I'm a long-time MC user. In recent weeks, Media Center has become extremely slow to open (3-4 minutes). I was running 11.1.196, finally uninstalled MC and reinstalled build 11.1.201 - same problem. The MC icon shows immediately, and the program appears in Task Manager with relatively little resource usage, but the program itself takes a very long time to fully open. On occasions, it never appears and I have to kill it in TM - which also takes a long time - and try again.
Also, when I try to access CD Burning in Tools/Options, the program hangs indefinitely while detecting the drives, whites out and I also have to kill it with TM. CD burning itself has also become very funky, taking a long time to burn a data disk.
I've done several System restores, trying to find the last stable point, with no luck.
Here's the system info:
Media Center Registered 11.1.201 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2019 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 785 MB, Free - 345 MB
Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive E: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive F: 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 / No burners found.
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No /
I realize that the free memory isn't great - I've been liberating as much as I can with SpeedUpMyPC.
I'm running Counterspy, Solo anti-virus and Sygate Personal Firewall, none of which have interfered with MC in the past. I've also installed the Linksys wireless phone and base station recenly - possible program conflict?
Couldn't find much on Interact search. Would welcome any suggestions. Thanks.