Vista Media Center Display Problems

Hey all,

I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine with
an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and looks
great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes to a
smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I can hear
things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the screen if I
alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is frozen again...

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Could it be a RAM thing? Have you got anything else running, and how fast is
your computer? If you can give a spec., that'd be useful. Just when things
freeze, usually (here anyway) it's down to lack of system resources.

Check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) whilst you're in Media Center (when the
problem occurs) and see what your Pagefile and CPU is like )

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"Trilotech" <> wrote in message
news:ush2WH%...
> Hey all,
>
> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine with
> an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and looks
> great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes to a
> smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I can
> hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the screen if
> I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is frozen
> again...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>

I have a Gig of RAM. The computer does not freeze, only the Media Center
window display. Everything else works. I can alt-tab out of it. Even Media
Center IS working. I can re-fresh its display by atl-tab out and back in to
see that using the remote has changed things.


"Zack Whittaker" <> wrote in message
news:eQgTWN%...
> Could it be a RAM thing? Have you got anything else running, and how fast
> is your computer? If you can give a spec., that'd be useful. Just when
> things freeze, usually (here anyway) it's down to lack of system
> resources.
>
> Check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) whilst you're in Media Center (when
> the problem occurs) and see what your Pagefile and CPU is like )
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
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> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Trilotech" <> wrote in message
> news:ush2WH%...
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine with
>> an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and looks
>> great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes to a
>> smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I can
>> hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the screen
>> if I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is frozen
>> again...
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>

During setup, I was given a choice to adjust my display and use a specific
refresh rate, thats the issue I think you are experiencing.
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"Trilotech" <> wrote in message
news:ush2WH%...
> Hey all,
>
> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine with
> an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and looks
> great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes to a
> smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I can
> hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the screen if
> I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is frozen
> again...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>

I don't remember getting that option? Do you know where I can access it
after the fact?

Thanks

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:%23BZiGq%...
> During setup, I was given a choice to adjust my display and use a specific
> refresh rate, thats the issue I think you are experiencing.
> --
> --
> Andre
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> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Trilotech" <> wrote in message
> news:ush2WH%...
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine with
>> an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and looks
>> great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes to a
>> smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I can
>> hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the screen
>> if I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is frozen
>> again...
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>

There's an option to rerun the setup process in the Options menu )

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rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
that up!

--: Original message follows :--
"Trilotech" <> wrote in message
news:OasD8E$...
>I don't remember getting that option? Do you know where I can access it
>after the fact?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> news:%23BZiGq%...
>> During setup, I was given a choice to adjust my display and use a
>> specific refresh rate, thats the issue I think you are experiencing.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Trilotech" <> wrote in message
>> news:ush2WH%...
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine
>>> with an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and
>>> looks great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes
>>> to a smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I
>>> can hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the
>>> screen if I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is
>>> frozen again...
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

You were right on the money! I had selected rear projection and let it use
the default which was 480i. Only, I had it plugged in through s-video. I
switched resolutions and that worked. Then I plugged in via HD and went back
to 480i and that worked as well.

Thanks!

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:%23BZiGq%...
> During setup, I was given a choice to adjust my display and use a specific
> refresh rate, thats the issue I think you are experiencing.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Trilotech" <> wrote in message
> news:ush2WH%...
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine with
>> an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and looks
>> great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes to a
>> smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I can
>> hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the screen
>> if I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is frozen
>> again...
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
>

You are welcome Trilotech.
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"Trilotech" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> You were right on the money! I had selected rear projection and let it use
> the default which was 480i. Only, I had it plugged in through s-video. I
> switched resolutions and that worked. Then I plugged in via HD and went
> back to 480i and that worked as well.
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> news:%23BZiGq%...
>> During setup, I was given a choice to adjust my display and use a
>> specific refresh rate, thats the issue I think you are experiencing.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Trilotech" <> wrote in message
>> news:ush2WH%...
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I have Vista Beta 2 installed and working great on an AMD machine
>>> with an ATI x700 PCI-e video card. It is plugged into my big screen and
>>> looks great. The problem is when I run Media Center. The display changes
>>> to a smaller box in the top left and freezes. It is still working, as I
>>> can hear things move when I use the remote. It will even refresh the
>>> screen if I alt-tab out and back in, but as soon as I go back in it is
>>> frozen again...
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>
>