Media Center works only under other user

[mwulfe]

I've had this problem for months: Media Center starts, works for about
10 seconds then goes belly up, displays a message like "Media Center
Has Stopped Working," then goodbye. But when I tried it under a
different user (both of them administrators), it works! What the hell
is going on here???

I've done all the updates for Windows, video drivers, etc. Mine is a
Vista Ultimate Pentium D 3.0gig with 2gig ram and loads of disk space,
a geForce 8500GT video card.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.

If that does not, work, try doing a System Restore to a point in time prior
to experiencing this problem.

If that does not work, try repairing your system. Boot from your Windows
Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on the setup screen, select
'Repair Computer > Select your installation of Windows > select Startup
Repair option and follow instructions.

 

[mwulfe]

I performed the SFC, and when it was 99% complete it stopped with the
message, "Windows Resource Protection could not perform the requested
operation." What does that mean???

System restore has not worked because I have had the problem since I
first installed Vista several months ago. I have tried system repair
several times, and it has not helped, since it does not find any
problems.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

Try doing an in-place upgrade over the existing installation to see if it
will correct the problem.

 

[mwulfe]

My concern about doing that is I will have to reinstall all of my
software, which is a substantial job. How can I be sure I won't have
to do that again?