I followed these steps and MC actually displayed the message that it would download the latest Guide listings and notify me when it was done. About 5 seconds later it displayed a message that the Guide listings were downloaded successfully, yet it still shows no data available. In an elevated command prompt: regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 atl.dll cd C:\WINDOWS\eHome ehSched /unregServer ehSched /service ehRecvr /unregServer ehRecvr /service ehRec.exe /unregServer ehRec.exe /regserver ehmsas.exe /unregServer ehmsas.exe /regserver EDIT: After trying these steps and seeing the Guide messages, I tried to go back and change my TV setup with a different ZIP code. Now MC doesn't see my tuner even after a reboot, so don't try this unless you want to reinstall MC again (although I might try again, just not all of them at once).
Thanks for correcting me, that was it, the RDP, I knew it was a Windows 8 change but, I forgot it was RDP... I do know that Extenders are based on RDP. As it's based on RDP, it's too bad that "SoftSled" never came to be Would love to see a hack for that one... Are you getting channel call signs in your guide ? Are you still getting the error on TV setup ? I think that is the key here... It's like something is not being updated so it's not saving your info. If it's working right, check your Event Viewer, you will see the EPG download and if it was successful, that means it downloaded it but, it's like WMC does not know what to do with it... Just a thought here...
DavidinCT, I think those who are using OTA tuners in the US get call signs and channels numbers from the scan (but no guide data). I think you are using cablecard which is why you don't have channel numbers.
I think it actually did try to download the guide based on what I see, but the times are a little off so I'm not 100% sure. Unfortunately that entire process broke MC and I've had to reinstall for a 3rd time in just the last hour. I do think that ehRecvr /unregServer ehRecvr /service are the commands that broke the tuner part, so I may try going thru this test again without running those. Anyone else care to try?
This info is not 100% related to this issue but might be partially related for everyone with the guide data download issues. I recently reformatted a Windows 8.1 WMC machine and was having trouble with the initial download of guide data (I live in the US) and what worked for me was to put 65.55.186.113 data.tvdownload.microsoft.com 72.246.56.59 cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com in my hosts file before running the tuner/guide setup. I needed that for the initial setup and then deleted it from the hosts file after it was done. All subsequent guide downloads have functioned fine. I figure it's info worth sharing for anyone attempting to run WMC in Windows 10 since I cannot test it myself at the moment in that operating system.
Interesting... C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 65.55.186.113 Pinging 65.55.186.113 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 65.55.186.113: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping data.tvdownload.microsoft.com Pinging data.tvdownload.windowsmedia.com.akadns.net [65.55.186.115] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 65.55.186.115: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com Pinging a1683.d.akamai.net [2.18.212.90] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 2.18.212.90: bytes=32 time=248ms TTL=50 Reply from 2.18.212.90: bytes=32 time=254ms TTL=51 Reply from 2.18.212.90: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=50 Reply from 2.18.212.90: bytes=32 time=280ms TTL=50 Ping statistics for 2.18.212.90: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 248ms, Maximum = 280ms, Average = 262ms Should of notied this.... These are from my HTPC, no problems with guide data downloads on this machine (Windows 7 based)
Thanks, however I think it's safe to say this is an issue with the mcupdate.exe file itself refusing to run. At least that's the case for me...
I put these two addresses in my hosts file a day or so ago and saw no different results, Guide Data could still NOT be downloaded. What is this suppose to accomplish? Secondly what would happen if you put these addresses in a browser? For me, the first line says forbidden, both IP and address. The second IP isn't found and neither is the second address.
There is a large conversation about guide data not updating properly over at thegreenbutton.tv but it is obviously focused on Win7/8/8.1. It just so happened I had guide data download issues just a few weeks ago and that happened to fix it for me. I think it has something to do with the switch from zap2it to rovi and how a fresh install was not able to handle the switch properly. If the Win10 issue is more complicated than that, it is to be expected. I was just hoping if it was a simple thing like that it would be found quickly by the community if it helped or not.
I tried these steps again, leaving out commands ehRecvr /unregServer and ehRecvr /service. Once I was done I was NOT prompted that a new Guide would be downloaded. Is there a relationship between leaving out those two commands so the tuner still works and not seeing the Guide messages I was before?
This advice to modify the HOSTS file has been spreading like wildfire. But it's nonsense. Someone keeps trying to get the guide, and keeps changing things, and when they get the guide, they think the last thing they changed was the solution. Well intentioned, but wrong.