How to fix broken stuff

Making PS3 Media Server Run As A Service

So we moved our media center into the basement and are now using an XBox 360 and a PS3 as our media hubs. The XBox360 works great as a media center extender but we lost access to our videos as the XBox doesn't handle divx very well.

PS3 Media Server to the rescue.

Download the latest (1.20 beta), Start it up, and point it to our media. Transcoding as needed and everything is working great. From old divx to new mkv at 1080i, everything is kosher.

Now I needed to get everything running as a service.

Spore Creature Creator and DirectX woes

Just some info to hopefully save some time for others. During the installation of the Spore Creature Creator Demo you are prompted to install DirectX 9 (wtf?). I went and started the installation until it came up with this error:

A cabinet file necessary for installation cannot be trusted. Please verify
Cryptographic Services are enabled and the cabinet file certificate is valid.

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