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• How to take pictures of windows media center and put them on your xbox to use as background really stuck

  hey im trying to get pictures of the internet ive saved on my laptop on my xbox for new backgrounds I have done before with a usb key, but it doesn't seem to work now. Ive connected my xbox 360 to my windows media center and I can't seem to find how to save the image on my xbox I could really use some help ive been tempting centuries now and his frustraing really thanks ():

  Hi Josie,

   

  Thanks to join Microsoft Community where you will find all the required information on the Windows operating systems!

   

  You want to add an image to the background of the Xbox.

  You can refer to the section set an image as the background of Xbox 360 Dashboard site:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/909161

  You could get more support on the support site:

  http://forums.Xbox.com/xbox_forums/b/default.aspx

  For any question related to Windows, feel free to contact us.

• Windows Media Center and Windows media player 11 will not work on my Gateway (Vista) computer

  On my windows media player, I get the following comment after I try to read the dvd:
  Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with the digital copy between your DVD drive decoder and video card protection. Try to install a driver available for your video card.

  On my media center to windows, I get the following comment:
  The dvd can be used by other players, need to change resolution b/c it is too high.

  But Tuesday, I played the DVD without problem and now, I am confused and I need help to understand what is happening.

  Hello texanbelle,

  Thank you for using the Microsoft answers Forum.

  I am including instructions below a scan to help repair the system files related to some components of Windows, including Windows Media Center, and Windows Media Player.

  Repair Windows Vista Media Center files

  You can use the following steps to repair files that are part of Windows Vista Media Center:

  1. click on the Start menu, choose all programs, then Accessories, then right-click on the item to the command prompt and select run as administrator

  2. click on continue to allow it to open a prompt with administrator privileges

  3. run this command in the cmd prompt: sfc/scannow

  4. the cmd prompt should list text stating "start system analysis. This process will take time. »

  5. wait for the scan to complete (this may take several minutes, so be patient).  This command will scan all protected system files and attempt to replace the incorrect versions by appropriate Microsoft versions

  6. once the analysis is complete, the SFC tool will indicate whether or not it found no problems and whether or not he was able to correct

  7. If any errors are reported that SFC could not resolve, there are steps in this knowledge base article which explain how to locate and attempt to correct errors

  8. after fixing errors that are found, try to use Windows Vista Media Center again.

  Fix Windows Vista Media Center registry entries

  Unfortunately, there is no easy way to fix key/registry values that are installed by Windows Vista, as there are files.  If you want to try to repair the registry values/keys that are part of Windows Vista Media Center, you will need to re-run the installer of Windows Vista operating system and repair the operating system.

  Try this and tell us if it helps with your question.

  Judd
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• Connection between Windows media center and Xbox is lost when you try to watch movies

  I start watching movies via the windows media center and after a few minutes it turns off and it says that the connection between my pc and the xbox has been lost, I have previously watched movies like this with no problems and have not changed the settings of any sort help it would be appreciated

  Hi samperry,

  What is you receive the exact error message?

  Method 1: You can follow the steps mentioned in the article below
  What happens if the connection to the Windows Media Center computer is lost?

  Method 2:  You can see the steps outlined in the article below, which deals with a similar question

  Error: Session Terminated (when connecting a console Xbox 360 to a computer running Windows Media Center)
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/911123

• Help! videos showimng upward on the side in windows media center and player it's for Windows 7 btw

  I shot videos with my Iphone and never had a problem playing back, got a new computer and when I played Center windows media they were playing to sidways. But when I play back on quicktime on the computer they showup how I shot them where u don't have to tilt your head to view the video. So is it possible to correct to show normally on windows media player, it's for Windows 7 btw

  Hello chisox05matt,

  Thank you for visiting the Microsoft answers Site.

  You can check with the device manufacturer for more information about recording and playback. This can occur if the video was recorded in landscape mode. Try to change the display or orientation in software video editing for playback in Windows Media Center or Windows Media player.

  In addition, you can also see the thread below that contains information about a similar problem.

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7pictures/thread/4419e884-0C35-493b-8399-4b0db1d77162/

  I hope this information is useful.

  Thank you, Mary
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Unable to sync music using Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player will not open

  Media Center will not sync music!

  I recently opened Media Center and I had no music in the library. I have constantly played music from the library so I didn't know what is happening. When I try installing the library again once it tells me that a necessary component for Windows Media Center is not available. I have not changed or downloaded something different. I went to check if Windows media Player is the multimedia file sharing. The message I get from that is, basically, that something is missing.  Now my Windows Media Player is not even opened. I wonder if my Zune Player (80 GB) has nothing to do with the problem. I charge my player when this has happened, but I do this all the time so I am at a loss. I went to the page "problem reports and Solution." It is the symbol of the Media Center window and says that the problem is caused by Windows. The solution is to update to windows; which I am fully updated. I tried to restore the system to an earlier date, but that doesn't work anymore. I'm at a loss to know what being of any help would be appreciated.

  As a side note video playback, TV and photos also works very well in Media Center.

  Thank you

  Shay

  Thank you, Shay

  Hi Shay,

  You can try the following steps and check the result:

  Step 1: Run the sfc scan to repair system files missing and corrupt.

  a. Click Start, click programs, accessories principally made, right click Guest and then click Run as administrator.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on allow.

  b. type the following command and press ENTER: sfc/scannow

  The sfc/scannow command. analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions.

  For more information, visit this link:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

  If the problem persists, try the reconstruction of the library:

  Step 2: Library rebuild Windows media player.

  This problem can also occur if the library is corrupted. Rebuild the library and check if this solves the problem.

  Follow these steps:

  1. exit Windows Media Player.

  2. click on start, run, type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player, and then click OK.

  3. Select all the files in the folder and then click on Delete on the file menu.

  Note: You don't have to remove the folders that are in this folder.

  4. restart Windows Media Player.

  Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

  If this does not resolve the problem, disable the Windows Media Player database cache files. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. exit Windows Media Player.

  2. click on start, run, type % LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft, and then click OK.

  3. Select the Media Player folder, and then click on Delete on the file menu.

  4. restart Windows Media Player.

  You can also view the following green button and check if it helps:

  http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/t/38766.aspx

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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  If this post can help solve your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Only get a white screen with Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player

  My Center & Windows Media Player do not work. Only, I get a blank screen. I would like to reinstall, but I don't want to reinstall all Windows Vista Home Premium. How can I reinstall the only Media Center?

  Hello, Rob Davis,.

  Please check Application, system logs and Event Viewer Security for possible errors for the time that you tried to connect to Windows Media Center. Go to the computer and right click. Select manage. Then select Event Viewer, and then click Windows logs. In addition to this, you can check the newspapers of Media Center under the Application and Services logs. See if you have errors on Media Center.

  Then, update your most current video driver. If you have an OEM computer, go to the site such as Dell or Acer, etc. Download the latest for your computer, such as the graphics drivers or video drivers.

  Please answer back with an update and let us know if it helps.

  Sincerely,

  Marilyn
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Windows 7, Windows Media Center and the library of music/photos/videos folders

  I like the 'Libraries' feature in Windows 7.

  You know the one - one which includes "Public Images" and "My pictures" and what I want in a single 'Photos' folder in Explorer.

  However, it looks like Windows Media Center is tired directly according to the definitions in the library of my user id.

  If I remove 'My pictures' library of Windows Media Center, or even from my XBox 350 Media Center Extender in the living room.  It removes a library of images for my UserID on the PC.

  It's embarrassing. Because, in general, I want only the media center to search for media in public folders. But when records navigation using windows Explorer that I want to see too well 'My' and 'Public' files aggregated in libraries as usual.

  To sum up: how to configure Media Center to analyze only the public folders without changing the definitions of on my PC library to contain only public folders?

  If this can be done - can I at least do so the Extender sees only public folders and not mine, once it is configured? (I figured out how to do this, but it's a pain - add a new user name to the computer - configure the Extender by using that user - and then the extender will see not all documents under MY personal login at least.)

  Any suggestions?

  Hello

  I am sorry to say that there are no options to make the changes you need. Scans of Media Center places appears, at this point, is by design.

  Kind regards.

• Questions about Windows media player can play DVDs.

  I want to play a DVD on Windows media player (my computer system is Windows7).

  The drive can read the DVD, if I open it to the home page of the media player.

  

  But if I want to play the DVD directly. (Open in my computer page, like the image below)

  

  And it goes like this:

  

  It's all about my question. I don't understand why. Maybe it's a boring question, but I am a person who want to perfect. So please help me.

  Thanks a lot if you can solve this problem.

  Hello

  Click on the Start Menu, by default programs and press ENTER.  In the next window, select set your default programs and click Windows Media Player in the left pane to highlight the entry.  Click on "Set this program as default", and then click Ok.

  Restart the laptop.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Question about the memory consumed and active

  I have esx4.1 on three dl585 running. I have about 100 active vm running, and I have a small question.

  My vm is all 2008 r2 datacenter and I gave them 1 cpu and 4 GB of ram. When I recover a single virtual machine and look at the summary page, I see the bones of memory consumed host 4075 mb and the active guest memory 81 MB operating system. My question is can I reduce the host cunsumed memory to 2 GB without noticing a difference within the virtual machine?

  It looks like you can.   To be absolutely sure that you'd need monitor assets long enough to have a good idea of what the average is and what are the tops.

• Windows media Center and games does not work, and does not work error message d3d8thk.dll

  my media library does not work and message d3d8thk.dll isn't continuous work to come.  How should I do?

  D3d8.dll error message could apply to any program that uses Microsoft DirectX, most video games.  I suggest following the steps below to solve the problem.

  1 restart your computer if you have not yet.

  D3d8.dll error could be a stroke of luck and a simple restart could clear up completely.

  2. install the latest version of Microsoft DirectX.  Chances are, the upgrade to the latest version of DirectX will fix the d3d8.dll not found error.

  Note: Microsoft frequently publishes updates of DirectX without updating the version number or letter, so don't forget to install the latest version even if your version is technically identical.

  Note: The latest version of DirectX should be installed no matter if you are running Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP.  Installation can include DirectX9 and DirectX10 files but they run side-by-side without problem on all these operating systems.

  3. assuming that the latest version of Microsoft DirectX does not correct the error of d3d8.dll you receive, search for an installer of DirectX on your game or application CD or DVD.  Usually, if a game or other program uses DirectX, software developers includes a copy of DirectX on the installation disc.

  Sometimes, but not often, the DirectX version, included on the disc is a better fit for the program than the last version available online.

  4 uninstall the game or software program and then reinstall it again.  Something could have happened to the files in the program work with d3d8.dll and a reinstall might do the trick.

  5. restore the file d3d8.dll since the latest DirectX software package.  If the troubleshooting steps above have not worked to resolve your error d3d8.dll, try to extract the d3d8.dll individually from the downloadable package of DirectX.

  I hope the information is useful.

  Kind regards

• The mouse does not work in Windows Media Center and computer

  I have not any known cable (CTI broadband) and have no box ar place anything I can use WMC, after I put the display on the computer of long I can divide 2 monitors display (two). 1 monitor 1. TV. move WMC on TV (although) now I can't move the mouse on the screen. While WMC is in TV, the mouse still there I can't move it to the monitor to use it and watch TV at the same time. How can I watch TV and work on the computer at the same time?

  Hello

  This behavior is by design, Alt + Tab is the work around. If you think that it should be replaced, you can leave your comments on the following link: http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195

  David
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Question about own WXP installation and activation key code

  Hello

  I recently received this laptop computer 2nd hand and I want to do a clean install on it, but I had not given a disc o/s.
  Can I use the disk to my other pc, and use the code located on the back of it to install? or do I have to buy a new copy of xp?

  I hope someone can help.

  Cordially ak

  Hello

  As far as I know, that you can not use the key on the sticker code. This key code belongs to the original restore for this model of laptop CD. You must install OS with clean code. After doing this, you can download and install all necessary drivers, tools and utilities. Each of them you can find on Toshiba download page under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com

  Good bye

• I see green rectangle boxes that Twinkle when I'm in Windows Media Center and on the Internet.

  I adjust my display on my screen several times controls, but it does not help. The rectangles are sometimes Green; sometimes red and green. They sparkle. When I record a TV show they are particularly horrible so that I can not see the program. Now, they appear when I'm on the Internet, Facebook and even now a little here. My Documents also present these colors.

  Hello

  Looks like you have corrupted graphics drivers or graphics hardware fault

  try going to your graphic card manufacturers site or computer and are looking for the driver download section

  Search your computer or graphics card model number based on what you have and download and install the latest graphics drivers for vista

  http://support.Dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=Gen

• why every windows vista has windows media center and more for Home Basic?

  WHY OH WHY

  WHY OH WHY

  It is simply a lighter version. See the other post you have does, no plans.

  Know what you buy.

  Ron