I'm beginning to think that whatever "improvements" Microsoft are supposed to have included in Windows 7's WMC should be taken back to the drawing board.
When it can detect the tuner, which is always a hit & miss operation, I now can't flip up or down channels without going back to the guide. I give up!
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Guess what? They are in fact there, but for some reason when I'm using the default display setting they don't show, when I expand to full screen they magically appear...LOL
Never though of doing that before. I usually have it in the top right-hand corner of my screen and it usually shows those buttons OK.
No idea what has changed to cause it....!
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
I might add that it's reverted to its usual bolshie behaviour. I got the first channel I picked from the TV Guide, but can't tune up or down anyway as it says "Channel Not Available".
If I close and reopen WMC then use the guide I can go to whatever channel assuming it finds the tuner in the first place.
It really is a mess in Windows 7 or at least it is when using a TV Wonder 650 PCI card and Vista drivers. There aren't any Win 7 ones.
Thanks for your help.
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
I keep WMC as a small window, and the channel -+ buttons don't show.. have to enlarge the window. But, I just use the - & + keys on the keyboard keypad to change the channels.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTMIntel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz6 GB dual channel DDR2 333 MHzNVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 256 MB
I keep WMC as a small window, and the channel -+ buttons don't show.. have to enlarge the window. But, I just use the - & + keys on the keyboard keypad to change the channels.
