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• When I try to open windows media center my Blue computer screen and my computer stops

  When I try to open windows media center my Blue computer screen and my computer stops

  Hello

  More that might help.

  Check this thread for more information using BlueScreenView, MyEventViewer and other methods
  to troubleshoot the BlueScreens - top 3 responses (+ 1 other).

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7repair/thread/c675b7b8-795f-474d-a1c4-6b77b3fcd990

  We can analyze the minidumps if make you it available to the SkyDrive or another file
  sharing sites.

  ZIP or download the content of the C:\Windows\minidump

  Use SkyDrive to upload collected files
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itproui/thread/4fc10639-02dB-4665-993a-08d865088d65

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  Also this, so you can see the probable bluescreens.

  Windows Vista restarts automatically if your computer encounters an error that requires him to plant.
  (also Windows 7)
  http://www.winvistatips.com/disable-automatic-restart-T84.html

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  Check out these utilities to see if information may be collected:

  It is an excellent tool for displaying the blue screen error information

  -Free - BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death '.
  hangs and displays information about all accidents of a table.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/blue_screen_view.html

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  MyEventViewer can be verified at the time of the blue screen (BSOD) within a second or
  so time of the BSOD for more information on the possible cause - see TIP.

  MyEventViewer - free - a simple alternative in the standard Windows Event Viewer.
  TIP - Options - Advanced filter allows you to see a period of time instead of the whole of the record-
  Set it for a bit before and after the time of the BSOD.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/my_event_viewer.html

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  AppCrashView - free - a small utility for Windows Vista and Windows 7 which shows the
  Details of all application crashes occurred in your system. The information of the plant are extracted
  the .wer files created by the Windows Error Reporting (WER) of exploitation component
  system each time that an accident has occurred. AppCrashView also allows you to easily record the
  list of accidents to the text/html/csv/xml file.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/app_crash_view.html

  I hope this helps.

• How to restore my files out of windows media center?

  for some reason when I saved a file in another file it changed my entire system to play windows media center nonstop... now he always plays and I can't control it.

  My husband has had the same problem for another reason however, he managed to correct the problem by restarting the computer... by pressing the F8 key at all times as it has been restarted.  It opens a window which says "fix."  In this form it was to "restore the computer to an earlier date" as one of his choices.  Go back as much as necessary and click on restore.  It fixed my problem.  I have tried many other alternatives and this is what finally worked.  Another option reopened as Media Center.  Good luck.

• HP 500-281: Windows Media Center

  Is a HP 500-281 PCs running windows 7 good for use as a Windows Media center? or is there a better alternative. I'm not going to use it for games, but I want to mainly use the DVR function with data from a cable tuner card. The PC will be part of a multimedia network.

  It should work fine.  Provide the software is configured properly.  Remember that the execution of a DVR service requires the PC to be available for the task and only serve only not for something else (if necessary)

• Windows Media Player 11, Windows Media Center 2005 and Windows XP: download or use errors

  Well, work on my sister-in-law's computer and the problem is that a certain MP3 player someone got for Christmas is only compatible with Windows Media Player.  For some reason any, when the guys from the Geek Squad traveled reload them Windows XP on the computer, Windows Media Player does not get installed.  I try to go through the Microsoft Web site to download Windows Media Player 11 (recommended by Microsoft for XP users) and the end result is an error message indicating that, in order to download this version, you must have Windows Media Center 2005 or newer installed on your computer. I try to go to the site and me this Windows Media Center 2005 and the Web site links to the download of Windows 7, which we do not want to do, with a link to "Download Windows Media Center now. Which takes me to a page explaining how to use WMC, then gives me a link to get the WMC, which brings back me to the download page of Windows 7, to infinity. There are no Windows Media Center on this computer, and we would like to get Windows Media Player for XP. How this is done?

  Hello

  1. from which site you want to download the Widnows Media Player?

  Method 1.
  I recommend you to download the Windows Media Player from the link below and check.
  http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/features.mspx

  Method 2.
  Or alternatively, you can restore your Windows XP to a previous state during the installation of Windows Media Player.
  Reference:
  How to restore Windows XP to a previous state
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306084

  I hope this helps.

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Loss of signal HDMI in Windows Media Center

  I have a Dell Studio Hybrid PCs only running Windows Vista Home Edition Premium attached to a Samsung LN52A750 LCD HDTV via HDMI. If I turn on the TV away from the PC input and back, I lose the video signal... but only when Windows Media Center is running in full screen.

  It works fine:

  1. Turn on the TV.
  2. Switch to PC input on the TV.
  3. Turn on the PC.
  4. Start Windows Media Center.
  5. Turn off the PC.
  6. Turns off the TV (or switch to a different input).

  This also works very well:

  1. Turn on the TV.
  2. Switch to PC input on the TV.
  3. Turn on the PC.
  4. Start Windows Media Center.
  5. Minimize Windows Media Center.
  6. Turn on the TV to a different entry, but leave the PC.
  7. Turn on your TV to the PC - you see always the computer.

  It does NOT work:

  1. Turn on the TV.
  2. Switch to PC input on the TV.
  3. Turn on the PC.
  4. Start Windows Media Center.
  5. Turn on the TV to a different entry, but leave the PC with Windows Media Center in full screen running .
  6. Try to turn on the TV to the PC - no picture or sound is on the screen and the PC must be restarted to return sound/video fully.

  I came across this problem recently (after the passage of a VGA/DVI to HDMI connection). First of all, I came across it when the PC would go to sleep - the video signal stops and the TV stop see the PC signal, even once the PC is awake. I have read a bit online and thought it was something people call a problem of 'EDID handshake. " I thought simply not let the computer sleep (and do not turn off the PC video) would fix it, but I ran into another issue. Kind of a twist.

  I was showing friends how Media Center worked, I spent in the PC, showed them Windows Media Center, spent in a different entry, then switched back to the PC (because I forgot to show you something). The blue background of Media Center appeared for a split second and the signal was instantly lost. I had to reload completely in order to recover the signal.

  I retried the experience - shot to the top of Media Center, active the TV away from the computer, then it passed right away - same result. Restart lost, hard signal.

  I don't know how I fell on it, but at some point, I had the experience with a twist. I pulled to the top of the computer, started Media Center and reduced. Then I moved the TV away from the PC and back... and the signal was always there. I did it again, and again, the signal was there. The TV turns off and on again - signal always there. Then I enlarged Media Center, changed television away from the PC, and when I came back... NO SIGNAL.

  So: with full-screen Media Center loses the signal, but when Media Center is reduced to a minimum the signal remains.

  I started thinking about how my recent use of the Media Center differed from the previous time. Normally, I use the Media Center, watch a movie or something and then go and do something else. I'm back from PC to something else and back. And every time that I had spent in the PC and he had kept the signal, the screen saver has been on - the screen saver 'bubbles '.

  Something that I noticed with the screensaver "Bubbles" is that it sometimes brings the Windows taskbar in the foreground so it 'up' to the Windows Media Center full screen appears. I usually turn the television on the PC input before "wake the computer" and to get the screensaver to go.

  Now I wonder if the lost signal has something to do with Windows Media Center. I have [I think] know a bit the functioning of Windows and the concept of execution of different 'offices '. I wrote a screensaver in C++ unmanaged long ago and I remember there was some crazy stuff that you have to do when you write an application "windowless" (as Media Center - there is no border around it when it goes full screen) and make the "caches", as the screen saver 'bubbles '. I wonder if he has something to do with the standard Windows Desktop works correctly but the Windows Media Center app full screen "desktop" does not properly.

  I tried another experience where I kept full screen WMC, leave the TV losing signal and press Win + D to minimize and show the desktop. Then I went to the TV in the back. No luck - once the signal has been lost, it was lost for good.

  I did since then research various responses. I read that defining the ACPI suspend mode S3 would fix it, but it doesn't. I tried implementing a keyboard shortcut attached to a script that could change the display resolution of 640 x 480 and then change back because I read changing the resolution to update the signal - which did not work.

  Basically, I got no alternative except to keep WMC reduced when it is not in use.

  I'll try to set the screen saver "Bubbles" to 1 minute or something and see if that will at least let me inputs turn on the TV after one minute of inactivity. Yet, it would be good to know if there is some setting I'm missing.

  Hello Travis and Jmelton98,

  Thank you for posting.  Your tests of Travis and additional post of Jmelton, it seems it will be probably something that only can be set by the video card drivers.  If you were to look at the known issues for some drivers, you would see similar questions types.  It is one of the reasons for the drivers for video cards are updated so often.  Sometimes there will be a problem so important that they will release a special patch to fix (like what happened during the crisis game is released).  There should be a new series of pilots soon become availible.

  Please try and see if the problem persists.  Thank you both for the replies that it will help others too. Zack
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• Windows Media center has disappeared!

   
  I recently had some problems with my vista home premium and had a friend of mine glance that he ended by wiping and re-install vista but now my windows media center is is more here, I have read other forums, that I could find here nothing doesn't. The only solution I have found so far is to re - install vista again but I had not given a CD or DVD when I bought my laptop. Any ideas?

  Ouch.
  The only explanation I have for this, is that your friend used a Vista disc vLite (and had removed the last Media Center.)
  Once this is done, there is no "resettlement" function - you will need to reinstall the operating system on a blank disc.
  A friend.  Can bring you to install again, but common sense this time?

  I looked everywhere on the Sony site - no order records 'here '.  (Sony could take a cue from HP in this Department...)
  So, I suggest you Contact Sonyand tell them about command filtering alternatives.  You'll need.

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• Reset the library in Windows Media Center on Vista Ultimate

  Any way to reset Media Center, so it restores the library of images, video and audio?  I need to start all over again because it won't let me control my own destiny.

  Media Center has found all kinds of stuff on my readers that I don't want to appear in its menus.  No, it's not _, but I can't see how this could be a real problem.  Is finding all sorts of photos of various I don't want not shown.  I wouldn't have to revamp my hard drive in an attempt to hide the stuff of Media Center.  That's all just crazy!  Media Player 11 is much better behaved.

  Once Media Center detects something it got him to it!  At least it seems that way to me.

  It would be a great improvement if Media Center show you a list of files that it finds and then gives you the ability to remove or add to this list.  MS apparently he dumbed down so that you can do.  Then after that it's must rescan and update everything.  Media Center development team please talk to the development of Media Player 11 team and see how they do.

  Apparently, it cannot detect that I moved my Public folder to another drive.  He is always looking for C:/users/Public and won't give up his research there.  I empied on all my music, video, photos, etc. under my user so it won't find anything be it next time around.  Now, I just need to find a way to reset the library from scratch.  It would be a nice option to have on task!

  Another option would be to score a registration file in Media Player/Media Center with a power button set with a right click on the folder.  Carbonite for that because he's back in line ups and it couldn't be simpler!

  This is really an excellent product to be almost useless for me.

  BajaPaul,

  Windows Media Center takes advantage of your information to the Windows Media Player library. We will need to edit your library here.

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  Add or remove watched your library folders:

  Open Windows Media Player, click on the library tab and choose the type of media (video, music, photos, recorded TV) then press F3 on your keyboard to open the Add to library window, press Advanced Options, make your selections for your library folder (by selecting Add, Remove, ignore or Enable), click on OK.

  Now, let's remove existing content unwanted from your library:

  Press on the library tab, choose the type of media (video, music, photos, recorded TV). Now select library in the left panel, displays, select file. You can now right click on the folder you want, and then select delete, to the notification area select delete from library only, press on OK. Alternatively, you can right-click on any multimedia file and follow the steps above to remove.

  Note: Pictures and video in Windows Media Center libraries automatically monitor your current user photos and video records. Any multimedia content added to these folders will be automatically analyzed in your Media Center, which includes the folder Public under C:/Users, place only the content you want to add them.

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  Rami
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• I get an error "fix computer clock" when I try to use windows media center with netflix

  I downloaded the software you need to watch your netflix on Windows Media Center. Once I'm inside the Windows Media Center, I click on Netflix, my user name and password for netflix pops up, then I think that enter to go... I get an error message that says "Please update the computer clock you and or update your timezone. '. Both are already up to date, but I get this error message.

  Check your time zone. If all goes well, then it's a question with netflix. You can contact the support of netflix.

  Alternatively, you can try to reset your information newspaper: -.

  http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/11/resetting-Netflix-login-information-in-Windows-Media-Center.html

• What version of Windows to get Windows media center included?

  I'm going to buy a new machine and I wanted to know what is the best version of Windows to get installed that includes Windows media Center?

  Thank you

  On Tuesday, April 7, 2015 19:16:36 + 0000, Gary Gary Gary wrote:
   
  > I'm going to buy a new machine and I wanted to know what is the best version of Windows to get installed that includes Windows media Center?
   
  Microsoft does not Media Center Windows 10 to be released
  later this year, so everything you buy with Windows Pro 8.1 with Media Center, or
  Windows 8.1Pro more than one $10.00 go to Media Center or Windows 8.1 for $ 100
  upgrade to Pro + Media Center is a machine, to that you will not be able to upgrade
  Windows 10 If you want that Media Center.
   
  There has not been a team of dev to Media Center for some time. Ms. believes that it is
  dead.
   
  My advice to you is to seek alternatives such as XBMC, etc to replace your
  Media Center needs.
   
   
   
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  Barb
  MVP Windows Entertainment and connected home
  My Blog - http://digitalmediaphile.com/
   
  Please mark as answer if that answers your question
   
   
   

• Satellite P - Windows Media Center problem

  Without any visible problems or bug virus threats, Windows Media Center starts to crack on video output.

  Just randomly losing pixels on a screen and all other similar programs like wmp, vlc media player, mv2, and Intervideo Win DVD works properly?

  Hello!

  You have installed any Service Packs or patches for your operating system?
  Check on the Microsoft update Web site.

  I think that your assignment isn't really clear. Can you please explain this exactly?

  Good bye

• Windows Media Center "to listen or look at a conflict"... does not recognize the TV tuner

  I have completely exhausted the forum Windows Media Center for response to the resolution of this problem. I replaced my unit ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Ready, as well as my graphics card tuner, and WMC still says 'No TV Tuner Found"and the message" listen or look at a conflict - no tuner available to meet the current demand "when I try to watch live TV. I have also a "no tuner hardware detected... Please ensure equipment is installed correctly...» "if I try to set up the TV Tuner again.

  I don't think that my answer lies in Windows Media Center or hardware from ATI. I'm now trying to figure out if it involves this feature installed at the factory of HP listed on the bottom of my computer: "GENUINE WINDOWS VISTA HOME Premium TUNER DIGITAL". I understand that it is the software and hardware.

  I would be grateful if anyone has answers. If anyone knows what this function is that was installed at the factory, and how I can uninstall and reinstall the software and replace the hardware, I understand that too.

  Thank you

  After unsuccessfully trying everything I could find that had the potential to solve my problem, I finally solved the problem myself.

  It's actually a corrupted Windows file that allows my TV tuner, which caused all my problems. I reinstalled my Vista operating system to its original state, and now the ATI TV tuner works fine. Easier said than done.
  
  Mr. Fix It

• No big screen in Windows Media Center on Qosmio G10-133?

  Hello
  I just set up my Qosmio G10-133 to watch the TV via a set-top box Freeveiw. However in Windows Media Center, I can't see it on the big screen. If I veiw the same programe in the Toshiba drive I can veiw on the big screen OK.
  Any help with this would be much appreciated.
  Thanks in advance.

  Hello
  Can you please check in the BIOS settings if there is option called display stretching or something like that?

• Windows Media Center - why it cannot detect TV?

  I used Qosmioplayer and it detects the TV from my Sky Digibox very well signal. However, I would like to record TV with my laptop and when I try to set up the TV using Windows Media Center, it cannot detect anything. I tried every possible permutation and the manual does not give pointers...

  Why the Qosmiplayer works for the entrance to Sky TV, but not the media library?

  Please help it's driving me crazy!

  I assume you are using a lead of areal coaxial standard to connect to your sky box? If so, you need to know which way the sky is coming in the. To do this, use the Qomsio drive to search for channels and when it detects the signal from Sky, it will tell you which way it is passed on. Something like channel 36. OK, now you have this information, start the machine and go into Media Center. You must manually add this channel. As Media center works with the EPG, all channels such as the skyinput must be added.

  So, in the main menu, go to

  Settings > TV > Guide > add missing channels > add channel

  Now enter the channel name you want displayed when viewing. IE SKY.

  Now you enter the channel number 36 IE that you got the Qosmio engine. This will now be held on the next available channel. IE 6/7/8 etc. Everything do you now is go to the channel and it appears at the entrance to heaven.

  Hope this helps

• Qosmio G40 - 10F: how to set up double Tv Tuner in Windows Media Center

  Hello

  I recently bought a 10th G40 and I was wondering how to set up dual Tv Tuner in Windows media Center to watch and record the Tv at the same time.
  I tried to download the new driver from the Toshiba download page, but it seems to make no difference that Media Center does not give me the ability to configure 2 tuners.

  Any help would be grateful

  Michael Bowen

  Hello

  Found this useful Microsoft page:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/products/windowsvista/footnotes.mspx

  Take a look at the chapter * M *-> on MCE

  You can find this info:
  + Reading and TV recording features require a USB TV tuner or external. Supports up to two TV tuners +.

  So in my opinion, you cannot record TV and watch another channel at the same time using only the internal TV tuner.