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post #1 of 17
12/11/09 at 3:15pm
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I have a new Win7 computer and this is my first time using Windows Media Center. I installed Netflix and have been watching movies successfully over the past couple days. However, this morning I went to watch a show and I kept getting this message "INTERNET CONNECTION
There was a problem retrieving data. Verify your Internet connection and try again." There is nothing wrong with my internet connection. I am able to browse the web, access my network shares, even stream movies from the Netflix sight.

I tried restarting the computer, disabling and enabling the ethernet adapter, etc. Has anyone else run into this problem.
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post #2 of 17
12/11/09 at 7:09pm
I'm having the same problem with WMC in Vista. Just started today. I can view movies on the NetFlix web page so the problem must be with WMC. BTW also seeing two NetFlix entries in WMC? Both do not work.
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post #3 of 17
12/11/09 at 8:47pm
Started a few days ago on mine as well, Windows 7 32bit. Tried uninstall and reinstall of Netflix plug-in, no help. Maybe some sort of auto-update?
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post #4 of 17
12/11/09 at 8:54pm
been happening to my 7 x64 pro too. I can still watch the shows, but get the warning when browsing selections. Never shows up when watching.

It's a PITA because it basically forces KB/M use.
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post #5 of 17
12/11/09 at 8:55pm
I just checked my WMC - no problems for me. I'm running 7 Ultimate x64. I have a 32 bit version on another computer, so I'll check it out and see if I have problems on that one.

EDIT - No problems on my 7 Ultimate x86 PC, either. That one didn't have the plug-in installed yet, so I installed it and it fired right up.
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post #6 of 17
12/12/09 at 5:55pm
I have the same Cannot retrieve, check internet connection error. Anybody find the fix?
I have Vista, it worked great until a few days ago.
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post #7 of 17
12/12/09 at 9:29pm
Called Netflix last night and got a surprisingly helpful, American-sounding CS rep. No waiting time, either. It was a known problem which was supposed to have been fixed already, but it seems like it's been cropping up for some people, still.

Checked again this morning and Netflix was already fine. Might want to give them a call.
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post #8 of 17
12/13/09 at 7:57am
I have the problem too on Win 7 RC. I just whip out the keyboard and mouse and watch a movie on the website and then when I flip it back to wmc it works fine.
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post #9 of 17
12/13/09 at 8:00am
I got it once, but then I realized I forgot to turn off my Windows Firewall.

I did not get it anymore after that.
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post #10 of 17
12/13/09 at 1:32pm
My netflix is not working either. called netflix, they said it was a problem with microsoft and there was nothing they could do. They said that if it was only a problem in media center and not their website then it wasn't there problem. They said they haven't heard of this issue befoe.
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post #11 of 17
12/13/09 at 2:25pm
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A little bit of an update....

The same night that I posted this thread I got an email from Netlfix stating that they were having some trouble with WMC and that it was a known issue. They also gave me a link that knocked 3% off this months bill, due to the trouble. I am still getting the error but am able to ignore it and watch shows now. Hopefully it'll be completely fixed soon.


Check your email address that you have signed up with Netflix. If you haven't gotten an email with your 3% discount then you should call them up. It's worth a shot. It won't save much money but that's not the point.

Good luck!
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post #12 of 17
12/17/09 at 3:46am
Here is what worked for me.

1 Close Media Center
2 Click on the Start menu, choose run and type cmd
3 Execute the command regsvr32.exe atl.dll
4 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehSched /unregServer
5 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehSched /service
6 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehRecvr /unregServer
7 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehRecvr /service
8 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehRec.exe /unregServer
9 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehRec.exe /regserver
10 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehmsas.exe /unregServer
11 Execute the command C:\\WINDOWS\\eHome\\ehmsas.exe /regserver
12 Restart Vista
13 Restart Media Center
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post #13 of 17
12/17/09 at 4:05am
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Originally Posted by MechaPoitier View Post

They also gave me a link that knocked 3% off this months bill, due to the trouble.
Good luck!

So whats that like $0.26?

haha, I guess its the thought that counts...
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post #14 of 17
1/2/10 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by daydias View Post

I have the same Cannot retrieve, check internet connection error. Anybody find the fix?
I have Vista, it worked great until a few days ago.

My vista media center only logs in, but cannot view queues or watch movies anymore due to an Internet Connection problem (starting in DEC-09) - before that it was just working fine. Several people are reporting the same problem on the web. Cookies are enabled, and netflix is set as a safe website (it will not block content). Again, this was working just fine in the past, and now I can only see it via the browser. Something changed. Please help all of us and if the fix in this thread worked for you (if you had the same symptoms), please let us know so we can follow suit.

BTW W7 pc on same network manages to show queues and stream, but the same No Internet message popped up ... though I was able to click through it after about 5 pops.
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post #15 of 17
1/30/10 at 10:03am
Runnning Windows 7 x64 Ultimate- been streaming movies through MC for weeks now. All of a sudden, I only get the red netflix screen when I attempt to stream.

I can browse movies and queues, just can't stream.

I can stream thorugh IE.

Tried reinstalling Silverlight, Netflix plugin, and running the commands in the post above- no-go.

I can stream through MC on my Vista MC machine.

So, apparently not just a Vista issue.

Thinking it's somehow tied to DRM- any thoughts? Anyone know where the DRM licenses are stored on Win 7?

~Mark
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post #16 of 17
1/30/10 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by MDCole9761 View Post

Runnning Windows 7 x64 Ultimate- been streaming movies through MC for weeks now. All of a sudden, I only get the red netflix screen when I attempt to stream.

I can browse movies and queues, just can't stream.

I can stream thorugh IE.

Tried reinstalling Silverlight, Netflix plugin, and running the commands in the post above- no-go.

I can stream through MC on my Vista MC machine.

So, apparently not just a Vista issue.

Thinking it's somehow tied to DRM- any thoughts? Anyone know where the DRM licenses are stored on Win 7?

~Mark


I have the same issue as you, just started yesterday as far as I know. I watched show thru MC about a week ago. I have not called as I can still watch thru Firefox browser.......
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post #17 of 17
1/30/10 at 11:17am
Check out this thread..........
There is a post from a guy with a twitter link stating, that they are working on it..................

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1222086
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