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    - Can't See My Musics in Media Center I've been using XP media center for almost a year now, to play videos and music, but just today for whatever reason, when I try to play my music, I get a message that says "Unable to view music by album/artist/song, (etc.). Either the music does not contain album information, or there is no music in your Media Library. To add music to your Media Library, press More Info on the remote control and then select Add Music." If I try to go and re-add my music folders again, it looks like nothing is happening, it's not even accessing my hard drive. Has this problem ever happened to anyone else? Media Center has been running fine for me all year, that's why I don't understand why this is just happening for me now. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give. This is the first ever problem that windows media center has given me any problems, I love using it. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180592
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    - MCE video to Windows Mobile 6 format conversion HELP!!! Can anyone please tell me how I can convert a dvr-ms file to a format that will play on my Windows Mobile 6 phone. Thanks -- Dave in Glasgow, Scotland. UK using Vista Home Premium Intel Core2 Duo E6300 3Gb RAM Nvidia GeForce 7650GS (with DVB-T hdmi out) Tag: media player demos Tag: 180590
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    - Video Playback Error w/ WMC and 360 Hi all, I am running Vista 64sp1 with a wired gigabit network to 360. WMC was working fine on 360 about a week ago. Now it boots up, I can see the guide and recorded shows, but when I try to watch them I get Video Playback Error: Files needed for video playback are not installed or not working properly. Please restart media center or pc. I am not sure if this happened when I installed sp1 last week or something else caused it. I disabled and reinstalled 360, rebooted pc, etc., to no avail. Any ideas? Tag: media player demos Tag: 180587
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    - Media center and Xbox 360 Wireless to wired issue Hi and hopefully someone has a solution to my issues. I have a Hp with Vista media center and it is running McAfee and Widows firewalls. The problem is, I originally had my network set up as wireless from my computer to my router and the Xbox 360 was wired to the router. I wanted to increase my connection speed so I wired my computer to the router. My previous setup allowed me to connect to the xbox as an extender without any issues but he minute I changed to a wired connection the media center won't recognize the xbox. It still appears on the network when you look at the full map of network devices. I went through all the programs and made sure that media sharing is active with the xbox. I changed to different ethernet cables, disabled all firewalls, and everything else I could think of to figure out what was wrong. I talked to the support for my router, HP and xbox with no solution. I even called McAfee to have them help. I now refer to you guys and gals for a solution as no one else seems to know what the hell they are talking about and it is really getting upsetting. Thanks in advance Tag: media player demos Tag: 180576
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    - Live TV no Longer loads - Guide Down load fails After many months of WMC working OK., I can no longer open live tV. Clicking on the Icon and nothing happens. When I go back through setup the tuner is recognized and it allows me to select cable. Also the guide will not download and when it fails it gives error code 13. Obviously I am connected to the internet with a valid connection so a look up on error code 13 was not helpful. Any suggestions on a fix. my recent attemp to update all drivers using MS WU and install sp1 did not solve this problem. All other funtions of media center are fine. for example I can use on-line media and play previously recorded TV Tag: media player demos Tag: 180572
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    - 1 channel missing ABC Lost signal for channels 9.1 9.2 which is ABC network in windows media center, but signal works great in avermedia center for those 2 channels what is up with that. Its like 1 channel is being blocked. Except avermedia doesnt work with nvidia clone mode display or doesnt record with sound so, I never used it until I tried to figure out what happened to my signal for that channel.I even did a complete format install to sp1 and its still broken. maybe its wrong on my x drive. -- craig Tag: media player demos Tag: 180569
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    - Microsoft Money online access I downloaded Mocrosoft money home and business and trying to set up the banking and credit card information for online access. Although I have active online access to the bank and credit card, it continuously tells that "Currently, the account set up is unavailable. Please try later again"(banking) and " you don't have online access to that financial institution"(Credit card). I tried many times and this problem persists. I went to online troubleshoot where I didn't find any solution for this. could anyone kindly give me the solution for this? Thanks Tag: media player demos Tag: 180568
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    - Blue screen after Installing Media Center Previously, I had problems with my computer not shutting down properly and the the "Blue Screen" (BS - hope that is an ok abbreviation) of death. I re-did the whole system. Everything was great; a lot faster too. Then, I installed Media Center. Again, the computer would not shutdown properly and I again have the BS again. I get the error message in the BS mode - DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. The computer then goes through the whole hard drive and checks it out. When the computer comes up again Microsoft tells me it is caused by NVidia Grahics Driver. I have update the driver and also the Motherboard. I still have the problem and do not know what to do about it. I have another question. I have an ATi HDTV Wonder PCI tuner card. I get it to accept the digital channels, but it does not read in nor ask about the analog channels that come through the cable from Verison's CAT5 cable. Is that normal? Without Media Center it did both digital and analog. Thanks. -- Enjoy computers Tag: media player demos Tag: 180565
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    - "This upgrade can only be run on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2 there was another post on this subject but it didn't help at all. I am stumped because if I look at the settings in MCE it states that I am at version 2005, but when I look at My Computer properties page it is stating that I am at 2002. How do I fix this? Thanks in advance Tag: media player demos Tag: 180564
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    - Windows Reboot and Error I am running Windows XP Media Center and recently had to completely erase my HDD and reformat due to random restarts and errors that eventually led me to no being able to use my OS at all. Now iv after the reformat i am experiencing similar errors and looking for a fix before i get the results as before after the random restarts iv been getting this error: BCCode : 1000008e BCP1 : C0000005 BCP2 : BF9C6F0F BCP3 : AB30EC68 Tag: media player demos Tag: 180563
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    - Guide Does Not Update Hello, I've had years of service from this WMC box without problems but now the guide won't download. I get no error message and when I go to the guide I receive a pop-up that says the guide data is downloading but it never finishes. It has run for days. I can run the browser and connect to different sites so am thinking that the internet connection is OK. I've ru through the config dialog where I put in my zip and then choose a provider. Again it shows the status that the guide is downloading but the status proceeds about 3 dots worth and then no more. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, John Tag: media player demos Tag: 180561
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    - Non-WMP Media player for MCE Hi, Can anybody help me with this please: Can I use some media player other than WMP (such as VLC player/ K Media player) inside the Media Center? So, if I want, I can run the video in that player (by setting it as default, maybe). Thanks for your time. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180558
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    - Lost media center Need some help? It seems as though I have lost my media center icon or for that matter I canâ??t find the application on any of my hard drives either, I can see that it has been licensed to me on the media center home page but can not find it anywhere on my computer. Any ideas? I am using Windows Vista ultimate with SP1 installed. Jim Tag: media player demos Tag: 180549
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    - Only one Tuner works! I'm setting up my new HP Pavilion Ultimate D4999TPC. This is my second, since the first one I had to return b/c it had all kinds of problems (such as no internet access). It's equipped with dual ATSC-NTSC TV tuner, PVR, FM tuner, REM. One card is Hauppague WinTV HVR-1600 (NTSC/ATSC combo) and the other card is ViXS PureTV-U 48BO (NTSC/ATSC combo). Total of 4 tuners. I have analog cable (coming out of the wall and I use a splitter to connect to the tv tuners). 1st problem: When I do auto config, it either comes back with no tuners found or only one tuner found but detects my analog cable as antenna. 2nd problem: When I do manual config, only the NTSC connector would work on the Hauppauge card and I get nothing on the ViXS card. With the previously returned unit, I was able to get both tuners to work on the Hauppage card, although, sometimes the ATSC tuner would quit and I would have to restart the computer (sometimes 2 or 3 times) and then it would work again. Another issue I have with this new system while the previous system did not have this issue, is when it's recording something, I cannot go to "live tv" even though it's the same channel that it's recording. Conclusion: I'm stuck with only one usable tuner out or 4! The useless tech support tells me I cannot use both tuners on the same card. They say it's impossible, even though that's exactly what I did with the previous system. They want to send me another Hauppauge card to replace the ViXS card (which also has the FM tuner so then I would not have an FM tuner). He said with two seperate Hauppage cards, I would then be able to use 2 tuners. This does not make sense to me. I should be able to usee both tuners on the Hauppauge card as I did before. Oh, one more thing with this system (and not with the previous system), When downloading the Guide, I would keep getting "download incomplete--Code:13" And then eventually, after a bunch of tries, it would finally complete. My wireless status is "excellent." Please help!! Thank you!!!! Tag: media player demos Tag: 180548
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    - Replacing poor MCE tv signal with external STB signal/feed The Windows Media Center PC that i have obviously has an internal tv card built in. Quite a few people have said it is not reknowned for it's quality. I have a couple of digital tv set top boxes that provide superb quality pictures and sound. In detrimental contrast to that, the digital tv receiver in the Media Center, or pc?, i'm not sure which it's a part of, suffers from interference and picture break up, as well as failing to find channels. It often states that a channel can't be found because the signal is weak. However, i can assure you that the signal at the end of the coax cable going into the pc is not weak and i have tested it the cheapets set top box i could find. The cheapo stb found and displayed every single channel perfectly. In view of the above, i was wondering if i can get the media center to use the 'out' signal on the STB in preference to it's internal tuner card. The connection is via the coax input socket on the back of the pc. I'm confused as to whether, when one connects and sets up the MCE to work with a STB, it uses it's own tv card signal or the STB's signal. If it is the latter then that is perfect as i can just reset the MCE to use the superior STB feed. Therefore, my question is: in such a set up which signal is being used?. Many, many thanks in advance for anyone who knows the answer to this question for sure, and also shares it here of course. -- this SHAM of DEMOCRACY leaves NO CHOICE sham.manchesterpaul.net for Life, Love, Peace, Justice and Truth Who_Murdered_Democracy If you pass me by - Such a shame, shame, shame Tag: media player demos Tag: 180512
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    - TIF images with Windows Media Center / Vista Hello, I have used succesfully informations regarding JPG/JPEG, thanks ... I still have probelm with TIF images : - they show in WMC as long as they are not compressed - they do not show if some compression has been applied like LZW, CCITT Gr4, JPEG, ... Would there be some REGEDIT or other patching to be done ? -- Sincerely Mike Tag: media player demos Tag: 180510
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    - Recording when hooked up to Dish network I have only had my media center for about 2 weeks. I think I have all the right things hooked up. I went through the wizard and have all the stuff hooked up. I watch live tv just fine. The problem I am having is with the recording. I can set it up to record two programs. But when the program comes up to record, it only records what I am watching on my regular tv. I have gone through the changing channels and it does that correctly. It wont record only what is on my regular tv. If my dish box is turned off, it will only record the away message that dish network has on. I have read everything and search all over trying to find an answer for this and I cant, so I thought I would throw it at you and see if you can help me with this. I must say, I do have the dish network box with the DVR in it, will this prohibit me from recording on my media center? All I have been able to do is record directly what I am watching, nothing that I have scheduled that would have to be on a different channel. HELP Tag: media player demos Tag: 180501
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    - Error When I close one window I get a message saying "Internet Exporer has encountered a problem and needs to close." Then gives me the option to "debug" or "close" What do I do to fix this? Tag: media player demos Tag: 180489
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    - Stop Downloads onto local machines Hello. Just a general question here. Can any of you experts tell me if there is a way to prevent a user from downloading? I have 4 machines which I need to allow users to be able to surf the web, but NOT be able to download anything on to their computers (ie: games, music, etc). I know there is various software out there that will do this. But, I am looking to see if there is a way to create this rule or restriction in Windows? Thanks, avi Tag: media player demos Tag: 180485
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    - Channels Missing (Low Signal in MCE) -- But Work with WinTV app I am missing about half broadcast digital channels that are available to me in my area. My HDTV has a tuner and can receive these channels, and my Hauppauge HVR-1800 also can receive these channels using their WinTV software package on the same computer that is running MCE. How can I force MCE to allow me to tune these channels? It seems to me that perhaps MCE is assuming I cannot receive these channels, or it's looking at the wrong channel or something? Sorry if this question has been posed before, but I cannot find a solution to the above issue. Thanks! Tag: media player demos Tag: 180484
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    - Stop User from Rearranging ICONs on desktop Hi, I have to maintain 70 computers in classrooms. I have the ICONs set in a certain way on the desktop so that I know where they are. Users can rearrange and/or added icons to the desktop. However, how can I have the setting set back to the way they were when the Users have log off? Thanks Tag: media player demos Tag: 180483
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    - Why is Auto Playlist repeated many times? Hi I'm using Vista Media Center. For some reason I'm getting the Auto Playlists in the Music Library 3 times. I have 3 times of All Music, All Pictures, All Videos, Music added in the last month, and so on. This seems to be for all auto playlists. Anyone have any ideas about why this is and how to fix it? Best regards, Tag: media player demos Tag: 180481
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    - ATSC physical channels incorrectly set to post-transiton channels Recently (March 17 or thereabouts) Microsoft changed atscchannels.xml in my area so that the physical channels of three local channels KCTS, KSTW and KWPX point to their POST-transition channels. This has broken the reception of these three channels for anyone using MC to watch local broadcasts in the Seattle area. please reset the physical channels for these three channels back to their PRE-transition channels until the actual transition. ---------------- 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=f70fd973-eec6-4c28-a8fa-94fdb2d54519&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter Tag: media player demos Tag: 180477
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    - Cable TV signal setup problems Hello, When I try to watch live TV using Media Center the picture is horrible. It is hard to make out what is going on and the picture flips across the screen. It looks almost as if something is set to the wrong channel. The audio is fine. I have gone through the setup numerous times. My cable tv is directly connected to the tuner card in my Dell XPS 410. I tried going through the setup and telling it I had a satellite or set-top tuner. Through these options it let me try 3 different channels for signal. Channel 2 looked like what I see, channel 3 looked much better but a bit fuzzy, channel 4 had no signal. Unfortunately, though, as this is not the correct setup for my direct cable connection I have to abort because it keeps telling me IR hardware not dtected. This used to work fine. Somewhere along the line the picture went and I just figured maybe something was wrong with the cable itself. It is definitely not the cable. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike Tag: media player demos Tag: 180476
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    - Pie in the sky! I may be behind the curve on this but... How about developing an open standard for controlling STBs via RS232, or IP? A standard that will allow MCE to truely talk to STBs and other media devices, sending direct commands and determining STB status, using something like streamed XML? This wouldn't just help MCE, but the Audio/Video industry as well. Then you can get around all this IR/UHF/STB frustration. MCEs only truly usefull if it can be configured so everyone in the house can use it, and they aren't all techs. ---------------- 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=b52053eb-c4b2-495a-a784-42367104499d&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter Tag: media player demos Tag: 180473
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    - Function Keys on Remote Different STBs require different methods of interaction depending on their state, and MCE has no way of knowing the state of the STB. For example, my dish network STB resets every night, so I have to hit OK to turn it on. There is no way to do this via MCE, so somedays MCE just records a screen saver from the STB. Solutions1: Allow automation IR scripts to be run before a recording event. A script can consist of recorded IR sequences that are played back to the STB before a recording takes place. Solutions2: Add function buttons (eg F1,F2,F3) to the remote, and have the ability to have the function modes mapped to different IR commands. Therefore I could config F1 to map keys to IR commands specifically for the STB. Then if my STB gets out of Sync I can put MCE into F1 mode by hitting the key, and use my remote just like the STB remote to synch up the STB. This also opens the possibilty for mapping to other devices like SoundSystems. Solutions3: Just for the sake of throwing something else out there, how about an IR blaster that truely Blasts! All I can find are mini blasters that require a Bug to be taped over the STB eye. Kind of tacky to say the least. If I can control my TV from acrss the room, I should be able to have an IR blaster that can work from across the room. This would also help open up possibilities mentioned above. ---------------- 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=3069d09d-2c2d-40d4-abcd-2de4e5a11c83&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter Tag: media player demos Tag: 180471
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    - Frustration with STB / IR and MCE in general Problem: Can't block channels. Even if I hide a channel in the guide, I can still access it directly using the remote. This means if I fat-finger the channel I can end up on one not supported by my STB subscription, therefore ending up on a menu that I can't get out of becuase.... MCE won't transmit my already mapped "OK" signal to the STB. Solution: Add the ability to truely block a channel, so it donesn't appear in the guide and can't be accessed directly from the remote. ---------------- 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=8e48199f-91df-4b9b-80b8-305b1d1d981c&dg=microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter Tag: media player demos Tag: 180469
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    - Vista Media Center unwanted folders After installing SP1 Media Center started listing the memory card reader slots as 4 drives in both the Video and Pictures libraries. These were never configured to be monitored in either MC or WMP and they weren't being listed in Media Center before SP1 was installed. Is there any way to remove these entries, and other root folders that sometimes show up, from the folders list in the library? Tag: media player demos Tag: 180468
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    - Windows Movie Maker I have created a movie in Movie Maker 5.1 and when I try to save it as a movie in higher quality/size, it saves just like normal... gives me the estimated time, etc. and says it is finished, but when I view the movie, it plays for a while and then gets "stuck" on a picture and stays there while the music continues in the background. I have tried various saving options and the only ones that it will save the entire movie on are very small and the video quality is very bad. In all the different saves I have tried, it gets stuck on a different picture each time so I know it is not a particular picture that is the problem. Can anyone help or give me some advise? -- C3 Laura Tag: media player demos Tag: 180465
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    - Choppy video in MSE internet tv full screen how can i eliminate choppy video when playing internet tv? DVD's play fine, a few stations play fine, but most are choppy when full screen. Is there an optimum resolution? I've got a dell 24" flat panel running nvidia GeForce 8800GT w/ 256M of video ram & 3G of memory. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180456
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    - BDA driver and MS Windows MCE Hello, I have a problem with developing BDA driver for MS MCE. First thing I did was to compile a BDA sample from MS DDK. This sample works in MS XP perfectly, but when I try to use this BDA driver in MCE it doesn't work I'm trying to run Media Center in MCE and this application can't find this BDA sample driver to receive TV. Can anybody help me to understand my problem? Thanks. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180453
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    - Keyboard shortcut to Search (TV) Probably an obvious one, but is there a keyboard shortcut combination to 'Search'? I find the 'Search' option for the TV+Movies category extremely useful (in Media Center on Vista Home Premium) but the best I can currently come up with is Ctrl-O {Alt+Winkey+Enter} {right arrow 4 times} {Enter} which isn't particularly rememberable or user-friendly. Any improvements on that? -- Jon Tag: media player demos Tag: 180452
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    - How to save the program guide file... Hi, I changed the default sequence of all my TV channels.. How can I restore the same sequence if I move to another PC, or have to restore MC from scratch I have Vista ultimate, but in all Ehome folders and registry, I cannot see where the file is stored.. Can you help? -- Intel E8400 C2D 3.0 GForce 8600 GTS 512 2GB DDR2 6400 WD 80GB Vista Ultimate (danish) Tag: media player demos Tag: 180450
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    - Colour ajustment I view XP Media Centre 2005 through a standard CRT PAL TV or a 720P projector. Up until I got the HTPC I watched the TV with a digital tuner signal (UK Freeview) via a SCART plug. When using the HTPC with Media centre it goes through S Video to the TV or projector. The picture looks fine on both from the digital receiver but is far too intensely coloured from the PC but I can't find any way of adjusting the intensity of the colour from within Media centre. I have tried a couple of the different "Color Profiles" available on the PC but they don't seem to make enough of a difference. It is more than somewhat annoying to look at this very unrealistic picture. Is there anyway to adjust the colour to be more realistic within Media centre or the PC? TIA Slatts Tag: media player demos Tag: 180429
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    - OE emails remain in Out folder .... and will not move to Sent folder. Recipients report the emails are being sent multiple times even though I have not pressed send/receive that many times. I noted a large number of emails in the Sent folder (3400+ and have that down to about 2700 to make sure there is room in the folder to receive emails from the Out folder. Your help is appreciated, Thanks. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180427
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    - Upgrade from 2004 to 2005 I would very much like to be able to install Windows Media Player 11 on my PC (so I can watch streaming movies from Netflix on the new monitor I just bought). Unfortunately WMP 11 does not work on WinXP MCE 2004. The manufacturer of my PC tells me there is nothing they can do to upgrade my system to MCE 2005 (and that I should just buy a new PC). However, I have seen references on this site to upgrading from MCE 2004 to MCE 2005. Can anyone shed some light on this apparent contradiction? And if one can upgrade from 2004 to 2005, how is that done? Would a product recovery disc do it (meaning, could I use a recover disc for WinXP MCE 2005 to convert my operating system from 2004 to 2005)? Thanks, Rob. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180425
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    - Editing recorded TV? I am using Windows Media Center with Vista Home Premium and a Hauppauge TV card. The recorded TV is saved with file format [name.dvr-ms]. Is there any way that I can edit this recorded TV with Pinnacle Studio v11? If not what are the options for editing recorded TV? Tag: media player demos Tag: 180424
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    - How do we stop the echo in WLM 8.5 when teleconferencing? Ever since Messenger was upgraded many of us have experienced a nasty echo that makes using the conferencing feature impossible. This did not used to be, and simply using headphones is not the answer, so please don't even suggest it. This has to be a bug in Windows Live Messenger 8.5, and possibly 8.1. I did not experience this echo in previous versions, so I'm pretty sure it is not a hardware issue. What needs to be fixed? We have tried all settings and nothing stops it. Tag: media player demos Tag: 180420
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    - ownership issue Please help! I had my computer in safe mode and was logged in as administrator. I was having trouble accessing the history folder in local settings so i took ownership of the folder, now i can access it but now my computer isnt recording the history. there is nothing in the folder and when i view it with the internet up there is nothing there not even icons for the date. normally i would just use system restore but for some reason it was turned off. Is there a way to reverse what i did so it will start recording the history again? -- dawmab Tag: media player demos Tag: 180419
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    - Suddendly issue with Program Guide Update.. Hi, suddendly I cannot longer update the Program Guide, as I could since the install of Vista. I have tried everything, my ADSL is fine, but I got an error code 4 "could not establish a connection" I can see all TV program and all Media Center works fine, except updating the Grogran Guide. Even when I try to reconfigure the internet connection in MC Vista Ultimate, it still says that the connection does not work. My firewall is off and nothing should prevent this feature to work like it always did. Can you help me please. I have cable TV with a Pinnacle Vista card which works perfectly. Thanks in advance -- Intel E8400 C2D 3.0 GForce 8600 GTS 512 2GB DDR2 6400 WD 80GB Vista Ultimate (danish) Tag: media player demos Tag: 180416
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    - Recording Website Videos and Sound Bytes Can the Media Center or Media Player be used to record sound bytes or videos as they play? Tag: media player demos Tag: 180412
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    - XP Media Center 2005 Away Mode Ok, so I may be posting in the wrong forum, but I could not find a Media Center specific group. I am running XP Media Center 2005 w/ all windows and driver updates, on a Dell Dimension E520, 2.66 GHZ Dual-core Pentium D, 1 GB RAM 2 internal SATA 250 GB/300 GB hard drives. GeForce 7300 LE 256 MB vid card (which is strangely shown pretty much everywhere in the system as having 512 MB though??) Anyhow, I reinstalled Windows some time ago with the CD instead of the factory image restore from the hidden partition. No problems, everything installed, working properly, and showing properly (except the vid card's memory) Quite a few months later bought the 300 GB drive to install, and after installation I noticed an unknown device in device manager. The hard drive is installed and working properly at this point, after some testing etc. the unknown device is definitely NOT the hard drive. I checked the properties of the unknown device checked out and searched the hardware strings on the details tab, and have come up with it's the Media Center Away Mode driver. From what I can tell searching, I can literally find nothing fruitful about how to fix this problem with the away mode driver. There is no away mode tab in Power Options either. I don't necessarily need the functionality of away mode, but I would like to get rid of this annoying entry in my device manager without uninstalling or disabling it. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions that don't consist of disabling/uninstalling? Tag: media player demos Tag: 180404
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    - Why is Media Ctr remote full screen? Recently purchased HP Media Ctr (MC) PC with Vista Home Premium on it with a TV Tuner/FM Radio card. It also came with a Media Ctr Remote. The sticker on inside of remote's battery door says Model TSGH-IR01 SW rev.A How do I get the remote to open or leave the MC window in a small window in lower right corner of screen, which is where I have it set to open when I open/operate MC commands with the mouse? If I open the MC with the remote (say the Radio) it always opens full screen! Even if I open the MC in TV mode by mouse but then want to change to Radio mode using remote the MC goes to full screen. Is there a way to "shrink" the full screen to the my normal small window using some remote button? Is there some type of operational manual for this remote? There is nothing in the MC's on screen Help about the remote. Thanks for any help/guidance ...... Rick Tag: media player demos Tag: 180402
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    - Downloadable copy of Win XP ver. 2002 SP2 I have my serial number but do not have the win xp cd any longer. is there a downloadable copy avialable? thanks Ed Tag: media player demos Tag: 180400
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    - Computer Rebooting Automatically Hello, My computer has started rebooting itself over the last month, and it's been getting more frequent. It seems to happen when a decent load is applied. I thought it may have been a heat issue, but I got it to restart even when a fan was blowing into the tower. I have updated the drivers that I could, voltages seem to be fine, and have recently formatted and reinstalled Windows. Another forum has recommended running memtest86, which I will do as soon as I can, but I have swapped 3 different memory sticks, and it happens with each. Here is the error code for the most recent event: Error code 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 00000000, parameter3 b7377870, parameter4 00000000. I'm having difficulty finding the definition for this, so could someone help with that as well? Thanks! Tag: media player demos Tag: 180389
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My player will not play microsoft demos. i turned it on in the firewall
settings but this did not help. Can anyone help?
C00D11B0 is the error Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The server
might not be available or there might be a problem with your network or
firewall settings.

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