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Since: Sep 14, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:03 pm
Post subject: Media Center no longer working after system restore
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I had a massive drive failure (lost my entire Drive C array) after a fan
failure on my primary RAID array. Before the crash everything was working
just fine on my PC and I made a complete system backup using the Microsoft
Backup program in WinMCE 2005. All of my user files and settings are backed
up to another RAID array every night so I have all of my data (thankfully!).
I replaced all four of my Drive C array drives and upgraded to an Adaptec
4805SAS PCIe RAID Controller card. Then I used the Windows MCE 2005
installation CD to perform an Automated System Recovery. All went well... I
thought.
After successfully restoring my drive array (with no errors), the system
rebooted. Everything appreared back to normal, but then Windows asked to be
reactivated due to a substantial hardware change. I also had to re-activate
a few other programs like Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Office 2003. I was told
this happened because I put in a new RAID controller card and larger hard
drives, and also changed my RAID configuration from RAID 5 to RAID 10 so a
lot of the programs noted a major system hardware change and required
re-activation. Everything is working great now, but everytime I try to open
Media Center I get an error stating "Media Center only works on Windows XP
Media Center Edition".
I've checked my Event Viewer log for Application and System errors, but
there are none. No errors or warnings are listed since the system was
restored. The Media Center Extender Service, Media Center Receiver Service
and Media Center Scheduler Service are all "Started" and running. Nothing
else has changed on this system, but I can't figure out why Media Center
stopped working. I even compared all of the files in the C:\Windows\ehome
folder to another system that I have running WinMCE 2005 and all of the files
are the same (same date, size, etc.). I ran a CHKDSK to make sure nothing
was corrupted during the system restore, but no errors were found. I ran a
Microsoft Update and everything on my PC is current (all security patches,
service packs, etc.).
I'm now at a complete loss of what to try next. Everything else on the PC
is working just fine (I actually opened every single program I have installed
to verify that it was working correctly). I'd really like to avoid
re-installing the OS and all of my software and hardware drivers just because
of one program, but it seems pointless to have MCE installed and not being
able to use the Media Center application. Any ideas? |
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Since: Sep 14, 2006
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:12 pm
Post subject: RE: Media Center no longer working after system restore [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hi,
One idea came up after I posted this issue: I checked on my laptop (also
running WinMCE 2005) under Control Panel -> System -> General and it states
the following:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
On my home PC (the one I posted the problem about), I checked the same and
it states the following:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
I have Microsoft TeakUI installed on both systems, and the OS version is set
to display on the desktop. Althought the information above is different
between the two PC's, they both show "Windows XP Professional Build
2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 (Service Pack 2)" on the desktop.
I'm wondering if when I performed the Automated System Recovery using the
WinMCE 2005 installation CD Disc 1 if it did a generic Windows XP Pro install
(the ASR actually installs a base version of Windows before beginning the
file recovery) and now Media Center doesn't see the PC as a Media Center
Edition version of Windows. Is there a file (such as ntldr) or registry
setting that this value can be changed? I'm pretty good with HEX editor
software and I'm quite comfortable with registry modifications. I can also
copy over any files needed from the laptop as it's running the same version
of WinMCE 2005 with the same Microsoft updates.
Still looking for any ideas to get the Media Center back up and running.
Thanks to anyone for any ideas to look for...
Kind Regards,
John R. Nelson
"John R. Nelson" wrote:
> I had a massive drive failure (lost my entire Drive C array) after a fan
> failure on my primary RAID array. Before the crash everything was working
> just fine on my PC and I made a complete system backup using the Microsoft
> Backup program in WinMCE 2005. All of my user files and settings are backed
> up to another RAID array every night so I have all of my data (thankfully!).
> I replaced all four of my Drive C array drives and upgraded to an Adaptec
> 4805SAS PCIe RAID Controller card. Then I used the Windows MCE 2005
> installation CD to perform an Automated System Recovery. All went well... I
> thought.
>
> After successfully restoring my drive array (with no errors), the system
> rebooted. Everything appreared back to normal, but then Windows asked to be
> reactivated due to a substantial hardware change. I also had to re-activate
> a few other programs like Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Office 2003. I was told
> this happened because I put in a new RAID controller card and larger hard
> drives, and also changed my RAID configuration from RAID 5 to RAID 10 so a
> lot of the programs noted a major system hardware change and required
> re-activation. Everything is working great now, but everytime I try to open
> Media Center I get an error stating "Media Center only works on Windows XP
> Media Center Edition".
>
> I've checked my Event Viewer log for Application and System errors, but
> there are none. No errors or warnings are listed since the system was
> restored. The Media Center Extender Service, Media Center Receiver Service
> and Media Center Scheduler Service are all "Started" and running. Nothing
> else has changed on this system, but I can't figure out why Media Center
> stopped working. I even compared all of the files in the C:\Windows\ehome
> folder to another system that I have running WinMCE 2005 and all of the files
> are the same (same date, size, etc.). I ran a CHKDSK to make sure nothing
> was corrupted during the system restore, but no errors were found. I ran a
> Microsoft Update and everything on my PC is current (all security patches,
> service packs, etc.).
>
> I'm now at a complete loss of what to try next. Everything else on the PC
> is working just fine (I actually opened every single program I have installed
> to verify that it was working correctly). I'd really like to avoid
> re-installing the OS and all of my software and hardware drivers just because
> of one program, but it seems pointless to have MCE installed and not being
> able to use the Media Center application. Any ideas? |
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Since: Nov 29, 2006
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:31 pm
Post subject: RE: Media Center no longer working after system restore [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hi John,
I happened to see your post on WinMCE2005, and I was wondering if and how
you got that resolved. I am having the exact same issue with my system. I
also had a raid failure with an asr restore. Now my media center is not
working, and my machine says it's XP pro SP2.
Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated!
"John R. Nelson" wrote:
> I had a massive drive failure (lost my entire Drive C array) after a fan
> failure on my primary RAID array. Before the crash everything was working
> just fine on my PC and I made a complete system backup using the Microsoft
> Backup program in WinMCE 2005. All of my user files and settings are backed
> up to another RAID array every night so I have all of my data (thankfully!).
> I replaced all four of my Drive C array drives and upgraded to an Adaptec
> 4805SAS PCIe RAID Controller card. Then I used the Windows MCE 2005
> installation CD to perform an Automated System Recovery. All went well... I
> thought.
>
> After successfully restoring my drive array (with no errors), the system
> rebooted. Everything appreared back to normal, but then Windows asked to be
> reactivated due to a substantial hardware change. I also had to re-activate
> a few other programs like Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Office 2003. I was told
> this happened because I put in a new RAID controller card and larger hard
> drives, and also changed my RAID configuration from RAID 5 to RAID 10 so a
> lot of the programs noted a major system hardware change and required
> re-activation. Everything is working great now, but everytime I try to open
> Media Center I get an error stating "Media Center only works on Windows XP
> Media Center Edition".
>
> I've checked my Event Viewer log for Application and System errors, but
> there are none. No errors or warnings are listed since the system was
> restored. The Media Center Extender Service, Media Center Receiver Service
> and Media Center Scheduler Service are all "Started" and running. Nothing
> else has changed on this system, but I can't figure out why Media Center
> stopped working. I even compared all of the files in the C:\Windows\ehome
> folder to another system that I have running WinMCE 2005 and all of the files
> are the same (same date, size, etc.). I ran a CHKDSK to make sure nothing
> was corrupted during the system restore, but no errors were found. I ran a
> Microsoft Update and everything on my PC is current (all security patches,
> service packs, etc.).
>
> I'm now at a complete loss of what to try next. Everything else on the PC
> is working just fine (I actually opened every single program I have installed
> to verify that it was working correctly). I'd really like to avoid
> re-installing the OS and all of my software and hardware drivers just because
> of one program, but it seems pointless to have MCE installed and not being
> able to use the Media Center application. Any ideas? >> Stay informed about: Media Center no longer working after system restore |
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Since: Sep 14, 2006
Posts: 3
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:51 pm
Post subject: RE: Media Center no longer working after system restore [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Bill,
Glad to see I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. I was beginning
to wonder if I did something wrong during my System Restore! After
extensively searching the registry, I found just one key was missing. After
I entered this key and rebooted, everything was back to normal.
Check the following registry key and make sure that it's entered as follows:
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter
Name Type Data
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
Installed REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If this key isn't in the registry, open Windows Notepad and paste the
following info:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter]
"Installed"=dword:00000001
Then, save the file as MCE2005Fix.reg, close Notepad, then double-click on
the file and select "Yes" to enter the key into the registry. Reboot, and
all should be fine. If this doesn't work, please let me know.
Kind Regards,
John R. Nelson
"Bill R." wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I happened to see your post on WinMCE2005, and I was wondering if and how
> you got that resolved. I am having the exact same issue with my system. I
> also had a raid failure with an asr restore. Now my media center is not
> working, and my machine says it's XP pro SP2.
>
> Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated!
>
> "John R. Nelson" wrote:
>
> > I had a massive drive failure (lost my entire Drive C array) after a fan
> > failure on my primary RAID array. Before the crash everything was working
> > just fine on my PC and I made a complete system backup using the Microsoft
> > Backup program in WinMCE 2005. All of my user files and settings are backed
> > up to another RAID array every night so I have all of my data (thankfully!).
> > I replaced all four of my Drive C array drives and upgraded to an Adaptec
> > 4805SAS PCIe RAID Controller card. Then I used the Windows MCE 2005
> > installation CD to perform an Automated System Recovery. All went well... I
> > thought.
> >
> > After successfully restoring my drive array (with no errors), the system
> > rebooted. Everything appreared back to normal, but then Windows asked to be
> > reactivated due to a substantial hardware change. I also had to re-activate
> > a few other programs like Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Office 2003. I was told
> > this happened because I put in a new RAID controller card and larger hard
> > drives, and also changed my RAID configuration from RAID 5 to RAID 10 so a
> > lot of the programs noted a major system hardware change and required
> > re-activation. Everything is working great now, but everytime I try to open
> > Media Center I get an error stating "Media Center only works on Windows XP
> > Media Center Edition".
> >
> > I've checked my Event Viewer log for Application and System errors, but
> > there are none. No errors or warnings are listed since the system was
> > restored. The Media Center Extender Service, Media Center Receiver Service
> > and Media Center Scheduler Service are all "Started" and running. Nothing
> > else has changed on this system, but I can't figure out why Media Center
> > stopped working. I even compared all of the files in the C:\Windows\ehome
> > folder to another system that I have running WinMCE 2005 and all of the files
> > are the same (same date, size, etc.). I ran a CHKDSK to make sure nothing
> > was corrupted during the system restore, but no errors were found. I ran a
> > Microsoft Update and everything on my PC is current (all security patches,
> > service packs, etc.).
> >
> > I'm now at a complete loss of what to try next. Everything else on the PC
> > is working just fine (I actually opened every single program I have installed
> > to verify that it was working correctly). I'd really like to avoid
> > re-installing the OS and all of my software and hardware drivers just because
> > of one program, but it seems pointless to have MCE installed and not being
> > able to use the Media Center application. Any ideas? >> Stay informed about: Media Center no longer working after system restore |
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Since: Jan 04, 2007
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:28 pm
Post subject: RE: Media Center no longer working after system restore [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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John,
Thanks for the information, but I think I am now having a BIGGER problem!
I had seen your solution on the internet before, and had attempted to do
that. However, I inadvertantly created a key under \WPA\MediaCenter called
"Installed" rather than the Dword value under \WPA\MediaCenter.
Once I did that, I am unable to delete the key or do any changes or deletes
to ANY entry in \WPA. I am getting an "Error while deleting key" message.
I have tried changing permissions without sucess. In fact, attempts at
renaming the \MediaCenter key have left me with even MORE keys that I can't
delete. Apparently the \WPA key has "special" permissions to it that I
haven't been able to figure out.
Bottom line is I still can't use Media Center, and I have a registry with
some un-deleteable keys in it.
If there is any suggestions you could offer, I would apprectiate it!
Thanks John!
"John R. Nelson" wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Glad to see I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. I was beginning
> to wonder if I did something wrong during my System Restore! After
> extensively searching the registry, I found just one key was missing. After
> I entered this key and rebooted, everything was back to normal.
>
> Check the following registry key and make sure that it's entered as follows:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter
>
> Name Type Data
> (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
> Installed REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If this key isn't in the registry, open Windows Notepad and paste the
> following info:
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter]
> "Installed"=dword:00000001
>
> Then, save the file as MCE2005Fix.reg, close Notepad, then double-click on
> the file and select "Yes" to enter the key into the registry. Reboot, and
> all should be fine. If this doesn't work, please let me know.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John R. Nelson
>
> "Bill R." wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I happened to see your post on WinMCE2005, and I was wondering if and how
> > you got that resolved. I am having the exact same issue with my system. I
> > also had a raid failure with an asr restore. Now my media center is not
> > working, and my machine says it's XP pro SP2.
> >
> > Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > "John R. Nelson" wrote:
> >
> > > I had a massive drive failure (lost my entire Drive C array) after a fan
> > > failure on my primary RAID array. Before the crash everything was working
> > > just fine on my PC and I made a complete system backup using the Microsoft
> > > Backup program in WinMCE 2005. All of my user files and settings are backed
> > > up to another RAID array every night so I have all of my data (thankfully!).
> > > I replaced all four of my Drive C array drives and upgraded to an Adaptec
> > > 4805SAS PCIe RAID Controller card. Then I used the Windows MCE 2005
> > > installation CD to perform an Automated System Recovery. All went well... I
> > > thought.
> > >
> > > After successfully restoring my drive array (with no errors), the system
> > > rebooted. Everything appreared back to normal, but then Windows asked to be
> > > reactivated due to a substantial hardware change. I also had to re-activate
> > > a few other programs like Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Office 2003. I was told
> > > this happened because I put in a new RAID controller card and larger hard
> > > drives, and also changed my RAID configuration from RAID 5 to RAID 10 so a
> > > lot of the programs noted a major system hardware change and required
> > > re-activation. Everything is working great now, but everytime I try to open
> > > Media Center I get an error stating "Media Center only works on Windows XP
> > > Media Center Edition".
> > >
> > > I've checked my Event Viewer log for Application and System errors, but
> > > there are none. No errors or warnings are listed since the system was
> > > restored. The Media Center Extender Service, Media Center Receiver Service
> > > and Media Center Scheduler Service are all "Started" and running. Nothing
> > > else has changed on this system, but I can't figure out why Media Center
> > > stopped working. I even compared all of the files in the C:\Windows\ehome
> > > folder to another system that I have running WinMCE 2005 and all of the files
> > > are the same (same date, size, etc.). I ran a CHKDSK to make sure nothing
> > > was corrupted during the system restore, but no errors were found. I ran a
> > > Microsoft Update and everything on my PC is current (all security patches,
> > > service packs, etc.).
> > >
> > > I'm now at a complete loss of what to try next. Everything else on the PC
> > > is working just fine (I actually opened every single program I have installed
> > > to verify that it was working correctly). I'd really like to avoid
> > > re-installing the OS and all of my software and hardware drivers just because
> > > of one program, but it seems pointless to have MCE installed and not being
> > > able to use the Media Center application. Any ideas? >> Stay informed about: Media Center no longer working after system restore |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:23 pm
Post subject: RE: Media Center no longer working after system restore [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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John,
A good news update!
After looking around a bit further, I was able to find a way to delete the
invalid registry keys (messing around with hives in recovery console) and
reapply the fix you suggested.
My Media Center is operational again!
Many thanks!
Bill.
"John R. Nelson" wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Glad to see I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. I was beginning
> to wonder if I did something wrong during my System Restore! After
> extensively searching the registry, I found just one key was missing. After
> I entered this key and rebooted, everything was back to normal.
>
> Check the following registry key and make sure that it's entered as follows:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter
>
> Name Type Data
> (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
> Installed REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If this key isn't in the registry, open Windows Notepad and paste the
> following info:
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter]
> "Installed"=dword:00000001
>
> Then, save the file as MCE2005Fix.reg, close Notepad, then double-click on
> the file and select "Yes" to enter the key into the registry. Reboot, and
> all should be fine. If this doesn't work, please let me know.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John R. Nelson
>
> "Bill R." wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I happened to see your post on WinMCE2005, and I was wondering if and how
> > you got that resolved. I am having the exact same issue with my system. I
> > also had a raid failure with an asr restore. Now my media center is not
> > working, and my machine says it's XP pro SP2.
> >
> > Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > "John R. Nelson" wrote:
> >
> > > I had a massive drive failure (lost my entire Drive C array) after a fan
> > > failure on my primary RAID array. Before the crash everything was working
> > > just fine on my PC and I made a complete system backup using the Microsoft
> > > Backup program in WinMCE 2005. All of my user files and settings are backed
> > > up to another RAID array every night so I have all of my data (thankfully!).
> > > I replaced all four of my Drive C array drives and upgraded to an Adaptec
> > > 4805SAS PCIe RAID Controller card. Then I used the Windows MCE 2005
> > > installation CD to perform an Automated System Recovery. All went well... I
> > > thought.
> > >
> > > After successfully restoring my drive array (with no errors), the system
> > > rebooted. Everything appreared back to normal, but then Windows asked to be
> > > reactivated due to a substantial hardware change. I also had to re-activate
> > > a few other programs like Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Office 2003. I was told
> > > this happened because I put in a new RAID controller card and larger hard
> > > drives, and also changed my RAID configuration from RAID 5 to RAID 10 so a
> > > lot of the programs noted a major system hardware change and required
> > > re-activation. Everything is working great now, but everytime I try to open
> > > Media Center I get an error stating "Media Center only works on Windows XP
> > > Media Center Edition".
> > >
> > > I've checked my Event Viewer log for Application and System errors, but
> > > there are none. No errors or warnings are listed since the system was
> > > restored. The Media Center Extender Service, Media Center Receiver Service
> > > and Media Center Scheduler Service are all "Started" and running. Nothing
> > > else has changed on this system, but I can't figure out why Media Center
> > > stopped working. I even compared all of the files in the C:\Windows\ehome
> > > folder to another system that I have running WinMCE 2005 and all of the files
> > > are the same (same date, size, etc.). I ran a CHKDSK to make sure nothing
> > > was corrupted during the system restore, but no errors were found. I ran a
> > > Microsoft Update and everything on my PC is current (all security patches,
> > > service packs, etc.).
> > >
> > > I'm now at a complete loss of what to try next. Everything else on the PC
> > > is working just fine (I actually opened every single program I have installed
> > > to verify that it was working correctly). I'd really like to avoid
> > > re-installing the OS and all of my software and hardware drivers just because
> > > of one program, but it seems pointless to have MCE installed and not being
> > > able to use the Media Center application. Any ideas? >> Stay informed about: Media Center no longer working after system restore |
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