Vista Media Center Issue

**zeke_mo** · June 19th, 2007

For some reason when I close Tomb Raider Anniversary, or Age of Empires III it opens the Media center in Vista(Home Pre 64bit) has anybody ran into this issue yet or is my install of vista completely foobar?

**Sazar** · June 19th, 2007

Interesting.

Don't have either of those games but Media Center only opens when I click on the icon for it or, I press the TV button on my remote (and it looks LOVELY

)

Any other peculiarities you may have noticed?

**zeke_mo** · June 19th, 2007

Ha! Where should I start

.

Explorer randomly stops working, I get a BSOD about a bad memory pool or something, and my computer freezes when it goes into standby. Oh, and when I kick my computer it doesnt say owie anymore

saeltmarae2k · June 19th, 2007

Originally Posted by zeke_mo

Ha! Where should I start .

Explorer randomly stops working, I get a BSOD about a bad memory pool or something, and my computer freezes when it goes into standby. Oh, and when I kick my computer it doesnt say owie anymore

Wow that really sucks. I've been running Ultimate for a couple of months now with 0 problems. Do you have much installed? How hard would it be for you to start over?

**Tuffgong4** · June 19th, 2007

are you running anything on your computer like Transcode360 to watch divx movies? I ran into a very random and strange problem where when I would go to open my media center and start a movie or tv show (I don't use this software I'm about to mention anymore *shudders*) windows one care would open and make me turn my phishing filter back on. I've since uninstalled One Care *shudders again* and haven't had that same problem since.

Just wondering if there are any symptoms like that.

Have you tried using a different xbox 360 controller, there may be some interference that is acting as if it's pushing the media center button.

I use a logitech harmony with my components and media center seems to be ok now.

**Sazar** · June 19th, 2007

Originally Posted by zeke_mo

Ha! Where should I start .

Explorer randomly stops working, I get a BSOD about a bad memory pool or something, and my computer freezes when it goes into standby. Oh, and when I kick my computer it doesnt say owie anymore

What hardware setup are you running?

drz01 · June 20th, 2007

Running vista on 2 machines (ultimate on desktop home premium on laptop) only problem is with some old plugins for photoshop and sharing of drives....

**zeke_mo** · June 20th, 2007

Originally Posted by Sazar

What hardware setup are you running?

4800+ 8800GTS 2gigs of ram and a few hard drives.

**zeke_mo** · June 20th, 2007

Originally Posted by Tuffgong4

are you running anything on your computer like Transcode360 to watch divx movies? I ran into a very random and strange problem where when I would go to open my media center and start a movie or tv show (I don't use this software I'm about to mention anymore *shudders*) windows one care would open and make me turn my phishing filter back on. I've since uninstalled One Care *shudders again* and haven't had that same problem since.

Just wondering if there are any symptoms like that.

Have you tried using a different xbox 360 controller, there may be some interference that is acting as if it's pushing the media center button.

I use a logitech harmony with my components and media center seems to be ok now.

The games that I play all use .bik videos, I wonder if that is triggering the media center to start

**Sazar** · June 20th, 2007

Also, I wonder about the video card drivers and Vista.

**zeke_mo** · June 20th, 2007

Im using the latest nvidia drivers and I even used driver cleaner before I installed them

**Sazar** · June 21st, 2007

Understood.

My point was that there are some minor quirks with Nvidia drivers under Vista still, at least from what I have seen on the NvNews forums.

I wonder if this might be causing a glitch?

I would certainly fill out a bug report to Microsoft either way.

Do you have a way to run a .bik video independent of the games they are in?

If so, you can try and duplicate the issue.

And are you using no-cd patches on your games?

**zeke_mo** · June 21st, 2007

Originally Posted by Sazar

And are you using no-cd patches on your games?

heh...yeah, but it was an issue before I used the no-cd

carlos439 · June 21st, 2007

what i do when my pc becomes stupid:

1. Back up important things.

2. Format pc, and install vista again

June 19th, 2007	Top \| #1
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Vista Media Center Issue For some reason when I close Tomb Raider Anniversary, or Age of Empires III it opens the Media center in Vista(Home Pre 64bit) has anybody ran into this issue yet or is my install of vista completely foobar? "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

June 19th, 2007	Top \| #2
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,880 Reputation: 4110 Power: 309	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Interesting. Don't have either of those games but Media Center only opens when I click on the icon for it or, I press the TV button on my remote (and it looks LOVELY ) Any other peculiarities you may have noticed? Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

June 19th, 2007	Top \| #3
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Ha! Where should I start . Explorer randomly stops working, I get a BSOD about a bad memory pool or something, and my computer freezes when it goes into standby. Oh, and when I kick my computer it doesnt say owie anymore "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

June 19th, 2007	Top \| #4
saeltmarae2k OSNN Addict Joined: June 2004 Posts: 73 Reputation: 50 Power: 94	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Originally Posted by zeke_mo Ha! Where should I start . Explorer randomly stops working, I get a BSOD about a bad memory pool or something, and my computer freezes when it goes into standby. Oh, and when I kick my computer it doesnt say owie anymore Wow that really sucks. I've been running Ultimate for a couple of months now with 0 problems. Do you have much installed? How hard would it be for you to start over?

June 19th, 2007	Top \| #5
Tuffgong4 The Donger Need Food!!!! Joined: June 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,465 Reputation: 840 Power: 150	Re: Vista Media Center Issue are you running anything on your computer like Transcode360 to watch divx movies? I ran into a very random and strange problem where when I would go to open my media center and start a movie or tv show (I don't use this software I'm about to mention anymore shudders) windows one care would open and make me turn my phishing filter back on. I've since uninstalled One Care shudders again and haven't had that same problem since. Just wondering if there are any symptoms like that. Have you tried using a different xbox 360 controller, there may be some interference that is acting as if it's pushing the media center button. I use a logitech harmony with my components and media center seems to be ok now. Home Intel E6600 \ Abit AB9 Pro \ 4 gig Corsair DDR2-667 \ EVGA 9800GT \ HDD 1 320GB sata + 1 1.5TB sata \ 1 1TB backup drive / Samsung S183L SATA DVD-RW \ Windows 7 Pro x64 Laptop Asus UL30VT\ Intel CULV SU7300 \ 4GB Ram \ Intel Integrated + Nvidia 200m \ 500GB HDD \ 13.3 inch LED \ Windows 7 Premium x64

Latest News Posts

Latest Forum Posts

Latest Member Blogs

June 19th, 2007	Top \| #6
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,880 Reputation: 4110 Power: 309	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Originally Posted by zeke_mo Ha! Where should I start . Explorer randomly stops working, I get a BSOD about a bad memory pool or something, and my computer freezes when it goes into standby. Oh, and when I kick my computer it doesnt say owie anymore What hardware setup are you running? Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

June 20th, 2007	Top \| #7
drz01 Weekend DJ Joined: March 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 524 Reputation: 820 Power: 110	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Running vista on 2 machines (ultimate on desktop home premium on laptop) only problem is with some old plugins for photoshop and sharing of drives....

June 20th, 2007	Top \| #8
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Originally Posted by Sazar What hardware setup are you running? 4800+ 8800GTS 2gigs of ram and a few hard drives. "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

June 20th, 2007	Top \| #9
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Originally Posted by Tuffgong4 are you running anything on your computer like Transcode360 to watch divx movies? I ran into a very random and strange problem where when I would go to open my media center and start a movie or tv show (I don't use this software I'm about to mention anymore shudders) windows one care would open and make me turn my phishing filter back on. I've since uninstalled One Care shudders again and haven't had that same problem since. Just wondering if there are any symptoms like that. Have you tried using a different xbox 360 controller, there may be some interference that is acting as if it's pushing the media center button. I use a logitech harmony with my components and media center seems to be ok now. The games that I play all use .bik videos, I wonder if that is triggering the media center to start "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

June 20th, 2007	Top \| #10
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,880 Reputation: 4110 Power: 309	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Also, I wonder about the video card drivers and Vista. Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

June 20th, 2007	Top \| #11
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Im using the latest nvidia drivers and I even used driver cleaner before I installed them "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

June 21st, 2007	Top \| #12
Sazar F@H - Is it in you? Joined: April 2002 Location: Between Austin and Tampa Posts: 14,880 Reputation: 4110 Power: 309	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Understood. My point was that there are some minor quirks with Nvidia drivers under Vista still, at least from what I have seen on the NvNews forums. I wonder if this might be causing a glitch? I would certainly fill out a bug report to Microsoft either way. Do you have a way to run a .bik video independent of the games they are in? If so, you can try and duplicate the issue. And are you using no-cd patches on your games? Help to find cures for Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. Folding@Home, is it in you?

June 21st, 2007	Top \| #13
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,964 Reputation: 1290 Power: 122	Re: Vista Media Center Issue Originally Posted by Sazar And are you using no-cd patches on your games? heh...yeah, but it was an issue before I used the no-cd "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

June 21st, 2007	Top \| #14
carlos439 OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Vista Media Center Issue what i do when my pc becomes stupid: 1. Back up important things. 2. Format pc, and install vista again

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Issues with Vista media center music library and vista resume from suspend.	Mooz	Windows Desktop Systems	2	March 13th, 2008 5:55pm
Vista x64 and Media center	Dark Atheist	Windows Applications	7	February 23rd, 2008 9:20pm
Wireless Media Center	Bman	Windows Desktop Systems	2	January 12th, 2008 12:07am
Video Card for vista media center	kessel	Graphics Cards	2	June 10th, 2007 4:22am
Media Center PC	BouncingSoul	Windows Desktop Systems	4	October 16th, 2004 10:12am