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RE: Re: [OT] Windows Media Center


  • Subject: RE: Re: [OT] Windows Media Center
  • From: "Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:40:44 -0000


Ah Thanks,

I didn't want to do a clean install as there are some applications I didn't
want to re-install.

Regards
Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: big_red_frog [mailto:atod@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 26 November 2004 09:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Windows Media Center
>
>
>
> Hi There,
>
> I did the same thing.
>
> Did you however do a completely clean install or did you just attempt
> to upgrade?
>
> If you just attempt to upgrade I don't believe it will work, you will
> not get the new funcitonality.
>
> I tried useing some tools for altering the registery to say it was a
> MCE installation in the first place. In the end I just did a complete
> clean down and new install of XPMCE.
>
> If it has worked you should have a desktop icon for The Green Button.
>
> Also at the top of the Start menu as well.
>
> Once you have run the green button, then you can set it to autorun on
> startup.
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Don McAllister" <donmc@b...>
wrote:
> > Just upgraded a copy of XP Home to Windows Media Center 2005 from
> MSDN just
> > to try it out.
> >
> >
> >
> > No tuner card in the PC but I wanted to try out the other
features.
> >
> >
> >
> > The install seemed to go OK  but after it's finished it looks
like
> it has
> > just upgraded to professional.
> >
> >
> >
> > No new Menu items at all?
> >
> >
> >
> > How does one run the Media Center UI?
> >
> >
> >
> > Ta
> >
> >
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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