Media centre peter c.a.hawkins 7/1/2007 7:56:03 AM Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in media centre in vista home premium.? I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise and then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter stops in the bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all intensive purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task manager appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on restart computer to get out of media centre. I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event viewer....nothing. Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. Thank-you.

Re: Media centre "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd[ at ]nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> 7/2/2007 11:44:24 PM That seemingly indicates that your video card driver is wonky. What video card do you have? Does the vendor have a driver update available? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E8CB4B51-1EA7-42DE-A779-DE1B02453D19[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in media > centre > in vista home premium.? > I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise and > then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter stops in > the > bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all > intensive > purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. > I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task manager > appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on > restart > computer to get out of media centre. > I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event viewer....nothing. > Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. > Thank-you.

Re: Media centre peter c.a.hawkins 7/3/2007 7:04:01 AM I am already , i have catalyst 7.6 installed for my ati radeon x1650. "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > That seemingly indicates that your video card driver is wonky. What video > card do you have? Does the vendor have a driver update available? > > -- > Speaking for myself only. > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -- > "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:E8CB4B51-1EA7-42DE-A779-DE1B02453D19[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in media > > centre > > in vista home premium.? > > I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise and > > then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter stops in > > the > > bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all > > intensive > > purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. > > I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task manager > > appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on > > restart > > computer to get out of media centre. > > I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event viewer....nothing. > > Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. > > Thank-you. > > >

Re: Media centre "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd[ at ]nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> 7/4/2007 1:24:48 AM Is WMP fully functional for you... ? (That provides much of the guts of Media Centre....) At what point did this start happening... ? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0A937DDF-4AD9-437B-A2BE-CFBF9CED4E62[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am already , i have catalyst 7.6 installed for my ati radeon x1650. > > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: > >> >> That seemingly indicates that your video card driver is wonky. What >> video >> card do you have? Does the vendor have a driver update available? >> >> -- >> Speaking for myself only. >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> rights. >> -- >> "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message news:E8CB4B51-1EA7-42DE-A779-DE1B02453D19[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in media >> > centre >> > in vista home premium.? >> > I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise >> > and >> > then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter stops >> > in >> > the >> > bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all >> > intensive >> > purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. >> > I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task manager >> > appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on >> > restart >> > computer to get out of media centre. >> > I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event >> > viewer....nothing. >> > Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. >> > Thank-you. >> >> >>

Re: Media centre peter c.a.hawkins 7/4/2007 8:08:02 AM There are numerous posts on here now about the crashing of wmp11 and media centre,mine started just after may 2007 updates.iv`e uninstalled those ,tried using media centre but still the problem persists. In wmp11 i narrowed the culprits down to wmp11 plug-ins and g-force visualisation,i disabled the plug-ins and deleted g-force,wmp11 works ok now,but media centre just keeps on doing what i described. A re-install of vista looms i can see that . "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > Is WMP fully functional for you... ? (That provides much of the guts of > Media Centre....) > > At what point did this start happening... ? > > -- > Speaking for myself only. > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -- > "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:0A937DDF-4AD9-437B-A2BE-CFBF9CED4E62[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I am already , i have catalyst 7.6 installed for my ati radeon x1650. > > > > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: > > > >> > >> That seemingly indicates that your video card driver is wonky. What > >> video > >> card do you have? Does the vendor have a driver update available? > >> > >> -- > >> Speaking for myself only. > >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > >> rights. > >> -- > >> "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > >> message news:E8CB4B51-1EA7-42DE-A779-DE1B02453D19[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in media > >> > centre > >> > in vista home premium.? > >> > I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise > >> > and > >> > then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter stops > >> > in > >> > the > >> > bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all > >> > intensive > >> > purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. > >> > I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task manager > >> > appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on > >> > restart > >> > computer to get out of media centre. > >> > I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event > >> > viewer....nothing. > >> > Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. > >> > Thank-you. > >> > >> > >> > > >

Re: Media centre "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd[ at ]nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> 7/4/2007 6:41:04 PM I can probably help with most WMP11 crashes, but Media Centre is a very different critter that I'm not nearly as familiar with at least regarding the spectrum of crashes. What plug-ins and third party vizzes were on the system... ? Was this ever working... ? Did you delete or uninstall G-Force... ? -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0537115E-5DF1-41CD-994A-CF7DC4B7F91A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > There are numerous posts on here now about the crashing of wmp11 and media > centre,mine started just after may 2007 updates.iv`e uninstalled those > ,tried using media centre but still the problem persists. > In wmp11 i narrowed the culprits down to wmp11 plug-ins and g-force > visualisation,i disabled the plug-ins and deleted g-force,wmp11 works ok > now,but media centre just keeps on doing what i described. > A re-install of vista looms i can see that . > > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: > >> >> Is WMP fully functional for you... ? (That provides much of the guts of >> Media Centre....) >> >> At what point did this start happening... ? >> >> -- >> Speaking for myself only. >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> rights. >> -- >> "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message news:0A937DDF-4AD9-437B-A2BE-CFBF9CED4E62[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I am already , i have catalyst 7.6 installed for my ati radeon x1650. >> > >> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> That seemingly indicates that your video card driver is wonky. What >> >> video >> >> card do you have? Does the vendor have a driver update available? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Speaking for myself only. >> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. >> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> >> rights. >> >> -- >> >> "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote >> >> in >> >> message news:E8CB4B51-1EA7-42DE-A779-DE1B02453D19[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >> > Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in >> >> > media >> >> > centre >> >> > in vista home premium.? >> >> > I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise >> >> > and >> >> > then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter >> >> > stops >> >> > in >> >> > the >> >> > bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all >> >> > intensive >> >> > purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. >> >> > I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task >> >> > manager >> >> > appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on >> >> > restart >> >> > computer to get out of media centre. >> >> > I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event >> >> > viewer....nothing. >> >> > Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. >> >> > Thank-you. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

Re: Media centre peter c.a.hawkins 7/4/2007 8:10:02 PM I found the worst culprit which continually caused wmp11 to crash was the media bar plugin(for msn media shop), this iv`e got rid of,now no crashes in wmp11. i also stopped windows live messenger plug-in(the one which shows which song you are listening to in windows live). i was using G-Force platinum ,the newest version but iv`e uninstalled that now,but although i have no wmp11 crashes i still get the strange happenings in media centre. there are no other plug-ins but i am led to believe that iit is nigh -on impossible to uninstall visualisations in wmp11,is that correct? because what i would like to do is get rid of them one by one to see if it is one of these causing the trouble. "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > > I can probably help with most WMP11 crashes, but Media Centre is a very > different critter that I'm not nearly as familiar with at least regarding > the spectrum of crashes. > > What plug-ins and third party vizzes were on the system... ? Was this ever > working... ? Did you delete or uninstall G-Force... ? > > -- > Speaking for myself only. > See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -- > > "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:0537115E-5DF1-41CD-994A-CF7DC4B7F91A[ at ]microsoft.com... > > There are numerous posts on here now about the crashing of wmp11 and media > > centre,mine started just after may 2007 updates.iv`e uninstalled those > > ,tried using media centre but still the problem persists. > > In wmp11 i narrowed the culprits down to wmp11 plug-ins and g-force > > visualisation,i disabled the plug-ins and deleted g-force,wmp11 works ok > > now,but media centre just keeps on doing what i described. > > A re-install of vista looms i can see that . > > > > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: > > > >> > >> Is WMP fully functional for you... ? (That provides much of the guts of > >> Media Centre....) > >> > >> At what point did this start happening... ? > >> > >> -- > >> Speaking for myself only. > >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > >> rights. > >> -- > >> "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > >> message news:0A937DDF-4AD9-437B-A2BE-CFBF9CED4E62[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> >I am already , i have catalyst 7.6 installed for my ati radeon x1650. > >> > > >> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> That seemingly indicates that your video card driver is wonky. What > >> >> video > >> >> card do you have? Does the vendor have a driver update available? > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Speaking for myself only. > >> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. > >> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > >> >> rights. > >> >> -- > >> >> "peter c.a.hawkins" <petercahawkins[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > >> >> in > >> >> message news:E8CB4B51-1EA7-42DE-A779-DE1B02453D19[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> >> > Does any-one know an answer to this continual problem i have in > >> >> > media > >> >> > centre > >> >> > in vista home premium.? > >> >> > I click on a song to play and it starts playing,i click on visualise > >> >> > and > >> >> > then the song continues to play but no visualisation,the counter > >> >> > stops > >> >> > in > >> >> > the > >> >> > bottom right of the screen,the mouse cursor disappears and for all > >> >> > intensive > >> >> > purposes it has crashed but the song continues to play. > >> >> > I press ctrl,alt,del to bring up the task manager,but the task > >> >> > manager > >> >> > appears for only a split second so i can`t use it,i have to click on > >> >> > restart > >> >> > computer to get out of media centre. > >> >> > I look in problem reports.....nothing,i look in event > >> >> > viewer....nothing. > >> >> > Any-one shed a ray of light on this,PLEASE. > >> >> > Thank-you. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >