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    - Problems with ATI Theater Pro 550 Tuner in Vista Ultimate x64 Has anyone experienced any problems lately running an ATI Theater Pro 550 tuner with Vista Ultimate x64? Mine had been running fine for over a year and one day last week it stopped working. I tried upgrading to the latest ATI drivers and SP1 but no go after that either. I noticed that it stopped working around the time an automatic update was applied and I tried rolling that back with no luck. I reinstalled the OS and it recognized the board and installed the drivers, but I could not get Media Center to recognize the tuner. Iâ??ve since installed an VisionTek HD 650 in the pc with SP1 and it is working fine, but the Powercolor board does not show up in Device Manager. I donâ??t think there is anything physically wrong with the old tuner card, but do not have another pc with PCI-e slots to test it out. Since Iâ??ve purchased the new tuner, Iâ??d like to get the old one working and have two tuners working. Side note: I also have an HDHomeRun unit, which has worked flawlessly from day one. While working on the above issue, the HDHR power supply went bad â?? great timing. I contacted their customer support and they shipped a new one out that day. Not bad customer service. Thanks Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183419
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    - importing vcr files on dvd into media player/media centre Analogue vcr tapes have been saved onto dvd disc then imported into media player. The VOB files have been changed to mpeg files and played in media centre. Each file is labeled as a video clip and plays only for a few seconds in media centre although I believe all the information is present for a full replay. Any help to achieve a full replay will be much appreciated Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183415
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    - Windows Media Center Won't Work I purchased a computer a few months ago with Windows Vista Home Premiun edition. I have never been successful in getting the Windows Media Center to work. My ISP is MSN Dial-Up and I have no problems connecting to my ISP through its program - also have no problem accessing the internet from Internet Explorer. However, when I try to set up my internet connection with the Media Center using the Connection they show (MSN) and entering my password and then using the "Test" procedure to verify Media Center can connect to the internet I get the message "Specific Dial-Up Connection Cannot Be Found". I have also tried using Media Center when I am connected to the Intenet thru my ISP and nothing works where a Media Connection to the internet is needed. I have also tried using the program as "Administrator" and get the same results. I would appreciate any help/suggestions. -- John Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183414
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    - Blank Password Authorized Using Control Panel - User Accounts I have setup password requirments using the Local Security Policy on a Windows XP SP 2 Standalone PC. When I create accounts using the Adminstrative Tools I am forced to insert a password for new accounts however when I use Control Panel and Select User Accounts I am not required to enter a password. Is there a way to prevent Administrators from creating accounts with blank passwords when they use the Control Panel and select the User Accounts ICON? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183412
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    - Windows Media Center Watching TV problems I installed a Pinnacle PCTV HD Card to use in windows media center to watch tv on my computer. But the sound and the Video don't match up. The sound is about two seconds behind the video. Any help? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183408
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    - Updating from to Sp1 to SP2 - not as simple as it should be have turned to you for help as one of my friends has recommended you guys. I have searched Xp fourm but I seem to have a slightly different problem. I have also passed the Windows XP exam and still cant fix the problem. Here it is: - Brought my home PC into work to update the OS to at least SP2. - Proceeded to Windows Update web page - 78 updates required, one of each was SP2, great so far. - All updates installed, bar the one I wanted, SP2 - Went back into the site, clicked on "Express", gave details on SP2, size 75MB etc and installed it, restarted PC, still have SP1 installed. -Went back into update, SP2 still available to dl, however, the size is now 0MB, tried it again, still the same, 0MB, installation will not work - I also downloaded the image of SP2, burnt it on CD, tried it, files extract, wizard appears, I click next, wizard disappers, nothing happens, tried this a few times, wizard keeps disappering. Thats it really, I tried renaming Software Distribution folder ,as per other posts but still, no joy. I am at my end, I would tear out my hair, if I had any. I have tried everything, I feel like giving up now. If you can help me with the above issue, please let me know. Thanks in advance, James. -- ****DJSIM**** Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183406
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    - Low Sound Volume on HP Pavillion a1250n model ! I don't know if it's the computer or the XP. It was purchased this way by an elderly relative who didn't know any better. The warranty ended some time ago. The sound volume has always been very low. I've gone into all the properties of the control panel for sound, turned up all volume levels on the audio settings, all to know avail. I've also messed around with the wires and plugs in the back of the computer itself. Trust me, I've done everything; tutorials also. Can anyone point me to a site, or anyone who has the reason for this? It's really irritating when you have to put your head up to the monitor screen to hear what's coming out of the speakers. The room has to be almost completely quite to hear anything. I would be so grateful if someone could please help me out. Thank you in advance, and God bless. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183400
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    - SP3 wont install on XP MCE I have tried with MS tech support to install sp3 but no luck. We uninstalled all spyware and anti virus and went into safe mode and it still wont install. We deleted and re downloaded the sp3 and still no luck. Any ideas? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183396
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    - Xbox 360 Bundles I finally found a site with good bundles for xbox 360 and Playstation 3. heres the link for the bundles. best deals ive seen. http://webdealzone.com/catalog/162/1/Xbox_360.html Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183395
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    - Need to repair my LAN connection every few minutes The problem started about a week ago. Turned the PC on, try to check my email and it basically timed out and got an error message that it could not connect with my ISP mail server. Called my ISP (Time Warner and I have the digital package with TV, phone and cable internet...Roadrunner) and they said the connection looks good on their end. We tried a few things, reboot the modem, uninstall and reinstall both network cards and it worked for a few minutes and then nothing. The only way I can get a connection to check my email or brouse is to go into the Control Panel, then into Network Connections, highlight my LAN connection icon and click "repair this connection". It goes through the repair and I have a connection for about 2 minutes. I also tried a system recovery back to a known date...a date when I new my PC was OK....no change. I tried downloading an updated driver for the LAN card...still no change. I bought some support from HP (my PC manufacturer) and after much time and attempted fixes, he told me I would have to do a full system recovery. I hate like hell to have to back everything up and wipe the slate clean and start over. Any help would be appreciated. Jags. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183389
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    - Changing Windows XP to Windows Vista I've just done a Vista advisory download and it says it recommends Vista Home Premium. What problems should I look for if I decide to change to Vista? I can't find an appropriate answer by googling this question. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183385
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    - Changing Windows XP to Windows Vista Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183384
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    - Have a problem with Wordpad While using wordpad, I can access the font menue and select a different font or font size but when I look into the wordpad window or look at a print-out from the printer, the font and font size is always the default. Your suggestions please. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183371
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    - Normal mode it will auto restart even before xp finished loading In the Advance Boot Menu>Safe mode, it will go to desktop but when boot in Normal mode, the pc will restart even before the xp prof finished laoding. When view (Safe mode)Event view shows the following error VSS nONE 8193 error Event system (50) 4609 any idea how shall Iproceed from here? Thanksin advance Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183359
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    - Media Center program crashes after winxp service pack 3 install Media program was working until winxp service pack 3 was installed... Media center program crashes on startup with: Strong name valdidation failed for assembly "C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe" The file may have been tampered with or it was partially signed but not fully signed with the correct private key. ehshell.exe - Common Language Runtime Debugging Services Application has generated an exception that could not be handled. Process id=0x157c (5500) Thread id=0xd88 (3464) What can I do to repair this or is it really a problem with ehshell.exe? Bill Grant bill@grantcentral.net Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183358
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    - Record Comcast HD Channels in Media Center I have Comcast Cable and an HD TV Tuner. If I have the cable in to my video card, can I get/watch/record the HD channels (channel 100+) through the Media Center and have the updated channel guides? Or is the only way I can get all of these channels to use the Comcast Set Top Box? For instance all digital MOJO is Channel 664. Can this ONLY be watched by using the Comcast Set Top Box or if I have comcast digital cable service and hook that line up to my HD computer card can I then watch/record these shows anywhere I have media center and extenders? Jon Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183356
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    - Recording TV shows Can TV shows be recorded to other than " dvr-ms " , i.e. " dvd " ? ________________ Mate Shipmate@circassia.com Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183352
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    - WINDOWS XP KEEPS RESTARTING ON BOOT UP Hi All, running XP SP2 for awhile on this box, but recently the PC started a process of never completing a boot up. It runs through boot to the Welcome screen and just as the main screen loads before the icons appear, the PC reboots. I can hear the drive spin down just before that. Recently replaced the Power supply with a new one. Have isolated all devices and checked the PS during bootup and the voltages remain up on the 5 and 12V rails Any ideas? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183336
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    - Upgrade/Migration from XP Pro to a Multi Media Center Edition I have a Linksys Multi Media extender that I would like to "control" from a laptop with Windows XP Pro Pack 3. Can I updrade my XP pro to a MCE version? If yes, can it be done: A/ Without reformating the HDD B/ Without migrating to Vista Then, where can I find the patch or the updrage for that. Thanks for your help Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183335
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    - History grows by thousands of entrys in only a few days. My history in Media Center often grows to over 5,000 entries (I then delete the history). I have recordings spread over 3, 4 or 5 hard drives, depending on if I feel like plugging in more external hard drives. But even when I only have my 2 internal hard drives and one external hard drive of 1TB in size, I can get a couple of thousand entries in less than a weeks time. I suspect that Media Center sees the external hard drive come online and decides these are recordings that it should add to the history list. I never shut off the external hard drive, and always leave it plugged into the USB port. I hibernate the computer often (sleeping has never worked, with any o/s, on this 4 year old computer). When 2TB sized hard drives come out, perhaps next year, I will be able to replace my 2 internal hard drives and forget about the external hard drive. Then I suspect this history anomaly will not occur. Or I might buy a new computer that supports more than 2 sata drives, and also supports eSata, which my 1TB external drive does support. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183332
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    - Embedded in comercial, do not copy flag? I have noticed on occasion that some TV that I record stops being recorded during a commercial. By my recollection every time the commercial is of a newly released or soon to be released movie. Just today I was recording a TV show and after 20 minutes it stopped being recorded because of a do not copy flag. But a few minutes later Media Center started recording the show again, coincidently after reviewing the Media Center history and then deleting the history. I reviewed the first recording and noticed that the recording stopped during a commercial of the new Get Smart Movie. The recording I mention here by the way is still recording, no do not copy flag has been triggered. I am using Vista Media Center. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183331
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    - Media Center Black Recorded TV was working ok on new LCD TV for 1 week. But am now getting dreaded black screen after clicking Windows Media Center. Was ending show when screen went black. Have downloaded recent windows updates as well as download drivers from NVIDIA (7300 Series). Driver download seemed to successfully load but still black screen. Tried to redownload driver but received error message the operating sytem not compatible with NVIDIA 32 bit download. Thoughts? -- tdawg Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183325
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    - XP MCE Disk 2 does nothing and therefore won't install I bought xp mce from frys.com I wanted to put it on my work pc instead of vista mce that it came with. I am defintly not a vist fan and all the other computers on my work network run XP anyway. After completing installation of disk one ( with a few glitches ) put in disk 2. Disk 2 does nothing except let me look at the files that are on it and won't install anything. The first folder shown is "CMPNENTS" all by itself and the files will only extract not install. If anything can be done please let me know, I've been working on it all day and have not gotten far. I need to do real work. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183322
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    - Guide doesn't work - "No information available" Hi, I have vista ultimate running hauppauge 350 card. It worked flowless for months till my hard drive fried last week and I had to rebuild. After the rebuild, I am unable to get the guide. When I click on guide, it shows "no information available" on all channels. I even manually downloaded the guide by going to settings menu and I tried many times but no luck. Am I missing something here? It sees all channels fine, it records fine. Everything is working except for the guide and movie guide. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sam Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183318
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    - I need cd with media center system? Hello. I need reinstall my system , but my Hdd its gone , and i lost copy of my windows. Where i can download Windows Media center 2005 ?. I have licence key stiker on my PC , but i don't have cd with it. Help please.... Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183314
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    - Disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on When I select defrag. I get this error message: Disk defragmenter has detected that chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume (C:). Please run chkdsk /f Does anyone know the solution?? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183310
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    - guide Code 13 error Semi-complicated set up: I'm connecting from my HTPC to my laptop and out via my 3G card to get the internet, using internet connection sharing. I've tried this several times with many reboots. I've disabled all firewalls so in theory I should be able to get out, but I keep getting a Code 13 error. What port does the guide work on? I assume 80 and 443, so even if I failed to sort out the firewall, this should still work. Looking at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\eHome\EPG\tracehelper\DefaultDomain-SYSTEM.xml: I can navigate to: https://data.tvdownload.microsoft.com/epg/SEPGService.asmx/GetEPGDataMetaInfo?clientId=b7660a0fce19455d9d01bc0436f192f9&countryCode=gb&languageId=en&epgSupplierId=5&headendId=120020&currentVersion=0&sessionToken=F7035E84443A6DD4DD614FF32CBB51D7D4C3D8479A17BDF5290236719F5022FE745021EBFB65860C91C5C1B47A0AB4961BB817688277B911&epgDataSchemaVersion=1.1&clientType=ehome&version=2.1 and I get my session token https://data.tvdownload.microsoft.com/epg/SEPGService.asmx/GetEPGDataMetaInfo?clientId=b7660a0fce19455d9d01bc0436f192f9&countryCode=gb&languageId=en&epgSupplierId=5&headendId=120020&currentVersion=0&sessionToken=F7035E84443A6DD4EC2D9F873B5DDC92A27B4DE0A069B9F1E684A05B15CC360AA9BCE3ACB8E3AD228E348234EE99CACD5E3AD5DDA4202D8A&epgDataSchemaVersion=1.1&clientType=ehome&version=2.1 and I get my encryption key But not to: http://epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com/epgdata/gb/5/2673652080/20/02/10/120020/120020_ListingData.txt?clientId=b7660a0fce19455d9d01bc0436f192f9&sessionToken=F7035E84443A6DD4EC2D9F873B5DDC92A27B4DE0A069B9F1E684A05B15CC360AA9BCE3ACB8E3AD228E348234EE99CACD5E3AD5DDA4202D8A# where I get a Page Cannot be Found - 404 R Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183307
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    - How to watch AVI files on media player Hi, I have windows media player 10 and have had to download an AVI player recently. Its just not as good as media player so i was wondering if it is possible to play this type of file by downloading a patch or something similar as at the moment when i try to play a file of this type it simply says aquiring codec then comes up with a box saying it cant play this type of file. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance. Colin Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183305
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    - Problems with Explorer I have 2 problems which I think are related. I can't access my disk drive to write data. I can burn a music cd, but not data. If I put in a blank disk, a dialog box pops up, and I can tell it to open the files, but can't do anything further. If I try to access the blank cd from "my computer" it won't recognize that there's a disk in the drive. If I open Sonic Record, I can write data to the disk that way. Just not through windows explorer. Also, on Internet Explorer, I can't get the Flash Player to work. I have downloaded it several times. However, if I use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer it works fine. I'm able to get around these problems somewhat, but it's a pain! Any ideas? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183301
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    - Blue Album Art Running Vista Ultimate. I had problems with my music library so I restored it from a backup and deleted and rebuilt the Media Player database under my profile. The cover art displays fine in media player 11 but I still see som plain blue icons when I browse the albums under media center. If I login using a different profile the album covers display correctly. Does anyone know of any other files to delete to rebuild the icons under media center. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183299
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    - start windows show error hi, Every morning when I start my PC and login Windows, there is a error message: "Initialization Error". how do slove? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183290
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    - Media Center remote wont work w/ comcast cable box i can watch tv on my media center but i cant use the remote to change the channels if i use the media center remote to change all i see is snow, so i have to keep it on a certin channal but i can only use the remote that came with my comcast cable box. i had direct tv and media center learned that remote with no prob but its not that way with comcast. someone please help Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183285
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    - MCE Doesn't Recognize WMP after SP3 installation I recently installed SP3 and had not experienced any sort of problem with it, until I tried to play music in Media Center. When I tried to enter it I got a message reading "Audio Error: To play music in Media Center, install Windows Media Player 9 or repair your current installation" (same thing when trying to access the visualization option). However, I already have WMP10 installed and reinstalling it did nothing to remedy the problem. I have MCE 2002 with SP2, though I also have CCCP installed (it operates in MCE fine with videos and before SP3 with audio files as well). Both MCE and WMP work fine outside of this problem. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183284
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    - Need support for freeview capable tuner card A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre. Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested in a better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message "Application Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart the computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware manufacturer for assistance." Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when you click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I click yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes to the desktop and restarts MC. The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I was hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC, I suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly. The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up all the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC. Can anyone help? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183278
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    - ERROR MESSAGE WHEN I DOUBLE LEFT CLICK MY PICTURES HI...WONDERING IF ANYBODY COULD HELP PLEASE...THIS PROBLEM HAS ONLY JUST STARTED AS IT WORKED WELL UP TO KNOW...WHEN I DOUBLE LEFT CLICK ANY PHOTO'S IN MY PICTURES OR ANYWHERE AROUND MY PC AN ERROR MESSAGE COMES UP SAYING :-THE FILE DOES NOT HAVE A PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PREFORMING THIS ACTION,CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS IN CONTROL PANEL..... I'VE LOOKED IN THE CONTROL PANEL AND FOLDER OPTIONS BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT IS MEANT BY CREATE AN ASSOCIATION,CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE....I'M USING WINDOWS XP HOME. THANKS...... Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183275
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    - No sound for New User Accounts -- Hunter''''s Qs for Windows SP Media Center Ed 2002 SP3 Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183272
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    - No sound with Sound recorder Using Vista Home Premium. All sound devices (reorder and playback) set with sound on and to max. volume. Using Sound Recorder a file is created. I tried both the laptop builtin microphone and an external plugin microphone. No sound from the saved file (Microsoft Media Player). What to do? Thanks. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183269
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    - How do you change the default location to save Recorded TV files I would like to add a larger, external HD to my Media Center PC so that I have more storage capacity for saving the programs I record. The default is to save it under My Documents/RecordedTV, but I would like to find where to change this so I could make this location on a separate drive. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183268
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    - Norton Internet Security Firewall Setting for Extender Hi, I've just installed Norton Internet Security 2008 version on my Windows XP MCE 2005 computer, which is networked to my xBox 360 as an extender. The extender is now unable to detect the PC after installation of norton. I've checked that there are all firewall ports for media center extender from the Windows Firewall are appropriately checked. I suspect that the norton internet security firewall had taken over the windows firewall and did not include the exclusion setting. Can anyone advice on how to make the media center firewall exclusion setting changed in norton internet security 2008? Regards. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183259
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    - HDCP Compliant 30" Monitors 2560 X 1600 I am trying to find comparitive reviews of HDCP Compliant 30" monitors with a native resolution of 2560 X 1600. The best monitor I seem to find is: Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP 30-inch LCD With DisplayPort >> Response Time >> 8 ms (grey-to-grey) >> Brightness 370 cd/m2 >> Resolution 2560x1600 (max) >> Pixel Pitch (Dot Pitch) 0.2505 mm >> Ports Analog, DVI-D (dual link) with HDCP x2, S-Video, >> Composite, Component, HDMI, DisplayPort but I have not found any good comparitive reviews. Do you have experience with this montor? Jim Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183258
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    - Changing laguages on WMV files I have a WMV file that I'm streaming through media center on my xbox 360. The file's audio is english/spanish ready and its defaulting to spanish. I can change it to english on windows media player fine on my PC, but I can't change it to english when streaming it on my 360. Is there a way? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183251
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    - Selecting S-Video source on TV card Running Vista on a Shuttle SG33G5M with Compro's T750F Vista TV Tuner. The TV Tuner has dual analog and DVB-T tuners, FM and S-Video and Composite external source inputs. Have connected a Humax HD satellite receiver (scart VCR) to the S-Video input. How do I select the satellite output under MCE live-TV? Compro's own S/W ComproDTV4 can switch between tuners and external inputs, sat comes through as expected, but I dont see a way to do this under MCE. Am I missing something? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183250
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    - Online Media help! I've just bought a new laptop with Windows Media Center and when clicking explore on the online media option I find the content (such as MTV Overdrive) page loads but no video content or options to watch appear. Do I need to change the settings? I'm always connected via wireless and in the UK if that helps. Thanks, Ruth P.S. Does anyone know if the BBC iPlayer works via the centre? Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183248
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    - vpn signs on by itself I have an road runner isp for most uses. I have a vpn for my office and have used it for several years. All of a sudden, the computer tries to sign on the the vpn allof the time....especially anythime I access the Internet through the isp. My it folks have looked at it and don;t know what to do -- Jim Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183247
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    - Losing Recorded TV Shows, when taking laptop to work I have been keeping my Recorded TV on external hard drives attached by USB to my HPZD7180USD Media Center laptop purchased in 2004 (one of the first!). I use my laptop at work and disconnect and leave the hard drives at home. At work if I start MC it shows NO Recorded TV shows. When I return home and reconect my hard drives it used to find and recognise all the Recorded TV shows on my external Hard Drive. Just recently, 4 weeks ago, I had to replace on of my external HDDs. Since, then MC will not recognise any of the old Recorded TV shows that reside on any of my drives. Also, now, it does not even recognise any shows that were recorded prior to taking the laptop to work. Can anyone help with this problem. I am still running MC-2004 as HP did not allow for the MC-2005 uprgade for my lapptop which cost a lot more than the HP Desktops which were able to upgrade (still pisses me off to this day!!!). It was working fine until 5 weeks ago. Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183239
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    - Cannot drag more than one card in Spider Solitaire All of a sudden I am unable to drag more than one card in Spider Solitaire. I can drag one card fine, but multiple cards --- nothing happens. I have found that this has happened to other users as well, no one has come up with a solutiopn yet, including re-installing the games. Here is a discussion of this issue http://forum.soft32.com/windows/Spider-Solitaire-Solitaire-card-moving-problem-ftopict351722.html Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183238
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    - Media Center Interaction With ISP I recently purchased a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium as the OS. I have been trying to download videos/clips/wmv files from the internet and none of my attempts have been successful. When I try to download video files I get a small square with a red "x" in it. I've tried tomdownload a wmv file and the web site address in the "address box" just keeps flashing and nothing appears on the screen. Also, I cannot listen to "verbal" programs from web sites. I thought that my problem might be that Media Center was not communicating with my ISP. I went to Media Center/Tasks/General/ Windows Media Center Set Up/Set Up Internet Connection. My ISP is a dial-up connection so on the next page I indicated that i do not have an "always on" internet connection. On the next page I was asked to select my connection from the list shown and MSN was shown (only one shown). My ISP is MSN so I selected that connection. On the next page I entered my dial up password and confirmed password. My user name & password is on my ISP Sign-In page. Following this I was requested to test the connection and each time I get a message "The specified dial-up connection cannot be found". I am told that if the Test fails I should select "Back" and choose another download method. To my knowledge I don't have another download method. I would appreciate any help/suggestions that can be provided. -- John Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183237
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    - Media Center Interaction With ISP I recently purchased a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium as the OS. I have been trying to download video files/wmv files/video clips from the internet and none of my attempts have been successful. When I try to download video files I get a small square with a red "x" in it. I've tried to download a wmv file and the web site address in the "address box" just keeps flashing and nothing appears on the screen. Also, I cannot listen to "vebal" programs from web sites. I thought my problem might be that Media Center is not communicating with my ISP. I went to Media Center/Tasks/General/Windows Media Center Set Up/Set Up Internet Connection. My ISP is a dial-up connection so on the next page I indicated that I do not have an "always on" internet connection. On the next page I was asked to select my connection fron the list shown and MSN (my ISP) was shown(only one shown). My ISP is MSN Dial-Up so I selected the MSN connection.On the next page I entered my Dial Up Password & Confirmed Password. My User Name and Password are saved. Following this I was requested to test the connection and each time I try I get a message "The specified dial-up connection cannot be found" I am told that if the Test fails I should select "Back" and choose another download method. To my knowledge I don't have another download method. Can anyone provide me with help ideas/assistance? -- John Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183236
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    - Live tv problems I am currently running Vista MCE from a new Velocity Micro computer with Cable Card. While in Live TV intermittently my channel changes on it's own and gets stuck there. There is a long horizontal blue bar at the top of the screen that does not go away. Eventually the problem disappears but it takes hours at times. I have already had the cable card company change the card and I have updated all my graphics drivers and firmware for the tuner card. Velocity is also stumped. Please help. Thanks Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183235
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    - Need to install the LCD driver In the Device Manager under the Monitor tree, may I know do I have to install the newlly installed LCD monitor. After physically installed the LCD monitor and upon booting up it says for best result use 1440 x 900 resolution at 60ghz, which when I go to the Display Properties>Setting>Advance and at the monitor tag, it does notsahowthe 60ghz. Please advice, thanks btw using xp home sp2 Tag: Screen saver change Tag: 183234

How do I change the sceen saver in XP Media edition?
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Re: Screen saver change by S

S
Wed Jun 04 16:40:16 PDT 2008

Right click in an empty space on the desktop>Left click on
"properties">Click on the "screen saver" tab at the top of the screen>In
the "screen saver" drop down box, select the screensaver you would like
to use>Click "ok"

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

cyberwalt wrote:
> How do I change the sceen saver in XP Media edition?

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