Suggested improvements for Media Center (Vista)
I have recently built a Vista Home Premium system primarily for Media
Center. I have ripped ~600 CD's and overall I am pretty happy with Media
Center but there certainly is room for improvement.
I would like to see is the ability to display artists from albums tagged as
Soundtrack or Various Artists. For example if I go into Media Center and
display my music by artist none of the artists from these CD's is displayed.
But if I click on an artist and it brings up an option to display albums or
songs if I select songs you can see songs that are from soundtracks for
example (assuming that artist is on said album). I realize this could
greatly expand the artist list if you have numerous compilation albums but
it would make it easier to access this type of information.
My biggest complaint is there is no way, that I can see, to manage playlists
with Media Center. I would like to easily add tracks to playlists while they
are playing in Media Center and that doesn't appear to be possible. Also
it's not easy to delete tracks and their associated files while playing them
in Media Center. I must drill down to the album and the track before I can
delete the track. It would be nice if there was an easy way to delete the
track or add it to a playlist while the track is playing. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184048
Copy, save and send functions are not working
The above functions, "copy", "save" and "send" display "Windows has
encountered a problem." Options are to retry and cancel. At the same time a
window shows the graphic that the command is working, but none of these
functions are really working.
I have no idea what is wrong. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Clarese Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184045
Serveral Pre Purchase TV Turner Questions
I am putting together a high end media center using Vista Home Premium. I
am in tech support for a living, so it should be fairly straight forward, if
I can identify the best components. I live in the USA.
1) Is there a URL to the optimum way to build a media center?
2) Is there a URL of reviews of tuner cards and/or remotes to help choose
the best for Vista MCE?
3) As I understand it, there are 3 ways to get digital TV - Over The Air
(OTA), cable, satellite (I am assuming, but don't really know, that both
cable and satellite are digital or available in digital, which is a separate
issue from HD) and IP (i.e. AT&T Uverse product). Does Media Center work
with all, or not? I heard/read somewhere that it does not work with
satellite...but to me, all of this would be a function of the TV Tuner, not
Media Center. Is it a function of the TV tuner card?
4) On the TV Tuner cards themselves, I have gotten confused reading their
descriptions. I want a 2 source tuner card, with those sources being any
combination digital of OTA/cable/satellite so I have all bases covered (at
this point, I donâ??t see any reason to have analog TV capable TV Tunerâ?¦advise
if I am missing something). But TV tuners seem to come with one analog input
and one digital, which makes no sense to me (since analog is going away).
Please advise.
5) I understand in XP Media Center, an analog tuner was required. In vista
Media Center, there is no such requirement, they may all be digital (and even
HD).
6) About connecting the Media Center to the TVâ?¦ I have an HD Sharp Aqueous,
so I would want to connect the Video via HDMI and the sound via some digital
method to my AV receiver to pump 5.1 surround to the room. I had always
assumed I would use a DVI to HDMI cable for the video connection, but now see
that the TV tuner cards come with all types of connections (even HDMI). The
computer itself only has a VGA, but I could add a video card that has HDMI or
DVI or both. So, how do you get the video to HDMI and the Audio to the AV
Receiver to generate 5.1 surround? Do I need a DVI/HDMI video card or is it
all done through the TV Tuner card?
7) Some TV tuners come with remotes, which seems like a good idea. Do you
get the best remote possible buy a pair like this, or is buying a standalone
remote better? What remove works the best?
Thanks
Bob Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184042
Serveral Pre Purchase TV Turner Questions
I am putting together a high end media center using Vista Home Premium. I
am in tech support for a living, so it should be fairly straight forward, if
I can identify the best components. I live in the USA.
1) Is there a URL to the optimum way to build a media center?
2) Is there a URL of reviews of tuner cards and/or remotes to help choose
the best for Vista MCE?
3) As I understand it, there are 3 ways to get digital TV - Over The Air
(OTA), cable, satellite (I am assuming, but don't really know, that both
cable and satellite are digital or available in digital, which is a separate
issue from HD) and IP (i.e. AT&T Uverse product). Does Media Center work
with all, or not? I heard/read somewhere that it does not work with
satellite...but to me, all of this would be a function of the TV Tuner, not
Media Center. Is it a function of the TV tuner card?
4) On the TV Tuner cards themselves, I have gotten confused reading their
descriptions. I want a 2 source tuner card, with those sources being any
combination digital of OTA/cable/satellite so I have all bases covered (at
this point, I donâ??t see any reason to have analog TV capable TV Tunerâ?¦advise
if I am missing something). But TV tuners seem to come with one analog input
and one digital, which makes no sense to me (since analog is going away).
Please advise.
5) I understand in XP Media Center, an analog tuner was required. In vista
Media Center, there is no such requirement, they may all be digital (and even
HD).
6) About connecting the Media Center to the TVâ?¦ I have an HD Sharp Aqueous,
so I would want to connect the Video via HDMI and the sound via some digital
method to my AV receiver to pump 5.1 surround to the room. I had always
assumed I would use a DVI to HDMI cable for the video connection, but now see
that the TV tuner cards come with all types of connections (even HDMI). The
computer itself only has a VGA, but I could add a video card that has HDMI or
DVI or both. So, how do you get the video to HDMI and the Audio to the AV
Receiver to generate 5.1 surround? Do I need a DVI/HDMI video card or is it
all done through the TV Tuner card?
7) Some TV tuners come with remotes, which seems like a good idea. Do you
get the best remote possible buy a pair like this, or is buying a standalone
remote better? What remove works the best?
Thanks
Bob Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184041
Serveral Pre Purchase TV Turner Questions
I am putting together a high end media center using Vista Home Premium. I am
in tech support for a living, so it should be fairly straight forward, if I
can identify the best components. I live in the USA.
1) Is there a URL to the optimum way to build a media center?
2) Is there a URL of reviews of tuner cards and/or remotes to help choose
the best for Vista MCE?
3) As I understand it, there are 3 ways to get digital TV - Over The Air
(OTA), cable, satellite (I am assuming, but don't really know, that both
cable and satellite are digital or available in digital, which is a separate
issue from HD) and IP (i.e. AT&T Uverse product). Does Media Center work
with all, or not? I heard/read somewhere that it does not work with
satellite...but to me, all of this would be a function of the TV Tuner, not
Media Center. Is it a function of the TV tuner card?
4) On the TV Tuner cards themselves, I have gotten confused reading their
descriptions. I want a 2 source tuner card, with those sources being any
combination digital of OTA/cable/satellite so I have all bases covered (at
this point, I donâ??t see any reason to have analog TV capable TV Tunerâ?¦advise
if I am missing something). But TV tuners seem to come with one analog input
and one digital, which makes no sense to me (since analog is going away).
Please advise.
5) I understand in XP Media Center, an analog tuner was required. In vista
Media Center, there is no such requirement, they may all be digital (and even
HD).
6) About connecting the Media Center to the TVâ?¦ I have an HD Sharp Aqueous,
so I would want to connect the Video via HDMI and the sound via some digital
method to my AV receiver to pump 5.1 surround to the room. I had always
assumed I would use a DVI to HDMI cable for the video connection, but now see
that the TV tuner cards come with all types of connections (even HDMI). The
computer itself only has a VGA, but I could add a video card that has HDMI or
DVI or both. So, how do you get the video to HDMI and the Audio to the AV
Receiver to generate 5.1 surround? Do I need a DVI/HDMI video card or is it
all done through the TV Tuner card?
7) Some TV tuners come with remotes, which seems like a good idea. Do you
get the best remote possible buy a pair like this, or is buying a standalone
remote better? What remove works the best?
Thanks
Bob Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184040
Serveral Pre Purchase TV Turner Questions
I am putting together a high end media center using Vista Home Premium. I am
in tech support for a living, so it should be fairly straight forward, if I
can identify the best components. I live in the USA.
1) Is there a URL to the optimum way to build a media center?
2) Is there a URL of reviews of tuner cards and/or remotes to help choose
the best for Vista MCE?
3) As I understand it, there are 3 ways to get digital TV - Over The Air
(OTA), cable, satellite (I am assuming, but don't really know, that both
cable and satellite are digital or available in digital, which is a separate
issue from HD) and IP (i.e. AT&T Uverse product). Does Media Center work
with all, or not? I heard/read somewhere that it does not work with
satellite...but to me, all of this would be a function of the TV Tuner, not
Media Center. Is it a function of the TV tuner card?
4) On the TV Tuner cards themselves, I have gotten confused reading their
descriptions. I want a 2 source tuner card, with those sources being any
combination digital of OTA/cable/satellite so I have all bases covered (at
this point, I donâ??t see any reason to have analog TV capable TV Tunerâ?¦advise
if I am missing something). But TV tuners seem to come with one analog input
and one digital, which makes no sense to me (since analog is going away).
Please advise.
5) I understand in XP Media Center, an analog tuner was required. In vista
Media Center, there is no such requirement, they may all be digital (and even
HD).
6) About connecting the Media Center to the TVâ?¦ I have an HD Sharp Aqueous,
so I would want to connect the Video via HDMI and the sound via some digital
method to my AV receiver to pump 5.1 surround to the room. I had always
assumed I would use a DVI to HDMI cable for the video connection, but now see
that the TV tuner cards come with all types of connections (even HDMI). The
computer itself only has a VGA, but I could add a video card that has HDMI or
DVI or both. So, how do you get the video to HDMI and the Audio to the AV
Receiver to generate 5.1 surround? Do I need a DVI/HDMI video card or is it
all done through the TV Tuner card?
7) Some TV tuners come with remotes, which seems like a good idea. Do you
get the best remote possible buy a pair like this, or is buying a standalone
remote better? What remove works the best?
Thanks
Bob Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184039
RECORDING QUESTION...
I have noticed that many people record TV shows. They are then
uploaded to the web or the newsgroups or even the bit torrent sites.
The shows look great and what I have seen is that they are almost
always maybe 99% of them Xvid or Dvix format. Does anyone know how
this is done? Can this be done in Vista Media Center? I thought that
VMCE only recorded in the dreaded dvr-ms format. If I am wrong can
anyone show me how to record in Xvid or Dvix via VMCE. If it is not
done via VMCE then I would still like to know how it is done and/or
what program they are using.
As usual thanks in advance... Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184034
new problem follows
just installed tweak UI from windows power toys website.
it does not help at all.
please help.
thank you very much. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184024
blue background to desktop icons
I have had this occur twice: Suddenly for no apparent reason a blue coloured
box appears behind the names of the desktop icons and the letters turn to
black.
I have read all the solutions posted in the past - but none of them worked.
Finally I right clicked on the desktop and went into the desktop tag. Then I
went into the drop arrow for the colours - it was blue. I clicked on "other"
and moved the arrow up to the very top, i.e. "no colour" and all the icons
reverted to the previous display; i.e. no coloured box and white letters for
the names of the respective sortcuts. Can anyone tell me why this happens?
Have I come up with the correct solution (yes I went into visual ... and
check the shadow box.)
--
Regards
rbc Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184023
new problems
how to resume autorun option for windows professional computers?
once I pressed the 'shift' key while inserting a blank dvd-r disc by fault.
now I want to resume the autorun functionality back to normal.
problem(s):
Burn4free program won't detect it when I tried to burn data.
It takes 4 non-consecutive circles to get the disc detected by the computer.
sometimes even more. now it won't even detect the disc at all.
another problem:
the external hdd attached to the computer cannot be detected rightaway as
well.
whenever I right-click the dvd drive on my computer, my pc does not
respond.
I need to close the my computer application to get the computer
running.
is there any relevance ?
please advise and help,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155217/en-us(reference)
computer spec:
windows media center edition 2005 (sp3 upgraded)
HDD: 40Gb internal (MAXTOR) 320 GB (western digital) connected by external
HDD BOX (USB)
DVD burner: Iomegadvd4224inq-d (super-multi writer for = and - formats)
dvd burning program: burn4free .4.4.3
CPu: Intel Duo Core 1.6Ghz
MEmory Module: 1ghz
Antivirus program: Avast 4.8 home edition.
dvd-r disc
accucore sony dvd-r optical disc 1X-16X compatible
http://dvdhs.com
http://www.sony-asia.com/sonyoptical
http://www.sony.co.jp/datamedia Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184013
Does not Detect Cable
Hello, I know this has been asked a dozen times before so I will point out
the following:
My driver is up to date, I do have an MPEG-1/2/4 support for analog and 2
for digital, and I have every codec known to man, I use CCCP.
I am running a Toshiba Satlite U305-s107, dual core, Vista Home Premium, two
gigs of ram, and my tuner card is AVer Media- AverTV Hubrid NanoExpress (HC82
ATSC).
So, it says that I only have an antenna signal, but all I have is a cable
plugged in. I have spent the past two hours messing around with WMC trying to
get it to understand that I want it to go cable and it refuses to detect the
cable connection. Any help would be greatly appreciated, you can have the
digital last piece of my birthday cake if you can figure out why it is wonky!
^_^ Thanks in advance! Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184008
Disappearing task bar and windows
Whenever I try to open My Documents or My Computer the window will pop up for
a couple of seconds then it, the taskbar, and desktop icons disappear. I
tried system restore but it didn't have an entry that was before my problem
started. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184005
Windows Movie Maker, 2.1
I have dragged 500 still pictures on the story board.
Concern: Now I am dragging transition and video effects in between my
clips...for each transition or video effect it takes almost 2 minutes before
I can drag the next one. Painfully slow!!! What can I do to speed up ?
Hard Drive...250 GB, Memory 1 GB
Help!!! Thanks. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 184002
No Video or pictures in new Media Center
I just bought a new computer and am attempting to configure Media Center. I
went through the set-up procedures for "Pictures & Video", the folders are
displayed but none of the pictures or videos in them. I can view one video
(*.wmv). All my pictures are *.JPG and my videos are mostly *.MOV
(Quicktime).
I'm sure there is something simple I'm missing but for the life of me I
can't find it.
Cheers,
David Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183999
How can I play music by folder?
I find the playlist feature EXTREMELY annoying. Nearly everyone with music
has it sorted by folders/artist/genre and I'd like to simply play one folder
or another without having to go in and create a playlist for it every time.
I have several hundreds of folders from music I've ripped and transferred to
my media center and I don't want to create a playlist for each one, one by
one. Can anyone help me with this please? It's driving me batty!
Thanks much. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183998
Media Center Host Module has encountered a problem and needs to cl
I've been getting the message "Media Center Host Module has encountered a
problem and needs to close" for three weeks. Media Center will not function.
Unable to find a solution.
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with SP3 Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183991
is there a Windows Service Pack 3 for idiotic guys?
Hi I just installed Windows Service Pack 3 on my home PC, Now it is in a non
stop booting cycle. It boots up as normal then gives me a few options like
the boot in safe mode thing as well as a system restore thing which i did.
but when it boots into windows it crashes then starts booting again. Would
anyone be able to help this college idiot out?
--
There''s no more justice just a cause and no cure and the body of suffering
we all endure and what terrifies me this day is they all call this gods love. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183989
DVB-T and sky tv
Hi
I have been trying to sort out watching my sky channel on my pc but having
no luck, most sites give me explainations which i do not understand. I
brought a phillips pc with an tv card intergrated into the machine with an
aerial port at the back.
from the control panel i can confirm the card i have is AVerMedia M103
MiniPCI Hybrid VB-T. So far have connected an aerial cable (RF) from my sky
box to my pc. i have scanned a few times and nothing being received.
What am i doing wrong Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183988
Media Center in Vista wouldn't show photo's.
Media Center in Vista wouldn't show photo's. Did any one know how to solve
this problem?
Vr. gr.
Sus scrofa Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183981
Newbie Question ???
Hi guys been reading for a while and you guys are very knowledgeable
and helpful. Here is my question ....
Is there a way in Vista MCE to change the naming convention in the
recorded TV folder??? For example the way it names a file now is...
Doctor Who_SCIFI_30_05_2008
Is it possible to have VIsta MCE change teh naming convention so that
I can either switch that around a bit or change it completely to
whatever I want like...
Doctor Who 4x01
Thanks in Advance.... Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183977
Watching recorded TV on another PC
I have 2 machines both the same, running Vista and I use them both as DVR's.
If I go into 'Settings' I can add other locations that the system will search
for recorded TV , how do I tell it to search for files on the other maxhine?
I have tried mapping drives but the machine seems only to want to find files
if they are local.
Comment Please
Fred Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183976
How do I use an AV Receiver with the Windows Media Center?
G'day,
I get my TV signal via an AV Receiver.
I have this plugged into my PC's tuner card using the AV Receiver's
RCA plugs (yellow, red, white).
What options in the Windows Media Center do I use to get the TV
working?
If I choose Cable or Satellite, then I can see the picture in the
small setup box but the setup fails as it says I need to connect the
IR. There is no where to connect the IR to the AV Receiver.
Does anyone know what needs to be done to get this working?
(I'd also like to be able to connect my Camcorder using the RCA plugs
method as well)
Thanks in advance.
Regards. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183975
Force D: drive install
I know I can use the command line to force an application to install to a
drive letter other than C:. I have forgotten how, and where I read it. I have
a number of applications I'd like to relocate to drive D:, where those
applications did not provide a choice, or a custom install option. How do I
do it?
Thanx,
Holie Goalie
hmtktdh@sympatico.ca Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183971
how to find what shows are on internet tv
I had watched COPS a few weeks ago on WMC internet tv; but now i can't find
cops anywhere in wmc internet tv listing. What am i missing? I didn't watch
it with my HP tv tuner card cause i dont get ANY tv signal where i live. Can
anyone tell me where i saw cops, or was it a once in while thing. Also why
doesnt inter tv get any different shows? Fox sports headlines have been
hendrick motorsports for months now. It just seems to be the same all the
time. So if anyone could explain how this works that woukd be great. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183969
Panasonic DVR connection to Media Center
Hello,
I have built a Vista media Center and I am using an HD Home Run as my OTA
tuner. I have a large amount of video recorded on a Panasonic DVR and I would
like to gain access to this through the Media center. I think the way to do
it is with an analog tuner but wanted to check with some more experienced
guys for a possibly better solution.
Thanks,
Sid. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183964
Audio Error: Specified cast is not valid
Hi I'm unable to listen to music in media center. Whenever I select My Music
from the start page it gives me an error saying specified cast is not valid.
Does anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? Any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183963
XMRadio in Vista Media Center....does not play
I am really at my wit's end with this. I have Vista Ultimate and a Linksys
DMA2200. I am unable to play the XMRadio link within Media Center. It loads
properly but there is no activation of the Media Player toolbar at the
botton. I have a second computer at work running the same setup and it works
fine. I used to be able to have XM palying but I needed to reformat the HD
and reinstall everything. Now I have reinstalled everything three times and
there is no solution available. I have contacted Dell, Microsoft, XMRadio,
and Linksys. It is like the keystone cops with fingers pointing all
directions. There needs to be some type of control installed within Media
Center and is not. The XMRadio link works great in Internet Explorer and
also on the sidebar within a gadget.
Does anybody have any thoughts on how to install the XMPlayer properly
within Media Center?
Thank you.
Sal Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183959
Will not let me delete a select few videos that I've downloaded!
Hi, There are seven files that I've downloaded (videos) that will not play,
so I want to delete them. When I right click on these specific files, delete
is not in the list of options as it always is. So I highlight the file and go
to file>delete just to get an ERROR message stating, "The following files
could not be deleted. They may be in use by another application or are
currently being downloaded to" Though I know for certain that the files are
neither in use nor being downloaded! Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated as it's driving me nuts! Thanks. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183957
How do I ????
1- Stop watching a folder and remove it from my Video Library?
The Problem IS: I have added several network folders to my Video Library
collection in Vista MCE (Home Premium), and when these network resources are
NOT available, It takes VMCE an extreamly longtime to access the video
library collection. I have already STOPPED watching these network folders
and they no longer show as being watched, but the folders still appear in the
Library collection, when those network resources ARE available. And when
they are NOT available it just slows the process down of openning the library.
2- How do I remove folders from my Video Library Collection? without
deleting them from my system...
I have several folders that are NOT even being watched (they never were
being watched)... For example: C:\my TV Shows\CSI, where the watched folder
IS "CSI" and the shared resource IS "my TV Shows"... The extra folder that
shows up IS "C:\" which contains only program video demos used for the
programs on my computer.
3- How do I keep the "window" sizing? I open a window (any window) and
resize it to my liking, but Vista doesn't remember the sizing change next
time I open this window. It will always be at the original default size
(small)... How can I force it to remember the sizing change? In Win XP it was
simple just hold the <shift> key when closing the window and the new size was
remembered until changed next...
4- How do I Force recorded TV shows to be saved with filenames such as
"series Name, Episode Name, ch #, network name, etc... Under WinXP MCE I
could use a program called "MCE 2005 Customizer" to do this, but it doesn't
work under Vista and the program writer is nlonger supportting it... Once it
is set, I don't need to change it... So, if there's a registry setting that
could be changed to cause this, I will try it... It seems like all the info
is there in the Mega Tag of the TV show because it shows the Series Name and
Episode Name in the Vidoe clip thumbnail itself, but not as the filename....
my Thanks to anyone who responds... Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183956
Still no thumbnails in recordedTV
I have a new install (recent rebuild) of Vista x64 Ultimate and do not get
thumbnails for recorded TV.
I have tried all the suggestions in the other threads and more.
Since the rebuild all the previously recorded and new TV does not show
thumbanils in Media centre UI.
I do not, and have never had Nero 7 installed.
I have tried all the registry fixes suggested here and on the wider internet.
I've tried the REGSVR32 SHMEDIA.DLL and agree with user Barb Bowman, that
Windows reports the specified module cannot be found (just for kicks I tabbed
through the entire system32 folder at the promt and it didn't auto suggest
SHMEDIA.DLL.) Also a system wide search for this file returns nothing.
The thumbnails appear in Explorer and WMP fine
What on earth is happening, I'm pretty good with Windows normally (I had to
crack open bcdedit last week) but this has me stumped!
All and any help appriciated
Steve Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183955
Can't Access Folder that contains msxml4-KB927978-enu.log file
All,
I have a folder on my f: drive (where I store my music) that is named:
f0a57f3d1c4e7056ad
IN that folder is a file named: msxml4-KB927978-enu.log
Well was moving a few of my music folders to a dvd, and I mistakenly dropped
these folders into the f0a57f3d1c4e7056ad folder. Now, I can't access this
folder which I need to do to get these files back. Every time I try I get a
message that reads: the folder is inaccessable, access denied.
How do I get these folders and file back? I need help, this is a few gig of
my music files!
TIA
George Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183953
Can no loner burn to DVD with Media Center
Hi, I used to be able to burn DVDs of recorded TV. Now Windows Media Center
tells me the file types are unsupported. Does anyone know what's going on?
Also, if I can't burn the dvr.ms file type with media center, is there a free
program that I can use to burn it? Thanks Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183949
Bottom of TV Flickers
Hi; I have a Compaq wide screen notebook with an ATI TV Wonder 600 USB TV
tuner. The OS is Vista Home Premium, SP1. When I watch TV the bottom of
the screen flckers, it looks as if it's a ghost of the top part screen.
I've tried various monitor settings but nothing helps. I've tried some
hotfixes and patches that are on the Technet but they wouldn't install
because they weren't applicatione to my system.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183945
Bottom of TV Flickers
Hi; I have a Compaq wide screen notebook with an ATI TV Wonder 600 USB TV
tuner. The OS is Vista Home Premium, SP1. When I watch TV the bottom of
the screen flckers, it looks as if it's a ghost of the top part screen.
I've tried various monitor settings but nothing helps. I've tried some
hotfixes and patches that are on the Technet but they wouldn't install
because they weren't applicatione to my system.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183944
Xbox Not Connected in Media Center Extender
I've had my xbox 360 linked to my computer for a while now and it's worked
fine. I turned on media center through my 360 one day and it froze at the
loading screen. I checked my media center extender settings on my computer
and it says my xbox is not connected. Can't seem to figure out why. Is there
another post someone can refer me to or help me troubleshoot what is keeping
my xbox from connecting to my computer?
I've Uninstalled MC extender along with .net framework 1.1 etc. Reinstalled,
still can't connect to my xbox even when setting up a new connection.
Extender is not blocked by my firewall and the proper ports have been opened.
Just ran into this similar problem when I installed XP SP3 and had to
manually intall a missing hotfix that was keeping media center extender from
being installed and working properly. It was working fine then this happened.
I've let media center sit at the loading screen on my xbox for about 15 min,
still no luck. Not sure what to do... Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183943
Restoration
I have tried several times to use the restoration process but it doesn't do
it. The message I get is "Restoration Incomplete. Select another restore
point and try again". But that doesn't work. And I thought by cleaning out
all other restorations done in the past, it might help. But now I can't
restore it any time before June 12th and that doesn't even work. Is there
anyone out there who can help me? I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183941
Null device driver
Im having a problem installing Null device which is in the non-plug and play
section of the device manager.
I uninstalled it because it was not starting up, thinking i could just
reboot and scan for new hardware but that doesnt seem to be working. I have
spent 2 days searching for anyone else who has had a similiar problem or has
a setup file for it or some way of reinstalling it but to no avail.
I was kind of hoping someone might have some insight or help for me before I
have to reinstall windows xp again.
Any help is greatly appreciated thank you in advance to any replies. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183926
Prefetch problems
Hello, i am having a problem with the boot in my Prefetch folder named
NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf. It is very slow starting up. When i delete this file
it is faster but once it rewrites it and i restart again it is very slow. I
have turned the boot prefetch off but then it is slow after boot. Is there
anyway to fix a corrupt NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf file? i have set the value to 1
at the moment so only applications Prefetch. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183925
Shutdown temperature
Hi,
I have a del laptop inspiron 1300. Always my pc was shuting down when it git
overheated. After i formated my pc it never turned off when it gets
overheated. How can i make my pc shut down when overheated?
Thanks, George Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183924
Applications running on XP with SP3
Several applications including all of the Office 2003 suite do not leave
memory when shutdown. Some applications will not restart until they are
killed in the task manager.
Firefox used to do it, but the latest version has stopped the problem.
However Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 does, as does Word, Excel, Outlook, and
PowerPoint. IE has never done this in any of its iterations.
This also happened in XP SP2 so upgrading to SP3 did not help.
If I start and shutdown one of the offending apps a number of times all of
the copies remain in memory and really slow things down.
This happened after a series of upgrades were carried out automatically, but
i cannot determine which sequence of upgrades started the problem.
Help I am going nuts trying to find this problem, it is not just to fix it
now, this is a challenge and I will beat it! I hope.... Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183915
Error Loading
After startup I get the Error loading C:\windows\system 32 \avgmmdpb.dll
the specified module could not be found. ALSO one that says
Error loading C:\windows\system 32\evhrdwkj.dll
the specified module could not be found.
This all started after a virus was downloaded to the computer. I've done
away with the virus now but internet explorer and outlook will shut down, can
I reinstall these two things from my Windows XP disk? And if so , how do I do
it.
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Old & Retired Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183914
dtv converter box
I currently use my media center 2005 as a pvr for ota tv. With a linksys
extender, I can watch on my tv. Will I still be able to use this setup after
the digital conversion by hooking up a converter box to my computer?
Unfortunalely the extender (old model) does not allow for viewing from a
digital atsc tv tuner. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183910
Installed XP SP3, update wants MCE updates from 2006 Installed?
Hello all:
I installed XP SP3 several weeks ago and now all of a sudden Windows
Update wants me to install the following:
Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB913800)
Last Published 4/25/2006 7.7 MB
Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center 2005 (KB914548)
Last Published 4/25/2006 3.4 MB
These updates don't show in add/remove programs, so I may not have installed
them previously. Can they be installed after SP3 or do I have to uninstall
SP3, install these and then re-install SP3?
xiowan..........steaming in tucson Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183908
Programs not showing in library.
Hi.
I am currently running a vista based PC and i am attempting to turn it into
a media PC. I cant seem to get games to show in the media centre program
list. The usual microsoft games do i,e gears of war and solitaire, chess etc,
etc. oh and one non microsoft program called guildwars... But no others. Is
there something i need to do or is it just not possible to run other games?
Sorry if i have ranted this has been bugging me a while. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183903
Restore issues
I backedup my system and it said it was sucessful but I get sn error message
when I try to restore. "An inconsistency was encountered in the requested
backup file." Please help. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183902
C00D1199
a When I tried to use video player with a program which has video and sound,
interaction I get the folowing message
"the 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.message that"
I tried going to the panel,devices and double clicked the speakers, but it
didn't help. Please help me. I really need to use since is for an internet
class I am taking.
Thank you. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183898
Windows will not shutdown/restart
I tried to post this on Mon, Jun 16, but haven't seen it listed. My
apoligies if this does become double posted.
I need help and I havenâ??t been able to find my problem discussed in
Microsoftâ??s knowledge base or this forum. I cannot get my computer to reboot
(restart) or shutdown without using the power button.
Particulars of my computer are as follows: Dell Dimension XPS600, 3GHz CPU,
2GB RAM, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002, SP3. SP3 was installed on May
15, 2008. No other new software or drivers have knowingly been installed
since installing SP3. Seven automatic updates (4 security updates for XP, 2
Malicious SW removal tool, and 1 security update for IE7) have been installed
since SP3 installation. I donâ??t know when I started having this problem, but
Iâ??ve been struggling with it for at least 3 weeks. We have had some power
outages over the last few weeks and my UPS battery wouldnâ??t keep a charge
(since been replaced), so the computer did have some hard power crashes.
Anyway, when I try to restart/shutdown, the â??Shut Down Windowsâ?? window comes
up, asking to restart, shutdown, etc. The previously active window also
â??grays out.â?? After selecting restart or shutdown, the previously active
window becomes active again and NO action is taken on my shutdown request.
The same response happens whether I initiate the restart/shutdown using the
Start Menu or using the Ctl-Alt-Del and requesting shutdown from the Windows
Security window. I have now also confirmed that I cannot Logoff either â??
previously active window becomes active again and NO further action is taken
on my shutdown request. The computer will, however, go into standby and
hibernate.
I noticed on this forum that someone had referenced a â??Windows XP Shutdown
and Restart Troubleshootingâ?? guide (James Eshelmanâ??s web site). From that, I
didnâ??t find anything that applied to my situation. However, I did try the
restart/shutdown shortcuts within a CMD window that were recommended; same
non-response as through the Shut Down Window.
I have not tried uninstalling and reinstalling SP3, or remaining on SP2. I
have 3 other computers in the house; all Dell machines and on XP Pro (SP3).
My XPS, however, is the only machine running Media Center Edition. I am not
having this problem on any other machine, nor did I have the problem prior to
SP3. I have also not contacted Dell as of yet. Can anyone help me with this
problem? Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183890
Black screen after attempting to fix SP3 issue.
Well... I'm still trying to find a way out of the SP3 valley. After trying
the fixes below, my HP processor turns on, but the monitor is black.
I tried the following:
1) Uninstalled Norton360
2) Downloaded Windows XP update (KB953356)
3) Reinstalled SP3
4) Ran "sc config intelppm start= disabled"
Is there no fix out there? Is my HP dead?
Anybody want to buy two-year-old HP Media Center... CHEAP!! :-( Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183888
Update
This update shows up as high priority, KB899589.
But this cannot be installed and it seems outdated update to me.
I have Windows XP SP3 in my computer. Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183882
Cannot Select Analog tuner
I have a brand new HP pavilllion with Windows Vista Home premium.
I added a "ATSC NTSC Hybrid HDTV PCI TV Tuner /Digital Video Recorder" card,
the manufacturer is Geniatech and the model is X8000A.
The Card has a digital tuner and an Analog tuner, the digital signal from my
cable company looks to be very weak.
When I try to configure the TV tuner in Windows Media center the only option
I am getting is the Digital tuner, even when I tell Media Center that I am
going to configure it manually.
(I don't use the digital tuner because after a scan it finds some chanels
but the signal is too weak and no image is displayed)
The card comes with other software and I can configure it to use the Analg
tuner, but I rather use Windows Media Center to record and watch TV.
Is there any way to make Windows Media allow me the select Analog TV tuner?
TIA Tag: Hot girl- photo and video Tag: 183875