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I received an email from Microsoft telling me to use the serial for Media Center that I had, before the 31. of January. So that's what I did, but when my PC startet up, it told me that my copy of Windows could not be activated. However, my copy WAS activated before the upgrade, so what could...

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Hi, I've just come back to windows 8 as I found that 7 suited me better. Now I have installed 8 upgrade as I wanted Media Centre and have only until the end of January to get it for free. A couple of things are not working too well so decided to 'refresh'. I get a message to insert windows 8...

Newly registered for these forums. I have a ~4-year-old Toshiba laptop. I have suffered with Windows Vista ever since. I recently considered converting to Ubuntu, but in view of the amount of extra work that entailed, instead for $40 I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro. Over the last 10 years or so that...

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Anybody else seen this behavior? Why would changing a SATA controller to a different mode (AHCI to RAID) cause Windows to become deactivated? No Hard Drive changes were made. I will give it some time to see if it comes back, but this is strange. I do have Media Center installed, possibly the...

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I have a TV Tuner and have used Windows Media Center to record a TV program. Using Live TV to play back the program permits me to turn Closed Captions On or Off. However, recording the program to a DVD still permits showing the Program, but not able to turn On Closed Captions. This is the case...

The conversion does not seem to record the Closed Captions.I have a TV Tuner and have used Windows Media Center to record a TV program. Using Live TV to play back the program permits me to turn Closed Captions On or Off. However, recording the program to a DVD still permits showning the Program...

I thought I had an okay PC, until I just slightly revamped my tower. And I thought I was liking, enjoying & impressed w/ Windows 8 RP, until now running Windows 8 Pro on the revamped tower. Now I await my WMC Key... Cheers, Drew Link Removed

How do I make it so I can play dvds? I have tried downloading several different programs but have not been able to get any to work

Well I put windows 8 on my first computer build. Its pretty fast but a learning curve. Going to give it a few months. But I was hoping for a windows media center metro live tile. Like the gadget in windows 7. Also is there a app to show the CPU temp yet? I have searched guess not. Could be nice...

Users running pirated copies of Windows 8 Pro can reportedly upgrade to a fully licensed and permanently activated version of the OS by simply installing a free Windows 8 Media Center upgrade offered by Microsoft. Link Removed

Hi I just saw this, something that I wasn't aware of. I'm pretty sure I had media player running in Windows 8 preview. Mike ............................................................................................................. Purchase the Windows 8 Media Center Pack. Microsoft no...

I have just installed Windows 8 Pro 64-bit and added Windows Media Center. However I notice in the TV section there is no mention of the EPG despite it seemingly downloading the data during setup. Is there anything I can do short of formatting to remedy this please.

Add features - Microsoft Windows At the above link, Microsoft is offering the Windows Media Center add-on pack to Windows 8 Professonal for free until January 2013. You can get a product key and activation instructions there. This feature appears as an optional upgrade to Windows 8 Pro under...

Fixes an issue in which you cannot watch or record certain TV shows by using Windows Media Center. This issue occurs on a Windows 7-based computer that is has an ATSC tuner installed. More...

So ive never used wmc before and i just bough an xbox360 2 weeks ago. Today i did that code the 360 gives you and when i enter it in wmc it restarts itself. It recognizes the 360 but the code cant get out in. Any helps thanks so much!!

I have a 32 bit Windows 7 Lenovo Thinkpad L412. In the past few weeks I have re-imaged my hd to factory state (as I do often). After a few days it begins to go into sleep or stand-by mode after being left idle for around 5-10 minutes. It does not turn off, or actually hibernate, it simply...