XP SP Failed and Crashed My Media Center

I have Windows XP Media Center Editon 2002 SP 2 running on a Dell M140
laptop.

After 8 or 9 attempts, trying every trick that's been posted here or at
Microsoft, I given up on installing SP 3. Far more trouble than it's
worth.

Failed installs caused my wireless connection to shut down and crashed
my network connection. After much labor I've got them back.

What I didn't get back was my Windows Media Center player. When I click
on the start icon I get:

ehshell.exe - Strong name validation failed.

Strong name validation failed for assembly 'C\windows\ehome
\ehshell.exe'. The file may have been tampered with or it was partially
signed but not fully signed with the current private key.

Application has generated an exception that could not be handled
Process=0xe18(3608), Thread id=0x17c(380)

I don't have any original Windows Media Center installation disks, so
don't mention that. I'd buy an installation disk if MS sold them.

Can anyone help me? Thanks

James Darby wrote:
> I have Windows XP Media Center Editon 2002 SP 2 running on a Dell
> M140 laptop.
>
> After 8 or 9 attempts, trying every trick that's been posted here
> or at Microsoft, I given up on installing SP 3. Far more trouble
> than it's worth.
>
> Failed installs caused my wireless connection to shut down and
> crashed my network connection. After much labor I've got them back.
>
> What I didn't get back was my Windows Media Center player. When I
> click on the start icon I get:
>
> ehshell.exe - Strong name validation failed.
>
> Strong name validation failed for assembly 'C\windows\ehome
> \ehshell.exe'. The file may have been tampered with or it was
> partially signed but not fully signed with the current private key.
>
> Application has generated an exception that could not be handled
> Process=0xe18(3608), Thread id=0x17c(380)
>
> I don't have any original Windows Media Center installation disks,
> so don't mention that. I'd buy an installation disk if MS sold
> them.
>
> Can anyone help me? Thanks

Borrow a Windows XP Media Center Edition installation set from someone.
Someone with an MSDN (maybe Technet?) subscription could download it and
change the setupp.ini to allow for OEM keys... Anyone you know with Media
Center Edition that received and kept up with their CDs... etc...

You likely need to perform a repair installation.

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James Darby wrote:
> I have Windows XP Media Center Editon 2002 SP 2 running on a Dell M140
> laptop.
>
> After 8 or 9 attempts, trying every trick that's been posted here or at
> Microsoft, I given up on installing SP 3. Far more trouble than it's
> worth.
>
> Failed installs caused my wireless connection to shut down and crashed
> my network connection. After much labor I've got them back.
>
> What I didn't get back was my Windows Media Center player. When I click
> on the start icon I get:
>
> ehshell.exe - Strong name validation failed.
>
> Strong name validation failed for assembly 'C\windows\ehome
> \ehshell.exe'. The file may have been tampered with or it was partially
> signed but not fully signed with the current private key.
>
> Application has generated an exception that could not be handled
> Process=0xe18(3608), Thread id=0x17c(380)
>
> I don't have any original Windows Media Center installation disks, so
> don't mention that. I'd buy an installation disk if MS sold them.
>
> Can anyone help me? Thanks