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• HP Media Center M7690N: upgrade network adapter Gigabit - what card to replace the product to install

  Hi, this could be a long post for something simple then I apologize in advance.

  I recently updated my cable modem, router wireless at HQ and 150mbps broadband internet services. Came and went with the support technique of ISP and modem manufacturer and max results with speedtest I can get up to 92mbps. Seems that everything goes well on their ends. Not sure, but I suspect the 10/100 network adapter is my limit. So I bought a PCI Gigabit card and now I don't know what location to use. There is a dial-up modem connection in a slot and a wireless local area network (that I don't need) card in another. I thought I'd be able to recognize what PCI slot to use if there is a connector cable ethernet to one of the cards, but no. The ethernet connection is on a frame connected to the motherboard... so I was wondering if someone would have an idea to which PCI slot to swap? The Dial-up modem card or wireless Lan slot? Or is the network card built into the motherboard?

  I learned that the peak of out to something like 130mbps PCI slots so I'm not expecting to get all the way to speed 150mbps broadband, but I would like to get as close as I can. And hope I'm on the right track with change of the network card.

  Last year, I improved the two 1 TB hard drives each in a Raid? stripped configuration, maxed out at 8 GB memory and added new Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. The little girl runs really well. I just wanted to give my trusty HP one more push.

  Any idea would be appreciated... Thank you very much.

  BK-

  I'd rather have an insightful dialogue than to have to ask you some questions.

  You motherboard has 3 PCI slots.   Update external wireless modem does not help you support system that the internal Wi - Fi card does not match his speed, it's an old map of Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g.  The remote access card is actually a 56K bps modem data / fax, useless, unless your in Fax?  According to the HP website, you also have a PCI TV card (you do not have to mention)?

  (1) if the Fax is not used, remove the card. Use this location.

  (2) the old wireless card is now useless.

  (3) be aware you will lose Media Center if you ever upgrade to win 10 and many more.

  Well, you did ask!  Treat the daughter of old nice. You have until 2020 to Jan.  Read this also. Fun.  

• With windows media center on the network.

  I have my directv and computers connected to the internet and I try to use windows media center, but it says that it cannot find the tuner when I try to set up the tv. I have a Toshiba A215 with Windows Vista home premium (which apparently has no tuner). I need a tuner since I have everything connected to a network?  My tv wil recognize the computer: I use directv VOD and can get pictures from my computer, but the library does not recognize the tv. I use media center as it seems it would be an easy way to organize media.  I was also wondering if you can use media center or y at - it another way to other internet videos on TV (i.e. youtube...).  I have some suggestions that I'm not a person savy very tech.

  Thanks, BuckyTC

  Hello

  You will need a TV tuner card for watching live TV in Media center. If you already have a TV Tuner card and you get this error, then update
  the drivers for your TV tuner card to solve the problem.

  Click this link for instructions on how to update the drivers for a device:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  Check out these links for help:

  Set up a TV signal in Windows Media Center:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/set-up-a-TV-signal-in-Windows-Media-Center

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/TV-on-your-computer-understanding-TV-signals-and-TV-tuners

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

  Watch Internet TV in Windows Media Center:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/watch-Internet-TV-in-Windows-Media-Center

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  Afzal Taher-Microsoft Support.
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• Windows Media Center download movies/tv online

  Need help, troubleshooting Windows Media Center Netflix or streaming TV allows you to download to 99% then stalls never play programs

  Hello

  1. what exactly you are trying to download?
  2 you have videos in Netflix earlier?

  Try the following steps:

  Step 1: allow windows media Center to communicate through the firewall, and check if it solves the problem.
  a. open the Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button, then Control Panel. In the search box, type firewall and then click Windows Firewall.
  (b) in the left pane, click on allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall
  c. click on change settings.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  d. Select the checkbox next to windows media center, select the network locations that you want to allow communication, and then click OK.

  Check this link for more information about the firewall settings:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Understanding-Windows-Firewall-settings

  Step 2: temporarily disable all security software and check if it makes a difference.

  See this link:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/disable-antivirus-software

  Kind regards
  Afzal Taher - Microsoft technical support.
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• Problem with Netflix and Media Center

  We have been streaming Netflix via Media Center for several months now and last week began to get the message saying a problem during data extraction. Check the internet connection. Internet connection is fine - we can stream from Netflix site without problem. Help! (With the help of Vista)

  Hello

  1. What is the accurate and complete error message?
  2 did you recent hardware or software changes to your computer before this problem?

  We will try these steps and check:

  Step 1: run diskcleanup, see link below

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup

  Step 2: Allow windows media Center to connect through the firewall

  1. open the Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button, then Control Panel. In the search box, type firewall and then click Windows Firewall.

  2. in the left pane, click on allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall

  3. click on change settings.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  4. Select the check box for windows media center, select the network locations that you want to allow communication, and then click OK.

  If the problem persists,
  
  Step 3: Rebuild the Media Center data store. To do this, follow these steps:

  1 exit any running instance of Windows Media Center.

  2 delete the mediaCenterDataStore.db file. By default, this file is located in the following location:

  %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\mediaCenterDataStore.DB

  To remove the file, follow these steps:

  (a) click Start and then click Run.

  (b) in the Open box, type run and then click OK

  (c) If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

  (d) in the Open box, type %systemdrive%\programdata\microsoft\ehome and then click OK.

  (e) in the details pane, right-click right mediacenterdatastore.db and then click on remove.

  (f) click Yes to confirm that you want to move the Mediacenterdatastore.db file to the trash.

  Hope this information is helpful

• Problem watching a netflix on media center

  On Christmas day, we watched several movies with media center through netflix.

  We have tried to make the xame yesterday, but kept getting an error message blue box saying something like "unable to retrieve data, check the internet connection."  Nonoe of movies selcted, queues, watched movies, or any other category post trying to connect through the media library.

  I had no problem to the internet, log on to netflix, see my queue of the film selected etc.

  I tried to do a system restore to a date prior to my connection initial netflix and reinstall the software.  Same thing.  I think that something is shifted on the side of the Media Center.

  I'm running vista 64-bit home version.  Any suggestions?
  Bill

  Hi Bill,

  Welcome to the Microsoft answers site!

  It is possible that restarting Windows updated the cache Internet Explore (IE) who had some configuration information.

  I suggest you try the following steps:

  Step 1: run diskcleanup, see link below

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup

  Step 2: Allow windows media Center to connect through the firewall

  1. open the Windows Firewall by clicking the Start button, then Control Panel. In the search box, type firewall and then click Windows Firewall.

  2. in the left pane, click on allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall

  3. click on change settings.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  4. Select the check box for windows media center, select the network locations that you want to allow communication, and then click OK.

  If the problem persists,

  
  Step 3: Rebuild the Media Center data store. To do this, follow these steps:

  1 exit any running instance of Windows Media Center.

  2 delete the mediaCenterDataStore.db file. By default, this file is located in the following location:

  %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\mediaCenterDataStore.DB

  To remove the file, follow these steps:

  (a) click Start and then click Run.

  (b) in the Open box, type run and then click OK

  (c) If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

  (d) in the Open box, type %systemdrive%\programdata\microsoft\ehome and then click OK.

  (e) in the details pane, right-click right mediacenterdatastore.db and then click on remove.

  (f) click Yes to confirm that you want to move the Mediacenterdatastore.db file to the trash.

   

  Hope this information is helpful

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Ajay K

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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• HP Media Center PC unable to acess wifi networks

  I recently moved and just unpacked my HP Media Center PC desktop computer that is running Windows Vista.

  I have 2 other computers running on my network wifi with no problem, one Mac and a PC. For some reason, it seems that on the HP Media Center PC wireless LAN is not working. He cannot recognize all networks in my building, and I know that there is a lot of range, including the one that set up for the apartment.

  Is it possible to toggle the wifi on the desktop? What can I do to check/fix/activate? I googled had a ton of stuff, none of which seemed to work.

  Thank you!

  Hello mattyg12, as I see it, the wireless card requires and external antena, as mentioned in the book loads.

  I've never seen a without an external antena internal wireless card, but there may be some.

  The built-in wireless adapter may have worked at your other place without external antena, if the computer was close to the wireless router. The wireless signal would be greatly reduced without external antena.

  You can buy these antenas from many sources at a reasonable price if you do not find one that should have been shipped with your system.

  You can also buy a wiresless USB adapter that fits simply into an available USB port. I have used many of them, and they work great.

  I don't think that you will never get the wireless computer to connect to the router or another device like a USB adapter wireless wireless wireless without the antena.

  If you go with the USB adapter, you will need to enter the Device Manager and disable the current wireless (the one without the antena) device so it would not conflict with a USB wireless adapter.

  I hope this helps.

• Unable to connect to windows media center dish

  We just had dish installed today but cannot get it on my computer.  I have Windows Media Center on my computer.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Dish told me to contact Microsoft.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/set-up-a-TV-signal-in-Windows-Media-Center

  It will be useful.

  S.Sengupta Media Center MVP

• Want to configure Media Center to record TV on a network media player

  I installed an Iomega Home Media Drive and expected that I was able to conifgure WCE to use.   Player netwroked folder was located in T: but I can't change the storage location of MCE TV Recorder of C:
  I can not also any network location drive select as spies files in Media Center
  While I can map and access folders on the Iomega hard drive, it does not actually appears separately in the list of positions in network.
  Any help is appreciated.

  Hi Anthony,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!

  You can follow these steps to configure the player to record all programs.

  1. On the Start screen, navigate to tasks, click settings, click TV, click recorderand then click recorder storage.
  2. Under record on drive, click on the - or + to select the drive on which you want to save.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Managing-recorded-TV-shows-in-Windows-Media-Center-frequently-asked-questions

  To add a folder to watch

  1. On the Start screen, navigate to tasks, and then click settings.
  2. Click library settings.
  3. Click Add folder to watch, and then click Next.
  4. Depending on where your digital media files are stored, click one of the options under which folders you want to add?, and then click Next.
  5. Navigate to the files that you want to add by clicking on the - and + buttons and then select the check box next to each folder. (Files in subfolders will be included with your selection).
  6. When you have selected all the folders that you want Windows Media Center to watch, click Nextand then click Finish.

  After you have finished adding files, it may take several minutes for the files in the libraries.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/add-digital-media-files-to-Windows-Media-Center

  Hope this has been helpful.

  Kind regards
  Bindu S - Microsoft Support
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• Add the network location in Windows Media Center for recorded TV

  Locations of tv settings, tv, recorder, more Windows Media Center does not outside of the local computer.  I used Media Center to record some TV shows and I want to spend my laptop on USB large network of an old desk for viewing later.   Because I can't point to this place I'm stuck.
  The files are on USB key and visible in windows media player and video location in Windows Media Center.  In other words, none of the news of the series is visible in Windows Media Center (but is in windows media player), so I can't continue to record series because Windows Media Center is not aware of the episodes already on USB network.

  Hello Johngi2,
  Thank you for your message.  To change the location of your recorded TV shows and always keep the info so that you won't get duplicates please browse to the following location in Media Center.
  Settings > TV > TV recordings > TV storage > storage location
  You just change the location of storage on your USB.  Please let us know if it did or did not help to solve your problem.
  See you soon

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• Windows 7 Media Center can't find my DLNA certified DMP (an LG BD390 Blu - ray player model network).

  I have a Player LG Blu - ray wireless connected to my home network.  Configuration of the network connection to the format Blu - ray says it is successful, and it is capable of downloading movies on the shared internet connection.  My management software from the network router (WRT610N model) Cisco Linksys® Network Magic Pro displays the Blu - ray player on its network card device.  LG Blu - ray player is a certified DLNA DMP (digital media player) device and the software supplied LG Nero MediaHome 4 (Server DLNA media graduate) successfully concludes the LG Blu - ray device when it starts.  So far, I've been unable to get the Windows 7 Media Center (supposed to be a media graduate DLNA server) to find my network Blu - ray player.  But the problem is more than just that the Media Center do not find my network device, even the 7 network and sharing Center window is not this network device when I select «View full map»  When I go to printers and devices on Windows 7 and select 'Add a device', it does not find my device of network Blu - ray player that passes by the Cisco Network Magic software and Nero MediaHome 4 software.  So what prevents the network of Microsoft Windows 7 software and Media Center software to my LG Blu - ray network player?

  Media Center Extender technology owns and uses any DLNA.
  I don't know why Umesh from Microsoft Support thought it was possible. You
  will not be able to set up your Blu Ray drive as an Extender. You CAN use
  Windows Media Player READ ON technology and streaming technology. You will not be
  be able to use your new drive LG Blu - ray network as an extension inside the
  Media Center interface.

  On Tuesday, 22 December 09 23:09:50 GMT, Gary Henn wrote:

  So why Microsoft Media Center processes to detect a 'Media Center
  Extender"requires the manual step of reading a 8 digit number displayed at the
  DMP device during the process of detection of a DMP device (this is the step that)
  fails with my Blu - ray player, it does not display a number of 8 digits on my HDTV
  connected to it)? The Nero MediaHome program does not require this manual step
  It performs detection automatically.

  Barb Bowman www.digitalmediaphile.com

• How to record TV with Media Center (Windows 7) to a network drive?

  Well, you would think that the new MediaCenter Windows 7 would live up to the recording of your TV for a network/player sharing. Nevermind, it seems that it is just not possible.

  I have a windows 2008 R2 server and a Windows 7 machine with a TV card. Since my server has 2 TB of storage, it would be nice to save directly to a network drive. (I rode like Z :).

  I tried the following:

  1. By selecting Media Center itself: does not. Is not available.
  2. Editing the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Service\Recording to RecordPath Z:\TV. Does not.
  3. Editing the registry: set RecordPath to \\server\TV. Does not.
  4. Create a symbolic link (mklink \D) of Z:\TV and \\server\TV with parameter in the registry under RecordPath.

  I am currently out of options. I could of course install Windows7 on my server, but I have no license for this, and my windows 2008 r2 is free from dreamspark.

  So: How is the world possible to make this work? And why not just MediaCenter detects my network sharing?

  Record on the network is not supported.  The smallest hiccup of network could cause problems with registration, or even TV live as the recording buffer would be located at the remote location.

  One thing you can do is to use Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 and its function of archive TV which you can configure to automatically move all your records or only those you want.

• Why Media Center interfere with the master of local network discovery?

  At home, I have a mixed network of 5 win7, XP 3, xbox, pills and devices multimedia TV.

  The network relies on a specific working group name (that all windows computers use) not homegroup.

  This works well until my Win7 computer that is configured as a DVR with media center becomes the 'master' for LANs to discover.  Then only the Win7 computers on my local network.  All the XP computers disappear.

  Why is this and how do I solve this problem?

  It feels like the 'master' for local networks is chosen randomly.

  Why Media Center interfere?

  Can I stop this interference or inhibit the computer to be ever "master local network media center?"

  I use a free app called lanscan to give me a list of computers available in each perspective of computers.  When the broken state this app fails to list anything except on the Media Center computer.  Lanscan also shows the computer hosting the network discovery.

  Thanks in advance.

  I have over 30 years of experience with computers but my network is just enough to get me in trouble (and keep changing the rules)

  Hello
   
  I appreciate the efforts that you put to publish the query on this forum.
   
  I suggest you view the query on Microsoft TechNet forum as better suited for the IT Pro TechNet public. Check out the link:
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/Windows/en-us/home#category=w7itpro&filter=AllTypes&sort=lastpostdesc&content=search
   
  Please let us know if you have more queries on Windows.
   

• Windows media center network (WMCN) uninterrupted actions - 97% of CPU!

  Hello

  My characteristics: Win 7, IE9, 4 GB RAM, 320 disc only half used.

  Media players: Windows media center, iTunes, RealPlayer.

  Me: above the knowledge of the average user, but certainly not a techie.

  Problem: Windows Media Center network shares nonstop and uses 97% of RAM memory. Norton kept alert me to very high CPU usage caused by Media Network Sharing. One or 2 cores, no clue. I ran diagnostics (msconfig, all the performance tools, etc.) I don't know what is sharing with or what. I have somehow cut off the connection. No luck. Finally, I disabled the WMCN, he eliminated as a player option and finally my cursor could pass with a little more enthusiasm. Yes, it was so bad. He is crawling and then he almost died.

  Problem: at least I can now access this site! I ran a full system diag and it mentions the player once again, and superfetch. Reading the comments on MS Answers, there is a certain files with a good amount of info in the prefetch folder. Should I really delete this and then turn the superfetch? All my other effors failed.

  Problem: She also said something too Exchange. Yes, much too much of a good thing I guess. It seems that 1 solution would be to select a paging size, instead of letting windows decide. Do you agree?

  Problem: iTunes access is no longer the store and it no longer displays my library! I have contacted Apple and we talked for an hour, traded emials, but not luck. Libraries are there, may be moved, but I have used both iTunes & Real regularly for about 18 months. What gives? This happened after that windows media was synchronization/networking in all directions.

  André

  Thank you very much. All of these events occurred this week. When I have a bad week, it's really bad.

  Hello

  What is the current status of the issue?
   
  If you encounter any problem with your computer as bluescreens and unexpected restarts, you must delete all files using disk cleanup from time to time.
   
  Check out the links to learn more about restore points.
   
  Delete a restore point
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/delete-a-restore-point
   
  How much space does System Restore disk requires?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-much-disk-space-does-System-Restore-require
   
  I hope this helps.

• Media Center problem - no TV Signal then Service unavailable

  I use WMC to record programs (it is not attached to a TV). Often programs will not register. WMC history will say: ' NO REGISTERED: NO TV SIGNAL. If a program starts recording, it records always completely and without problems. The error occurs only at the beginning of the recording.

  I think that the problem lies in the length of the IR blaster to change the channel. After changing channels with WMC, it takes about 11 seconds for the channel is displayed on the WMC window. About 5 seconds the WMC window still no TV Signal. Then it's a race. If the "Service unavailable" error because then a second registration fails. If the TV picture appears first, it records very well.  Even if it fails with the error "Service not available", you can go choose the guide it a few seconds later, and it records very well. I'm hoping that there is a registry setting that could make WMC wait 15 to 20 seconds before calling the "Service unavailable". Or maybe a way to completely prevent the "Service unavailable" error check to run and force it to save anyway? Any other ideas?

  Other relevant:

  Windows 7 Edition Home Premium x 64
  i5 CPU @3. 71 GHz, 12 GB of RAM

  Series of Radeon HD5700 GPU (it is a crappy card. He made it past problems with photoshop. Even with WMC I have always maxmize the window WMC before poster TV signal. My first and last AMD card.)

  Hauppauge HD PVR (a single tuner) connected to a Dish Network VIP211K box

  Hauppauge, software and drivers are up to date. Windows 7 is up to date.

  For a few years I had been successfully using WinTV because I couldn't read my dish channels in WMC. I have recently reinstalled Windows 7 and Media Center has finally acknowledged the dish channels. I wouldn't go back for the WinTV barebones. But if WMC remains unreliable, I'll have to.

  chk these links

  Error message when you open Windows Media Center TV Pack and tune in to a channel that is listed in the electronic Program Guide: "TV Signal No."

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/955485/en-us

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-windows_programs/Windows-Media-Center-wont-play-online-content/cf972b04-BECE-407E-bb38-ecc4c945cf42

  relevant for windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-with-watching-TV-on-your-computer