Stopped Media Center Guide to update

I have Windows XP Media Center Edition and some time around Christmas, the Media Center Guide stopped updating.  In turn, the recorded tv has stopped working.  It's been over 3 months later and it still does not work!  It all started when my computer updated.  It's updated several times since then and has still not solved the problem.  Help, please!

Hello Jen_1918,

I suggest that scan you SFC [SFC system] on the computer that would be a system file corrupt on the computer search and replace.

a. click Start, click run, type cmd in the Open box and then click OK.

b. at the command prompt, type sfc/scannow, and then press ENTER.

Note: Could you prompt to insert the Windows XP CD.

The sfc/scannow command. analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions.

For more information, you can consult the following article:

Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310747/en-us

Let us know if that helps.

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