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Shane:

--- Quote ---If I run a Windows repair I can turn the features on but only briefly and they go back to being disabled.
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Certain settings make windows change the startup of certain services. As an example, remote desktop is normally off by default so the remote desktop service is set to disabled. When you enable remote desktop windows changes the service to automatic.

So knowing that windows does changes service startup and even starts or stops them based on what settings are in the registry, I would say that is the path we need to look down.

We need to find out what registry settings hold that info and why they are not getting changed or if something is changing them back OR like the retarded bits service, if a filestobackup key is simply missing from the registry the bits service bombs out and stops. So you can see how crazy easy it is to break some of these.

So if a repair install of windows normally fixes it then either it is putting back missing registry keys or overwriting some. I am wondering if it is a missing registry key that is the problem.

But I dont know off the top of my head where to start looking on which ones are needed.

Shane

dmroz:
Here is the order and specifics on how the issue was resolved.

1) removed the 3 windows media options by going to "programs and features" and deselecting the Windows media features.

2) used Revo Uninstaller to remove any remnants of Windows Media.  Revo took out the leftover registry entries, files and directories associated with Windows Media.

3) as recommended changed the service startup features as follows:

DNS Client - Started / Automatic
Function Discovery Resource Publication - Started / Automatic
SSDP Discovery - Started / Automatic
UPnP Device Host - Started / Automatic

please note these steps did not work without using Revo to eliminate Windows Media remnants.

4) rebooted and turned Media Streaming back on at which point the network device list appears.

now that media streaming is working i have to start focusing in on why iTunes will not stream to devices on the network.  hopefully the iTunes issue will be an easier solution.

Thanks for the help!  help with the iTunes problem will be greatly appreciated! :wink:

Shane:

--- Quote ---please note these steps did not work without using Revo to eliminate Windows Media remnants.
--- End quote ---

That answers the question then :-)

It was what ever registry keys Revo removed. I dont suppose it kept a log of what it removed did it?

Shane

dmroz:
I checked Revo and there isn't a log from the deletion.  However, i do recall looking at the registry entries it was to delete and they had Media Player and Media Center in them.  As for the file and directories I saw Windows Media Player as the directory being deleted.  I wish I had a log for you but CCleaner must have deleted it.  thanks for your help!

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