Media Center Locks Up when receiving TV signal -ehrec.exe

I have a HP Media Center PC/2003. 2.4 GHz with 1.5 Gig RAM. When I go to TV it starts the swirling icon like it is going to tune in and then it locks up, the icon keeps spinning. I typically go to the Task Manager & end the Media Center process. I have noticed that ehrec.exe continues to use about 50% of my processor. It continues to run eventhough Media Center has been closed out. I typically go in and end it as well to speed up my computer. Media Center is also very sluggish about playing saved video files as well, this never occured before.

*I have had no problems in the past and have gotten perfectly good reception etc.
*Experienced a similar episode after upgrading RAM, but then after a restart it worked for over a month.
*Same problem now, will not go away.
*I have uninstalled Antivirus, Turned Off Firewalls, Went back to restore points that were 3 months old, used selective startup etc.
*I need help resolving this issue, I feel like there is some conflict in my system registry.
*I do not have any new video software programs installed.

How about removing the extra RAM? My MCE only has 256 MB. 1.5 G might be
good for other applications but certainly not for MCE. Maybe the RAM is
marginal, or the motherboard's support for so much RAM is marginal.

"G French" <> wrote in message
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> I have a HP Media Center PC/2003. 2.4 GHz with 1.5 Gig RAM. When I go to
TV it starts the swirling icon like it is going to tune in and then it locks
up, the icon keeps spinning. I typically go to the Task Manager & end the
Media Center process. I have noticed that ehrec.exe continues to use about
50% of my processor. It continues to run eventhough Media Center has been
closed out. I typically go in and end it as well to speed up my computer.
Media Center is also very sluggish about playing saved video files as well,
this never occured before.
>
> *I have had no problems in the past and have gotten perfectly good
reception etc.
> *Experienced a similar episode after upgrading RAM, but then after a
restart it worked for over a month.
> *Same problem now, will not go away.
> *I have uninstalled Antivirus, Turned Off Firewalls, Went back to restore
points that were 3 months old, used selective startup etc.
> *I need help resolving this issue, I feel like there is some conflict in
my system registry.
> *I do not have any new video software programs installed.

I too had no problems with Media Center until late Jun 2010 after some MS Window Updates. Then it locks up with ehrec.exe using about 50% of CPU. Hope someone comes up with a solution.