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Vista Media Center, XBox 360 Extender and Network Shares
Here is the process: - Go into Media Center on Vista Ultimate - Go to Tasks -> Add Extender - Enter my Xbox 360 serial number, select the default options on the next two screens. - I get to the configuration screen where it shows all of the configuration tasks, and after about 3 seconds I get aa new "Configuration

Vista RC1 Media Center, network drives and Xbox 360 Extender
Hi, I was able to get my XBOX 360 to binf once to my VISTA RC2 Media Center, howevre after rebooting the Media Center and XBOX 360, I can no longer connect. I deleted the XBOX 360 from the Extenders under Media Center, as well as deleted the software on the XBOX for Media Center Extender.

Vista / Xbox 360 / Media Center Extender (MCE)
W. Davis WDa...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows mediacenter I can connect and view live tv but cannot change the aspect ratio when viewing with my xbox 360. When I attempt to change the aspect ratio (info, zoom, etc.) the zoom button disappears and nothing happens. Is this a known bug?

Vista RC1 Media Center, network drives and Xbox 360 Extender
BLeB B...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows mediacenter After several attempts at wireless use, and after deleting my prior connections on both the XBox and Vista, I have now installed the XBox as an extender. I have also gone through the process of downloading all of the file tags, and Vista has

Vista MC - Xbox 360 Extender - Router - Help
I investigated further and found that if the 360 extender is tuned to Live TV, when someone logs on or off Vista, Media Center loses the live TV signal. It can be restored by going to the Guide and selecting a different channel. This appears to be a problem only when the Fusion tuner is in use.

CPU Utilization - Xbox 360 Extender Vista Media Center
"Chris H." wrote: Besides what Doug has already said, the next version of Windows operating system (Vista) is still in beta, and hasn't even reached the Beta 2 stage yet. A whole lot of things aren't locked down, Will the Xbox 360 work as an extender to windows vista. Any inside knowledge on what this will be.

Vista / Xbox 360 / Media Center Extender (MCE)
toast toast.2wf...@DoNotSpam.com microsoft public windows mediacenter Just wanted to let you know I am having the exact same problem with the Linksys BEFSR41. I have found the following page that lists ports to be opened at the bottom. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/mediacenter/firewall.mspx

{Next Gen Tech} Re: Complete Dashboard Update Feature List
I'm sorry to say I can't remember exactly how I connected the Vista pc to the Xbox 360 the first time. I do remember that I didn't know there was an "add-an-extender" feature under tasks in the Media Center interface. I'm guessing that I started on the X-box360 and re-set it to the default settings in the system

CPU Utilization - Xbox 360 Extender Vista Media Center
Todd Bowra [MSFT] todd...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windows mediacenter As you mentioned, a good place to start is a direct Ethernet connection between the PC and Xbox. Note that if you are using Windows Vista, you'll need to manually toggle the network type back to Home in the Windows Firewall settings

Vista Media Center and Xbox 360
We currently have our Xbox 360 set up as a Media Extender to Vista's Media Center. It appears that we can only send stored content on the PC to the X-360. Is there a way to watch live streaming internet based video content that is not stored on the PC through the Xbox Extender on our TV?

Xbox 360 as extender to Windows Vista.
There is no need to modify any port settings on your router (because the PC and Xbox should both be on the LAN side of your router, the router's firewall does not come into play) -- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "toast" <toast.2wf...@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message

Vista Media Center, XBox 360 Extender and Network Shares
kyl3mb kyl3...@googlemail.com microsoft public windows mediacenter Hello, i'm have been having trouble setting up my xbox 360 as a media center extender from my windows vista pc. The strange thing is that on another pc on the same network has no trouble connecting and setting up. The issue i am having is after

Windows Vista Media Center, xbox360 extender and sme server
I've just had a frustrating couple of weeks with a similar problem to yours, ie Media Center starts up on the XBox then freezes. It was possible to navigate the menus for a couple of seconds or select Live TV by pressing the red button immediately after Media Center started but then no further input was possible.

Vista Media Center Extender - XBOX 360 unusably slow
Barb Bowman b...@nospam.com microsoft public windows mediacenter if you have the latest available firmware for the HW version of the BEFSR41 you have, you should upgrade the firmware. If that and the other recommendations in this thread don't resolve the issue, it's probably time to replace the router.

Vista Beta 2 and XBOX 360 setup
Brian Skelly BrianSke...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows mediacenter A Reformat and Freshy install of Vistra RC2 allowed the Extender to connect once again, however after a reboot of the Vista PC and XBOX 360, I am now unable to get the extender to connect to the XBOX 360 either through the

XBox 360 Media Center extender vista driver
It is during the steps to setting up an extender it asks for the PIN number on the 360 etc then the Vista machine detects a new XBOX 360 Media Center Extender and starts to connect to Windows Update to find it, which it doesn't and then you get the "Have a disk" prompt. I am having an issue where previous drivers

Vista Beta 2 and Xbox 360 extender infinite loop error
I would also like it to wake up when my Xbox 360 (in another room) wants to connect to be used as an extender. I have searched all over the net to try to find a solution to this however have not found very much specific to what I want. My question to the community is, can this be done, or are all those who want to

Xbox 360 extender loses connection when someone logs off Vista
Dan H danh...@nospam.comcast.net microsoft public windows mediacenter My PC has been upgraded to Vista Ultimate and I was able to connect my Xbox 360 (hard-wired) without a problem.. But, when I playback HDTV on the Xbox, CPU utilization is not low and smooth as it was under MCE2005, but very spikey.

Vista MC - Xbox 360 Extender - Router - Help
I disabled the downloads on the XBox end, and that definitely improved things a lot. The XBox now functions as a media center extender. I do still have one problem and concern. Since you've been nice enough to respond once, perhaps you will again. Now that I have things basically working, my main complaint is that

Media Center Crashes on Vista Ultimate - Bug
I've previously had, this year, 2 Xbox 360s, which "paired" no problem with Vista Media Center, and worked as Extenders perfectly. I'm now on my 3rd Xbox 360, and this time when I try to "pair" them, my Vista PC says it's trying to find drivers for the Xbox 360 Extender, but when I click "Locate & Install.