I use my computer on a daily basis for gaming and movies. I sat down today
and pulled the dvd I was watching yesterday out and put another one in, but
autoplay didn't work. So I searched for Windows Media Center, no results. I
check autoplay settings and where WMC used to be for DVD's is now a blank
program icon with no words next to it. I tried recovering with the disk but
it was caught up on compatibility check. Is there anywhere I can go to to
just get WMC back without having to run recovery?

Re: WMC disappeared... by Bob

Bob
Thu Mar 27 15:22:08 PDT 2008

Run System Restore (not System Recovery) to a time before the problem began.
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"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF68B773-ECAB-4E6F-9FA3-E1E5123E00E0@microsoft.com...
>I use my computer on a daily basis for gaming and movies. I sat down today
> and pulled the dvd I was watching yesterday out and put another one in,
> but
> autoplay didn't work. So I searched for Windows Media Center, no results.
> I
> check autoplay settings and where WMC used to be for DVD's is now a blank
> program icon with no words next to it. I tried recovering with the disk
> but
> it was caught up on compatibility check. Is there anywhere I can go to to
> just get WMC back without having to run recovery?


Re: WMC disappeared... by Matt

Matt
Sun Mar 30 13:28:00 PDT 2008

See, i was really hesitant about running system restore because I've heard
sketchy things from friends about it. I ran it last night and it went back to
the last saved point. When my computer needed to be restarted it would get to
the user log in screen and before I could type anything in it would
automatically restart again, over and over again without me being able to do
anything, not ever run it in safe mode(that just restart the computer at the
log in screen as well). I ended up completely reinstalling windows
altogether, which also worked albeit everything was wiped from my HD. Luckily
I had a usb seagate. WORD OF ADVICE: BACK EVERYTHING UP ON A REMOVABLE HARD
DRIVE.

"Bob" wrote:

> Run System Restore (not System Recovery) to a time before the problem began.
> -------
> *Report back, please*
> [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so
> that others may learn and benefit from the issue]
>
> [How to ask a question]
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>
> "Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FF68B773-ECAB-4E6F-9FA3-E1E5123E00E0@microsoft.com...
> >I use my computer on a daily basis for gaming and movies. I sat down today
> > and pulled the dvd I was watching yesterday out and put another one in,
> > but
> > autoplay didn't work. So I searched for Windows Media Center, no results.
> > I
> > check autoplay settings and where WMC used to be for DVD's is now a blank
> > program icon with no words next to it. I tried recovering with the disk
> > but
> > it was caught up on compatibility check. Is there anywhere I can go to to
> > just get WMC back without having to run recovery?
>
>

Re: WMC disappeared... by Bob

Bob
Sun Mar 30 14:52:41 PDT 2008

For future reference, you could have chosen a different restore point.
Good for you...on backing up!

"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03CF0A36-2D1F-4D22-BA15-9C6DAA40F404@microsoft.com...
> See, i was really hesitant about running system restore because I've heard
> sketchy things from friends about it. I ran it last night and it went back
> to
> the last saved point. When my computer needed to be restarted it would get
> to
> the user log in screen and before I could type anything in it would
> automatically restart again, over and over again without me being able to
> do
> anything, not ever run it in safe mode(that just restart the computer at
> the
> log in screen as well). I ended up completely reinstalling windows
> altogether, which also worked albeit everything was wiped from my HD.
> Luckily
> I had a usb seagate. WORD OF ADVICE: BACK EVERYTHING UP ON A REMOVABLE
> HARD
> DRIVE.
>
> "Bob" wrote:
>
>> Run System Restore (not System Recovery) to a time before the problem
>> began.
>> -------
>> *Report back, please*
>> [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to
>> so
>> that others may learn and benefit from the issue]
>>
>> [How to ask a question]
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>>
>> "Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FF68B773-ECAB-4E6F-9FA3-E1E5123E00E0@microsoft.com...
>> >I use my computer on a daily basis for gaming and movies. I sat down
>> >today
>> > and pulled the dvd I was watching yesterday out and put another one in,
>> > but
>> > autoplay didn't work. So I searched for Windows Media Center, no
>> > results.
>> > I
>> > check autoplay settings and where WMC used to be for DVD's is now a
>> > blank
>> > program icon with no words next to it. I tried recovering with the disk
>> > but
>> > it was caught up on compatibility check. Is there anywhere I can go to
>> > to
>> > just get WMC back without having to run recovery?
>>
>>