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    - Video Library Thumbnail Is there any way to change the size of thumbnails when using a .jpg instead of the frame captured by Vista MCE? Or change the view to the one used by DVD Library? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184289
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    - DVB-T TV tuner card for MCE I recently had to format my HDD and reinstall the operating system. I have made no hardware changes and the TV tuner PCI card shows up in the device manager and I can view four (all BBC) channels through it. However, before the reinstall, I could view all the channels available on Freeview but now a scan shows no channels found. All the connections are good, as I can view TV using the PCI card's bundled software but when I select Live TV in Media Centre nothing happens. Any ideas where I have gone wrong please? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184288
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    - Office 2003 error message I have a brand new HP computer with XP professional. When I try to load Office 2003, it loads halfway and then gives me an error message. I have removed my virus protection, restored my computer to original and I still can't load 2003. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184286
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    - EOY release Is there anywhere a description/list of fixes and new features for the release of MCE which comes out later this year? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184284
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    - Desktop Icons (Shortcuts) Disappeared All of my desktop icons have disappeared. I can find them in 'My Documents' but I cannot move them to my desktop. If I try I get the message 'Cannot Move....Source and distribution file names are the same'. If I try to shortcut another page (i.e. hotmail homepage), it will go directly to 'My Documents'....it does not appear on my desktop. My question is.....how do I get my 'shortcut' icons back on my screen? I'm sure there is probably a simple way of doing this, but I am not very computer-literate....Please keep that in mind when reply. I don't know a lot about computers and I confuse easily so please can we keep it simple. Thank You so much. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184283
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    - Windows Installer Dialog Box Hello. I just installed a new HP printer on my computer and I am now seeing a "Windows Installer" dialogue box pop up on the screen when I start up the computer. I have nothing to install that I know of. I have to keep hitting "cancel" till the box goes away. And I am also getting a Windows Installer Box pop up to install a program called Roxio which is already on my computer, this happens when I double click an incon on my desktop to start up another program. So these boxes are popping up and I don't know why, or how to get rid of them. Anyone help? -- Stuart S. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184281
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    - Removing an unwanted folder from the WMC folder display I have setup WMC on two almost similar Vista boxes. On One when I flip to the Video folder (where I have a few sub folders each containing a number of .avi files) I have a problem. The first sub-folder listed (which happens to have the name I gave the computer itself, "Media_Center_1", has 16 short video files (.WMV's) that I cannot locate. WMC will not let me delete these files. More annoying I cannot locate, remove, or even hide that folder. It's a bit of an eye sore amongst my own folders. It's not on my WMC list of folders to watch for changes etc. Any suggestions how I locate/remove this folder from being listed. The other Vista box does not display this folder. I am really puzzled! Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184259
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    - What happened? I can no longer use my Radio Tuner After SP1, I find that I can no longer use my Radio Tuner. After I setup my TV Tuner in Vista Ultimate SP1 x86, and I try to run the Radio part in WMC, I am told that I have to setup the Radio tuner and to do that I have to setup my TV tuner, which I JUST DID!!!!!!! ARgggghhhhh Wayne P.S. This problem does NOT exist in 64 bit Vista. -- Please remove Spam + NO in my email return addy to contact me Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184256
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    - Connection Failure -- 360 and Media Center I'm running Vista Home Premium SP1, and am trying to connect my XBOX 360. Setup seemed to go fine, but each time I try to connect, I receive the following error message: "The Xbox 360 has experienced a failure and was disconnected from the Media Center based PC. Would you like to reconnect?" I've tried searching for the error message, and google only turns up a small number of hits, none of which seem to have resolutions. I have no problem streaming media from Media Player, but can't get Media Center to play nice. Any ideas? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184251
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    - NTOSKRNL.EXE is missing, or corrupt After a full cleaning up of the disk I made on my computer, I canÂ´t start the Windows. It says: "Windows could not start because the NTOSKRNL.EXE is missing, or corrupt. And ask to re-instlll a copy of the obove file. The problem is that I canÂ´t find the intallation CD. How can I solve this problem/ get this missing file? -- Liv :) Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184247
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    - sound level using window media center and WMP 11 I'm using window media center on my portable pc vista home premium each time i use media center to listen to music the music is played using wmp 11 and each time the volume in wmp is set to maximum is there a way to keek the setting i want.... thanks for helping Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184246
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    - Problem with latest Media Center Fix Ever since Microsoft Update installed the latext fix to Media Center it's not working right. Media Center starts playing on its own frequently while paused. This did not happen before the latest fix. This is on Vista Ultimate 23 bit. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx?mid=e6e8f23e-d5ce-434b-bbc9-c6c725645d50&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184243
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    - Computer Rings when Receiving Phone Call How Do I stop my PC from ringing when I get a phone call, besides disconnecting the phone cord. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184242
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    - Media Centre on an LCD TV without PIP I'm about to purchase a new HDTV LCD TV. The one I want doesn't have PIP. I was planning on hooking my Media Center computer to the TV. I would like to be able to have the PIP feature so I can watch TV while surfing the net, as I do now, with my computer. Does the TV, itself, have to have PIP, or is it handled entirely by the Media Center software? Thanks, in advance. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184236
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    - XP Service Pack 2 Installation problems I'll try to be brief. Recently had XP Home with Service Pack 2. Had some problems with USB in course of solving it (with help) removed SP 2 and reinstalled XP Home. USB fine. When try to install SP 2, it copies files OK then hangs whenever it checks for 'neccessary disk space'. In Task Manager, when this is happening the processor is wiorking at 100% constantly. In case it is relevant, Windows Explorer does not show status bar any more by default - I have to show it every time I start up, sometimes when using Windows Explorer, a 'preparing to install' box shows up briefly and then disappears with no apparent effect. Anyone got any ideas please ? Thanks Rick Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184234
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    - digital signature does not validate I'm fighting a pesky error, that I believe is in XP. System is XP Pro SP3 with all updates. Office 2003 suite is currently installed. I have a retail boxed CD of Office 2007 Home and Student. The first thing that appears when it is loaded is a message: "D:\HomeStudentr.WW\OSETUP.DLL digital signature does not validate or is not present." Click OK and nothing more is done/seen. There are many reports of this problem in the Office 2007 sites, most replies focus on the CD. It is NOT the CD. It works fine on another computer, also I get the same error with this computer and another CD of Office 2007 HSE. It is not the CD reader either. Following some suggestions, I used WinZip to extract the files and put them on a clean USB HDD. Same thing happens there, too. It is definitely a software problem in XP or whatever install package Office is using. If the software in the system is corrupted somehow, what is the fix? Might it be a missing root Certificate Authority? Miss-behavior by a 3rd party firewall (it is using CA)? Many would appreciate a real solution to this problem. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184229
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    - How can I choose the file format to burn to audio CD? I need be be able to burn audio discs for my car but my car will only read MP3 files. Many of my audio files are in mp4 format. I've installed a plugin that allows WMP to read mp4 but when burning I don't get an option that I can tell to select what audio format I want my burned disc to use. How can I tell WMP to burn my audio files to mp3? Thanks Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184226
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    - How can I choose the file format to burn to audio CD? I need be be able to burn audio discs for my car but my car will only read MP3 files. Many of my audio files are in mp4 format. I've installed a plugin that allows WMP to read mp4 but when burning I don't get an option that I can tell to select what audio format I want my burned disc to use. How can I tell WMP to burn my audio files to mp3? Thanks Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184225
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    - XP SP 2 problem I'll try to be brief. Recently had XP Home with Service Pack 2. Had some problems with USB in course of solving it (with help) removed SP 2 and reinstalled XP Home. USB fine. When try to install SP 2, it copies files OK then hangs whenever it checks for 'neccessary disk space'. In Task Manager, when this is happening the processor is wiorking at 100% constantly. In case it is relevant, Windows Explorer does not show status bar any more by default - I have to show it every time I start up, sometimes when using Windows Explorer, a 'preparing to install' box shows up briefly and then disappears with no apparent effect. Anyone got any ideas please ? Thanks Rick Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184219
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    - "All Programs" doesn't appear on my Start Menu When clicking on Start, the "All Programs" selection is not there. Where did it go, and how do I restore it? To open a program, I now must go through My Computer to open it. -- In Gratitude Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184210
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    - Can't get Media Center to work after reinstallation When I click on the Media Center icon to watch or record TV I get an error message titled "ehshell.exe - Common Language Runtime Debugging Services" Application has generated an exception that could not be handled. Process id+0x1c0 (448), thread id+0x1c8 (456) If I click OK to debug, it tells me that no debugger is available. I don't know what to do. I cannot find a way to reinstall just the Media Center portion of XP Home. I tried software repair wizard but it did not list this program. You ideas are appreciated. HP Media Center PC 3 ghz Pentium Dual Core 2 g RAM Radeon x300 Hauppauge WinTV Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184206
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    - A 1080p Clip for your MCPC I've created this 1080p clip of Tropical Ocean Waves for a Vista DreamScene, but it looks awesome on a large screen TV. It's basically a 1080p wmv. http://lee.hdgreetings.com/2008/06/dreamscene-for.html feedback welcome, ltg Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184204
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    - Video Error- "Video decoder is either corrupt or not installed" I have a Gateway and recently reformatted my hard drive and after "successfully" setting up my television connection on Media Center, it will not display television. My cable is plugged in so I'm not sure what to do. Please help! Thanks. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184194
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    - mark fax as read Is there a way to mark a fax as already read? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184189
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    - fax to PC Am having problem getting faxes to go directly to my PC. When my printer is on, they automatically print out - which I don't want. If the printer is off, that is when they will go to PC. Which means I keep having to turn printer on when I want to print something - many times a day. A real pain. How can I fix this? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184181
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    - Accidently disabled display adapter and can't see, safe mode wont Call me stupid but I was trying to find a way to change the resolution on a machine that was infected (I had just done a clean install of XP Home Edition and cleaned it). The resolution was 16 bit and the properties tab was greyed out so I could not add a new driver. In any event, I went in and disabled the VGA adapter thinking it would help. Low and behold, I reboot and find out that the monitor does not work. I change monitors and nothing is better. I try and reboot in safe mode and it is still dark. I change the VGA mode on bios but still no good results. How can I enable the VGA adapter without using my screen given that it is dark? Is there anything I can do?? Thanks, Paul Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184179
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    - How can you set up two TV signal configurations Hi, I have a normal TV aerial and a PayTV cable plugged into my PC. If I want to watch the FTA HD channels, I go into WMC and set the TV signal configuration for the DVB-T antenna settings. If I want to close that and watch my PayTV, I need to re-configure the TV Signal setup to my Cable settings. Is there a way that I can have both configurations saved to select from rather than always having to re-configure the TV Signal settings whenever I want to swap sources? 'Onya Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184175
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    - Vista MCE Needs Help or Restting I have installed all the updates that are available. Now when I play a file in my Video Library, I can't control it as expected. If it is paused, and another application has focus, it will resume in the background. When it is stopped and Done, it is shown as a thumbnail at the bottom of the screen with a stop button. MCE will automatically start the thumbnail if another application has focus. Giving focus back to MCE results in the thumbnail restarting from the beginning. How can I stop this behavour? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184174
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    - Windows Media Center (VISTA) not compadible with directv??? Windows Media Center (VISTA) not compadible with directv??? I have heard this is this and true when will a update be relesed to display it on media center? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184161
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    - Icons on my desktop all disappeared with the task bar -- nasser OS< XP Professional SP2 Dear members, A few days ago the power supply box got corrupted and stopped working, and as a result the computer got overheated, consequently I replaced the power supply box with a new one. As I restated the computer; it behaved strangely, first, I logged on and all the icons on the desktop disappeared with the task bar and different messages started appearing one saying: 1- Faulty application explorer exe. version 6.0.2900.3156. 2- To help you protect your computer windows has closed this programme. Name windows explorer Publisher: M/S corporation. Data execution Prevention helps protect against damage from viruses and other security threats. 3- The instruction at 0x771b4062 referenced memory at 0x0000fa74. The memory could not be written. Click OK to terminate the program Click cancel to debug the program Some times it logs on normally but most of the time it behaves as I explained above. I hope there is a solution. Nasser Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184154
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    - hdmi no audio playing a dvd hiya, got vista ultimate 32bit edition installed with sp1. On my motherboard i have an hdmi connection i use to connect my media center up to my tv. The only problem there is, audio works when watching tv and recorded shows, even xvid's work. The only thing that doesnt work is when i play dvd's, the picture comes up fine, but theres no audio. When i use power dvd8 to play the same dvd, itll work fine, good picture and audio. So what im asking is, if there is anyway to change the codec windows uses to be able to use the one power dvd is using, so i can get audio from within the media center. I had a look in the media center setup and also the audio properties, but nothing i tried worked, so is there settings for media center outside of the program? Any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks :D Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184146
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    - Intermittant Sound Stutter in HD I have an problem where the sound pauses for about a half a second at random times during HD playback only. The video is not effected nor is the pause repeatable if replayed. There doesn't appear to be a cpu utilization issue during these episodes and plenty of memory is available. The problem does not occur during SD playback and not specific a particular sound mode. I am running Vista SP1 on a Asus P5LD2 mb with a Intel Core 2 1.86GHz CPU with 2Gb of RAM and a nVidia 8600GT video card with 256Mb of memory. The mb has onboard Realtech HD sound which I am using via the S/PDIF output to a AV receiver. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184137
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    - Min / Max / Close / not working with 512mb video memory Problem: If I am watching live tv, I can move my mouse to the top of screen and get the bar that lets me min/max/close ONCE. If I then minimize the live tv so I can use windows side of the computer and then re-click on media center, it comes back up but I am unable to ever get that top tool bar back (to min/max/close) and media center starts behaving strangely. Here's the kicker. This happened with an xfx 8500 512mb video card, so then I tried a 256mb PNY and it DID NOT happen. Then I tried a 8600gt 512MB PNY and IT DID happen . So it appears that there is a problem with MCE 2005 and 512mb video cards of at least the nvidia brand ? Anyone have any tweeks to fix this so I can keep using my 512mb video card? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184133
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    - re-installing I had to reformat my hard drive for a Sony Vaio Computor/ it didn't come with a recovery cd & there are none available since I purchased in 2004/ I have the windows product code on the back of my computor/ can I get a windows home edition somewhere & use my code? do I have to purchase this? Karen Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184132
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    - Trouble Connecting Xbox360 to media Last night I setup my Xbox360 on my home network to connect to my pc and share media. i have XP Media Center Edition 2005 and it has all the updates. I went to the MS site and got my code number and downloaded the extender software on the pc and all that but I am really limited as to what I can see. In Windows Media Player on the pc I see a bunch of videos..but the only thing I can see on the Xbox360 are pictures. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I thought I'd be able to see anything I can see in Media Center on the Xbox but it doesn't appear that way. I also can't see recorded TV which is really what I'd want the most. Anybody? Help. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184130
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    - Windows XP search companion I am running Windows XP 2002, with service pack 2. I am no longer able to get the search companion, which gives the option to change preferences as to how you want to search. For Example: photos, documents rather than files and folders. Something must be turned off either in the registry or in some obscure menu setting. Can anyone help get my search companion back. It was very conveninent to use. Walt Skinner Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184123
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    - Guide download keeps stopping I've had a guide download problem for 3-4 weeks now - I wondered if anyone can help? The guide downloads every day, for 3-4 days and then it stops. It shows it is still downloading, reports that the guide is up to date and schedules the next one for a day's time. If I try to do it manually, it says it is up to date, doesn't download it - and the guide stays as it is. There are no errors in the event log, or displayed on the screen. It just says the guide is up to date. The only way I can get it to start downlaoding again is to delete/rename the EPG folder and download afresh. This works, and keeps working for 3-4 days, but then stops again. I've done everything in Aaron's blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/articles/526231.aspx . This includes:- 1. Making sure the clock is synchronised correctly 2. Saying I'm not using the guide, rebooting and then setting it up to use the guide 3. Stopping the EHshed process, renaming the EPG folder and then setting it up again. ( I have done the repeatedly, and also tried doing the same but renaming Ehome) 4. Using the MCE Repair ( http://blogs.msdn.com/peterrosser/archive/2005/10/20/482974.aspx ) and MCEreset applications ( http://www.salloway.org.uk/mediacenter/util/index.htm#config ) , and setting up again. 5. Re-registering the guide DLL I'm using MCE 2005, with DVB-T in the UK, and the guide for Heathfield. This has worked fine for a couple of years and started giving me problems 3-4 weeks ago. Any suggestions gratefully received. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184118
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    - MS Multipoint; two mice, one PC I'm ambidextrous, I'd like to run two independent mice with two independent cursors on the same physical machine, XP or Vista OS. I've checked out MS Multipoint but it's just for 3rd party apps. Does anyone know of any open source or $$$ or M$ implementation of this within the OS itself? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184110
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    - Two new updates for Vista Media Center released yesterday For more information... Two Updates for Media Center for Windows Vista Released on June 24, 2008 http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2008/06/two-updates-for-media-center-for.html -- Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP Read my blog for the latest in Media Center topics (and other topics that interest me) http://jtsang.blogspot.com More information by me http://jtsang.mvps.org http://www.classicsunveiled.com Find out about the MS MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184109
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    - Why Does Windows Media Center rotate video? Hello, I have a hp laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium Some of videos, specially flv video, get rotated/flipped by Windo Media Center. Is it a problem with Window Media Center or video card. The video card is NVIDIA. -- Binda -- Binda ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bindas's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=5202 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=99154 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184107
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    - Adding Radio Stations Hi; How do I add radio stations to Media Center? Thanks Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184105
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    - trying to load XP Professional... at Start Up, tries to load XP Professional; then error says it needs a CD-Rom. I don't have one for XP Professional and don't want it. Dell Tech says to reinstall my Office XP Media Center 2003 - but my CD is cracked.....how do I get a new one, or do I have to upgrade? If the latter, to what? -- SGC Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184103
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    - Disk Management Tool Menu Options Grayed Out OK. I have a Dell Dimension 3000 desktop. I installed a Western Digital Protege internal hard drive as a slave. The jumpers are correct, and everything is hooked up properly. The BIOS recognizes that the hard drive is there, but it is not showing up in "My Computer". I have gone into Computer Management, and tried to assign a drive letter using the Disk Management Tool, but, while Computer Management recognizes the hard drive, and says it is "Healthy" and "Active", the options on the right-click menu are all grayed out except for "Delete Partition" and "Help". I should also mention the hard drive is also showing up in Hardware Profiles. What do I do now??? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184102
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    - No Desktop Icons, Taskbar, Start, anything PLEASE HELP!!!!! i have windows XP media center edition that came with my HP pavillion desktop my problems started about a month ago when my preset desktop background disappered and all i had was a blue screen. I tried changing it but when i did the background option on was always "disabled". i also got an error message about processing some paramers c576dc9 or something like that and i would just click cancel a few times and all was well. Then a few weeks ago i wanted to use the comp and all of the sudden i kept on receiving error messages from windows data executionn prevention about my internet explorer and as soon as i clicked off the message it woudl give me the option to send an error report and i would say no and the cycle would begin again. Then my blue background vanished and i was left with the active desktop recovery and i would tell the comp to recover my desktop but nothing happened. A few days ago, i logged on and got my original desktop picture back but i had no icons, taskbar, start button etc. I pulled up task mananger and tried to run explorer.exe in the new task bar but nothing happened. Depending on which user i signed in as, i would get an error message about dr.mortem postmortem debugger having to close so i would close. So in the end no matter what user account i log in on i can only see the desktop picture and nothing else. I have tried to start the computer i safe mode, safe mode in networking, and last good configuration. I had minor sucess with the last good configuration-- i got a taskbar with a start button but i could not use the start button. i think that some kind of spyware/adware/malware is what's affecting my comp but i don't know how to scan/remove it seeing as how i can't do anything on my comp. I don't know if i need to do a system recovery or what that even is i'm sorry for my long post but i wanted to explain the problem in detail If anyone has any clue about what i need to do, please don't hesitate to reply thank you so much Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184099
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    - Configuration error on Xbox360 extender and Windows Media Center V I'm running Vista Home Premium on a laptop with a wireless connection to a Netgear RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824. I also have a XBox 360 with wired connection to the same router. Both the PC and the XBox see each other and on the XBox I can go to the "media blade" the choose either music or pictures and play music. uPNP is on. No ports manually configured. When I try to add the XBox as a media extender on the PC the XBox gives me the 8 digit code and when I input it at the PC it tells me I have at least one firewall (Norton Antivirus 2008 is the only other piece I have running) in addition to Windows Firewall and tells me I need to manually configure it. Media Center then keeps telling me there is a configuration error "an error was encountered while configuring your computer for use with this extender". I get the same error with the laptop wired and wireless connections. I tried with windows firewall switched off. I tried turning off Norton Antivirus 2008 (not uninstalling). Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184097
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    - Setting a reminder Hello, I was wondering if there's some kind of tool out there to be able to set a reminder in the Guide. It's fairly annoying that to be reminded of a TV show, you have to record it. Thanks, Ben Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184084
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    - Media Player 11 Won't Play ANY File MCE 2005, SP3, fully-updated Sony VAIO PC Error message for any type of audio or video file even though the file is associated with WMP 11: Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file All of the files can be played on other players such as QuickTime or Nero. Any suggestions? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184083
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    - desktop background my young son has pushed buttons on the computer and now i cant change the screen from a plain colour screen, i have all the icons on the screen, and now would like to put a photo on it have had two friends try and solve it and they are stumped as well Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184082
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    - Vista 64-bit Media Center doesn't recognize FIOS TV STB remote Just got the HP media center PC and connected the IR receiver/blaster to it and connected existing Verizon FIOS TV Motorola QIP 2500-2 STB to it via s-video and RCA audio cables. Trying to configure for TV. Problem I continue to experience is the Windows Media Center wont' recognize the Verizon FIOS TV remote control. The IR receiver seems to work as it accurately senses the MCE remote to launch apps, etc. But during the setup step where asked to send button presses from the Verizon remote to the IR receiver for it to "learn" my remote...can't get it to recognize it and it gets stuck in "IR Learning" mode. Suggestions? Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184080
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    - A question on extenders I am building a high in vista media center... When I had my house built, all media outlets (ie. cable, satellite, antenna) also have two ethernet jacks, so my house is hard wired wth gigabit ethernet. Most extenders seem to be wireless. 1) Do they make an extender that is designed to be hardwired? Is there an advantage to that? Where would I find information on them? 2) On the wireless extenders, does that essentially mean you could take a TV out to the deck, use a wireless extender, and watch timer (not wired connection except electric)? 3) Is there a downside to wireless extenders? I already have WiFI and 5.4 gigahertz wireles phone. Thanks for your adivis. Bob Tag: S-video with vista and IR blasters Tag: 184077

I have a media center PC and am pleased with it apart from it's inability to
connect to my STB. I have 2 tuner cards, both with S-video inputs and have
the microsoft IR receiver and emitters. This has been tried in every USB port
on the machine and still vista's media centre refuses to offer the option of
s-video input. Any ideas?

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Re: S-video with vista and IR blasters by Curious

Curious
Sat Jun 28 16:14:24 PDT 2008

What make/model of tuner cards do you have? Not all analog tuners with
and/or without S-video inputs will work with MC since they have to support
MPEG2 encoding with a BDA interface for MC support.
"Theomack" <Theomack@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95139F16-5719-4685-B84E-FC3A1C1F022D@microsoft.com...
>I have a media center PC and am pleased with it apart from it's inability
>to
> connect to my STB. I have 2 tuner cards, both with S-video inputs and have
> the microsoft IR receiver and emitters. This has been tried in every USB
> port
> on the machine and still vista's media centre refuses to offer the option
> of
> s-video input. Any ideas?

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