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Posted by Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] on May 15, 2008, 8:03 pm
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There is a hack that does work, and I've posted on my blog about the
results, but MS has asked me not to release the details. But short of that,
you're limited to two DCT's at this time.
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> So the hack doesn't work in Vista?
>
>
>> Vista RTM only supports two DCT's at this time.
>>
>> --
>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
>> Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> http://www.dougknox.com
>> --------------------------------
>> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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>> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>>
>>> Ok. I'm really no dummy when it comes to hardware and software. But
>>> I'm baffled by why this doesn't work.
>>>
>>> For the past 5 months, I've been battling with my system to run 3
>>> digital cable tuners on my Vista MCE system. And everytime I think I've
>>> figured it out, I'm still getting nowhere. I'm wondering if it's the
>>> fact that I have 3 DCT's (rather than an even number) or if it's
>>> something I'm doing wrong.
>>>
>>> I've run into problems with bad splitters, bad cards, etc. Get that
>>> fixed, check it out using Digital Card Diagnostics within MCE, and still
>>> no luck. I have absolutely no problem running with 2 DCTs. But I can't
>>> for the life of me, get 3 to work.
>>>
>>>
>>> I've done the registry hacks as follows:
>>>
>>> All are enabled for MCE.
>>>
>>> Tuner 1:
>>> recordorder = 0
>>> recordprefered = fffffffff
>>> watchorder = 2
>>> watchprefered = 0
>>>
>>> Tuner 2:
>>> recordorder = 1
>>> recordprefered = 0
>>> watchorder = 1
>>> watchprefered = 0
>>>
>>> Tuner 3:
>>> recordorder = 2
>>> recordpreferred = 0
>>> watchorder = 0
>>> watchprefered = ffffffff
>>>
>>> As I understand it, those are really the only hacks I need to make to
>>> the registry.
>>>
>>> When I run, I can watch or record one show, but if I try to watch or
>>> record another, I get an error message stating that Media Center has
>>> encountered an error. Please restart my computer.
>>>
>>> Any advice would be welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Art Nadelman
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