I was watching a movie on the TV channel AMC (American Movie Classics) and after about 10 seconds, the Media Center window turned to green with text stating that the provider has prevented the use of the video (don't remember the text exactly.) I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 with a non HDCP nVidia 6600GT and a non HDCP Monitor hooked up via DVI. Would I get this message if I hooked up my...

I have a set of jpeg images (from a recent trip to the Great Wall) which I transferred off the same flash card onto my hard drive and view with Windows Photo Gallery; however, I can view only the vertical images - when I attempt to open the horizontal images, I receive a message that reads "Photo Gallery can't open this picture or video. The file format is not supported, or you may not have...

Can anyone tell me where Media Center stores the TV recordings it makes? Thanks in advance

I'm running Vista Business Using Windows Media Player 11, and I am unable to play my protected WMA files over remote desktop connection. I get a generic error message saying Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. I was able to play these protected files when my remote computer was running windows XP. I am still able to play unprotected mp3's without a hitch. Is...

I recently upgraded to Vista and am now experiencing issues on certain streaming video types (I think MPG2) - the issue is that there is an overlaid, chunky dotted pattern in the middle of the video that flashes blue. THe video is playing normally behind this. I have checked to ensure that I have the latest update of MP11 installed. I also have Quick time Pro installed and Sony Vegas 7...

This started about a week ago, every time I boot up my computer, Roxio EMC9 starts up and opens the home page. I'v gone to programs, startup and disabled and removed "Roxio_central33.exe" several times, but it reattaches itself to the startup. Annoying....solution? TIA

Hi All - I am settng a Vista Enterprise Edition OS and am running into trouble getting DVDs to play on WMP 11. I initally would get this message when trying to play a commercial DVD movie: Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer.

I'm having a problem with my media center set-up. I've got an xps 410 with an Lumanate Angel II Dual TV Tuner (PCI), and the Vista operating system. I've done all of the checks listed in the troubleshooting guide(verifying that drivers are current, uninstalling hardware, uninstalling drivers) but nothing seems to work. Everytime I attempt to set-up live tv using ms media center it either...

messanger downloaded, have a shortcut on desktp but wont open, need help

Does anyone know of a way to get the CD case picture for every entry to go away I dont like it it takes up too much space

Can't play video online with wmp the site will start but never load or play the video... im using vista basic...but i hate it and i wanna go back to windows xp but what do i nee to do to play the videos online...im thiking i might need 2download a code

Hi, I've seen this problem reported around the internets loads of times now but no solution. My problem is that after installing Vista, I can no longer play mpg video files in WMP11. For example, the mpg files that come with DreamScene. I can play every one fine on my XP machine, however under Vista I get "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file". Clicking the "web...

I have been searching vendors and the net for a DVD player or a 64-bit MPEG codec (for Windows Media Player) that will enable me to play DVDs on Vista Business 64-bit with no luck whatsoever. Has anyone had any luck with or knowledge of this problem?

Does anyone know if there is a vista driver for the lexmark p6350 printer ? Regards

I have heard a lot of things about Vista, I personally have no bought it yet because it sounds like Microsoft has the ability to look on your computer and see what you are doing at all times. I was going to buy it this coming summer, but after reading some of these posts I am rethinking it. I have XP right now, and everything that I would like to do on it works fine, I hear that iTunes...

I have tried many times to place a song I purchased from itunes onto a slide show of photos I am making in Windows photo gallery, but I keep getting an error signal about a missing codec. I have read all the threads that warn about downloading codecs indiscriminately. Can anyone tell me what I have to do?

How do I change the default media player in windows vista?

I have prepared some nice movies with Windows Movie Maker Vista Home Premium edition, and I do not seem to be able to publish them usimng the option " to my computer" . Movie maker crashes after the step of naming the file.... The error I get is below. Anybody has any clue? Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: MOVIEMK.exe Application...

Anyone experiencing issues with Windows DVD Maker should try installing Cyberlink Power DVD Version 7 and the Power DVD7 Patch 2211a, this solved all the issues that I was Experiencing. The biggest being what appears to be the most commen to us all, the chashing of WDM. Cheers and Good Luck

I have just bought a new Lenovo with Vista business. My original DVD burner came with Nero 6 OEM, which I attempted to install on my new PC. Does Vista support this rather old software? I have been unable to work out how to get this information from Nero.