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We're looking to use an existing (decent) windows 7 box in a small theatre for sound playback and possibly some video (using http://www.showcuesystems.com/ mainly). I'm a mac and debian guy normally but am happy to dig around in windows.
My main concern with this setup is reliability of the OS and other "background fluff", what can I do to make this box rock solid and reliable?
My plan so far is to do a clean install, then disable any unneeded services/startup items etc.
Use windows update in control panel to get it fully patched, including optional updates that are for "reliability" and compatibility, avoid driver updates from windows updates if it is an OEM PC. – Moab – 2012-05-11T01:20:29.250
Are you using the Media Center edition of Windows 7? Perhaps that has features you could use? – djangofan – 2012-05-12T16:12:59.480