Vista RC1 - Media Center - Freezes - How To Find Why ?

[Guest]

Hey Folks,

I am running a machine with Vista RC 1. Installation has been running since
the RC release, without any issues.

This weekend I started using Media Center. I also hooked up the Sony 200
Disk VGP-XL1B.

Media Center launches, it functions fine for several minutes, and then it
locks up. If playing a movie, the screen goes black. If working in the MC
interface, the mouse disappears. If it was playing music, the music
continues.

The Freeze up point is inconsistent. Sometimes it will rip a bunch of CD's
no problem. Sometimes, just going to select the CD's it will freeze.

Today using Remote Desktop, MC was working for almost 10 minutes until the
freeze.

The freeze is only MC. The mouse sometimes remains on the screen but cannot
click on anything. Sometimes the mouse dissappears on MC Screen, but an
ALT-TAB switches to a working OS.

Using Task Manager, I can shut down MC, and the computer is fine, and then
MC will reload without issue.

Any ideas how to track down what the issue is that is causing MC to hang ? I
checked the Event Viewer, but only find the Log for when I manually stop the
program.

Thanks

Dave B

 

[Guest]

I noticed that in TV mode as well. It will work for a hour or so then clock