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Windows Media Center Virus using windows 7 home premium

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49erLance Posts 1 Registration date Saturday May 17, 2014 Status Member Last seen May 17, 2014 - May 17, 2014 at 06:11 AM
Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - May 17, 2014 at 06:53 AM
WMC keeps coming up on my hp notebook in windows 7 I've tried a few diff things but it keeps blocking me from next step..I did uninstall it and doesn't have it listed ..but it's still there please help
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Ambucias Posts 47310 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,162
May 17, 2014 at 06:53 AM
To disable WMC, click on Start, Control Panel, Programs and Features. On the left-hand side of the window should be "Turn features on or off". Click on it, and in the list, find and click on the "plus" sign next to Media Features to expand all of the listed features. Uncheck Windows Media Center, and then click on OK. This will not uninstall WMC so that it can be turned back on just in case you might want it one day, but you won't have the problem of WMC opening any more.

As a warning, though, turning off or uninstalling WMC may cause future updates to fail from installing because the removal of WMC also removes the RunOnce registry key. Here is more information and a fix for the issue: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2606237/uninstalling-windows-media-center-from-windows-7-features-may-cause-in
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