You can use a supersoaker with warm water to remove snow from the dish or there are dish heaters.
All DTV receivers use the same IR codes but the Genie HR44 and C41 use a different RF system that makes the older RF DTV remotes no longer compatible.
Rain fade is usually is a sign that the dish needs to be realigned or the trees are blocking the signal.
Resetting daily is not normal the hard drive maybe failing.