Thank you Mr. Miller! I was perplexed by windows\ehome\ehRec.exe, and could find no explanation of its purpose, only correction for error in xp SP3. The instructions below answered my questions and helped me understand its function and why it was contacting a microsoft site in the background. Sincerely, Kenny A. (former MCSE) "Richard Miller" wrote: > Try this > > 1 Close Media Center > 2 Click on the Start menu, choose run and type cmd > 3 Execute the command regsvr32.exe atl.dll > 4 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched /unregServer > 5 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehSched /service > 6 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr /unregServer > 7 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRecvr /service > 8 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRec.exe /unregServer > 9 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehRec.exe /regserver > 10 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe /unregServer > 11 Execute the command C:\WINDOWS\eHome\ehmsas.exe /regserver > 12 Restart Media Center > > http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/02/17/534559.aspx > -- > Richard A Miller MCE mvp > http://www.microsoft.com/mvp > > > > > "Richard Miller" wrote: > > > Are you getting a "Component Registration Failure" error ? > > -- > > Richard A Miller MCE mvp > > http://www.microsoft.com/mvp > > > > > > > > > > "Tom" wrote: > > > > > When I open MCE 2005, it doesn't find the TV and Radio. When I click on the > > > TV, I get a Critical Process Error (code 3) saying files cannot be found and > > > to restart the PC (doesn't help). I get several other errors as well. It > > > generates an error report, sends it to MS, and then closes. I haven't made > > > any changes and did a system restore to an earlier time but that hasn't > > > helped. One of the messages I receive says that my tuner may not be working. > > > Is there any way to check this out? Should I just assume it's the tuner and > > > buy a new one? > > > > > > I sure could use some suggestions. > > > > > > Thanks!