Digital Cable Advisor - No Internet Connection?

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Digital Cable Advisor - No Internet Connection?

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Post by KingSnake » Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:50 pm

I had a HDD going bad so I installed a new one. I loaded a new version of Win 7 Pro. I initialized and loaded software for my existing Ceton 4 and went through steps to set up WMC but it will not let me run the DCA - it says I have no internet connection! But in the setup where it checks the internet connection it says it is working?

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Post by jachin99 » Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:29 pm

You have to run wmc fullscreen while setting up the DCA. Did you do this?

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Post by KingSnake » Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:22 pm

Yes WMC was full screen. When I click on DCA the pop-up says I must have an internet connection to run it. I do! WMC set-up said it is connected!? Have retried 30 times NO LUCK!

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Post by DavidinCT » Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:38 pm

KingSnake wrote:Yes WMC was full screen. When I click on DCA the pop-up says I must have an internet connection to run it. I do! WMC set-up said it is connected!? Have retried 30 times NO LUCK!
There is a bypass script (it just sets you so your approved to run a cablecard). I tried the URL but, they took the page down so I copied this from my personal collection.

Copy this into a text file..

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@ECHO OFF

SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

TITLE Mikinho - Digital Cable Advisor Override

ECHO.
ECHO Mikinho - Digital Cable Advisor Override
ECHO.
ECHO http://www.missingremote.com/
ECHO.
ECHO This script must be run as an Administrator.
ECHO To open an elevated command prompt with Administrator privileges
ECHO press WinKey, typ cmd, and hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
ECHO.

SET HasAdminRights=0
FOR /F %%i IN ('WHOAMI /PRIV /NH') DO (
	IF "%%i"=="SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege" SET HasAdminRights=1
)

IF NOT %HasAdminRights%==1 (
	ECHO.
	ECHO ERROR: This script must be run as an Administrator.
	ECHO.

	GOTO END
)

IF NOT EXIST "%SystemRoot%\assembly\GAC_MSIL\UpdateMachineForDigitalCable" (
	GOTO NODCA
)


FOR /F %%I IN ('DIR /B /S C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\UpdateMachineForDigitalCable\UpdateMachineForDigitalCable.exe') DO (
	START /WAIT %%I
	GOTO FOUND
)

:NODCA

ECHO.
ECHO ERROR: UpdateMachineForDigitalCable NOT Found. Do you have it installed?
ECHO.

GOTO END

:FOUND

ECHO.
ECHO SUCCESS: Digital Cable Advisor (DCA) set to PASS. Please run Digital Cable Advisor to complete.
ECHO.

:END

ENDLOCAL

PAUSE
Name it CablecardOverride.cmd, Then run it as an Administrator. This will take care of your problem.

EDIT: (removed due to below)

EDIT 2: The problem is, you used the default installed app, you didn't update it...

Go here, the direct downloads of the updated version are there and they do work.

http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/wiki/index ... nter_Setup

Download the x86/x64 version you need and re-try it... I wrote this for cable card users for a setup guide.

That is your problem.
-Dave
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Windows Media Center certified and WMC MVP 2010 - 2012

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Post by Crash2009 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:00 am

KingSnake wrote:Yes WMC was full screen. When I click on DCA the pop-up says I must have an internet connection to run it. I do! WMC set-up said it is connected!? Have retried 30 times NO LUCK!
One of the services is turned off..not sure which one, ehshell, ehrecver, etc

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Post by DavidinCT » Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:10 pm

Crash2009 wrote:
KingSnake wrote:Yes WMC was full screen. When I click on DCA the pop-up says I must have an internet connection to run it. I do! WMC set-up said it is connected!? Have retried 30 times NO LUCK!
One of the services is turned off..not sure which one, ehshell, ehrecver, etc
See my post above. I tried out of the blue to install Windows 10 Media Center (and a Window 7 pro VM I have) and it had it installed by default. And by default it shows "no internet connection", after updating it, it ran fine. You need to update the app for it to run...

Try the updates from the link above and it should work.
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Post by Sammy2 » Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:54 pm

Furthermore, here's how to run the override from the original article:

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (READ CAREFULLY)
First, Download the file attached below (you will need to be registered and logged in.)

Once downloaded, extract the files into a temporary folder.

Open Windows Explorer to the above temporary folder

Right Click on OverrideDigitalCableAdvisor.cmd and select “Run as Administrator”

Wait for the script to run entirely. The script will tell you if it executed properly.

If you receive an error that DCA was not found, please install it from within Media Center | Extra Gallery.  DCA is not installed by default.  You will need to be logged in the console session to install DCA.  If you connected to a virtual, please ensure you connect via Hyper-V or a RemoteFX session.  It will not be visible via Remote Desktop as Windows Media Center considers RDP clients to be Media Center Extenders.  

Note: DCA will also be installed by the Ceton InfiniTV setup package.

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Post by Crash2009 » Sat Mar 17, 2018 2:47 pm

Crash2009 wrote:
KingSnake wrote:Yes WMC was full screen. When I click on DCA the pop-up says I must have an internet connection to run it. I do! WMC set-up said it is connected!? Have retried 30 times NO LUCK!
One of the services is turned off..not sure which one, ehshell, ehrecver, etc
In my case, Windows Update Service was turned off, and I reverted to an older version of PlayReady. The no internet error disappeared shortly after that.

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