sds910:

I finally gave up, as the entire process of accessing XM via the MCE interface along with XM's clunky software was completely and totally annoying.  These days, I access XM via my own rewritten version of the Yahoo! Widget Engine's XM Tuner Widget.  It's driven completely by my remote control, does not require having MCE's interface running in the background (yet has the same look and feel as MCE) and -- more importantly -- WORKS.

wassup:

Hi, I'm new to the GB but have been using MCE and XM for a little while...

I too got tired of the login process everytime I wanted to access XM.  So, I automated the process with some javascript and this combined with the start-menu hack I found in this thread, I now have a one-click access to XM.  So here is a link to the script for those who might find it useful:

http://www.siana-systems.com/xmradio.dat

Save it on your machine and change the extension from .dat to .html.  Also, you'll need to edit the file and enter your login/password (top of file).

Last, update the XM registry (see earlier posts) to have the start-menu XM point to this file.  Here is my registry entry:

url: file:///C:/Program%20Files/XMRadio/xmradio.html

Et Voila!

I'm using Vista/IE7 and I'm hitting a Javascript "access denied" error on line 37 of the page. I'm wondering if it's due to some kind of cross-scripting blocking going on in IE7 or something goofy like that.  Anyone know of a workaround to get this to work properly?

Thanks!

Gave it a run.. trying to essentially disable all security stuff for a 'trusted site' and still not getting anywhere yet.  Tried it on an XP machine and it worked just fine.  I'll post back if i find the solution.

wassup:

Sorry I'm not using Vista so I can only guess at your problem...

It looks like a cross-site security restriction (ie: the local script fetches data from the foreign xm site). 
You may try the following in IE7:

tools->config->security->internet->custom->miscellaneous->Access Data sources across domain(Enable)

I was able to get this to work on my MCE 2005 computer until I did the above. Then I figured out where these settings were kept in the registry and thought I could apply the same settings to my extender profiles to make the autologin for XMRadio to work on my extenders but it still does not work.

Has anyone been able to get the xmradio autologin work on their extenders?

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Has anyone been able to get this to work on extenders or know of an alternative way to automatically pass in the user name and password for XM Online via the extender?

For some reason the Remember me option does not work on the extenders and it is a pain in the butt to enter this information via the remote.

Hi,

I used your fix but it still doesn't show up in MCE.  The only thing I don't know how to do is generate a reg key.  How do I do that.  Here is what I put in.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Categories\Start Menu\{ABEDF8D5-1939-4518-A576-30E612340600}]
"AddIn"My Home""
"BackgroundColor"="RGB(42,90,174)"
"CapabilitiesRequired"My Home""
"Context"="start=1"
"Description"="My Home"
"ThumbnailUrl"="C:\\Program Files\HAI\web-link\MCE\HAIHome.png"
"Run"=""
"Subtitle"="whatever"
"AppId"="{ABEDF8D5-1939-4518-A576-30E612340600}"
"ImageUrl"="C:\\Program Files\HAI\web-link\MCE\HAIHome.png"
"Title"="My Home "
"Url"=""C:\\Program Files\\HAI\Web-link\MCE\main.htm "

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Extensibility\Applications\{ABEDF8D5-1939-4518-A576-30E612340600}]
"CompanyLogo"="C:\\Program Files\HAI\web-link\MCE\HAIHome.png"
"CompanyName"="My Home"
"Description"="My Home"
"Title"="My Home"