DIY: Freevo Media Center or Digital Photo Frame using old laptop

[swamytk]

Recently I got an old laptop.. sorry, pretty old – 10 years old – DELL C400. But it has some decent hardware like 1.2GHz / 1GB RAM / 40GB HDD with Windows XP preinstalled. It’s Wi-Fi doesn’t support WPA authentication, so obviously I can’t plug into my home network without compromising security of other systems. So thought of converting this cute little machine to a decent Media Center which can behave as a digital photo frame also. The basic objective is to play some videos, music playing, photo viewing and weather report.

For step by step instructions, read here: http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2010/04/18/diy-freevo-media-center-or-digital-photo-frame-using-old-laptop/

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