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paorear
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RE: To All With Vista TV Tuner Card Problems
Awesome - thanks for posting this! It was bugging me for a while. There's a
slightly easier approach to this - just use the Local System option rather
than using your own password - no password required!
"nyoung" wrote:
> Here's what I found after struggling with the "No TV tuner installed" message
> while setting up TV in Vista Home Premium Media Center:
> 1. Go to Computer Management...Services and Applications...Services
> 2. Find Windows Media Center Receiver Service (this is what keeps failing)
> 3. Look at the "Log On" setting (mine said Network Service)
> 4. Right-click this service, select Properties, select Log On tab.
> 5. Look at the "This account:" section (should list what login account is
> running the service).
> 6. Change the username to the Administrator account setup within Vista
> (usually your username) and enter the password for this account --Select
> Browse...type the username...select "Check Names"...click OK.
> 7. Re-type the password for this account int the Password & Confirm
> password fields (don't accept the password it auto-fills with).
> 8. Click Apply...OK.
> 9. Left-click the Windows Media Center Receiver Service (if not already
> selected) and select the "Restart" button on the Toolbar (last icon with
> green arrow).
> 10. Check service to make sure it's Status is Started.
> 11. Crank up Media Center and try your TV setup again...it worked for me
> after this routine.
>
> So, what this all means...Vista security is a beast (that's why you have to
> select allow on everything you try to run). I'm an IT Network Administrator
> and this problem just about brought me to my knees! Hell, even Microsoft
> apparently hasn't figured this out even with all the forum posters having the
> same problem with numerous different "Vista Compatible" TV cards. This isn't
> the first time I've had to figure out Microsoft's problems for them.
>
> Anyway, please post back if this helps or doesn't. I'm curious to know if
> this resolution helps all or none.
>
> BTW---I have an Angel Dual Tuner TV card, which offered Vista drivers on the
> manufacturer's website: www.lumanate.com
Awesome - thanks for posting this! It was bugging me for a while. There's a
slightly easier approach to this - just use the Local System option rather
than using your own password - no password required!
"nyoung" wrote:
> Here's what I found after struggling with the "No TV tuner installed" message
> while setting up TV in Vista Home Premium Media Center:
> 1. Go to Computer Management...Services and Applications...Services
> 2. Find Windows Media Center Receiver Service (this is what keeps failing)
> 3. Look at the "Log On" setting (mine said Network Service)
> 4. Right-click this service, select Properties, select Log On tab.
> 5. Look at the "This account:" section (should list what login account is
> running the service).
> 6. Change the username to the Administrator account setup within Vista
> (usually your username) and enter the password for this account --Select
> Browse...type the username...select "Check Names"...click OK.
> 7. Re-type the password for this account int the Password & Confirm
> password fields (don't accept the password it auto-fills with).
> 8. Click Apply...OK.
> 9. Left-click the Windows Media Center Receiver Service (if not already
> selected) and select the "Restart" button on the Toolbar (last icon with
> green arrow).
> 10. Check service to make sure it's Status is Started.
> 11. Crank up Media Center and try your TV setup again...it worked for me
> after this routine.
>
> So, what this all means...Vista security is a beast (that's why you have to
> select allow on everything you try to run). I'm an IT Network Administrator
> and this problem just about brought me to my knees! Hell, even Microsoft
> apparently hasn't figured this out even with all the forum posters having the
> same problem with numerous different "Vista Compatible" TV cards. This isn't
> the first time I've had to figure out Microsoft's problems for them.
>
> Anyway, please post back if this helps or doesn't. I'm curious to know if
> this resolution helps all or none.
>
> BTW---I have an Angel Dual Tuner TV card, which offered Vista drivers on the
> manufacturer's website: www.lumanate.com