evox clock has gone wrong, why?

You guys can also check on my progress here:
http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/forum/showthread.php?p=155616&posted=1#post155616

But it doesn't seem like I am getting anywhere, this is really pissing me off.

I put an episode of an Anime in E:\Videos and it worked in XBMC. Now if I can only get them to play from my network.

I even created a limited user called xbox with password xbox. I cannot share folders or access the shared folders through the network though.

I have read there are a couple of GUIs that can do this process for you and make it work, does anyone have any experience with these GUIs?

 

I just realised that you are running XP Home...

You can't use advanced sharing (which the Xbox needs). That's why you are stonwalling!

Luckily there is a cheat...

http://www.jkg.in/119-how-can-i-disable-simple-file-sharing-in-windows-xp-home-edition.htm

 

Why can't you do this with Windows XP Home?

I've never read anything that says you can't do it with XP Home.

 

Because XP Home sucks ass!

It's designed for the 'Average' user who doesn't know what the hell to.

Home is missing some significant features, especially in the networking department!

Have a look at this...

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

Simply do as advised above to get you going!

 

So when I have the ability to mess with the folder, what should I do?

Set it only for the user xbox like in your guide?

I don't see why it doesn't work on XP Home.

EDIT
So I did what your guide said to. I booted Windows XP Home in Safe Mode with Networking.

Got into my shared anime folder and added the xbox permission including everyone.

Everything was working fine.

Then I rebooted in normal mode and now I am at the same point I was at before.

What did I do wrong?! Or will this only work when I am in safe mode?

 

I have the Windows Firewall on and Symantic Anti-virus software.

Someone suggested I turn these off and try again - will try

Does anyone else have this working for them with Windows XP Home Edition in Normal Mode with no problems?

 

For ease of use, just grab yourself a copy of XP Pro and upgrade...

You'll only run into these hassles time and time again!

 

How hard is it to upgrade?

What steps do you have to do?

Is it possible to install Windows XP Pro to a Windows XP Home HDD without wiping the drive clean?

 

Yeah, you can just click on upgrade, not the best way to do it, but it'll work!

It'll keep all your settings, etc...

 

So when I upgrade to XP Pro the Xbox should be able to read everything with no problems right?

Even when downloading files or surfing the net at the same time?

Why is it unsafe to just upgrade and keep the current settings, what is the best way to do it?

 

Sometimes the upgrade files don't like the files that are currently on the machine.

The best way is to backup anything that is important, wipe the drive clean and install fresh!

 

The clock on the MS Dashboard had somehow gone 2 hours ahead of time, so I fixed it and turned off DST.

I rebooted to evox to see the clock is still wrong.

This is weird, for some reason now the clock on my evox is like 5 hours ahead of the real time, but has the same date.

I never noticed this until now, what is the problem and how do I fix it?

EDIT
I don't have an SNTP server listed, is that the problem?

 

Might be a dash corruption!

Also, try not to edit the thread title, it stuffs up the search engine results when others are trying to solve their issues!

 

My Bad!

I just left it unplugged for an hour and reset the clock myself, problem fixed!

 

Cool!