[AddOn] Windows 7 Media Center 1.0 (English)

By ricktendo
January 23, 2009 in OS Transformation Packs

https://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/5394-addon-windows-7-media-center-10-english/

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Jatin Beniwal

Posted May 14, 2009

OnePiece_Windows_XP_Post-SP3_UpdatePack_v2.3.1_ENU

I got problem when i use ur addon with onepiece update pack. Working on XP Pro SP-3 OEM.

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pojac 88352

Posted August 12, 2009

Posted August 12, 2009 (edited)

hi rick

very sory for you again and again disturb.

i can translate your Windows 7 Media Center 1.0 (English) addon for turkish lang.

but i have a qustion.

where i can not (surely) change [menu] [string] [rcdata]

 [dialog] [version] from inside of ehres.dll or any file.

Edited September 1, 2009 by Acces Netdede

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AndreyPopov

Posted September 12, 2009

Posted September 12, 2009 (edited)

- Renamed Windows 7 Media Center
- New startup sound and a couple PNG's (very minor changes)

what I need to modify MCE with Russian MUI to look like Vista/Win7 MCE?

only ehres.dll.mui need to patch? or some any files needed to patch?

can you patch russian ehres.dll.mui (I can send it to you).

Edited September 12, 2009 by AndreyPopov

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ricktendo

Posted September 12, 2009

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Posted September 12, 2009

what I need to modify MCE with Russian MUI to look like Vista/Win7 MCE?
only ehres.dll.mui need to patch? or some any files needed to patch?
can you patch russian ehres.dll.mui (I can send it to you).

Its allot more work than just ehres.dll

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AndreyPopov

Posted September 16, 2009

Its allot more work than just ehres.dll

in mui I find only

ehdrop.dll.mui 4kb

ehrec.exe.mui 3kb

ehrecvr.exe.mui 3.5kb

ehres.dll.mui 8.44mb

ehsched.dll.mui 4k

all mui files contains only localized russian strings except ehres.dll.mui!!! it has RCDATA inside.

I install English WinXP with MCE addon + MCE Win7 than install MCE MUI local pack.

when I switch to English interface - MCE looks like Win7 MCE, when I switch to Russian interface MCE looks like MCE 2005. and that's why I ask what I need to patch than in Russian interface

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pojac 88352

Posted September 16, 2009

Posted September 16, 2009 (edited)

in mui I find only
ehdrop.dll.mui 4kb
ehrec.exe.mui 3kb
ehrecvr.exe.mui 3.5kb
ehres.dll.mui 8.44mb
ehsched.dll.mui 4k
all mui files contains only localized russian strings except ehres.dll.mui!!! it has RCDATA inside.
I install English WinXP with MCE addon + MCE Win7 than install MCE MUI local pack.
when I switch to English interface - MCE looks like Win7 MCE, when I switch to Russian interface MCE looks like MCE 2005. and that's why I ask what I need to patch than in Russian interface

i have a proposal for you bro;

you download rick's Windows 7 Media Center 1.0 (English) and Windows 7 Media Center 1.0 (Spanish) pack and you can look where is he change interface, language and strings. Namely where is the different to this packs.

i say modify list uper post for you.

you can modify one by one mce05 addon and mce07 addon or this packs modify after to combine...

Edited September 16, 2009 by Acces Netdede

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AndreyPopov

Posted September 17, 2009

i have a proposal for you bro;
you download rick's Windows 7 Media Center 1.0 (English) and Windows 7 Media Center 1.0 (Spanish) pack and you can look where is he change interface, language and strings. Namely where is the different to this packs.
i say modify list uper post for you.
you can modify one by one mce05 addon and mce07 addon or this packs modify after to combine...

I almost add Rick's MCE05 addon and Win7 MCE addon!

than I extract RCDATA from ehres.dll from Win7 MCE addon and add they to my russian ehres.dll.mui - it's work !!!!!!!

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pojac 88352

Posted September 19, 2009

I almost add Rick's MCE05 addon and Win7 MCE addon!
than I extract RCDATA from ehres.dll from Win7 MCE addon and add they to my russian ehres.dll.mui - it's work !!!!!!!
[http://pic.ipicture.ru/uploads/090917/thumbs/bE4bE7visB.jpg

ok, very good work bro

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Dumpy Dooby

Posted October 15, 2009

I'd love to use this, but unfortunately your host is down. I can host it if you can get it to me.

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ricktendo

Posted October 15, 2009

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Posted October 15, 2009

Yea I recall you hosted sharks and/or boooggys stuff thanks for the kind offer...for now I will mirror it on RS

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stsaerox

Posted February 2, 2010

I'd really like to keep the original executable quadrangle icon that Xp media center has. Can I make that by using simply resource hacker or it will break during unattended installation of windows?

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ricktendo

Posted February 2, 2010

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Posted February 2, 2010

HMM no if you are referring to the start orb it will be skewed, you also have to edit a xml...if its ehshell.exe icon in the taskbar you can delete my ehshell.exe and it wont overwrite the default one

If I were you and I liked the default stuff I would not use this addon

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stsaerox

Posted February 7, 2010

I like the new look but not the new ehshell.exe icon on the taskbar. The old is perfect for me. Thank you.

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Ken@fri

Posted March 2, 2011

Posted March 2, 2011 (edited)

Hi Ricks !

I made a french version of your XP_to_MCE05 addon (available >>>here<<<) & it works fine.

But when I do the same with your Windows 7 Media Center v1.0 addon, it's failed. Even after following all steps as decribed below:

If you use XPTSP after this it may change ehres.dll, the one here is a bit more updated
BTW for those who dont want to do a complete reformat you can:
- Extract the addon and rename all the "same name" files in the ehome dir example ehres.dll to ehres.dll.bak, eshell.exe to eshell.exe.bak, etc.
- Then after you have backed up and replaced all the files you have to do this so the modded ehshell.exe can work (this is thanks to AMIRZ) place sn.exe in system32 or the same ehome dir, open a cmd window and run
sn -Vr ehshell.exe
then
sn -Vr RegisterMCEApp.exe
- Install Vista MCE fonts (segmcr.ttf, segmcsb.ttf and segoemcl.ttf)
- Optionally you may also want to rename all your "Media Center" shortcuts to "Windows Media Center" and somehow refresh you icon cache to get the new Vista icons

same results :

eshell.exe - Strong name validation failed.
The strong name validation failed for 'C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe' assembly.

eshell.exe - Common Language Runtime Debugging Services
Process id=0x818 (2072). Thread id=0x830 (2096)

Can you also send me the INF file you made that will install this on a already installed system?

Thanx.

Edited March 2, 2011 by Ken@fri

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ricktendo

Posted March 2, 2011

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Posted March 2, 2011

There are no INf files to install on a live system

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Ken@fri

Posted March 3, 2011

There are no INf files to install on a live system

OK. Thanx

Any ideas about strong name validation problem :help: ?

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ricktendo

Posted March 3, 2011

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Posted March 3, 2011

Make sure the registry entries are present after running the command (or you can add it manually)

;Strong Name Verification
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName\Verification\ehshell,31BF3856AD364E35",,0x10
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName\Verification\RegisterMCEApp,31BF3856AD364E35",,0x10

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Ken@fri

Posted March 7, 2011

Make sure the registry entries are present after running the command (or you can add it manually)
;Strong Name Verification
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName\Verification\ehshell,31BF3856AD364E35",,0x10
HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName\Verification\RegisterMCEApp,31BF3856AD364E35",,0x10

Checked, and these reg entries are present.

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ricktendo

Posted March 7, 2011

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Posted March 7, 2011

The registration of the MCE probably did not complete for some reason, you have to integrate .net 1.1 sp1 and have it install during svcpack

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dougiefresh

Posted October 16, 2011

Rick, I hate to ask a stupid question, but your first post indicates that the add-on works with nLite but makes no mention of RyanVM Integrator. Any chance it'll work with RVMi? Thanks in advance!

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ricktendo

Posted October 16, 2011

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Posted October 16, 2011

Nope not compatible, you can look at the entries.ini and do the updating of the cab's and inf's manually into your mce addon that is compatible with rvm

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dougiefresh

Posted October 16, 2011

Nope not compatible, you can look at the entries.ini and do the updating of the cab's and inf's manually into your mce addon that is compatible with rvm

Okay, will do! Thanks!

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Ken@fri

Posted October 27, 2011

Rick, I hate to ask a stupid question, but your first post indicates that the add-on works with nLite but makes no mention of RyanVM Integrator. Any chance it'll work with RVMi? Thanks in advance!

Nope not compatible, you can look at the entries.ini and do the updating of the cab's and inf's manually into your mce addon that is compatible with rvm

I found how to make it compatible with RVMi :

1) Extract addon

2) create a new dir and named it MEDIACTR

3) Drag all addon files & drop them in MEDIACTR dir (except Entries_Windows_7_Media_Center.ini file)

4) Edit Entries_Windows_7_Media_Center.ini like this

;=================================================
; Vista Media Center addon by ricktendo64 |
; Special Thanks to: bober, fediafedia and AMIRZ |
;=================================================
[general]
builddate=2011/10/27
description=Vista/Windows 7 Resources for XP Media Center 2005.
forcelang=English
language=English
ServicePack=SP2
title=Windows 7 Media Center
version=1.1
website=http://www.ricktendo.com/
Windows=XP
[ExtraFileEdits]
MEDCTROC.INF|HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts","%segoe_media_center_semibold%",,"segmcsb.ttf"|HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts","%segoe_media_center_semibold%",,"segmcsb.ttf"<NEXT>HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts","%segoe_media_center_light%",,"segoemcl.ttf"<NEXT>;Strong Name Verification<NEXT>HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName\Verification\ehshell,31BF3856AD364E35",,0x10<NEXT>HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\StrongName\Verification\RegisterMCEApp,31BF3856AD364E35",,0x10|1
MEDCTROC.INF|segoe_media_center_semibold = "Segoe Media Center Semibold (TrueType)"|segoe_media_center_semibold = "Segoe Media Center Semibold (TrueType)"<NEXT>segoe_media_center_light = "Segoe Media Center Light (TrueType)"|1
MEDCTROC.INF|eHome_DESC = "Media Center"|eHome_DESC = "Windows Media Center"|1
MEDCTROC.INF|ShortcutDesc = "Media Center"|ShortcutDesc = "Windows Media Center"|1
[EditFile]
I386\MEDCTROC.INF,SourceDisksFiles,AddFontDisk
I386\MEDCTROC.INF,eHome_Font,AddFontCopy
[AddFontDisk]
segoemcl.ttf = 1
[AddFontCopy]
segoemcl.ttf
[ExpandCab]
CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR.CAB,CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR
[DirMove]
MEDIACTR,..\CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR
[CreateCab]
CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR,CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR.CAB
;[updateCabs]
;CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR.CAB, MEDIAFiles
;[mediaFiles]
;ehdrop.dll
;ehRec.exe
;ehRecvr.exe
;ehres.dll
;ehSched.exe
;ehshell.exe
;ehui.dll
;mcdftreg.inf
;RegisterMCEApp.exe
;segmcr.ttf
;segmcsb.ttf
;segoemcl.ttf

5) Select MEDIACTR dir + Entries_Windows_7_Media_Center.ini : compress them (with 7zip, WinRAR...) and name the new archive as you want (i.e Ricks_Win7MediaCenter1.1_en.7z)

IMPORTANT : Please use it AFTER you have integrated/slipped any updatepack/servicepack and Ricks_XP_to_MCE05addon_en.7z. A lot of files are replaced by these addon: it will overwrite the original ones located in CMPNENTS\MEDIACTR\I386\MEDIACTR.CAB... So use it last!.

Voilà !