Mac mini netflix player

All of the sudden I am getting "player error" (ec 2105) when trying to watch instantly on netflix. Tried the fix i found on the mac mini (prior to 2009) thread to no avail (ie library>application supports>microsoft>playready and rename 'mspr.hds'). Running Safari 5.0.2

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