Windows Media Center in Vista Home Premium must be restarted every other time I start a video

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  In Windows Media Player. When I try to go to the library of configuration, I always get this error message:

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  I am running: Windows Vista Premium home edition, SP2

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  My computer does not let me even see this journal!

  right now I feel stupid... my computer is new and I had not registered, it still with HP so they had this locked feature.  I don't like it, but fixed it.

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  Hi all

  I suggest that you ask questions of Windows Media Center at thegreenbutton.com/forums.
  They have experts who deal only with WMC and would be better able to help your problem.

  Click here for a link to the post here.

  Hope this will help.

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• My windows media player for Vista Home premium is only a version 6 and cannot find a later version to download

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  According to Walter, Microsoft Windows Vista comes with Media Player 11. So please could you clarify the application you are using? The version you gave I guess maybe it is Windows Movie Maker. Here is the link for Windows Live Movie Maker 2011. You can download the latest Live Movie Maker from here. http://explore.live.com/Windows-Live-Movie-Maker?OS=other

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  Click Start, type: enable or disable windows features

  Press enter on your keyboard

  Extend the functionality of media

  Make sure the Media Center is checked.

  If the problem persists:

  Media Center disabled

  Try the following, make sure that you back up your registry first database before you try:

  How to make a backup of the registry in Windows 7
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/back-up-the-registry

  Click Start, type: regedit

  Click with the right button on regedit, and then click Run as administrator

  Take a look at the following keys:

  HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaCenter\MediaCenter

  HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaCenter\MediaCenter

  A 0 = MC ValueData can work; 1 = MC is disabled.

  Credit: Chris Cupler MS - MVP

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  Hello ddanhrt64b,

  Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.

  You can check and see if you have selected Windows Media Center in programs and features.

  1. open the control panel configuration/programs and features.
  2. click on "Turn Windows features on or off" in the left pane.
  3. expand "Multimedia functions", check if you have selected 'Windows Media Center'.
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• Try to configure Windows XP Pro and Vista Home Premium to connect wireless to a field internal.

  Hello. I recently graduated from a COMPUTER course that was very intense, but I don't think that it covered all the basics for me quite challenge the MCSA exams. In order for me to do, I bought a bunch of MS Press books covering ISA Server, Server 2003, Exchange, etc. My journey made us buy copies of Server 2003 and XP Professional, so that we can continue to practice at home.

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  This works very well when it connects directly through, but how to configure something like this works wirelessly? I read something on another forum in which is setting up a wireless bootstrap, to authenticate against a Radius Server, and then log in to the domain. However I don't have the money to spend to get ISA Server.  The server will be basically be there just to provide roaming profiles and to store things out of our systems, incase we have problems with one of our computers. We could set up something for our own internal e-mail in the future, but since we live in the same House, it seems rather useless at the moment lol maybe set something in the future to let the other note or purchase or to do list. But for now, just want to configure what initially appears to be a single domain with roaming profiles.

  Everyone has tried to do that? Connection of the wireless networks in a field, with a router provides the address and gateway?

  Carlo

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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.

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  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!

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  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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