Pls....help...Vista Media Center...

I have Windows Vista Home Premium on my Toshiba notebook...
A problem recently appeared with my Media Center...
When I try to access the Music Library, A message pops up saying a necessary component of Media Center is not available currently and to restart the application...I tried restarting several times but no use....It was working well before...Pls could someone tell me wats da prob....

2. My Windows Media Player also does not switch to toolbar mode when minimised even though toolbar mode is enabled in da taskbar...Why is this so??

This is da second time I'm posting this problem here....didn't get any replies wen I posted about 2 months back....Now...Pls can anyone help me out here??? Sorry for reposting da same prob...didnt get any solution earlier.....

 

have u installed nero 7 . it is known to cause such an issue...???

 

try this- copy paste from a forum courtesy: highconcept

it was because one or more of the services critical for Media Center operation got "unregistered", probably during an uninstall of other software (most likely Snapstream).

The three critical services, jscript.dll, vbscript.dll and wmp.dll, can be re-registered as follows:


1. As Administrator, open up a command prompt window. For the uninitiated, click "Start", type cmd.exe in the "Start Search" box. When the cmd.exe file appears in the Programs list, RIGHT click it and select "Run as administrator".

2. In the command prompt window that appears, type the following three lines.

regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 wmp.dll

3. Restart your computer.

This cured my startup problems with Windows Media Center in Vista.

However, Microsoft also recommends that you confirm the status and startup parameters of five (5) Services:

Portable Device Enumerator Service
Windows Audio
Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Windows Media Center Service Launcher

The first three should be set to Automatic startup, and should be running.

The Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service should be Automatic and Started if you enabled the network media sharing features in WMC, otherwise Manual start, and Stopped state are OK.

The Windows Media Center Service Launcher should be set to Automatic (Delayed). Since it applies ONLY to computers with a TV tuner, if you do not have such, the state of the service does not matter.

Again, for the uninitiated, to check and modify these services: Click "Start", type "services" in "Start Search" and press enter.


Good luck.

 

Yes....I had installed Nero 7....I uninstalled it and upgraded to Nero 8....
So does Nero remove any Windows necessary components upon uninstall??
What is Snapstream...If its a software...I haven't used it...So I guess its not da prob...I guess it mite be Nero...

 

did uninstalling nero solve the problem ???

 

I registered the services as u had told me....now my Media Center works fine....tnx a lot....
Do u hav any idea why the Windows Media Toolbar Mode isnt workin??
Btw...only the Burn Tab is available in my Windows Media Player options...Is this the way Vista's Media Player is??....coz I remember havin other options in Media player...