Vista - Vista Ultimate and Media Center - Recording TV after power failure

Does Windows Media Center run as a service when I'm not logged into Vista? If
my PC is running, say, after a restart due to power failure or a scheduled
windows update, will Media Center 'know' to start up and record TV shows even
though no user is logged in and running Media Center?

There is no reason why MC should not record a previous scheduled recording
session after a restart, it's a notation retained by the program in it's
system.
You could try by scheduling a test session then restart your PC, and check
whether it records. Do it in real time.
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"Geoff" wrote:

> Does Windows Media Center run as a service when I'm not logged into Vista? If
> my PC is running, say, after a restart due to power failure or a scheduled
> windows update, will Media Center 'know' to start up and record TV shows even
> though no user is logged in and running Media Center?

You dot not have to have MC on, but the PC must on.
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"Geoff" wrote:

> Does Windows Media Center run as a service when I'm not logged into Vista? If
> my PC is running, say, after a restart due to power failure or a scheduled
> windows update, will Media Center 'know' to start up and record TV shows even
> though no user is logged in and running Media Center?

Final answer yes, as long as the commence time is after you reboot.
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Bob J
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"Geoff" wrote:

> Does Windows Media Center run as a service when I'm not logged into Vista? If
> my PC is running, say, after a restart due to power failure or a scheduled
> windows update, will Media Center 'know' to start up and record TV shows even
> though no user is logged in and running Media Center?

Yes media center will record even if you are not logged in.

But will YOUR PC restart after a power failure??

Check your BIOS there is usually an option to state that after
loss of power it will restart. By default most PCs usually don't reboot.



"Geoff" <Geoff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFFF57EF-A5ED-478C-9C8B-FA5AB3033264@microsoft.com...
> Does Windows Media Center run as a service when I'm not logged into Vista?
> If
> my PC is running, say, after a restart due to power failure or a scheduled
> windows update, will Media Center 'know' to start up and record TV shows
> even
> though no user is logged in and running Media Center?

Re: All responses

Yeah, my testing basically supports this.. (My PC has to be ON? You don't
say...) It's quite a good system, really.

Thanks for the replies.