Windows XP On The Shuttle

I've got Sherry's copy of Windows XP installed and activated. Put it on automatic updates mode. It seems to be up to date now with Microsoft fixes.

Installed the audio drivers that I got off the Shuttle ST62K support site; the audio didn't work without them. Also installed the VGA drivers from the site; the scrolling in a web browser was much smoother afterward.

Installed both Firefox and IE 7, and got flash setup for both. Tested watching Grey's Anatomy "fullscreen" at abc.com and it played very smoothly, only stuttering a couple of times throughout the episode.

Installed iTunes, activated Sherry's Apple account for the Shuttle, and imported all of her music from the old computer. The playlists got a little jacked up, but I did an import one of the files in the iTunes directory and that fixed it.

Installed updates for the Pioneer DVR-A09XL DVD drive (updated firmware, and some update that's supposed to make it run more quietly during video playback) taken from the support site. I can't find the CD that came with the drive, so I'm trying to install open source DVD burning software. I installed InfraRecorder and erased an old CD-RW. My only complaint was that the software looked like it had locked up during the procedure -- progress was stuck at 0% the entire time -- but within 10 minutes it popped out the disc and indicated that it had been erased successfully. I burned a copy of Xubuntu 7.04, and according to the log it was "successfully fixated". InfraRecorder's GUI might be a bit quirky.

I noticed that there's no mention of USB 2.0 in the Device Manager. I downloaded the USB 2.0 file from the Shuttle site but it turned out to be a text file containing very brief instructions for getting USB 2.0 to work. They make it sound like I should already see a USB 2.0 host controller in my device manager. The instructions on the Microsoft web site were also decidedly unhelpful.

I went back out to the Shuttle site, grabbed the "chipset driver", and installed it. It installed a few things, but not USB 2.0 support. I downloaded the Shuttle manual (installing Adobe Reader in the process) and it refers to the USB 2.0 installation included on the Shuttle CD...which I seem to have misplaced. HOwever, a little Googling indicates that I may be worrying about nothing; the reference in the Device Manager to "Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller" apparently means I have USB 2.0 already.