Vista Media Center (VMC) not receiving key strokes

[emphyrio]

I'll just dive right into my problem: Vista Media Center will only receive keystrokes when its window is in focus. But I would like it to keep it out of focus. So that I can keep working on my desktop (focused applications) while other family members use the MCE remote to control VMC (unfocused).

My software is: Windows Vista SP1 with TV Pack 2008, EventGhost 0.3.5c.908, Vista MCE Replacement Driver for my MCE Remote.

In EventGhost, under Context Folder / Keyboard Emulation / Up, there is:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="908">
    <Macro Name="Up" Expanded="True">
        <Event Name="MceRemote.Up">
        </Event>
        <Action>
            Window.FindWindow(u'ehshell.exe', None, None, None, None, None, False, 0.0, 0)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            Window.SendKeys(u'{Up}', False)
        </Action>
        <Action>
            EventGhost.AutoRepeat(0.59999999999999998, 0.29999999999999999, 0.01, 3.0)
        </Action>
    </Macro>
</EventGhost>

This doesn't have the desired effect, because I can only operate VMC when the window is active. So when I add the action 'Bring to Front', it does work. But then I loose focus on my other applications.

Is there a way to have EventGhost send keystrokes to VMC while keeping it inactive?

[emphyrio]

Sorry to bump, but I haven't found a solution yet
I had high hopes for VMC Controller combined with some Eventghost plugin a user on this forum developed, but unfortunately VMC Controller won't install...

Can anyone help?

[jinxdone]

Hard to say, I've stopped using Microsoft programs apart from their OS years ago.

If you want to get the Vista Media Center plugin to work you really should be posting in this plugin support thread. You should post complete error messages, exact version of Eventghost, windows version and all other relevant information like VMC configuration (right plugin is loaded in VMC?)