Vista Tutorial - Processor upgrade stops tuner working

I have upgraded my processor and now get error message.

"digital cable device registration application stopped working and was
closed" I cannot now use my Tuner.

If I put back in my old processor it goes away and |Tuner works. If I put in
an earlier processor I had before windows Vista Ultimate upgrade I get same
message.

I seems only the processor i upgraded Vista with works. CAn any one help.

I just upgraded my computer from an AMD 5200 to a 6400 and am having the
exact same problem. I found a link that said to go to the DRM folder and
delete the contents, reboot and it should work, but my DRM folder does not
have anything in it. I have also tried uninstalling my Hauppauge 1600 device
in device manager and my Nvidia display driver and letting Windows Vista
reinstall them but still get the same error. Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated. I really don't want to reinstall Vista unless I really
have to.

"Dave C" wrote:

Just wanted to let you know I had a user Jolt that gave me a fix. Look under
Media Center PC in the top of this post.

Basically open up Windows Explorer and click on Organize, go to Folder and
Search options, under the View tab uncheck the Hide protected operating
system files (Recommended) box, and the Hide extensions for known file types
box, change the Hidden files and folders from Do not show hidden files and
folders to Show hidden files and folders. Do a Search under C: for DRM
folder. Rename the DRM folder from DRM to DRMbackup. It will take a little
while but it will change. Once it does try the Media Center PC TV. You may
have to go through the setup again for your channels, but mine worked. Once
done and it is working go back into Windows Explorer and check the boxes tha
you unchecked and change to Hide the files. Hope this helps you out like it
did me.

Before you nuke the OS go here and follow the detailed instruction from
Microsoft.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929642

try renaming the folder and creating a new one




"Dave C" wrote:

A *big* thank you to this board, thread, and in particular "BLinAZ". Found you guys via a g*ogle search containing the quoted error in the first post interestingly enough .

I just today upgraded from an e2140 dual core + 7900GT, to q6600 + 8800GTS/512.. I'm running Vista Ultimate, and TV card is an "old" Dvico Fusion 5 RT Lite.

Well, a few interesting things happened. Ever since upgrading to Vista, I found that Dvico's software didn't work (5 Lite NOT supported properly in Vista, got an "ep 45 authentication" error and so forth - have to use XP drivers and no amount of fiddling would get it working right). Nor was I able to use the most recent drivers - I had to go back a few versions. Needless to say MCE worked just fine, a bit clunkier than I'd like, but nice none the less.

Anyway, upon the switch today, I got the noted error (and another) in this thread, went to upgrade...Still didn't help MCE. But the Dvico software *worked*! Even the most recent release. Still, as silly as it sounds, I have gotten used to MCE, and actually like the MS (.dvr-ms) file wrappers.. I like how it keeps plenty of info on my captures, like the show/episode names, descriptions and so forth - makes it easier keeping track of stuff later on.

I find it a bit odd that the activation mechanism didn't get triggered, but MCE's DRM *did*.. Especially considering all my captures are OTA un-DRM'd stuff - and I've been able to edit (to snip commercials) the files in Video ReDo without issue (other than needing to run Admin more w/ dvr-ms files; didn't need to on TP/TS captures. Guess it just boils down to me not knowing all that much about MS's DRM schemes (as I try to avoid it wherever I can!).

Sorry for the rambling, hopefully if anyone else comes across this and my long winded post helps at all then it's all worth it.

And thanks again! It's nice to have MCE operational again without resorting to format/reinstall or something (minimal effort is always preferable).

ps Anyone else that runs across this thread with an issue like ours, don't let the ZUNE reference deter you! I've never had any kind of MP3 store program or similar on my system but the KB article did the trick!