Media Center won't launch using the remote control... Please Help

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Paul \(in Tor,Ont\)

The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media Center with the green button
(the one that came with my laptop and is stored in a slot at the side of the laptop). The remote
does work for everything else, QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once Media Center
is running.

I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and this has caused the problem
(it work before this time). I uninstalled MCE Customizer, however, Media Center still won't launch
from the remote control.

Thank you for any help.

Cheers
Paul

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HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
Vista Premium x32-bit SP1

iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
Your best source of info on Media Center is the Green Button site.

The Green Button - Your Media Center Community: http://thegreenbutton.com/

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"Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media Center
> with the green button (the one that came with my laptop and is stored in a
> slot at the side of the laptop). The remote does work for everything else,
> QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once Media Center is
> running.
>
> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and
> this has caused the problem (it work before this time). I uninstalled MCE
> Customizer, however, Media Center still won't launch from the remote
> control.
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
> --
> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>
> iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C445B251-457A-440C-8216-E597639DF4B9@microsoft.com...
> Your best source of info on Media Center is the Green Button site.
>
> The Green Button - Your Media Center Community: http://thegreenbutton.com/
>
> --
> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer
> Mark L. Ferguson
> .
>
> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
> news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
>> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media Center with the green button
>> (the one that came with my laptop and is stored in a slot at the side of the laptop). The remote
>> does work for everything else, QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once Media
>> Center is running.
>>
>> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and this has caused the
>> problem (it work before this time). I uninstalled MCE Customizer, however, Media Center still
>> won't launch from the remote control.
>>
>> Thank you for any help.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Paul
>>
>> --
>> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
>> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
>> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
>> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
>> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>>
>> iPAQ 2490 WM5
>

Hi Mark,
Actually I posted there first, but still no reply :(

--
HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
Vista Premium x32-bit SP1

iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
"Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media Center
> with the green button (the one that came with my laptop and is stored in a
> slot at the side of the laptop). The remote does work for everything else,
> QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once Media Center is
> running.
>
> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and
> this has caused the problem (it work before this time). I uninstalled MCE
> Customizer, however, Media Center still won't launch from the remote
> control.
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Cheers
> Paul


May be a physically faulty button.

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Jon
 
Rerun MCE setup.

"Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
news:64C6534F-3905-4677-9C37-50863A0156AC@microsoft.com...
> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:C445B251-457A-440C-8216-E597639DF4B9@microsoft.com...
>> Your best source of info on Media Center is the Green Button site.
>>
>> The Green Button - Your Media Center Community:
>> http://thegreenbutton.com/
>>
>> --
>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>> interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>> .
>>
>> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
>> news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
>>> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media
>>> Center with the green button (the one that came with my laptop and is
>>> stored in a slot at the side of the laptop). The remote does work for
>>> everything else, QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once
>>> Media Center is running.
>>>
>>> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and
>>> this has caused the problem (it work before this time). I uninstalled
>>> MCE Customizer, however, Media Center still won't launch from the remote
>>> control.
>>>
>>> Thank you for any help.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> --
>>> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
>>> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
>>> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
>>> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
>>> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>>>
>>> iPAQ 2490 WM5
>>
>
> Hi Mark,
> Actually I posted there first, but still no reply :(
>
> --
> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>
> iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
"Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:evCdnWbMnvfsD3janZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Rerun MCE setup.
>
> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
> news:64C6534F-3905-4677-9C37-50863A0156AC@microsoft.com...
>> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:C445B251-457A-440C-8216-E597639DF4B9@microsoft.com...
>>> Your best source of info on Media Center is the Green Button site.
>>>
>>> The Green Button - Your Media Center Community:
>>> http://thegreenbutton.com/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>>> interface.
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer
>>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>> .
>>>
>>> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
>>>> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media
>>>> Center with the green button (the one that came with my laptop and is
>>>> stored in a slot at the side of the laptop). The remote does work for
>>>> everything else, QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once
>>>> Media Center is running.
>>>>
>>>> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and
>>>> this has caused the problem (it work before this time). I uninstalled
>>>> MCE Customizer, however, Media Center still won't launch from the remote
>>>> control.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for any help.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
>>>> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
>>>> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
>>>> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
>>>> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>>>>
>>>> iPAQ 2490 WM5
>>>
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>> Actually I posted there first, but still no reply :(
>>
>> --
>> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
>> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
>> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
>> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
>> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>>
>> iPAQ 2490 WM5
>

how do I do that?!, , it's integrated with Vista Premium!?!

--
HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
Vista Premium x32-bit SP1

iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
news:%238Vl3dGjIHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
> news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
>> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media Center with the green button
>> (the one that came with my laptop and is stored in a slot at the side of the laptop). The remote
>> does work for everything else, QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands once Media
>> Center is running.
>>
>> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings and this has caused the
>> problem (it work before this time). I uninstalled MCE Customizer, however, Media Center still
>> won't launch from the remote control.
>>
>> Thank you for any help.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Paul
>
>
> May be a physically faulty button.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
>

nope, the button works because the computer gives a led signal that it is receiving, also my iPAQ
PDA has Novi Remote programmed and sends the signal, again the computer says it sees it but doesn't
know what to do with it.
--
HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
Vista Premium x32-bit SP1

iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
Tasks>General>Media Center Setup>Run Setup Again

"Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
news:00989AAD-364F-40B1-AA4E-D9D4C1EE53AC@microsoft.com...
> "Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:evCdnWbMnvfsD3janZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Rerun MCE setup.
>>
>> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
>> news:64C6534F-3905-4677-9C37-50863A0156AC@microsoft.com...
>>> "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message news:C445B251-457A-440C-8216-E597639DF4B9@microsoft.com...
>>>> Your best source of info on Media Center is the Green Button site.
>>>>
>>>> The Green Button - Your Media Center Community:
>>>> http://thegreenbutton.com/
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
>>>> interface.
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer
>>>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>> "Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:8111D59E-A647-44E0-A3D7-85A01DBE358A@microsoft.com...
>>>>> The problem I'm having is the remote control will not launch Media
>>>>> Center with the green button (the one that came with my laptop and is
>>>>> stored in a slot at the side of the laptop). The remote does work for
>>>>> everything else, QuickPlay, etc and will work with all the commands
>>>>> once Media Center is running.
>>>>>
>>>>> I installed MCE Customizer and was playing with some of the settings
>>>>> and this has caused the problem (it work before this time). I
>>>>> uninstalled MCE Customizer, however, Media Center still won't launch
>>>>> from the remote control.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for any help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
>>>>> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
>>>>> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
>>>>> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
>>>>> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>>>>>
>>>>> iPAQ 2490 WM5
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>> Actually I posted there first, but still no reply :(
>>>
>>> --
>>> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
>>> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
>>> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
>>> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
>>> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>>>
>>> iPAQ 2490 WM5
>>
>
> how do I do that?!, , it's integrated with Vista Premium!?!
>
> --
> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>
> iPAQ 2490 WM5
 
"Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <p@p.ca> wrote in message
news:ebmBD7JjIHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> nope, the button works because the computer gives a led signal that it is
> receiving, also my iPAQ PDA has Novi Remote programmed and sends the
> signal, again the computer says it sees it but doesn't know what to do
> with it.



You may need to check your startup programs. The remote I use here gets its
green button functionality via a startup program that runs in the background
and makes sense of the signals. Perhaps there's a similar one for your setup
that's somehow become disabled.

Start > msconfig > Startup
Start > msconfig > Services (+Hide all Microsoft Services)

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Jon
 
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