major Error in Vista Media Center

I get this message at boot up and I can't go into Vista MCE : "windows media
center receiver service stopped working and was closed"

What is doing this? How can I fix this?

Help Please...

There is apparently a hotfix for this error, which you can receive if you
contact Microsoft.

Error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer that has more
than one TV tuners: "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working
and was closed":
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938928

The article references another article, with another hotfix, KB936229,
should the above hotfix fail to solve the problem.

"Ted F" <> wrote in message
news:060563F8-B8C8-4351-BEEA-...
>I get this message at boot up and I can't go into Vista MCE : "windows
>media center receiver service stopped working and was closed"
>
> What is doing this? How can I fix this?
>
> Help Please...

Thanks that worked. After I requested for the hotfix, MS sent me the hotfix
download hours later. Applied the hotfix and the error went away.



"dean-dean" <dean-> wrote in message
news:AFABB057-576F-400C-8A43-...
> There is apparently a hotfix for this error, which you can receive if you
> contact Microsoft.
>
> Error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer that has more
> than one TV tuners: "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working
> and was closed":
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938928
>
> The article references another article, with another hotfix, KB936229,
> should the above hotfix fail to solve the problem.
>
> "Ted F" <> wrote in message
> news:060563F8-B8C8-4351-BEEA-...
>>I get this message at boot up and I can't go into Vista MCE : "windows
>>media center receiver service stopped working and was closed"
>>
>> What is doing this? How can I fix this?
>>
>> Help Please...
>

Thank you for reporting this. I'm glad to hear that you took the time to
contact Microsoft and ask for the download, and that the fix worked.

"Ted F" <> wrote in message
news90A1B37-6356-4168-8071-...
> Thanks that worked. After I requested for the hotfix, MS sent me the
> hotfix download hours later. Applied the hotfix and the error went away.
>
>
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-> wrote in message
> news:AFABB057-576F-400C-8A43-...
>> There is apparently a hotfix for this error, which you can receive if you
>> contact Microsoft.
>>
>> Error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer that has more
>> than one TV tuners: "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped
>> working and was closed":
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938928
>>
>> The article references another article, with another hotfix, KB936229,
>> should the above hotfix fail to solve the problem.
>>
>> "Ted F" <> wrote in message
>> news:060563F8-B8C8-4351-BEEA-...
>>>I get this message at boot up and I can't go into Vista MCE : "windows
>>>media center receiver service stopped working and was closed"
>>>
>>> What is doing this? How can I fix this?
>>>
>>> Help Please...
>>
>

I have the same error as "Ted F"
My Dell Dimension 9200 has the Hauppauge WIN TV-HVR-1600 Dual Tuner PCI
Card. I upgraded from Vista Home Basic to Home Premium on 12/30/2007.
Everything has worked great with the Media Center and TV watching and
recording with both tuners until today. When I clicked to open Windows Vista
today I consistently get the following error:

"Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working and was closed"
Per MS Tech Support Knowledge Base, I have tried both hot fixes (938928
(1st) and 936229 (2nd)) and neither fixed the above problem.

Any additional suggestions would be appreciated.


"dean-dean" wrote:

> There is apparently a hotfix for this error, which you can receive if you
> contact Microsoft.
>
> Error message when you start a Windows Vista-based computer that has more
> than one TV tuners: "Windows Media Center Receiver Service stopped working
> and was closed":
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938928
>
> The article references another article, with another hotfix, KB936229,
> should the above hotfix fail to solve the problem.
>
> "Ted F" <> wrote in message
> news:060563F8-B8C8-4351-BEEA-...
> >I get this message at boot up and I can't go into Vista MCE : "windows
> >media center receiver service stopped working and was closed"
> >
> > What is doing this? How can I fix this?
> >
> > Help Please...
>