"Restricted Content" Message alan_nordin[ at ]comcast.net 12/14/2008 2:57:20 AM Hello, Occaissionally when trying to watch TV on my PC using Media Center, I get a completely blue screen with the following message ... Restricted Content Restrictions set by the broacaster and/or originator of the content prohibit playback of the program on this computer. This happens intermittently. I can clear the message by closing Media Center and restaring it. Sometimes the problem will comeback within a few minutes and sometimes it doesn't come back. This doesn't happen each time I watch, it doesn't happen for any particular channel. My cable TV has no problem viewing the program which the computer says is restricted. I do not have a descrambler or other converter box between the TV and the cable. My cable provider, COMCAST, professes no knowledge of what is causing this. I'm assuming I have something incorrect in either Media Center setup. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - 5.1.2715.3011 Can anyone help? Thanks, Alan

Re: "Restricted Content" Message "Jason Tsang" <jason-onlineDEL[ at ]ETEmvps.org> 12/15/2008 1:34:46 AM Have you tried installing the latest update for this issue? See here for info. Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 released on November 25, 2008 (KB956148) http://blog.jasontsang.ca/2008/11/update-for-windows-xp-media-center.html -- Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP Read my blog for the latest in Media Center topics (and other topics that interest me) http://blog.jasontsang.ca More information by me http://jtsang.mvps.org http://www.classicsunveiled.com Find out about the MS MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx <alan_nordin[ at ]comcast.net> wrote in message news:Xns9B73DF57B7F9Fnidron[ at ]85.214.105.209... [Quoted Text] > Hello, > Occaissionally when trying to watch TV on my PC using Media > Center, I get a completely blue screen with the following message ... > > Restricted Content > Restrictions set by the broacaster and/or originator of the > content prohibit playback of the program on this computer. > > This happens intermittently. I can clear the message by closing Media > Center and restaring it. Sometimes the problem will comeback within a > few minutes and sometimes it doesn't come back. This doesn't happen > each time I watch, it doesn't happen for any particular channel. My > cable TV has no problem viewing the program which the computer says is > restricted. I do not have a descrambler or other converter box between > the TV and the cable. My cable provider, COMCAST, professes no > knowledge of what is causing this. I'm assuming I have something > incorrect in either Media Center setup. > > Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - 5.1.2715.3011 > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > Alan >

Re: "Restricted Content" Message alan_nordin[ at ]comcast.net 12/15/2008 2:32:41 AM Jason, Thanks for the info, I have applied the patch and will try it out. As the problem was intermittent, I won't know how if it's successful for a while. I have Windows Automatic Update turned on, I'm surprised it wasn't picked up by that. Perhaps not all systems have the problem. Thanks, Alan