Windows 7 - Removing Media Center severely breaks something

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toomuchpie

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I'm not sure in which build this started happening, but it is definitely happening in the current build (1.8.0.7046). I also know that Removing Media Center used to work just fine in an earlier build.

I've tested this in both just the base Windows 7 SP1 image with nothing else configured, as well as one with many updates installed. I have only tested this in an Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, which I have always used for testing. I have not tried this on a real machine yet

Here is what happens and how to reproduce:
-Remove the Media Center component - in the preset, it is "<c>mediacenter 'Media Center'</c>"
-Install that image in a VirtualBox virtual machine that is configured for Windows 7
-The screen that says "Windows is finalizing your settings" hangs for a bit longer than usual
-When Windows loads up, The network adapter doesn't work and there are a bunch of failed "devices" that failed to install drivers

I am not set up to test this on a physical machine yet, but I have no confidence in removing Media Center based on these results at the moment. I'm hoping for acknowledgement about this issue and a resolution in the future, as I spent over a day isolating it down to that one component removal that was breaking Windows.
 

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Thanks for the report, yes, the driver removal in Windows 7 may be broken currently.
Will work on it today and tomorrow for potential fix release.
 
toomuchpie said:
I am not set up to test this on a physical machine yet, but I have no confidence in removing Media Center based on these results at the moment. I'm hoping for acknowledgement about this issue and a resolution in the future, as I spent over a day isolating it down to that one component removal that was breaking Windows.
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Removing any component related to drivers causes this issue, you can make sure if you keep Media Center and remove something else like Mobile PC.
If you are in a hurry to workaround this, PM'me.

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No Drivers? and blue screen (Windows 7)

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