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Posted on Jul 10, 2009

I just finished installing Windows 7 rc on my xp sony vaio, everything is working fine except my tv tuner on the media center what could be the prblem? i keep gettin messeges saying that the video decoder is nor working or not installed what do i do?

  • martinez_ant Jul 10, 2009

    Well everytime i go to the media center and click on live tv it tells me the decoder is not working or not installed right? I went to the Sony vaio website downloaded the drivers for xp since they work fine and since there is no drivers available for windows 7. it worked fine on xp now on win7 its not working

  • ultimitloozr May 11, 2010

    Have you checked for problems listed in Device Manager or the System Event Log? Have you made sure you have the most current drivers for all of your devices? Is the driver for your decoder Win7 compatible?

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Update the TV tuner with compatible ofthis windows7..good luck

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