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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1300869" data-attributes="member: 141969">It is possible to have both MP1 and MP2 installed on the same drive (I have a test partition with just such an arrangement). However...The TV Server parts of MP1 and MP2 start when the system boots, and TV Server runs all of the time, even when it is not recording and live TV is not being viewed. If both TV Servers were active, they would fight for access to the tuners, so this is not a usable arrangement. What will work is to use the Windows &quot;Services&quot; panel to disable one of the TV Servers. On the &quot;Services&quot; panel, right-click the entry to be disabled (&quot;TV Service&quot; for MP1, &quot;MP2 Server&quot; for MP2), and select &quot;Properties&quot;. Then on the &quot;General&quot; tab select &quot;Disabled&quot; from the drop-down menu:[ATTACH]215082[/ATTACH]Note: you must disable the TV server in order to prevent it restarting the next time that you boot your system. If you merely stop the TV server, it will restart on the next boot.Here are some steps to follow:(1) Before making any changes to your system, I would strongly advise you to create a drive image of your &quot;C:&quot; drive, using one of the free drive-imaging programs that are available. If you do this, you can restore that drive image if/when things go horribly wrong.(2) Next, disable the MP2 server as detailed above. I would suggest rebooting after disabling MP2, to make sure that any ports used by MP2 have been freed.(3) Download the MP 1.36 installer in either 32-bit or 64-bit versions, and run it using &quot;Run as Administrator&quot;. Note: you must have the internet accessed when you run the installer. Reboot on completion of the install.(4) You will now have two shortcuts labelled &quot;TV Server Configuration&quot; -- an old one for MP2, and a new one for MP1. If they have the same name, rename the shortcuts so that you know which is which.(5) Run &quot;TV Server Config&quot; for MP1, and define the settings required.&nbsp; It is very similar to MP2.(6) Run &quot;MP Config&quot; to define the settings for the MP1 client.(7) Invoke the MP1 client and see if it works. Job done! (8) If you want to test MP1 for a few days or a week or two, remember that MP2 will not be recording the programmes that you have already scheduled to record, so you will need to schedule recordings in MP1 for those programmes.(9) To return to MP2, disable the MP1 &quot;TV Service&quot; in Windows &quot;Services&quot;, reboot, and then enable the MP2 server in Windows &quot;Services&quot;.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1300869, member: 141969"] It [i]is[/i] possible to have both MP1 and MP2 installed on the same drive (I have a test partition with just such an arrangement). However... The TV Server parts of MP1 and MP2 start when the system boots, and TV Server runs all of the time, even when it is not recording and live TV is not being viewed. If both TV Servers were active, they would fight for access to the tuners, so this is not a usable arrangement. What [i] will[/i] work is to use the Windows "Services" panel to [b]disable one of the TV Servers[/b]. On the "Services" panel, right-click the entry to be disabled ("TV Service" for MP1, "MP2 Server" for MP2), and select "Properties". Then on the "General" tab select "Disabled" from the drop-down menu: [ATTACH]215082[/ATTACH] Note: you must [b]disable[/b] the TV server in order to prevent it restarting the next time that you boot your system. If you merely [b]stop[/b] the TV server, it will restart on the next boot. Here are some steps to follow: (1) Before making any changes to your system, I would strongly advise you to create a drive image of your "C:" drive, using one of the free drive-imaging programs that are available. If you do this, you can restore that drive image if/when things go horribly wrong. (2) Next, disable the MP2 server as detailed above. I would suggest rebooting after disabling MP2, to make sure that any ports used by MP2 have been freed. (3) Download the MP 1.36 installer in either 32-bit or 64-bit versions, and run it using "Run as Administrator". Note: you must have the internet accessed when you run the installer. Reboot on completion of the install. (4) You will now have two shortcuts labelled "TV Server Configuration" -- an old one for MP2, and a new one for MP1. If they have the same name, rename the shortcuts so that you know which is which. (5) Run "TV Server Config" for MP1, and define the settings required. It is very similar to MP2. (6) Run "MP Config" to define the settings for the MP1 client. (7) Invoke the MP1 client and see if it works. Job done! (8) If you want to test MP1 for a few days or a week or two, remember that MP2 will not be recording the programmes that you have already scheduled to record, so you will need to schedule recordings in MP1 for those programmes. (9) To return to MP2, disable the MP1 "TV Service" in Windows "Services", reboot, and then enable the MP2 server in Windows "Services". -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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