Microsoft KB Archive/941229

= October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista =

Article ID: 941229

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Vista Ultimate
 * Windows Vista Home Premium
 * Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
 * Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition

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SUMMARY
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 &quot;Hotfix replacement information&quot; 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 &quot;approved&quot; or as &quot;allowed&quot; 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.

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

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.

Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista, 64-bit versions
Download the 941229 package now.

Release Date: October 2, 2007

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Hotfix replacement information
This is a cumulative update. This update replaces the following updates:

935652 June 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

932818 April 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.

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