
• You want to dual-boot Vista and Linux (with Linux installed first)
• You want to dual-boot Vista and Linux (with Vista installed first)
  

Now all of these things can be troublesome if you don't know what you're doing, a bit about MBR, bootloaders etc. However, there is an answer (probably quite a few)-

You can probably find all the info you need here:
The definitive dual-booting guide

also, a nice related article:
Preparing for dual-booting by doing an image-based backup

Some nice XP hacks

here are some nice XP hacks to keep you going:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/winxphks2/chapter/

Cheap + Cheerful 2.5TB Hot-Swap Array

I found a very nice article on ZDNET about setting up a cheap 2.5Terabyte Hot-Swap Array in a PC that is far speedier that some of todays storage servers costing thousands more.
When I get a few quid, I'll probably make one of these mini servers.....
It looks handy!

the article is here

Sound Archive - lots of WAVS

Hi there, this is a bit pathetic I know but I haven't been on in a while so I thought I had better put something up. There are loads and loads of sound effects at the site below. It's not free but I'm sure you'll come up with something:

http://ultimatesoundarchive.com/sa/display/cat.cfm

Connect ur XBOX360 to your PC without Media Centre Edition

Ok, maybe I was the only one who thought this but I was under the impression that in order to stream video and music to your XBOX360 from your PC you needed Windows XP Media Centre Edition or vista

I don't have an XBOX360 so I didn't look into it further, until now...

Apparently you can just use Windows Media Player 11 (Windows Genuine Advantage alert!!!) and share all the stuff from the library there. This is in-built into Vista and a quick download for XP.

However, for those of you who don't believe in Windows Media Player (I know I don't!) or for those of you who don't like Windows Genuine Advantage (who does?) you can download Windows Media Connect 2.0 - I found this while stumbling around microsoft.com as you do and there was no download link, just a readme etc. and a link to Media Player 11. Being the crafty cat I is, I quickly googled it and found it on filefront -
http://files.filefront.com/Windows+Media+Connect+2.0+(English)/;5479102;/fileinfo.html

So there you have it folks, it does the lot. Streams music and audio to your DMR, such as an Xbox 360 or Roku SoundBridge. It supports streaming from a seperate UNC network location. It "automatically opens the necessary ports in Windows Firewall and allows you to reset the Windows Firewall settings from within Windows Media Connect." It even supports streaming from a computer on a domain.

More info from Microsoft here