Eventually, I have purchased the pc-control remote (RF) with mouse control from Marmitek. Works fine on my computer, but have a few issues.

1 I had to install Showshifter (together with driver) from cd to make it work on my XP Home laptop. Showshifter is rubbish, but as soon as I deinstall, the remote doesn't work anymore. I need to deinstall because it shows up all the time unwanted and unneeded when I am in MediaPortal, which I use to control my mediacentre. What could I do here?

2 The remote will not control any of my other devices. I have gone through all the possibilities in the manual, but nothing works. Are there any other alternative methods to get control on SAT, TV, AUX etc.?