Vista media centre problems

I then laboriously went through all the channels some of which had got guide information from somewhere, and some hadn't.

I pressed the "i" button while the cursor was on a channel name in the guide, and chose "Edit Channel" this is a new option, which only appears after you have installed TV Pack. This gave me the option to renumber the channel for some reason Al Jazeera had joined BBC2 on channel 2!

In most cases, there was an option to "Use listings from broadcaster" - which I assume gets the listings from the broadcast signal, just as a Freeview TV would. There were a few obscure channels where this was not an option, but I left those alone I wasn't interested in any of them, and most had too weak a signal to actually get a picture.

I have lost all my series recording settings, but they were about due for a clear out anyway. This comment has been removed by the author. When you select Restore Default , it turns on all available channels and restores the default listings mapping. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list and locate the channel number you want to change.

As you select each channel, the inset window displays that channel. Enter the new channel number. If you are using a keyboard, make sure the NumLockkey is on. One of the following things will happen:. The new channel number will already exist in the listings and you will be asked to resolve the conflict. If you are editing many channel numbers, you can select Sort List to sort the list numerically by channel number and view the revised listings.

On the Start screen, scroll to Tasks , select settings , select TV , select Guide , and then do one of the following:. From the list displayed, click the appropriate Guide listings for that channel.

Continue to add listings as needed. After completing your changes, select Save to return to Guide settings. Follow the directions to select a new channel lineup. If you are not sure which TV service provider to select, check your monthly cable bill for that information.

The Guide information is downloaded periodically over the Internet from your Guide's listed service provider. You're notified that "No data is available" in the Guide if:. Windows Media Center can't connect to the Internet to download the new Guide information, and the Guide information that was previously downloaded is corrupt or has expired. There are multiple machines exhibiting this behaviour.

Is anyone aware of any changes Microsoft has made to the guide download process over in the last month or so which may have resulted in this sort of behaviour? Friday, February 13, PM. Problem solved. There was an issue with Vista requesting a. It looks like the problem came down to a single line in packet sent back to Vista that didn't have a hostname entry and Vista needs it to authenticate the proxy. Our current theory is that Microsoft are trying to move away from using the proxy set in Internet Explorer as the default for the whole system, or it might just be a mistake.

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