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To check whether the control panel was disabled from registry, these are the steps :ġ)Type regedt32 in the Search box in the Start menu -> press Enter.Ģ)Registry Editor will be opened, now navigate to this location Now at the right side you can find the option "Prohibit access to the Control Panel"-> just double click on it ->Select "Not Configured" -> then try logging off or restarting your PC if the changes are not affected. User Configuration \ Administrative TemplatesĬlick on Control Panel at the left column. To check whether the control panel was disabled from Group Policy, these are the steps :ġ) Type gpedit.msc in the Search box in the Start menu -> press Enter.Ģ)Local Group Policy Editor will be opened->now navigate to this location When it comes to Control Panel, may be it was configured to get disabled in Media Center when Windows starts", just uncheck that checkbox->then click "Startup and Window Behavior"-> there we can find the option "Start Windows

In Windows Media Center->click on "Settings"->select "General"->select Maybe that option is selected which results in There is an option provided in Windows 7 Media Center to run on startup every If you use my Media Center backup tool you should be ok to restore your recording schedules.I will try my best to solve your problem. Note: You will lose scheduled recordings, history etc.

Now you will have to re-setup your tuners and other Media Center configuration but it should fix the drive space problem.

Load Windows Media Center and Media Center will display a prompt asking you to run the setup again.

The status will change to Running, close Task Manager.

Right Click on MediaCenterRecoveryTask and select Run.

You should see a list of task in the right hand pane.

Expand the Windows tree and click on Media Center.

In task manager expand the Task Scheduler Library.

In Windows 8 right click in the bottom right corner of Windows and select Run, type taskschd.msc and press enter)

Load Task Scheduler (In Windows 7 click Start Run and type taskschd.msc and press enter.

I’ve tried to record to each of 3 external hard drives that all have more than 300gb of space and get the same message every time. Every time I try to record a TV program I get a message that says there is not enough hard drive space on the computer even though this a new computer with more than 800gb of storage space. I have windows 8 installed on my new computer.

There may be a better way of fixing it but this worked for me and the reader. I have had this before and I fixed it by resetting Media Center and I thought I would put it on the blog in case anybody else has the problem. I had an email from a TDL reader with a problem that Windows Media Center would not record saying not enough disk space despite there being plenty available.