I found on the Dell message boards that McAfee Privacy Director is not
compatable with Media Center. I uninstalled the program and had the guide up
and running in under 5 minutes, after 2 weeks of trying everything I could
find here. Hope that helps

"Computer Teacher" wrote:

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> "SteveWhiz" wrote:
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> > Why don't you install the Mozilla Firefox free trial. Try downloading
> > anything in Firefox and see if it works. It worked for me.
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> > "Tozer" wrote:
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> > > I've tried to do both and have been unable to do either. IE works on the
> > > internet fine, but I get an error code 1083 when I try to update windows and
> > > the code 3 error when I try to download the guide on MCE.
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> > > I've also checked the time zones and all are correct.
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> I am having the same errors. I too have tried everything in these postings.
> I downloaded the Foxfire browser, but MCE is not trying to download from a
> browser, but through a direct connection. Don't know what else to try.