Hi, follow these instructions
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...or-14-fix.html and you'll have a free EPG working and updating automatically in VMC without you ever having to worry. Mine has been working flawlessly for many many weeks now and I try to avoid posting instructions unless I'm 99% sure they have been tested enough taking into consideration many pitfalls and that they will work for others as easily as possible.
So I understand fully what you mean when you say that you have waited many months and it shouldn't be too hard. I too believe Microsoft should have jumped at the opportunity (that is, been proactive enough prior to and since the court ruling - let's face it, it was on the cards for more than a year that the outcome would be so - by at least integrating the current EPG providers anyway) to bring out an update for Australian users so that the EPG actually works like it should do in a seemless manner - but that's a whole new issue!