I'm running XP/MCE 2005 and lately (after upgrading to an Nvidia 9600GT) I've lost the overlay in MCE.  By that I mean the part that pops up when you change volume or type in a channel, get additional info etc.

All I have is the window with live TV or whatever in it.

I can still navigate since I know where things are, and they do respond when I mouseover them but I simply can't see them anymore.

I dual-boot this machine with Vista, and it works just fine there.  I tried roling back the video driver, and even putting the old 8500GT back in, still nothing.

Any suggestions on how to get the interface back in working order?

TIA

Appears to be a problem with my 9600GT card.  It blew out recently, and after putting my old 8600Gt back in, it's working again.

Hi,

I also have this overlay problem, mine seems to happen when the overlay has not been brought up recently, I have minimize the MC Window, or Alt Tab'd to see another window.  I can navigate audibly but that doesn't last long cause by closing the window and restarting MC, the overlay comes back.  I run  XP MC 2005.  My Video Card is nvidia geforce 8800 GT.  This was also a problem on my Gateway XP MC 2002.  I don't have much knowledge to fix this but It's good to know it's not just one persons problem. 

I would love to see a solution to this, 

Cheffylong

I am also having this issue. It originally started a couple of months back when I built the pc and put a Geforce 8500GT in it. I never did figure it out and just swapped it out for a Radeon HD2600XT and all was good. Now I went and did it again, I found a deal on a 8800GT that was so good I couldnt resist. I just got done installing it, reformatting the pc, and installing the drivers again and still have the same overlay issue. Did anyone ever find out what was causing this? I have a vista machine as well and the same 8800GT card installed in it and no issues in vista, just XPMCE

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C2D E6600, 2 GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM, EVGA 680i MB, Nvidia 8800GT w/HDCP, 2 Seagate 320GB SATA HD, 2 Hauppauge HVR 1600, LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray Drive,Vista Home Premium, Mitsubishi H3000U Projector, 42" Phillips Plasma with Xbox 360 as extender

I am also having this problem.

 

Anyone got a fix for it?

 

It's really starting to annoy me having to close MCE everytime I want to see the EPG.

 

Thanks in advance

Michael

ditto,

I am having the same problem and I am looking for the fix.

anyone

I had the same problem until I enabled (direct x video acceleratoin) and (use high quality mode) under video acceleration in windows media player 11. Go to tools/options/performance/advanced to get to the settings.

my system

nvidia 9600gt...p35 gigabyte motherboard...Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600..ati 550 pro

NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder for dvd

ati mpeg video for tv set as default with Microsoft Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility.

let us no if it works for you

 

update

I had to change 2 more setting to get it to work reliably. i changed the decoder for tv and dvd to NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder. Then while the video was playing i clicked on the properties for the nvidia decoder in the notifacation on the task bar and disabled direct x video acceleratoin..

 

jpjack:

update

i changed the decoder for tv and dvd to NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder. Then while the video was playing i clicked on the properties for the nvidia decoder in the notifacation on the task bar and disabled direct x video acceleratoin..

 

This solves it for me too but still isn't the answer to the problem. Does no one know the real cause yet ????
I'm surprised with all of the smart people out there.
Some of us here iz Oz are also suffering it. Mine started when I moved up to a 8500GT last weekend.

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Scotty - MCE05 - GA-MA78GPM-DS2H, AMD 4850e CPU,
2Gb RAM, ATI HD3200 IGP, Compro DVB-T300 and 200 tuners, onboard SPDIF Out to my AMP and DVI/HDMI to my Toshiba LCD

Did some testing.
Borrowed an ATI card and it worked perfectly, no broken menus,
Went back to my 8500GT, broken menu,
next I stuck my 8600GT in, again, no broken menu.

My 8500GT is a fanless ASUS card, is it stuffed ?
It has no problems doing everything except the one thing I want it to do.

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Scotty - MCE05 - GA-MA78GPM-DS2H, AMD 4850e CPU,
2Gb RAM, ATI HD3200 IGP, Compro DVB-T300 and 200 tuners, onboard SPDIF Out to my AMP and DVI/HDMI to my Toshiba LCD

Has anyone else had any luck finding out what is causing this issue with the GeForce video cards? I bought an 8400 to replace the original one which went up in flames, and it worked fine for the first few weeks. Now I'm having this problem and the suggestions in this post haven't helped. Although, I do not have the PureVideo decoder on my system. The video card I bought didn't come with it. Is that what I need to have to solve this? I'm outside of the return window and would hate to have to get yet another card.