media center

The issue I am having on both my W7 computers is if I play a new music album in MCE while a current music album is playing, the star rating of the current song gets given to the first song that plays in the new album! To stop this behaviour I have to push stop twice on the remote to stop playing...

Does the SP1 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005? Exist I only have SP2 and SP3 both x32.

On xp media centre edition, tried factory restore from F10 boot menu but there's no .net framework files, will i have to download these individually? Or can i retrieve them somehow? Also after the factory restore, all the files, data and shortucts from games and programs i had previously are...

Hello, I have been working on my own computers for 15 years, have built 6 over the years, and always fix mine and my parents computers whenever theres a problem. Occasionally I get stumped and need help, so thats why I am here. My desktop home office computer is doing several things over the...

My home built desktop pc is running Windows 8.1 Pro x64 with Media Center. My Asus 1015E-DS01 notebook is running Windows 8.1 x64. The notebook can see the desktop's HomeGroup and correct password, but can't join it. I've run the HomeGroup troubleshooter on both and nothing is found. I have...

I could use some help with this one. I purchased a Asus 1015E-DS01 notebook about 1 1/2 weeks ago. It came with Windows 8 x64 and as soon as I got it, I updated it to Windows 8.1 x64 and updated it. I then got rid of the crapware on it, updated drivers and installed my software. The notebook...

Hi, I have been having strange issues recently. Since september or so I have had 4 BSODs when using Windows Media Center Live TV, I thought it was related somehow to the tunner, but today I also got BSOD when not using live TV (although I was testing a different, external tunner when it crashed...

My netbook arrive's later today with Windows 8 x64 on it. My desktop is running 8.1 Pro w/Media Center x64. Should I join the desktop's HomeGroup first, prior to the netbook's 8.1 upgrade ?

I have a strange problem in Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center x64. The Music folder show's all generic icons for each folder in it. The Pictures folder show 7/8 of the folder's with the generic looking icon and the other 1/8 normally. The Videos folder shows them all correctl

Im getting the following error everytime I try to play and Recorded TV in Windows Media Center on Windows 8.1 Pro x64.Files needed to display video are not installed or are not working correctly. Restart Windows Media Center or restart the computer. I've done both numerous times. The message...

Download and save the current version of Secunia PSI. You must save it, for this to work. Right-click on psi.exe and click properties, compatibility Windows 7 , click Run as administrator, apply and ok. Now install it and click no at the end. Now right-click on Secunia PSI in Start>All Programs...

My Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 mobo's U.E.F.I. version 2005 (current version) states Secure Boot is enabled. Msinfo32 state's it isn't in Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center x64. All software, driver's and U.E.F.I. are up to date. Any idea's on how to fix this ? This is after a clean install of 8 Pro...

Hi, I'm having trouble installing a tuner for my media center. I would like to watch TV on my PC but when I try to scan I get the message that I don't have a tuner. It was OK before and I have installed the same drivers. Where can I get a driver? I thought I had installed the Avermedia...

Hi All, Just wanted to share with you all of my experience with moving up to Windows 8.1. I decided it was time to start new so I installed Windows 8 Pro from the USB I had made. All went well after a format of C:\. So I decided to head to Microsoft Store to get the upgrade to...

Hi All, Just curious about the Media Center that I was able to get free with Windows 8 pro. In Windows 8 it was a separate download. Is the Media Center included with windows 8.1 pro? Or when I upgrade to 8.1 next month will it be available for me to download free...

The upgrade went perfectly smooth up until the License Terms screen appeared. I had no way to click on "Agree" because the OS would not accept any input. My keyboard and mouse appeared dead. I tried all the other USB ports and the mini 6-pin mouse socket. After I rebooted and Windows 8 Pro...

Win7 x64 SP1 PRO Office PC Win7 x32/x86 SP1 PRO Media Center PC Issue: How to adjust NAS drive(s) spin up frequency, check to see what is causing them to come out of sleep mode. NAS's are set to power down currently @5mins. Trying to figure out what is causing them to "Wake-up" and how to...

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Just installed Win8 Pro and bought the Media Center add on. I run an i7-3770k, 16Gb ram, GTX 780 3Gb video card and have 2 25" monitors. Now when I play a game on display 1 and have Media Center running Live TV on display 2, Media Center stutters, freezes. As soon as I close the game on...

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