Some issues workarounds: ######################### 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 ######################### 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 ######################### 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]::DirectorySeparatorChar)[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 ######################### 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. ######################### 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 ######################### If you have "Decoder Error", you may install LAV Filters: https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases ######################### 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 ######################### 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 ######################### 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