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cannot connect to filesystem, incd service not running and Stop error 8E

Symptoms: After booting your PC a message says: “cannot connect to filesystem incd service not running“. Additionally, when you shut windows down, it pops a blue screen with a stop error: STOP: 0×0000008E (0xC0000005, … Some PC’s will automatically restart so you cannot shutdown the pc.
Reason: You have installed a older version of Incd, [...]

Sagem error Only one WAN connection can be enslaved by each bridge : Resolved

Symptoms: You want to change IP settings, change IP address ( local Ip address, default 192.168.1.1 ) but Sagem router returns a message: “Only one WAN connection can be enslaved by each bridge”
Reason: Other VLAN interfaces are enabled and should be disabled when changing the LAN settings.
Solution: You do not need VLAN , so disable [...]

My 2 cents on HTPC media PC and DVB

Some time ago I decided to build myself a HTPC with satellite receiver. I ended up with this hardware:
Gigabyte Motherboard GA-MA785GT-UD3H , AMD PHENOM II X2 (processor), Cinergy S2 PCI HD (dvb card), Corsair DDR 1600Mhz 8-8-8-24 memory. I’m quite happy with it, but I like to share a few insights that I gained since [...]

Stream dreambox video to PC via VLC

 
This ultra-small tutorial explains how to watch dreambox satellite TV on your PC using the latest version of VLC. If you have problems getting it to work try the comments section, maybe I can help.
 
Setup:
 

Firefox 3.5.7
VLC 1.0.3
Dreambox 7000s / Enigma 1 / PLI JADE 2 (other setups not tested)

 
Parameters in [...]