LKoehn
Fri Aug 22 21:17:00 PDT 2008
I'm still having the same problem, not able to open live TV. One thing that I
noticed is that the error message referred to "Windows Messenger" and all the
while I have been running "Windows Live Messenger". Until the 14/08 upgrade,
everything worked just fine. I thought maybe if I went back to just plain
"Messenger" and not the "Live Messenger", it might straighten out the
problem. Still the same. I read in a different discussion group, someone said
"Live Messenger" doesn't work with M. C. I had no problem.
As I mentioned in an earlier message, with or without the KB946648 upgrade,
the TV doesn't open. Restoring to several days before the upgrade was worse;
the entire Media Center would shut down as soon as I tried to open it. The
only thing I knew to do was Restore the System back to the setting after the
upgrade. At least I can play music and listen to the radio and do about
everything except what I really used the most: TV.
Can anyone give me another suggestion?????
"LKoehn" wrote:
> I uninstalled the KB946648 file and unchecked the box but didn't know how to
> reinstall the file. When I tried to connect to live TV, the little icon would
> spin for a couple of seconds working to open the video window but then would
> stop and nothing happened. I would click on the tv icon again but nothing
> would happen till I closed MC and restarted the prog. Clicking on the TV icon
> again did the same as before; the icon spins for 2 seconds and just stops.
>
> I tried restoring the system to several days before the dreaded upgrade and
> now when I try to open media center, it opens but when I click on a category
> like TV, Radio, etc., Media Center closes entirely.
>
> I've spent no less than 10 frustrating hours in the last 2 days
> uninstalling, reinstalling, restoring different dates searching for answers.
> This happens so much with MSoft, they try to fix one thing and mess up other
> things. Also, is SP3 something that might fix the problem? I was going to
> install it but the commentary says not to install it if it is not for at
> least 10 systems. I don't understand.
>
> Where do I go from here????????
>
>
> "Richard Miller" wrote:
>
> > Uninstall KB946648 then in Media Center in Setting>Messenger and Caller ID
> > uncheck the box â??Allow instant messages within Media Centerâ?? then reinstall
> > KB 946648.
> > --
> > Richard A Miller MCE mvp
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "LKoehn" wrote:
> >
> > > I've had the same problem with messenger. Used Media center to watch TV for
> > > over 2 years with no problem until now. How do you uninstall the update? I
> > > found the C:\Windows\$NtUninstallKB946648$\spuninst.text document saying
> > > where the upgrade apparently deleted 3 earlier KB946648 dll files from
> > > C:\windows\$hf_mig$\kb946648 and copied a \msgsc.dll file to C:\program
> > > files\messenger.
> > >
> > > I found what it did, but how do I undo it? I did a system restore from Wed
> > > 13 of Aug. since the update was on the 14th, but still doesn't work.
> > >
> > > "Richard Miller" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Itâ??s the update for Windows Messenger 4.7 (946648).
> > > > If uninstall it the error goes a way, install it and error comes back.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Richard A Miller MCE mvp
> > > >
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "billdoubleyou" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Same here. I started receiving the error message at Media center startup
> > > > > 3 days ago, after having used Media Center daily for 3 years. I have MCE
> > > > > 2005 w/ service pack 3 installed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is a list of recent MS Updates I believe have effected it. They
> > > > > are the only changes made any time recently to my machine:
> > > > >
> > > > > Windows XP Security Update for Windows XP (KB952954) Thursday, August
> > > > > 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Security Update for Windows XP (KB946648) Thursday, August
> > > > > 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows
> > > > > XP (KB953839) Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Office 2002/XP Security Update for Access Snapshot Viewer 2002
> > > > > (KB955440) Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Office 2002/XP Security Update for Microsoft Word 2002 (KB954463)
> > > > > Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Office 2002/XP Security Update for Microsoft Excel 2002 (KB951551)
> > > > > Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Security Update for Windows XP (KB950974) Thursday, August
> > > > > 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2008
> > > > > (KB890830) Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Office 2007 Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB954038)
> > > > > Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Office 2007 Security Update for 2007 Microsoft Office System (KB951596)
> > > > > Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Office 2002/XP Security Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (KB948995)
> > > > > Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Update for Windows XP (KB951072) Thursday, August 14, 2008
> > > > > Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Update for Windows XP (KB952287) Thursday, August 14, 2008
> > > > > Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for
> > > > > Windows XP (KB953838) Thursday, August 14, 2008
> > > > > Office 2002/XP Security Update for Microsoft Office XP (KB921596)
> > > > > Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > > Windows XP Security Update for Outlook Express for Windows XP
> > > > > (KB951066) Thursday, August 14, 2008 Automatic Updates
> > > > >
> > > > > After clicking OK to the error message, MCE appears to be working
> > > > > normally, so this seems to mostly be an annoyance more than anything
> > > > > else. I'll post back here if I notice any other problems because of it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
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