Media Center keeps crashing....can any body help?

I have now read many forums to try to solve this problem....with no luck.
After a brand new clean (but painful) install of Vista home premium update
(on a newly built PC). My system is 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1 GIG RAM (667mhz),
Asus Mboard. Windows Update has been a big problem, and Media Center just
wont work.

When I use Windows update the whole system slows down to
an unusable speed. System runs like a dream (excluding media center) as long
as I go into "services" and stop the update service completely.

Media Center starts up normally then I get a error message media center has
stopped working and needs to shut down. It then offers to look for a solution
but cant find one. The reason I installed this version of Vista was to use
Media Center and now it wont work

Boot up is also very slow and seems to hang for a while before loading. Even
with the Windows Update problem I have managed to downloaded all of the
undates sucessfully, but it took around 7 hours and appeared to be hung the
whole time (my other PC on the same connection did it in about 10 minutes). I
really want to use Media Center and can handle not having access to updates
if
necessary. Can anybody help me please..??
--
Technosavy

Have you updated your video card drivers? What other software do you have on
your computer?

--
Regards,
Kristan M. Kenney
Microsoft MVP [Windows - Shell/User]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Marcusoid" wrote:

> I have now read many forums to try to solve this problem....with no luck.
> After a brand new clean (but painful) install of Vista home premium update
> (on a newly built PC). My system is 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1 GIG RAM (667mhz),
> Asus Mboard. Windows Update has been a big problem, and Media Center just
> wont work.
>
> When I use Windows update the whole system slows down to
> an unusable speed. System runs like a dream (excluding media center) as long
> as I go into "services" and stop the update service completely.
>
> Media Center starts up normally then I get a error message media center has
> stopped working and needs to shut down. It then offers to look for a solution
> but cant find one. The reason I installed this version of Vista was to use
> Media Center and now it wont work
>
> Boot up is also very slow and seems to hang for a while before loading. Even
> with the Windows Update problem I have managed to downloaded all of the
> undates sucessfully, but it took around 7 hours and appeared to be hung the
> whole time (my other PC on the same connection did it in about 10 minutes). I
> really want to use Media Center and can handle not having access to updates
> if
> necessary. Can anybody help me please..??
> --
> Technosavy

* Marcusoid:
> I have now read many forums to try to solve this problem....with no luck.
> After a brand new clean (but painful) install of Vista home premium update
> (on a newly built PC). My system is 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1 GIG RAM (667mhz),
> Asus Mboard. Windows Update has been a big problem, and Media Center just
> wont work.
>
> When I use Windows update the whole system slows down to
> an unusable speed. System runs like a dream (excluding media center) as long
> as I go into "services" and stop the update service completely.
>
> Media Center starts up normally then I get a error message media center has
> stopped working and needs to shut down. It then offers to look for a solution
> but cant find one. The reason I installed this version of Vista was to use
> Media Center and now it wont work
>
> Boot up is also very slow and seems to hang for a while before loading. Even
> with the Windows Update problem I have managed to downloaded all of the
> undates sucessfully, but it took around 7 hours and appeared to be hung the
> whole time (my other PC on the same connection did it in about 10 minutes). I
> really want to use Media Center and can handle not having access to updates
> if
> necessary. Can anybody help me please..??

This might help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941229
October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

Download page;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


-Michael

Thanks Michael, I've tried this download but the standalone installer always
crashes. I thought that all of these updates would have been included in the
normal windows update downloads anyway??
--
Technosavy


"MICHAEL" wrote:

> * Marcusoid:
> > I have now read many forums to try to solve this problem....with no luck.
> > After a brand new clean (but painful) install of Vista home premium update
> > (on a newly built PC). My system is 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1 GIG RAM (667mhz),
> > Asus Mboard. Windows Update has been a big problem, and Media Center just
> > wont work.
> >
> > When I use Windows update the whole system slows down to
> > an unusable speed. System runs like a dream (excluding media center) as long
> > as I go into "services" and stop the update service completely.
> >
> > Media Center starts up normally then I get a error message media center has
> > stopped working and needs to shut down. It then offers to look for a solution
> > but cant find one. The reason I installed this version of Vista was to use
> > Media Center and now it wont work
> >
> > Boot up is also very slow and seems to hang for a while before loading. Even
> > with the Windows Update problem I have managed to downloaded all of the
> > undates sucessfully, but it took around 7 hours and appeared to be hung the
> > whole time (my other PC on the same connection did it in about 10 minutes). I
> > really want to use Media Center and can handle not having access to updates
> > if
> > necessary. Can anybody help me please..??
>
> This might help.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941229
> October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista
>
> Download page;
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>
> -Michael
>

Thanks for your ideas. I have updated these by allowing windows to search
online. It told me I already have the latest drivers. It is on board video
Intel (R) 82945G Chipset family.

I don't have any other software installed yet. Just the operating system
(the third full clean install).
--
Technosavy


"Kristan M. Kenney [MVP]" wrote:

> Have you updated your video card drivers? What other software do you have on
> your computer?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristan M. Kenney
> Microsoft MVP [Windows - Shell/User]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Marcusoid" wrote:
>
> > I have now read many forums to try to solve this problem....with no luck.
> > After a brand new clean (but painful) install of Vista home premium update
> > (on a newly built PC). My system is 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1 GIG RAM (667mhz),
> > Asus Mboard. Windows Update has been a big problem, and Media Center just
> > wont work.
> >
> > When I use Windows update the whole system slows down to
> > an unusable speed. System runs like a dream (excluding media center) as long
> > as I go into "services" and stop the update service completely.
> >
> > Media Center starts up normally then I get a error message media center has
> > stopped working and needs to shut down. It then offers to look for a solution
> > but cant find one. The reason I installed this version of Vista was to use
> > Media Center and now it wont work
> >
> > Boot up is also very slow and seems to hang for a while before loading. Even
> > with the Windows Update problem I have managed to downloaded all of the
> > undates sucessfully, but it took around 7 hours and appeared to be hung the
> > whole time (my other PC on the same connection did it in about 10 minutes). I
> > really want to use Media Center and can handle not having access to updates
> > if
> > necessary. Can anybody help me please..??
> > --
> > Technosavy

I just tied this again and it installed successfully! Even though it took for
ever......! Unfortunately it did not fix the problem .

When I start WMC it works...I can quickly flick through the menu, but it
then dies every time. It seems to die just as quickly if I just open it and
let it sit as it does if I'm using the menu. Also I now have a new message
coming up and I'm not sure whether this is related or not. " Microsoft
Windows Search Indexer Stopped working and was closed" this is now coming up
all the time as well.
--
Technosavy


"MICHAEL" wrote:

> * Marcusoid:
> > I have now read many forums to try to solve this problem....with no luck.
> > After a brand new clean (but painful) install of Vista home premium update
> > (on a newly built PC). My system is 2 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 1 GIG RAM (667mhz),
> > Asus Mboard. Windows Update has been a big problem, and Media Center just
> > wont work.
> >
> > When I use Windows update the whole system slows down to
> > an unusable speed. System runs like a dream (excluding media center) as long
> > as I go into "services" and stop the update service completely.
> >
> > Media Center starts up normally then I get a error message media center has
> > stopped working and needs to shut down. It then offers to look for a solution
> > but cant find one. The reason I installed this version of Vista was to use
> > Media Center and now it wont work
> >
> > Boot up is also very slow and seems to hang for a while before loading. Even
> > with the Windows Update problem I have managed to downloaded all of the
> > undates sucessfully, but it took around 7 hours and appeared to be hung the
> > whole time (my other PC on the same connection did it in about 10 minutes). I
> > really want to use Media Center and can handle not having access to updates
> > if
> > necessary. Can anybody help me please..??
>
> This might help.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941229
> October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista
>
> Download page;
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>
> -Michael
>