.NET Update

[jcjefferies]

Has anyone else had a problem after installing the latest .NET update on Vista. NextPVR seemed to start ok but an exception box poped up when I tried to do anything. The Recording Service would not start and when I went to look at the Windows event log that would not start either showing a "MMC could not create the snap-in" error. On a Technet forum .NET was suggested as the cause and I had just installed some updates for .NET. I reverted to the Restore Point created by Windows Update and everything works. My client computer works ok with the updates but the NextPVR server fails if I reinstall the updates. I will try to repair or do a clean install of .NET tomorrow to see if that helps.

[stustunz]

Bugger me i did almost exactly the same thing but didnt realise it was .net that caused it
I had done a few things with decoders as my mp3's wouldnt play
SO i gave up trying to figure it out and did a restore
I was running out of time and recordings were due and to keep peace in the house i needed a quick fix

I couldnt be sure it was the same but it sounds very similar

[mvallevand]

I did the big .Net upgrade last week and everything is okay here and nothing is showing in Windows Update

Martin

[fering]

I just completed a rebuild of my setup using Windows 7 (was on XP) and did the .Net update today. No issues here.

I'll fire up my old XP NextPVR machine and see if it works with the .Net update.

[stustunz]

its only if your recording on the machine its a issue
only record on my xp machine all others are on 7 so i cant compare

[fering]

its only if your recording on the machine its a issue
only record on my xp machine all others are on 7 so i cant compare

I still had tuners in my XP machine (lost some PCI slots on the new MB) so I just fired it up and let it pickup where it left off with recurring recordings. I had no recording problems all weekend on XP (or Win7) with the latest .NET updates.

[jcjefferies]

My NPVR Server and Client were not working for most of the weekend because of the .NET problem and had quite a number of failed recordings. I arrived home Saturday night to see a message on my NPVR server which said that it had recovered from a blue screen crash. NextPVR didn’t work and on checking found the latest .NET update had been automatically installed again, which is not how I usually setup Update. Having tried various things I used the .NET uninstall utility to revert to the basic Vista setup which is .NET 2 so my NextPVR server worked again.

My NextPVR client also now started having problems and was very prone to crashing when you “Skip” while playing a recording. However I have a Vista and an XP client neither of which have been switched on recently so don’t have the recent .NET update installed and both work as normal. I again used the uninstall utility to return Vista to basic .NET 2 and the client ran reliably. I then gradually added single .NET updates testing playback at each stage but was unable to force a crash until the latest 29th Dec update (KB2657424) was installed. I was able to force several “Not Responding” crashes so uninstalled just the latest update and I now have a reliable NextPVR client again.