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Netflix in Windows Media Center

Started by ChrisMN , Mar 16 2011 09:35 PM

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Posted 24 March 2011 - 11:43 PM

Here give this a try: Windows VIsta Netflix Installer maybe the download/installation failed.
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:03 AM

No, it still doesn't appear.... :huh: I've tried that numerous times.

Edited by ChrisMN, 25 March 2011 - 12:05 AM.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:25 AM

Have you tried any of this: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2007/03/16/how-to-repair-media-center-files-and-registry-entries-on-windows-vista.aspx?
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:27 AM

No.. In all of my google searches I haven't found that. I find nothing in the article pertaining to the Netflix tile however...

Edited by ChrisMN, 25 March 2011 - 12:28 AM.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:30 AM

It could help maybe Windows Media Center is corrupted.
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:30 AM

I will go over some of the fixes on the webpage and report back as soon as I can.

Thanks


Update:

Currently running the SFC tool in an Administrative command prompt. 85 % complete & going slow..... maybe it found something :clapping:

Edited by ChrisMN, 25 March 2011 - 12:47 AM.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:51 AM

After running the SFC tool it came back saying "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"

Dang.. :(

Edited by ChrisMN, 25 March 2011 - 12:51 AM.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:57 AM

Here is a fix that someone did that fixed it for them:

I found a solution that worked for me

I was finally able to fix it. I deleted everything in the c:\programdata\microsoft\ehome directory, launched media center, ran setup again, and then I was able to install the Internet TV finally. FYI - I got my idea from http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistamedia/thread/811f3761-92dc-4416-8a1a-ccf0116432c6 .

Thank you for everyones help.


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Posted 25 March 2011 - 01:19 AM

AFter running the SFC tool it came back saying "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations"

Dang.. :(

Here is a fix that someone did that fixed it for them:


I found a solution that worked for me

I was finally able to fix it. I deleted everything in the c:\programdata\microsoft\ehome directory, launched media center, ran setup again, and then I was able to install the Internet TV finally. FYI - I got my idea from http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistamedia/thread/811f3761-92dc-4416-8a1a-ccf0116432c6 .

Thank you for everyones help.


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Will try it.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 07:05 AM

Still no Netflix tile in WMC.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 12:08 PM

I remember going through this headache a while back trying to get Netflix to show up in WMC, and eventually I got it to work. The thing is, I don't remember how. :whistle: I think it was deleting stuff in the c:\programdata\microsoft\ehome directory, but I'm not sure.

I just watch instantly in my browser now. It's much faster navigating through your queue and stuff, and of course you can do other stuff in your browser at the same time.

To me, it's not worth the hassle for something that isn't really all that useful in the first place. I see no advantage of using it in WMC. That being said, it is possible to get it working, but it might require a lot of Posted Image
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 08:49 PM

Is there any other options, other than reinstalling my entire operating system?

Please help! ( we Must use Windows Media Center to use netflix, because it offers the "locked" full screen option, which allows us to let children watch netflix in WMC without access to our desktop.

We need Windows Media Center to work with Netflix, that is one of the only reason why we updated to an OS that had Windows Media Center included in it.

PLEASE HELP! :)

Thanks

Edited by ChrisMN, 25 March 2011 - 08:50 PM.

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Posted 25 March 2011 - 09:23 PM

Just out of curiosity, try running WMC as admin and see if it will allow you to install it.
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 09:34 PM

Just out of curiosity, try running WMC as admin and see if it will allow you to install it.


I opened WMC as "Run as Administrator" then I minimized WMC and ran "NetflixInWindowsMediaCenter.exe", it then asked to "Restart Windows Media Center" to complete the installation.. And still no Netflix tile...

How frustrating.. :ranting:

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Posted 26 March 2011 - 04:16 PM

You might try a third party application instead. Something like the following http://myweb.cableone.net/eluttmann04/projects/vmcPlayIt/default.html
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