Re: Major 2005 Rollup 2 Problems

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The message that you need to be running MCE 2005 is solved by going to Start, Run and entering REGEDIT Goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center

Look in the right pane for the value, Ident. This should read 3.0 for MCE 2005, and 3.1 for MCE 2005 with Update Rollup 1. Double click the Ident value and enter either 3.0 or 3.1, it really doesn't matter which, as far as I can determine. If the Ident value doesn't exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane, select New, String value and name it Ident. Then modify it as per the above.

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"Byron Hinson" <byron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:nCx6f.6030$S_1.910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I've had some big problems with Rollup 2 like many others. I had a great
> working Media Center 2005 until I installed Rollup 2, after this, jerky
> video, skipping tv and other problems. I assumed this may just be a bad
> Rollup 2 install so I removed it along with .NET Framework updates.
>
> Trying to reinstall the Rollup 2 now states that "Media Center 2005 is
> required to install this update" so its now basically telling me I can't
> install it.
>
> Also I can run Media Center at the moment but scanning for tv signals
> bring no channels (they worked fine before and runs fine on other PC's)
>
> Any help would be great, seems like its a real mess now though.
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