SOLVED. I modified a registry value because the media extender service kept disabling itself. I also wiped anything with the word "codec" in it.
Remember to make your SSDP discovery is on and all its dependents(media extender and Upnp). if you restart the that services and both dependencies...
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but first I want you to go to the highlited buttons Link Removed
The first one dig through the check box to find the words media center.
The second one dig though both outbound and inbound rules for the words media extender...
Please don't insult my intelligence.
I've uninstalled everything except windows firewall, and I turned that completely off.
No but my device came with a fingerprint scanner. I disabled the driver and uninstalled the software for it and it didn't change anything (except now I have to actually...
Streaming was actually off, but turning it on had no effect. I can right click it under the network map but certain things like serial number are N/A. Now I think the problem has something to do with the ports on my computer. I know how to run netstat in cmd, but I can't find some of the...
Update: I found out that I needed to change the settings on the service called "SSDP Discrovery" to automatic and start it and refresh it as well as making sure media center extender host and UPnP device host were running. Now the set up runs but will not fully connect and gives me a poor...
Solved: see comments
My computer info:
Toshiba protege m750 S7212
Windows 7 Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHZ 2.40 GHz
Ram: 4.00 GB (2.87 usable)
32-bit
I can not get my Windows Media Center to connect to my xbox as an extender. I...
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xbox 360