Some issues workarounds:

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Upgrading from an older WMC enabled system, the WMC may not start at all, w/o
visible error.

In that case just launch the new reset settings script once

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The DVD player should be installed automatically by WMC, if for same reason it does
not work, do it manually using the instructionas below

After installing the pack and starting WMC, check Windows Update to see if it
installs Update KB3081704
this would solve "Display Driver error" issue that may occur

if it didn't, you can Install the update (Windows 10 DVD player) manually from:
https://matthill.eu/tutorials/install-windows-10-dvd-player-free

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This shouldn't needed anymore in WMC V8.7, but just in case....

To have WMC to wake up for recordings, you may need to make "NETWORK SERVICE" a
member of the administrator group

Run lusrmgr.msc, or right-click on Start button and select: Computer Management >
Local users & Groups
then:
Groups > Administrators > Add > "network service" > Check names > OK

or directly use command prompt as admin:

for /f "usebackq delims=" %x in (`powershell "(New-Object
System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier('S-1-5-32-
544')).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value.Split([IO.Path]::Dire
ctorySeparatorChar)[1]"`) do set "admins=%x"
for /f "usebackq delims=" %x in (`powershell "(New-Object
System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier('S-1-5-
20')).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount]).Value"`) do set "netsvc=%x"
net localgroup %admins% "%netsvc%" /add

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Simple guide for live TV setup by "GunnerHook":

1. Do clean install of Win10.

2. Install HDHomerun tuner drivers.

3. Download and install WMC pack.

4. Open command prompt as administrator, and execute:

attrib -r C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
notepad C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Add these 2 entries at the bottom if they don't exist:

2.16.216.176 cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com
65.55.186.113 data.tvdownload.microsoft.com

save the file, and reboot

5. Right click and Launch WMC as admin for the very first setup of WMC
Go through the live setup on WMC, put in correct zipcode, finish all the basic
steps of live tv setup in WMC.

6. Install DVD player app (through WU or manually as descibed above)

7. Add NETWORK service to the administrators group in order for scheduled

recordings to start correctly.

8. If you are using HDHomerun and you get no tv signal available for this channel,
reinstall the HDhomerun drivers again AFTER the TV setup was completed in WMC.

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If the initial tv setup wizard stuck, reboot the system
then launch this file as administrator while WMC is running
C:\Windows\ehome\mcupdate.exe

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If you have "Decoder Error", you may install LAV Filters:
https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases

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If the search through guide in WMC fails with an error that indexing was still
occuring,
Open an elevated command prompt, and execute:

reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media

Center\Service\EPG" /v SearchRegistered /f
net stop WSearch
cd %windir%\ehome
ehprivjob /DoRegisterSearch

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If you are having activation issues of the CableCard Product key:

when your activation fails, click back in the wizard

then open command prompt as administrator, and execute:
slmgr -ipk MVV4F-R2T29-WBHYJ-BBFQY-J64XX
slmgr -ato

then continue the wizard

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If you have Guide data download problems (specially US residents):

1.Open notepad (right click> run as administrator)

2.Open host file ( File>open> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts)

3.Add this to the end of the file-

2.16.216.176 cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com

and place one of the below ip addresses depending on your location in the US
west coast or east coast
65.55.186.113 data.tvdownload.microsoft.com
central or southern us
65.55.5.170 data.tvdownload.microsoft.com

ex. If you lived on the east coast you would add this to the bottom of the file:
65.55.186.113 data.tvdownload.microsoft.com
2.16.216.176 cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com

4.Save the file (file>save)

5.Open CMD command prompt (file>search for cmd>right click>run as administrator)

6.Type: ipconfig /flushdns

If you type it correctly it should say: "successfully flushed the dns resolver
cache."

7.Close Windows Media Center if it is open

8.Start>type "c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\ehome"

9.Delete file "mcepg2-0" and folder "mcepg2-0" this will force you to set up live
tv from scratch in WMC (or delete anything named m***.db and the corresponding
folder)

10.Open windows media center and go through the Live TV setup and you should now be
able to download guide data

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/65614-The-Holy-Grail-Get-WMC-on-Server-
2011-2012-R2-2016-tp4-5

threads

(Keep in mind that altough based on two proven packages the current V8.5 may still
have unnoticed problems and/or mistakes)

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Important:
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After you download the pack, make sure the file is Unblocked
to do so, right click on file, go to properties - general tab - click Unblock
button if present

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Instructions:
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0) Extract the package to a directory with simple short path without spaces in it
(i.e. C:\WMC85)

if you previously tried another/older pack, or your system is upgraded from Windows
7/8.1 with Media Center
you may run Uninstaller.cmd to remove the pack/leftovers properly, and reboot the
system afterwards

1) Click on _TestRights.cmd, if another command prompt window is opened, then close

it and proceed to step 2)
if no cmd window opened, then you need to reboot the system and test again.
2) Run the outer Installer.cmd script as administrator to install the pack

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Uninstall Note:
After to unistall the pack, these three files may still exist due locked status:
C:\Windows\ehome\WTVGOTHIC-S.ttc
C:\Windows\ehome\malgunmc.ttf
C:\Windows\ehome\ehSSO.dll

to get rid of them, you have to reboot, afterwards run _TestRights.cmd and execute
this at cmd:
rd /s /q C:\Windows\ehome

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Credits:
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http://forums.mydigitallife.info/members/339950-Graznok
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/members/204274-abbodi1406
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/members/327832-T-S
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/members/54630-dejong12
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/members/250156-SuperBubble
and various members in this thread:
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/61061