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Old 03-12-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Windows media center TV wont start

hey im having some problmes with media center when i click on the live tv botton to watch tv a box pops up saying

CANNOT START WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER
A required Windows Media Center component could not be started.
Please restart your computer and try again. If the problem presists,
contact your hardware manufacturer for assistance.
[ OK ]

thats the excat thing that pops up anyone know how to fix it? i tryed to restart and it still doesnt work. yesterday it was working perfectly but today this problem appeared

o_o

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Old 03-12-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 

Re: Windows media center TV wont start

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by soldier000 View Post
hey im having some problmes with media center when i click on the live tv botton to watch tv a box pops up saying

CANNOT START WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER
A required Windows Media Center component could not be started.
Please restart your computer and try again. If the problem presists,
contact your hardware manufacturer for assistance.
[ OK ]

thats the excat thing that pops up anyone know how to fix it? i tryed to restart and it still doesnt work. yesterday it was working perfectly but today this problem appeared

o_o
OK, I'm going to assume that Media Center does open, but when you click "live tv" you get the "CANNOT START WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER" error?

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Look in device manager to see if the tuner card is working properly, also try updating/reinstalling the latest drivers for the tuner card.

Also, can you play other media in Media Center? DVD, music, other stuff? If so, it may be just a problem with the tuner card.
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Old 03-12-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64bit
 
 

Re: Windows media center TV wont start

i can play dvds i just cant open guide or tv or anything related to the tv and if i do click them i ge tthe error
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