October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

Microsoft has released the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.

Issues that are resolved by this update

In addition to the fixes that are contained in the updates that are listed in the "Hotfix replacement information" section, the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista resolves the following issues:

• Several issues that are related to the Media Center Extensibility Platform
• An issue that affects digital cable card components when you use Scientific Atlanta cable cards
• Interaction issues that occur between Media Center PC and Microsoft Xbox 360 when Xbox 360 is used as a Media Center Extender.
• Autolaunch issues that occur with video CD (VCD) media

Information for Windows Media Center Extenders

Windows Media Center Extenders, such as the Xbox 360, use network ports to communicate over the network with computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. This update rollup contains updates to Media Center programs that may have been previously configured as "approved" or as "allowed" by a third-party firewall. If you use a third-party firewall, you may have to manually update your firewall to let the new versions of these programs access the ports. If you do not perform these firewall updates, you may experience failures when you try to connect the Windows Media Center Extender to the Media Center computer.

Service pack information

For more information about the latest service pack for Windows Vista, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Update information

To obtain the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista, you can download it from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site or from the Windows Download Center.

Windows Update Web site

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com)

Windows Download Center

The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista, 32-bit versions

Download the 941229 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=48477121-4427-483D-8309-4C18DE611BD4&displaylang=en)

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista, 64-bit versions

Download the 941229 package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DC17DA0A-46A9-4CD7-88F1-E8C576F8E585)

Release Date: October 2, 2007

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Hotfix replacement information

This is a cumulative update. This update replaces the following updates:

Known issues

After you install KB941229, TV playback may freeze when you change the channel while you are using an Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center Extender to watch live digital TV. To resolve this issue, install the update that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article.
Note We recommend that you install this update even if your system does not exhibit the TV playback issue.

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