media center stopped working

[fwsteal]

i've got an hp pavilion dv9000 and am running vista home premium edition. the
media center has stopped working and i've followed the recommendations from
the ms KB947464:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/KB947464

neither of the two options seems to work. it looks like the last auto update
from ms was: kb947172.

any suggestions?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

WMP FAQ A trouble-shooting guide for Windows Media Player problems.:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html

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[fwsteal]

mark, that resource is for media player. i'm having an issue with media
center on vista home premium. any other suggestions?

 

[Cameron Snyder]

"Stopped working" is not even close to enough information. Crystal ball
anyone?

 

[fwsteal]

uninstalled the patch microsoft provided and media center worked fine --
don't install the kb947172 patch don't allow it to be installed.

 

[Cameron Snyder]

It installed fine on my system with no ill effects. Watching hdtv and
recording from both the PC and Xbox 360 work fine.

 

[Brad Miller]

Cameron,

It may not be enough information but that's all the error message I get says
"Windows Media Center has Stopped Working" with a button to click that says
close program. Strangely enough my Windows Mobile Device Center stopped
working at the same time. It won't even open. If you or anyone has any idea
what to do to fix it I would love to hear it. I'll be happy to provide logs
from event viewer. Here are some of the entries for Media center:

Event Info: ERROR: SqmApiWrapper.TimerRecord failed; Win32 GetLastError
returned 10000105
Process: DefaultDomain
Object Name: Media Center Guide

Event Info: Error: Failed to reprocess guide!
Process: DefaultDomain
Object Name: Media Center Guide

Event Info: Error reprocessing guide: System.TypeInitializationException:
Type constructor threw an exception.
at ehiProxy.ResourceMgrClass.GetEhepgdat(IEhepgdat& ppEhepgdatDisp)
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.Helper.EhepgdatHelper.GetEhepgdat()
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.Helper.EhepgdatBase.Retry(EhepgdatCall action)
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.Helper.EhepgdatBase.Retry[T](EhepgdatCaller`1 x)
at Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.Guide.ReprocessGuideImp()
Process: DefaultDomain
Object Name: Media Center Guide

CResourceMgr::GetEhepgdat Error GetEhepgdatDispatcher 0x80131534

Event Info: COMException trying to call ehepgdat.
Process: DefaultDomain
Object Name: Microsoft.Ehome.Epg.Helper.EhepgdatHelper



I can't find any errors related to WMDC though.

Brad

 

[fwsteal]

Cameron, That's the provided error message from Microsoft; if they provide
generic error messages then I can't do anything but report it. What I did to
fix my problem is uninstall the patch and now I continue to receive the
notice of "new installs are ready - the same one that I refuse to install the
lame patch.