First off, you need a Raspberry Pi and an SD Card/Reader

1. Once obtained download Xbian
2. Once downloaded, make sure that the SD Card is blank or is safe to format and plugged in.
3. Extract Xbian to a folder on your computer
4. Run the Win32 Extractor and make sure you select the SD-Card as the correct destination.
5. Once selected press Run
6. The tool will then format (erase) everything on the SD-Card and overlay the Xbian software onto the card and make it bootable, it generally takes 1-2 minutes to complete.
7. Once completed make sure that nothing is writing to the SD-Card or has it open and take the card out.
8. Put the SD-Card into the Raspberry Pi (the slot is underneath the Pi)
9. Plug the Pi into power and attach it up to a TV/Monitor using HDMI and let it boot up Xbian.
10. As easy as that, you have now a fully functionally media centre.

Note: Xbian automatically boots NTFS/FAT32 External HDDs, however make sure that the external HDD has its own power source the Pi doesn’t have enough juice to pump through to drives that only have one USB cable for both power and data.

_Note: To add Videos, click Add Videos, Add Files, Add Source, select the folder that contains the video files it is entirely normal for no videos to appear in this dialog.  _

One of the common causes of Windows Vista problems is due to Windows Updates; especially when it forces the computer to continuously restart follow the prompts below to repair.

1. First off, you need a Windows Vista DVD or related CD/DVD you can access the files on the Windows installed partition.
2. Using the Windows Vista DVD as an example you need to Boot from the DVD
3. Once the Windows Vista DVD displays the first dialog Window giving you the options to install click Repair My Computer (below the Install).
4. Select the Windows Vista installation you would like to edit (you would usually only have one).
5. You should now have the Windows System Recovery dialog window, click Command Prompt.
6. Once you are greeted with a blinking cursor type: del c:WindowsSoftwareDistribution > Press Enter
7. This will delete the folder that contains all the temp files for Windows Updates (it will regenerate itself, so safe to delete).
8. Now type: cd Windows
9. Type: cd winsxs
10. Type: del pending.xml > Press Enter
11. Now restart your computer, it should now load Windows properly.

Trying to type up a document or statement and the characters keep writing over ones in front? The fix for this is simple:

1. On your keyboard, press the Insert Key

Now start typing again, you should be good to go!

For use setting up Phones, inc iPhones to the Vodafone network

APN: live.vodafone.com

MMSC:

MMS Proxy: 172.030.038.003:8080

If your like me and get annoyed with the virtual keyboard popping up out of nowhere follow the instructions below, or maybe you just want to enable them for a better computer experience.

Digital Keyboard

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Ease of Access
4. Go into the Ease of Access Centre
5. Choose Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard.
6. Check or uncheck the box for Use On-Screen Keyboard.
7. Click Save

How to turn off Narator Windows 7

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Ease of Access
4. Go into the Ease of Access Center
5. Select Explore all Settings
6. Choose Use the computer without a display
7. Uncheck the checkbox by Turn on Narrator and click Save