Thanks, Rick, for your response. I have installed a Freecom USB stick DVB-T
on my laptop (O.S. is Windows Vista Home Premium) for watching Freeview TV
programs, and I configured Windows Media Center to receive and broadcast the
TV signals for my area. Since the reception was not very smooth, I installed
ArcSoft TotalMedia software which was provided with the manufacturer's
(Driver and Software) CD. Now I find that the reception is better but still
not perfect, and I thought that the presence of Media Center might be the
reason for the flaws. Hence I am keen to remove the Media Center
configurations pertaining to TV tuning. I dont know how to do this and was
wondering if there was a way to disable Media Center altogether, other than
reinstalling the Operating system. The TotalMedia program is fully
compatible with Vista. Do you think that a System Restore to the time before
I installed the USB Tuner Stick may help?
"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi Bob,
>
> Windows Media Center is a default part of the system and is not
> uninstallable. Unless you are loading it at boot or other time, it would
> not normally be active and should not interfere with any other
> application. Check your startup axis to ensure that it is not loading as
> part of the boot routine. The mere presence of an inactive program should
> not cause an issue, only if it's actively running. Also make sure that the
> version of TotalMedia that you are running is compatible with Vista, older
> versions may not be.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Bob" <rviyeruk.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eBBFUhONIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> How can I disable Media Centre in Windows Vista? I have an equivalent
>> program (TotalMedia) already running and some items malfunction due to
>> the presence of Media Centre.
>