Re: xbox (old) media center not connecting to mce 2005

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Good to hear you're up and running.

The following page has firewall config instructions specific to OneCare:
http://www.windowsonecare.com/support/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=a1v1&querytype=topic&query=PROC_HTA_media_extender.htm

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"panzerbjorne" <panzerbjorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't figure out how to set these parameters on the onecare firewall
short
of actually shutting it off. Therefore I have actually de-installed
onecare
now and made these settings on the windows firewall.

Its working great now. I'll have to get some help on configuring the
onecare
firewall...

AV

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Good to hear you're up and running.

No need for event logs now that we know what's going on. Can you
confirm
that your firewall is configured to allow the ports/applications
specified
at the below link?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/extender/setup/firewall/config.mspx

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"panzerbjorne" <panzerbjorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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THATS IT! Its the bleeding FIREWALL.

Switched it off and everything started working! IOts still taking a
little
longer to connect than what I remember but its working.

Of course, I still don't why... I did check the ports before. And the
config
has been left at the default settings before and after the re-install.

Do I still need to dump the event logs here? I think there were a few
that
looked a little wierd...



"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Those events appear normal; is there anything under the System or
Application logs?

Also, could you temporarily turn your firewall off to confirm that
it's
not
causing your connectivity issues? (note: if you do this, I recommend
turning
off your cable/DSL modem until you re-enable your firewall).

Regarding your Windows Media Connect question - if you don't have
any
Windows Media Connect devices on your network, there's no need to
have
this
software installed, so you may as well uninstall it.

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"panzerbjorne" <panzerbjorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hallelujah!

Found the error logs - they were under "Windows OneCare" not
"Security".
There were two events around that time. I am attaching both:

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Event Type: Information
Event Source: WinSS
Event Category: Service
Event ID: 1001
Date: 5/10/2006
Time: 12:42:09 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MULTIMEDIA
Description:
Service started successfully

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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Event Type: Information
Event Source: WinSS
Event Category: Service
Event ID: 1008
Date: 5/10/2006
Time: 12:41:15 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MULTIMEDIA
Description:
The Service started tracing for WinSS successfully.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Your current config should work fine. A couple additional
questions:
- Check the Application, System, and Security Event Viewer logs
(right
click
My Computer --> Manage); are there any errors corresponding to
the
time
that
you tried to connect? If so, please post them here.
- Are there any Xbox-branded Ethernet to wireless bridges
present on
your
home network?

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"panzerbjorne" <panzerbjorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Todd

Thanks for that - this updated my media center extender
software
from
version 5.something to version 6.something. However, the
problem
still
persists

Could it be that I need to update the Xbox side software? My
version
there
is 0.0.1. Not sure if that would help be cause prior to the
clean
install
of
windows, everything was working fine and the after the
re-install,
the
software versions were the same.

Having said that, did update rollup 2 make the version 0.0.1
xbox
side
software obsolete? I think the rollup happened over the weeked
that I
was
upgrading and so that is the only potential difference between
my
pre-
and
post- configuration.

Thanks for your time - Todd and Reginald.





"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

The latest Media Center Extender PC-sde software can be
downloaded
from
http://www.xbox.com/pcsetup (it will auto-detect which
installer
you
need).

As Reginald suggests, please install the latest PC-side
Extender
software
and see if that resolves your issue.

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"Reginald Blue" <Reginald_Blue@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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panzerbjorne wrote:
I have an xbox with media center extender software which
was
connecting over a wired network to my MCE 2005 PC. This
was
working
fine till about a week ago when I decided to upgrade the
HDD
as
I
was
running out of disk space.

After doing a clean re-installl of MCE I tried
re-installing
the
extender program. It ran through the entire setup
succesfully.
The
xbox showed "connecting" on the startup screen and then
went
blank.
Everytime I restart the the xbox, it does the same
thing -
shows
connecting (for a long time) and then goes blank. It
used to
take
about 15 sceonds for the Media Center menu before this
thing
died on
me.

There hasn't been a big change in the PC configuration.
I
didn't
know
what the MS software versions were before the upgrade
but as
I
have
automatic upgrades turned on, I imagine there would be
no
difference
before and after. I have upgraded the display driver on
the
radeon
9200 PRO to catalyst. I didn't think that would affect
the
connectivity to the xbox, though.

Also, the media center extender manager shows the xbox
extender
but
the stattus is always "Disconnected".

Any ideas what's going on here? My wife's going to leave
me
if I
don't fix this.

LOL! You know, I think mine might too...

I presume you're using the Media Connect software that
came
with
the
XBox
extender to install on your PC? Maybe you should try the
software
that
works with the 360... it's newer, and it might have been
upgraded
automagically on your old setup.

Let's see... where was that...

pretty sure it's the Media Connect 2.0 software on this
page:






http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/devices/wmconnect/default.aspx

See if that doesn't do the trick.

Good luck!

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use
as
my
telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how
to
use my
telephone."
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International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces]
















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