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    Windows 7 Internet TV Video Problem

    I have searched this forum and in fact the entire internet trying to get an answer to this problem. Although many have posted video problems mine appears to be unique. When I start up Windows 7 on my 50" Samsung LN52A65 using HDMI there is a lot of noise and slight flicker on the screen...
  2. Windows 7 Arrgh, missing 3rd party app

    Hi All, I have W7 running "fairly well" on my HP Media Center. So far I like it. I must admit to everyone first, that I'm a Mac User and have just received a PC. So much differences. So complicated. I'm setting W7 up to run like my PowerMac. Desk drive to allow seeing disks on the desktop...
  3. Windows 7 W7 Media Center missing Internet TV (and thus Netflix)

    I have a system with W7 Pro (upgraded from Vista Home Premium), and running Windows Media Center. I have a sibling system with W7 Pro also on it, and WMC works fine, and I have Internet TV, Sports, TV program guide, and Netflix on it. On the problematic system, I have none of those. I have...
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    Windows 7 My Keyboard has gone mad!

    Hi all WEll It's my fault I'm sure :mad: Ihave been trying to make a dedicated media centre on my acer aspire revo and I followed some suggestions to set som services to manual :mad: well I did and now my keyboard works but in a different configuration eg press M get O ! now I tried going to...
  5. Is Windows 7 RTM so good that SP1 needs no real improvements?

    Yesterday, Microsoft started the announcements about Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The one thing that struck me was the fact that Windows 7 will only get some minor updates and bug fixes from the Service Pack. Even though Windows 7 is sweet and looks very good from the beginning, I...
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    Windows 7 stripping down W7 using it as a media centre only

    I am using W7 media centre and it seems a bit unresponsive! As I'm only using this computer for TV/media I only need networking and obviously media centre to be running. Is there any guide to say what processes etc can be shut down? thanks Mike
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 will not install

    I purchased Windows 7 in three forms an ISO, 7 Professional and Ultimate. I tryed to install all three on an HP Media center. None of these would install.. it would set up to the point of restart and then nothing but a blank screen. In the past three weeks as I tryed each of these options I...
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    Windows 7 Bestanden op samsung tv

    Hallo, Ik heb een vraag over hoe ik de bestanden van mijn pc (win7) te zien kan krijgen op mijn samsung tv. Ik ben al zo ver dat ik beide pc zie op mijn tv, ik kan zelfs de standaard mappen van mijn bibliotheek zien in het media center (afbeeldingen, muziek, video's en documenten). Maar verder...
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    Windows 7 Hardware Problem

    Hi, I have a media center PC in my living Room. On waking up this morning I discovered that the PC had completely locked up. When I reboot I just get the message, there has been a hardware failure. I select the option to boot with the last known good config, the PC goes away does some...
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    Windows 7 WMC: Closed Captions

    How do you enable Closed Captions (CCs) for DVDs in Windows Media Center? I have a DVD that has no subtitles, but only CCs, and I just can't seem to be able to display them!:(
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    Windows 7 Windows doesn't resume from S3 to start scheduled recording

    Hi I'm having a lot of trouble getting my computer to resume from standby (S3) to start a scheduled recording. Every settings seem to be correct, BIOS, "Allow wake timers" enabled, no problems suspending/resuming with the remote and so on. But when ever I schedule a recording, using Windows...
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    Windows 7 Network Sharing: Access Logs?

    Hi Windows enthusiasts, I have a small home network all running Windows 7 and utilising the homegroup sharing functions. Each computer has a shared directory and my laptop is used as a media centre so store my music library to allow to me stream it to other devices in the house. What I wanted...
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    Windows 7 Media Center/ Media Player/ Winamp permanet blue screen

    Hi, using above mentioned tools playing music causes Windows 7 after 2-5 to crash with a blue screen (Memory_management). This behaviour is reproducible and happens whatever palyer is running. -I tried to run pc in clean boot environment the same is happening - i tried sfc /Scannow utility (some...
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    Windows 7 Media center vil ikke starte efter crash

    Hej alle mit media center Vil ikke Starte efter min computer crashede <img src \u003d "http://windows7forums.com/images/VB/smilies/sad.gif" border \u003d "0" alt \u003d "" title \u003d " Sad "smilieid \u003d" 11 "class \u003d" inlineimg "/> Jeg har ikke noget gendannelses punkt og jeg ville...
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    Windows 7 problems with Windows media Center

    I have been trying to diagnose a strange problem with either my TV tuner card or tuner software. On two channels, whenever I record, there will be a frequent freezing and skipping of the program. The program will be stuck on one frame, and 3 seconds later it will resume, but those 3 seconds of...
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    Windows 7 All icons on desktop have inherited the W7 icon

    Please help, I do not know why all icons on my desktop and in the taskbar have adopted the W7 windows icon. This has resulted in Internet Explorer starting Media centre instead of IE, only way to start IE is to naviagte through computer/C:/Program Files/Internet Exporer. Thanks in advance.
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 media centre help? Hardware or software?

    After spending many nights searching these forums, and trying many of the suggestions, i still have a couple of issues preventing my HTPC being a 'dream machine', and hope someone can point me as to where my problems lie. I am very happy with the win7 GUI and love the usability and wife...
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    Windows 7 Visualizations in Media Center

    When I initially installed Media Center, the default visualizations worked. Subsequently, I installed some visualizations that all worked in WMP. But now when I try to view a visualization in WMC I just get a black screen. I have checked that the visualizations are enabled in the WMC options...
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    Windows 7 Media centre and tversity connectivity problems to xbox 360

    In the past I have had no problems in getting connected to my xbox 360 using media center and tversity. It was just a straight forward set up using all the normal settings. But after installing windows 7 I have run into some problems. I can no longer stream my media to my 360 using tversity...
  20. Windows 7 Netflix Streaming Through Windows Media Center Extenders:

    I currently have the WMC plugin for Netflix installed on my computer. Netflix streaming video works great through MEDIA CENTER to the computer monitor. I also have a Lynskies Media Center Extender, which allows me to watch recorded TV on my big screen TV through my home network. (The desktop PC...