Users of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 [XP MCE] may need to disable XP MCE from controlling the TV Tuner. Failure to do so may result in no video signal being displayed. This step is not necessary on Windows XP Home, or Windows XP Professional or previous versions of Windows XP MCE 2002 & Windows XP MCE 2004.
There are two services that run at startup with XP MCE; they are MEDIA CENTER RECEIVER SERVICE [ehRecvr.exe] and MEDIA CENTER SCHEDULER [ehSched.exe] . The instructions below will stop these two services from starting automatically, allowing access to the tuner. While MEDIA CENTER SCHEDULER is not necessary, it is more than likely that you would want to disable it as it will not be used after installing ReplayTV PC Edition.
If ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS are not available from your START MENU, then go to CONTROL PANEL and proceed from there.
DISABLING MEDIA CENTER RECEIVER SERVICE
- Click START
- Select ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
- Select SERVICES
- From the NAME column, double click MEDIA CENTER RECEIVER SERVICE
- From the STARTUP TYPE drop down list, select DISABLED
- Click APPLY
- Click OK
- Close the SERVICES window
- Continue below if you would like to disable the MEDIA CENTER SCHEDULER [recommended], otherwise restart your computer
DISABLING MEDIA CENTER SCHEDULER
- From the NAME column, double click MEDIA CENTER SCHEDULER
- Right Click on it and select PROPERTIES
- From the STARTUP TYPE drop down list, select DISABLED
- Click APPLY
- Click OK
- Restart your computer
Disabling ehRecvr.exe Service | Disabling ehSched.exe Service |
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To restore both of these services, follow the directions substituting AUTOMATIC for DISABLED from the STARTUP TYPE on both services.
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