Error Installing Windows Media Center Extender on Windows XP

Windows Media Center Extenders are devices designed to connect to a Windows 7, Vista Premium or Ultimate or XP Media Center Edition based computer system via a network link. This allows the computer systems streamlining their functions to the device. To install the device on a Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 computer, it is required that the disk should not be a dynamic disk. If you desire to install the device on a dynamic disk, you must delete all the hard disk partitions and restore data later from backup. At times, backup might fail to restore. In such situations, you need a professional Partition Recovery tool to recover all lost partitions.

For example, you use a Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005-based computer. You try to install Windows Media Center Extender and come across the below error message on the computer and Extender device:

"Not Connected"

Trying to reconnect or toggling the power button of Extender on and off might give you another error code:

"0020B08"

When you view the Application event log of the computer, you receive an event with ID: 10000 and an error suggesting that it could not start DCOM Server.

Cause

Such errors are generally observed when you try to install Windows Media Center Extender on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that is installed on a dynamic disk.

Solution

To isolate the problem, you need to delete the partitions and install the operating system on basic disc. Use the below steps to do so:


Boot the computer using Windows installation CD-ROM and accept the license agreement

Select each disk partition using arrow keys and delete them by pressing 'D'

Format the partitions when prompted for and install Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 by following the remaining steps

Restore data from backup and install Windows Media Center Extender

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