Media Center 2005 first run wizard hangs on audio setup

Hello, if anyone has a fix to this, it has happened to me on 3 computers. I
have spent good money buying MCE for my home, and NONE of my computers work
in Media Center mode.
I run the setup wizard and everything works up until audio detection... It
just freezes for 10+minutes. This happens EVERY TIME I attempt to setup
Media Center. Everything works PERFECTLY on my PC's IF I dont run them in MC
mode.
I want Media Center to be JUST THAT, a media center.
All of my drivers are installed, the 3 PC's in question are AOpen Mini PC's
MP915's

PLEASE HELP, I love the way media center looks, but I ate not being able to
use it.

I've occasionally had that problem on a few systems, and basically I just
told it NOT to test my audio, bypassed the audio setup, and everything
worked fine. Now, my systems are basic stereo, no fancy 5.1 or 7.1 or
digital audio, so that wasn't a problem. If yours are similar, try bypassing
that part of setup and see if it works...

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"adonian" <> wrote in message
newsE373946-A79B-4775-A0B0-...
> Hello, if anyone has a fix to this, it has happened to me on 3 computers.
> I
> have spent good money buying MCE for my home, and NONE of my computers
> work
> in Media Center mode.
> I run the setup wizard and everything works up until audio detection... It
> just freezes for 10+minutes. This happens EVERY TIME I attempt to setup
> Media Center. Everything works PERFECTLY on my PC's IF I dont run them in
> MC
> mode.
> I want Media Center to be JUST THAT, a media center.
> All of my drivers are installed, the 3 PC's in question are AOpen Mini
> PC's
> MP915's
>
> PLEASE HELP, I love the way media center looks, but I ate not being able
> to
> use it.

That worked, great, thanks, now I have a problem running DVD, it says decoder
not installed?! I have power DVD6 HD/BluRay installed? Any ideas?

"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> I've occasionally had that problem on a few systems, and basically I just
> told it NOT to test my audio, bypassed the audio setup, and everything
> worked fine. Now, my systems are basic stereo, no fancy 5.1 or 7.1 or
> digital audio, so that wasn't a problem. If yours are similar, try bypassing
> that part of setup and see if it works...
>
> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>
> "adonian" <> wrote in message
> newsE373946-A79B-4775-A0B0-...
> > Hello, if anyone has a fix to this, it has happened to me on 3 computers.
> > I
> > have spent good money buying MCE for my home, and NONE of my computers
> > work
> > in Media Center mode.
> > I run the setup wizard and everything works up until audio detection... It
> > just freezes for 10+minutes. This happens EVERY TIME I attempt to setup
> > Media Center. Everything works PERFECTLY on my PC's IF I dont run them in
> > MC
> > mode.
> > I want Media Center to be JUST THAT, a media center.
> > All of my drivers are installed, the 3 PC's in question are AOpen Mini
> > PC's
> > MP915's
> >
> > PLEASE HELP, I love the way media center looks, but I ate not being able
> > to
> > use it.
>
>
>

If you're running MCE 2005, then you need a decoder. nVidia makes one for
$20, and some versions of other programs have compatible decoders. Go to
microsoft.com and search for "decoder check" - a utility that will tell you
which decoders you have installed, and whether they're compatible, and which
one is the default.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"adonian" <> wrote in message
news:044FF25C-8246-4C62-A492-...
> That worked, great, thanks, now I have a problem running DVD, it says
> decoder
> not installed?! I have power DVD6 HD/BluRay installed? Any ideas?
>
> "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
>
>> I've occasionally had that problem on a few systems, and basically I just
>> told it NOT to test my audio, bypassed the audio setup, and everything
>> worked fine. Now, my systems are basic stereo, no fancy 5.1 or 7.1 or
>> digital audio, so that wasn't a problem. If yours are similar, try
>> bypassing
>> that part of setup and see if it works...
>>
>> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>>
>> "adonian" <> wrote in message
>> newsE373946-A79B-4775-A0B0-...
>> > Hello, if anyone has a fix to this, it has happened to me on 3
>> > computers.
>> > I
>> > have spent good money buying MCE for my home, and NONE of my computers
>> > work
>> > in Media Center mode.
>> > I run the setup wizard and everything works up until audio detection...
>> > It
>> > just freezes for 10+minutes. This happens EVERY TIME I attempt to
>> > setup
>> > Media Center. Everything works PERFECTLY on my PC's IF I dont run them
>> > in
>> > MC
>> > mode.
>> > I want Media Center to be JUST THAT, a media center.
>> > All of my drivers are installed, the 3 PC's in question are AOpen Mini
>> > PC's
>> > MP915's
>> >
>> > PLEASE HELP, I love the way media center looks, but I ate not being
>> > able
>> > to
>> > use it.
>>
>>
>>

I've had Windows installer hang up for long periods of time. I then
write in my logbook something like "Geez - Windows Installer has
hung up for 15 minutes - time for the power switch." Then I look up
again and the process has just come back to life.

I think it's totally weird, but it has happened to me several times
recently.

So one possibility is to go get another cup of coffee (as if you
need to be even tenser!) and wait a few minutes longer.

Not, Windows Installer isn't MCE's Audio Setup, but I've seen it
with other software too on rare occasions.

I hope this helps (and I don't blame you for any skepticism!).

"Dana Cline - MVP" <> wrote in
news:u#8#:

> I've occasionally had that problem on a few systems, and basically
> I just told it NOT to test my audio, bypassed the audio setup, and
> everything worked fine. Now, my systems are basic stereo, no fancy
> 5.1 or 7.1 or digital audio, so that wasn't a problem. If yours
> are similar, try bypassing that part of setup and see if it
> works...
>
> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>
> "adonian" <> wrote in message
> newsE373946-A79B-4775-A0B0-...
>> Hello, if anyone has a fix to this, it has happened to me on 3
>> computers. I
>> have spent good money buying MCE for my home, and NONE of my
>> computers work
>> in Media Center mode.
>> I run the setup wizard and everything works up until audio
>> detection... It just freezes for 10+minutes. This happens EVERY
>> TIME I attempt to setup Media Center. Everything works PERFECTLY
>> on my PC's IF I dont run them in MC
>> mode.
>> I want Media Center to be JUST THAT, a media center.
>> All of my drivers are installed, the 3 PC's in question are AOpen
>> Mini PC's
>> MP915's
>>
>> PLEASE HELP, I love the way media center looks, but I ate not
>> being able to
>> use it.

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