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October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

Published by Mike
8th October 2007

October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB941229. It is available for download in x86 and x64 versions.

The October 2007 Cumulative Update includes the following fixes:

All of the fixes previously included in the June 2007 Cumulative Update
An issue that affects digital cable card components when you use Scientific Atlanta cable cards
Interaction issues that occur between a Windows Vista Media Center PC and an Xbox 360 that is being used as a Media Center extender
Autolaunch issues that can occur with video CD (VCD) media
Several bug fixes for the Media Center platform to help Media Center applications (in addition to the ones previously available in the June 2007 Cumulative Update)

Here are some links for the October 2007 Cumulative Update:

Knowledge base article - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941229
Download location for x86 package - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...9-4C18DE611BD4
Download location for x64 package - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-E8C576F8E585

In addition, there are 3 other cumulative updates being released for Windows Vista at the same time as the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center. They help address issues reported by customers related to reliability, compatibility, stability, security and performance of various features in Windows Vista.

The following links contain more information about the fixes included in each of these additional updates and allow you to directly download and install them if you choose to:

Cumulative Update Rollup for USB Core Components in Windows Vista (KB941600) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941600
Update for Windows Vista (KB941949) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649
Update for Windows Vista (KB941651) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941651

source: Aaron Stebner's Weblog

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By patto on 10th October 2007, 04:53 PM

Re: October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

OK, Scenerio is:

Allowed windows update to go overnight, installed the updates and rebooted OK.

Then I looked at what was installed and what wasn't, then downloaded and installed the following updates (KB941229, KB938126, KB941649 and KB941600 (x64 edition)) without rebooting inbetween. Rebooted the machine and it failed to reboot.

Tried last know good config, also failed,

tried safe mode and also failed.

Seached the net and found some other users with same problems and had to restore from a backup (could not repair the installation).

So will try a repair and see what happens. bloody M$ft.

So moral is, try them one at a time (if you think you need to) and backup before installing.

Patto

Note: Vista Ultimate 64 bit edition

Last edited by patto; 10th October 2007 at 05:30 PM. Reason: Corrected KB number

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By patto on 10th October 2007, 05:31 PM

Re: October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

Ok managed to do a repair using the installation disk. Required two attempts and it used a restore point from last night to get it to work. Now redoing the windows update then I will create a backup and then think about the other updates.

Update: KB941600 installed and rebooted OK
KB941229 installed and rebooted OK

That will be me until later on when I have more time.

Patto

Last edited by patto; 10th October 2007 at 06:13 PM. Reason: Updated info

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By supafly on 10th October 2007, 06:39 PM

Re: October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

im reluctant to install them

, i would like to know what problems it fixes ith 360 extender mode though....

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By patto on 10th October 2007, 08:15 PM

Re: October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

Unfortunately I do not have a xbox so can't comment on the extender performance, I just like to ensure everything is kept up to date.

Patto

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By arkay on 10th October 2007, 08:33 PM

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An issue that affects digital cable card components when you use Scientific Atlanta cable cards

Ahhh. Thank god... Been waiting for that......

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By patto on 12th October 2007, 02:23 AM

Re: October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

OK tried the KB941649, you know the one that increases the reliability and stability of Vista, well it was pretty reliable at not starting and quite stable at it!!!

So I narrowed down my problem KB941649 would not boot up, had to use the repair function on the installation disc and restore the computer to an earlier time. So I will leave this hotfix for quite a while.

On boot up in safe mode it got stuck on loading crcdisk.sys and would not go any further. Anyone else experiencing this problem?

Patto

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By ExtremePC on 12th October 2007, 11:01 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by patto

OK tried the KB941649, you know the one that increases the reliability and stability of Vista, well it was pretty reliable at not starting and quite stable at it!!!

Fantastic, so this patch fixes all heat and noise related issues in a PC!

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By GlenR on 12th October 2007, 02:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ExtremePC

Fantastic, so this patch fixes all heat and noise related issues in a PC!

Nope! Clearly you still get heated and scream expletives.

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By warren13 on 22nd October 2007, 02:25 PM

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Not sure if I got this update but Vista Media Centre extender AKA XBox360 is loading Media Centre interface much quicker at the moment, I had noticed it start to take a long time and was thinking I might have to do a fresh install but...crisis averted. Although I am too scared to reboot the machine now and not sure if it is set to reboot when required, basically I have not had the need to touch the system in a while and not sure I want to as I like the fact that it just sits and works for the moment. I have too much else going on to worry about it right now as it is working well.

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By fattire357 on 15th November 2007, 02:46 PM

Re: October 2007 Cumulative Update for Vista Media Center

I had two prior problems with Vista media center.

1. No native support for hybrid tuners. If you're card is digital and analogue, it can only recognize/read one or the other, but not both, even separately. The fix is to manually edit the registry a lot then it works fine, but freezes if you record analogue/digital at the same time. So you have to be careful.

2. No support for sub-channels guide listings. For example, 4-2 will list the programs of 4-1, eventhough they are two separate channels. To record, enter channel/time manually, Have fun! Not.l=

Has these been fixed? They are atrocious and irritating.

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