How to Troubleshoot an Xbox & Windows Media Center
- 1). Check your firewall settings to ensure that "Media Center Extenders" are given access to your system. For third-party security software, you may need to manually enter the ports "Media Center" uses to communicate with your Xbox 360. See "resources" for a list of ports that must be opened to allow media center to communicate with your Xbox 360.
- 2). Check to ensure that your Xbox 360 is securley connected to the Ethernet cable running between it and your network router.
- 3). Check to ensure that your computer and router are both powered on. If they are, power down both, wait thirty seconds, then power them back on.
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