Guide Terms of Service says "No Internet Connection"

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Randyored

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Guide Terms of Service says "No Internet Connection"

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Post by Randyored » Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:37 pm

Not sure what happened.

When I click on "Guide Terms of Service" in media center I get a dialog that says "No Internet Connection".

Thoughts? Everything else works. Getting guide data and I can open web sites.

A very baffled Randy

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Post by stuartm » Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:43 am

IIRC the guide terms of service are downloaded from a Microsoft server when you click that. They have likely disabled the server or removed the file from the server.

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Post by Randyored » Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:29 am

Is everyone's Guide Terms Of Service showing a "No Internet Connection"?

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Post by stuartm » Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:51 am

A better question would probably be "Is anyone still able to see the guide terms of service?" Since Microsoft has discontinued guide service they aren't likely to provide any terms of service for a non-existent service. I'm pretty sure that the internet connection error message is a generic error caused by WMC no longer being able to find the terms at wherever Microsoft was providing it from.

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Post by garyan2 » Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:12 pm

That "No Internet Connection" message has been around for a while. During TV Setup it is still there since it is reading off a local text file, but the setting->TV->Guide->Guide Terms of Service has been "out of service" since way before Microsoft sudo-killed the guide.
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