Media Center on Vista Ultimate 64 Always Crashes

[Jamie_W]

I haven't been able to find a solution to this since I started using Vista
and it's one of the few frustrating things (along with I-Tunes crashing and
my Wacom tablet needing continual reinstalling) I have left with this OS that
won't work.

I'm running Ultimate 64 with an Audigy 1 and X1950XT graphics. Driver
updates have changed nothing and neither has installing every codec pack I
can find or the Windows Updates.

Basically, I load up Media Centre and it sits there looking at me, asking to
run express setup, full setup or run it later. If I pick run it later I can
access the menus and then a few seconds later it crashes to a black screen.
If I pick one of the setup options, it crashes instantly. I then get a
Windows error message saying Media Centre encountered a problem and Windows
will search for a solution (which it never finds). This can be recreated
every time I load it.

I have tried running Windows in Safe Mode and the exact same error happens.
Any ideas?

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

What fault information do you get from the Problem Reports and Solutions
center:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
?

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"Jamie_W" <Jamie_W@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:09765F3B-5025-4DB7-9E03-3FA601E582B4@microsoft.com...
>I haven't been able to find a solution to this since I started using Vista
> and it's one of the few frustrating things (along with I-Tunes crashing
> and
> my Wacom tablet needing continual reinstalling) I have left with this OS
> that
> won't work.
>
> I'm running Ultimate 64 with an Audigy 1 and X1950XT graphics. Driver
> updates have changed nothing and neither has installing every codec pack I
> can find or the Windows Updates.
>
> Basically, I load up Media Centre and it sits there looking at me, asking
> to
> run express setup, full setup or run it later. If I pick run it later I
> can
> access the menus and then a few seconds later it crashes to a black
> screen.
> If I pick one of the setup options, it crashes instantly. I then get a
> Windows error message saying Media Centre encountered a problem and
> Windows
> will search for a solution (which it never finds). This can be recreated
> every time I load it.
>
> I have tried running Windows in Safe Mode and the exact same error
> happens.
> Any ideas?

 

[Jamie_W]

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> What fault information do you get from the Problem Reports and Solutions
> center:


Description
Stopped working

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: ehshell.exe
Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386
Problem Signature 03: 4549c25b
Problem Signature 04: mcstoredb
Problem Signature 05: 6.0.6000.0
Problem Signature 06: 4549d29b
Problem Signature 07: 11e
Problem Signature 08: 23e
Problem Signature 09: System.InvalidOperationException
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 2057

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 12215110