The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    MediaDirect No Longer Works (XP SP3)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Dafrety, May 20, 2008.

  1. Dafrety

    Dafrety Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    25
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I recently tried using the MediaDirect program inside Windows XP SP3 and it simply won't start up. The weird thing about it is that it was working in the past, and that it works correctly on other system accounts (guest and other people who use this computer). It's a Dell Vostro 1500. Does anyone know what could have caused this? It's a fairly fresh install of Windows (2 months old tops) and MediaDirect still works by pressing the key when the laptop is off.

    I'm guessing some of these are what I could have done to break it.
    - Applied a password to my account.
    - Installed Windows XP with SP3 (slip streamed cd)
    - Installed some program.
    - Windows hates me.

    Does anyone have any ideas on this? Where could I find the settings for MediaDirect so I can delete them and reset the program? Thanks in advance.
     
    Dafrety, May 20, 2008
    #1
  2. dingbat

    dingbat Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    72
    Messages:
    564
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    you can try to TRICK windows...

    create another administrator account and check if its working.. If it does.. then delete the previous administrator account and use the new one..
     
    dingbat, May 20, 2008
    #2
  3. Dafrety

    Dafrety Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    25
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    MEH! That would require work! :p Thanks though, I probably will have to do that.
     
    Dafrety, May 20, 2008
    #3
  4. dingbat

    dingbat Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    72
    Messages:
    564
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    It would take barely 2 minutes or so.. go to the control panel - user accounts - and make a new account.. simple..

    you call that work ??!! :eek:
     
    dingbat, May 21, 2008
    #4