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I've "done things" that some would say aren't "optimal:" My Sandy Bridge build of 2011 functions as business-center, "everything-center" and HTPC. Instead of computer "speakers," I run an HDMI cable across the room to an ONKYO 7.2 AV/Receiver hooked up to my LG 42" LED TV.
This has all worked just great for a couple years. BUT -- this was an overclocked Sandy -- rock stable and with "maximum LINX" G-Flops that are all the same for dozens of iterations. I noticed, after a while, if I didn't reboot my system every few days, the system would mysteriously crash or reboot -- maybe every week, sometimes every couple days. I put in a query here at Anandtech, and someone noted that it wasn't the "turbo" over-clock that was causing it, but the low-power EIST state whereby the voltage would occasionally drop too low. By upping the VCORE OFFSET by one notch, this apparently has been resolved.
BUT -- MEDIA CENTER. The system is running two monitors: one for regular computer apps and some games, and the HDTV. I have Media Center defaulted to the HDTV.
Whenever I start Media Center, it appears in a window on the TV. This window is smaller than the full TV screen. While MC "remembers" the position of the upper-left corner of the window, I must drag the lower corner initially so that the window fills the screen.
IF -- I choose to "Maximize" that window to full-screen mode, it becomes an inconvenience for accessing the other monitor with my mouse: I must Alt-Tab to make the mouse active for that monitor. So -- I PREFER to keep Media Center in an un-Maximized window that just fills the TV screen.
HOWEVER -- whenever I close and then re-start Media Center, the upper-left position is where I'd previously set it, but the window-size still requires me to drag the lower-right corner with the mouse to fill the screen.
Is there some "edit" to the registry -- some sort of "fix" -- so that Media Center will "remember" the maximum (un-maximized) window size when it is restarted?
I've "done things" that some would say aren't "optimal:" My Sandy Bridge build of 2011 functions as business-center, "everything-center" and HTPC. Instead of computer "speakers," I run an HDMI cable across the room to an ONKYO 7.2 AV/Receiver hooked up to my LG 42" LED TV.
This has all worked just great for a couple years. BUT -- this was an overclocked Sandy -- rock stable and with "maximum LINX" G-Flops that are all the same for dozens of iterations. I noticed, after a while, if I didn't reboot my system every few days, the system would mysteriously crash or reboot -- maybe every week, sometimes every couple days. I put in a query here at Anandtech, and someone noted that it wasn't the "turbo" over-clock that was causing it, but the low-power EIST state whereby the voltage would occasionally drop too low. By upping the VCORE OFFSET by one notch, this apparently has been resolved.
BUT -- MEDIA CENTER. The system is running two monitors: one for regular computer apps and some games, and the HDTV. I have Media Center defaulted to the HDTV.
Whenever I start Media Center, it appears in a window on the TV. This window is smaller than the full TV screen. While MC "remembers" the position of the upper-left corner of the window, I must drag the lower corner initially so that the window fills the screen.
IF -- I choose to "Maximize" that window to full-screen mode, it becomes an inconvenience for accessing the other monitor with my mouse: I must Alt-Tab to make the mouse active for that monitor. So -- I PREFER to keep Media Center in an un-Maximized window that just fills the TV screen.
HOWEVER -- whenever I close and then re-start Media Center, the upper-left position is where I'd previously set it, but the window-size still requires me to drag the lower-right corner with the mouse to fill the screen.
Is there some "edit" to the registry -- some sort of "fix" -- so that Media Center will "remember" the maximum (un-maximized) window size when it is restarted?