{"id":352,"date":"2011-01-31T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/31\/how-to-fix-missing-netflix-and-internet-tv-on-wmc-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-31T02:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T09:51:00","slug":"how-to-fix-missing-netflix-and-internet-tv-on-wmc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/31\/how-to-fix-missing-netflix-and-internet-tv-on-wmc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Missing Netflix and Internet TV on WMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have the issue that surfaced recently (December 2010-January 2011) that the standard FAQ http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/977116<\/a> steps will not fix<\/b>. First,<\/strong> you will need to change yours DNS servers to resolve the issue. The theory is that somewhere along the line, caching DNS\/proxy servers have corrupt\/bad information that impacts some users and\/or that MS has some bad servers on their server farm). <\/p>\n

Go to <\/strike>http:\/\/www.dnsserverlist.org\/<\/u><\/strike><\/a> which will automatically determine the best DNS servers based on your IP address. Pick two and carefully get the IP addresses. <\/strong><\/strike><- Apparently not available as of 3\/28\/2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some sources for alternative DNS servers. Please note, I have not tested these.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/theos.in\/windows-xp\/free-fast-public-dns-server-list\/<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tech-faq.com\/public-dns-servers.html<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Next<\/strong>, you will need to change your network settings on your Windows Media Center PC(s) to use these. This will override any settings on your router and\/or the DNS settings provided by your ISP via DHCP:<\/p>\n

1. Start Menu, Control Panel<\/p>\n

2. Select "Network And Internet"<\/p>\n

3. Select "Network and Sharing Center"<\/p>\n

4. Select "Change adapter settings" on the left side of the screen<\/p>\n

5. Right-click your network adapter and then select properties from the menu. (For example: "Wireless Network Connection" or "Local Area Connection")<\/p>\n

6. On the Networking tab, double-click "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4)"<\/p>\n

7. Check "Use the following DNS server addresses"<\/p>\n

8. Carefully type in the DNS Server IPs you want to use.<\/p>\n

9. Click Ok and Ok again to exit.<\/p>\n

After doing the above, open an administrative command prompt <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Select start Menu, then Programs, then Accessories
2. Right click "command prompt" and select Run as Administrator <\/p>\n

3. Type into the command window
ipconfig \/flushdns
and then press [enter]. <\/p>\n

4. then type in:
cd \\ [enter]
cd c:\\Windows\\ehome [enter]
start \/wait mcupdate \u2013uf [enter]<\/p>\n

Wait a bit and Netflix<\/b> and Internet TV menus should appear when you open Windows Media Center<\/p>\n

If the above does not work, please post to http:\/\/thegreenbutton.com\/forums\/t\/97522.aspx<\/a>?
I suggest you watch this thread\/subscribe to it via email in case a permanent solution is found so that you can revert your DNS to normal settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may have the issue that surfaced recently (December 2010-January 2011) that the standard FAQ http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/977116 steps will not fix. First, you will need to change yours DNS servers to resolve the issue. The theory is that somewhere along the line, caching DNS\/proxy servers have corrupt\/bad information that impacts some users and\/or that MS has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[35,44],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

You may have the issue that surfaced recently (December 2010-January 2011) that the standard FAQ http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/977116 steps will not fix. First, you will need to change yours DNS servers to resolve the issue. The theory is that somewhere along the line, caching DNS\/proxy servers have corrupt\/bad information that impacts some users and\/or that MS has some bad servers on their server farm). Go to http:\/\/www.dnsserverlist.org\/ which will automatically determine the best DNS servers based on your IP address. Pick two and carefully get the IP addresses. <- Apparently not available as of 3\/28\/2011. Here are some sources for alternative DNS…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Technology<\/a>, Windows Media Center<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Barb","url":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/author\/barb\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvFKI-5G","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}