program guide data failure during download

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Posted by Bobbygr100 on December 19, 2007, 12:12 am

I have vista home premium and a tv tuner card that IS supported. I started
vista tongiht and got a failure downloading program guide data. I went
through the process manually but it's taking HOURS do download the guide data
where it normally takes minutes.

I tested my interment speed both up and down and it's fine.
Can someone tell me what's going on? Microsoft wants 59 bucks to tell me
what's wrong with THEIR product. Unbelievable. I should pay them for their
bug?

Please help me if you can. It's up to 23% now but this is ridiculous. It
should never be this slow.

Posted by Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] on December 19, 2007, 12:55 am

I had a similar issue on a clean installation tonight. Be patient. There
may be server/connectivity issues on the Guide end.

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>I have vista home premium and a tv tuner card that IS supported. I started
> vista tongiht and got a failure downloading program guide data. I went
> through the process manually but it's taking HOURS do download the guide
> data
> where it normally takes minutes.
> I tested my interment speed both up and down and it's fine.
> Can someone tell me what's going on? Microsoft wants 59 bucks to tell me
> what's wrong with THEIR product. Unbelievable. I should pay them for
> their
> bug?
> Please help me if you can. It's up to 23% now but this is ridiculous. It
> should never be this slow.

Posted by Gary Tsang on December 19, 2007, 1:57 am

Likewise for me a few minutes ago (attempted download from zap2it.com from
Toronto, Canada)

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>I had a similar issue on a clean installation tonight. Be patient. There
>may be server/connectivity issues on the Guide end.
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
> Display\Security
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

>>I have vista home premium and a tv tuner card that IS supported. I
>>started
>> vista tongiht and got a failure downloading program guide data. I went
>> through the process manually but it's taking HOURS do download the guide
>> data
>> where it normally takes minutes.
>> I tested my interment speed both up and down and it's fine.
>> Can someone tell me what's going on? Microsoft wants 59 bucks to tell me
>> what's wrong with THEIR product. Unbelievable. I should pay them for
>> their
>> bug?
>> Please help me if you can. It's up to 23% now but this is ridiculous.
>> It
>> should never be this slow.

Posted by Barb Bowman on December 19, 2007, 7:09 am

I saw a guide failure to download message last night for the first
time ever.. I was watching a previously recorded show at the time.

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:55:04 -0500, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"

>I had a similar issue on a clean installation tonight. Be patient. There
>may be server/connectivity issues on the Guide end.

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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
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