Vista Media Center Crashes on Startup

[jsunshine301]

I just installed Windows Vista Ultimate yesterday. I ran Media Center once and it crashed when I tried to view a trailer from the internet.

Since then Media Center crashes every time I start it. I get a error Message dialog labeled "eHome Assert" that says the following:

Messge:

WARNING: No valid focus target found. Input from a keyboard or remote will be

ignored until focus is restored to a valid site.

File: <no filename info>

Line: 0

Call stack:

UiSession.Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI.Input.IInputHost.RepairInvalidKeyFocus <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

KeyFocusRepairItem.Dispatch <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

Dispatcher.DispatchNextItem <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

Dispatcher.MainLoopBody <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

Dispatcher.MainLoop <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

Dispatcher.MainLoop <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

Application.Run <unknown> Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI

PageBasedUCPService.Run <unknown> ehshell

UserControlPoint.Launch <unknown> ehshell

LaunchMediaCenter.LaunchMediaCenterHelper <unknown> ehshell

If I click the ignore button I hear the Media Center intro music but then I'm left with a blank black screen.

If I click the abort button I return to normal Windows.

Any ideas?

[fizban2]

Hi and welcome to the forums!

Could you give a little more detail about the computer as well what errors are being logged in the event logs?

[BrandonJoyce356]

I have this exact same error. Anyone figure this out yet? Here is my hardware...

Dell Inspiron 530

nVidia GeForce 8300 gs