If you get the the following errors:-
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A Component Registration Failure error appears while trying to navigate to My TV. The text of the error message states “Some of the files needed to play radio or video are missing or corrupt. Media Center component registration may have failed.”
2. A Critical Process Failure error appears while trying to configure an internet connection during first run. The text of the error message states “A critical Media Center process has unexpectedly failed. If problems persist, please restart your machine and try again, or contact technical support. Code: 3″
3. A Tuner Not Found error appears while trying to setup a TV signal during first run.
Resolution:-
Use the following set of steps in the order listed below to manually un-register and re-register Media Center services:
- Close Media Center
- Click on the Start menu, choose run and type cmd
- Execute the command regsvr32.exe atl.dll
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched /unregServer
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched /service
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr /unregServer
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr /service
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRec.exe /unregServer
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRec.exe /regserver
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe /unregServer
- Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe /regserver
- Restart Media Center
Source:-http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/02/17/534559.aspx
I’ve been messing off/on again with this MCE problem – since I never use MCE, it was no big deal but it always bothered me that it worked, then stopped. After LOTS of searching, came across your blog and you managed to FIX my MCE. Thanks so much for taking the time to publish the answer…keeps me from pulling any more of my hair out. Ron
By: TheWeaponist on January 10, 2009
at 7:53 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I have been looking for days for a fix for my Media Center…..never had such an extreme issue……..It worked like a charm! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Microsoft could learn a little something from you!
take care!
Jdunn2
By: jdunn2 on January 18, 2009
at 11:02 am