Task Scheduler Errors - Windows Media Center


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    Windows 7 Professional x64
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    Task Scheduler Errors - Windows Media Center


    I have Windows 7 Professional x64.

    When I start Task Scheduler it presents two warnings; both are related to Windows Media Center:

    Task mcupdate_scheduled: The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.

    I believe this scheduled task runs the %windir%\ehome\mcupdate command to check for Windows Media Center updates.

    Task DispatchRecoveryTasks: The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.
    I haven't been able to determine what this task does.

    1- Do I need to be concerned about these warnings?
    2- Is there anything I can do to fix or mitigate them?

    Thanks for your help.
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  2. Posts : 40
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Further research on Google yields the following information:

    The mcupdate_scheduled task (in Windows Vista) downloads the following data packages. These data packages are used by Windows Media Center in Windows Vista; the same is probably true in Windows 7.

    Directory Service: The Directory Service package lists the packages that are available in a region. The Directory Service package also provides information about how to obtain packages, about how frequently to download packages, and about when to download packages.
    Client Update: The Client Update package contains updated regional information.
    Sports (United States & Canada Only): The Sports package contains information about sporting events. This information is integrated with other Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information. .
    Net TV (United States only): The Net TV package contains information about videos that are available on demand.
    MCESpotlight: This package contains information about Online Spotlight applications that are available.

    Since I hardly ever use Media Center - nothing wrong with it, I just don't use it - I'll ignore the error message and simply delete the schedule task. For as much as I use WMC, I'll update it manually.

    The DispatchRecoveryTasks scheduled task launches:
    %SystemRoot%\ehome\ehPrivJob.exe /DoRecoveryTasks $(Arg0)

    Ehprivjob.exe is a digital cable device registration application. Apparently, this task is looking for a digital cable tuner, which I don't have and never had. I have a feeling that Windows didn't schedule this task on its own. It was probably scheduled by a third-party application, possibly a video player or video driver. If I can find the app and figure out how to disable the task, will do. Otherwise I need to find some other way to disable this scheduled task. Or I suppose I could also ignore it. But that's no fun.

    Unless someone has further insight, I guess this will suffice as my question's answer.
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