Re: Temporary freeze when starting WMC on Xbox 360 w/ Vista

It freezes only when signed into Xbox live

"Townie" wrote:

I have the exact same problem (Freezing after a few seconds when accessing
through Xbox 360) .
After playing around with it and trying these fixes, I noticed that if I
don't go directly to TV or Recorded TV I can access photos then back up to
regular tv and recorded TV.
I didn"t find an Intel DH in the Edit Program Library area.
I've got a Compaq Presario SR2332X, NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE, with 1 GB Ram
I also am running Norton

"xterrastrial" wrote:

When I disabled all the add-ins and restarted, the problem was gone! Then I
re-enabled all the add-ins EXCEPT "IntelDH Background Add-in" and restarted
and ... the problem was still gone! Looks the IntelDH add-in (whatever that
does) was causing the issue. This add-in was installed by default on my HP.

Thanks, Todd! You were very helpful.

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Which third-party add-ins do you have installed? You can check this within
Media Center by navigating to Settings->General->Program Library
Options->Edit Program Library. Try temporarily disabling any add-ins
listed, restart your PC, and see if you still see the same behavior.

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"xterrastrial" <xterrastrial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Todd - To answer your questions:
- When the UI is unresponsive, no process spikes in the Task Manager.
- The RAM usage doesn't go up too much. It goes from ~50% to ~59% when I
start WMC (stays at 59 once it starts working again).
- It seems that if I press the "Media Center" button again (after 20
seconds
or so) that it will start responding again.
- My PC is an HP m8020n, completely stock. It's got a Core 2 Duo e6420,
2.13
GHz with 2 GB of RAM.

Tom - Kinda of nice to know it's not just me.
- Is MSFT planning a patch for this?

Thanks, guys.

paul

"tomlives2000" wrote:

This is a known issue. Many are looking for a fix but it is unclear what
the
cause is. For now we just need to put up with the delay.

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" <toddbow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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During the time that UI is unresponsive, open Task Manager on your PC,
select "Show processes from all users", and check whether any process
is
consuming high quantities of CPU cycles. Also, double-check your RAM
usage to see if it is high during this point of time. Finally, what
are
the specs of your PC? (RAM and CPU in particular)

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"xterrastrial" <xterrastrial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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When I boot up my 360 and go into WMC mode, it connects to my Vista
Home
Premium HP PC fine. After a couple of seconds of responding normally
to
my
remote, the 360 freezes for around 30-60 seconds (always in the menus
still),
and then starts working normally again.

In other words, I can normally navigate 2 -3 button presses (e.g. get
to
my
Recordings list before it freezes, but not actually start playing the
recording until after the long delay).

Any ideas what I can do? Otherwise, I love Vista and using WMC thru my
360,
but this long unresponsive delay EVERY time I turn on the 360 is very
annoying.

Btw, my PC's Power management settings: Multimedia setting>When
sharing
media> "Allow the computer to enter Away Mode". This prevents my PC
from
shutting down my HDD even when I put it to Sleep.

Thx!







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