Windows 7 Media Center Cumulative Update KB 981078 Released

Tue, Jun 22, 2010

  |  Terry Walsh
Windows 7 Media Center Cumulative Update KB 981078 Released

A cumulative update has been published today for Windows Media Center.

wmc thumb Windows 7 Media Center Cumulative Update KB 981078 Released

This update (KB 981078) fixes the following issues:

  • If there is a revoked version of the PlayReady PC Runtime installed when you use Windows Media Center to play protected content, a “Copy Prohibited” overlay message or a black screen is displayed. After you apply this update, the overlay message will direct you to the appropriate PlayReady PC Runtime update on the Microsoft Update website.
  • You reference a backup database when the guide database in Windows Media Center is corrupted. If you set a manual recording on a channel that is not listed in the backup database, the Mcupdate.exe process crashes.
  • Schedule data may disappear in regions that use in-band guide data. For example, schedule data disappear in Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) regions.
  • Windows Media Center crashes when you use an invalid path for a recorded TV location.

The fixes should be waiting for you now, courtesy of Windows Update.

More: Microsoft.com

 

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3 Responses to “Windows 7 Media Center Cumulative Update KB 981078 Released”

  1. MaxPC Says:
    23. June 2010 at 6:16 am

    Thats a bad a** update too!

    Reply

  2. Bryan Says:
    23. June 2010 at 10:15 am

    Hi, I have a problem with the integration of Windows 7 media centre and my WHS. I've set my TV archive to automatically archive all recordings. This is mostly successful however for a proportion of recording, perhaps 20%, the meta data appears to become corrupted. As a consequence these corrupted files appear as being recorder on an "Unknown" date and the program time is 1 minute (even though the entire program is viewable). This problem has been also been noted on the "Green Button" site. I telephoned Microsoft but they did not recognise this problem.
    Has anyone else experienced this problem and is there a solution yet?
    Thanks
    Bryan

    Reply

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