AnkurTG
Wed Nov 07 03:54:02 PST 2007
Sorry Richard, that's surely not the problem!
Initially my onboard memory was 64MB, and after I upgraded my RAM to 1.25GB,
my video memory became 92MB and has stayed so. Media Center used to run
perfectly fine and fast.
As I said, everything started after installing the update KB908250.
(Misspelt it earlier). Has anyone else installed this update and faced
problems with it?
The other weird thing is that after I restored my system, which effectively
uninstalled the update, why does the problem persist?
Thanks for the suggestion though, Richard and Carl.
"Richard Miller" wrote:
> That the problem you only have 32 MB for your Video, you 64MB or higher I
> would go with 128MB video Card DirectX9 card
> --
> Richard A Miller MCE mvp
>
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>
>
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> "AnkurTG" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for replying Eric.
> > Here's a few things:
> >
> > I'd installed update Rollup 2 long ago, and all was fine. What I just
> > installed was a new "Update Rollup for Update Rollup 2". It may be
> > that this requires me to update my Video Card, but I can't do that
> > 'coz when I tried so a year ago (from the Intel website),
> > my video memory reduced from 64 to 32MB! (I rolled back)
> >
> > I tried that Checker you suggested, it showed me that my nVidia
> > decoder is compatible with MCE (though not with MP10's synchro
> > feature, which I don't bother about anyway).
> >
> > It seems I'll have to bite the bullet as you say,
> > go and do the Windows update once again.
> > Tell me if you have any other ideas...
> > Thanks again.
> >
> >
> > "Eric Baines" wrote:
> >
> > > Rollup 2 was a big update from a long time ago
> > > (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900325). It caused a lot of problems at the
> > > time. These have largely gone away, partly as a result of subsequent updates
> > > from MS and partly by users updating their drivers for their main components
> > > (eg display card, tuner card etc) from the manufacturer's site.
> > >
> > > If you still have the problem, I'd bite the bullet and use Windows update to
> > > bring down and install all the updates, so your PC is fully up to date. Then,
> > > if you still have the problem, I'd update your drivers. I think the problem
> > > will probably have been resolved, and you'll be up to date. Even if not, you
> > > won't be any worse off than you are now....... :(
> > >
> > > I doubt it is an old version of WinDVD - I use WinDVD5 with no problem. That
> > > said, it is worth checking if you can playa DVD - if you can't, reinstall
> > > your DVD decoder. You may find it useful to check what decoder you have and
> > > make sure it is marked as prefered, using this -
> > >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en
> > >
> > > "AnkurTG" wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I try to run Live TV or play an old Recording in my XP MCE 2005, it just
> > > > shows a red screen while audio plays smoothly.
> > > > The same recorded videos play properly in Windows Media Player.
> > > > I think this happened after I installed an update which sounded something
> > > > like KB089250 "Rollup for Update Rollup 2" on Nov 4.
> > > > Once I got a weird error about ehshell.exe that I reported to Microsoft
> > > > which suggested that it was due to Intel's Graphics Card.
> > > > I did a system restore to an earlier date, but the problem persists.
> > > > I have an Intel GMA 900 onboard graphics card on my 915GV motherboard. My TV
> > > > Tuner is Hauppauge WinTV 88X.
> > > >
> > > > Now I am afraid of re-installing the updates. Help!
> > > > Thanks...