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Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update

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On 18/12/2011 11:48, BillW50 wrote:
> In news:9l60svFjrlU1@mid.individual.net,
> Roger Mills wrote:
>> I installed some 'important updates' to W7 (32 bit) last night, and
>> now WMC - or rather the whole PC - crashes when I try to watch live
>> TV via my USB-based Freeview tuner.
>>
>> It will run for a minute or so, and then stops dead. The picture
>> freezes and a distorted sound loop about a second long keeps repeating
>> relentlessly. The whole laptop freezes, and doesn't respond to any
>> keyboard or mouse inputs - so the only way out is to hold down the
>> power button until it turns off, and then re-boot.
>>
>> Anyone else experienced this - or have any suggestions about how to
>> fix it? As with most freezes, I can't find anything in the Event Log.
>
> That is a common problem with updates and why I have experimented with
> about a dozen laptops here and I have stopped updating half of them
> without ill effects.
>
> But on to your problem. System Restore should get you back (if you have
> it enabled). Also some updates can be uninstalled is another choice. If
> neither is possible and you don't have a backup of your system. Then
> maybe the manufacture for your USB tuner has an updated driver for the
> Media Center.
>

Thanks for that - and thanks to everyone else who responded. I did a 
restore to the point immediately before the update, and the problem 
seems to have gone away. I went away from home (and am still away) 
shortly after doing the restore - so haven't been able to do any 
extensive testing, but it *looks* good so far.

I suppose I shall now have to apply these updates one at a time, and see 
which one is the culprit.

> Say how do you like the Media Center for saving recordings anyway? I
> like the Media Center for watching TV or timeshifting, although it takes
> a big CPU hit. Otherwise I like the DVR software that comes with most
> tuners better, plus they don't hit the CPU so hard and you can get more
> multitasking done.
>

I was introduced to WMC by someone in this NG (or another NG to which I 
cross-posted - can't remember) because the application which came with 
the dongle kept crashing and freezing my laptop. Apart from this recent 
problem, WMC has fixed that. To answer your question, I think that the 
user interface is truly *awful* - but it does the job,once you have 
found your way around it. The other day, I found some recordings which I 
hadn't expected. I must at some time have told it to record a series - 
but I hadn't run the application in the meantime, and didn't expect it 
to record when it wasn't running - but it *did*. Presumably, something 
must be loaded at startup which takes care of scheduled recordings even 
if the user interface isn't running.
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Windows Media Center crash after W7 update Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2011-12-18 11:28 +0000
  Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-12-18 05:48 -0600
    Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "Paul - xxx" <notcheckedever@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-18 13:07 +0000
      Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-12-18 07:44 -0600
        Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update Daniallo <I@think.not> - 2011-12-19 12:19 +0000
          Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-12-20 14:51 -0600
    Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 13:38 +0000
      Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "Paul - xxx" <notcheckedever@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-20 14:11 +0000
        Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update John <not@telling.com> - 2012-04-20 16:59 +0100
    Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2012-04-20 13:33 -0700
      Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update CJB <chrisjbrady@gmail.com> - 2012-05-17 10:50 -0700
  Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update James <noone@nowhere.net> - 2011-12-18 11:52 +0000
  Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2011-12-18 11:59 +0000
  Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "Paul - xxx" <notcheckedever@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-18 12:38 +0000
  Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update Tazz <dmswaine@gmail.com> - 2011-12-18 23:17 -0400
    Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.removethisbit.myzen.co.uk> - 2011-12-19 08:56 +0000
      Re: Windows Media Center crash after W7 update "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-12-19 04:00 -0600

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