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"Paul Murphy" <p_murphynothanks@tospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "GT-Force" <dummyacct@operamail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Paul Murphy" <p_murphynothanks@tospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> ...Have you tried backing up all of your data, formatting the HDD and
>>> doing a complete from the ground up reinstall ensuring that MMC is the
>>> first software to be installed and tested after Windows installation was
>>> complete (with necessary drivers and DirectX 9.0C)?
>>> Paul
>>
>> Thanks for taking time to write.
>>
>> Whenever I hear someone 'suggesting' "Format your hard drive" it gives me
>> the heebee-jeebees. Do you know how long does it take for me to reinstall
>> everything? I do not have such time since I am not 12 years old anymore.
>>
>> Any better suggestions are welcome, though.
>>
>> GT
> I've just read your other post mentioning that you only want functionality
> of your remote wonder so MMC shouldn't even be needed for that anyway. Its
> the remote wonder software/drivers needed instead (and should be installed
> BEFORE plugging in the Remote Wonders USB receiver). The answer to your
> above question is given there has already been lots of
> uninstalling/reinstalling/failed installs etc the time required is likely
> less than that needed to diagnose and correct the corruption which has
> likely already occured. Although a fresh install may take a while, its
> quite simple (a 12 year old could do it ;-) Once a complete (tested and
> working fine) reinstall is performed, the next step should be to create a
> recovery DVD (or set of DVDs) for your machines HDD so next time a full
> reinstall is needed you can wipe the drive and more easily/quickly go back
> to a perfectly working state. Nero 6 has the capability to do this very
> easily with the BackItUp application. Just install the HDD as a secondary
> drive in a machine with NERO 6 installed and burn away. Although a full
> reinstall is tedious and may take some time, its often the quickest way to
> resolve such issues in the long run. A fresh install would also probably
> speed things up significantly if its been a while since the HDD was last
> formatted and you've done lots of installing etc in the mean time.
>
> Paul
I already did install Remote Wonder driver, and the remote itself works
fine. Yet, without the software to control, and play your multimedia files,
what's the use of a remote, right? Since MMC is designed with Remote Wonder
in mind, it is the easiest to control with this remote. And just that, no
more.
Anyway, I am not spending even 1/10th of a time to troubleshoot this
compared to formatting. "To Hell with ATI", I already said, and bought an
6800 GT, and I will stay away from ATI until they hire good programmers. I
am not saying that their hardware is bad, just their software, including
their drivers, which is showing some promise of getting better, but not
there yet. I am not using the remote all that much, and if in need, there is
ton of way better software available compared to ATI's MMC, and I will use
the remote simply as a mouse, if necessary, and use these software instead.
I am complaining, in principle, that if something is supposed to work in a
certain way, it should. It must, indeed, if I paid for it.
Have a good day.
GT
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