It's been a long ride, but i finally have xbmc up and running !
My suppler swapped my rock for a new one, so maybe there was something wrong after all, any way, with the new one i went straight for windows 7 ultimate,
installed 1st time
updated all drivers
installed xbmc online and hey......it installed 1st time
so i've now figured out how to get xbmc to start automatically quite easily by putting the shortcut in the start folder, that works a treat
no more signing in so i can get rid of the keyboard,
i installed team viewer as i know how to use it and it was easier than learning how to use window remote desktop but it has issues so i do need to learn the remote desktop thing
anyway.......i got a new 3tb usb3 ex hd and it works in windows but is not visable in xbmc
is there something i need to do to enable usb3 for xbmc or is it not compatable yet?