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• Windows Media Center displays/does not play videos in folders of same accurate as they have always been saved

  Videos that previously played by Windows Media Center (which came installed on my laptop) suddenly stopped appearing in Windows Media Center records, although some videos (very few) are always show and play exact same files on my hard drive as videos which stopped working.

  I don't know that I did something to cause this, although maybe I did, inadvertently, or certain updates or new facilities caused program.

  Please help, I use Windows Media Center as my main videos media player. Windows Media Center is not connected to a TV, just use it as a media player on my laptop.

  He also noted - I recently moved several files from my hard drive to an external drive, if it will be of any significance.

  Thank you.

  you go into media center tasks and add new locations to
  storage/libraries? some external drives can be a problem, too.
   
  best bet is a system restore. You can CANCEL a system restore if it does not work.
   
   
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• Visual effects in Windows Media Center displays white screen

  Earlier, when I want to play music from Windows Media Center, I was able to select the Visual effects and had a view that would go with the music (Alchemy, scratches & waves, battery) then I ran a Windows Update, which included an update for Media Center I can still play the music but when I when I select "Visual effects (, Visualisierungen in German) I get only a blank screen.

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  Received a response from Microsoft Answers, thank you for your response. Have tried all your advice without success. I ran the upgrade was "update for Windows 7 for x 64 system (KB2641690) November 13 2011.Even tried to install a new administrator, and it did not work. Uploaded a new video driver from ATI with success. I went back to an earlier version of system restore, our system automatically makes a return every three days and this did not help. I'm an American living in Germany, so our computer is a Toshiba L670D-105 German, Product Code PS3NE - 005001GR. Finally, I did a search through our system for the chemistry files, stripes and waves (strip und Wellen in German) and battery (battery) and the search gave no results. Is it possible that these files were erased during the update process? In the configuration menu of the Media Center, I can select these files and save the settings, but I have still no visual effect when I play music. If this is the problem how can I get back those files?

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• Recently I had to reinstall Windows Vista Ultimate Edition and Windows Media Center displays now is no longer the Netflix app.

  Also, it does not display the internet tv options.  He displayed a week before I did reinstall it, so why not now?  When I go the the media center Web site and try opening netflix from there he tells me to upgrade to Windows 7.  The upgrade is not an acceptable answer, because this isn't a free solution to a problem that did not exist last week.  I turned on automatic downloads, I clicked the download now, so everything should be updated.  How can I get the dos applications?

  Hi baconlord,

  You can read the following article and check if it helps to solve the problem.

  Known issues and limitations of Netflix on Windows Media Center for Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/972496

  Hope this information is useful.

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• Problem installing Windows XP Pro/Windows Media Center Edition

  A few years ago, I built a system which consists of MS Windows Media Center Edition.  Recently, the hard drive failed.  I replaced the drive with a 1 TB Seagate Barracuda SATA drive.  Strangely, I can't reinstall MS Windows Media Center.  To clarify... with MS Windows Media Center cd in the drive, the installation went well.  The hard drive has been formatted and that the CD-ROM files have been hard disk messages were present.  The next step was a reboot by MS Windows cd.  This is where the installation fails. After the reboot, the Windows XP splash screen came as if the program Windows opened on your desktop.  At halfway through the splash screen, the system restarts.  Reboot forever more.  I don't know what is happening. Anyone?

  Test your player - create a Bootable CD:
  Ranging from 5 to 25% (depending on the make and model) new hard disks are defective.

  If you have a new hard drive Seagate the very next thing would be to download Seagate Seatools
  (bootable CD) and check bad sectors.
  SeaTools for information: http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
  SeaTools for Windows download: http://www.seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/saturn/seatools-win-master/
  SeaTools for DOS download:
  http://www.Seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/LD25-series/SeaTools-DOS-master/

  HD Tune:
  Provides information of the car and has an option (tab scan error) to test your drive.
  http://www.hdtune.com/

  SpeedFan:
  Monitors internal temperatures and has a function of analysis health online (SMART tab) for hard disks drive.
  It displays your drives model number and compares your drive with other discs of the same brand and model.
  http://www.almico.com/SpeedFan.php

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• How can I fix my Windows Media Center

  My Windows Media center to disappear from my computer I already looked everywhere in all programs and windows and nothing features on or off. my computer came with this program, but suddenly its gone I have not now how to get it back. I know that I have not uninstalled it.

  Hi Oscarlo2,

  Same thing happened to me. It could be as simple as another media player, be affected as your default player. My OS is Windows Vista, so I had to go through the following steps:
  Control Panel > programs > by default of the programs > set your default programs
  Windows Media Center should always be which are listed there. Once you is like Media Player by default, it should appear immediately.
  I know that this has been posted a year ago, but if still you have your Media Center, I hope this helps.

• Windows Media Center is not in the list of all programs - Vista Home Premium

  Hi, I can't find Windows Media Center on my computer - I have Windows Vista Home Premium.

  I try to use my TV on my computer. It has a built-in TV Tuner. But I can't find Media Center.

  I know when I got the computer last year - it came with something to activate the TV - but I have no internet at this point - so nothing could be done. Since then, I've upgraded to Service Pack 2. All the documentation said that Media Center should be there. I've looked everywhere and Media Center does not appear to be more!

  Can you please help - if I don't now how can I access the Media Center.

  Thanks in advance.

  Julie

  Thanks for this, before I saw this, I worked on how to solve this problem.

  First, I downloaded the cumulative update for Windows Media Center-still nothing.

  Then I peeked my Control Panel/Default Programs/Set Program Access and Computer Defaults.

  My settings were now on the custom, and default media player - tick on "Enable access to this program" next to Windows Media Center had been removed! (of course by another media program)-I reticked this box and as if by magic, the program appeared in all programs and was now visible to the rest of the computer. "

  This setting should make it invisible to the rest of the computer - he of course does not use if it is checked.

  (I also found once I ticked the box next to Windows Media Player (who had also disappeared, even if it was marked as a media player by default) - he also appeared in the all programs list- and he had never been there before!) I know because I had to go and insert my link on the desktop to access it.

  All sorted - what a huge relief. Just as it takes.

  Julie

• My Windows Media Center has disappeared

  Remember - this is a public forum so never post private information such as numbers of mail or telephone!

  Ideas: my Windows Media Center has disappeared. I did research has suggested this site to see if it is installed on my computer and it is not. It was on my computer when I bought it, then she disappeared a few months ago and I tried to understand why.

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  Hello
   
  1. who is the edition of Windows Vista installed on the computer?
  2. Windows Media Center display in the start menu, list all programs?

  Windows Media Center is available only with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate.
   
  We recommend that you create a new user account and check if there is the Windows Media Center. To do this, try the following steps.
  1. open user accounts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking user accounts and family safety, then clicking on user accounts.
  2. click on manage another account.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  3. click on create a new account.
  4. type the name you want to assign to the user account, click an account type, and then click on create an account.
  5 restart the computer and the connection to a user account.
  6. check if Windows Media Center.
   
  For more information on "Fix corrupted user profile" visit this link:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile
   
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• Windows Media Center in windowed mode keeps by default!

  I tried everything and can not understand why WMC goes to the windowed mode whenever I play a movie, whach TV, or play a movie from netflix.  Everyone has any Idieas.  It starts in mode full screen, but only stayed until the movie's over.

  Hi GregAlex,

  I suggest you to perform the tracking changes in the task settings of Windows Media Center to have the screen mode full screen in Windows Media Center.

  1. Open Windows Media Center.
  2. Click Task > click media only option and click Yes.

  Media only mode keeps Windows Media center displayed in full screen.

  Play video and watch pictures in Windows Media Center

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/play-video-and-watch-pictures-in-Windows-Media-Center

  Hope the helps of information. Please post back and we do know.
  Concerning
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• I have a problem with an error in windows media center: ERROR VIDEO files needed to display video are missing or corrupt.

  The error is: ERROR VIDEO files needed to display video are missing or corrupt.

  I Run Setup and restarted my computer at a later date.  I've always been unsuccessful.

  Can anyone help. Thank you

  Update your graphics card driver. Visit the manufacturer's Web site to download and install the latest graphics driver. Once proceed as follows: -.

  You must uninstall and reinstall the tv tuner card driver.

  1. start.

  2. in the start search box type:devmgmt.msc and press the Enter key.

  3. scroll sound, video and game controllers and expand it.

  4. right click on tv tuner card and uninstall it. Uninstall the device as software driver.

  5.reboot.

  6. visit the manufacturer's Web site to download and install the latest update and compatible tv tuner card tv tuner driver.

  7. now open Windows Media Center and re-run the whole upward.

• Cannot display the error using Netflix page in Windows Media Center

  Hello I use Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Media Center. I watched titles on Netflix in the past successfully in Windows Media Center, but today I get this error when I click to play a title:

  Cannot display the page. Windows Media Center cannot open the page.  Contact technical support for the program.

  And so here I am.

  I see all of the titles on my queue when I click on the Netflix icon, so obviously I am connected and connect, but cannot actually look at all the titles.

  Thanks for your help

  What is the error you get when you try to watch Netflix from the browser?
  What browser do you use?

  Go to start, all programs, Microsoft Silverlight and open Microsoft Silverlight.

  The tab of the Configuration window About, let us know which Version you have installed.
  Go to the Read tab, and then make sure that the enabled for playback of content protected.
  Then go to the Application Storage tab, select the Netflix web site from the list and then click on Remove to remove it. There may be more than one listed Netflix website, for each of them.

  After the changes, try once again, Netflix in Media Center and browser.

  You can also try reinstalling Silverlight by going to start, Control Panel, uninstall a program, select Microsoft Silverlight, and then click on uninstall and cross the guests. After uninstalling to joinhttp://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx and reinstall Silverlight.

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• Windows Media Center does not display my photos. I tried to re-setup my album and it shows my files but no pictures in them. I can see my photos in all viewers

  all my photos are in JPEG format, I download my photos on several websites and on my Windows live.com page, I also see with Windows Live Photo Gallery, I use Adobe Photoshop 7 to edit and save my pictures in .jpeg format, I can visualize in Picasa, PhotoStudio, ZoomBrowers EX etc.. I can spend my photos to one of my other computers and my pictures by e-mail, and they can be consulted. I open one of my photos in Photoshop and saved in a folder on my desktop in .jpeg and .bmp and it does not display. I sort my folder in date and make sure that hidden files is checked. I know I'm missing something, but still nothing.

  Hello
   
  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!
   
  How long have you had this problem?

  All files compatible photo in your library in Windows will appear in Media Center, including whatever it is stored in the folder my pictures or public photo. If you store images somewhere else, like an external hard drive, you can add them to the Media Center as well. To learn how, see Add files to media in Windows Media Center.

  The following is a list of reasons why an image will not display in Media Center, as well as suggestions for correcting the problem.

  • The picture file type is not supported in Media Center. For example, some digital camera photos are saved in the RAW file format, which is not supported in Media Center. If you have a photo editing software, try to open the picture in that program, and then resaving in a file type that is supported (for example, JPEG). To see what types of files are supported in Media Center, see file types supported by Windows Media Center.

  • The file is corrupted. If this is the case, try to open the image in another photo editing program, and then save it back into a different file type. For more information on the damaged files, see the files corrupted: frequently asked questions.

  • The file is hidden. You can view a hidden file by changing its properties in Windows. For more information, see Show hidden files.

  Please see the article for more details below:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/working-with-pictures-in-Windows-Media-Center-frequently-asked-questions

  Back to us for assistance.
   
  Kind regards
  Savan - Microsoft technical support.

• Windows media center on second display problem__

  I need to create a virtual TV on a connected vga tv running windows media center on dell computer inspiron laptop using a media center remote to a family member who needs simple features.

  Everything works beautifully, but gets messed up when the mouse is moved or when the pc is turned off and turned back on. restarting seems to work ok. I can put a power for always on option, I can turn off the mouse when Media center is running? How do I do that?

  Thank you in advance.

  Marty

  Hello mardito.ardito,

  No, there is not an option to turn off the mouse when Media Center is running. You can try to update the drivers for your video card and check if the problem persists during playback TV Media Center. You can check the below article which will give you information on how to update the drivers:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

  Thank you
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• Windows Media Center is displayed when you try to open a zip file

  When I try to open a zip file to transfer files from my mp3 player to gamefaqs.com, windows media center opens upward, why is it happening? I'm just trying to get a saved game file to my friend, this usually never happen before, because the file zipped arise, now it displays an icon of the page with the logo of windows inside, I'm really confused and I need help to change this back to normal when the zip file only arise

  Go to http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-windows-vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/ and select ZIP and start the process to restore the file association ZIP and that should fix the problem.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• change the order of the images displayed in Windows Media Center

  I'm changing the order that pictures are displayed.  To try to change their order of appearance, I changed the photo taken date of some photos.  When I go through the pictures in Windows Photo Gallery, they appear as I intend.  When I go through the same pictures in Windows Media Center (by date taken) some photo are out.  But they are not the photos that I've changed.

  Once they appear in the correct order, I intend to burn to DVD with background music.

  Thanks for your help.

  Hello donb113,

  ·         Have you tried to update the media library of the Center once you have changed the order in which the photos are sorted?

  You can delete and any location where you have saved your photos (media files). This will refresh your Media Center Library and sort files in the order that you have sorted your computer.

  1. on the start screen, navigate to tasks, and then click settings.

  2. click on the library settings.

  3. click on remove the folder to watch and then click Next.

  4. According to the 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 in the folders that you want to add by clicking on the - and + buttons, and 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 Next and then click Finish.

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

  Follow the same steps and add the folders back.

  This will add the files in the order that you have saved on your computer.

  Thank you
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