New EPG download problem in Media Center

I'm currently experiencing problems downloading the EPG guide in Windows 7 Media Center and Vista Media Center. Over the last 2-3 weeks, the guide download has stopped working on all of my computers in Vista and 7.
The error code is 34 and this is caused when Media Center cannot establish an connection to the internet.
I have to connect to the internet via a proxy server/webcache. I have contacted the network support people and they took network activity captures and
identified a problem with Media Center not respecting the proxy/webcache settings in Internet Explorer and hence it cannot download the guide.
Previously, this process has worked perfectly on the network and I am told no changes have been around the time the problem started.
This only occurs on a wired network. For the same computer connected via wireless on the same proxy/webcache, the guide sucessfully downloaded and Media
Center respected the proxy settings. There are multiple machines exhibiting this behaviour.
Is anyone aware of any changes Microsoft has made to the guide download process over in the last month or so which may have resulted in this sort of
behaviour as this appears to be a bug in Media Center.
Thanks
elyoh

My Windows 7 Media Center was unable to download electronic program guides for about a month and a half. I search all the websites and tried all the fixes to no avail. I have an always on internet connection. Tested my connection within
Media Center. I tried to reconfigure my TV. I tried alternate zip codes within my area. Nothing worked. First, I found that I had NRMBMCHandler.dll (9KB) missing from my ehome directory. (C:/Windows/ehome/NRMBMCHandler.dll).
I replaced the file using a copy from another computer.
Then I found on the Microsoft Developers website instructions on Recovering a Corrupted Guide Data Store.
1. Close Windows Media Center
2. Open Task Scheduler (Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Schedule Tasks)
3. In the console tree under Task Scheduler (Local), expand Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>Windows>Media Center.
4. In the console window under Name, right click ObjectStoreRecoveryTask, and then click Run.
After that action is complete, open Windows Media Center. A message pops up telling you that the system has repaired guide listings and the listings will be downloaded. Check your recording schedule as the repair may have interfered with scheduled
recording.
After that, problem with EPG was corrected. No reinstall was necessary. Hope this helps others.

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