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• Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working and was closed. A problem with the application to stop functioning properly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available.

  Started getting the error Windows Media Center feared about 3 weeks ago.  I have tried the MS fix, reflected on the web for solutions, have run sfc/scannow (no violation of integrity) and nothing works.  Cannot restore system it's been 3 weeks.
  System was working fine 1 day and then bam... error messages began to appear.  I can always go into Media Center and listen to music or watch recorded shows.  I just can't watch TV or record something again.   I checked the Device Manager - material and everything works fine. Need help please...   Thank you.

  I guess that's the article that you are referring to?

  Error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer: "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working and was closed".
  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/936229

  This site has some good ideas for you to try.

  How to fix the Windows Vista registry entries and files Media Center
  http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/03/16/how-to-repair-Media-Center-files-and-registry-entries-on-Windows-Vista.aspx

  "Windows Media Center Receiver Service... "Error
  http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/p/50233/223005.aspx

  http://www.Google.com/search?q=Windows%20Media%20Center%20Receiver%20Service%20stopped%20working&hl=en&RLS=com.Microsoft:-AU & output = search & TBS = rcnt:1 & tbo = 1

  See if the System File Checker can help you?

  How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/936212/#appliesTo

  See if you can isolate some processes of third party as the culprit?

  310560 How to troubleshoot by using the Msconfig utility in Windows XP
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310560

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/default.aspx/KB/929135

• Receive the error "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working and was closed" after the video card replaced

  I have a HP computer with Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) Service Pack 2.  He has a VISX PureTV tuner card and already had an NVidia GeForce 8400 graphics card.  This Setup has worked well for 2.5 years until what the graphics card died last week.  It has been replaced with an ATI Radeon HD3450 and both all Windows updates have made current.  Since that time, the TV tuner did not work.

  When you sign in to an account, it gives the error message "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working and was closed".  I can use Media Center to watch the recorded video before, but if I try to watch live TV he hangs up and close Media Center.  If I try to configure the TV connection in Media Center it tells me that there is no tuner card.

  I looked at the map and see no problem and I tried it back in place.  He has the most up to date drivers (so does the new Radeon graphics btw).  I tried "Uninstall" in the Manager of devices and then put it back, but it was not good.

  "Windows Media Center Receiver Service Stopped Working and was closed" I tried all the fixes I've seen this error.

  I tried all the things I saw here and elsewhere related to this issue.  I did a "clean boot" with all non-Windows services and the disabled startup process.  He always did the same thing and gave the same mistakes.  It seems to be linked to a Windows service, and I hesitate to begin deactivation to track down.

  I ran 'sfc' in mode 'cmd' and he found no problem and none of the files to be fixed or could not fix.

  In the list of services, I changed the login for "Windows Media Center Receiver Service" to "Local System account", Local Service, Network Service and individual accounts, but no permits.

  I'm afraid I'm at the point of having to reload the Vista, but I don't know how to do this and want to avoid at all costs.  I don't have the recovery disks and software.  Is this enough?  Can I reinstall from the recovery disks without wiping everything aft of the configuratiion with which it was delivered?  I guess personal files will be OK (although I don't know this for sure), but I'm afraid I'll have to reinstall other applications, my family has developed over time and perhaps lose the media protected by DRM licenses.

  Someone has encountered anything like this or have any suggestions?

  Well, I finally stumbled into the solution.  It was caused by a conflict with another application.

  A few weeks before the card failure I had installed a program called video capture Replay Video Capture that I had bought a few months ago and never used.  However, at this time where everything including the TV tuner and Media Center worked well that's why I associate the problem with this software.  The problem comes after the system is rebooted the first time after installation.  In my case, it has not been rebooted until a few weeks later as part of the recovery of the fault of the graphics card.  Suddenly, the TV tuner did not work and I get the error messages mentioned in this title of the thread.

  I was at the end of my rope with this and was just to clean your system to do a reformat and reinstallation.  I uninstalled the Replay Videa Capture program to move it to another computer, and when you restart the computer I noticed that the error message disappeared.  Of course I went to the Media Center and could set up my TV tuner card and watch television.

  Looking for some info on this conflict, I found the following. (http://forum.applian.com//showthread.php?847-Conflicts-between-RVC-and-XP-Media-Center-OS&s=c0aec9897b51d550c47b919e73e59bfc)  It is difficult to say who is at fault in the present.  I'm sure that Microsoft accuses Applian for the encoder to mpeg (mcm2ve.ax) used in Replay Video Capture, while Applian says that the problem is a Windows process (ehrec.exe) that works all the time, hogging the tuner on the system device.  According to Applian other products similar to theirs have this conflict as well due to the process of Windows.

  Fortunately, there is a solution in this case.  Applian has released a new version of Replay Video Capture (version 4.2) that uses a different mpeg encoder and eliminates the problem.  Given the surprising lack of info about it on the Microsoft Web site, I wonder how many other people with this unresolved issue dealing with the same thing as me.  If you're like me and you don't usually need to reboot your PC for a few weeks at a time, you may never know to associate the problem with the application.  What a waste countless hours trying to diagnose, and most disconcerting, that's what I was about to go through a reformat and reinstall because of this.

  Thought I'd post here my problem resolution in the hope that it might help someone else.

• trying to get my windows media player works it stopes working it says Media Player fitted cap and it is said that com is missing

  Help, please.

  trying to get my windows media player works it stopes working it says Media Player fitted cap and it is said that com is missing

  I have no idea of what to do combat it if all that can help I would appreciate it so much I am so lost and don't know was to begin.

  Hello

  Follow these steps to remove corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

  Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Then, run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next boot, then apply OK your way out, then restart.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

  -------------------------------------------------------

  After the above, which could correct the problem and should be considered as pprerequisites:

  Solve problems in Windows Media Player
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-in-Windows-Media-Player

  Support for technical problems of Windows Media Player
  http://support.Microsoft.com/ph/7763#TAB0

  I hope this helps.

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• Windows Media Center has suddenly stopped being able to see tuners. Error "could not find the tuner or all tuners are busy."

  Original title: Windows Media Center has suddenly stopped being able to see tuners.

  I am running Windows Media Center and have a 6 Ceton infinitv tuner connected to my network.  Since a few weeks things have worked very well.  Now suddenly after installing a faster wifi adapter, I get messages such as unable to find tuner or all tuners are busy... who don't feel like I can always go to the tuner by Explorer or chrome, by typing the address of it and it arises but also shows that it is set on the channels that I am no longer watching.  Any ideas on why WMC is suddenly acting when the only thing I did was install an a6200 netgear adapter, nothing has changed.

  Hi Eviln,

  Please contact Microsoft Community. I understand that you have a problem with the TV Tuner card, I will surely help you solve this problem.

  This problem might have occurred because of these reasons:

  1 conflict between third-party applications.

  2 driver corrupted or obsolete.
  3. wrong settings.

  Try the steps listed here:

  Method 1:
  I suggest you perform a clean boot and check if it helps. Setting the system in a clean boot state will help you determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem.

  How to perform a clean boot in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us

  Note: After the clean boot troubleshooting steps, see the "How to reset the computer to start as usual after a clean boot troubleshooting" section in the link provided to return the computer to a Normal startup mode.

  Method 2:
  If the problem persists, I suggest you to download and install the latest driver for TV Tuner card on the manufacturer's Web site and check if it helps.

  http://cetoncorp.com/product-support/

  Method 3:
  If the problem persists, you can see the steps in the following article and check if it helps.

  Watch TV in Windows Media Center: frequently asked questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/is-is/Windows7/watching-TV-in-Windows-Media-Center-frequently-asked-questions

  See the article for more information.

  Get help for your TV tuner
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/get-help-for-your-TV-tuner

  Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an up-to-date report of the issue so that we can help you further.

• Windows Media Center will not stop to come when I click on my user name

  Windows Media Center will not stop when I click on my username to come...

  Hello
  Try to create a new user account and transfer the files from the user account damaged to the new user account
   
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

• How can I make Windows Media Center play 21-2 (CBS)? He gets full signal on the search, but does not play.

  The station sister 21 - 1 plays very well. He asks to "frequency" add channel, however, I can only assume that the frequency of 2 numbers is the same 21 found already. Now what? Microsoft sent to HP, which has no support for WMC questions... by their staff in India.

  It's Windows 7, Windows Media Center, the TV Tuner Hauppauge USB Q 950 running.

  I am in Dallas, Texas. The station reads like T2D KTXA and KTXA DT 21-1 to 21-2... which is what WMC pulls upwards with you run the installer for my zip code.

  However, 21-2 is in the CBS reality, KTVT, 11.

  There is some confusion in my mind, as to what the frequency should be, having once been 19 and then received 11 temporarily, etc..

  I tried to get 21, 19 and 11 as the frequency, but WMC will play whatever it is facing 19 or 11 and will play again only 21-1 when I get 21 as the frequency for 21-2 (when I try to add it).

  I don't know what the reason for this problem, but I know there are across the country, in other markets, with WMC did not play all of the signals that it recognizes, even when they are large network signals OTA.

  I hope anyone in the DFW area, has experienced this problem and know the exact fix so I can view the CBS programming, for which I seem to have perfect signal, but can not get of WMC to play.

  Thank you!
  ~ Tex

  I checked with a contact at Microsoft, and they suggested to try another
  tuner. (If it were me, I'd buy one from a vendor with a massive return of rock
  policy).  The list of compatible tuners is
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/Windows-7/en-us/Browse.aspx?type=hardware&category=TV%20Devices&subcategory=TV%20Tuners&compat=certified
   
  I don't know if this will solve the problem, but should continue, IMO.
   
   
  Barb
   
  MVP - Windows/entertainment and connected home
   
  http://digitalmediaphile.com/
   
  Please mark as answer if that answers your question
   
   
   
   

• How can I reinstall Windows Media Center?

  My Windows Media Center has been accidentally uninstalled were can I go to reinstall it?

  Hello

  you do not uninstall it

  It is part of the vista operating system

  Are you sure that you have not disabled it

  read this

  http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-disable-uninstall-and-remove-Windows-Media-Center-in-Vista/

  and if necessary make a repair installation:

  borrow a Microsoft dvd vista not an acer, HP etc. recovery disk and do a repair installation

  read the below tutorial on how to perform a repair installation

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-Vista.html

• Vista / windows media center / missing mouse pointer

  Hi I recently bought vista Home premium v6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3 and have all the updates.

  I have 2 similar problems.
  When I start windows media center I lose the mouse pointer and if I use alt - tab returns in other running programs such as office. so it seems only to be windows media center problem.
  to exit the program I have to ctrl-alt-del and use taskmanger to complete the process, but even if it works sometimes.

  I get a similar problem with other programs, especially when loading software.
  It was not to display the error on the top window or place an item in the taskbar.

  and I don't get to see if I minimize all other windows.

  It's on a laptop Acer 1810 entered t oem installed with vista home premium.

  radar888,
  The first thing you posted in the category Windows Update, but I moved this forum hardware and drivers.

  However, in safe mode, your computer starts with generic basic hardware drivers.  That's why it will give an error that your video card is not good enough for Media Center.  The fact that the mouse works properly in safe mode indicates that you have a driver problem.  I would update ALL your hardware drivers (video, sound, NETWORK, touchpad, etc...).  Then test the position of the mouse.  You can check with the Acer site for drivers.  You can check with the hardware manufacturer for the latest drivers for your video card.
  Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• "Windows Media Center Receiver service stopped working and was closed" - Windows Vista Home Premium SP2

  Several times, I get the error message "Receiver Service Windows Media Center has stopped working and was closed".  Windows then search a problem and suggests that I run the update.  I run the automatic update and am completely up to date.

  Any ideas of what could be the cause?

  Thank you
  jbthorsen45

  Then, I found my problem.  I have installed the Tivo Desktop Plus.  The codecs it uses to convert to different formats somehow in conflict.  So, I had to rename some of the files and he immediately recognized my Tuner card and Media Center is back to life.

• How to listen to Windows Media Center through XBOX through a game?

  How do you listen to Windows Media Center through the Xbox 360 while playing a game at the same time?

  Hi LeprechaunBooty,

  I suggest you to visit the links below and check if it helps.

  http://www.Xbox.com/en-us/pcsetup/

  http://support.Xbox.com/en-us/pages/Xbox-360/how-to/Xbox-360-as-Media-Player/media.aspx

• How to re - install Windows media center after it was restored by default

  my pc has been restored by default and now it says I have to re - install windows media center and many other programs

  Hello

  Media Center comes with vista Home Prenium and Vista Ultimate editions, not Vista Basic or Vista Business

  If you have problems after you use manufacturers recovery process contact the manufacturer

  It's their recovery process not microsofts

• Cannot get remote windows media center to change the channel on Cisco DTA50! Help!

  During the TV signal together towards the top there is no option for "Cisco".  Then I select "Unlisted" and setting up tells me there is nothing that can be done and leave the whole upward. Media Center will learn the remote control IR codes because it does not pick up the DTA remote this process.   I was finally able to get a "tv signal" implemented by choosing comcast, although this isn't my cable tv company, , but still the wmc remote will not change channels on the DTA cisco. The wmc remote works fine and changes channels in the real of windows media center, but because the string must be changed on the real DTA there on some channel I entered on the DTA remote. Since I use record TV WMC, indicates on the guide, it's impossible, unless I can get the DISTANCE WMC, put in place to change the DTA channels!

  I need help!

  I was finally able to set up the remote after tweaking autour with IR receiver. I have even connected infrared diffuser!

• How can I reinstall Windows Media Center in Windows 8 again after its removal via Add/remove features?

  System - Windows 8 with Windows Media center feature added.
  NB - no usable restore points are available.
  The link which initially allowed me to install WMC in Windows 8 is no longer available for use.

  Due to a corruption of the hard drive software, Windows Media Center became unusable with my tv card. It resulted in my duty uninstall by using the Add or remove features in Control Panel. Don't try to reinstall Windows Media Center in the same way by reselection it even once, had no success.

  Any suggestions on how to remove WMC and rerun without a clean install of Windows would be greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  You want to reinstall Windows Media Center on Windows 8. I'll help you with this problem.

  I suggest you to refer to these links and check if that helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-windows_install/Media-Center-installation-changes-product-key-for/72fb28f4-41C7-472d-AD03-aaa01ab680ab

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-windows_install/how-do-i-avoid-deactivating-Windows-8-when-i/c752dbd8-810B-4952-b3c8-5fb9e9931d9a

  Additional information.

  Add Windows Media Center for Windows 8 Pro: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs

  Let us know if that helps.

• How do I uninstall windows media center 8

  I bought the PC dell laptop with windows 8 pro active

  but after I installed the windows asked for the new key of windows media center
  I want to remove the media center without losing any file from my computer
  I want to go back to windows 8 pro without Media Center
  thx for reading

  See the following topics:

  http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/16077-Media-Center-remove-go-back-Windows-8-Pro.html