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[Charlemagne 8]

I also had to reboot. All of my MC settings were gone. This is not the first time and is something that occasionally happens when getting fresh builds but a warning would have been nice. I'm not complicated so my personal settings are not hard to recreate. The most time-consuming will be rebuilding my list of things to NOT import.
The thing that concerns me is that G-force no longer runs in Media Center. All works well except when G-force starts, MC goes out like a light. I tried uninstalling this build and going back to the previous build that used to work with G-force but no worky.
I'll try going back to a previous restore point to see if that works.

A clue: I tried to uninstall / reinstall G-force and got an error message related to Windows Media Player. Something about the g-force DLL being in use and not being able to overwrite. WMP was not running.

CVIII

[JimH]

I also had to reboot. All of my MC settings were gone. This is not the first time and is something that occasionally happens when getting fresh builds but a warning would have been nice.

The reboot (one time only) is normal.  It fixes a Windows Media problem.  Losing settings is not normal unless you uninstalled first and removed the registry settings. 

Are you using the latest version of Geforce?

[Charlemagne 8]

Yes. That's really what disturbs me. I just paid for another year.
It's not the version. That worked fine before 185.
I suppose this means I'm the only one reporting a problem.
CVIII

Losing settings is not normal unless you uninstalled first and removed the registry settings. 

I didn't but have since. On further thought, let's discount that problem. I didn't discover lost settings until after I had uninstalled.

I forgot this last time:

Media Center Registered 11.1.185 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2570 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 141 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive E:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive E: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8483B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

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[Charlemagne 8]

I can't help but wonder that it's a Windows Media problem. In the past, an update installation from Media Center didn't require a restart unless WM was involved and the error message was WM related. Coincidence?

What the heck are you doing working on Sunday? That's what comes from being the Head Cheese: no time off.

CVIII

[JimH]

I was away this week so I'm trying to get tuned in again.

Geforce has a forum.  Maybe reporting the problem there might help.

I don't know is the real answer.

How's the wren in the truck?  Mine are back in the garden here.

[Charlemagne 8]

I posted in GForce Forum a couple of days ago. No response other than a guy telling me his worked just fine.
Nice to know but not too helpful.
CVIII

[JimH]

Did you try a more recent download of Geforce?  On at least one occasion, the download was changed without changing the version number.

[canaro99]

For the last few builds (somewhere around 183(?)) MC will inexplicably crash. I still don't know why, however, on two occasions I've uninstalled (not registry entries) and reinstalled. On every occasion, I've had to reinstall G-Force to get it to work.

[Charlemagne 8]

Did you try a more recent download of Geforce?

Yes I did.

On every occasion, I've had to reinstall G-Force to get it to work.

I've reinstalled a half dozen times. It acts like it about to work but then "Zap!"
MC is gone. I get about 5 seconds.


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[Fex]

I posted in GForce Forum a couple of days ago. No response other than a guy telling me his worked just fine.
Nice to know but not too helpful...

Here is another "not too helpful" one. Just installed 185 over 182 and G-Force (Platinum) 3.1.2 still works fine. Without buying it for another year so far (I will).