For months I have been looking for the program that breaks my Windows 7 Media Center recording and Remote control, I am 99.999% CCleaner's cleaning is the cause. Everything works when I first install Windows 7, my remote works and the Media Center recordings start without a hitch...its only after I clean with CCleaner and reboot that some remote buttons (play, pause, stop, skip, replay, ff, rew, back, vol & mute) no longer function, the rest work fine (ch, green button, numbers, etc.)
Check to see if your "Human Interface Device Access" service is running.
I can confirm, having that service set to Manual or Disabled is INDEED what's causing the problem! I was having the same problem on my computer, so I set that service to automatic and started it and voila! the problem was gone! Thank you very much Ashrak007!
For months I have been looking for the program that breaks my Windows 7 Media Center recording and Remote control, I am 99.999% CCleaner's cleaning is the cause. Everything works when I first install Windows 7, my remote works and the Media Center recordings start without a hitch...its only after I clean with CCleaner and reboot that some remote buttons (play, pause, stop, skip, replay, ff, rew, back, vol & mute) no longer function, the rest work fine (ch, green button, numbers, etc.)