"Media Center has stopped working"

Greg Kittridge · External Since: Feb 19, 2007 Posts: 1

I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
xbox-360.

The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.

I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

Geoffrey McGrath · External Since: Feb 26, 2007 Posts: 1

same problem.

no solution yet. I'll let you know if I come up with something.

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Doubled · External Since: Mar 03, 2007 Posts: 1

Same issue as well with new Dell Dimension 9200 and Vista Home Premium. Have
been looking for a solution for two weeks. Help.

"Greg Kittridge" wrote:

> I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> xbox-360.
>
> The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
>
> I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

davideos · External Since: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 1

I've got the same problem too. It worked for a while and it just stopped
working. However, I get nothing. It goes right to the "Windows Has Stopped
Working" screen. Everything else seems to work ok. Good thing when I
installed Vista I installed on a different partition and use XP when Vista
won't work for what I want to do. Media Center works fine when I boot XP, so
it isn't the hardware.

"Greg Kittridge" wrote:

> I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> xbox-360.
>
> The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
>
> I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

Dworakd · External Since: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 1

Same problem on a brand new, fully loaded HP!

"Greg Kittridge" wrote:

> I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> xbox-360.
>
> The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
>
> I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

carlos3030 · External Since: Mar 10, 2007 Posts: 3

"Dworakd" wrote:

> Same problem on a brand new, fully loaded HP!
>
>
> "Greg Kittridge" wrote:
>
> > I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> > 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> > as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> > TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> > xbox-360.
> >
> > The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> > up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> > the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> > message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> > online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
> >
> > I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> > anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> > solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> > hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> > uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> > with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

carlos3030 · External Since: Mar 10, 2007 Posts: 3

"Dworakd" wrote:

> Same problem on a brand new, fully loaded HP!
>
>
> "Greg Kittridge" wrote:
>
> > I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> > 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> > as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> > TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> > xbox-360.
> >
> > The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> > up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> > the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> > message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> > online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
> >
> > I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> > anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> > solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> > hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> > uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> > with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

carlos3030 · External Since: Mar 10, 2007 Posts: 3

"Dworakd" wrote:

> Same problem on a brand new, fully loaded HP!
>
>
> "Greg Kittridge" wrote:
>
> > I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> > 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> > as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> > TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> > xbox-360.
> >
> > The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> > up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> > the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> > message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> > online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
> >
> > I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> > anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> > solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> > hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> > uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> > with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time

the same here Im running dell xps m1710 it fustrating.

Kit · External Since: May 15, 2007 Posts: 2

I got the same problem, only used the Vista Media Center twice then I got the
same message. Tried reverting back to a restore point where it was working
but still the same. Does anyone know if its possible to reinstall the Vista
Media Player ? Thanks.

"Greg Kittridge" wrote:

> I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> xbox-360.
>
> The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
>
> I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

Sachin Jain · External Since: Apr 20, 2007 Posts: 4

Try contacting DELL. I contact them for similar problem with media Center,
and they advised me to update BIOS which is available on DELL's website.

Updating BIOS resolved my problem so you may try the same.

"Kit" <Kit DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7183CDAA-6971-48F8-9D8D-CDD60092B5F9@microsoft.com...
>I got the same problem, only used the Vista Media Center twice then I got
>the
> same message. Tried reverting back to a restore point where it was
> working
> but still the same. Does anyone know if its possible to reinstall the
> Vista
> Media Player ? Thanks.
>
> "Greg Kittridge" wrote:
>
>> I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
>> 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine
>> and
>> as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
>> TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up
>> with my
>> xbox-360.
>>
>> The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I
>> start
>> up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything
>> within
>> the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
>> message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a
>> solution
>> online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
>>
>> I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
>> anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found
>> a
>> solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a
>> lot of
>> hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
>> uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any
>> help
>> with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your
>> time.

John Tupper · External Since: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 1

EXACT same issue with a newly built PC I put together, clean install of Vista
Home Premium on a clean HD, all drivers and BIOS up to date, no errors
reported by Windows or the BIOS otherwise. I got the error the first time I
brought up Media Center and it hasn't worked at all. It takes maybe 15-20
seconds left to itself or if I click on anything that appears to speed up the
problem. It says it stopped working, quits, and you're done. I'm trying to
hook up my 360 with it, and this is a real pain for me. When does MS
actually step up to the plate a answer this problem??

"Greg Kittridge" wrote:

> I have a brand new computer, Dell XPS 410, which came with Vista Ultimate
> 32-bit preinstalled. For the first couple days, Media Center worked fine and
> as intended. It should be noted that I am not using Media Center with any
> TV-tuner cards, i am just trying play music and, hopefully, set it up with my
> xbox-360.
>
> The problem started about a week after receiving my computer. When I start
> up Media Center, after about 20 seconds, whether I try to do anything within
> the application or just let it sit, it shuts down and I receive an error
> message that Media Center has stopped working. After searching for a solution
> online, which it doesn't find, it forces me to close it.
>
> I have searched all over the internet for a solution and cannot find
> anything. Has anyone been experiencing this problem and/or have you found a
> solution? Hopefully I do not have to reinstall Windows as I have put a lot of
> hours into installing various software applications. Is there a way to
> uninstall Media Center and reinstall it and/or repair Media Center? Any help
> with this problem would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time.

sorahl · Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 2

Has anyone gotten the Vista MC to work reliably with the Xbox 360 yet?
I connect, get the menu, and when i try to do something it says it has stopped working because some program did something with the UI.
I have tried connecting to my vista machine with nothing else running. No diff.
I have plenty of network bandwidth. From my Vista machine to the router is 1GB, from the 360 to the same router is 100MB. My vista is a 2.4GHZ overclocked to 3GHZ with 3GB of Ram. I have a vista score of 5.3. My Vista machine works great other wise...
What is the deal here??/

ianchris · Joined: Dec 30, 2007 Posts: 1

i too had this problem but i found that if you load up the reinstallation disc that came with your pc and selected the upgrade option that this keeps all your existing progs and settings and mce works once again