Windows CE

[scramblers]

I am thinking of setting up a dedicated computer to run Cumulus and to continuously update my own website and the various other sites ie Weather Underground, etc.

I have been looking at used netbooks on Ebay but they use Windows CE OS. Will the Cumulus software run on Windows CE?

Sorry if this has been asked before but I have done a search and nothing came up.

Scramblers

[steve]

I'm afraid I don't know. I think some people do run Cumulus on netbooks, but I don't know if they're running Windows CE.

[timfy]

Hi, I don't know about CE, but you can pick up a new copy of windows XP for pennies on eBay at the moment and that should run on almost all netbooks.

[scramblers]

Problem solved. I managed to buy an ASUS Eee PC 701SD netbook with Windows XP and complete with original box, software and books from Ebay for £62.

Scramblers

[tjaliwalpa]

Problem solved. I managed to buy an ASUS Eee PC 701SD netbook with Windows XP and complete with original box, software and books from Ebay for £62.

Scramblers

Good buy. I run Cumulus on an EeeBox (Win 7) 24x7. Seems to be very reliable and uses minimal power. I share a monitor with another PC with the EeeBox mounted on the back of the monitor using the HDMI input.

Bob

[scramblers]

The ASUS Eee PC 701SD netbook has now been running for 24 hours providing a continuous update, however because the previous owner attempted to delete personal info, etc it runs very slow. Had to order an external DVD/CD drive from Amazon (£19.95) so that I can do a complete clean and re-installation.

Bob, how did you manage to include the Weather Underground banner into your signature?

[tjaliwalpa]

The ASUS Eee PC 701SD netbook has now been running for 24 hours providing a continuous update, however because the previous owner attempted to delete personal info, etc it runs very slow. Had to order an external DVD/CD drive from Amazon (£19.95) so that I can do a complete clean and re-installation.

Bob, how did you manage to include the Weather Underground banner into your signature?

Ah! Yes! The issue of no CD in the Eee PC is an issue. I managed to get Windows 7 onto a bootable USB drive and install it that way, but you have XP. My Eee PC has 2gb of RAM, so it runs Win 7 well.

The code provided by WU is way too long for the signature. It had me beat for a long time until someone posted an alternative on the forum. Here's mine:

(url=http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... =ISAKAROO3)(img)http://banners.wunderground.com/cgi-bin ... img)(/url)

I've had to us () in place of [] throughout otherwise it would insert another one of my banners. You'll need to change the () brackets to [] and replace my WU ID with yours.

Bob

[scramblers]

The ASUS Eee PC 701SD netbook has now been running for 24 hours providing a continuous update, however because the previous owner attempted to delete personal info, etc it runs very slow. Had to order an external DVD/CD drive from Amazon (£19.95) so that I can do a complete clean and re-installation.

Bob, how did you manage to include the Weather Underground banner into your signature?

Ah! Yes! The issue of no CD in the Eee PC is an issue. I managed to get Windows 7 onto a bootable USB drive and install it that way, but you have XP. My Eee PC has 2gb of RAM, so it runs Win 7 well.

The code provided by WU is way too long for the signature. It had me beat for a long time until someone posted an alternative on the forum. Here's mine:

(url=http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... =ISAKAROO3)(img)http://banners.wunderground.com/cgi-bin ... img)(/url)

I've had to us () in place of [] throughout otherwise it would insert another one of my banners. You'll need to change the () brackets to [] and replace my WU ID with yours.

Bob

Thanks for the info Bob. It would not work for me so as you can see I've used the standard banner.