October 2010 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center in Windows 7

After the long title, what does it mean? Well, Microsoft have released an update for Windows Media Center on Windows 7. So what does it contain – read on….

Issues that this update resolves

The October 2010 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center in Windows 7 resolves the following issues:

• A scheduling performance issue in which the end time or the start time of scheduled recordings may decrease.
• A significant issue in Dr Watson that occurs in some upgrade scenarios. In these scenarios, the Windows Media Center directory is missing or has incorrect permissions. This results in a crash when you try to open Windows Media Center.
• A significant issue in Dr Watson that occurs during a typical database maintenance process. If you use Windows Media Center and add a new file type to the database, Mcupdate.exe may crash.

Previous updates that this update includes

Additionally, the October 2010 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center in Windows 7 includes the following previous updates:

• June 2010 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center in Windows 7:981078 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981078/ ) A Cumulative Update is available for Windows Media Center in Windows 7
• February 2010 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center in Windows 7:977863 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977863/ ) February 2010 Windows Media Center Cumulative Update for Windows 7
• Update 981129 that was previously released on Microsoft Download Center. Update 981129 resolves a deadlock issue that results in a “Tuner Conflict” error message when you change channels rapidly and frequently on network tuners.981129 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981129/ ) An update to the TV tuner functionality in Windows Media Center is available for Windows 7
• Update 981130 that was previously released on Microsoft Download Center. Update 981130 resolves an issue in which the over-sensitive monitoring of the analog signal strength causes Low Bit Rate overlay messages.981130 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981130/ ) Windows Media Center may display Low Bit Rate overlay messages on a computer that is running Windows 7
• Hotfix 2266287 that resolves a “Copying Prohibited” error message when you use Windows Media Center to watch live TV shows or recorded TV shows.2266287 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2266287/ ) “Copying Prohibited” error when you use Windows Media Center to watch live TV shows or recorded TV shows on a computer that is running Windows 7

If you have automatic updates enabled then you should already have this update, if not, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to select either the 32-bit or 64-bit version.