Thanks for the reply: however, I am not running RC1 - I am running RTM -
obtained via MSDN subscription. This is the real deal.

Secondly, I am not sure if the TV works or not - the problem is that when I
attempt to do a "TV Setup" (e.g. set tuners, specify locality for TV guide
etc), Media Center crashes.



"michail iakovou yos" wrote:
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> [url]http://news.com.com/Vista+testers+get+unexpected+holiday+gift+No+TV/2100-1016_3-6147259.html?tag=html.alert[/url]
>
> Some people testing Microsoft's Windows Vista got an unexpected holiday
> surprise: Their TVs stopped working.
>
> Media Center, which is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate versions of
> the Vista operating system, allows remote-control access to a variety of
> entertainment options, including television, for machines that have a TV
> tuner.
> "PFS" <PFS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:05957590-E196-4842-A205-9CFBC211BE47@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> >I have installed Vista Ultimate RTM and it worked fine for a while. After
> >a
> > Windows Update pushed a change, Media Center no longer recognized that TV
> > Setup had been completed and every time I try to run TV Setup, Media
> > Center
> > crashes. I rolled back the update - but the problem still occurs.
> >
> > Help anyone? Pretty annoying that a system works then is broken by an
> > update, pushed by the vendor.[/color]
>
>
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