Error message - critical process failure

>WMC vista has been working fine until recently got an error message saying "A
>critical process in Windows Media has failed. Restart your computer. If the
>problem persists contact your hardware manufacturer." Seems odd that was
>working ok previously and now might be a hardward problem. Amyone have any
>ideas what is going on?

A similar result occurred to our Vista MCE machine last Monday.
Whenever we restarted the machine & media centre, a few seconds later
it would report that same error. Although live TV would work, it
wouldn't do any recordings!

I think the final resolution was to go through the entire TV setup
again.

Dave

>Exactly the same thing happened to my Media Center at the same time.
>There were some windows updates that happened that night so I'm
>assuming them.

Ah, I initially suspected those as well, but we'd apparently also had
a few power cuts during the day so I wasn't entirely sure what the
cause was.

>What ever I do Media Center crashes.

Does anything work?

Have you tried going through the TV setup?

Dave

I too have exactly the same problem, once again after the recent Meida Centre
Cumulative Update that was released on the 14th. I have tried uninstalling
the update to no avail.

I have also tried the System Restore option as my machine is two weeks old
and only has the OEM veriosn on it with no new installs other than a dreiver
upgrade. This just fails to restore saying there is an unspecified error.

Using a Sony VAIO XL 302 with standard components.

Any suggestions

Paul


"David Lowndes" wrote:

> >Exactly the same thing happened to my Media Center at the same time.
> >There were some windows updates that happened that night so I'm
> >assuming them.
>
> Ah, I initially suspected those as well, but we'd apparently also had
> a few power cuts during the day so I wasn't entirely sure what the
> cause was.
>
> >What ever I do Media Center crashes.
>
> Does anything work?
>
> Have you tried going through the TV setup?
>
> Dave
>

>I too have exactly the same problem, once again after the recent Meida Centre
>Cumulative Update that was released on the 14th. I have tried uninstalling
>the update to no avail.

Have you tried going through the TV setup?

Dave

Cheers David,

This worked perfectly. I went to my hardware supplier and the said to
restore factory settings etc. Would have had to back up everything and no
doubt missed and therefore lost something. Would have been a lot of hassle to
back up months of use.

Thanks
Dan

"David Lowndes" wrote:

> >I too have exactly the same problem, once again after the recent Meida Centre
> >Cumulative Update that was released on the 14th. I have tried uninstalling
> >the update to no avail.
>
> Have you tried going through the TV setup?
>
> Dave
>

I tried to go through the TV setup but it keeps crashing when i try. Suggestions?



David Lowndes wrote:

Have you tried going through the TV setup?Dave
18-Nov-07

Have you tried going through the TV setup?

Dave

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:19 AM
dannybo wrote:

Error message - critical process failure
WMC vista has been working fine until recently got an error message saying "A
critical process in Windows Media has failed. Restart your computer. If the
problem persists contact your hardware manufacturer." Seems odd that was
working ok previously and now might be a hardward problem. Amyone have any
ideas what is going on? Got the message trying to delete a previously
recorded TV show. Any help would be great.

On Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:42 AM
David Lowndes wrote:

A similar result occurred to our Vista MCE machine last Monday.
A similar result occurred to our Vista MCE machine last Monday.
Whenever we restarted the machine & media centre, a few seconds later
it would report that same error. Although live TV would work, it
wouldn't do any recordings!

I think the final resolution was to go through the entire TV setup
again.

Dave

On Saturday, November 17, 2007 2:56 PM
mnew wrote:

Re: Error message - critical process failure
On Nov 17, 2:42 pm, David Lowndes <Dav....RemoveThis@example.invalid> wrote:

Exactly the same thing happened to my Media Center at the same time.
There were some windows updates that happened that night so I'm
assuming them. What ever I do Media Center crashes. I'm still working
on it, the sfc command line util reports some errors that it can't fix
and suggests that I look at the log file for suggestions, however as
this file is 4M long its about as much use as a chocolate teapot !

Mark

On Saturday, November 17, 2007 4:23 PM
David Lowndes wrote:

Ah, I initially suspected those as well, but we'd apparently also hada few
Ah, I initially suspected those as well, but we'd apparently also had
a few power cuts during the day so I wasn't entirely sure what the
cause was.


Does anything work?

Have you tried going through the TV setup?

Dave

On Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:55 AM
Paul wrote:

I too have exactly the same problem, once again after the recent Meida Centre
I too have exactly the same problem, once again after the recent Meida Centre
Cumulative Update that was released on the 14th. I have tried uninstalling
the update to no avail.

I have also tried the System Restore option as my machine is two weeks old
and only has the OEM veriosn on it with no new installs other than a dreiver
upgrade. This just fails to restore saying there is an unspecified error.

Using a Sony VAIO XL 302 with standard components.

Any suggestions

Paul


"David Lowndes" wrote:

On Sunday, November 18, 2007 3:11 PM
David Lowndes wrote:

Have you tried going through the TV setup?Dave
Have you tried going through the TV setup?

Dave

On Monday, November 19, 2007 3:48 PM
dannybo wrote:

Cheers David,This worked perfectly.
Cheers David,

This worked perfectly. I went to my hardware supplier and the said to
restore factory settings etc. Would have had to back up everything and no
doubt missed and therefore lost something. Would have been a lot of hassle to
back up months of use.

Thanks
Dan

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