Vista - Media Center has stopped working

Help! I have upgraded from MCE to Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio laptop.
Got graphics drivers sorted out for the Go Force 7600 alright and everything
is fairly stable. BUT - whenever I fire up Media Center it gives me the error
'Media Center has stopped working'. I have loked for an ehshell.crash file
mentioned in other forums and cannot find it (search brings back nothing). I
think the services I need are running and the firewall should not be a
problem. When I connect from my XBOX 360, the PC recognises the request and
starts the setup procedure for the connection, but then I get the same dialog
box and the process ends. Is anyone getting the same thing and is there a
resolution? Thanks!

I am having almost the exact same issue on my Toshiba Satellite. GeForce Go
7900, using the nvidia 100.64 beta drivers and everything seems to be running
smoothly - divx works with thumbnails, resolution at 1440 x 900, dreamscene
work (usually), but MC still crashes. Same error too, ehshell.exe. Anyone got
anything?

"Rich" wrote:

> Help! I have upgraded from MCE to Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio laptop.
> Got graphics drivers sorted out for the Go Force 7600 alright and everything
> is fairly stable. BUT - whenever I fire up Media Center it gives me the error
> 'Media Center has stopped working'. I have loked for an ehshell.crash file
> mentioned in other forums and cannot find it (search brings back nothing). I
> think the services I need are running and the firewall should not be a
> problem. When I connect from my XBOX 360, the PC recognises the request and
> starts the setup procedure for the connection, but then I get the same dialog
> box and the process ends. Is anyone getting the same thing and is there a
> resolution? Thanks!

Many laptops use the GO chip sets and the normal Geoforce NVIDIA drivers can
not used with them see the following for more info:

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com./

"Firefox User" <FirefoxUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A06A1B4-FDB8-4E3A-A8C2-F1940051FADA@microsoft.com...
>I am having almost the exact same issue on my Toshiba Satellite. GeForce Go
> 7900, using the nvidia 100.64 beta drivers and everything seems to be
> running
> smoothly - divx works with thumbnails, resolution at 1440 x 900,
> dreamscene
> work (usually), but MC still crashes. Same error too, ehshell.exe. Anyone
> got
> anything?
>
> "Rich" wrote:
>
>> Help! I have upgraded from MCE to Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio
>> laptop.
>> Got graphics drivers sorted out for the Go Force 7600 alright and
>> everything
>> is fairly stable. BUT - whenever I fire up Media Center it gives me the
>> error
>> 'Media Center has stopped working'. I have loked for an ehshell.crash
>> file
>> mentioned in other forums and cannot find it (search brings back
>> nothing). I
>> think the services I need are running and the firewall should not be a
>> problem. When I connect from my XBOX 360, the PC recognises the request
>> and
>> starts the setup procedure for the connection, but then I get the same
>> dialog
>> box and the process ends. Is anyone getting the same thing and is there a
>> resolution? Thanks!

Hi.

Thanks - I used that site to get the graphics drivers installed with the
custom inf file - thought that might have been causing a problem as I used a
generic inf before. Now the OS recognises the 7600 GO. I dont think that is
the problem - unless there is a fundamental problem with the chipset not
being supported by MC yet...

Every time I start MC the following problem report gets generated (does not
log to the event log). Needless to say there is no solution for this from the
automoated service.

Description
Stopped working

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386
Problem Signature 03: 4549b55e
Problem Signature 04: mcstoredb
Problem Signature 05: 6.0.6000.0
Problem Signature 06: 4549bcf9
Problem Signature 07: 114
Problem Signature 08: 222
Problem Signature 09: System.InvalidOperationException
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 11717426

Any ideas? I have activated and registered Vista in case that made a
difference - but it wasn't the cause.

All help appreciated!

"JW" wrote:

> Many laptops use the GO chip sets and the normal Geoforce NVIDIA drivers can
> not used with them see the following for more info:
>
> http://www.laptopvideo2go.com./
>
> "Firefox User" <FirefoxUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2A06A1B4-FDB8-4E3A-A8C2-F1940051FADA@microsoft.com...
> >I am having almost the exact same issue on my Toshiba Satellite. GeForce Go
> > 7900, using the nvidia 100.64 beta drivers and everything seems to be
> > running
> > smoothly - divx works with thumbnails, resolution at 1440 x 900,
> > dreamscene
> > work (usually), but MC still crashes. Same error too, ehshell.exe. Anyone
> > got
> > anything?
> >
> > "Rich" wrote:
> >
> >> Help! I have upgraded from MCE to Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio
> >> laptop.
> >> Got graphics drivers sorted out for the Go Force 7600 alright and
> >> everything
> >> is fairly stable. BUT - whenever I fire up Media Center it gives me the
> >> error
> >> 'Media Center has stopped working'. I have loked for an ehshell.crash
> >> file
> >> mentioned in other forums and cannot find it (search brings back
> >> nothing). I
> >> think the services I need are running and the firewall should not be a
> >> problem. When I connect from my XBOX 360, the PC recognises the request
> >> and
> >> starts the setup procedure for the connection, but then I get the same
> >> dialog
> >> box and the process ends. Is anyone getting the same thing and is there a
> >> resolution? Thanks!
>
>
>

You might try posting this in the Windows Media Player groups. Zach is
pretty good at helping when there is a bucket number.

Dale

"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7DD6FB26-2078-4638-A935-EA09109281A6@microsoft.com...
> Hi.
>
> Thanks - I used that site to get the graphics drivers installed with the
> custom inf file - thought that might have been causing a problem as I used
> a
> generic inf before. Now the OS recognises the 7600 GO. I dont think that
> is
> the problem - unless there is a fundamental problem with the chipset not
> being supported by MC yet...
>
> Every time I start MC the following problem report gets generated (does
> not
> log to the event log). Needless to say there is no solution for this from
> the
> automoated service.
>
> Description
> Stopped working
>
> Problem signature
> Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
> Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe
> Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386
> Problem Signature 03: 4549b55e
> Problem Signature 04: mcstoredb
> Problem Signature 05: 6.0.6000.0
> Problem Signature 06: 4549bcf9
> Problem Signature 07: 114
> Problem Signature 08: 222
> Problem Signature 09: System.InvalidOperationException
> OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 2057
>
> Extra information about the problem
> Bucket ID: 11717426
>
> Any ideas? I have activated and registered Vista in case that made a
> difference - but it wasn't the cause.
>
> All help appreciated!
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> Many laptops use the GO chip sets and the normal Geoforce NVIDIA drivers
>> can
>> not used with them see the following for more info:
>>
>> http://www.laptopvideo2go.com./
>>
>> "Firefox User" <FirefoxUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2A06A1B4-FDB8-4E3A-A8C2-F1940051FADA@microsoft.com...
>> >I am having almost the exact same issue on my Toshiba Satellite. GeForce
>> >Go
>> > 7900, using the nvidia 100.64 beta drivers and everything seems to be
>> > running
>> > smoothly - divx works with thumbnails, resolution at 1440 x 900,
>> > dreamscene
>> > work (usually), but MC still crashes. Same error too, ehshell.exe.
>> > Anyone
>> > got
>> > anything?
>> >
>> > "Rich" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Help! I have upgraded from MCE to Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio
>> >> laptop.
>> >> Got graphics drivers sorted out for the Go Force 7600 alright and
>> >> everything
>> >> is fairly stable. BUT - whenever I fire up Media Center it gives me
>> >> the
>> >> error
>> >> 'Media Center has stopped working'. I have loked for an ehshell.crash
>> >> file
>> >> mentioned in other forums and cannot find it (search brings back
>> >> nothing). I
>> >> think the services I need are running and the firewall should not be a
>> >> problem. When I connect from my XBOX 360, the PC recognises the
>> >> request
>> >> and
>> >> starts the setup procedure for the connection, but then I get the same
>> >> dialog
>> >> box and the process ends. Is anyone getting the same thing and is
>> >> there a
>> >> resolution? Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

Thanks for that - I found the problem with MS technical support yesterday.

The issue was over permissions for the user. The account was computer
administrator (as created in in MCE), but somehow the permissions for the
user were screwed - probably in the upgrade to Vista HP. The problem became
evident when we tried to rename the ehshell.exe as part of the diagnostic
process - I did not have permissions to do this which was strange - refused
to let me grant full control over files in the folder. The solution was to
create a new user. MC worked straight away when I logged in with the new
account.

Thanks for the posts - hope this helps someone else.

"Dale" wrote:

> You might try posting this in the Windows Media Player groups. Zach is
> pretty good at helping when there is a bucket number.
>
> Dale
>
> "Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7DD6FB26-2078-4638-A935-EA09109281A6@microsoft.com...
> > Hi.
> >
> > Thanks - I used that site to get the graphics drivers installed with the
> > custom inf file - thought that might have been causing a problem as I used
> > a
> > generic inf before. Now the OS recognises the 7600 GO. I dont think that
> > is
> > the problem - unless there is a fundamental problem with the chipset not
> > being supported by MC yet...
> >
> > Every time I start MC the following problem report gets generated (does
> > not
> > log to the event log). Needless to say there is no solution for this from
> > the
> > automoated service.
> >
> > Description
> > Stopped working
> >
> > Problem signature
> > Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
> > Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe
> > Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386
> > Problem Signature 03: 4549b55e
> > Problem Signature 04: mcstoredb
> > Problem Signature 05: 6.0.6000.0
> > Problem Signature 06: 4549bcf9
> > Problem Signature 07: 114
> > Problem Signature 08: 222
> > Problem Signature 09: System.InvalidOperationException
> > OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
> > Locale ID: 2057
> >
> > Extra information about the problem
> > Bucket ID: 11717426
> >
> > Any ideas? I have activated and registered Vista in case that made a
> > difference - but it wasn't the cause.
> >
> > All help appreciated!
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >
> >> Many laptops use the GO chip sets and the normal Geoforce NVIDIA drivers
> >> can
> >> not used with them see the following for more info:
> >>
> >> http://www.laptopvideo2go.com./
> >>
> >> "Firefox User" <FirefoxUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:2A06A1B4-FDB8-4E3A-A8C2-F1940051FADA@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am having almost the exact same issue on my Toshiba Satellite. GeForce
> >> >Go
> >> > 7900, using the nvidia 100.64 beta drivers and everything seems to be
> >> > running
> >> > smoothly - divx works with thumbnails, resolution at 1440 x 900,
> >> > dreamscene
> >> > work (usually), but MC still crashes. Same error too, ehshell.exe.
> >> > Anyone
> >> > got
> >> > anything?
> >> >
> >> > "Rich" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Help! I have upgraded from MCE to Vista Home Premium on my Sony Vaio
> >> >> laptop.
> >> >> Got graphics drivers sorted out for the Go Force 7600 alright and
> >> >> everything
> >> >> is fairly stable. BUT - whenever I fire up Media Center it gives me
> >> >> the
> >> >> error
> >> >> 'Media Center has stopped working'. I have loked for an ehshell.crash
> >> >> file
> >> >> mentioned in other forums and cannot find it (search brings back
> >> >> nothing). I
> >> >> think the services I need are running and the firewall should not be a
> >> >> problem. When I connect from my XBOX 360, the PC recognises the
> >> >> request
> >> >> and
> >> >> starts the setup procedure for the connection, but then I get the same
> >> >> dialog
> >> >> box and the process ends. Is anyone getting the same thing and is
> >> >> there a
> >> >> resolution? Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>