2009-06-14, 22:24
People may find better results in Win7 when upon installing it, you do a FRESH install, IE. NOT the upgrade install path. There are still numerous reports of this method failing on various platforms. This is still true up to and including build 7100, both x86 and x64 versions are affected, I suspect it's a migration tool error that needs to be ironed out by MS.
I am running 7100 x86 on my HTPC with one of ikons recent(week or two old) builds, Sharky's win7 codec pack installed(just for fallback), and nvidia 180's running...the 185's cause issues for me still on a 7600GS. So far, my only issues have been:
Installing the SVN repo installer has been fruitless for me, so no scripts/plugins work still...I'm not sure what I have done wrong just yet but I will track back and figure that out.
And, I have XBMC set to start in the startup folder with no other autostart programs...everything used to start fine, XBMC took focus and ran fine.
Now, randomly it seems, it starts in the background, fullscreen, but in the background. When this happens...it does not recognize my database, I only get the add source icon in videos, music, etc.
If I exit out, and restart XBMC...all is fine. I have also seen it do this when idle for long periods. I've tried changing screensaver settings, but to no avail, it still happens. I'm not sure if it's the power settings in win, or if somehow the build I have is responsible...does anyone else have this problem in build 7100 with an official XBMC release?
Any ideas would be helpful.
**also, those with newer nvidia drivers in...may find it useful to make an XBMC profile in the nvidia control panel, and use that to turn off PhysX feature upon XBMC start. This should avoid the Aero issue**
I am running 7100 x86 on my HTPC with one of ikons recent(week or two old) builds, Sharky's win7 codec pack installed(just for fallback), and nvidia 180's running...the 185's cause issues for me still on a 7600GS. So far, my only issues have been:
Installing the SVN repo installer has been fruitless for me, so no scripts/plugins work still...I'm not sure what I have done wrong just yet but I will track back and figure that out.
And, I have XBMC set to start in the startup folder with no other autostart programs...everything used to start fine, XBMC took focus and ran fine.
Now, randomly it seems, it starts in the background, fullscreen, but in the background. When this happens...it does not recognize my database, I only get the add source icon in videos, music, etc.
If I exit out, and restart XBMC...all is fine. I have also seen it do this when idle for long periods. I've tried changing screensaver settings, but to no avail, it still happens. I'm not sure if it's the power settings in win, or if somehow the build I have is responsible...does anyone else have this problem in build 7100 with an official XBMC release?
Any ideas would be helpful.
**also, those with newer nvidia drivers in...may find it useful to make an XBMC profile in the nvidia control panel, and use that to turn off PhysX feature upon XBMC start. This should avoid the Aero issue**