Windows Mobile Device Center will not launch (BIG PROBLEM)

[Mike D]

Wow, I have a big problem. WMDC (Windows Mobile Device Center) will not even
open up for me. I double click the icon in the control panel and nothing!!!
I even tried to install the update and still nothing!!! Vista is crumbling
away at my feet. I am having multiple problems and they are ALL Vista
related not hardware, anti-virus related, or firewall related. I have a
t-mobile wing. It used to sync up fine. But one day WMDC stopped working.
I tried to restore back to a previous restore point and Vista won't let me go
back to ANY previous point. Windows Media Center won't let me play live TV
either. Help!!!! I have NO more days left on my Vista support. I consider
myself an advanced user and NOTHING I've tried has worked. ANY suggestions
other than reinstalling Vista OR going back to XP would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mike

 

[bbacchus]

I'm having the exact same problem and nothing is fixing it. This is pathetic.
Time for Microsoft to make software that works, please. My frustration is
through the roof.

 

[Mike D]

bbacchus, I tried everything I knew to fix WMDC... I tried uninstalling it,
reinstalling it, uninstalling it then connect my device to see if Vista would
recognize it and install the software automatically, I looked in my device
manager to see if there were any conflicts...nothing, with so many problems I
decided to format my HDD and start over. So I am going on day 3 with the
freshly installed Vista OS and I am still having minor problems but they are
now a whole new set of problems. Go figure! The main problem is that my
system hangs from a restart and I have to put the Vista disk in and do a
repair EVERYTIME I HAVE TO RESTART!!! This OS doesn't make sense. It works
perfectly on my Dell notebook but not on my XPS 700. Microsoft should be
ashamed of this OS but they are not. THEY SHOULD GIVE UNLIMITED SUPPORT FOR
VISTA instead of just a year because the problems with it are ongoing and
they change from install to install. The release of Vista has probably been
the #1 reason so many people have switched to Mac. If I didn't have so much
invested in PC software I would have made the switch long ago. Funny
thing...Microsoft might be the death of themselves with this FLAWED OS.
Sorry this turned into a rant but I feel very frustrated and have wasted
enough time.