Media State Aggregation Service events are not sent to an application that is running on a Media Center Extender in Windows Media Center Edition 2005 (921276)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

SYMPTOMS

On Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE), you can use the Media State Aggregation Service (MSAS) to obtain events from the MCE shell. When you do this, you can display the status of Media Center on a front panel display or for a device driver. The MSAS events are not sent to an application that is running on a Media Center Extender.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

The MSAS is designed to run on a host computer to display events from Windows Media Center on devices such as front panel displays. The MSAS service does not support monitoring events on an extender.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/28/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB921276 kbAudDeveloper kbAudOEM
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