Windows Media Center could not update Playready after that kb3004394 has been installed.

Windows Media Center could not update Playready after that kb3004394 has been installed.  I then uninstalled kb3004394 and tried everything I can find on the web for difficulty playready including this procedure

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-pictures/PlayReady-update-was-incomplete/8119d0a8-6106-489D-B5CB-4979a6a9ad0e

and this procedure

http://www.hydrous.net/weblog/2012/08/20/resetting-PlayReady

Nothing worked and I'm pulling my hair out.  I use WMC with an HDHomeRun and a map of Time Warner cable.  This facility worked well for more than a year before installing this update.  The machine is a Dell XPS 8300 running windows 7 SP1.   I'm unable to watch all channels protected by DRM and I lost all my legally registered content.  It is a disaster and cost me 30 hours and counting.  Anyone have any ideas?

I don't know your problem, but 3004394 has caused a lot of problems for a lot of people - https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_update/windows-update-kb3004394-issues/ace25277-7f65-4486-bc44-c1b106907a18.

Microsoft have apparently released an update of replacement/deletion for it - https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3024777?wa=wsignin1.0

But to a few other posts on this forum, it seems to fix everything for everybody. If all goes well it can help you.

If not, allows to see what MS themselves have to say.

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