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Genie Makes Multiple Media Servers On All Win 8.1 Networked Computers
Each time you open and exit Netgear Genie it will create an instance of Media Server on all other computers in the same network that are Wifi connected regardless of whether Genie is installed on tho...
After chatting with Netgear support explaning the issues with Netgear Genie Media Servers they concluded the issue is not with Genie, that it's an isolated issue with Windows 8 and suggested I submit a support ticket with Microsoft about it. Additionally they said they will note this case so it sounds like Netgear will look into it.
I downloaded and installed Genie v2.3.1.13 found here http://netgear-genie.soft32.com/old-version/ and even though this version does not include the My Share feature or support for 5ghz the same problem persists on Windows 8.1 machines with multiple instances of the Genie Media Servers in the Multimedia section of Devices and Printers. I have spent over a week trying to solve this but have finally concluded that until either Microsoft or Netgear fixes the Media Server issue it's best not to run this fabulous little Genie program if you have machines in your network running Windows 8.1.
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